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Pearl Jam picks puzzling song selection

skyeriverwinterskyeriverwinter Posts: 1,894
edited June 2008 in Given To Fly (live)
http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/story/567454.html
Are you kidding me? Someone needs to get a clue!
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  • TooMuchBloodTooMuchBlood Posts: 312
    That review flat out sucks! I can't believe how wretched it is! Let's let him have it in the comments section.
  • igotid_8igotid_8 Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 501
    So much for research before writing.

    They've only been putting together original, unique set lists for a decade and a half.

    Hilarious.
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  • fsu2626fsu2626 Posts: 371
    check this one instead:
    http://www.palmbeachpost.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/streeter/
    https://livefootsteps.org/user/?user_id=203

  • hrd2imgnhrd2imgn Southwest Burbs of Chicago Posts: 4,898
    Yellow Ledbetter is a RHCPish guitar riff? What an idiot. That comment alone makes every letter he typed worthless.

    maybe if they sold more tickets in FL they'd tour there more often than once or twice a decade and the "music writers" would realize PJ has more albums than Ten.
  • bovy_jbovy_j Posts: 1,008
    I read the first paragraph, then realized there must have been an actual IDIOT writing the article. Then stopped. So, I'm guessing it's pretty fucking stupid.

    EDIT: Went back and read the article, and I was right!....the reviewer IS an idiot! :)
  • stylo17stylo17 Posts: 1,001
    and that's why ANYONE who knows ANYTHING here in Miami doesn't read the Miami Herald. we should all email that douchebag writer and call the editor.
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  • Murderers.Murderers. Posts: 1,382
    'Fans cheered predictably throughout the night, but ended up grumbling afterward, frustrated that favorites such as Jeremy, Black, Daughter, Elderly Woman Behind the Counter In a Small Town, I Got Id and Release were passed over for songs the majority of the crowd struggled to identify.'

    HahahahahHahahahahHahahahahHahahahahHahahahah.

    What a fuckin idiot.
    What the fuck is this world?
  • dissident31dissident31 Posts: 92
    That review is comical. Severed Hand sounds like Welcome to the Jungle? That's news to me. And I never knew that one of McCready's greatest little riffs actually rips off the RHCP! Even though the Chilis were doing nothing like that back then. Good God, people will actually read this and believe it, that's what is sad. Can anyone just declare themselves a music critic with zero credentials? Where do I sign up?
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  • bgirl59bgirl59 Tucson AZ Posts: 888
    stylo17 wrote:
    and that's why ANYONE who knows ANYTHING here in Miami doesn't read the Miami Herald. we should all email that douchebag writer and call the editor.
    No kidding......I think I will.....massive hits? I love all that is Pearl Jam, but I am not against a show filled with songs that not everyone knows by heart! Sounds like a refreshing setlist to me...this writer is obviously not a Pearl Jam fan, and listens to way tooo much bad radio!!
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  • Bangers_n_mashBangers_n_mash Posts: 1,241
    hrd2imgn wrote:
    Yellow Ledbetter is a RHCPish guitar riff? What an idiot. That comment alone makes every letter he typed worthless.

    maybe if they sold more tickets in FL they'd tour there more often than once or twice a decade and the "music writers" would realize PJ has more albums than Ten.
    :D What a twat!
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  • Uncle NeilUncle Neil Posts: 176
    They give way too many people the opportunity to voice their stupid opinions in news publications.
  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    I don't make it a habit of contacting a newspaper writer every time I read something I disagree with. Especially with music reviews, I figure the writer's opinion is his opinion, and that's OK.

    But this guy, apparently, doesn't understand what a Pearl Jam show is supposed to be about.

    The Rolling Stone guy got it. This band has long been unfettered from playing just their commercial successes. They always rely on deep cuts.

    In fact, the only "grumbling" I heard about this set was that they played TOO MANY hits.
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  • DeLukinDeLukin Posts: 2,757
    "the band just before 9 p.m. to perform Oceans, from 1991's Ten, Pearl Jam's first album -- and clear crowning achievement. That primal-scream song was followed by Severed Hand, a track from the group's 2006 self-titled album that's reminiscent of Guns 'N Roses' Welcome to the Jungle."

    Oceans is a 'primal scream' song? Wha??
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  • obiwon76obiwon76 Posts: 568
    This writer is correct, we fans want to go to shows just to hear all the songs from their greatest hits collection. Better yet, why not just stay home and listen to the cd instead? Who needs songs like "Sad", "Faithfull" and "Oceans". I wouldnt be surprised if the writer wasnt even at the show and wrote the article based on the setlist.
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  • washedinblack91washedinblack91 Posts: 3,078
    Miami Herald wrote:
    So logic would suggest that the ''greatest American rock band of all time'' (according to a 2005 USA Today reader's poll) would treat fans to their greatest hits

    i read that and decided this article was just going to make me angry. what kind of pearl jam fan actually wants to hear greatest hits all night??? my logic suggests that this guy is NOT worth my time!
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  • reditalianreditalian Posts: 329
    hrd2imgn wrote:
    Yellow Ledbetter is a RHCPish guitar riff? What an idiot. That comment alone makes every letter he typed worthless.

    maybe if they sold more tickets in FL they'd tour there more often than once or twice a decade and the "music writers" would realize PJ has more albums than Ten.


    HAHAHA, that's exactly what I was thinking, this guy knows nothing about PJ or RHCP.......HAHAHAHAHA
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  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    reditalian wrote:
    HAHAHA, that's exactly what I was thinking, this guy knows nothing about PJ or RHCP.......HAHAHAHAHA

    I thought the Severed Hand = Welcome to the Jungle thing was at least equally retarded.
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  • Pearl JuliPearl Juli Posts: 1,213
    fsu2626 wrote:
    check this one instead:
    http://www.palmbeachpost.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/streeter/

    Thank goodness! that's more like it :)
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  • MattCameronKicksButtMattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    This is why I rarely read reveiws anymore. What a load of bollocks.

    'would treat fans to their greatest hits, the songs that truly put the group on the rock 'n' roll map.'


    'Instead, over their two-hour set Wednesday night at a sold-out Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, Pearl Jam chose to offer a semi-obscure selection of songs that excluded many massive hits.' :confused:
  • MattCameronKicksButtMattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    BeerBaron wrote:
    Whoever wrote that review must have left before the encores: Alive, Betterman, RVM, Ledbetter

    That was my fault. I read it as 'included', not 'excluded' but whatever, PJ obviously played what they thought was right.
  • Kilgore_TroutKilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    you know youre a good music critic when the only way you can describe a song is by comparing it to another song by another band :rolleyes: what a JACKASS
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  • Laura in NJLaura in NJ Posts: 176
    washedinblack91 wrote:
    i read that and decided this article was just going to make me angry. what kind of pearl jam fan actually wants to hear greatest hits all night??? my logic suggests that this guy is NOT worth my time!

    Agreed. You want greatest hits? Turn on the radio.
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  • Kilgore_TroutKilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    someone should tell this misinformed jackass that crowdsurfing is not "passe"... pearl jam doesnt allow that shit anymore because people have died at their show before... not to mention there were fuckin seats at the show... how the fuck do you crowdsurf??? not only was this guy not familiar with PJ's music... it seems like he hasnt been to ANY show in decades
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  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,172
    The true fans don't want the biggest hits!!!
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  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    sgossard3 wrote:
    someone should tell this misinformed jackass that crowdsurfing is not "passe"... pearl jam doesnt allow that shit anymore because people have died at their show before... not to mention there were fuckin seats at the show... how the fuck do you crowdsurf??? not only was this guy not familiar with PJ's music... it seems like he hasnt been to ANY show in decades

    Honestly, it sounds like it was written by a 15 year old kid.
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  • newfiegirlnewfiegirl Posts: 40
    slightofjeff wrote:
    Honestly, it sounds like it was written by a 15 year old kid.

    That could be considered offensive to many 15 year old kids. Seriously, I wasn't at the show, but some of you people that were should really write to that guy's boss and inform him that the guy has absolutely no knowledge of rock music, and apparently does no research for his articles. Was there a single paragraph in that article that didn't have a major factual error? That man has no business writing concert reviews.
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  • Kilgore_TroutKilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    newfiegirl wrote:
    That could be considered offensive to many 15 year old kids. Seriously, I wasn't at the show, but some of you people that were should really write to that guy's boss and inform him that the guy has absolutely no knowledge of rock music, and apparently does no research for his articles. Was there a single paragraph in that article that didn't have a major factual error? That man has no business writing concert reviews.
    i agree... lets get this POS fired... or atleast transferred to a different department... preferably the obituaries... no nevermind... fired... it would be disrespectful to the dead and he doesnt have ANY writing ability at all
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  • YeahThatRocks.comYeahThatRocks.com Posts: 117
    I say bravo for reviews like this. It keeps all the frat boys who spend the whole show screaming Jeremy from ever coming back. Makes more room for true fans.

    If they want hits tell them to go see Bon BlowMe.
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  • Sharon_Hearts_PJSharon_Hearts_PJ Bristol, PA Posts: 1,383
    And damn Mike for springing that "seemingly random" version of Star-Spangled Banner on all of those poor, unsuspecting fans! Bastard!
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  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    13PJ13 wrote:
    And damn Mike for springing that "seemingly random" version of Star-Spangled Banner on all of those poor, unsuspecting fans! Bastard!

    Look, it's not like this concert reviewer had any way of knowing what a Pearl Jam show is like beforehand. How was he supposed to research? It's not as if practically every show the band has played in the past eight years was recorded and made available to the general public or anything.

    Oh, wait ...
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