Who's met the band?? I DID!! CHICAGO

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  • PureandEasy
    PureandEasy Posts: 5,818
    Kilomonkey1979 wrote:
    I'm sorry everyone thought I was a stalker or something. I was just really excited to meet the band after 20 + years of being a loyal fan. I just wanted to share my story on here seeing how I never really post. I just thought it was exciting & wanted to hear other stories about meetings or what ever.Some feed back seemed pretty negative. Now I just feel like an stalker ass hole & all I wanted to do was share in my love for PJ & my story..... sorry folks.... :oops:


    You didn't do anything wrong, I could tell from reading your post you were really excited and wanted to share your story. Don't let the naysayers get you down here or you'll never survive. People can be very nasty around here, and I personally, don't understand it one bit.

    We're all on this very message board because we're all fans of this band, why do some people feel the need to attack others? I'll never get that.

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  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,460
    I was thinking that most of those guys (even Ed to some degree) can wander the big cities pretty freely I would think. If they encountered a random fan they most likely wouldn't gather a crowd, etc. Having security at the hotel and venue would definitely be necessary but I would think they can be fairly anonymous in most places.

    I'm not one to wait around at a hotel or anything. I always thought it was cool that Ed would come out and greet the people who waited outside after his solo shows but I most likely would never do that.
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  • PJForceofNature
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    Kilomonkey1979 wrote:
    I'm sorry everyone thought I was a stalker or something. I was just really excited to meet the band after 20 + years of being a loyal fan. I just wanted to share my story on here seeing how I never really post. I just thought it was exciting & wanted to hear other stories about meetings or what ever.Some feed back seemed pretty negative. Now I just feel like an stalker ass hole & all I wanted to do was share in my love for PJ & my story..... sorry folks.... :oops:

    Kilo, I never got the impression you were a stalker, after reading your story. I picked up on your excitement at getting a chance to meet the band after being a fan for so many years. I'm happy for you!! :D
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  • Kilomonkey1979
    Kilomonkey1979 Posts: 20
    Thank you!! :)
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  • bigguybigeye
    bigguybigeye Posts: 205
    I met Mike on the streets of Oslo (my avatar) and met Jeff coming off an elevator. They were both cool as hell.
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  • Illridethewave20
    Illridethewave20 Posts: 491
    Jeff is not unaproachable, he was very cool after his RDNM show. I think anyone who is approached when they are "off duty" Is going to have a hard time with it.
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,759
    Backspacer_Backer wrote:
    I think it's extremely weird to stand around to meet a celebrity, especially around their hotel. It's people who do that who drive bands like Pearl Jam to stop touring. What a pain in the ass. Just enjoy the music and the shows, and cut out the stalking. Eddie Vedder doesn't need to meet you. And you know what, you don't need to meet him either. I've read hundreds of these stories, and 90% of the time, whatever the fan says is just weird and awkward and probably made the band member feel uncomfortable.

    Now, a meeting by pure chance is a completely different story, that is obviously fine. Like the time I met Ed in his back yard.

    I tend to agree. A random run-in is cool, or when they are doing a signing somewhere - that is cool, it's what they're there for - but waiting around to scrounge a hand shake or a word from their mouths is strange and awkward IMO. The whole celebrity worship thing make me uncomfortable. As someone said, they are just people... I sometimes kind of wonder how people can take the hit to their ego when they wait around stalker-style and get all crazy about saying "hi" to a person who doesn't even know them. I had Jeff sign an album once since the rest of the band were put specifically signing, and I will never go out of my way to talk to any of them ever again. I found it to be a very unnatural experience that gave me no satisfaction at all. Really it just made me feel like an idiot. Now, if I end up standing behind them in line at a coffee shop or something, that would be cool.
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  • Jeremys Spoken
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    some awkward people on here.
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,759
    edited August 2013
    Kilomonkey1979 wrote:
    I'm sorry everyone thought I was a stalker or something. I was just really excited to meet the band after 20 + years of being a loyal fan. I just wanted to share my story on here seeing how I never really post. I just thought it was exciting & wanted to hear other stories about meetings or what ever.Some feed back seemed pretty negative. Now I just feel like an stalker ass hole & all I wanted to do was share in my love for PJ & my story..... sorry folks.... :oops:

    I don't think you came off as a stalker - sounds like you sort of just happened to be there (and it was kind of a strange scene). That other fan in your story definitely came off like a stalker though. ... I think your experience just got others thinking about the whole meeting the band issue in general.
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  • NWOntario
    NWOntario Toronto Posts: 831
    Am I alone in having no desire whatsoever to meet anyone who's even vaguely affiliated with Pearl Jam?
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,759
    Jeremys Spoken wrote:
    some awkward people on here.

    It's an awkward subject.
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  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,784
    NWOntario wrote:
    Am I alone in having no desire whatsoever to meet anyone who's even vaguely affiliated with Pearl Jam?

    Add me to this list i could care less about meeting any of e'm ....
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  • GivenToLukinKP
    GivenToLukinKP Chicago Posts: 3,076
    Kilomonkey1979 wrote:
    He walked up to me & said" Ed's going to be here in a few minutes so get the fuck across the street.


    This is my favorite part of this story.
    :lol::lol::lol:
    Makes much more sense...

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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,759
    josevolution wrote:
    NWOntario wrote:
    Am I alone in having no desire whatsoever to meet anyone who's even vaguely affiliated with Pearl Jam?

    Add me to this list i could care less about meeting any of e'm ....
    I could go my whole life without ever seeing them off the stage again and be happy .... but I'm not going to pretend that I wouldn't be excited if I was sitting next to them at the airport or rode an elevator with one of them and a good, normal conversation happened. I think a big fan of the band would have to be pretty dead inside not to think of that as a cool thing. yeah, they're just people... but I like chatting with people whose talents I admire.
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  • PJForceofNature
    PJForceofNature Posts: 3,087
    GivenToLukinKP wrote:
    Kilomonkey1979 wrote:
    He walked up to me & said" Ed's going to be here in a few minutes so get the fuck across the street.


    This is my favorite part of this story.
    :lol::lol::lol:

    That really gave me a good laugh too! :lol::lol:
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  • bluegrace
    bluegrace Posts: 2,357
    After their gig over here in 1992 Jeff and Stone came up to me and started talking and we chatted for a bit. They told me it was their first time abroad and they were all wide-eyed about it. It was fun talking to them, but I would never get in line to do so. Never.
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  • rolenrock
    rolenrock Posts: 312
    Didn't read all posts.. but haven't seen anyone mention this fact..

    Jeff got mugged coming out of the studio one time "recently".. i wouldn't be surprised is if he is extra cautious from here on out.

    As far as waiting outside of the hotel to just shake hands.. it is a little wierd to me. They are just regular guys like there rest of us. they have just been really successful, no need to be nervous and hang outside of their hotel.

    I am happy for your if you are this excited about it.. just not my cup of tea. :)
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  • backseatLover12
    backseatLover12 Posts: 2,312
    Backspacer_Backer wrote:
    I felt awkward just reading that story.

    Is Jeff really unapproachable? I wouldn't have guessed that, but now that you mention it, I don't see many stories of people meeting him.

    I felt awkward as well. :? It just seemed uncomfortable.
  • backseatLover12
    backseatLover12 Posts: 2,312
    Illridethewave20 wrote:
    Jeff is not unaproachable, he was very cool after his RDNM show. I think anyone who is approached when they are "off duty" Is going to have a hard time with it.

    Jeff refused to come out after the RNDM show I went to. Didn't want anything to do with the fans.
  • backseatLover12
    backseatLover12 Posts: 2,312
    Here is my reason why I tend not to like stories of fans "meeting" a band member, a picture taken of a band member, autograph, etc. outside of their hotel or venue. However, meeting a member randomly, say in a deli, can be a delightful experience.

    These guys are not gods, they're people just like you and me, but the fans worship them to the point that they're not treated like human beings. For instance, how would you feel if I ran up to you and asked for a photo with you? It's WEIRD. How do you think they feel? Fans in these guys faces, just want something or other, and all I can think is human behavior at its worse: we all want something from the band (autograph, hand shake, photo, a conversation, etc) and do what ever it takes to satisfy ourselves. All I can think about is how they feel at the moment (violated? objectified? invaded?)

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