Pearl Jam to play Oracle OpenWorld

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  • LineOneMightyFine
    LineOneMightyFine Posts: 347
    You think fans are upset now? Just wait until Backspacer II is released 4 years later...
  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    Black Diamond wrote:
    I just hope Green Disease is on the playlist...
    ...
    I'll tell you what would be fucking AWESOME.
    If Pearl Jam plays a non-stop 3 hour set of nothing but songs they rarely, if ever, play.
    That way, the folks at the Openworld will send out a flurry of Tweets like, "What the fuck is this!!!??? @pearljam" and "When are they going to play 'Jeremy' or 'I'm Still Alive' or that other song?" or "Worst re-union EVER!!!" Then, head back to the bar for more free booze. And DougFloyd is one of the only 127 people who stay.
    And... people in the Fan Club will read the set list, and their heads will explode. Hopefully, their membership numbers will be lower than 139,794 and I move up to the closer seats.
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  • PissBottleMan
    PissBottleMan Union City, TN Posts: 4,155
    Cosmo wrote:
    Black Diamond wrote:
    I'll tell you what would be fucking AWESOME.
    If Pearl Jam plays a non-stop 3 hour set of nothing but songs they rarely, if ever, play.
    That way, the folks at the Openworld will send out a flurry of Tweets like, "What the fuck is this!!!??? @pearljam" and "When are they going to play 'Jeremy' or 'I'm Still Alive' or that other song?" or "Worst re-union EVER!!!" Then, head back to the bar for more free booze. And DougFloyd is one of the only 127 people who stay.
    And... people in the Fan Club will read the set list, and their heads will explode. Hopefully, their membership numbers will be lower than 139,794 and I move up to the closer seats.

    This, obviously, is the best case scenario possible.

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  • EquallyWorthless
    EquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    Cosmo wrote:
    I'll tell you what would be fucking AWESOME.
    If Pearl Jam plays a non-stop 3 hour set of nothing but songs they rarely, if ever, play.
    That way, the folks at the Openworld will send out a flurry of Tweets like, "What the fuck is this!!!??? @pearljam" and "When are they going to play 'Jeremy' or 'I'm Still Alive' or that other song?" or "Worst re-union EVER!!!" Then, head back to the bar for more free booze. And DougFloyd is one of the only 127 people who stay.
    And... people in the Fan Club will read the set list, and their heads will explode. Hopefully, their membership numbers will be lower than 139,794 and I move up to the closer seats.

    If there was an award for best post ever on this board, you would have just won it.

    Well played.
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  • boyo79
    boyo79 Warrington, UK Posts: 6,525
    Cosmo wrote:
    Black Diamond wrote:
    I just hope Green Disease is on the playlist...
    ...
    I'll tell you what would be fucking AWESOME.
    If Pearl Jam plays a non-stop 3 hour set of nothing but songs they rarely, if ever, play.
    That way, the folks at the Openworld will send out a flurry of Tweets like, "What the fuck is this!!!??? @pearljam" and "When are they going to play 'Jeremy' or 'I'm Still Alive' or that other song?" or "Worst re-union EVER!!!" Then, head back to the bar for more free booze. And DougFloyd is one of the only 127 people who stay.
    And... people in the Fan Club will read the set list, and their heads will explode. Hopefully, their membership numbers will be lower than 139,794 and I move up to the closer seats.

    I said that yesterday!!

    Imagine the fury on the boards lol
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  • arq
    arq Posts: 8,101
    PissBottleMan wrote:
    For the record, I'm just glad this event isn't being held in the south...that would add insult to injury.

    PBM


    :lol:
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  • ComeToTX
    ComeToTX Austin Posts: 8,060
    edited August 2012
    EquallyWorthless wrote:
    Cosmo wrote:
    I'll tell you what would be fucking AWESOME.
    If Pearl Jam plays a non-stop 3 hour set of nothing but songs they rarely, if ever, play.
    That way, the folks at the Openworld will send out a flurry of Tweets like, "What the fuck is this!!!??? @pearljam" and "When are they going to play 'Jeremy' or 'I'm Still Alive' or that other song?" or "Worst re-union EVER!!!" Then, head back to the bar for more free booze. And DougFloyd is one of the only 127 people who stay.
    And... people in the Fan Club will read the set list, and their heads will explode. Hopefully, their membership numbers will be lower than 139,794 and I move up to the closer seats.

    If there was an award for best post ever on this board, you would have just won it.

    Well played.

    Top 5 at least! "Worst reunion ever" That's awesome...and not far off.

    Also, I joined about 500 peeps before you and am all for moving up as well.
    Post edited by ComeToTX on
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  • ComeToTX
    ComeToTX Austin Posts: 8,060
    arq wrote:
    PissBottleMan wrote:
    For the record, I'm just glad this event isn't being held in the south...that would add insult to injury.

    PBM


    :lol:

    No shit.
    This show, another show, a show here and a show there.
  • EquallyWorthless
    EquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    PissBottleMan wrote:
    For the record, I'm just glad this event isn't being held in the south...that would add insult to injury.

    PBM

    zing.
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  • dougfloyd
    dougfloyd Fishers, IN Posts: 2,585
    Cosmo wrote:
    Black Diamond wrote:
    I just hope Green Disease is on the playlist...
    ...
    I'll tell you what would be fucking AWESOME.
    If Pearl Jam plays a non-stop 3 hour set of nothing but songs they rarely, if ever, play.
    That way, the folks at the Openworld will send out a flurry of Tweets like, "What the fuck is this!!!??? @pearljam" and "When are they going to play 'Jeremy' or 'I'm Still Alive' or that other song?" or "Worst re-union EVER!!!" Then, head back to the bar for more free booze. And DougFloyd is one of the only 127 people who stay.
    And... people in the Fan Club will read the set list, and their heads will explode. Hopefully, their membership numbers will be lower than 139,794 and I move up to the closer seats.

    LOL, you're cracking me up! I do plan to get there as early as possible and get up front as this is probably my only shot and being close to front row at a PJ show without winning the lottery. I love the thought of 40,000 Oracle DBAs going "Who the hell is Dirty Frank and when are they playing Jeremy?"
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  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    arq wrote:
    PissBottleMan wrote:
    For the record, I'm just glad this event isn't being held in the south...that would add insult to injury.

    PBM


    :lol:
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  • drummerboy_73
    drummerboy_73 Las Vegas, NV Posts: 2,011
    GS4566 wrote:
    -Corporate conventions are played by has-been bands. (I saw KC and the Sunshine Band at one and my friend saw Third Eye Blind).

    This is not necessarily true. I'll admit that my view of this band has been slightly skewed because of how this thing appears on the surface, and while it would be nice to have some more insight as to why PJ is playing this particular event, the fact is more and more well known and currently successful bands are doing this - sometimes very openly, sometimes "under the radar". I work in the convention/trade show industry, and a few years ago, I was shocked when a large corporate meeting for a major pharmaceutical company had the Flaming Lips playing at their closing banquet.
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  • drummerboy_73
    drummerboy_73 Las Vegas, NV Posts: 2,011
    PissBottleMan wrote:
    For the record, I'm just glad this event isn't being held in the south...that would add insult to injury.

    PBM

    :lol: Brilliant.
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  • teeman
    teeman Posts: 337
    Google search "Oracle Layoffs" and get some interesting stuff.
  • my2hands
    my2hands Posts: 17,117
    EquallyWorthless wrote:
    my2hands wrote:
    the mantra of "sponsored by no one" used to be so refreshing in this corporate dominated shithole of a society... but now even the best band in the world is sucking the corporate cock for easy paydays...

    but what did we expect in a world that worships swooshes, golden arches, and designer sunglasses?

    feel free to hate me for missing the good ol' days... but i do

    lol what. The good old days? "Sponsered by No One.." was never a mantra of the band. It was a shot at Ticketmaster, and a slogan for a tour, as in "we can do a tour without being sponsored by you." I seem to remember that tour going horribly and being one of the biggest failures in the bands history.. So I am not sure if you are referring to those good old days? Revisionist history is awesome when youre using it to try and prove YOUR point. Not A point.


    you're right...i forgot about all of those awesome business conferences they played in the 90's... my bad :roll:
  • JOEJOEJOE
    JOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,822
    PissBottleMan wrote:
    For the record, I'm just glad this event isn't being held in the south...that would add insult to injury.

    PBM

    Rumor has it the band was approached to play Roscoe P. Coltrane's retirement party...Boss Hogg made them a huge offer, but they turned it down!
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    PissBottleMan wrote:
    For the record, I'm just glad this event isn't being held in the south...that would add insult to injury.

    PBM

    Rumor has it the band was approached to play Roscoe P. Coltrane's retirement party...Boss Hogg made them a huge offer, but they turned it down!
    :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

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  • teeman
    teeman Posts: 337
    my2hands wrote:
    EquallyWorthless wrote:
    my2hands wrote:
    the mantra of "sponsored by no one" used to be so refreshing in this corporate dominated shithole of a society... but now even the best band in the world is sucking the corporate cock for easy paydays...

    but what did we expect in a world that worships swooshes, golden arches, and designer sunglasses?

    feel free to hate me for missing the good ol' days... but i do

    lol what. The good old days? "Sponsered by No One.." was never a mantra of the band. It was a shot at Ticketmaster, and a slogan for a tour, as in "we can do a tour without being sponsored by you." I seem to remember that tour going horribly and being one of the biggest failures in the bands history.. So I am not sure if you are referring to those good old days? Revisionist history is awesome when youre using it to try and prove YOUR point. Not A point.


    you're right...i forgot about all of those awesome business conferences they played in the 90's... my bad :roll:

    Those were the days...The 1994 State Farm Insurance Sales Awards Dinner, The 1996 Wal-mart Shareholders Blowout, and of course the epic 1992 split bill Pearl Jam/Nirvana Compuserve Developers Conference.
  • stickfig13
    stickfig13 Posts: 1,532
    Anyone remember that LA (The Forum) rant from a few years back where Eddie praised the joint for not having all sorts of corporate signs hanging around the rim of the Arena....Then he somehow made the correlation to Dick Chaney's butt hole. Vintage anti-corp Pearl Jam right there....haha :D
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  • JOEJOEJOE
    JOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,822
    I've seen some corporate gigs, and the bands usually seem miserable onstage....they barely address the crowd because of the awkwardness of the situation.

    I saw Kinky perform at an advertising awards show....a few people standing right up against the stage had their backs to the band, and were talking to their friends, oblivious to the performance taking place.

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