Hilarious Pearl Jam analogy!

walkthamilewalkthamile Posts: 349
edited March 2008 in The Porch
Using the Seattle music scene to explain tennis in the 90's.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/jon_wertheim/03/04/mailbag/

"It reminds me of the Seattle music scene in the early and mid-90s. You had four top-tier bands -- Pearl Jam (Sampras), Nirvana (Agassi), Alice in Chains (Courier) and Soundgarden (Chang) -- emerging from one region. (Continuing the analogy, Todd Martin is, presumably, Mudhoney.) When, a decade later, Seattle fails to have this kind of impact, it doesn't mean the local music scene is dead. It just highlights how exceptional the previous generation had been."
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  • CitizenRickCitizenRick Posts: 1,079
    Using the Seattle music scene to explain tennis in the 90's.

    http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/jon_wertheim/03/04/mailbag/

    "It reminds me of the Seattle music scene in the early and mid-90s. You had four top-tier bands -- Pearl Jam (Sampras), Nirvana (Agassi), Alice in Chains (Courier) and Soundgarden (Chang) -- emerging from one region. (Continuing the analogy, Todd Martin is, presumably, Mudhoney.) When, a decade later, Seattle fails to have this kind of impact, it doesn't mean the local music scene is dead. It just highlights how exceptional the previous generation had been."

    Great analogy! I completly agree...Pearl Jam IS Pete Sampras...the top dog!
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  • Using the Seattle music scene to explain tennis in the 90's.

    http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/jon_wertheim/03/04/mailbag/

    "It reminds me of the Seattle music scene in the early and mid-90s. You had four top-tier bands -- Pearl Jam (Sampras), Nirvana (Agassi), Alice in Chains (Courier) and Soundgarden (Chang) -- emerging from one region. (Continuing the analogy, Todd Martin is, presumably, Mudhoney.) When, a decade later, Seattle fails to have this kind of impact, it doesn't mean the local music scene is dead. It just highlights how exceptional the previous generation had been."

    Souldnt PJ then be Agassi cuz they/he were around much longer than the rest?
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  • LedbetterusLedbetterus Posts: 592
    Souldnt PJ then be Agassi cuz they/he were around much longer than the rest?

    I would think Pearl Jam is Agassi purely because of the hair situation between Andre and Ed.
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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,348

    "It reminds me of the Seattle music scene in the early and mid-90s. You had four top-tier bands -- Pearl Jam (Sampras), Nirvana (Agassi), Alice in Chains (Courier) and Soundgarden (Chang) -- emerging from one region. (Continuing the analogy, Todd Martin is, presumably, Mudhoney.) When, a decade later, Seattle fails to have this kind of impact, it doesn't mean the local music scene is dead. It just highlights how exceptional the previous generation had been."

    Like the analogy, but not the Sampras comparison. He always struck me as such a mope. Now, McEnroe I could see :D!! "You can not be serious!!!!!!!"
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  • IndifferenceIndifference Posts: 2,619
    Souldnt PJ then be Agassi cuz they/he were around much longer than the rest?

    Probably did it because Sampras is a big fan of PJ - one of the better Sampras/PJ stories:

    Sampras in Connecticut: At one point before he served, the quiet Sampras drew laughter from the crowd when a Pearl Jam song was briefly played on the PA system. He stopped his toss and said to the soundman, "That’s the best thing you played all night

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  • PJPixiePJPixie Posts: 3,026
    I met Sampras at a PJ show in Vegas..............Ron Jeremy too!!
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  • HawkshoreHawkshore Posts: 2,139
    PJPixie wrote:
    I met Sampras at a PJ show in Vegas..............Ron Jeremy too!!

    So the Hedgehog is a Jammer in more than one way! :p
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  • imalive wrote:
    Like the analogy, but not the Sampras comparison. He always struck me as such a mope. Now, McEnroe I could see :D!! "You can not be serious!!!!!!!"

    I love the commericials with McEnroe here lately....the one where he goes to an official's house to apologize...priceless, and I don't even know what the ad is for
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  • wma11wma11 Posts: 790
    Probably did it because Sampras is a big fan of PJ - one of the better Sampras/PJ stories:

    Sampras in Connecticut: At one point before he served, the quiet Sampras drew laughter from the crowd when a Pearl Jam song was briefly played on the PA system. He stopped his toss and said to the soundman, "That’s the best thing you played all night
    And from I remember Sampras played Alive over the PA after he won his last match...
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