***Official Please Play The South Petition***

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  • SPALMA
    SPALMA Posts: 2,279
    This whole mess reminds me of that scene in Forrest Gump.

    Remember? He decides to run, then one person decides to follow him, then another...until a whole crowd follows him around the country because they believe in him.

    Then, one day, he decides to go home.

    One of my favorite quotes from that movie comes from one of the runners:

    Forrest: "I'm pretty tired. I think I'll go home now."

    Runner: "Now what are we supposed to do?"

    :)

    PBM




    so the thread is dead?
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  • yield2me
    yield2me Posts: 1,291
    We could all start writing letters to the band...each of us write a short letter a week...don't underestimate the power of the pen!
    “May you live to be 100 and may the last voice you hear be mine.” - Frank Sinatra
  • Fahka
    Fahka Posts: 3,187
    SPALMA wrote:
    so the thread is dead?



    i think so beb....


    It has ran its course i do believe...


    besides... at least we can be the ones to "end" it... im sure if we dont, some how or another it will happen :D
  • Fahka
    Fahka Posts: 3,187
    yield2me wrote:
    We could all start writing letters to the band...each of us write a short letter a week...don't underestimate the power of the pen!



    as much as i appreciate your enthusiasm ... I think we have all kind of put ourselves out there, enough.



    you win some, you lose some. I'm sure we will be hearing something though. Might not be today, might not be tomorrow, but the day after that......;)
  • PissBottleMan
    PissBottleMan Union City, TN Posts: 4,155
    yield2me wrote:
    We could all start writing letters to the band...each of us write a short letter a week...don't underestimate the power of the pen!

    *See YIELD Postcard campaign 2006. :(

    PBM
    "We paced ourselves and we didn't rush through it and we tried to be as creative as our collective minds would let us be over some course of time instead of just trying to rush through a record"

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  • Flagg
    Flagg Posts: 5,856
    This whole mess reminds me of that scene in Forrest Gump.

    Remember? He decides to run, then one person decides to follow him, then another...until a whole crowd follows him around the country because they believe in him.

    Then, one day, he decides to go home.

    One of my favorite quotes from that movie comes from one of the runners:

    Forrest: "I'm pretty tired. I think I'll go home now."

    Runner: "Now what are we supposed to do?"

    :)

    PBM

    Great analogy!

    Play the South sometime in '08.
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  • stoneg
    stoneg Posts: 1,941
    This thread still has my FULL support. As long as the message is PLAY THE SOUTH. And that is not going to happen in 2007.I feel That the thread has turned more negative then anything in the past week or so.They will play the south.Just don't know when right now.Maybe in 2008 ? ,Maybe when they have a new album? I respect the fact that they want to be with their families.If that is what will keep them together as a band. So be it.They are adults.I trust my source with all my heart.I all I want to do now is talk about PJ,Friends and positivity.
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  • Fahka
    Fahka Posts: 3,187
    stoneg wrote:
    This thread still has my FULL support. As long as the message is PLAY THE SOUTH. And that is not going to happen in 2007.I feel That the thread has turned more negative then anything in the past week or so.They will play the south.Just don't know when right now.Maybe in 2008 ? ,Maybe when they have a new album? I respect the fact that they want to be with their families.If that is what will keep them together as a band. So be it.They are adults.I trust my source with all my heart.I all I want to do now is talk about PJ,Friends and positivity.



    but ...... i didnt even get to call anybody a bitch yet:(



    why do you take all my fun away! :D:D
  • SPALMA
    SPALMA Posts: 2,279
    as much as i appreciate your enthusiasm ... I think we have all kind of put ourselves out there, enough.



    you win some, you lose some. I'm sure we will be hearing something though. Might not be today, might not be tomorrow, but the day after that......;)


    I feel guilty answering you because then the thread does not actally die...

    Hmmm.... I find it hard to give up. I'm still at "5 across the lips" phase.

    You are right, been-there-done-that as far as letter writing...

    maybe we could ask the mods to unplug us?

    I'm not a religious person, should we have a final word?

    Word.

    shit
    "I don't want to hear any splatty tongues!"
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  • Fahka
    Fahka Posts: 3,187
    SPALMA wrote:
    I feel guilty answering you because then the thread does not actally die...

    Hmmm.... I find it hard to give up. I'm still at "5 across the lips" phase.

    You are right, been-there-done-that as far as letter writing...

    maybe we could ask the mods to unplug us?

    I'm not a religious person, should we have a final word?

    Word.

    shit


    We arent giving up :) We gave it a hell of a run... and we can still do that... but it seems like everyones a little "tired" and unhappy... (understandably so)

    ill still give them beesnatches from pearl jam five across the lips when i see them, dont you worry;) I just figured , maybe.... with all the negative ness ect ect.... we might get shut down... and that would hurt. I dunno, you guys arent making this easy :D

    because it is fun talking on here.
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    Someone should post the list showing all of our post totals to this thread, and then gardenlover should post that the little birdie has flown back north. I'll play Sleater-Kinney's song "End It on This." Then we move on.....

    My feelings towards the organization are still very negative. Their lack of honesty and communication are contrary to their musical message and what they spew in interviews. Until that changes, they are just another corporate rock band to me. stoneg, you are welcome to pass that on to Ms. Burns.

    Thank you everyone for everything. :mad:
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • Fahka
    Fahka Posts: 3,187
    tybird wrote:
    Someone should post the list showing all of our post totals to this thread, and then gardenlover should post that the little birdie has flown back north. I'll play Sleater-Kinney's song "End It on This." Then we move on.....

    My feelings towards the organization are still very negative. Their lack of honesty and communication are contrary to their musical message and what they spew in interviews. Until that changes, they are just another corporate rock band to me. stoneg, you are welcome to pass that on to Ms. Burns.

    Thank you everyone for everything. :mad:



    tybird! Come on buddy. Why dont you come see me over the summer? We will have a good time, pj or not. Please dont be so upset :)
  • SPALMA
    SPALMA Posts: 2,279
    stoneg wrote:
    This thread still has my FULL support. As long as the message is PLAY THE SOUTH. And that is not going to happen in 2007.I feel That the thread has turned more negative then anything in the past week or so.They will play the south.Just don't know when right now.Maybe in 2008 ? ,Maybe when they have a new album? I respect the fact that they want to be with their families.If that is what will keep them together as a band. So be it.They are adults.I trust my source with all my heart.I all I want to do now is talk about PJ,Friends and positivity.


    all relationships have their ups and downs... usually comes with recognition and recently we have all recognized that our efforts have been fruitless. Just a down time.

    I am mad at the business decision makers of the band (be it band members or employees) - I think they did a poor job. I am certainly not mad at band members for prioritizing their lives - we are nothing to them (personally) and I understand that.

    I think Ty's bolting from the scene shook us up a bit.

    I'm not down on JR - I don't think he is in control of any decisions and just reporting any info as he got it... I pretty much viewed JR's and Liz's disclosures equally, timed perfectly as corroborating.(oh, perhaps a couple of days apart... but close enough). Perhaps I never believed his "promising" info as fact - until we had verification (which never came) and therefore did not blame him.
    "I don't want to hear any splatty tongues!"
    J.M., Jr. High Band Teacher

    I raise my Freak Flag High!!
  • SPALMA
    SPALMA Posts: 2,279
    tybird wrote:
    Someone should post the list showing all of our post totals to this thread, and then gardenlover should post that the little birdie has flown back north. I'll play Sleater-Kinney's song "End It on This." Then we move on.....

    My feelings towards the organization are still very negative. Their lack of honesty and communication are contrary to their musical message and what they spew in interviews. Until that changes, they are just another corporate rock band to me. stoneg, you are welcome to pass that on to Ms. Burns.

    Thank you everyone for everything. :mad:


    bummer.
    "I don't want to hear any splatty tongues!"
    J.M., Jr. High Band Teacher

    I raise my Freak Flag High!!
  • prytoj
    prytoj Posts: 536
    Be positive all you want, but the fact is we got jammed. Southeast represents 25% of US population. They played like 80 shows last year and nothing here.

    Now shows abroad in '07 with no mention of shows here.

    I guess my thing is that love is a two way street....and they're not showing us any!

    And all you tree planters seem to have forgotten that the tour was announced in stages, leaving most of us down here with the impression that we'd get one EVENTUALLY. No need to pay for airfare, hotel, time off, etc. Major disappointment.

    I'm glad you all made friends and did some things, but that's not the issue here is it?
  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
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  • stoneg
    stoneg Posts: 1,941
    prytoj wrote:
    Be positive all you want, but the fact is we got jammed. Southeast represents 25% of US population. They played like 80 shows last year and nothing here.

    Now shows abroad in '07 with no mention of shows here.

    I guess my thing is that love is a two way street....and they're not showing us any!

    And all you tree planters seem to have forgotten that the tour was announced in stages, leaving most of us down here with the impression that we'd get one EVENTUALLY. No need to pay for airfare, hotel, time off, etc. Major disappointment.

    I'm glad you all made friends and did some things, but that's not the issue here is it?
    dude who are you? You have like 21 posts. I don't remember you being here from the beginning of this thing.Don't add your 2 cents when the store already closed.
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  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    Last Sunday morning, the sunshine felt like rain.
    Week before, they all seemed the same.
    With the help of God and true friends, I come to realize
    I still had two strong legs, and even wings to fly.

    And oh I, ain't wastin time no more
    'Cause time goes by like hurricanes, and faster things.

    Lord, lord Miss Sally, why all your cryin'?
    Been around here three long days, you're lookin' like you're dyin'.
    Just step yourself outside, and look up at the stars above
    Go on downtown baby, find somebody to love.

    Meanwhile I ain't wastin' time no more
    'Cause time goes by like pouring rain, and much faster things.

    You don't need no gypsy to tell you why
    You can't let one precious day slip by.
    Look inside yourself, and if you don't see what you want,
    Maybe sometimes then you don't,
    But leave your mind alone and just get high.

    Well by and by, way after many years have gone,
    And all the war freaks die off, leavin' us alone.
    We'll raise our children in the peaceful way we can,
    It's up to you and me brother
    To try and try again.

    Well, hear us now, we ain't wastin' time no more
    'Cause time goes by like hurricanes
    Runnin' after subway trains
    Don't forget the pouring rain.
  • prytoj
    prytoj Posts: 536
    stoneg wrote:
    dude who are you? You have like 21 posts. I don't remember you being here from the beginning of this thing.Don't add your 2 cents when the store already closed.

    long timer, bro. Don't even sweat it.
  • stoneg
    stoneg Posts: 1,941
    prytoj wrote:
    long timer, bro. Don't even sweat it.
    Me Too, BRO!
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