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Stop calling shows "epic"

SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,172
edited July 2008 in Given To Fly (live)
Its cheesy.
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  • zenithzenith Posts: 3,191
    go back to the aet forum - its just too epic in here for you
    impatience is a gift ........
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,172
    zenith wrote:
    go back to the aet forum - its just too epic in here for you

    you want me back there? lol
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    2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
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  • zenithzenith Posts: 3,191
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    you want me back there? lol

    yea, cos im here - i can actually make a post in here :eek:
    impatience is a gift ........
  • Daisy_BuchananDaisy_Buchanan Posts: 162
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    Its cheesy.

    I just spoke with my ex-bf on the phone; he's not a PJ fan and he missed Mansfield II for work, but told me he talked to someone who went to Hartford who called that show 'epic' repeatedly...I think it might just be in the vernacular now, or they're just THAT GOOD ! :)
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,172
    Daisy_Buchanan wrote:
    I just spoke with my ex-bf on the phone; he's not a PJ fan and he missed Mansfield II for work, but told me he talked to someone who went to Hartford who called that show 'epic' repeatedly...I think it might just be in the vernacular now, or they're just THAT GOOD ! :)

    I feel like only war battles should be called epic.
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    2006: Gorge 7/23 2008: Hartford 6/27 Beacon 7/1 2009: Spectrum 10/30-31
    2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
    2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
    2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
    2017: RRHoF 4/7   2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4   2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18 
    2022: MSG 9/11  2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
  • Daisy_BuchananDaisy_Buchanan Posts: 162
    And the works of Homer/Virgil...I agree with you...I'm just sayin'
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,172
    Daisy_Buchanan wrote:
    And the works of Homer/Virgil...I agree with you...I'm just sayin'

    Haha okay I'll let those slide too.
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    2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
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    2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
    2017: RRHoF 4/7   2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4   2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18 
    2022: MSG 9/11  2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
  • 100 Pacer100 Pacer Toronto, ON Posts: 8,947
    remember when PJ were signed to Epic? :D
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  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,172
    100 Pacer wrote:
    remember when PJ were signed to Epic? :D

    Yes and I had a feeling someone would mention that haha.
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    2006: Gorge 7/23 2008: Hartford 6/27 Beacon 7/1 2009: Spectrum 10/30-31
    2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
    2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
    2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
    2017: RRHoF 4/7   2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4   2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18 
    2022: MSG 9/11  2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
  • Daisy_BuchananDaisy_Buchanan Posts: 162
    Al-riiiiiight!

    I forgot Milton (I've let down my degree in English lit), but let's not get picky !! :)
  • zenithzenith Posts: 3,191
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    I feel like only war battles should be called epic.

    but it IS a war battle

    a battle between the ticket sellers, and the poster scammers, and the whining girlfriends, and the scungy boyfriends, and the opening act no one wants to hear, and the songs people say get played to much, and the wine sellers to get ed to innocently promote their lables, and the pit members to post the most pointless sooky threads about what they didnt like about the whole experience

    see

    epic ........
    impatience is a gift ........
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,172
    zenith wrote:
    but it IS a war battle

    a battle between the ticket sellers, and the poster scammers, and the whining girlfriends, and the scungy boyfriends, and the opening act no one wants to hear, and the songs people say get played to much, and the wine sellers to get ed to innocently promote their lables, and the pit members to post the most pointless sooky threads about what they didnt like about the whole experience

    see

    epic ........

    this is the best post I ever saw on this thread.... seriously.

    Zenith I didn't know you had it in ya.
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    2006: Gorge 7/23 2008: Hartford 6/27 Beacon 7/1 2009: Spectrum 10/30-31
    2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
    2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
    2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
    2017: RRHoF 4/7   2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4   2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18 
    2022: MSG 9/11  2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
  • zenithzenith Posts: 3,191
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    this is the best post I ever saw on this thread.... seriously.

    Zenith I didn't know you had it in ya.

    oh god - aet is the only place im nice in - i show my tru colours here and on the porch ;)
    impatience is a gift ........
  • Daisy_BuchananDaisy_Buchanan Posts: 162
    zenith wrote:
    but it IS a war battle

    a battle between the ticket sellers, and the poster scammers, and the whining girlfriends, and the scungy boyfriends, and the opening act no one wants to hear, and the songs people say get played to much, and the wine sellers to get ed to innocently promote their lables, and the pit members to post the most pointless sooky threads about what they didnt like about the whole experience

    see

    epic ........

    I like this adjective 'sooky'...also, you knew my ex-scungy-bf???
    /Just kidding.
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,172
    zenith wrote:
    oh god - aet is the only place im nice in - i show my tru colours here and on the porch ;)

    Damn I'm not messing with you anymore ;)
    severed hand thirteen
    2006: Gorge 7/23 2008: Hartford 6/27 Beacon 7/1 2009: Spectrum 10/30-31
    2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
    2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
    2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
    2017: RRHoF 4/7   2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4   2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18 
    2022: MSG 9/11  2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
  • zenithzenith Posts: 3,191
    Daisy_Buchanan wrote:
    I like this adjective 'sooky'...also, you knew my ex-scungy-bf???
    /Just kidding.

    ive been guilty of calling many a person in this pit sooky - and spoilt

    scungy is a term reserved for only the best tho ;)
    impatience is a gift ........
  • zenithzenith Posts: 3,191
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    Damn I'm not messing with you anymore ;)

    read above

    dont sook, and you'll be fine ...
    impatience is a gift ........
  • rebornFixerrebornFixer Posts: 4,901
    This thread?

    EPIC ...
    ;)
  • nukebootnukeboot Posts: 1,465
    Randall's was my only "epic" show before this tour.

    I can't say that any of the shows I saw edged it out, but I do think Tampa and the MSGs came close. Best crowd I've ever seen at the Forum (and I've seen lots of shows there) and enough has been said about MSG.

    All in all, damn near epic.

    :)
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  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,172
    nukeboot wrote:
    Randall's was my only "epic" show before this tour.

    I can't say that any of the shows I saw edged it out, but I do think Tampa and the MSGs came close. Best crowd I've ever seen at the Forum (and I've seen lots of shows there) and enough has been said about MSG.

    All in all, damn near epic.

    :)
    My original point was that no Pearl Jam show, or any other show ever, should be called epic. They can be called great, but epic really just does not apply. Did it change the world? No. Did it start a revolution? No. Will millions remember it forever? No.
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    2006: Gorge 7/23 2008: Hartford 6/27 Beacon 7/1 2009: Spectrum 10/30-31
    2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
    2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
    2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
    2017: RRHoF 4/7   2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4   2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18 
    2022: MSG 9/11  2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
  • 12345AGNST112345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    The word epic is quite epic in itself I just recently found out.
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  • HailHailVitalogyHailHailVitalogy Posts: 5,227
    msg1 and msg2 were epic....everytime they play msg its epic
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  • nukebootnukeboot Posts: 1,465
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    They can be called great, but epic really just does not apply. Did it change the world? No. Did it start a revolution? No. Will millions remember it forever? No.

    I reject your narrowing of the word's use.

    If Ben Hur can be an epic motion picture than a PJ show can be epic.

    JMO.
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  • Surf RiderSurf Rider Posts: 813
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  • jimc3jimc3 Posts: 230
    nukeboot wrote:
    I reject your narrowing of the word's use.

    If Ben Hur can be an epic motion picture than a PJ show can be epic.

    JMO.


    thank you


    ep·ic (ep'ik)
    n.
    1. An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a legendary or traditional hero.
    2. A literary or dramatic composition that resembles an extended narrative poem celebrating heroic feats.
    3. A series of events considered appropriate to an epic: the epic of the Old West.

    adj.
    1. Of, constituting, having to do with, or suggestive of a literary epic: an epic poem.
    2. Surpassing the usual or ordinary, particularly in scope or size: "A vast musical panorama . . . it requires an epic musical understanding to do it justice" Tim Page.
    3. Heroic and impressive in quality: "Here in the courtroom . . . there was more of that epic atmosphere, the extra amperage of a special moment" Scott Turow.

    I'd say adj def. #2 is appropriate for a great PJ show, considering we're talking about maybe the best live rock band ever
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,172
    Ben Hur changed the world? Thats news to me. You say you don't agree with me but then you don't say why.

    Yes, I hate the word cheesy. So let me rephrase- when you say that a show was "epic", you look foolish.
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    2006: Gorge 7/23 2008: Hartford 6/27 Beacon 7/1 2009: Spectrum 10/30-31
    2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
    2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
    2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
    2017: RRHoF 4/7   2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4   2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18 
    2022: MSG 9/11  2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
  • Surf RiderSurf Rider Posts: 813
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  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    Ben Hur changed the world? Thats news to me. You say you don't agree with me but then you don't say why.

    Yes, I hate the word cheesy. So let me rephrase- when you say that a show was "epic", you look foolish.

    I think he was saying your definition of the word "epic" was too narrow. I'd actually say it's incorrect.

    Something doesn't have to "change the world" to be called epic.

    There can be epic poems, epic movies, epic NBA games ... and epic PJ shows. In colloquial usage, the word has pretty much been equated with "legendary."

    The Soldier Field '95 show, for instance, was epic.
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  • bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 15,950
    slightofjeff wrote:

    The Soldier Field '95 show, for instance, was epic.

    For someone who is unable to post, I will say this...

    Cinci '06 was most certainly not epic.
  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    bootlegger10 wrote:
    For someone who is unable to post, I will say this...

    Cinci '06 was most certainly not epic.

    poor banned bastard ...
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
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