Anyone else hoping for less politics this tour??

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  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    SOLAT319 wrote:
    Bushleaguer ROCKS!!!

    Army Reserve, not so much, even though I do like the lyrics.

    Actually, Army Reserve is pretty fuckin' cool ... listen to Jeff's bass line and try not to nod your head to it. I dare you.
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
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  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    SOLAT319 wrote:
    I hope I wouldn't have to do the dare. Meaning no Army Reserve at Hartford or neither of Mansfields :-P
    If they decide to play it though, I will try to resist not to nod my head just so that I wouldn't have to eat the worm!

    It's a good song.
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • pearlfanjam
    pearlfanjam Posts: 22
    Less politics my ass Are we so numb we dont care anymore? Im Still alive and am paying 4.00 a gallon to get to show
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  • paradisenowhere
    paradisenowhere Posts: 22
    Me! I want to see Eddie say something about it though, but not to much because it is a little bit of a pain to always be hearing about it.
  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    The election 5 months away, 4000+ dead soldiers, Obama officially in the race, gas $4/gallon on average, etc, etc, etc, .... HOW CAN THEY NOT BE POLITICAL ON THIS TOUR???

    I say preach on, if not now, WHEN????
  • vest71
    vest71 Posts: 239
    He ( EV ) can say what ever he want but he should speak up not "mumbling" or whatever it is called, can't always understand because u can't hear it and if it's important then SPEAK UP !!!!
    Burn my eyes and try to blind me
    Bury me so they won't find me
    Try to suck my power empty
    Got no crown of thorns on me
  • I_Got_Shit
    I_Got_Shit Posts: 325
    I can think of a way to guarantee you won't hear any of Ed's political rants for the entire 2008 tour:

    Don't go to any shows.

    Hey, it won't be too bad. I think Toby Keith is touring!
    *Does not include encore of Garden and Leash.
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,827
    yeah really i say let ed be hi's angry self again he can spew all hi's rants he wants too it will make for great shows if you don't wan't to hear the rants stay home simple enough ....
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  • DiRtYyELLoWoCeAn
    DiRtYyELLoWoCeAn Medford, Ma Posts: 1,605
    I agree with alot of people on this thread.... I think the rants and politics make for a better show.... if you dont like it dont go!
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  • NY PJ1
    NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    I HATE THE POLITICAL SHIT ....

    however,,it is a good time to run and take a piss
  • URthekey
    URthekey Posts: 1,914
    The fact that PJ uses their influence,on stage and off,to affect positive social change is exactly what makes me proud to say I'm a fan.
  • spearhead
    spearhead Posts: 600
    I'm hoping for MORE politics!!
    We need it now more than ever.
    I was alone and far away when I heard the band start playing!

    ...I was always a DeadHead, but when I first heard Winston Rodney, aka the Burning Spear, sing, I became a SpearHead too!
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,827
    spearhead wrote:
    I'm hoping for MORE politics!!
    We need it now more than ever.

    agreed 100% ....
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • chiquimonkey
    chiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    i'd be suspicious if there *wasn't* political talk, especially in an election year. i'll take ed's passion onstage any way he wants to share it :)
  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    spearhead wrote:
    I'm hoping for MORE politics!!
    We need it now more than ever.

    Hey, I'm all for Ed being who he is and saying what he wants ... but we don't NEED anything.

    Ed calling Bush an asshole isn't going to fix what's wrong with world.
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • mattcozea
    mattcozea Posts: 377
    SOLAT319 wrote:
    Are you kidding???? It's going to be ten times more if anything being that we are now getting closer and closer to the election.
    And that never bothered me anyway, maybe because I happen to share those beliefs. So, I enjoy the rants. I'm not sure how possible would it be for me to be their fan had they been all about having bikini dancers on stage and their songs were about crankin' and bling and cash and hos !! :-P
    How about a compromise? Bikini dancers and politics, then everyone is happy. :)
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  • LONGRD
    LONGRD Posts: 6,036
    I don't mind it and plus I already have the candidate I'll be voting for.

    I just like to hear some good tunes and a great show. More No Code and Yield songs, please Eddie! :)
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  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    slightofjeff wrote:
    Hey, I'm all for Ed being who he is and saying what he wants ... but we don't NEED anything.

    Ed calling Bush an asshole isn't going to fix what's wrong with world.

    Ed calling Bush an asshole would simply be overstating the obvious, I think they will focus instead on pumping the crowd up to get out and vote for Obama in November!
  • bicyclejoe
    bicyclejoe USA Posts: 1,203
    Art is politics.
    If it weren't for their politics, and their courage to incorporate their beliefs into their music even when it wasn't "acceptable," it's unlikely that I would be as big a fan.
    Keep it coming. More politics!
    Anyone who says otherwise is either naive or apathetic.
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  • MattyJoe
    MattyJoe Posts: 1,424
    bicyclejoe wrote:
    Art is politics.

    Wrong. Art is emotion.
    I pledge to you a government that will not only work well, but wisely, its ability to act tempered by prudence, and its willingness to do good, balanced by the knowledge that government is never more dangerous than when our desire to have it help us blinds us to its great power to harm us.
    -Reagan

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