Walked out of the DC show

-decodified-

INDIFFERENCE MAKER wrote:

As much as I love this band and the talent of Eddie Vedder, i still realize that Ed is one of the biggest Tools on earth when he talks. Shut up and sing.

Dear Mr. or Mrs. Indifference why don't you shut up and leave...

somebodyelsessky2020

He didn't say innocent Mary... who has that little lamb... go fucking blow your brains out bitch.


He said you greedy fucking pig ripping off the people go fucking hang from a rope you fuck.


You have to learn to better understand Ed.



See you left for nothing.

veddertheindifference

I agree with Honest Abe Ed is lucky to be in the position that he is in and takes advantage of his stage powers far to often. For example his comments in Columbus last week regarding the national day of prayer. Sometimes he should do his job and save the opinions for another time.

somebodyelsessky2020

Yeah just imagine if his opinions were in his songs and if other rock stars tried to help save what was left of the world....good grief we'd be in trouble! :roll:

pearljamdude420

anything to do with government pretty much sucks unless you live in holland maybe. you missed a decent show by walking out, jokes on you

Gern Blansten

somebodyelsessky2020 wrote:

He didn't say innocent Mary... who has that little lamb... go fucking blow your brains out bitch.


He said you greedy fucking pig ripping off the people go fucking hang from a rope you fuck.


You have to learn to better understand Ed.



See you left for nothing.

well said...

Gern Blansten

veddertheindifference wrote:

I agree with Honest Abe Ed is lucky to be in the position that he is in and takes advantage of his stage powers far to often. For example his comments in Columbus last week regarding the national day of prayer. Sometimes he should do his job and save the opinions for another time.

yeah well some of us appreciate what he says...

I can't believe how many stupid status updates I saw from my "friends" on facebook about how "Obama cancelled the Nat'l Day of Prayer"....stupid fucking bullshit

starmap3333

mulva8 wrote:

I was wondering if anyone else at the DC show was upset with EV comments that lobbyist for financial institutions should "kill themselves"? I thought it was an awful thing to say. It totally sucked the life right out of the show for me. I understand that Eddie had the right to speak his mind, but I thought that comment was so crass and ignorant and it really upset me. When they started "The Fixer" I couldn't even move I was so stunned and upset and I looked at my brother and we both said "let's leave". And there were quite a few people leaving when we were (just before the first encore).

I certainly don't look to the band to be my moral compass, but to marginalize someone's life and suicide I think is irresponsible. After 13 years in the fan clubs and almost 20 shows I can't say I am excited about seeing them again.

I was wondering if anyone else felt the same way.

no offense, but....
PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFT. Get a fucking grip. This is easily the most idiotic reason I have ever heard for "leaving" a show. Your wife goes into labor? Sure. Your father got stabbed 128 times? Absolutely. Ed speaks his mind and you take it so literally that it hurts your adolescent feelings? You should be booted from the 10C and all Pearl Jam shows for eternity.

P.S. I say "I'm gonna kill myself" all the time. I don't really mean it. It's a joke. It means I'm discontent with something. Ed is too... and he didn't really mean it either.... I guarantee it.

Gern Blansten

starmap3333 wrote:

mulva8 wrote:

I was wondering if anyone else at the DC show was upset with EV comments that lobbyist for financial institutions should "kill themselves"? I thought it was an awful thing to say. It totally sucked the life right out of the show for me. I understand that Eddie had the right to speak his mind, but I thought that comment was so crass and ignorant and it really upset me. When they started "The Fixer" I couldn't even move I was so stunned and upset and I looked at my brother and we both said "let's leave". And there were quite a few people leaving when we were (just before the first encore).

I certainly don't look to the band to be my moral compass, but to marginalize someone's life and suicide I think is irresponsible. After 13 years in the fan clubs and almost 20 shows I can't say I am excited about seeing them again.

I was wondering if anyone else felt the same way.

no offense, but....
PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFT. Get a fucking grip. This is easily the most idiotic reason I have ever heard for "leaving" a show. Your wife goes into labor? Sure. Your father got stabbed 128 times? Absolutely. Ed speaks his mind and you take it so literally that it hurts your adolescent feelings? You should be booted from the 10C and all Pearl Jam shows for eternity.

x10

starmap3333

mulva8 wrote:

I was wondering if anyone else at the DC show was upset with EV comments that lobbyist for financial institutions should "kill themselves"? I thought it was an awful thing to say. It totally sucked the life right out of the show for me. I understand that Eddie had the right to speak his mind, but I thought that comment was so crass and ignorant and it really upset me. When they started "The Fixer" I couldn't even move I was so stunned and upset and I looked at my brother and we both said "let's leave". And there were quite a few people leaving when we were (just before the first encore).

I certainly don't look to the band to be my moral compass, but to marginalize someone's life and suicide I think is irresponsible. After 13 years in the fan clubs and almost 20 shows I can't say I am excited about seeing them again.

I was wondering if anyone else felt the same way.

p.s. do you wear a thumb ring?

bobasfeet

I wish he had insulted everyone whose 10Club number is lower than mine so they'd leave and I could finally be close to the stage.

TR42797

The respect for personal opinion around here is astounding. I can't say I would have left the show over that statement but it's interesting how pissed people are getting over the fact that someone didn't like something and left, then dared to speak about it. It's not like mulva8 started a riot in the stands.

Can we all just give a collective, "meh" and move on?

Tangerine

Quite frankly people should mind their own business when it comes to religous, political, cohabitational beleifs, etc. We'd be a better world for it. I don't put too much into what Ed says, some of it I agree with...and other times...eh, not so much.

However, and this is a BIG however (regarding the financial meltdown of the world), I choose to listen to a band I associate with on a lot of levels especially this one. I don't consider myself a pure liberal, I'm probably best described as a liberal conservative. While I don't want to get caught up in the logistics of it all Ed has a right to say whatever he wants. And honestly people like Bernie Madoff deserve to get the shit kicked out of them, people that worked for these companies knowing they were stealing millions from people that had saved for decades (my parents among them!) without a second thought about it...well, I can't say I wish them well. Most of us lost money in the past couple of years, it sucks,but most of us are fairly young and can recover but to take everything from people that were relying on that to get them through til they died?? How do you justify that?

And for those who compare music to sports, you are way off...personally I think artists have a little bit more leway (and intellect) when it comes to speaking out on hot topics than our sports stars do. But thats just my opinion!

starmap3333

TR42797 wrote:

The respect for personal opinion around here is astounding. I can't say I would have left the show over that statement but it's interesting how pissed people are getting over the fact that someone didn't like something and left, then dared to speak about it. It's not like mulva8 started a riot in the stands.

Can we all just give a collective, "meh" and move on?

Nope. Know why? Your opinion is to "give a collective meh and move on" and some of ours is to laugh our asses off at mr. sensitive. That's the great thing here... everyone has an opinion and we can share our opinions. Even if some days I'm the and other days I'm the yuck it upper.

veddertheindifference

To Gern; I too saw a lot of opinions on Obama last week. The fact is that there are "Obamaphobes" out there that do not take the time to research the outlandish claims that are going around about him. They pass them off as truths. But where is the bands critisism of Obama? It's not lik things are any different than they were with Bush. I personally distrust all politicians so what are we to do?

vedderfan10

As a Canadian, I'd like to say:
Your financial system is fucked.
Your health care system is beyond all comprehension.

Oh, and I can't believe you believe in "free speech" and then act all offended at one person's opinion. Free speech my ass...

PS. You chose to react the way you did by leaving the show. Nothing Ed said made you leave the show. That was all up to you... Be proactive, not reactive...like others have said, write Ed a letter and let him know what you think.

Gern Blansten

veddertheindifference wrote:

To Gern; I too saw a lot of opinions on Obama last week. The fact is that there are "Obamaphobes" out there that do not take the time to research the outlandish claims that are going around about him. They pass them off as truths. But where is the bands critisism of Obama? It's not lik things are any different than they were with Bush. I personally distrust all politicians so what are we to do?

he has been in office for less than 17 mos...I'm sure they will be something

gimmesometruth27

INDIFFERENCE MAKER wrote:

I am not left or right.

this is pretty much a bullshit statement right here. peaple say this every day in the moving train and the people that say it are either to the right every time they say it on these forums, or they have no clue and no opinion as to what is going on in america these days....

gimmesometruth27

veddertheindifference wrote:

I agree with Honest Abe Ed is lucky to be in the position that he is in and takes advantage of his stage powers far to often. For example his comments in Columbus last week regarding the national day of prayer. Sometimes he should do his job and save the opinions for another time.

he has been doing it since 1991...he is not going to change now....funny how you spout off your opinion here yet chastise ed for doing the exact same thing you are doing.... :roll:

mickeyrat

Lukinz wrote:

Abe Froman wrote:

INDIFFERENCE MAKER wrote:

As much as I love this band and the talent of Eddie Vedder, i still realize that Ed is one if the biggest Tools and dipshits on earth. Shut up and sing.

This is one of the most ignorant comments i've ever seen.

I agree with the Sausage King

No , really, shut the FUCK up and sing. Make us aware of a cause for good, but I don't give a shit about your politics. It's not the lobbyists , its the dickwads (congress) who listen to them.