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kramyeliabkramyeliab Posts: 1
edited November 2006 in Given To Fly (live)
I took my 5yr old boy to Brisbane 1 that was his first ever rock concert & what a concert I just wanted to know if this is some sort of age record. The best ever brisbane crowd i've been apart of. I saw U2 on tuesday night different types of shows but pearl jam just kicked their ass.
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    slug420slug420 Posts: 316
    there was definitely a few ~1 yr olds @ the gorge
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    BrainOfJDBrainOfJD Posts: 242
    I saw a woman with a young toddler in San Fran... sorry, you should have started him younger :D
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    Gen5Gen5 Posts: 405
    I would say Meddledeal's future baby, Chloe....=) Meddle has gone to I think 7 shows while she has been pregnant....hahahahah....=)
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    HailHailVitalogyHailHailVitalogy Posts: 4,562
    Gen5 wrote:
    I would say Meddledeal's future baby, Chloe....=) Meddle has gone to I think 7 shows while she has been pregnant....hahahahah....=)

    haha yes she has!!...the day that kid is born and PJ is in the area...that kid will be in a stadium of thousands for PJ

    i took my little cousin to go see them when he was like 6 or 7, he's obsessed with them
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    whitemosquitowhitemosquito Posts: 60
    One year old fans..come on..you guys are tripin'...
    Fans mean you understand music, lyrics, feel the vibe..those babies were forced to attend the show, not to mention the noise they had to take...
    Personaly I think you are not a good parent if you drag your children with you on a concert and whipering in their ears;: isn't that great???Its like raping them...
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    UKDaveUKDave Posts: 5,557
    whitemosquito wrote:
    One year old fans..come on..you guys are tripin'...
    Fans mean you understand music, lyrics, feel the vibe..those babies were forced to attend the show, not to mention the noise they had to take...
    Personaly I think you are not a good parent if you drag your children with you on a concert and whipering in their ears;: isn't that great???Its like raping them...

    I agree with your quote apart from the last four words, using such an analogy is just ignorant...
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    cuyler41cuyler41 Posts: 383
    whitemosquito wrote:
    One year old fans..come on..you guys are tripin'...
    Fans mean you understand music, lyrics, feel the vibe..those babies were forced to attend the show, not to mention the noise they had to take...
    Personaly I think you are not a good parent if you drag your children with you on a concert and whipering in their ears;: isn't that great???Its like raping them...


    Get off your high-horse! you have no idea. Little ones "feel the vibe" of lots of music(from Barney to Pearl Jam) I can see taking youngens to some venues. The gorge shows are not loud if you sit on the grass up the hill. In fact the gorge shows were not that loud up front.
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    JamilyManJamilyMan Posts: 240
    I am the proud parent of a 4 year old who loves to listen to PJ with me. We constantly have it playing in the house and in the car... watching videos, etc. She is a big fan of a lot of their music, and I look forward to the day I can take her to a show. I thought about taking her this year, and then thought about the reality of it, and decided that this is not the right time. In fact, that day will not be in the near future - and there are many reasons for this decision:

    -First of all, the decibal level at the shows is too high for her ears. I wouldn't want her young ears to be damaged by the volume of the concerts.

    - Secondly, we all know that Eddie likes to use some language that is not part of her vocabulary. She is at an age where I am sure she will soon hear words that I would prefer her not to hear. While I am realistic about this, I am also confident that I don't want to put her in a place where she will hear a role model using those words, and then emulate them. This is also why I am extraordinarily careful about the boots that I play around her and my other young daughter.

    - Thirdly, I have yet to be at a show where somoene within 2 seats of me in one direction or another is not getting high throughout the show. I don't need a 4 year old with a contact high.

    - Also, the shows are late enough at night that she will hit a wall long before the band does. It's not like she can curl up on a chair and take a nap during a cranking version of Spin the Black Circle. And should she manage to close her eyes around the first encore, I imagine that my focus would shift from the show to my sleeping angel, and that would impact my ability to groove.

    There are other reasons, as well... but these are some that played into MY decision. Instead, I captured some snippets of video from the show on my cell phone, and have played them for her a zillion times. She is just as happy, and I feel better for having made the decision that I made. I am not passing judgement, but this is what works for me in my family, and I am glad I made the decision I made.

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    Sonja_SSonja_S Vienna Posts: 444
    whitemosquito wrote:
    One year old fans..come on..you guys are tripin'...
    Fans mean you understand music, lyrics, feel the vibe..those babies were forced to attend the show, not to mention the noise they had to take...
    Personaly I think you are not a good parent if you drag your children with you on a concert and whipering in their ears;: isn't that great???Its like raping them...

    My mom was a tour manager when I was a kid and I always loved it when she let me come along for gigs. I have great memories from that time and my ears are just fine.
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    Gen5Gen5 Posts: 405
    whitemosquito wrote:
    One year old fans..come on..you guys are tripin'...
    Fans mean you understand music, lyrics, feel the vibe..those babies were forced to attend the show, not to mention the noise they had to take...
    Personaly I think you are not a good parent if you drag your children with you on a concert and whipering in their ears;: isn't that great???Its like raping them...


    "it's like raping them".....what an ignorant statement!!!! I wonder what Eddie thinks considering Olivia is next to the stage when he performs most of the time!!

    I just can't believe you said that, that is really disturbing......
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    MilestoneMilestone Posts: 1,117
    My wife was 5 months pregnant at the Las Vegas show this year. My wife kicks ass. That is all.
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    ycckkycckk Posts: 23
    my 6 year daughter...was singing "WWS" in 1st grade last week. Most proud of her grabbing a golf-club and playing air-guitar to "Given to Fly" last week.
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    luxpjamerluxpjamer Posts: 837
    ycckk wrote:
    my 6 year daughter...was singing "WWS" in 1st grade last week. Most proud of her grabbing a golf-club and playing air-guitar to "Given to Fly" last week.

    That's really great, it sounds like she going to the "school of Rock"....What were the teachers saying about the performance??
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    Beavis: No, Pearl Jam came first.
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    pjhunz28pjhunz28 Posts: 206
    The show i went to in 2003 I was pregnant with my now almost 3 year old daughter :) and she already cant wait to go to another show....she watches the DVD's with me
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    NewmanUSPSNewmanUSPS Posts: 242
    I have a 2 year old son that knows almost all the lyrics to Severed Hand, and we watch the Saturday Night Live and Letterman performances I have saved on the DVR at least 3 times a week. The other day we were late leaving the house and I told him we couldn't watch 'em and he was screaming and throwing a fit....
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