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pearljgirl2010pearljgirl2010 Shillington, PA/Tuckerton, NJ Posts: 3,428
edited July 2008 in The Porch
Found this silly article on the VH1 website...my favorite, #17

http://www.vh1.com/news/editorial/?page=1&contentId=1588708
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  • nfanelnfanel Posts: 2,558
    that was cool! thanks for sharing!
    although for 'podium king'...he's inducted four acts - REM, too!
  • Kilgore_TroutKilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    pearljgirl2010 wrote:
    Found this silly article on the VH1 website...my favorite, #17

    http://www.vh1.com/news/editorial/?page=1&contentId=1588708
    im definitely calling matt "foo" from now on :D

    and ive gotta check out that song... im sure its hilariously bad
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  • Stephen FlowStephen Flow Posts: 3,327
    lol puberty love is very funny... I have it someplace, I'll post it if I end up finding it.
  • LukinTimerLukinTimer Posts: 538
    Hilarious!! The "Puberty Love" thing is too funny.. please post if you find it, I would love to hear that.

    I thought the same thing about the podium king... Uh, Hello... what about REM.

    And how did I forget that Mike did all the guitar solos in Almost Famous??

    Fun stuff.
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  • pearljgirl2010pearljgirl2010 Shillington, PA/Tuckerton, NJ Posts: 3,428
    Attack of the Killer Tomatoes was one of my favorite movies way back in the day :-)
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  • MrFadedGloryMrFadedGlory Posts: 207
    When drumming for Hovercraft it was Jerome Turner was it not?
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  • Yellow BedwetterYellow Bedwetter NYC Posts: 2,832
    thanks for sharing

    EDIT: In terms of #4 about Betterman, I thought Stone wrote the song. EV references this in MSGI 03 and East Rutherford I 06, I believe.

    Or was he just referencing w/o Jeff and Stone, they wouldn't get to play the song, not because Stone did/did not write the song?
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  • Yellow BedwetterYellow Bedwetter NYC Posts: 2,832
    Have any of you actually read "Ishmael" (#8)
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    2008: BONNAROO, MSG1, MSG2, Hartford
    2009: Philly 1, 2, 4
    2010: Hartford, MSG1, MSG2
    2012: Made in America
    2013: BK1, BK2, Hartford
    2015: Global Citizens
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  • JP2026766JP2026766 Posts: 1,125
    Yellow Bedwetter wrote:
    Have any of you actually read "Ishmael" (#8)

    Yeah I read it years ago. Looks like I need to go back and read it, and see what I find in regards to Yield.

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  • SBC03SBC03 Posts: 502
    my next read
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  • Yellow BedwetterYellow Bedwetter NYC Posts: 2,832
    u think his name as "Jerome" in his ex-wife's band shares any intricate similarities with "Jeremy" aka Jer-o-me (pronounced Jeremy) or am I looking into this too much.
    Coincidence?
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    2006: Camden 1&2, East Ruth 1&2
    2008: BONNAROO, MSG1, MSG2, Hartford
    2009: Philly 1, 2, 4
    2010: Hartford, MSG1, MSG2
    2012: Made in America
    2013: BK1, BK2, Hartford
    2015: Global Citizens
    2016: MSG 2 (ISO MSG1)
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  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,930
    pearljgirl2010 wrote:
    Found this silly article on the VH1 website...my favorite, #17

    http://www.vh1.com/news/editorial/?page=1&contentId=1588708

    good find
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  • LostdoggieLostdoggie Posts: 257
    Piss Bottle Men is a great band name.
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  • SammyK14SammyK14 Posts: 287
    anyone know about that book ishmael that apparently inspired yield?
    5 years of Jam...

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  • Yellow BedwetterYellow Bedwetter NYC Posts: 2,832
    look at post #9
    2005: Borgata 2, Philly
    2006: Camden 1&2, East Ruth 1&2
    2008: BONNAROO, MSG1, MSG2, Hartford
    2009: Philly 1, 2, 4
    2010: Hartford, MSG1, MSG2
    2012: Made in America
    2013: BK1, BK2, Hartford
    2015: Global Citizens
    2016: MSG 2 (ISO MSG1)
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  • picture_a_cuppicture_a_cup Posts: 17
    Yellow Bedwetter wrote:
    thanks for sharing

    EDIT: In terms of #4 about Betterman, I thought Stone wrote the song. EV references this in MSGI 03 and East Rutherford I 06, I believe.

    Or was he just referencing w/o Jeff and Stone, they wouldn't get to play the song, not because Stone did/did not write the song?

    Ed song. I've only heard the Live at the Garden quote but what he says is (paraphrasing) if it weren't for Jeff and Stone (creating the band) Ed would have ended up playing that song in venues that smelled like piss. Or some such.
  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    Yellow Bedwetter wrote:
    thanks for sharing

    EDIT: In terms of #4 about Betterman, I thought Stone wrote the song. EV references this in MSGI 03 and East Rutherford I 06, I believe.

    Or was he just referencing w/o Jeff and Stone, they wouldn't get to play the song, not because Stone did/did not write the song?

    Ed wrote Betterman when he was like 16 years old. First played it with Bad Radio (the terrible band he was in pre-Pearl Jam).

    What Ed meant at MSG in '03 was that without Stone and Jeff founding Pearl Jam, he wouldn't get to play it at a place like Madison Square Garden ... He'd be stuck playing in places that "smelled like piss."
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  • Jearlpam0925Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,150
    To those wondering about "Ishmael" - read it. It's good. And not just for insight into the development of Yield, but just in general it is a very deep and thoughtful book. All of Quinn's writings are pretty good.

    Selin, what's goin on?
  • 104 years and counting104 years and counting Posts: 549
    Didnt Ed induct REM into the RR HOF as well? that would make 4 (Doors, Ramones, Neil, REM)>
  • Foxy MopFoxy Mop Posts: 2,823
    LOL @ Puberty Love... thanks for the link, I forgot some of those factoids.

    We need a weird factoid sheet. Someone should dig 'em all up and list them like they did. I was just reading an old Rumor Pit the other day and thought the same thing then too...

    Anyway.. good post!
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  • PJ & BomptonPJ & Bompton Posts: 92
    slightofjeff wrote:
    Ed wrote Betterman when he was like 16 years old. First played it with Bad Radio (the terrible band he was in pre-Pearl Jam).

    What Ed meant at MSG in '03 was that without Stone and Jeff founding Pearl Jam, he wouldn't get to play it at a place like Madison Square Garden ... He'd be stuck playing in places that "smelled like piss."

    sure Bad Radio never hit it big obviously but they were far from terrible...Believe You Me, Crossroads, Reggae Woman, Homeless and Betterman were all real good tunes...
  • Ghost Of K.Ghost Of K. Posts: 170
    PJ & Bompton wrote:
    sure Bad Radio never hit it big obviously but they were far from terrible...Believe You Me, Crossroads, Reggae Woman, Homeless and Betterman were all real good tunes...
    I love that song, but don't know where to find it.

    Anyone want to share? Believe You Me, I mean
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  • mehitabelmehitabel Posts: 14
    Yellow Bedwetter wrote:
    look at post #9


    A friend who was trying to help me through a rough patch gave me the book back in ’96. I know for certain that I absolutely HATED, I mean HATED it.
    My recollection:

    The concepts were more soft, and cuddly than insightful.

    The device is thin. Gorilla communicating gentle wisdom about the state of man. (ugggh)

    The prose was uninteresting (I mean, honestly, if you’re gonna stoop to using a gorilla to simply vomit your own ill thought-out ideas at least exercise some skillful prose or other inventive device)

    I know this sounds harsh, and I have felt like a genuine ass being that soulless ape who can't commune with the hairy kind—so I’d like to give it another go IF I can get someone who wants to talk about it to do the same.

    Takers?
  • SammyK14SammyK14 Posts: 287
    mehitabel wrote:
    A friend who was trying to help me through a rough patch gave me the book back in ’96. I know for certain that I absolutely HATED, I mean HATED it.
    My recollection:

    The concepts were more soft, and cuddly than insightful.

    The device is thin. Gorilla communicating gentle wisdom about the state of man. (ugggh)

    The prose was uninteresting (I mean, honestly, if you’re gonna stoop to using a gorilla to simply vomit your own ill thought-out ideas at least exercise some skillful prose or other inventive device)

    I know this sounds harsh, and I have felt like a genuine ass being that soulless ape who can't commune with the hairy kind—so I’d like to give it another go IF I can get someone who wants to talk about it to do the same.

    Takers?

    i'm willing to partake in the first installment of the pearl jam book club. when's our first meeting?
    5 years of Jam...

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    07: Lollapalooza
    08: Bonnaroo, DC
    EV (second row!!!!!!) in DC
    09: Philly 2 & 3
    10: Newark
  • Detroit2NYCDetroit2NYC New York, NY Posts: 337
    What about #13? How can we forget Eddie inducting REM into the Rock Hall on March 13, 2007?! I was there!!!
  • Stone IronsStone Irons Posts: 430
    Detroit2NYC wrote:
    What about #13? How can we forget Eddie inducting REM into the Rock Hall on March 13, 2007?! I was there!!!

    This article was originally written in 2006, a year before he inducted R.E.M. Here's the original version of the article: http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1535383/20060629/story.jhtml
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  • Detroit2NYCDetroit2NYC New York, NY Posts: 337
    Stone Irons wrote:
    This article was originally written in 2006, a year before he inducted R.E.M. Here's the original version of the article: http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1535383/20060629/story.jhtml

    Ooooh, ok. Well STILL, they need to update their info!! :)
  • TheJUGGERNAUT29TheJUGGERNAUT29 Posts: 160
    Cool article! Thanks for posting
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  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    PJ & Bompton wrote:
    sure Bad Radio never hit it big obviously but they were far from terrible...Believe You Me, Crossroads, Reggae Woman, Homeless and Betterman were all real good tunes...

    Nah ... they were terrible. Just terrible. Even their version of Betterman is all f'ed up. There's a reason Ed made it big as the lead singer of Pearl Jam, not Bad Radio.
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  • MrFadedGloryMrFadedGlory Posts: 207
    SOLAT319 wrote:
    Interesting for those who are just now getting into the daze. You and me and a few others I know, around here, on the other hand, look at these so-called "bizarre" facts and for each of them, go "knew that"..."nothing special"...."already got the article"...etc.

    My 5 year old has this bad habit of saying I knew that all the time...but then again he's 5.

    I had no knowledge of Matt's "Puberty Love" song - hillarious, thanks for sharing.
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