Who here gets shit for loving this band?

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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    find better friends ;):D
  • washedinblack91
    washedinblack91 Posts: 3,079
    melva02 wrote:
    Interesting. I feel like I get "true fan" cred for still keeping up with them. But I'm 28 so most of my friends remember when they were on MTV.

    As I posted on another thread, anyone who was born around when Pearl Jam formed but likes their music is like Eddie Vedder liking The Who. They're still a band, they still kick ass, and they're becoming rock legends. I give you props for finding them, which apparently was hard for you (since your friends don't know them). I found them on MTV which was easy. You win. It's not your fault you're young.

    Melissa
    hooray i win! =D but i dunno, i've liked them ever since i was little listening to the radio, so do i really win? i kind of feel like im both in the group who has listened to them for years and in the group of little kids who just discovered them. it's like, although i've liked them ever since VS, i've never had the chance to actually appreciate it and declare pearl jam my favorite band like others have until i was 12 and by that time binaural had come out
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  • sd412
    sd412 Posts: 19
    Every time my wife see's Eddie she say's "There's your boyfriend"....
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    when you were born pearl jam formed

    when i was born led zeppelin formed

    i've never gotten shit for liking zeppelin :)
  • Drop The Leash 10
    Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    cutback wrote:
    when you were born pearl jam formed

    when i was born led zeppelin formed

    i've never gotten shit for liking zeppelin :)
    ohhhhh whoppedeeefreekindooooo. :p


    i dont get shit for liking zeppelin. :D but man, its like i worship satan when it comes to PJ. everyone is like, "what, are you gay?"

    then of course, they always say "Nirvana was better" and then they cant even name 3 nirvana songs. :rolleyes:
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  • washedinblack91
    washedinblack91 Posts: 3,079
    Drop The Leash 10 wrote:

    then of course, they always say "Nirvana was better" and then they cant even name 3 nirvana songs. :rolleyes:
    that is SO FUCKING ANNOYING! they always say nirvana is better, but its like, can you even name 5 songs from one album? and theyre clueless. tell em to name 5 pj songs from one album and you get "black, even flow, jeremy, alive, once..." hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    Drop The Leash 10 wrote:
    ohhhhh whoppedeeefreekindooooo. :p


    i dont get shit for liking zeppelin. :D but man, its like i worship satan when it comes to PJ. everyone is like, "what, are you gay?"

    then of course, they always say "Nirvana was better" and then they cant even name 3 nirvana songs. :rolleyes:

    point was when i was your age no one gave me or anyone shit for liking "old" bands....just seems silly to me :)
  • melva02
    melva02 Posts: 298
    Jeremy's Spoken wrote:
    Yeah, well I started because my father has TEN VITALOGY VS NO CODE YIELD.. but I was a casual listener when he would put them on in the car.. I started to REALLY REALLY become true, die hard in Feb of 05 when he died.. I went thru his cd's and saw multiple cd's with PJ's name, and said hmm Ive heard them now lets see why he liked them.. he wasnt a DIE HARD fan, but he liked their sound. Credit to him.

    Oh so sorry to hear that you lost your dad while so young. That is awful. I'm glad Pearl Jam is a way you can connect to riding in the car with him.

    My dad is the same with the Beatles and he made me a great tape from his records that I used to listen to while driving a bus (my old job). When I listened to Bill Carson and His Checkered Past I heard a passenger say "what the fuck is this girl listening to", but nobody minds the Beatles, so you can totally blast the music! You could play Pearl Jam pretty loud too, I think...this was at UVA where most of the passengers are students.

    Melissa
  • Touchofgray16
    Touchofgray16 Posts: 639
    sd412 wrote:
    Every time my wife see's Eddie she say's "There's your boyfriend"....


    I love it !
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  • youngster
    youngster Boston Posts: 6,576
    I was 9 when Ten came out and I remember me and my friend were obsessed with the video for jeremy. we bought the Cd and never stopped listening. PJ won't ever be truly appreciated by the masses until they get a HOF induction or something like that. Don't sweat it. At that time, you can sleep easy knowing you were a fan all along.
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  • joint in a tree
    joint in a tree Posts: 392
    since i'm 31, people my age know who they are.

    but i get shit for the MONEY i spend on them and the time off from work to go to shows. My husband tells me I'm nuts and occasionally vetos me, and my parents and friends are always going "how can you afford to go to all these shows??" Somehow, these friends manage to go to 1-2 shows per tour and be content with that. But then i have other friends who always can go to 2-3 more shows than me per tour, and i'm always jealous. (those are usually the vetoed ones, and usually for good reason)
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  • prytocorduroy
    prytocorduroy Posts: 4,355
    You should keep your love of the band to yourself, or express it to the proper audience. I've found that most people couldn't give a shit less about Pearl Jam. It's easy to spot the fans visually or by talking to them.
  • Jeremys Spoken
    Jeremys Spoken Posts: 7,578
    cropduster82 wrote:
    I was 9 when Ten came out and I remember me and my friend were obsessed with the video for jeremy. we bought the Cd and never stopped listening. PJ won't ever be truly appreciated by the masses until they get a HOF induction or something like that. Don't sweat it. At that time, you can sleep easy knowing you were a fan all along.
    Yeah, I cant wait for that.. 2016.

    It's weird if PJ comes out with a new HIT song.. it wont even get played on the NEW mtv.
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  • NewDamage
    NewDamage Posts: 1,913
    I think its awesome there are so many young fans. I'm 30 and I've been a fan pretty much since the beginning, and my friends all know who they are. But I work with a lot of younger people and they have no clue. They know Fall Out Boy or All American Rejects or whomever the hell is popular now. They might know Even Flow because of Guitar Hero.

    Its hard to imagine people not knowing them, because when I was a teenager they were all you ever heard on the radio and otherwise. I guess that's just me getting old :) But I was at the mall a few days ago and I had on a Vs shirt and some guy comes up to me. Couldn't have been more than 15 or so. And he knew all about the band and we talked for about 30 minutes. That sort of thing gives me hope for today's youth ;)
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  • VoiceInsideMyHead
    VoiceInsideMyHead Posts: 24
    on a daily basis.

    bring it on.
    nice shirt
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,283
    I don't really get shit that much. The folks at work just think it is odd but cool that I travel so much and collect all this crap.

    I share an office with another guy at work and he just started about 3 weeks ago. When I talked to him the first time he said that about 6 people from work told him he would need to like Pearl Jam because of where his office was.

    It is bugging me that PJ doesn't come to Indy anymore. It would be cool to get some of these folks to a show.
  • PJamGrunge10
    PJamGrunge10 California Posts: 596
    I don't really... But I don't talk about them all the time or anything, though my friends know they are my favorite. They like some songs at least...


    Not sure what being born the year before they came out has to do with anything though. I was born in '89 and have loved them my whole life. And how popular are bands like Led Zeppelin and Metallica? Still popular with people my age.
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  • kylan11
    kylan11 Posts: 20
    I am 3X and I have been a huge fan since day one. I love this band and everyone I know knows it. I rarely get shit for it, but everyone now and then, it does happen. I pretty much respond with a simple, "fuck you" or fuck off".
  • Blind3
    Blind3 Posts: 1,149
    Not me. After 81 shows and 5 continents, the shit peddlers just shake their heads and mutter alot.
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  • F5
    F5 Posts: 794
    I understand it a little. I remember back when I was trying to get into the band when I was 17. (I'm 22 now) A couple of my friends were absolutely obsessed with them and I couldn't understand why. They kept telling me how amazing they were and my friend Josh ended up making me a copy of Riot Act. But at the time I was more into the music of my generation (mostly from the Nu-metal scene) and after giving Riot Act one listen I wasn't impressed. I told my friends I thought they were ok. I remember one day when we were hanging out they showed me the Evolution video from the touring band DVD and I loved it. Shortly after that I listened to Yield and well I was hooked. But as far as people giving you a hard time for liking PJ I think its just because your in high school. Everyone wants to seem cool by telling you they suck. I remember when I was a senior this freshman girl kept telling me they sucked and that AFI was so much better. Ha! It still makes me laugh. But you should be glad your into a band that not everyone and their uncle likes.
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