When Did Pearl Jam Fans Get so Old?

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  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,906
    I think the article was written in good taste. There's one thing about growing older that didn't occur to me when I was younger. The weird thing isn't watching yourself grow older. You see yourself in the mirror every day you don't really notice it (at least I don't yet... Obviously I look like I'm well into my 30s but I don't see myself as an 18 year old). The thing I really notice is everyone around me getting older. My family, friends, and people at concerts. I too have noticed the rock shows I go to have older audiences now.

    I don't think were the old rocker in the crowd, because crowd's at PJ shows are still made up predominantly of 30 and 40 year olds. It's not like 20 years ago when people would of been in their teens/20s and someone our age showed up, then you'd be the old guy at the concert. PJ's fanbase has completely aged. To me it's like going to see Sabbath and The Who around 1999/2000. The older people weren't the older people at the show. They made up the majority of the audience. It was more like I was the young guy at the show. I imagine that's how younger PJ fans might feel because it's them in the minority and that's how I felt when I was young and in the minority watching older legendary rock bands play.
  • ldent42
    ldent42 NYC Posts: 7,859
    It's worse when it's a hipster. I very nearly started to say something to one the other day cuz I REALLY wanted to know
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  • lolobugg
    lolobugg BLUE RDGE MTNS Posts: 8,195
    ldent42 said:

    It's worse when it's a hipster. I very nearly started to say something to one the other day cuz I REALLY wanted to know

    I am sorry, are you referring to the Nirvana shirts?
    I almost always want to say something but it is usually some teeny bopper girl and she probably would think some old dude is trying to hit on her, sooooo ultimately I will just keep wondering.

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  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 97,393
    hedonist said:

    whofeelslikeadrank said:

    i don't think demetrios wrote what was in that post...

    First two lines indicate as much ;)

    Yep. It wasn't written by me. It's done by Brett Baker.


  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,680
    edited October 2014
    Because

    Beatles fans then:
    image

    and Beatles fans now:
    image

    :))

    That's just how it goes I guess! ;)
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • lolobugg
    lolobugg BLUE RDGE MTNS Posts: 8,195
    PJ_Soul said:

    Because

    Beatles fans then:
    image

    and Beatles fans now:
    image

    :))

    That's just how it goes I guess! ;)

    in the second picture
    Looks like the one lady on the left just died right as the picture was being taken.

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    2003- Raleigh, NC: Charlotte, NC: Atlanta, GA

    2004- Asheville, NC (hometown show)

    2006- Cincinnati, OH

    2008- Columbia, SC

    2009- Chicago, IL x 2 / Ed Vedder- Atlanta, GA x 2

    2010- Bristow, VA

    2011- Alpine Valley, WI (PJ20) x 2 / Ed Vedder- Chicago, IL

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    2014- Cincinnati, OH

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  • PJForceofNature
    PJForceofNature Posts: 3,087
    I didn't actually start listening to PJ til I was quite a bit older, and now I think I'm one of their oldest fans! However, I feel like I can rock out with the best of them, and I plan to keep on rocking til I can't rock anymore! :)>- \m/
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  • jeffbr
    jeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    When did Pearl Jam fans get so old? The same time the band did! I'm their age, so to me, I'm just listening to my contemporaries. An middle-aged dude in the audience rocking out to the middle-aged dudes playing on stage.
    "I'll use the magic word - let's just shut the fuck up, please." EV, 04/13/08
  • Big Bank Hank
    Big Bank Hank Seattle, WA Posts: 8,639
    damn I guess I am old, thanks for letting me know
  • badbrains
    badbrains Posts: 10,255
    lolobugg said:

    PJ_Soul said:

    Because

    Beatles fans then:
    image

    and Beatles fans now:
    image

    :))

    That's just how it goes I guess! ;)

    in the second picture
    Looks like the one lady on the left just died right as the picture was being taken.
    HALTS MAUL LoLo u fucken crack me up bro! =))
  • Caught-A-Bolt-Of-Lightning
    Caught-A-Bolt-Of-Lightning Posts: 1,336
    This thread makes me angry! I am going to hit you all with my cane!! 8-X
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  • lolobugg
    lolobugg BLUE RDGE MTNS Posts: 8,195
    badbrains said:

    lolobugg said:

    PJ_Soul said:

    Because

    Beatles fans then:
    image

    and Beatles fans now:
    image

    :))

    That's just how it goes I guess! ;)

    in the second picture
    Looks like the one lady on the left just died right as the picture was being taken.
    HALTS MAUL LoLo u fucken crack me up bro! =))
    ditto

    I guess we are just a couple of PAPPANASES

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    1996- Charleston, SC

    1998- Atlanta, GA: Birmingham, AL: Greenville, SC: Knoxville, TN

    2000- Atlanta, GA: New Orleans, LA: Memphis, TN: Nashville, TN

    2003- Raleigh, NC: Charlotte, NC: Atlanta, GA

    2004- Asheville, NC (hometown show)

    2006- Cincinnati, OH

    2008- Columbia, SC

    2009- Chicago, IL x 2 / Ed Vedder- Atlanta, GA x 2

    2010- Bristow, VA

    2011- Alpine Valley, WI (PJ20) x 2 / Ed Vedder- Chicago, IL

    2012- Atlanta, GA

    2013- Charlotte, NC

    2014- Cincinnati, OH

    2015- New York, NY

    2016- Greenville, SC: Hampton, VA:: Columbia, SC: Raleigh, NC : Lexington, KY: Philly, PA 2: (Wrigley) Chicago, IL x 2 (holy shit): Temple of the Dog- Philly, PA

    2017- ED VED- Louisville, KY

    2018- Chicago, IL x2, Boston, MA x2

    2020- Nashville, TN 

    2022- Smashville 

    2023- Austin, TX x2

    2024- Baltimore

  • badbrains
    badbrains Posts: 10,255
    Caught-A-Bolt-Of-Lightning said:

    This thread makes me angry! I am going to hit you all with my cane!! 8-X

    Who u kidding, you won't even REMEMBER this thread old timer! =))
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,395
    There was a great line in Clueless I think:

    " So the way that I think about the Rolling Stones is the way my kid will think about Nine Inch Nails?"
  • Last-12-Exit
    Last-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    I can't wait until pearl jam is in their 70's playing shows. I'll be in my 50's and turning my hearing aid down.
  • EnterThanman
    EnterThanman London, ON Posts: 1,057
    edited October 2014
    lolobugg said:

    PJ_Soul said:

    Because

    Beatles fans then:
    image

    and Beatles fans now:
    image

    :))

    That's just how it goes I guess! ;)

    in the second picture
    Looks like the one lady on the left just died right as the picture was being taken.
    =)) I second Badbrains,
    funniest comment I've read on here in a while.
    Post edited by EnterThanman on
    The member formerly known as Scratched Vinyl
  • badbrains
    badbrains Posts: 10,255
    EnterThanman said:

    lolobugg said:

    PJ_Soul said:

    Because

    Beatles fans then:
    image

    and Beatles fans now:
    image

    :))

    That's just how it goes I guess! ;)

    in the second picture
    Looks like the one lady on the left just died right as the picture was being taken.
    =)) I second Badbrains,
    funniest comment I've read on here in a while.
    I just re read it again. And I fucken laughed my ass off again. LoLo is 100% pappanase =))
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,680
    badbrains said:

    EnterThanman said:

    lolobugg said:

    PJ_Soul said:

    Because

    Beatles fans then:
    image

    and Beatles fans now:
    image

    :))

    That's just how it goes I guess! ;)

    in the second picture
    Looks like the one lady on the left just died right as the picture was being taken.
    =)) I second Badbrains,
    funniest comment I've read on here in a while.
    I just re read it again. And I fucken laughed my ass off again. LoLo is 100% pappanase =))
    I am still chuckling over it, lol. She really does!
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,395
    lolobugg said:

    PJ_Soul said:

    Because

    Beatles fans then:
    image

    and Beatles fans now:
    image

    :))

    That's just how it goes I guess! ;)

    in the second picture
    Looks like the one lady on the left just died right as the picture was being taken.
    I thought she had gas...
  • courtmcc
    courtmcc South Jersey Posts: 1,143
    Hahahaha, what? I always get I'm too young to listen to PJ. Pisses me the fuck off.

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