Backseat Lover

riotcode1222

hey everyone its matt from backseat lover letting every bostonian know theres a show this saturday at copperfields and a a benefit for the wish list foundation at the hard rock cafe december 28th!!!

DiRtYyELLoWoCeAn

what time do you guys hit the stage?

SENROCK

riotcode1222 wrote:

hey everyone its matt from backseat lover letting every bostonian know theres a show this saturday at copperfields and a a benefit for the wish list foundation at the hard rock cafe december 28th!!!

DUDE!!!! youre in BACKSEAT LOVER NOW???????

riotcode1222

Senrock Whats Up!!!!!! Hell Yea I Have The Role Of The Master Himself!!!!!

riffrandall

riotcode1222 wrote:

Senrock Whats Up!!!!!! Hell Yea I Have The Role Of The Master Himself!!!!!

Does this mean you guys have a new lead singer? (I hope)

SENROCK

riotcode1222 wrote:

Senrock Whats Up!!!!!! Hell Yea I Have The Role Of The Master Himself!!!!!

well thats good cuz i remember the days of you playing guitar behind your head like The Master taught you!!!!

P-r-i-v-a-c-y

riffrandall wrote:

Does this mean you guys have a new lead singer? (I hope)

Are you crazy? He has it nailed compared to other tributes!

The Waiting Trophy Man

Let us know if you come up to Toronto/surrounding area. I would definitely get show tix....

edvedder913

P-r-i-v-a-c-y wrote:

Are you crazy? He has it nailed compared to other tributes!

agreed. best pj cover band i have seen - his voice is awesome. makes me wish i lived clsoer to boston!!

BuzzKiller

P-r-i-v-a-c-y wrote:

Are you crazy? He has it nailed compared to other tributes!

this guy's bravado sounds very similar to Trumans Ghost.

Ledbetterman10

riotcode1222 wrote:

hey everyone its matt from backseat lover letting every bostonian know theres a show this saturday at copperfields and a a benefit for the wish list foundation at the hard rock cafe december 28th!!!

why do you guys call yourselves 'Backseat Lover?' Where's the PJ reference?

jojo

Ledbetterman10 wrote:

why do you guys call yourselves 'Backseat Lover?' Where's the PJ reference?

the song
ONCE

(from pearljam.com)

I admit it...what's to say...yeah...
I'll relive it...without pain...mmm...
Backstreet lover on the side of the road
I got a bomb in my temple that is gonna explode
I got a sixteen gauge buried under my clothes, I play...
Once upon a time I could control myself
Ooh, once upon a time I could lose myself, yeah...

Oh, try and mimic what's insane...ooh, yeah...
I am in it...where do I stand?
Oh, Indian summer and I hate the heat
I got a backstreet lover on the passenger seat
I got my hand in my pocket, so determined, discreet...I pray...
Once upon a time I could control myself
Ooh, once upon a time I could lose myself, yeah, yeah...

You think I got my eyes closed
But I'm lookin' at you the whole fuckin' time...

Ooh, once upon a time I could control myself, yeah...
Once upon a time I could lose myself, yeah, yeah, yeah...
Once, upon a time I could love myself, yeah...
Once upon a time I could love you, yeah, yeah, yeah...
Once (4x)
Yeah...once, once...yeah, yeah...
Yeah...yeah, yeah...yeah, yeah...oww...

Dedvw

riffrandall wrote:

Does this mean you guys have a new lead singer? (I hope)

You, my message board friend, seem very picky about the sounds of cover bands.

jojo

Dedvw wrote:

You, my message board friend, seem very picky about the sounds of cover bands.

right?
they are COVER bands

BuzzKiller

jojo wrote:

Ledbetterman10 wrote:

why do you guys call yourselves 'Backseat Lover?' Where's the PJ reference?

the song
ONCE

(from pearljam.com)

I admit it...what's to say...yeah...
I'll relive it...without pain...mmm...
Backstreet lover on the side of the road
I got a bomb in my temple that is gonna explode
I got a sixteen gauge buried under my clothes, I play...
Once upon a time I could control myself
Ooh, once upon a time I could lose myself, yeah...

Oh, try and mimic what's insane...ooh, yeah...
I am in it...where do I stand?
Oh, Indian summer and I hate the heat
I got a backstreet lover on the passenger seat
I got my hand in my pocket, so determined, discreet...I pray...
Once upon a time I could control myself
Ooh, once upon a time I could lose myself, yeah, yeah...

You think I got my eyes closed
But I'm lookin' at you the whole fuckin' time...

Ooh, once upon a time I could control myself, yeah...
Once upon a time I could lose myself, yeah, yeah, yeah...
Once, upon a time I could love myself, yeah...
Once upon a time I could love you, yeah, yeah, yeah...
Once (4x)
Yeah...once, once...yeah, yeah...
Yeah...yeah, yeah...yeah, yeah...oww...

ok, so the lyrics are "backstreet lover"....... where does backseat lover come from?

riffrandall

Dedvw wrote:

You, my message board friend, seem very picky about the sounds of cover bands.

Oh no.. not what I meant at all. Going to see those guys at Harpers Ferry was amusing once or twice-
I just meant that the lead singer was a major um.. jerk?, that's all. Sound had nothing to do with it.

jojo

riffrandall wrote:

Oh no.. not what I meant at all. Going to see those guys at Harpers Ferry was amusing once or twice-
I just meant that the lead singer was a major um.. jerk?, that's all. Sound had nothing to do with it.

well as so happens in the world not all personality types mix well

trebmal

riffrandall wrote:

Oh no.. not what I meant at all. Going to see those guys at Harpers Ferry was amusing once or twice-
I just meant that the lead singer was a major um.. jerk?, that's all. Sound had nothing to do with it.

I love the singer, I don't think he's a jerk at all... but that's just me.

trumansghost

BuzzKiller wrote:

ok, so the lyrics are "backstreet lover"....... where does backseat lover come from?

the lyrics are originally "BACKSEAT LOVER" on the side of the road.....but for some reason they have reprinted them as "backstreet lover"....


no idea. it is what is

Ledbetterman10

trumansghost wrote:

the lyrics are originally "BACKSEAT LOVER" on the side of the road.....but for some reason they have reprinted them as "backstreet lover"....


no idea. it is what is

it is what it is: stupid

Dedvw

riffrandall wrote:

Oh no.. not what I meant at all. Going to see those guys at Harpers Ferry was amusing once or twice-
I just meant that the lead singer was a major um.. jerk?, that's all. Sound had nothing to do with it.

Oh sorry, I hear ya, a bad first impression can sometimes ruin it.

pjcoverband

BuzzKiller wrote:

ok, so the lyrics are "backstreet lover"....... where does backseat lover come from?

well...not only is "backseat lover" a frequently misheard lyric from Once, but backSTREET lover would not have gone over well. you can imagine nicknames like backSTREET boys, etc.

backseat lover seemed like a cool name, so we went with it. you can't read into it any further than that. i know, because i came up with it.

azwyldcats

screw cover bands get a life and write your own music...oh yeah u cant

dirtyfrank71

Yes...your right...PJ cover bands SUCK! ...AND...if you are in the Phoenix/Tempe area and want to see just how bad Dirty Frank (a tribute to Pearl Jam) sucks...go to Last Exit in Tempe on Saturday Feb. 9th w/ very special guests Budweezer!! We...(umm..I mean) THEY will be sucking thru 2 plus hours of all things PJ.
Or...go to http://www.myspace.com/dirtyfrankatributetopear and see for yourself.


Getting a life,
G and DF

Dedvw

azwyldcats wrote:

screw cover bands get a life and write your own music...oh yeah u cant

You're a hard on.

P-r-i-v-a-c-y

.....

binauralonthecape

back seat lovah kicks ass, you guys need to come down to the cape again soon!! come to hyannis, ill bring people, we need our fix of pj...

BuzzKiller

P-r-i-v-a-c-y wrote:

i assume truman's ghost is in the band or their agent or something. But can't anyone give a compliment around here w/o there being some smarta$$ remark. One reason I barely post. BTW, glad to see you utilize your vocabulary class on the pit.. perfect for flicking insults.. what do you sit by the computer with a f/in thesaurus "bravado." wtf, i think they are great for a cover band.. not pearl jam.. but whatever. relax. i see many bitter posts on here about this band (and other cover bands which i haven't seen). i've seen backseatlover a lot and recently at the Hard Rock. I think they are great and i was just sticking up for them. get lost.

you can give all the compliments you desire, and rightfully so. but when you start dissing other pearl jam tribute bands in doing so, that's not right. trumans ghost had a history of doing that, and you sounded just like him.

so...

get bent.

P-r-i-v-a-c-y

while we both get bent and lost ... i wasn't talking down other cover bands i just think the sound most closely resembles PJ (actually Ten sounds pretty good on their myspace too, never saw them live). who is trumans ghost????

BuzzKiller wrote:

you can give all the compliments you desire, and rightfully so. but when you start dissing other pearl jam tribute bands in doing so, that's not right. trumans ghost had a history of doing that, and you sounded just like him.

so...

get bent.

riffrandall

P-r-i-v-a-c-y wrote:

while we both get bent and lost ... i wasn't talking down other cover bands i just think the sound most closely resembles PJ (actually Ten sounds pretty good on their myspace too, never saw them live). who is trumans ghost????

OK, I'll bite. Trumans Ghost is the message board name of the frontman of Backseat Lover, whose name I would publish here but that it would then be the lead hit on a Google search, and the guy doesn't need it.

A few years ago I was a young-ish writer, just changed careers, and in the style of Chuck Klosterman's "Fargo Rock City" I was doing several pieces for my then-employer on cover bands local to Boston. I made my intentions known to the band, and he- I mean they- were into it. Sort of. When I started to talk about the angle, I realized then and there that at least for that PJ cover band, the article wouldn't fly as they were operating under the delusion that they were, in fact, the real deal, as opposed to what they really are: a cover band that is fun to hear when you're on the third year of a four year live PJ drought.

And call it what you want- bravado, swagger, attitude, the guy has it. Not in a good way. Someone once told him that he sounds a bit like Ed when he and his buddies covered "Why Go" in their mom's basement back in the 90s, and instead of making light over it, or starting a different band, he's turned the fake part into his personality. He really thinks he's, again, the real deal. And he really thinks that he's entitled to consider himself as having had same metreoric rise to fame as the other guys.
A good voice he may have, but he hasn't *quite* gotten his oversized head around the fact that people don't take cover bands seriously. It's not acting. There's no cameras. There's no awards.

I've been around many, many bands in my career since, even the guys who actually are the real thing, and can tell you without a doubt that the only guy who came close with the attitude of Trumans Ghost was Tom Petty when I saw him throw a fit over his place on a concert lineup AFTER he was inducted into the Rock Hall.

Or, as Joan Cusack said in 'Working Girl,': "Sometimes I sing and dance around the house in my underwear. Doesn't make me Madonna. Never will."

thumbingmyway

riffrandall wrote:

OK, I'll bite. Trumans Ghost is the message board name of the frontman of Backseat Lover, whose name I would publish here but that it would then be the lead hit on a Google search, and the guy doesn't need it.

A few years ago I was a young-ish writer, just changed careers, and in the style of Chuck Klosterman's "Fargo Rock City" I was doing several pieces for my then-employer on cover bands local to Boston. I made my intentions known to the band, and he- I mean they- were into it. Sort of. When I started to talk about the angle, I realized then and there that at least for that PJ cover band, the article wouldn't fly as they were operating under the delusion that they were, in fact, the real deal, as opposed to what they really are: a cover band that is fun to hear when you're on the third year of a four year live PJ drought.

And call it what you want- bravado, swagger, attitude, the guy has it. Not in a good way. Someone once told him that he sounds a bit like Ed when he and his buddies covered "Why Go" in their mom's basement back in the 90s, and instead of making light over it, or starting a different band, he's turned the fake part into his personality. He really thinks he's, again, the real deal. And he really thinks that he's entitled to consider himself as having had same metreoric rise to fame as the other guys.
A good voice he may have, but he hasn't *quite* gotten his oversized head around the fact that people don't take cover bands seriously. It's not acting. There's no cameras. There's no awards.

I've been around many, many bands in my career since, even the guys who actually are the real thing, and can tell you without a doubt that the only guy who came close with the attitude of Trumans Ghost was Tom Petty when I saw him throw a fit over his place on a concert lineup AFTER he was inducted into the Rock Hall.

Or, as Joan Cusack said in 'Working Girl,': "Sometimes I sing and dance around the house in my underwear. Doesn't make me Madonna. Never will."

ha ha, this is hilarious. its so funny, (having been in the band, and now looking from the outside), hearing somebody who has met somebody for a casual talk a few time in their life thinking they know the person or what they are about, and thinking they have a basis to throw an opinion like this out there. totally ludicrous. the singer is about one of the best and grounded people i have met in my life. and if you spent more then a few minutes with him, other then at a packed bar late at night, you would maybe have the right to form an intelligent opinion. but you don't. What gives you a right to spew this ridiculous opinion anyway? you think you know what kind of person he is, from the few moments youve talked to him? you think he thinks he is eddie vedder? your ridiculous. this is uncalled for. i can only imagine the opinions people who don't know you could offer about you. I have one: your most likely a terrible and biased writer. I'm pretty sure im right.