Winding Down
Ok let's face it. The guys are getting older. The band is working on separate projects. An official solo has been done. This tour is short. The last album didn't do as well as previous ones.
Do you think that PJ is winding down? Are we coming to the end of an era? Or do you think they will be like the Stones or Dead and tour well on into their sixties....
Do you think that PJ is winding down? Are we coming to the end of an era? Or do you think they will be like the Stones or Dead and tour well on into their sixties....
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I think they're gonna keep touring for awhile. A decent amount of time at least. Not necessarily every year, or 30 shows a tour. But I don't think they're done yet.
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The last album has already outsold riot act and binaural..........i believe it has done well over a million copies worldwide. The band is still giving out awesome live shows. I think we still have a solid five years of pearl jam still in the tank.
...either way, i feel that the band still has a few albums left in them - and excellent ones at that. if theres one thing i've learned about PJ, its that they wont continue with releasing music unless it is at a high level of quality.
so the real question is for how long they can keep creating mindblowingly great music.
i think there's probably another decade in em... although the longer it goes on the longer the times will be between releases - though as i say i do not fear that they will ever put out a poor album.
I've always thought this ... because, there's no reason not to. I don't see any of the things you mentioned as "signs they are winding down."
In fact, they are touring this summer for no reason, no album to support, just because they fuckin' feel like it. To me, that makes a stronger case for "hell, no they're not winding down" than anything else you mentioned.
for the least they could possibly do
amen.
plus, look at avocado:
life wasted
world wide suicide
comatose
severed hand
big wave
unemployable
^ show that the band can still rock fuckin HARD
inside job
army reserve
marker in the sand
parachutes
come back
^ show the band still has amazing musicianship and creativity! (not that the first group doesn't, but i used them for the hard rocking category instead
also, look at their shows. better than EVER. very long, amazing and diverse setlists, ed sounds his best, and the band is always on fire. them doing side projects just show me that they need to stay busy and LOVE STILL making MUSIC. we've definitely got more great albums and bigass tours in store for us. this band is anything but winding down.
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2009: London (O2), Philly 1, 2, 3, & 4
2010: Hartford, Boston, MSG 1 & 2
2011: Ed Solo Hartford
2012: Philly (MIA Fest)
2013: Worcester 2, Brooklyn 1 & 2, Hartford
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Of course this tour is short. Its' just for fun, they have no new reocrd out.
Huge tour in 06 more in 07 and now some in 08. The are keeping very busy.
New album will come out soon and another huge tour will follow.
I stopped reading after this, 5 years
are you fucking serious
with the amount of energy
PASSION
IN THEIR MUSIC, THEY WILL BE DOING THIS TILL THEY ARE 100
I mean whos knows on what scale, but solo stuff ansd side priojects usually mean they miss their band.
These guys cant sit still,.
I hate to sound rude becasue we are all fans, but when a musician does more and they are IT IS A GOOD SIGN
This tour is without an album, first time ever they did a full scale east coast tour without an album
05 was cools and so was the vfc tour but this is a step in the direction of more
If you look at yield, binaurul, than riot act there was a steady progression in shows
the off years just used to be bridge shows
after riot act we had vfc
than the next year about 6 shows
they did avocado and i was suprised it wasnt a bigger tour rather the same amount with adding europe, i was shocked they didnt come back and here they are with a decent size tour, right after eds solo tour and no album
also ed is so passionate he prob is sending the measage that he missed the band.
and wasnt their just news of another brendan album, so it will be mainstream.
we have had more pearl jam in the last 5 years than we ever have had.
they will always play
the sad part with this band is god forbid any serious problems they would prob call it quits like zep
where most other bands dont.
no more shows
This tour I believe is to test run some new stuff before they release it on a new album
They are all well of financailly now, the albums might not sell like, vrs/ten etc but they DO Sell well enough to make a profit.
their is still a spark in those old dogs yet
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There's a constant ringing in my ears
Sense of humor's void and numb
And I'm bored to tears.......
They have toured at least a bit for the last 5 years and now they're pulling out a mini tour for this summer. It wouldn't surprise me if they eschewed the year long world tour from now on, seeing as they all have families. They may just do a 'leg' every year....And it wouldn't surprise me if they release their albums themselves from now on. The numbers might not ever hit that Global Pop Culture Hysteria range again, but in keeping all the profits it would still make them a nice chunk of change...and they own their own studio.
All I know is they seem to enjoy playing and creating still and they will always be able to sell out decent sized venues...
I honestly think we have at least a decade of new music and live performances coming from them...but probably not in the typical established methods we've all grown up with.
However, after seeing Springsteen rock it like myth last weekend...I think Eddie needs to toss the smokes now...for real.
But yeah, all their heroes are still goin...I doubt they'll ever stop completely...Then again, Charlie Watts doesn't have to play 'Go' or 'Comatose' either...
But Still.
You just described the last 12 years of this bands existance.. not much has changed.. big tour in 2000, big tour in 2003, big tour in 2006 and big tour in 2009 to promote the new album.. You'll see.
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yes.
There are very few bands that get to this point and don't just ride the hits.
Fans not only anticipate but crave new material.
I'm not sure that's even true with Springsteen or Young.
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Let me clarify....
5 years or so on the mainstream scale. big tours, big albums, etc....
Another ten years or so of small tours with pj loyalists.
agreed. if i'm wrong then we'll have 5 solo records to buy from 5 amazing musicians. when is cready gonna do one? or jeff ament?
Sir Mike McCready is....THE MASTER!!! WAHHH!!!
EVENFLOW PSYCHOS H.N.I.C~FEEL THE FLOW!!!
"Pearl Jam fans are obsessed, they'd see the boys in HELL if tickets were sold."-CROJAM95
It takes balls to put out a UKE album!