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If Pj played the superbowl halftime show

miller8966miller8966 Posts: 1,450
edited February 2007 in A Moving Train
Would you be pissed?
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  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,492
    No. I'd be happy to be able to watch them. The term 'sell-out' is used far to frequently.

    And that said...Prince was actually pretty damn good last night.
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  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    no, another opportunity to see my favorite band.
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  • angelicaangelica Posts: 6,038
    I wouldn't be upset....as long as there were phallic-Stone-silhouettes to be seen! ;) (:o)
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  • bharQbharQ Posts: 1,201
    they should play Bushleaguer
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  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,492
    bharQ wrote:
    they should play Bushleaguer


    I would hope that if they played the superbowl they would actually play a good song.
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  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    not pissed, but i dunno if id watch.
  • miller8966miller8966 Posts: 1,450
    soulsinging wrote:
    not pissed, but i dunno if id watch.

    why wouldnt you watch?
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  • JeanwahJeanwah Posts: 6,363
    Sell out to corporate sponser? Can't see it happening. Although I'd like to see them...
  • sapperskunksapperskunk Posts: 684
    miller8966 wrote:
    Would you be pissed?


    I don't get this? Are you implying that if PJ played the superbowl, they would be sellouts?

    Cause that would be really stupid.














    Everybody knows PJ sold out years ago.
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  • dharma69dharma69 Posts: 1,275
    Jeanwah wrote:
    Sell out to corporate sponser? Can't see it happening. Although I'd like to see them...
    Well that took all of 5 mental minutes.

    And that's a truly boring statement. Boring and meritless. It always blinds me when people equate success or exposure or popular events with selling out.

    Perhaps they'd play the Super Bowl because they like football.
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  • surferdudesurferdude Posts: 2,057
    dharma69 wrote:
    Well that took all of 5 mental minutes.

    And that's a truly boring statement. Boring and meritless. It always blinds me when people equate success or exposure or popular events with selling out.

    Perhaps they'd play the Super Bowl because they like football.
    Much like when people equate letting music (especially new music) be used in commercials with selling out. I read where John Mellancamp laughs about people calling him a sell out. He mentions that Tom Petty makes his best album in about ten years and it maybe got played twice on radio. John Mellancamp feels he's made a good record with a good message and that he's going to do what it takes to get it out there. In the 21st century that may mean licensing a song or two to commercials in order to get some exposure so people will buy his record.
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  • angelicaangelica Posts: 6,038
    surferdude wrote:
    Much like when people equate letting music (especially new music) be used in commercials with selling out. I read where John Mellancamp laughs about people calling him a sell out. He mentions that Tom Petty makes his best album in about ten years and it maybe got played twice on radio. John Mellancamp feels he's made a good record with a good message and that he's going to do what it takes to get it out there. In the 21st century that may mean licensing a song or two to commercials in order to get some exposure so people will buy his record.
    I've always agreed with this mentality. All of these people want their "product" to reach the public, to varying degrees and in their own ways.
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  • qtegirlqtegirl Posts: 321
    I would love if PJ played the superbowl...

    it'll be a sign that the rest of America has realised what I've know since 1991, that PJ is the best band ever, which deserves respect and recognition!
  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    miller8966 wrote:
    why wouldnt you watch?

    i dunno, i dont really watch the super bowl halftime show anyway most times. hell, i dont watch the super bowl either really. and id not have a burnin desire to watch ed dancing with a bunch of silicone induced cheerleaders in front of 100,000 cameras. just not my ideal vision of a live pearl jam performance. when i think of pearl jam i think of great music and a great connection with the crowd. when i think of the super bowl i think spectacle. so i dont really care to which my favorite band be a spectacle for an evening. id not be crying about them selling out, i just wouldnt care to watch. it's why i didnt watch u2 at the super bowl years ago.
  • sapperskunksapperskunk Posts: 684
    Hey look on the bright side. If PJ played the superbowl you'd get to pay considerably less for a pair of game tickets than you would for concert tickets.



    Who'm I kidding, PJ will somehow figure out a way to jack the price up and gouge their fans.
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  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    surferdude wrote:
    Much like when people equate letting music (especially new music) be used in commercials with selling out. I read where John Mellancamp laughs about people calling him a sell out. He mentions that Tom Petty makes his best album in about ten years and it maybe got played twice on radio. John Mellancamp feels he's made a good record with a good message and that he's going to do what it takes to get it out there. In the 21st century that may mean licensing a song or two to commercials in order to get some exposure so people will buy his record.

    the difference being john mellencamp's song blows ;)
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  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    sapperskunk wrote:
    Hey look on the bright side. If PJ played the superbowl you'd get to pay considerably less for a pair of game tickets than you would for concert tickets.



    Who'm I kidding, PJ will somehow figure out a way to jack the price up and gouge their fans.

    oh boo frickin hoo. cry me a river. they could be charging twice what they do. ive bought a bunch of concert tickets lately... even the cheapest indie bands in a dive venue cost $25... $35 after ticketmaster gets done with it. ticket prices for concerts have gone up across the board, inflation's a bitch mr capitalist. people are gonna charge what the market costs. if im paying $35 to see tv on the radio, $50 for pearl jam isn't half bad. it could be worse, they could be the godamn who.
  • gabersgabers Posts: 2,787
    I'd love to see them play in any venue as long as they did it their way. No freaking beat boy dancers or kids with balloons or whatever. I cringe during most halftime shows not because of the music but the production.
  • sapperskunksapperskunk Posts: 684
    soulsinging wrote:
    oh boo frickin hoo. cry me a river. they could be charging twice what they do. ive bought a bunch of concert tickets lately... even the cheapest indie bands in a dive venue cost $25... $35 after ticketmaster gets done with it. ticket prices for concerts have gone up across the board, inflation's a bitch mr capitalist. people are gonna charge what the market costs. if im paying $35 to see tv on the radio, $50 for pearl jam isn't half bad. it could be worse, they could be the godamn who.

    Wow, sounds like I struck a chord. Take a step back from the computer, take a deep breath and relaaaaax.

    Ya know, for someone who's so far on the left, you sure do put the money in the pockets of hardcore capitalists.

    Yeah, ticketmaster's terrible :rolleyes: . But really, a six dollar surcharge sure doesn't seem like much when PJ charges 60 bucks a ticket.

    What kind of terribly shitty indie bands are you seeing for 35 bucks? Yikes, you really should get out more.

    The great rock and roll swindle continues.

    Here you go genius, you should be good at doing research by now. Here's one from the desk of PJ themselves.

    "Many of Pearl Jam's most loyal fans are teenagers who do not have the money to pay the $50 or more that is often charged today for tickets to a popular concert. Although, given our popularity, we could undoubtedly continue to sell-out our concerts with ticket prices at that premium level, we have made a conscious decision that we do not want to put the price of our concerts out of the reach of many of our fans. Moreover, we do not want to be responsible for teenagers, who may be influenced by peer pressure to feel that they must see Pearl Jam perform, spending more money for that concert ticket than they can really afford. All of the members of Pearl Jam remember what it is like not to have a lot of money, and we recognize that a teenager's perceived need to see his or her favorite band in concert can often be overwhelming."
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  • Dustin51Dustin51 Posts: 222
    I don't know. I'd love it personally but I wouldn't want to hear everyone slamming them for doing it. The other side of that coin though is would they ever be asked too? Someone said that it would be a sellout move but I kind of doubt that they would be asked too do a super bowl in the first place. It would be kind of like asking the Greatful Dead to do a super bowl.
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  • sapperskunksapperskunk Posts: 684
    Dustin51 wrote:
    I don't know. I'd love it personally but I wouldn't want to hear everyone slamming them for doing it. The other side of that coin though is would they ever be asked too? Someone said that it would be a sellout move but I kind of doubt that they would be asked too do a super bowl in the first place. It would be kind of like asking the Greatful Dead to do a super bowl.


    I'd shoot myself in the head if the Grateful Dead had that opportunity.

    Here's one from my favorite band. The Anti-Heroes. "Jerry was a piece of Shit"

    "He's the old hippie that made us sick, He wrote muzak for drug addicts
    He's the fat geezer who talked too much, He used drugs as a crutch
    He ate granola and he hugged trees, Looked like a dog bit by fleas
    Had a beer belly and a tye-dyed shirt, Said he'd live forever but now he sleeps in dirt

    [Chorus]
    {Jerry was a piece of shit, shit, shit, shit, shit
    I'm Grateful that he's dead, dead, dead, dead, dead}

    Like Jim Bakker he went far, Turned stadiums into singles bars
    Did all of the drugs in San Francisco, Wrote 20 albums of long-haired disco
    Then he sang I will survive, look who is no longer alive
    So all you fuckers in your VW vans, Preppy dink hackysack clan
    Wallstreet twats with ponytail hair, Your BMW's with dancing bears
    He was an icon, he was a god, He racked in your cash in wads
    You were conned by a useless slob, The tours are over so get a job
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  • Dustin51Dustin51 Posts: 222
    sapperskunk wrote:
    I'd shoot myself in the head if the Grateful Dead had that opportunity.

    Here's one from my favorite band. The Anti-Heroes. "Jerry was a piece of Shit"

    "He's the old hippie that made us sick, He wrote muzak for drug addicts
    He's the fat geezer who talked too much, He used drugs as a crutch
    He ate granola and he hugged trees, Looked like a dog bit by fleas
    Had a beer belly and a tye-dyed shirt, Said he'd live forever but now he sleeps in dirt

    [Chorus]
    {Jerry was a piece of shit, shit, shit, shit, shit
    I'm Grateful that he's dead, dead, dead, dead, dead}

    Like Jim Bakker he went far, Turned stadiums into singles bars
    Did all of the drugs in San Francisco, Wrote 20 albums of long-haired disco
    Then he sang I will survive, look who is no longer alive
    So all you fuckers in your VW vans, Preppy dink hackysack clan
    Wallstreet twats with ponytail hair, Your BMW's with dancing bears
    He was an icon, he was a god, He racked in your cash in wads
    You were conned by a useless slob, The tours are over so get a job


    I think you missed my point. Pearl Jam is not a crossover band, like say the RHCP. Too be a Super Bowl Halftime show I think you need to have some crossover mainstream appeal. Neither the Grateful Dead, Pearl Jam, or the Anti-heroes have that.
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  • PaperPlatesPaperPlates Posts: 1,745
    Jeanwah wrote:
    Sell out to corporate sponser? Can't see it happening. Although I'd like to see them...


    newsflash, they've already done just that. Besides, selling out just means succeeding. Nothing wrong with that, in my opinion.
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  • sapperskunksapperskunk Posts: 684
    Dustin51 wrote:
    I think you missed my point. Pearl Jam is not a crossover band, like say the RHCP. Too be a Super Bowl Halftime show I think you need to have some crossover mainstream appeal. Neither the Grateful Dead, Pearl Jam, or the Anti-heroes have that.

    No, I totally got your point. It's like spatial voting.

    U2 would be a good example of a big crossover band.

    I put the Anti-Heroes in there cause they make fun of Jerry Garcia.





    And it's hillarious.
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  • blackredyellowblackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    sapperskunk wrote:

    Here you go genius, you should be good at doing research by now. Here's one from the desk of PJ themselves.

    "Many of Pearl Jam's most loyal fans are teenagers who do not have the money to pay the $50 or more that is often charged today for tickets to a popular concert. Although, given our popularity, we could undoubtedly continue to sell-out our concerts with ticket prices at that premium level, we have made a conscious decision that we do not want to put the price of our concerts out of the reach of many of our fans. Moreover, we do not want to be responsible for teenagers, who may be influenced by peer pressure to feel that they must see Pearl Jam perform, spending more money for that concert ticket than they can really afford. All of the members of Pearl Jam remember what it is like not to have a lot of money, and we recognize that a teenager's perceived need to see his or her favorite band in concert can often be overwhelming."


    Nice.... a quote from 1994... $50 then was at the high range of ticket prices, now it's usually the third or fourth price level for a concert. And they had what, three albums out at that point?

    If you don't want to pay $50-$60 for a Pearl Jam concert ticket, then don't go, simple enough.
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  • blackredyellowblackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    PaperPlates wrote:
    newsflash, they've already done just that. Besides, selling out just means succeeding. Nothing wrong with that, in my opinion.

    While I think selling out is the most overused and inappropriately used term in the world, when actually have they had corporate sponsorship?
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    of a sunny day
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  • Jammin909Jammin909 Posts: 888
    blackredyellow wrote:
    While I think selling out is the most overused and inappropriately used term in the world, when actually have they had corporate sponsorship?

    The South American shows.
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  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,607
    miller8966 wrote:
    Would you be pissed?

    Wow, I am impressed....though you presented your question as a negative, it didn't involve you baiting people with racial or political comments!
  • yield2meyield2me Posts: 1,291
    they should play Blood ;)
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