How many times has someone said this to you?

gabers
gabers Posts: 2,787
edited July 2008 in The Porch
"Yeah, I used to like Pearl Jam. Their first two albums were good then after that I didn't care for them." Does that make you instantly think that this person is an idiot, has no taste in music, or both? :)
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  • share
    share Posts: 551
    gabers wrote:
    "Yeah, I used to like Pearl Jam. Their first two albums were good then after that I didn't care for them." Does that make you instantly think that this person is an idiot, has no taste in music, or both? :)

    it makes me think their musical taste has changed.
    I certainly would not think they are an idiot or have no taste in music
    because of it.
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  • Abuskedti
    Abuskedti Posts: 1,917
    gabers wrote:
    "Yeah, I used to like Pearl Jam. Their first two albums were good then after that I didn't care for them." Does that make you instantly think that this person is an idiot, has no taste in music, or both? :)

    actually the 4 girls next to me at Bonnaroo said they really weren't interested in seeing Pearl Jam, they just had a little time to kill. They said, "They added, pearl Jam hasn't had a new album is almost 20 years"

    but I am happy to report, they loved the show along with everyone else
  • mamasan
    mamasan Posts: 25
    i hear that all the time... i just fake smile and say, "yeah..."
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  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun
    LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    they just dont know any better. pity them.
  • Roeghmann
    Roeghmann Posts: 969
    Abuskedti wrote:
    actually the 4 girls next to me at Bonnaroo said they really weren't interested in seeing Pearl Jam, they just had a little time to kill. They said, "They added, pearl Jam hasn't had a new album is almost 20 years"

    but I am happy to report, they loved the show along with everyone else

    like that story.
    I was talking to a new co-worker the other day. He was into rock music and we chatted about Zeppelin, Ac/Dc, Metallica etc. And the he metioned Nickelback as beeing his favorite band. I mentioned Pearl Jam as mine. He responded with a.........WHO?
    Help me here, how can you as a 30+ year old fan of rock music know nickelback and not PJ?
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  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    Röeghmann wrote:
    like that story.
    I was talking to a new co-worker the other day. He was into rock music and we chatted about Zeppelin, Ac/Dc, Metallica etc. And the he metioned Nickelback as beeing his favorite band. I mentioned Pearl Jam as mine. He responded with a.........WHO?
    Help me here, how can you as a 30+ year old fan of rock music know nickelback and not PJ?
    :D cmon though... that's funny :D

    I've had people genuinely not know who they were either :eek:
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  • 4Powers20
    4Powers20 Posts: 1,231
    gabers wrote:
    "Yeah, I used to like Pearl Jam. Their first two albums were good then after that I didn't care for them." Does that make you instantly think that this person is an idiot, has no taste in music, or both? :)

    screw em. more room for me to dance.


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  • armsraisedinavee
    armsraisedinavee Posts: 133
    i got a better question............how can your favorite band possibly be nickelback??? Good Lord
    9/1/2000 - E-Centre, Camden, 'Sometimes' started and I was hooked...
  • noceiling
    noceiling Posts: 41
    too many times to count.

    personally I believe their best work came from No Code, Yield, Binaural and Riot Act.

    The people who make such statements are those who listen to the radio and bands like Incubus.
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  • gabers
    gabers Posts: 2,787
    share wrote:
    it makes me think their musical taste has changed.
    I certainly would not think they are an idiot or have no taste in music
    because of it.

    Yeah yeah wet blanket, c'mon, I was just having some fun here. :)
  • BlackCorduroy
    BlackCorduroy Posts: 1,374
    "Wow Pearl Jam...they're still around?"
  • alexers
    alexers Posts: 492
    armsraisedinavee wrote:
    i got a better question............how can your favorite band possibly be nickelback??? Good Lord

    HAHA that's what I was thinking! Jeeeeeeez...
  • voodoopug
    voodoopug Posts: 1,011
    Doesn't bother me at all. The fact of life is that Pearl Jam's music as a whole isn't for everyone. We enjoy it and thats all that matters.

    now if someone told me that the Beatles were better than the Stones or that Aerosmith has original talent or that Led Zeppelin can play live.....then we'd have to have a discussion.
    There's Pearl Jam, The Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry, Robert Johnson......and then everybody else.
  • SENROCK
    SENROCK Posts: 10,736
    gabers wrote:
    "Yeah, I used to like Pearl Jam. Their first two albums were good then after that I didn't care for them." Does that make you instantly think that this person is an idiot, has no taste in music, or both? :)

    That is a direct invite for their face to meet your FIST!!!!! :D
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  • falcon
    falcon Posts: 163
    Good bands are good bands. It has less to do with people's opinions, and more to do with good, original SONGWRITING. Even if people say they don't like RHCP, The Who, Cream, Neil Young, U2, you can't dispute their ability to write real songs.
    People have the right to their opinion- I mean hey, this is America- but Nickelback??? Whenever someone says they like a band that I find deplorable, I say "And you like this band because ______?"
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  • BlackCorduroy
    BlackCorduroy Posts: 1,374
    voodoopug wrote:
    Doesn't bother me at all. The fact of life is that Pearl Jam's music as a whole isn't for everyone. We enjoy it and thats all that matters.

    now if someone told me that the Beatles were better than the Stones or that Aerosmith has original talent or that Led Zeppelin can play live.....then we'd have to have a discussion.

    The Beatles ARE better than the Stones :p
  • red mos
    red mos Posts: 4,953
    Röeghmann wrote:
    like that story.
    I was talking to a new co-worker the other day. He was into rock music and we chatted about Zeppelin, Ac/Dc, Metallica etc. And the he metioned Nickelback as beeing his favorite band. I mentioned Pearl Jam as mine. He responded with a.........WHO?
    Help me here, how can you as a 30+ year old fan of rock music know nickelback and not PJ?
    LOL, that's great :D That's a question I think we would all like to know
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  • SENROCK
    SENROCK Posts: 10,736
    BlackCorduroy wrote:
    "Wow Pearl Jam...they're still around?"

    i HATE that one!!!! But then again, when I start to tell them how the boys are still touring and have more cds out, they feel like morons! :D
    ~~~~~~ALWAYS HAVE A GOOD TIME~~~~~~
    Sir Mike McCready is....THE MASTER!!! WAHHH!!!
    EVENFLOW PSYCHOS H.N.I.C~FEEL THE FLOW!!!

    "Pearl Jam fans are obsessed, they'd see the boys in HELL if tickets were sold."-CROJAM95

    It takes balls to put out a UKE album!
  • libragirl
    libragirl Posts: 4,632
    I was at a barbeque last weekend and someone said that to me..he said something to the effect if you go see PJ and they play all of the 2 first albums you are lucky..I was like huh? lol...Im a big Yield fan so that seemed ridiculous but I have a lot of people when I tell them I went to see PJ or Im a fan..they look at me all confused and say "I didn't think they were still together"

    I really don't think they are idiots though...I guess they weren't really the type of fan that embraced change. :)
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  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    Statements like that just make me think some people don't seek out and enjoy music for their own sake and just go with the flow.
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