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"Ed and Pearl Jam"… meaning?

fgalpernfgalpern Posts: 214
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Curious as to the thinking behind signing this message in this way. Is Ed not part of Pearl Jam? Why the need to separate him like this? Not looking to start a flame war here, I'm just genuinely interested in what made them choose this particular signature.
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  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,552
    Ed probably wrote it and is signing off for the entire band 

    he’s literally the voice of Pearl Jam anyway lol
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  • LiftedLifted Posts: 1,836
    Guessing Ed wrote the letter and signed it on behalf of the band.
  • 77777777 Idaho Posts: 164
    I was thinking the same thing on this.  Jim Morrison and The Doors, John Lennon and The Beatles, Robert Plant and Led Zepplin, Mick Jagger and The Rolling Stones, Dave Grohl and The Foo Fighters.  
    Why the separation.?.
  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 17,399
    I found it odd as well.
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  • Merkin BallerMerkin Baller Posts: 11,949


    I infer from the signature that they made the decision mutually but he was the one who wrote the letter.

  • iOnlyownMymindiOnlyownMymind Posts: 2,885
    'Ed on behalf of Pearl Jam'  would have been better but not sure what the big deal is.
  • False_BeliefFalse_Belief Cardiff Posts: 763

    It's a way for him to explicitly show fans that he drafted these words on behalf of the band, not management. 

    Not explicit enough for some fans, apparently.....

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  • faithful2youfaithful2you Madison, WI Posts: 779
    iOnlyownMymind said:
    'Ed on behalf of Pearl Jam'  would have been better but not sure what the big deal is.
    It isn't big deal but you knew it would turn into one.   Pearl Jam is a business and they are individuals within that business.   
    Like a word misplaced...nothing said...what a waste
  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 30,882
    7777 said:
    I was thinking the same thing on this.  Jim Morrison and The Doors, John Lennon and The Beatles, Robert Plant and Led Zepplin, Mick Jagger and The Rolling Stones, Dave Grohl and The Foo Fighters.  
    Why the separation.?.
    Because he wrote the letter
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  • xjoshfromworkxxjoshfromworkx Moline, IL Posts: 138
    I wish it was "Eddie & The Pearl Jams".

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  • JimmyVJimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,339
    Ed trying to secure himself extra royalties from the letter, obvi. 
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  • JPPJ84JPPJ84 Hamburg, Germany Posts: 3,464
    xjoshfromworkx said:
    I wish it was "Eddie & The Pearl Jams".
    Eddie and the Jams has a ring to it. Bit like Benny and the Jets
  • bbiggsbbiggs Posts: 6,955
    Sometimes things are exactly as they appear with no hidden messages.  This is one of those times.  Ed wrote the letter and signed on behalf of himself and the band. 
  • fgalpernfgalpern Posts: 214
    "Ed wrote the letter and signed on behalf of himself and the band." seems legit to me. I honestly hadn't even thought of that when I read it!
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  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 17,399
    JPPJ84 said:
    xjoshfromworkx said:
    I wish it was "Eddie & The Pearl Jams".
    Eddie and the Jams has a ring to it. Bit like Benny and the Jets
    Or Eddie and the Cruisers 
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  • rhcpjam1029rhcpjam1029 Posts: 1,981
    I think Stone wrote something similar in a post on PJ.com after Chris's passing...signed it something like "Stone and the band." 
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  • F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,600
    Poncier said:
    JPPJ84 said:
    xjoshfromworkx said:
    I wish it was "Eddie & The Pearl Jams".
    Eddie and the Jams has a ring to it. Bit like Benny and the Jets
    Or Eddie and the Cruisers 


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  • drakeheuer14drakeheuer14 Posts: 4,514
    bbiggs said:
    Sometimes things are exactly as they appear with no hidden messages.  This is one of those times.  Ed wrote the letter and signed on behalf of himself and the band. 
    please, refrain from logic. The threads are better without it :wink:
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  • igotid88igotid88 Posts: 28,176
    Would this post have happened if it said "Jeff and Pearl Jam"?
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  • SandyRavageSandyRavage Posts: 1,102
    probably because he wrote the damn thing on a type writer, knew the amount of panic it would cause, and by the time he got to the point to sign off on it, he was so done with it he wrote whatever came to his mind and that is now what we are seeing. 
  • myoung321myoung321 Posts: 2,855
    wow....just wow
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  • JimmyVJimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,339
    It is the band's new name. 
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  • Lerxst1992Lerxst1992 Posts: 6,912
    They all had to agree. I'd think all five should have their names signing off 

    Unless giga is featuring a name change... Ed and the Jammers 
  • bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 16,093
    I think they wanted us to know that a person in the band wrote this.  It was meant to be personal versus signing just Pearl Jam.  Adding PJ means that Ed was speaking for the band.
  • WMAmoricanWMAmorican Posts: 248
    What about Boom?
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  • THEBIBLEISTENTHEBIBLEISTEN Posts: 1,953
    This is a joke right? U people have too much free time on your hands
  • dlymnflddlymnfld CT Posts: 923
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    I just saw a friend of mine who went to HS with Jeff and he said Jeff texted him this weekend and told him they were in “meetings” all day Friday discussing the “tour”. Pearl Jam is a “business” and every move is calculated. My opinion is it sounds more “personal” putting Ed’s name with the band. It was obviously calculated to wait for the two festivals to drop before postponing northeast for financial reasons. My friend did say Jeff said something to the affect “hold your horses” in regards to no tour at all so that’s good news I guess. 
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  • Tim SimmonsTim Simmons Posts: 8,584
    THEBIBLEISTEN said:
    This is a joke right? U people have too much free time on your hands
    We may overthink things a bit here
  • kramer73kramer73 Posts: 2,622
    Last album before the split
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