Eddie Vedder's Song (MP3) For The Chicago Cubs Available Now!

mca47

Yeah, they played the first part just a minute or so ago on WGN. Len mentioned the new song from Eddie Vedder and how everyone already knows the words despite it just coming out.

epierce3

The version released today is from Night 1 in Chicago (8.21.08).

ewokpelts

pureoc wrote:

Still regardless, I don't think many teams have a fan base that can pull that off. Pretty amazing, you must admitt.

chicago's the THIRD LARGEST makret in the country. with 8 million people in chicago land. 23k cub fans in miller was , as vader once said " all too easy".

tejasm3

Thanks Eddie - Cubs fans all over the world appreciate what you've done here!

PJPAT

Being at the game on Saturday and hearing the song on the speakers made me think that everything is coming together.

swtlew

Good to hear it was from the Thursday night show. It was much better than Friday's. I know it's been said b4 but too many obnoxious drunks on Friday night.

nomah23

ewokpelts wrote:

chicago's the THIRD LARGEST makret in the country. with 8 million people in chicago land. 23k cub fans in miller was , as vader once said " all too easy".

Are you seriously trying to tell me that the White Sox would travel that well? They are in the same market.

nomah23

ewokpelts wrote:

They didnt give out trophies in 1907 & 1908. So what I said was true, from a certain point of view.

Nice Obi Wan allusion, but not accurate. They did give out trophies, starting with the very first world series; just not in their present form. The trophy as we know it was first presented in 1967.

ewokpelts

nomah23 wrote:

Are you seriously trying to tell me that the White Sox would travel that well? They are in the same market.

for a series in milwaukee, yes they would travel well. cleveland had to play a "home" series last year in milwaukee. the games vs the angels drew 15-20k per game, mainly from milwaukee fans .
the next home series was the sox. and the weather in cleveland was still pretty shitty(snow was still coming down). cleveland opted to NOT play that series in milwaukee, and had 3 frozen games at the jake before 6-10k fans. the brewers and mlb were all set to have the series at mille rpark, but cleveland didnt want 30-40k sox fans(as well as neutal cubs and brewer fans) making the 90 mile trip.(that series would have been a friday-sunday series, and the weather in chicago was much more suited to driving than in cleveland).

GetALife

From which of the two Chicago show is this track? Can't find anything about it in the http://www...

GetALife

GetALife wrote:

From which of the two Chicago show is this track? Can't find anything about it in the http://www...

...sorry...it've overseen a post on this page ... hmpf...

Hawkshore

Just heard this on our local sports radio station the Team 1040! .......they have adopted the Cubs as our local team seeing as 40% of the strating rotaion is local BC boys with Harden and Dempster!!!

JaJunk

Bravesfan21 wrote:

Why would the Cardinals and White Sox be jealous of the Cubs? The Cardinals have won 10 world series the White Sox just won in 2005. I can understand the White Sox being jealous of the media attention the Cubs get and the fact that they have a larger fan base, but the Cardinals? Come on. The Cardinals outdraw the Cubs every year and have more World titles, I doubt they are jealous.

And this is coming from an outside observer I could care less about the Cubs, Sox, or Cardinals.

It's not so much jealousy from a winning standpoint, but there is jealousy there. It's obvious(and possibly semi-understandable to a degree) that White Sox fans despise Cubs fans. They are the younger, unappreciated child from across the tracks that yearns for respect, but they could win 10 championships and would still be a second tier organization in Chicago. Chicago, and much of the Midwest, is in love with the Cubs, regardless of whether they win or not. And that just drives Cardinals and Sox fans crazy. Why? You tell me, I bleed Cubbie blue.

Edit: And the Cubs have drawn much more fans the past five years than the Cardinals. Look it up.

rorrim_weiv_raer

I got the song as soon as I received my email from The Ten Club.

Today a good buddy of mine calls me all excited that the local radio station is going to play a new secret Eddie Vedder song. I told him, "oh yeah I got that song already and its awesome!."

He goes on and on to tell me that its new and that I can't have it already and that he wants me to listen to it today at 5:30pm on 107.7FM. So I call him back at 5:28pm and tell him that i'm ready.

Sure enough its the "Go all the way" song... hehe

So once again, thanks Ten Club!

I love knowing or having stuff thats Pearl Jam related before my smarty friends.......

nomah23

ewokpelts wrote:

for a series in milwaukee, yes they would travel well. cleveland had to play a "home" series last year in milwaukee. the games vs the angels drew 15-20k per game, mainly from milwaukee fans .
the next home series was the sox. and the weather in cleveland was still pretty shitty(snow was still coming down). cleveland opted to NOT play that series in milwaukee, and had 3 frozen games at the jake before 6-10k fans. the brewers and mlb were all set to have the series at mille rpark, but cleveland didnt want 30-40k sox fans(as well as neutal cubs and brewer fans) making the 90 mile trip.(that series would have been a friday-sunday series, and the weather in chicago was much more suited to driving than in cleveland).

Using a situation that didn't actually happen as proof of the validity of the argument is basically a straw man argument, which is a logical fallacy. I don't think that Sox fans would travel in comperable numbers to St. Louis or Milwaulkee, and what bears this out is the fact that the Pale Ho's (pretty punny, I know) just don't have as large a fan base as the Cubs do, and you don't need a census report to figure that one out. If, God forbid, I was a White Sux fan, I would take comfort in the fact that I was a die hard fan of a fringe minority team, rather than try to manipulate things into suggesting that my team really had as large a fan base. Fandom isn't an election, unfortunately, because if it was the Cubs would be playing the Red Sox every year in the World Series, and all would be right with the world.

It's just not real baseball with a DH.

ewokpelts

nomah23 wrote:

Using a situation that didn't actually happen as proof of the validity of the argument is basically a straw man argument, which is a logical fallacy. I don't think that Sox fans would travel in comperable numbers to St. Louis or Milwaulkee, and what bears this out is the fact that the Pale Ho's (pretty punny, I know) just don't have as large a fan base as the Cubs do, and you don't need a census report to figure that one out. If, God forbid, I was a White Sux fan, I would take comfort in the fact that I was a die hard fan of a fringe minority team, rather than try to manipulate things into suggesting that my team really had as large a fan base. Fandom isn't an election, unfortunately, because if it was the Cubs would be playing the Red Sox every year in the World Series, and all would be right with the world.

It's just not real baseball with a DH.

um. the indians had veto power over that series and they exercised it. it's common knowledge.

nomah23

ewokpelts wrote:

um. the indians had veto power over that series and they exercised it. it's common knowledge.

Veto power proves nothing. I'd rather play a home game in the cold than a neutral game in warm weather. It's still no indication of how well the sox would travel.

bicyclejoe

I blame this god awful song for the Cubs' slide.

Porch1234

Now write one about Obama.

inhiding 1976

I like to drink Heineken!!

Sareen Deoja

We R Hardcoree PJ Fans but we have our sound too but ...Tribute to the Greatest band ever PJ ... We R from Nepal but residing in Minnesota ..Do chk em coversss .. hope u guys like it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RntZ2B8yyG4
Alive cover

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m8p5...ture=re lated

Yellow Ledbetter cover

Humble tribute to Eddie and the rest of the Band members from Nepal

INVDDRLUST

Eddie can sing ANYTHING and we soak it up as fast as we can!

ewokpelts

nomah23 wrote:

Veto power proves nothing. I'd rather play a home game in the cold than a neutral game in warm weather. It's still no indication of how well the sox would travel.

they opted to NOT have the game in milwaukee when the league and brewers projected crowds in excess of 30k per game. these would have been weeknd games in a dome 90 miles from comiskey park.

nomah23

ewokpelts wrote:

they opted to NOT have the game in milwaukee when the league and brewers projected crowds in excess of 30k per game. these would have been weeknd games in a dome 90 miles from comiskey park.

Just because you say it doesn't mean I have to believe it. The epistemology is unsound here. These weren't tickets sold; this is some projection of uncited and nebulous origin. The fact of the matter is that the White Sox don't travel like the Cubs do. Just look around the league. Look at a Cubs vs. an any-other-team-in-the-league game against the White Sox vs. Twins or White Sox vs. Indians. Just look at the make up of the crowds. There are many places where the Cubs have an athmosphere like it's a home game only on the road. Name one place where the White Sox have that. Just one. Can't do it, because it isn't there.

I'll put this as simply as I can.

Fact: There are more Cubs fans than White Sox fans.
Opinion: Those Cubs fans are better fans.
Fact: The Cubs travel better than the White Sox
Opinion: White Sox fans don't use good reasoning to support their arguements.

ewokpelts

nomah23 wrote:

Just because you say it doesn't mean I have to believe it. The epistemology is unsound here. These weren't tickets sold; this is some projection of uncited and nebulous origin. The fact of the matter is that the White Sox don't travel like the Cubs do. Just look around the league. Look at a Cubs vs. an any-other-team-in-the-league game against the White Sox vs. Twins or White Sox vs. Indians. Just look at the make up of the crowds. There are many places where the Cubs have an athmosphere like it's a home game only on the road. Name one place where the White Sox have that. Just one. Can't do it, because it isn't there.

I'll put this as simply as I can.

Fact: There are more Cubs fans than White Sox fans.
Opinion: Those Cubs fans are better fans.
Fact: The Cubs travel better than the White Sox
Opinion: White Sox fans don't use good reasoning to support their arguements.

Again, the Indians VETOED having the sox series moved to Milwaukee. Thier team officials did so on PROJECTIONS from MLB AND the brewers. Said projections were in the 30-40k range. Sox officials had the press releases and ticket sales emails ready to go.(I know this becuase I'm a sox seaston ticket holder, and was told so by my ticket rep). In the end, teh indians preferred to have a small crowd instead of giving home field advantage to thie rrival. They PREVENTED what happened to the Astros.

Btw, the astros were screwed because of thier owner, who insisted on getting those games playe din houston when they coul d have used non-cubs market sites(tampa and LA for example). The Indians made the call about the sox series with more than enough time to get both teams on a plane to cleveland.

p.s. happy anniversary. Someday, you'll go all the way. just not in your lifetime.

ewokpelts

Side note: The cd single is now on sale in chicagoland. PLENTY OF UNSOLD COPIES @ $4.99. Yet, there's assholes in ebay land selling them for over 12 a disc.