Brand Spanking New Rollingstone Article/pj At The Roo

ramblinpony

4Powers20 wrote:

I think if you completely disagree with the politics, or have no interest in the at all and still spend all kinds of money going to multiple shows, you are atrue fan. Just because I dont feel like listening to somebody's political view doesnt mean I dont enjoy the music.

I am just saying if Obama is elected maybe we will get a break from the politics at shows for a tour or two. And if we dont, I will still go to shows and have fun.

No, your right. This post was not in any means pointed at you. It's the pricks who have to start yelling shit or booing that this is for. It's just appreciating all around what the band is about. No agreeing, appreciating.

ramblinpony

LikeAnOcean wrote:

oh really,.. how much is a gallon (8 lbs) of cigarettes going for these days?

Well, if we are going by weight, you win!

YourDirtisMyfood

On a different note related to the article, I'm posting this review that was in a different thread. I think it really captures the mood there and is a tremendous post. Seems like the best PJ show in a very long time.

Still shaking out the cob webs after what was a really long night but here's some details. So this is my 3rd Bonnaroo and having Pearl Jam there was like having two of my best friends meet for the first time and loving each other. Got up there about 3/4 of the way through BB King's set and started jockeying for position as the anticipation was really starting to build. Jack Johnson came out to an incredibly warm reception and played a killer set. He said at one point "are you guys as excited as I am to see Pearl Jam?" He then brought out Eddie to play a Jack song (Constellations I think). That was an exciting moment because it was our first glimpse of Eddie.

The stage set up is really cool with a big screen behind them with a wave mural and then two big PJ banners on each side of the stage. The lights go out and everyone goes nuts. Hard to Imagine was a great opener and he had the crowd singing instantly. If there was any question that this crowd belonged to PJ it was answered right then. Courdoroy was awesome and then All Night threw some people off but still sounded awesome. Who You Are is a song I've been waiting to hear for a long time. In preparation for this show I hadn't checked the setlists from the previous nights but someone had mentioned they played Who You Are so I had a feeling it was coming. They've reworked the drum intro and they nailed it, absolutely beautiful.

Half Full ripped, Mike did a blistering solo. Before Gone Eddie says that on January 8th, 2001 when Bush took office that gas was 1.56 a gallon and now it's 4.50. He said he wrote this next song when it was at about 2.75 and played Gone. Just mentioning Bush got mixed response from the crowd. Not like the San Francisco crowds I'm used to. Love Reign O'er Me was really solid, Eddie really put it down on this one.

During the first encore the camera man zoomed in on the setlist so we knew what was coming. I saw No More coming up and wondered how it would go with the crowd. Eddie comes out and says "we were talking backstage and you guys really remind us of a crowd at a festival in Amsterdam. All I need now is for you to tell me to go fuck myself in Dutch, Don't worry you'll get your chance in a bit" a reference to No More? I don't know. WMA sounded really, really good. Reworked just enough and it extended out nicely.

For the 2nd Encore he came out alone and told the story of the guy from Body of War. He recently slipped into a coma and Eddie was obviously affected by it, in fact he seemed to be battling a lot of emotion all night. He said I know there's a time and a place to talk about this stuff but I'm pissed!!! He then talked about how the 80,000 people here have the power to change the world. The crowd came around for No More and really made it a nice sing along. Eddie said that if we sang along he'd said Thomas the tape. I had seen Release on the setlist and thought it was really odd to be played so late. Eddie talked about how their friend had lost their Father the day before and he was going to play this for him. The most amazing Release ever with Eddie crying throughout.

To backtrack a second suring the 2nd encore break the crowd starting singing Alive on it's own, in fact it sounded like the whole crowd was signing it so Alive was a big hit when they played not to mention that I think Eddie was into bottle of wine number 3 by that point. Yellow Ledbetter and Indifference were on the setlist as the closers but they must have changed it up and went with Watchtower.

All in all the most amazing PJ show I have been to. I was proud to be a PJ fan. The band really, really brought it and I have a feeling will go down in Bonnaroo history as one of their best headliner ever, hands down the best in my book. Sorry for the long review but last night's show was a marathon, not to mention Kanye West finally coming onstage at 4:30 in the morning and playing until the sun came up. Bonnaroo is nuts, absolutely nuts!!!

LikeAnOcean

ramblinpony wrote:

I think to be a "true all-around" fan of this band, you have to be into politics. I'm not saying you have to be into Pearl Jams politics, but politics in general. They affect so much of what they feel, write, perform, etc. I hear people bitch about how they are tired of Ed's rants. Well I'm fuckin tired of hearing about how tired people are of rants. This band has been openly political ever since Ed scribbled pro-choice on his arm during MTV Unplugged. If you don't like to talk politics, find a new favorite band. It is part of the experience, has been for 17 years. You know what to expect, deal with it. The safest place to be if you want to avoid politics is not at a Pearl Jam concert.

By the way, this goes out to everyone, Liberals, Conservatives, Communists, etc.

Oh, Cigarettes cost less then gas. Fuck driving, start smoking. The folks at FOX seem to think that 2009 will be the end of the world anyway.

Not true.. I used to be pretty conservative when I was a in high school when I really got into the band.. I'm pretty liberal now in my late 20s and it has made no impact to the musics effect on me.. and no, the band did not convert me.

ramblinpony

LikeAnOcean wrote:

Not true.. I used to be pretty conservative when I was a in high school when I really got into the band.. I'm pretty liberal now in my late 20s and it has made no impact to the musics effect on me.. and no, the band did not convert me.

I said you didn't have to agree with their politics. You just have to be in to politics in general. I mean, I guess it's possible just to like the music, but people may look at you funny if you listen to Neo-Nazi tunes just because you dig the beat.:)

MattyJoe

LikeAnOcean wrote:

oh really,.. how much is a gallon (8 lbs) of cigarettes going for these days?

Exactly! THINK before you POST people!!

LikeAnOcean

ramblinpony wrote:

I said you didn't have to agree with their politics. You just have to be in to politics in general. I mean, I guess it's possible just to like the music, but people may look at you funny if you listen to Neo-Nazi tunes just because you dig the beat.:)

I didn't read that whole thing. You're right.

SVRDhand13

Betterman was the highlight?

For us on this forum I'd say it would have been All Night or WMA.

ramblinpony

MattyJoe wrote:

Exactly! THINK before you POST people!!

Logic has no place in JOKES!

ramblinpony

SVRDhand13 wrote:

Betterman was the highlight?

For us on this forum I'd say it would have been All Night or WMA.

Hard to Imagine isn't so shabby either!

PJBuckeye

4Powers20 wrote:

I dont want Obama to win but if he does at least Eddie wont be able to bitch about the preisdent anymore. I am so tired of his political rants. We get it, you didnt like Bush 1, you didnt like Clinton, you dont like GW Bush. It has been almost 20 years of bitching about the president, it will be nice if the guy he wanted is in office so I wont have to listen to his disgust with the adminstration for awhile.

That being said, McCain will win, so I guess I will have to listen to Eddie "political genious" for another 4 years at least.

Well said. This might be the most accurate political post I have ever seen on this board.

PJBuckeye

4Powers20 wrote:

I dont want Obama to win but if he does at least Eddie wont be able to bitch about the preisdent anymore. I am so tired of his political rants. We get it, you didnt like Bush 1, you didnt like Clinton, you dont like GW Bush. It has been almost 20 years of bitching about the president, it will be nice if the guy he wanted is in office so I wont have to listen to his disgust with the adminstration for awhile.

That being said, McCain will win, so I guess I will have to listen to Eddie "political genious" for another 4 years at least.

Well said. This might be the most accurate political post I have ever seen on this board.

Kingmidget

4Powers20 wrote:

I dont want Obama to win but if he does at least Eddie wont be able to bitch about the preisdent anymore. I am so tired of his political rants. We get it, you didnt like Bush 1, you didnt like Clinton, you dont like GW Bush. It has been almost 20 years of bitching about the president, it will be nice if the guy he wanted is in office so I wont have to listen to his disgust with the adminstration for awhile.

That being said, McCain will win, so I guess I will have to listen to Eddie "political genious" for another 4 years at least.

Lookin at your signature, I'll bet GOD leads your political decisions? I'll take an end to all the religious right wing BS rants I hear in this Country...very damaging to this Country vs. anything Ed or anyone in the limelight could do.

God might be real and man is he/she/it pissed w/ f'in conservative redneck idiots!

War monger McCain wins and the US will continue to plummet towards implosion...luckily I live near Canada and can ditch before all our new enemies in the Middle East take the country over and our economy continues to dive.

Ed/Jill and Neil will probably have left for Canada also...we can hang.

pateljam

macci wrote:

Eddie is not a dipsh*t!

Lol.

Well maybe he is... for playing the south

Jellyrolls

Kingmidget wrote:

Lookin at your signature, I'll bet GOD leads your political decisions? I'll take an end to all the religious right wing BS rants I hear in this Country...very damaging to this Country vs. anything Ed or anyone in the limelight could do.

God might be real and man is he/she/it pissed w/ f'in conservative redneck idiots!

War monger McCain wins and the US will continue to plummet towards implosion...luckily I live near Canada and can ditch before all our new enemies in the Middle East take the country over and our economy continues to dive.

Ed/Jill and Neil will probably have left for Canada also...we can hang.

This ignorant post is what I hate about far left stupid fucks. You think just because someone believes in God they are damaging the country? I'm not big into christianity but he has every right to say what he believes, and I agree with him. Holy shit, you are a fucking idiot. Continue believing all of the false promises that Obama is saying (Mccain is guilty of it too)..You will see what kind of man he is within the next couple of months. I'm done here though because this is not the politic forum.
EDIT: That is what is beautiful about this country though..You can say what you said and I can say what I said. If people like you and all of the other Far lefts don't get a grip, we won't have the rights like we have now.

YourDirtisMyfood

YourDirtisMyfood wrote:

On a different note related to the article, I'm posting this review that was in a different thread. I think it really captures the mood there and is a tremendous post. Seems like the best PJ show in a very long time.

Still shaking out the cob webs after what was a really long night but here's some details. So this is my 3rd Bonnaroo and having Pearl Jam there was like having two of my best friends meet for the first time and loving each other. Got up there about 3/4 of the way through BB King's set and started jockeying for position as the anticipation was really starting to build. Jack Johnson came out to an incredibly warm reception and played a killer set. He said at one point "are you guys as excited as I am to see Pearl Jam?" He then brought out Eddie to play a Jack song (Constellations I think). That was an exciting moment because it was our first glimpse of Eddie.

The stage set up is really cool with a big screen behind them with a wave mural and then two big PJ banners on each side of the stage. The lights go out and everyone goes nuts. Hard to Imagine was a great opener and he had the crowd singing instantly. If there was any question that this crowd belonged to PJ it was answered right then. Courdoroy was awesome and then All Night threw some people off but still sounded awesome. Who You Are is a song I've been waiting to hear for a long time. In preparation for this show I hadn't checked the setlists from the previous nights but someone had mentioned they played Who You Are so I had a feeling it was coming. They've reworked the drum intro and they nailed it, absolutely beautiful.

Half Full ripped, Mike did a blistering solo. Before Gone Eddie says that on January 8th, 2001 when Bush took office that gas was 1.56 a gallon and now it's 4.50. He said he wrote this next song when it was at about 2.75 and played Gone. Just mentioning Bush got mixed response from the crowd. Not like the San Francisco crowds I'm used to. Love Reign O'er Me was really solid, Eddie really put it down on this one.

During the first encore the camera man zoomed in on the setlist so we knew what was coming. I saw No More coming up and wondered how it would go with the crowd. Eddie comes out and says "we were talking backstage and you guys really remind us of a crowd at a festival in Amsterdam. All I need now is for you to tell me to go fuck myself in Dutch, Don't worry you'll get your chance in a bit" a reference to No More? I don't know. WMA sounded really, really good. Reworked just enough and it extended out nicely.

For the 2nd Encore he came out alone and told the story of the guy from Body of War. He recently slipped into a coma and Eddie was obviously affected by it, in fact he seemed to be battling a lot of emotion all night. He said I know there's a time and a place to talk about this stuff but I'm pissed!!! He then talked about how the 80,000 people here have the power to change the world. The crowd came around for No More and really made it a nice sing along. Eddie said that if we sang along he'd said Thomas the tape. I had seen Release on the setlist and thought it was really odd to be played so late. Eddie talked about how their friend had lost their Father the day before and he was going to play this for him. The most amazing Release ever with Eddie crying throughout.

To backtrack a second suring the 2nd encore break the crowd starting singing Alive on it's own, in fact it sounded like the whole crowd was signing it so Alive was a big hit when they played not to mention that I think Eddie was into bottle of wine number 3 by that point. Yellow Ledbetter and Indifference were on the setlist as the closers but they must have changed it up and went with Watchtower.

All in all the most amazing PJ show I have been to. I was proud to be a PJ fan. The band really, really brought it and I have a feeling will go down in Bonnaroo history as one of their best headliner ever, hands down the best in my book. Sorry for the long review but last night's show was a marathon, not to mention Kanye West finally coming onstage at 4:30 in the morning and playing until the sun came up. Bonnaroo is nuts, absolutely nuts!!!

sounded like a very emotional "Release."

Kingmidget

Jellyrolls wrote:

This ignorant post is what I hate about far right stupid fucks. You think just because someone believes in God they are damaging the country? I'm not big into christianity but he has every right to say what he believes, and I agree with him. Holy shit, you are a fucking idiot. Continue believing all of the false promises that Obama is saying (Mccain is guilty of it too)..You will see what kind of man he is within the next couple of months. I'm done here though because this is not the politic forum.

You're calling me a "far right stupid fuck" and I'm the idiot?

I didn't say anyone who believed in God was the problem...just the religious right freaks pushin their political agendas.

I'm not HUGE on Obama...but anyone is a better choice than McCain. HE could only bring this country DOWN...no matter how much time if he spent as a POW...I respect him for that, but its time to move ahead and he needs to quit obsessing about it. He ain't the answer.

justam

He's right to say something though even if some jerk calls him a dipshit.

Anon

4Powers20 wrote:

I dont want Obama to win but if he does at least Eddie wont be able to bitch about the preisdent anymore. I am so tired of his political rants. We get it, you didnt like Bush 1, you didnt like Clinton, you dont like GW Bush. It has been almost 20 years of bitching about the president, it will be nice if the guy he wanted is in office so I wont have to listen to his disgust with the adminstration for awhile.

That being said, McCain will win, so I guess I will have to listen to Eddie "political genious" for another 4 years at least.

You are very good at complaining about a guy that isn't elected to represent you. Why would you pay for something that makes you feel so unrepresented? If Eddie paid money to go be part of the 'George Bush' experience and complained all the time, we would have a right to think he was a fool for subjecting himself to it. I think we have a right to proclaim you are fool for subjecting yourself to Pearl Jam. It's like buying a hooker but being upset about the crotch crickets. Even worse, what you do is buy the hooker, take the infestation back to your wife and show her.......


BTY....you are a spelling Genious.

wolfamongwolves

YourDirtisMyfood wrote:

Can you imagine Bono and Ed playing together? It'd be half-politics, half-music, but at least Bono has his heart in the right place when talking about Darfur, etc.

That must be a different Bono from the egomaniacal, shamelessly self-promoting, platitude-spouting little turd I have the misfortune to share a country with.

Weird that they both talk about Darfur