what year was it when they went soft?

Spinbrett
Spinbrett Posts: 251
edited May 2008 in The Porch
95? 96? Watch early stuff from PJ and it completely blows you away with the intesity. EVERY member is basically going crazy and owning the stage, now, its about as intense as bingo night at the retirement home. I know they got older but, what happened?
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  • simpleman
    simpleman Posts: 425
    you clearly have never been to a bingo night at a retirement home!!??!!?
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  • pjtradeking
    pjtradeking Posts: 4,045
    Spinbrett wrote:
    95? 96? Watch early stuff from PJ and it completely blows you away with the intesity. EVERY member is basically going crazy and owning the stage, now, its about as intense as bingo night at the retirement home. I know they got older but, what happened?

    You still here trolling around??
    Never, ever, flipping forget
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  • simpleman
    simpleman Posts: 425
    pjtradeking wrote:
    You still here trolling around??
    dude, what is the meaning of said trolling?? I see that every now and than and wonder!
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  • Rhinocerous Surprise
    Rhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    Spinbrett wrote:
    95? 96? Watch early stuff from PJ and it completely blows you away with the intesity. EVERY member is basically going crazy and owning the stage, now, its about as intense as bingo night at the retirement home. I know they got older but, what happened?

    They realised bingo is where the money's at.
    Smokey Robinson constantly looks like he's trying to act natural after being accused of farting.
  • Vedd Hedd
    Vedd Hedd Posts: 4,633
    They went soft in two-thousand-never.
    Turn this anger into
    Nuclear fission
  • DiRtyFranK38
    DiRtyFranK38 Posts: 3,131
    went soft? are you nuts? pj shows are better then ever.
    2006: Hartford
    2008: MSG 1, Hartford, Mansfield 2, Ed Solo NYC 1
    2009: London (O2), Philly 1, 2, 3, & 4
    2010: Hartford, Boston, MSG 1 & 2
    2011: Ed Solo Hartford
    2012: Philly (MIA Fest)
    2013: Worcester 2, Brooklyn 1 & 2, Hartford
  • Spinbrett
    Spinbrett Posts: 251
    this is what it use to look like.
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=VbhsYC4gKy4
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,826
    Spinbrett wrote:
    this is what it use to look like.
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=VbhsYC4gKy4


    yeah yeah we remember ,do you still act like when you were 16 oh wait how old are you ? ..
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • DiRtyFranK38
    DiRtyFranK38 Posts: 3,131
    Spinbrett wrote:
    this is what it use to look like.
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=VbhsYC4gKy4

    its obvious that shows were crazier, more intense, and heavier back then.

    however, to say they have gone soft is craziness. the band has grown and matured musically much more. they are a much better band now. the shows are tighter, longer, have better setlists, and are performed better. yes the early crazy days are AMAZING, but its all a part of the evolution of the band. no code - present has produced unbelievable albums and undeniably the band's greatest tours containing some of their most legendary and epic shows, whether or not people are crowd surfing and ed is jumping off of ledges. i much prefer the creative diverse pj. the passion is WITHOUT A DOUBT still there. its just not expressed in the same way anymore. sorry bro, i think you're dead wrong.
    2006: Hartford
    2008: MSG 1, Hartford, Mansfield 2, Ed Solo NYC 1
    2009: London (O2), Philly 1, 2, 3, & 4
    2010: Hartford, Boston, MSG 1 & 2
    2011: Ed Solo Hartford
    2012: Philly (MIA Fest)
    2013: Worcester 2, Brooklyn 1 & 2, Hartford
  • simpleman
    simpleman Posts: 425
    Don't worry Spinbrett, they will go back to their old active form......



    and than 1 year later they'll be sitting in front of congress trying to explain all the HGH accusations!!
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  • fugawzi
    fugawzi Posts: 891
    PJ shows are still intense. That was 1992, 16 years ago I'd say they have matured a little since then. Just because Eddie's not stage diving 30 feet down into the crowd doesn't mean they went soft. Also, Roskilde probably has a lot to do with them trying to tone things down a little.
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  • UpSideDown
    UpSideDown Posts: 1,966
    the band matured, and the music matured. you can go crazy playing animal or once in front of a crowd for the first time. it is a little different when you are debuting songs like low light/off he goes.
  • Stephen Flow
    Stephen Flow Posts: 3,327
    Spinbrett wrote:
    95? 96? Watch early stuff from PJ and it completely blows you away with the intesity. EVERY member is basically going crazy and owning the stage, now, its about as intense as bingo night at the retirement home. I know they got older but, what happened?

    First off *sigh*

    Honestly, I'd rather be at a show NOW then a show Pre-96.

    As it has been said, they've grown up, but Ed also learned how to sing so he wasn't wrecking his throat night after night around 95-96ish if I'm not mistaken and I would think that might have something to do with him not being all nuts and crazy on stage.
  • stickboy
    stickboy Posts: 2,981
    I dunno about soft, but the shows I been to up until Gorge 06 and Lolla they still bring a sick energy. Mikey rocks out like a madman still and ed gets into his phases...hell even Jeffs kicked it up compared to like the 00 tour. They were solid that yr but mellow onstage presence. It was a diff. vibe. The 05 and 06 tours even in Canada there was crazy energy at shows like vancouver and toronto, etc.
    so soft? nahh..just diff intensity
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  • red mos
    red mos Posts: 4,953
    simpleman wrote:
    dude, what is the meaning of said trolling?? I see that every now and than and wonder!


    "trolling" is a term that people use to describe the activity of coming on a message forum to stir up trouble. Like they post negative comments about the band or songs or whatever or try to start shit with other board members. I'm not saying anyone in this thread is doing that though.

    To answer the original posters question, I don't think pj went "soft." I think they simply expended their horizons and branched out musically. That is one reason I love pj, they just create music that they want to, and still go back to their roots at the same time. There are "rocker" songs on every discs they have released. Their music is truly beautiful art.
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  • Pappas
    Pappas Posts: 809
    id say mike goes just as hard on stage now as he did back in 1992

    without drugs too so its an even bigger effort!
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  • LONGRD
    LONGRD Posts: 6,036
    red mos wrote:
    "trolling" is a term that people use to describe the activity of coming on a message forum to stir up trouble. Like they post negative comments about the band or songs or whatever or try to start shit with other board members. I'm not saying anyone in this thread is doing that though.

    To answer the original posters question, I don't think pj went "soft." I think they simply expended their horizons and branched out musically. That is one reason I love pj, they just create music that they want to, and still go back to their roots at the same time. There are "rocker" songs on every discs they have released. Their music is truly beautiful art.
    Trolls aren't as bad as spams, though.

    To the OP, I don't think their stage performance is soft, just more mature like others have said.
    PJ- 04/29/2003.06/24,25,27,28,30/2008.10/27,28,30,31/2009
    EV- 08/09,10/2008.06/08,09/2009
  • tdub
    tdub Posts: 226
    If i'm not mistaken, this clip is a very recent version of Evenflow - these guys look as pumped up as ever!! intense baaaby!!

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=6zHSUDrLDBQ
  • pearljammer
    pearljammer Posts: 237
    Spinbrett wrote:
    this is what it use to look like.
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=VbhsYC4gKy4

    Same song in 2006.. http://youtube.com/watch?v=zOibN-Ugku0

    Just as intense.
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  • stupidcorporatewhore
    stupidcorporatewhore Posts: 761
    Spinbrett wrote:
    95? 96? Watch early stuff from PJ and it completely blows you away with the intesity. EVERY member is basically going crazy and owning the stage, now, its about as intense as bingo night at the retirement home. I know they got older but, what happened?

    would you rather PJ be a fucking joke like Metallica?

    that is to say, they play exactly the same music to the same audience over 20 years?

    they not only got older, they grew up!

    does going back to the "early days" mean waiting an hour and a half for them to show up? does it mean taking the chance they might not be in "performance condition"? this is pretty much typical of the band in it's "heyday".

    umm no thanks.

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