How do you young people hear about new (or new to them) bands? Radio pretty much sucks. MTV and VH1 are pretty much all reality shows. Is it just word of mouth, someone "passing it down" to you? Or does online stuff make a big difference? I'm just really curious how a band like PJ gets the word out these days about what they're up to.
i'm 19 most people i know hate pearl jam. got my 14 year old brother into them big time though. younger people ALL like last kiss and betterman though
I never understood the whole "last kiss" thing....no not cuz its so popular, but cuz its so NOT popular. NO ONE i know, knows "last kiss". All my friends "make fun of me" by imitating jeremy or evenflow....honestly, who the fuck knows "last kiss"...that song sucks on so many levels anyway.
OH...im 19 and turning 20 this year if that helps.
i'm 20, and a lot my friends, while not major fans, at the very least appreciate the band, and enjoy it when I play their music or watch a dvd. I'd say the most popular song with people who aren't major fans is elderly woman. As far as finding new bands, for me it's a lot of word of mouth with a select group of people that I deem to have good taste in music, and a few key online sources. I haven't listened to the radio or actually heard music on mtv etc. in years, so youre right on about that
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I recently turned 25 and honestly I thought I was on the edge of the spectrum for being a young fan... then again, I have been listening since I was about 8 or 9... it's really awesome to see PJ appealing to teenagers these days...
I'm curious how most young people got into them if not for an older sibling or parent... how did you discover them?
I'm 19 and only really discovered them further than their radio hits a couple of years ago. Most all of my friends don't really know much about them, but like and know a lot of their stuff when I play it for them. Save my closest friend, who loves them as much as I do.
The way I normally get into music is word of mouth. I still enjoy owning CDs as opposed to just downloads, but I would say that I am definitely in the minority. Most everyone just borrows their friend's CD and rips it to their iTunes.
Everyone keeps saying "radio sucks"... and I agree... but I have XM Radio and I love it. It plays great stuff, and I've discovered a large portion of what I listen to through it.
The way I found Pearl Jam, was through The Who. I bought their "Live at Royal Albert Hall" CD which Ed sings on... I liked his voice a lot, decided to check out some of his stuff, and was surprised to find that I knew and liked quite a bit of it... and the rest is history.
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I recently turned 25 and honestly I thought I was on the edge of the spectrum for being a young fan... then again, I have been listening since I was about 8 or 9... it's really awesome to see PJ appealing to teenagers these days...
I'm curious how most young people got into them if not for an older sibling or parent... how did you discover them?
8 or 9 are you kidding me? I was still being a kid at that age. lol
8 or 9 are you kidding me? I was still being a kid at that age. lol
lol, well... I've kind of explained this before on here...
but when I was that age I had gotten Ten for xmas, I was really into all sorts of music... I didn't even ask for it.. my mom just got it for me along w/ other tapes of popular artists at the time... I just liked the music, had no idea what it was about until years later... I became more of a diehard that I am now around 95-96 in the merkinball/no code era...
hope that makes sense.... I also had an older cousin who was into them, I think he may have tipped my mom off.
lol, well... I've kind of explained this before on here...
but when I was that age I had gotten Ten for xmas, I was really into all sorts of music... I didn't even ask for it.. my mom just got it for me along w/ other tapes of popular artists at the time... I just liked the music, had no idea what it was about until years later... I became more of a diehard that I am now around 95-96 in the merkinball/no code era...
hope that makes sense.... I also had an older cousin who was into them, I think he may have tipped my mom off.
That does explains it.
I have a older cousin that got me into the dead at the age of 13 or 14. Took me to shows in 94 and 95. I was a fan of PJ but didn't get into them really until the summer of 2000.
I'm 21. I've liked the band since I was five (mom played them) but wasn't really....into them (knowing all about them, watching the tour closely, being obsessed...etc...) until I was about...15-16.
As for new music...I don't. I don't try to purposely not listen to new stuff but I listen to old stuff. Classic rock type stuff.
Pardon my n00b status, but I was curious if anyone had any idea if Pearl Jam was getting any newer, young fans coming into the fold. I'm mid-30s and have been listening to the band for years of course, but are "kids today" getting into quality music like PJ at all? I'd like to think the band's fanbase is still growing.
I'm more in your age bracket and have been obsessed right from the beginning.....I now have 3 children who are all fans as well. They were bombarded with PJ music whilst in the womb and have been ever since
I've got 2 sons aged 12 and 9, who I've had to make copies of some of my PJ CD's to stop them from wrecking mine..... and 1 daughter aged 4 who is not only a PJ fan, but also has a bit of a thing for Eddie
I'm twenty and have been a huge fan since I was 13. One of mates was a proper metal-head back then and was always showing me different bands, most of them were a tad on the heavy side for me so he advised me to pick up 'Ten'... I suppose I owe him many thanks. But yeah, there doesn't seem to be whole lot of 'kids' who listen to or even know who Pearl Jam are, the few younglings I've meet that have heard of them usually haven't heard the actual music and often start some poorly founded Nirvana vs. Pearl Jam arguement...fools.
The youngest PJ fan I know is my daughter (12), and yes maybe it's because she's been listening to them since she was in the womb, but I have never forced my music tastes on them. I'd rather they come to it naturally.
She's into all sorts of different music, Foo Fighters, REM, AIC and such...and my 15 yr old is a huge Iron Maiden and System of a Down fan...and everyday I thank god they aren't into RnB like most of their mates
I'm 18 but I have been a fans since I was 13, I have always loved pearl jam ever since I heard one of my older cousins listening to the vs. album. then when i got to see them for the first time and my first concert i was blown away. since then i have never been able to stop listening. i think that pearl jam still can attract young fans but they have to be young fans who appreciate music not just stupid teenagers.
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My 14 year old nephew is a killer guitar player. He didn't know much about PJ. I got him the MSG DVD and now he is a huge McCready fan. He loves all the different guitars he plays, and of course his playing too.
Then I gave him a copy of the PinkPop DVD with Ed diving off the crane, ect... and now my nephew is really hooked. He wants to see them live, but he is bummed that he won't see Ed's stage behaviour from the old days.
That's my 2 cents. (I'm 33 by the way).
Actually, my 1 1/2 year old daughter likes PJ. She reacts and dances more to them than most other music I play. She attended her first show in Vegas '06 in my wife's womb.
How I got into them? When I was a kid my dad would always have the radio set to the local classic rock station (no albums, though), so it was what I explored a lot of real music as a kid, especially on yearly road trips that lasted at least a week. Went through a pop music phase 12-14.
I saw the movie Man on the Moon when I was 14 and it instantly became my favorite move. I went on the net really got into it and eventually I got the Man on the Moon soundtrack and got into REM. Left pop music behind when I discovered something I never realized before - depth in music.
Got a boyfriend at 16 his fav band was Pearl Jam. He might have wanted me to get into them, and because he knew I was into REM, he probably thought it would be easier. I remember hearing CORDUROY and borrowed Vitalogy. Liked it, then got Ten and more and more. He got into them from his sister who is 2 yrs old who was into all sorts of music with tons of CDs.
If it wasn't for my boyfriend, I doubt I would have gotten into them so young. I remember him and I were the only ones who wore PJ shirts around school and most people my age listened to whatever was on the radio. The people who listened to real music would have sad something to me in the hallway or class if they liked them too, but no one did (except for a substitute teacher I would have never expected to be cool!). I did once see a guy with a Yield shirt on at the community college in my senior year and I was so excited I told him so in the hallway.
But then again, I probably would have gotten into them eventually. I didn't like the pop radio and would have probably just discovered them from asking people in the REM message board of good bands to get into. I was a member on it since I was 15. I'm a nonconformist so I would have probably looked around the internet for bands even if I didn't get into REM. If you don't get your bands from friends or the internet, there is very little way to get into good bands.
My son is 7, and he likes them. He's very excited about seeing them live for the first time in SC. He asked if they will play WWS and Big Wave, I told him to make a sign and see if they will play it.
I'm 29 and having to explain to ppl 10 years younger than me that PJ is a band from the early 90's that are still playing makes me feel like an old fart! :(
So it's nice to see that new fans are actually joining us.
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I'm 29 and having to explain to ppl 10 years younger than me that PJ is a band from the early 90's that are still playing makes me feel like an old fart! :(
So it's nice to see that new fans are actually joining us.
i'm 29 and i have to explain to people our age that PJ is still around!
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How do you young people hear about new (or new to them) bands? Radio pretty much sucks. MTV and VH1 are pretty much all reality shows. Is it just word of mouth, someone "passing it down" to you? Or does online stuff make a big difference? I'm just really curious how a band like PJ gets the word out these days about what they're up to.
I never understood the whole "last kiss" thing....no not cuz its so popular, but cuz its so NOT popular. NO ONE i know, knows "last kiss". All my friends "make fun of me" by imitating jeremy or evenflow....honestly, who the fuck knows "last kiss"...that song sucks on so many levels anyway.
OH...im 19 and turning 20 this year if that helps.
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I'm curious how most young people got into them if not for an older sibling or parent... how did you discover them?
The way I normally get into music is word of mouth. I still enjoy owning CDs as opposed to just downloads, but I would say that I am definitely in the minority. Most everyone just borrows their friend's CD and rips it to their iTunes.
Everyone keeps saying "radio sucks"... and I agree... but I have XM Radio and I love it. It plays great stuff, and I've discovered a large portion of what I listen to through it.
The way I found Pearl Jam, was through The Who. I bought their "Live at Royal Albert Hall" CD which Ed sings on... I liked his voice a lot, decided to check out some of his stuff, and was surprised to find that I knew and liked quite a bit of it... and the rest is history.
And he who forgets, will be destined to remember...
8 or 9 are you kidding me? I was still being a kid at that age. lol
lol, well... I've kind of explained this before on here...
but when I was that age I had gotten Ten for xmas, I was really into all sorts of music... I didn't even ask for it.. my mom just got it for me along w/ other tapes of popular artists at the time... I just liked the music, had no idea what it was about until years later... I became more of a diehard that I am now around 95-96 in the merkinball/no code era...
hope that makes sense.... I also had an older cousin who was into them, I think he may have tipped my mom off.
That does explains it.
I have a older cousin that got me into the dead at the age of 13 or 14. Took me to shows in 94 and 95. I was a fan of PJ but didn't get into them really until the summer of 2000.
As for new music...I don't. I don't try to purposely not listen to new stuff but I listen to old stuff. Classic rock type stuff.
I've got 2 sons aged 12 and 9, who I've had to make copies of some of my PJ CD's to stop them from wrecking mine..... and 1 daughter aged 4 who is not only a PJ fan, but also has a bit of a thing for Eddie
She's into all sorts of different music, Foo Fighters, REM, AIC and such...and my 15 yr old is a huge Iron Maiden and System of a Down fan...and everyday I thank god they aren't into RnB like most of their mates
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Her fav's are 3 Days Grace, Paramore & Pearl Jam.
Then I gave him a copy of the PinkPop DVD with Ed diving off the crane, ect... and now my nephew is really hooked. He wants to see them live, but he is bummed that he won't see Ed's stage behaviour from the old days.
That's my 2 cents. (I'm 33 by the way).
Actually, my 1 1/2 year old daughter likes PJ. She reacts and dances more to them than most other music I play. She attended her first show in Vegas '06 in my wife's womb.
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Been a fan since July 2001. I was 16.
How I got into them? When I was a kid my dad would always have the radio set to the local classic rock station (no albums, though), so it was what I explored a lot of real music as a kid, especially on yearly road trips that lasted at least a week. Went through a pop music phase 12-14.
I saw the movie Man on the Moon when I was 14 and it instantly became my favorite move. I went on the net really got into it and eventually I got the Man on the Moon soundtrack and got into REM. Left pop music behind when I discovered something I never realized before - depth in music.
Got a boyfriend at 16 his fav band was Pearl Jam. He might have wanted me to get into them, and because he knew I was into REM, he probably thought it would be easier. I remember hearing CORDUROY and borrowed Vitalogy. Liked it, then got Ten and more and more. He got into them from his sister who is 2 yrs old who was into all sorts of music with tons of CDs.
If it wasn't for my boyfriend, I doubt I would have gotten into them so young. I remember him and I were the only ones who wore PJ shirts around school and most people my age listened to whatever was on the radio. The people who listened to real music would have sad something to me in the hallway or class if they liked them too, but no one did (except for a substitute teacher I would have never expected to be cool!). I did once see a guy with a Yield shirt on at the community college in my senior year and I was so excited I told him so in the hallway.
But then again, I probably would have gotten into them eventually. I didn't like the pop radio and would have probably just discovered them from asking people in the REM message board of good bands to get into. I was a member on it since I was 15. I'm a nonconformist so I would have probably looked around the internet for bands even if I didn't get into REM. If you don't get your bands from friends or the internet, there is very little way to get into good bands.
So it's nice to see that new fans are actually joining us.
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So I guess i'll no longer be young =P
i'm 29 and i have to explain to people our age that PJ is still around!
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