Who here gets shit for loving this band?

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  • Noonie
    Noonie Posts: 93
    Does it matter? I'm sure Rush fans get a lot more shit then you and I could ever imagine (lol, no offence to any Rush fans out there, just an example)
    My point is, yes, it's annoying when people are disrespectful about your taste in music, but... to each his own.
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  • F5
    F5 Posts: 794
    Noonie wrote:
    Does it matter? I'm sure Rush fans get a lot more shit then you and I could ever imagine (lol, no offence to any Rush fans out there, just an example)
    My point is, yes, it's annoying when people are disrespectful about your taste in music, but... to each his own.
    I love Rush! Can't say I've met someone who didn't. Thats funny.
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  • nofxer
    nofxer Posts: 18
    I think it's been a little different for me cos the one thing everyone knows about me is how much i dig music, so naturally i surround myself with other music fans. All my flatmates i have converted to pj a couple of years back, still their favourite band now, it's great. I always fuel their fandom by making them mix cds of bootlegs for them to play in their cars, everyone else knows me enough to know that pj is my fave so for all the music ive introuduced them too it must be pretty good!

    I often find though that when i first meet people they have such a strange idea of who pearl jam is. THey recall betterman and last kiss (i'm 22 by the way), but it's nothing a mix cd with insignificance and go can't resolve lol
  • nofxer
    nofxer Posts: 18
    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.

    AFI is actually pretty amazing, they are to the emo generation what the Smashing Pumpkins were to 90's kids. Infact I think sing the sorrow is the best alternative album since mellon collie. In a thread about people giving u shit for ur favourite band you shouldn't give judgement on AFI when i have a feeling you have only seen some of their image based music videos. Remember it's a different generation, once you understand what the new generation cares about it all makes sense and is just as valid.
  • allstar340
    allstar340 NYC Posts: 848
    *raises hand* I get it from my sister, from my teachers, and my closest friends.

    Dude you were born a year before they came out, they sound like shit, he mumbles. All of this shit.. I just wish that they can open their ears, and see what it's all about.

    Did you ever wish that you can turn everyone into a fan? Because you enjoy it so much, that you cant understand why others dont?
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  • allstar340 wrote:
    hey did you go to staten island tech?
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  • LONGRD
    LONGRD Posts: 6,036
    Honestly, not that much. I think my Pearl Jam talk just go in one ear and out the other. :p After a couple minutes I'll just change the subject...

    I think 75% of the people I know either like their hits, respect their artistry or know who they are. The other perfectage just don't know them, and a few hate them.
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  • allstar340
    allstar340 NYC Posts: 848
    na Tottenville.
    alright.
    sorry, thought i knew you, at tech the teachers give me shit about it all the time.
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  • F5
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    nofxer wrote:
    AFI is actually pretty amazing, they are to the emo generation what the Smashing Pumpkins were to 90's kids. Infact I think sing the sorrow is the best alternative album since mellon collie. In a thread about people giving u shit for ur favourite band you shouldn't give judgement on AFI when i have a feeling you have only seen some of their image based music videos. Remember it's a different generation, once you understand what the new generation cares about it all makes sense and is just as valid.
    Your probably right I can't say I've listened to that album. I sure hated all their radio hits and videos. I even saw them live during a festival show a few years back and my friends and I made fun of them and their singer the whole time. People kept looking at us like they were going to kill us :p but I'll have to give it a listen.
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  • Noonie
    Noonie Posts: 93
    I love Rush! Can't say I've met someone who didn't. Thats funny.
    Really? I don't really know them, but every single reference that I have ever heard of them was, well... mean.
    It just always gets me thinking about how it would make me feel, hearing that kind of shit said about my favorite band in the world...
    But to answer the op's question- no, I don't get shit for loving Pearl Jam. some strange looks now and then... but no shit, lol.
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  • nofxer wrote:
    AFI is actually pretty amazing, they are to the emo generation what the Smashing Pumpkins were to 90's kids. Infact I think sing the sorrow is the best alternative album since mellon collie. In a thread about people giving u shit for ur favourite band you shouldn't give judgement on AFI when i have a feeling you have only seen some of their image based music videos. Remember it's a different generation, once you understand what the new generation cares about it all makes sense and is just as valid.


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  • F5
    F5 Posts: 794
    Noonie wrote:
    Really? I don't really know them, but every single reference that I have ever heard of them was, well... mean.
    It just always gets me thinking about how it would make me feel, hearing that kind of shit said about my favorite band in the world...
    But to answer the op's question- no, I don't get shit for loving Pearl Jam. some strange looks now and then... but no shit, lol.
    They're awesome. You have to appreciate classic rock though. Listen to a few of the classics
    2112 Overture: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQtF85Y2YtA
    Fly By Night: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs07hbaKvug
    Sprit of Radio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Tq-UsaRchI

    If you get into those pick up the greatest hits titled "The Spirit of Radio" its a good place to start.
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  • satansbedbugs
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    Well I mean where I live, Staten Island all the younger kids are into Rap Hip Hop, and pop rock. So no one truly appreciates REAL GOOD rock and roll anymore. I feel im doing a good deed in the PJ community keeping the spirit alive among the young masses lol.


    Keep up the good work,. dont let the spirit die !!!!
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  • allstar340
    allstar340 NYC Posts: 848
    Well I mean where I live, Staten Island all the younger kids are into Rap Hip Hop, and pop rock. So no one truly appreciates REAL GOOD rock and roll anymore. I feel im doing a good deed in the PJ community keeping the spirit alive among the young masses lol.
    glad you said it
    im 16 and going strong. in fact i have about 8 friends who are pearl jam, 3 of which i brought with me to msg I, my first pearl jam show ever, because i knew they would love them even though they only vaguely knew them at the time. and they're pretty big fans now.
    and its not all the younger kids its just the majority, at my school there are shit loads of people who listen to good rock and roll, and are frequent concert goers like myself.

    i really hate staten island though :(
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  • yoke
    yoke Posts: 1,440
    Well I mean where I live, Staten Island all the younger kids are into Rap Hip Hop, and pop rock. So no one truly appreciates REAL GOOD rock and roll anymore. I feel im doing a good deed in the PJ community keeping the spirit alive among the young masses lol.


    Hell where you live they all come down to my town in the summer( when they are 21) and ginny it up... haha


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  • morgie2
    morgie2 Posts: 1,065
    *raises hand* I get it from my sister, from my teachers, and my closest friends.

    Dude you were born a year before they came out, they sound like shit, he mumbles. All of this shit.. I just wish that they can open their ears, and see what it's all about.

    Did you ever wish that you can turn everyone into a fan? Because you enjoy it so much, that you cant understand why others dont?

    Take it from an "old person", most people never "get it" about alot of subjects. I always prefer the "road less taken". Besides, the fewer people we convert to fans, the better are chances of getting tickets, posters, etc.
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  • Well I mean where I live, Staten Island all the younger kids are into Rap Hip Hop, and pop rock. So no one truly appreciates REAL GOOD rock and roll anymore. I feel im doing a good deed in the PJ community keeping the spirit alive among the young masses lol.

    Haha... a friend of mine lives in Staten Island. He is 26... but from what he tells me, it sounds like things haven't changed with teenagers in S.I.

    He LOVES rap music, but appreciates it mostly for lyrical content, as I think most rap should be.

    Anyway... I too have tried to get him into rock, of coarse starting with PJ. He knows how much I love them, and has really given it an honest try. So you've got another person trying to get Pearl Jam going in S.I.

    I guess my friend said it best (please, no offense intended):
    "I had a choice to either grow up a wigger, or a guido. I chose the wigger route."

    haha...
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  • zenith
    zenith Posts: 3,191
    i get shit for still loving the same band i loved when i was 19 ... and being in their fan club :o
    impatience is a gift ........