True, a lot of states were 51%-49%, things like that. That whole mindset is off base, IMO. I think the hurricane theory is more valid. Could you imagine having to cancel a couple shows in Fla, then some storm bounces a different direction and you have to cancel more in NC or NO. Then two weeks later you have to cancel more? A nightmare.
So this is what it's like to be an adult.
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Im wondering if the band playing, 'Here's to the state of Mississippi" at the VH1 Storytellers, mean theyre saying F the South. I just read the lyrics and thats my interpretation. Just a thought!
Im wondering if the band playing, 'Here's to the state of Mississippi" at the VH1 Storytellers, mean theyre saying F the South. I just read the lyrics and thats my interpretation. Just a thought!
Anyway BUMP!
Where'd you find the words? I looked at the Avalon songs but the words to "Here's to the state..." didn't appear for me. Just some verbiage about Phil Ochs dedicating it to Nixon etc. I don't believe that the guys (the band) are irrational thinkers or vengeful type folk. Surely they realize that it wasn't PJ fans who voted for Bush for the most part. Most conservatives wouldn't be caught dead listening to such "negativity" as my brother calls it......he refers to the band as "toe jam". I think he must have had a lobotomy after he came home from VietNam. Anyway, I just don't see them being that way. Sure, they can do whatever they want, but after all the lyrics they've written about stuff like being in the "present tense", I have to believe they live what they write. I'm chalking it up to poor planning by whoever the PR firm that J Records has doing their marketing etc. They couldn't start the tour in the south because of the promos they were doing on shows like SNL and Letterman - based in NY. And after the NE cities are done - it's frickin hurricane season again. We've got to have some faith in them and 10C. So much else has changed with the new label, I think this "problem" is tied into the rest of it. Poor planning. Hurricane season doesn't end until November so they may as well wait tilll 2007 to come down here.... I JUST WISH SOMEONE WOULD CONFIRM IT!!!!!!!!! DAMMITT!!!!!!!!!
BUMP
BUMP
BUMP
~I want to realize brotherhood or identity not merely with the beings called human, but I want to realize identity with all life, even with such things as crawl upon earth.~
Mohandas K. Gandhi
~I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulette I could have worn.~
Henry David Thoreau
yes, now that dc has come and gone...i'm a lil' melancholy that we might not have any more shows (even in '07) for quite some time...but here's hoping otherwise!!
Spoke to a guy who works for the band, he said they will definetly be down south in the spring. I live in Dallas and went to the Philly/DC Shows. Sign me up for the petition for sure.
MDM
BrainofJbourg
MDM is RIFW cause I got ID in my tree
Where'd you find the words? I looked at the Avalon songs but the words to "Here's to the state..." didn't appear for me. Just some verbiage about Phil Ochs dedicating it to Nixon etc. I don't believe that the guys (the band) are irrational thinkers or vengeful type folk. Surely they realize that it wasn't PJ fans who voted for Bush for the most part. Most conservatives wouldn't be caught dead listening to such "negativity" as my brother calls it......he refers to the band as "toe jam". I think he must have had a lobotomy after he came home from VietNam. Anyway, I just don't see them being that way. Sure, they can do whatever they want, but after all the lyrics they've written about stuff like being in the "present tense", I have to believe they live what they write. I'm chalking it up to poor planning by whoever the PR firm that J Records has doing their marketing etc. They couldn't start the tour in the south because of the promos they were doing on shows like SNL and Letterman - based in NY. And after the NE cities are done - it's frickin hurricane season again. We've got to have some faith in them and 10C. So much else has changed with the new label, I think this "problem" is tied into the rest of it. Poor planning. Hurricane season doesn't end until November so they may as well wait tilll 2007 to come down here.... I JUST WISH SOMEONE WOULD CONFIRM IT!!!!!!!!! DAMMITT!!!!!!!!!
BUMP
BUMP
BUMP
I just googled the name of the song. Try that. However, I am 10c member of 6 years, a conservative, and voted for Bush twice, kinda disappointed in the second term, but he was the lesser of two evils in my opinion at that time(the economy was roaring at that point, and still is but that doesnt make the news). Anyway, I dont agree w/ most of PJs politics but theyre a band, the last rock band around in my opinion. I went to the Kissimme Vote For Change show, for the concert, not the politics. Unlike your brother, I can separate the two.
I also dont know if those lyrics have anything to do w/ the tour schedule, just something that struck me after reading the lyrics.
Spoke to a guy who works for the band, he said they will definetly be down south in the spring. I live in Dallas and went to the Philly/DC Shows. Sign me up for the petition for sure.
MDM
You are the 2nd person to post something like that. Someone in another thread said a merch guy told him the same thing.
I'm from Dallas and went to the Philly shows too! I met several Texans up there!
Play the South.........play the south........play the south...........or play Halifax.....or play Alaska...........We will fly to those cool places to see PJ!
All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
Spoke to a guy who works for the band, he said they will definetly be down south in the spring. I live in Dallas and went to the Philly/DC Shows. Sign me up for the petition for sure.
MDM
Wow - some good news!! Just wish 10C would throw us a bone with a little bit of info.
BUMP!!
~I want to realize brotherhood or identity not merely with the beings called human, but I want to realize identity with all life, even with such things as crawl upon earth.~
Mohandas K. Gandhi
~I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulette I could have worn.~
Henry David Thoreau
I just googled the name of the song. Try that. However, I am 10c member of 6 years, a conservative, and voted for Bush twice, kinda disappointed in the second term, but he was the lesser of two evils in my opinion at that time(the economy was roaring at that point, and still is but that doesnt make the news). Anyway, I dont agree w/ most of PJs politics but theyre a band, the last rock band around in my opinion. I went to the Kissimme Vote For Change show, for the concert, not the politics. Unlike your brother, I can separate the two.
I also dont know if those lyrics have anything to do w/ the tour schedule, just something that struck me after reading the lyrics.
Hope you find'em!
I need to tell you that you are different from most conservatives/people who voted for Bush that I have talked with. You are to be congratulated for your ability to be objective rather than emotional about the band. Obviously I don't agree with your assessment of the economy or the candidates, but I respect your right to voice your own opinion. You're right, PJ is the only great rock band still around. Don't know if you went to any of the Green Day's "American Idiot" shows during their tour, but I gotta tell you, that's the hardest working band in rock today. They are really into their fans too - lots of interaction during both concerts I went to. Loads of good energy.
~I want to realize brotherhood or identity not merely with the beings called human, but I want to realize identity with all life, even with such things as crawl upon earth.~
Mohandas K. Gandhi
~I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulette I could have worn.~
Henry David Thoreau
Another bump for Florida. I'm getting more and more depressed. A friend of mine came down from Boston and had a tour shirt on and I couldn't help but notice the list of cities/dates. Nothing for the south. I think we're being written-off. I just wish I would have known earlier so I could have made plans to see them somewhere else.
I need to tell you that you are different from most conservatives/people who voted for Bush that I have talked with. You are to be congratulated for your ability to be objective rather than emotional about the band. Obviously I don't agree with your assessment of the economy or the candidates, but I respect your right to voice your own opinion. You're right, PJ is the only great rock band still around. Don't know if you went to any of the Green Day's "American Idiot" shows during their tour, but I gotta tell you, that's the hardest working band in rock today. They are really into their fans too - lots of interaction during both concerts I went to. Loads of good energy.
Totally off the subject of pj, but yes, Green Day put on the best concert Ive ever seen after PJ. Ofcourse, if I liked Green Day the way I do PJ I'd see it in the reverse. They have full control of the audience. It was definitely an eye opening experience. Maybe punk is safe, and American Idiot is one of the best albums of all time!
Totally off the subject of pj, but yes, Green Day put on the best concert Ive ever seen after PJ. Ofcourse, if I liked Green Day the way I do PJ I'd see it in the reverse. They have full control of the audience. It was definitely an eye opening experience. Maybe punk is safe, and American Idiot is one of the best albums of all time!
That WAS a great concert. My boys (17 & 23) got tickets to the show and my husband and I got tickets too - separately. We were surprised to find we were all gong to the same concert. (and it was mutual relief that we weren't sitting together). Ended up going together (separating at the concert - they were on the floor) and then going out together after.
I love the album and the show was great but not like Pearl Jam where we will go to 6 or 7 shows per tour. (how'd you like that segue back to Pearl Jam?)
Please play the South.
"I don't want to hear any splatty tongues!"
J.M., Jr. High Band Teacher
G Em D
Here's to the state of Mississippi,
G F
For Underheath her borders, the devil draws no lines,
G F
If you drag her muddy river, nameless bodies you will find.
G F
whoa the fat trees of the forest have hid a thousand crimes,
G Em Am D
the calender is lyin' when it reads the present time.
G Em C G
Whoa here's to the land you've torn out the heart of,
G Em D G
Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of!
And here's to the people of Mississippi
Who say the folks up north, they just don't understand
And they tremble in their shadows at the thunder of the Klan
The sweating of their souls can't wash the blood from off their hands
They smile and shrug their shoulders at the murder of a man
Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of
Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of
And here's to the schools of Mississippi
Where they're teaching all the children that they don't have to care
All the rudiments of hatred are present everywhere
And every single classroom is a factory of despair
There's nobody learning such a foreign word as fair
Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of
Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of
And here's to the cops of Mississippi
They're chewing their tobacco as they lock the prison door
Their bellies bounce inside them when they knock you to the floor
No they don't like taking prisoners in their private little war
Behind their broken badges there are murderers and more
Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of
Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of
And, here's to the judges of Mississippi
Who wear the robe of honor as they crawl into the court
They're guarding all the bastions of their phony legal fort
Oh, justice is a stranger when the prisoners report
When the black man stands accused the trial is always short
Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of
Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of
And here's to the government of Mississippi
In the swamp of their bureaucracy they're always bogging down
And criminals are posing as the mayors of the towns
And they hope that no one sees the sights and no one hears the sounds
And the speeches of the governor are the ravings of a clown
Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of
Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of
And here's to the laws of Mississippi
Congressmen will gather in a circus of delay
While the Constitution is drowning in an ocean of decay
Unwed mothers should be sterilized, I've even heard them say
Yes, corruption can be classic in the Mississippi way
Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of
Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of
And here's to the churches of Mississippi
Where the cross, once made of silver, now is caked with rust
And the Sunday morning sermons pander to their lust
The fallen face of Jesus is choking in the dust
Heaven only knows in which God they can trust
Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of
Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of
Totally off the subject of pj, but yes, Green Day put on the best concert Ive ever seen after PJ. Ofcourse, if I liked Green Day the way I do PJ I'd see it in the reverse. They have full control of the audience. It was definitely an eye opening experience. Maybe punk is safe, and American Idiot is one of the best albums of all time!
Yes, a classic for the ages. Can't wait to see them again live and what they come up with next.....
~I want to realize brotherhood or identity not merely with the beings called human, but I want to realize identity with all life, even with such things as crawl upon earth.~
Mohandas K. Gandhi
~I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulette I could have worn.~
Henry David Thoreau
Another bump for Florida. I'm getting more and more depressed. A friend of mine came down from Boston and had a tour shirt on and I couldn't help but notice the list of cities/dates. Nothing for the south. I think we're being written-off. I just wish I would have known earlier so I could have made plans to see them somewhere else.
I feel the same way. I think we are screwed and I wish now that I had bought those tickets for San Francisco.
But just in case, bumpity bump for Florida! Again!!!
~I want to realize brotherhood or identity not merely with the beings called human, but I want to realize identity with all life, even with such things as crawl upon earth.~
Mohandas K. Gandhi
~I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulette I could have worn.~
Henry David Thoreau
All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
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Anyway BUMP!
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Where'd you find the words? I looked at the Avalon songs but the words to "Here's to the state..." didn't appear for me. Just some verbiage about Phil Ochs dedicating it to Nixon etc. I don't believe that the guys (the band) are irrational thinkers or vengeful type folk. Surely they realize that it wasn't PJ fans who voted for Bush for the most part. Most conservatives wouldn't be caught dead listening to such "negativity" as my brother calls it......he refers to the band as "toe jam". I think he must have had a lobotomy after he came home from VietNam. Anyway, I just don't see them being that way. Sure, they can do whatever they want, but after all the lyrics they've written about stuff like being in the "present tense", I have to believe they live what they write. I'm chalking it up to poor planning by whoever the PR firm that J Records has doing their marketing etc. They couldn't start the tour in the south because of the promos they were doing on shows like SNL and Letterman - based in NY. And after the NE cities are done - it's frickin hurricane season again. We've got to have some faith in them and 10C. So much else has changed with the new label, I think this "problem" is tied into the rest of it. Poor planning. Hurricane season doesn't end until November so they may as well wait tilll 2007 to come down here.... I JUST WISH SOMEONE WOULD CONFIRM IT!!!!!!!!! DAMMITT!!!!!!!!!
BUMP
BUMP
BUMP
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~I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulette I could have worn.~
Henry David Thoreau
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MDM is RIFW cause I got ID in my tree
I just googled the name of the song. Try that. However, I am 10c member of 6 years, a conservative, and voted for Bush twice, kinda disappointed in the second term, but he was the lesser of two evils in my opinion at that time(the economy was roaring at that point, and still is but that doesnt make the news). Anyway, I dont agree w/ most of PJs politics but theyre a band, the last rock band around in my opinion. I went to the Kissimme Vote For Change show, for the concert, not the politics. Unlike your brother, I can separate the two.
I also dont know if those lyrics have anything to do w/ the tour schedule, just something that struck me after reading the lyrics.
Hope you find'em!
You are the 2nd person to post something like that. Someone in another thread said a merch guy told him the same thing.
I'm from Dallas and went to the Philly shows too! I met several Texans up there!
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KC-5/3/2010,STL-5/4/2010
Bridge School-10/23/2010,10/24/2010
PJ20-9/3/2011,9/4/2011
OKC-11/16/13
SEA-12/6/13
TUL-10/8/14
Wow - some good news!! Just wish 10C would throw us a bone with a little bit of info.
BUMP!!
Mohandas K. Gandhi
~I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulette I could have worn.~
Henry David Thoreau
I need to tell you that you are different from most conservatives/people who voted for Bush that I have talked with. You are to be congratulated for your ability to be objective rather than emotional about the band. Obviously I don't agree with your assessment of the economy or the candidates, but I respect your right to voice your own opinion. You're right, PJ is the only great rock band still around. Don't know if you went to any of the Green Day's "American Idiot" shows during their tour, but I gotta tell you, that's the hardest working band in rock today. They are really into their fans too - lots of interaction during both concerts I went to. Loads of good energy.
Mohandas K. Gandhi
~I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulette I could have worn.~
Henry David Thoreau
Totally off the subject of pj, but yes, Green Day put on the best concert Ive ever seen after PJ. Ofcourse, if I liked Green Day the way I do PJ I'd see it in the reverse. They have full control of the audience. It was definitely an eye opening experience. Maybe punk is safe, and American Idiot is one of the best albums of all time!
That WAS a great concert. My boys (17 & 23) got tickets to the show and my husband and I got tickets too - separately. We were surprised to find we were all gong to the same concert. (and it was mutual relief that we weren't sitting together). Ended up going together (separating at the concert - they were on the floor) and then going out together after.
I love the album and the show was great but not like Pearl Jam where we will go to 6 or 7 shows per tour. (how'd you like that segue back to Pearl Jam?)
Please play the South.
J.M., Jr. High Band Teacher
I raise my Freak Flag High!!
By Phil Ochs
G Em D
Here's to the state of Mississippi,
G F
For Underheath her borders, the devil draws no lines,
G F
If you drag her muddy river, nameless bodies you will find.
G F
whoa the fat trees of the forest have hid a thousand crimes,
G Em Am D
the calender is lyin' when it reads the present time.
G Em C G
Whoa here's to the land you've torn out the heart of,
G Em D G
Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of!
And here's to the people of Mississippi
Who say the folks up north, they just don't understand
And they tremble in their shadows at the thunder of the Klan
The sweating of their souls can't wash the blood from off their hands
They smile and shrug their shoulders at the murder of a man
Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of
Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of
And here's to the schools of Mississippi
Where they're teaching all the children that they don't have to care
All the rudiments of hatred are present everywhere
And every single classroom is a factory of despair
There's nobody learning such a foreign word as fair
Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of
Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of
And here's to the cops of Mississippi
They're chewing their tobacco as they lock the prison door
Their bellies bounce inside them when they knock you to the floor
No they don't like taking prisoners in their private little war
Behind their broken badges there are murderers and more
Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of
Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of
And, here's to the judges of Mississippi
Who wear the robe of honor as they crawl into the court
They're guarding all the bastions of their phony legal fort
Oh, justice is a stranger when the prisoners report
When the black man stands accused the trial is always short
Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of
Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of
And here's to the government of Mississippi
In the swamp of their bureaucracy they're always bogging down
And criminals are posing as the mayors of the towns
And they hope that no one sees the sights and no one hears the sounds
And the speeches of the governor are the ravings of a clown
Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of
Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of
And here's to the laws of Mississippi
Congressmen will gather in a circus of delay
While the Constitution is drowning in an ocean of decay
Unwed mothers should be sterilized, I've even heard them say
Yes, corruption can be classic in the Mississippi way
Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of
Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of
And here's to the churches of Mississippi
Where the cross, once made of silver, now is caked with rust
And the Sunday morning sermons pander to their lust
The fallen face of Jesus is choking in the dust
Heaven only knows in which God they can trust
Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart of
Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of
Yes, a classic for the ages. Can't wait to see them again live and what they come up with next.....
Mohandas K. Gandhi
~I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulette I could have worn.~
Henry David Thoreau
I feel the same way. I think we are screwed and I wish now that I had bought those tickets for San Francisco.
But just in case, bumpity bump for Florida! Again!!!
Mohandas K. Gandhi
~I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulette I could have worn.~
Henry David Thoreau
You got to spend it all
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HTFD-6/27/08
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