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Does the band think its weird how obsessive we are?

musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,117
edited August 2008 in The Porch
Its an interesting question, because ed still seems this way with his heroes, the uncle neils, bruces and petes of the world. and he seems to suggest music wasnt just important, but that it saved his life.

Talking daily about minute details of shows, boots, haircuts etc...

I participate in it as well, but dont you think, they think, its odd!
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    jecicajecica Posts: 954
    No, they wouldn't provide this medium if they didn't want us to discuss all things (within reason).
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    jonbond1779jonbond1779 London, UK Posts: 1,564
    radiohead33 wrote:
    Its an interesting question, because ed still seems this way with his heroes, the uncle neils, bruces and petes of the world. and he seems to suggest music wasnt just important, but that it saved his life.

    Talking daily about minute details of shows, boots, haircuts etc...

    I participate in it as well, but dont you think, they think, its odd!


    No...

    This is more than a fan club forum, its a movement to which we all belong. There are discussions and debates from things like art to politics. The fact is the band recognise that that have something like 500,000 10c members alone...not including other fans and followers. There's always the oddball who sells pillowcases with eddies face on it (WTF???) but all in all the pitt is the very essence of PJ - Freedom of speech.
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    MrsOakleyMrsOakley Posts: 181
    ...Eddie mentioned something about it last night when he pulled back the curtain to turn on the shower and found me sitting in his bathtub. He would have elaborated, I think, but those damn cops got there SO FAST...
    "Over the dirt, we soar,
    on a search for anything pure."
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    Solat13Solat13 Philadelphia Posts: 6,996
    Well I was at Albany 06 and went to the concert chronology to get the exact quote:

    Ed comes back a few minutes later and talks about seeing the same people on every tour ("don't you people get laid?"), and how trying to decide what to play was difficult - some want to hear stuff they never play (the "freaks"), some want to hear the hits (the "normal" people). He mentions how when he was a teenager, normal was the worst thing you could be, so "here's to the freaks."
    - Busted down the pretext
    - 8/28/98
    - 9/2/00
    - 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
    - 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
    - 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
    - 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
    - 8/2/07, 8/5/07
    - 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
    - 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    - 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
    - 9/11/11, 9/12/11
    - 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
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    brucebruce Posts: 384
    MrsOakley wrote:
    ...Eddie mentioned something about it last night when he pulled back the curtain to turn on the shower and found me sitting in his bathtub. He would have elaborated, I think, but those damn cops got there SO FAST...
    HA HAH HA HAH

    that got me laughing really hard... i always joke around with my friends (who are all kinda casual fans) about that kind of stuff but they don't laugh cause they might think I'm serious.
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    South of SeattleSouth of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,708
    It's embarrassing really.
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    mookie10mookie10 Posts: 41
    I have often wondered the same thing....
    But they must love us we are what keeps them doing what they love....and they are the ones the keep us doing what we love....obsessing over them
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    OffHeGoes29OffHeGoes29 Posts: 1,240
    I don't think they care as long as it doesn't pry into their personal life. Well thats what I would feel if I was them.
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    DoTheEvolutionDoTheEvolution Posts: 118
    Well, if we are obsessive it's all their damn fault.


    Well, actually, it's Stones fault! :D
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    ECMECM Posts: 1,687
    jonbond1779 wrote:
    No...

    This is more than a fan club forum, its a movement to which we all belong. There are discussions and debates from things like art to politics. The fact is the band recognise that that have something like 500,000 10c members alone...not including other fans and followers. There's always the oddball who sells pillowcases with eddies face on it (WTF???) but all in all the pitt is the very essence of PJ - Freedom of speech.

    um.... 500,000?....
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    South of SeattleSouth of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,708
    Personally, I think the band would be more stoked if we actually spent our time and energy doing positive things. I think they're excited about CCFA benefits, the stuff for Surfrider, Wishlist and all the other stuff that fans do.

    That's why I think they should scrap the posters all together and limit 10c sales. It makes everyone angry and causes so much animosity between fans.
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    DoTheEvolutionDoTheEvolution Posts: 118
    South of Seattle wrote:
    Personally, I think the band would be more stoked if we actually spent our time and energy doing positive things. I think they're excited about CCFA benefits, the stuff for Surfrider, Wishlist and all the other stuff that fans do.

    That's why I think they should scrap the posters all together and limit 10c sales. It makes everyone angry and causes so much animosity between fans.

    Positive things? So, they also need to get rid of the message board. I'm approaching 1,000 posts! That is time wasted arguing/talking about THEM! LOL :D

    But you know, I agree with you on the poster thing. It's created a monster among several fans. Some are just too damn obsessive and they get so vindictive about these damn posters. It's actually rather sad and pathetic -- I ventured to that expresso site.. HOLY COW!!! Never again lol
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    SDHSClassof82SDHSClassof82 Seattle Posts: 306
    South of Seattle wrote:
    Personally, I think the band would be more stoked if we actually spent our time and energy doing positive things. I think they're excited about CCFA benefits, the stuff for Surfrider, Wishlist and all the other stuff that fans do.

    That's why I think they should scrap the posters all together and limit 10c sales. It makes everyone angry and causes so much animosity between fans.

    Yep, I think you got that right on all counts.

    Ed said something in the early days along the lines of "Pete Townsend was my hero but I didn't show up at his doorstep or collect his nose hairs or anything."
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    South of SeattleSouth of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,708
    DoTheEvolution wrote:
    Positive things? So, they also need to get rid of the message board. I'm approaching 1,000 posts! That is time wasted arguing/talking about THEM! LOL :D

    But you know, I agree with you on the poster thing. It's created a monster among several fans. Some are just too damn obsessive and they get so vindictive about these damn posters. It's actually rather sad and pathetic -- I ventured to that expresso site.. HOLY COW!!! Never again lol

    You should know better than to do that :p You're an experienced concert goer.

    1,000 post, bah! remember when you had more posts than me? ;)
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    dawngdawng Posts: 644
    SDHSClassof82 wrote:
    Yep, I think you got that right on all counts.

    Ed said something in the early days along the lines of "Pete Townsend was my hero but I didn't show up at his doorstep or collect his nose hairs or anything."

    nose hairs!!! how much??? I'll paypal you the money right now!

    j/k!!!

    seriously though - it's kind of them to give us a place to chat and meet fellow fans. They may think some of the shit we talk about is beyond weird...but it's the perfect place to hook up with a show buddy, trade items, find out news, etc. (Oh - and pass the time at work! :))
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    PJBuckeyePJBuckeye Posts: 1,102
    To the original post:

    Absolutely. We ae nerds. Oh, well.
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    jonbond1779jonbond1779 London, UK Posts: 1,564
    MrsOakley wrote:
    ...Eddie mentioned something about it last night when he pulled back the curtain to turn on the shower and found me sitting in his bathtub. He would have elaborated, I think, but those damn cops got there SO FAST...


    HAHAH LMAO!
    "Bring it back, to the clean form. To the pure form"

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    angelm20angelm20 Posts: 142
    MrsOakley wrote:
    ...Eddie mentioned something about it last night when he pulled back the curtain to turn on the shower and found me sitting in his bathtub. He would have elaborated, I think, but those damn cops got there SO FAST...

    thanks for confirming this for us~
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    petrocspetrocs Posts: 4,342
    my fiance asked me once how many shows is too many shows and my reply was "when eddie looks at me and says hey mike, werent you wearing that shirt last night?" I think I might call it a tour :)
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    9/24/96 MD. 9/28/96 Randalls. 8/28-29/98 Camden. 9/8/98 NJ. 9/18/98 MD. 9/1-2/00 Camden. 9/4/00 MD. 4/28/03 Philly. 7/5-6/03 Camden. 9/30/05 AC.
    10/3/05 Philly. 5/27-28/06 Camden. 6/23/06 Pitt. 6/19-20/08 Camden. 6/24/08 MSG. 8/7/08 EV Newark, NJ. 6/11-12/09 EV Philly, PA. 10/27-28-30-31/09 Philly, PA., 5/15/10 Hartford,5/17/10 Boston, 5/18/10 Newark, 5/20-21/10 MSG
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    billyruffbillyruff Posts: 534
    It's their fault....If they wernt so fuckin' awesome we wouldnt give a crap..
    How many bands music actually makes you feel something nowadays....
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    kh65kh65 Posts: 946
    They probably don't think it's weird, but I do. :)
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    2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,148
    petrocs wrote:
    my fiance asked me once how many shows is too many shows and my reply was "when eddie looks at me and says hey mike, werent you wearing that shirt last night?" I think I might call it a tour :)

    that is fucking hilarious man!
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