ny post trashes pj

HollisBrown

Pats54 wrote:

HollisBrown wrote:

SoonForgotten2 wrote:

Honestly, I don't see what the problem is here.

My problem is with the Donkey from Down under. Murdoch was one of those who petitioned our FCC to change it's ruling regarding cross ownership of media outlets, i.e. radio, TV, newspapers. Because of the amount of money the right has to spend, they've been able to buy up a great deal of media outlets in this country and temper the opposition of the right wing machine. I'm not saying that the post was ever a Pulitzer prize candidate for it's writing. But since Murdoch has acquired so many TV stations and newspapers, we the American public have been less informed regarding the opposition to most of what the republicans stand for. Even the Wall Street Journal, which was supposed to have independence in it's opinions has been negatively manipulated.

Here we go too funny. Shouldn't this be in moving train. I am sure RM called his music editors and told them to be sure to trash the Big Evil PJ. LMAO!!! One Guys opinion you need to relax dude and not find a conspiracy in everything too funny.

Again, it's just a commentary on the NYPOST and it's background. Nothing more, nothing less. And I'm quite relaxed, especially after 3 shows this week.

Lost In Ohio

SoonForgotten2 wrote:

stranger34 wrote:

Dan Aquilante, the reviewer loves Pearl Jam you fools. It's amazing how anytime anyone doesn't fawn over this band people get upset.

I've followed his column for years, you should see his review of PJ in 03 - it was glowing and hes been holdng PJ up as the live standard bearers for years.

I felt very smilarly about the show, it was a dud until the encores which couldn't save a show that was in its last breaths.

Yeah, but Rupert Murdoch right-wing conspiracy lunacy everyone's out to get Pearl Jam!

Depending on how you look at it, or how you twist things to suit your own personal point of view, things could make sense, considering Pearl Jam trashed Bush at every chance they got.

Wilds

timc wrote:

demetrios wrote:

http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/music/band_mumbles_vedder_left_unsaid_4Z4QeyyMENAv0zu4hrRaPN

Limp show could have been Vedder

Had Pearl Jam played Thursday's Madison Square Garden concert at a smaller hall, the band's energy -- and the dynamic stage presence of frontman Eddie Vedder -- might have saved the day. But they played the arena as if it were a club -- and the fans who filled the Garden paid the price.

First, there was no video projection system. From the back wall of the Garden to the lip of the stage, it's almost a quarter-mile, so the majority of the audience was denied any real visual detail. Did Vedder contort his kisser into the ugly face when he sang "Severed Hand" early in the set? You'd have to ask somebody who sat up front; even the eagle-eyed would have a hard time confirming it was actually Vedder up there.



"Eddie Vedder didn't speak up for Pearl Jam!"

The band's sound system was another problem. The acoustics weren't just a little muddy, they were the Mississippi. Lyrics were mostly indiscernible during the set, which ran for more than 30 songs.

It wasn't so bad on tunes such as "Jeremy" and "Leash," two of the band's best-known numbers. On those, what we couldn't hear with our ears we heard in our heads. But on the less familiar, deep-vault cuts, Vedder's lyrics were little more than garbled jibber-jabber, more noise than poetry.

Other than the shirtless, drunk, fat guy in my far-back section who broke a seat by jumping on it, the fan reaction cooled the farther you were from the stage.

The exceptions came during the night's two brightest songs: a cover of The Who's "Love Reign O'er Me" and Pearl Jam's own anthem "Alive," which was played in the show's last breaths. These two songs illustrated why Pearl Jam still matters -- but for the most part, Pearl Jam and Vedder coulda been better.

:shock:

that is why I keep emailing 10 C to hire my uncle he has been in the BIZ a long time! Plus all goodies I might get

http://www.totaldanger.com/td_pages/res ... esume.html

I'm sure your uncle is good..... but that web design is nauseating. Tell him to FLASH forward to the new decade.

timc

Wilds wrote:

timc wrote:

demetrios wrote:

http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/music/band_mumbles_vedder_left_unsaid_4Z4QeyyMENAv0zu4hrRaPN

Limp show could have been Vedder

Had Pearl Jam played Thursday's Madison Square Garden concert at a smaller hall, the band's energy -- and the dynamic stage presence of frontman Eddie Vedder -- might have saved the day. But they played the arena as if it were a club -- and the fans who filled the Garden paid the price.

First, there was no video projection system. From the back wall of the Garden to the lip of the stage, it's almost a quarter-mile, so the majority of the audience was denied any real visual detail. Did Vedder contort his kisser into the ugly face when he sang "Severed Hand" early in the set? You'd have to ask somebody who sat up front; even the eagle-eyed would have a hard time confirming it was actually Vedder up there.



"Eddie Vedder didn't speak up for Pearl Jam!"

The band's sound system was another problem. The acoustics weren't just a little muddy, they were the Mississippi. Lyrics were mostly indiscernible during the set, which ran for more than 30 songs.

It wasn't so bad on tunes such as "Jeremy" and "Leash," two of the band's best-known numbers. On those, what we couldn't hear with our ears we heard in our heads. But on the less familiar, deep-vault cuts, Vedder's lyrics were little more than garbled jibber-jabber, more noise than poetry.

Other than the shirtless, drunk, fat guy in my far-back section who broke a seat by jumping on it, the fan reaction cooled the farther you were from the stage.

The exceptions came during the night's two brightest songs: a cover of The Who's "Love Reign O'er Me" and Pearl Jam's own anthem "Alive," which was played in the show's last breaths. These two songs illustrated why Pearl Jam still matters -- but for the most part, Pearl Jam and Vedder coulda been better.

:shock:

that is why I keep emailing 10 C to hire my uncle he has been in the BIZ a long time! Plus all goodies I might get

http://www.totaldanger.com/td_pages/res ... esume.html

I'm sure your uncle is good..... but that web design is nauseating. Tell him to FLASH forward to the new decade.

ya not sure why his site is so far behind He is really good!!! Perfect fit for the Band

dpmay

demetrios wrote:

http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/music/band_mumbles_vedder_left_unsaid_4Z4QeyyMENAv0zu4hrRaPN

Limp show could have been Vedder

Had Pearl Jam played Thursday's Madison Square Garden concert at a smaller hall, the band's energy -- and the dynamic stage presence of frontman Eddie Vedder -- might have saved the day. But they played the arena as if it were a club -- and the fans who filled the Garden paid the price.

First, there was no video projection system. From the back wall of the Garden to the lip of the stage, it's almost a quarter-mile, so the majority of the audience was denied any real visual detail. Did Vedder contort his kisser into the ugly face when he sang "Severed Hand" early in the set? You'd have to ask somebody who sat up front; even the eagle-eyed would have a hard time confirming it was actually Vedder up there.



"Eddie Vedder didn't speak up for Pearl Jam!"

The band's sound system was another problem. The acoustics weren't just a little muddy, they were the Mississippi. Lyrics were mostly indiscernible during the set, which ran for more than 30 songs.

It wasn't so bad on tunes such as "Jeremy" and "Leash," two of the band's best-known numbers. On those, what we couldn't hear with our ears we heard in our heads. But on the less familiar, deep-vault cuts, Vedder's lyrics were little more than garbled jibber-jabber, more noise than poetry.

Other than the shirtless, drunk, fat guy in my far-back section who broke a seat by jumping on it, the fan reaction cooled the farther you were from the stage.

The exceptions came during the night's two brightest songs: a cover of The Who's "Love Reign O'er Me" and Pearl Jam's own anthem "Alive," which was played in the show's last breaths. These two songs illustrated why Pearl Jam still matters -- but for the most part, Pearl Jam and Vedder coulda been better.

:shock:

wouldn't exactly call this TRASHING them...

Rollingstone123

The NY Post can blow me...i wipe my ass with the NY Post

JC38557

HollisBrown wrote:

Again, it's just a commentary on the NYPOST and it's background. Nothing more, nothing less. And I'm quite relaxed, especially after 3 shows this week.

The thing is, the NY Post is a lousy paper with very, very poor journalistic standards, so it's easy to have a negative commentary. It is a paper that is very mockable, no matter what they say about Pearl Jam. The two issues are probably mutually exclusive.

UpSideDown

anyone else find it weird that he mentioned Leash as one of the bands most popular songs??

thefin190

According to Glenn Beck's chalkboard somewhere, Pearl Jam played a bad show because Eddie Vedder is the lead singer, who is friends with Sean Penn, who is friends with Hugo Chavez, who is a freedom-hating socialist, therefore, Pearl Jam played a bad show.

starmap3333

well... the garden does sound like shit. they have a point.

rhcpjam1029

dreamweaver wrote:

I actually don't like projection screens at shows, takes away from the stage.

Jersey's Star Ledger ran an article reviewing the Newark show saying how great the concert was and how they don't need to rely on gimmicks nor screen projection because the music is just that powerful. Regardless, at any concert I go to I'm not gonna be watching the screen projection. If I wanted to do that, then I would just stay home and watch Live at the Garden on my TV.

And come on now...Leash is one of their most well-known songs? Really? Leash?

BinauralJam

rhcpjam1029 wrote:

dreamweaver wrote:

I actually don't like projection screens at shows, takes away from the stage.

Jersey's Star Ledger ran an article reviewing the Newark show saying how great the concert was and how they don't need to rely on gimmicks nor screen projection because the music is just that powerful. Regardless, at any concert I go to I'm not gonna be watching the screen projection. If I wanted to do that, then I would just stay home and watch Live at the Garden on my TV.

And come on now...Leash is one of their most well-known songs? Really? Leash?

+1 this guy from the post just hasn't gotten laid in a long time.

merlin401

SoonForgotten2 wrote:

People here are hilarious. I don't see where this review slagged off Pearl Jam or their actual performance.

I think most bands manage to have some kind of video screen when they play arenas. Pearl Jam is just one that doesn't so really, I can understand that complaint. I'm sure a lot of casual fans want to see as much as hear.

As for the sound, someone here posted how PJ was really unhappy about it before the gig and had to pay in order to try to sort it out during the "dark" hour between 6 and 7pm. Perhaps they couldn't get it right in time.

Honestly, I don't see what the problem is here.

He said the band was great, good energy but had too complaints. Concerning MSG I I agree with him. Makes sense to have a screen. And the sound was bad until the first encore was over. Me and another random person next to me both noticed this.

MSG II was fine from the first chord.

morgie2

Sounds more like a bad review of MSG as a concert venue than anything else. Doesn't say how PJ performed, how crowd reacted to setlist, etc. Very strange angle to take on the reviewer's part.

GTFLYGIRL

hopethatuchoke wrote:

in todays ny post..... Now they, and their publication, are suddenly absolute garbage I love watching people get worked up around here.

Two separate issues... possiby... but the NY Post is and has always been trash... aka absolute garbage.

Corey Lynn

fuck em

Zod

dreamweaver wrote:

I actually don't like projection screens at shows, takes away from the stage.

me either.. i mean you go to the show to watch the band, not TV

Then again.. I've gotten picky about my concert tickets.. so I'll rarely go unless I get somewhat decent tickets (which usually works out, because they release decent tix for most concerts closer to the show date, if you didn't score decent ones at first).

JB12613

This guy is Cluless

RobbieC2008

Gov. Spitzers ex whore Ashley Dupree is a columnist for the NY Post....enough said

RobbieC2008

JB12613 wrote:

This guy is a complete asshole and a piss poor excuse of a "music writer." He wouldn't know a good song if it fucked him in the ass.

Maybe Scott Stapp writes for them now