If Pearl Jam played the halftime show

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  • Horos
    Horos Posts: 4,518
    They could fill 12 minutes with Corduroy and Alive. No matter what Alive would be a part of the set. If this ever happens it would be great because I think I might be the only one to choose the SB over PJ. It never will happen though because all the Nancies that call themselves fans would be outraged that they sold-out.
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  • edwf2000
    edwf2000 Posts: 95
    I would be really upset to see Pearl Jam agree to play the super bowl halftime show. Not necessarily because of the corporateness of it, but just because it wouldn't seem fitting for a band as badass as Pearl Jam to play for ten minutes in front of a crowd that would vastly under appreciate the scene
  • walkunafraid
    walkunafraid Posts: 2,655
    Doubt it would ever happen, but if so, I would say 3 4-minute adrenaline-pumping songs would be most likely.

    I'd guess:

    1. Alive (something old that everyone would recognize to kick it off)
    2. Worldwide Suicide (their most current "hit")
    3. Baba O'Riley (have to slip a cover in there; this one seems most appropriate to a Super Bowl halftime show)
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  • LukinFan
    LukinFan Florida Posts: 29,121
    A 12 minute version of Lukin
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  • nimsu8
    nimsu8 Posts: 321
    keyinmyhand wrote:
    My husband and I were talking about this last night! I said "No Way! " Just another way for a great band to be turned into corporate sell-outs.

    When I first started listening to PJ they were mainstream and appealed to the masses. Now they appeal to a certain crowd, those that actually have musical taste, and those who want to listen to a band that has matured and grown musically. It feels good to appreciate a band that puts their heart a soul into what they believe is musical progression and not what the music industry wants to sell.

    Why would playing the Super Bowl equal corporate sell-outs? I understand that they would need to remove some drug references and maybe edit some bad words and even remove some political undertones. but I'm not sure it would really be a sell-out. They are artists and want to get their message out there and perform and just feed off the audience. The Super Bowl would be the best oppty for that.

    I know what I just wrote sounds hypocritical, but I just don't think it would be selling out to perform at the half time show
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  • AiCPearlJamWeen
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    Bugs
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    Red Dot
    All Those Yesterdays


    in that order...nothing different.
  • pepsigators
    pepsigators St. John's, NL Posts: 182
    LukinFan wrote:
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  • pepsigators
    pepsigators St. John's, NL Posts: 182
    nimsu8 wrote:
    Why would playing the Super Bowl equal corporate sell-outs? I understand that they would need to remove some drug references and maybe edit some bad words and even remove some political undertones. but I'm not sure it would really be a sell-out. They are artists and want to get their message out there and perform and just feed off the audience. The Super Bowl would be the best oppty for that.

    I know what I just wrote sounds hypocritical, but I just don't think it would be selling out to perform at the half time show


    so they would have to change around their work so they wouldn't offend people or represent ideals or ideas that the station hosting it doesn't want their name associatted with....and you don't understand why some people call this selling out???

    i mean i see where both sides are coming from but as for me i don't mind if they do it. i would hate for the integrity of their songs to be comprimised because of it though
  • pearljamgirl07
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  • nimsu8
    nimsu8 Posts: 321
    pepsigators wrote:
    so they would have to change around their work so they wouldn't offend people or represent ideals or ideas that the station hosting it doesn't want their name associatted with....and you don't understand why some people call this selling out???

    i mean i see where both sides are coming from but as for me i don't mind if they do it. i would hate for the integrity of their songs to be comprimised because of it though


    I guess I should rephrase. The excitement of seeing them on that worldwide stage would be worth it to change around a song or 2. For some reason that doesn't truly equate to selling out to me, but if it does.. then i guess i'm ok with it.
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  • LaterDays
    LaterDays Posts: 142
    There are few events as overwhelmingly commercialized as the Super Bowl. The whole spectacle is just one giant advertisement (the game, IMO, has become undeniably secondary). I would be *devastated* if Pearl Jam performed... it would run counter to everything they've stood for over the years that has won my upmost admiration and respect. For me, it would be on par with Eddie being a guest judge on American Idol or the band writing music for a film like "Pearl Harbor." Or them reconsidering their decision to not sell to Viagra the rights to "Alive." I'd still be a fan, but it would never be the same.

    That said, I'd bet they'd play: Better Man, Daughter, WWS, Even Flow.
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  • nooram
    nooram Posts: 392
    I believe they would close with RITFW . . .
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  • Fahka
    Fahka Posts: 3,187
    IF PEARL JAM EVER PLAY THE HALF TIME SHOW>>> I WILL CRY AND BE SAD.....


    halftime = lame
  • Im still here
    Im still here Posts: 826
    I would have loved to have seen an Ed preset

    1. Guaranteed
    2. Man of the Hour

    and then Burn The House Down

    3. Ledbetter (Anti War Version)
    4. Red Mosquito
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  • hrd2imgn
    hrd2imgn Southwest Burbs of Chicago Posts: 4,924
    Alive
    Daughter with some politico tag
    WWS
  • LukinFan
    LukinFan Florida Posts: 29,121
    pepsigators wrote:
    Yessssssss...or play lukin and leave....either or
    I love it!
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    2022: Nashville
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  • pjfan31
    pjfan31 Posts: 7,335
    They would do just hits like
    Betterman
    Even flow
    Daughter
    Alive

    No way they would do anything that the mainstreem public wouldnt know. Not on this occasion anyway.
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  • nimsu8
    nimsu8 Posts: 321
    LaterDays wrote:
    For me, it would be on par with Eddie being a guest judge on American Idol or the band writing music for a film like "Pearl Harbor." Or them reconsidering their decision to not sell to Viagra the rights to "Alive."

    What's the difference between that and Eddie appearing in Dewey Cox, writing songs for Into the Wild, appearing in Singles, licensing (might be a record company thing) a song for Guitar Hero, Jeff appearing on MTV's Rock and Jock B-Ball (pretty sure he did), putting a song on a soundtrack for a movie with a CGI penguin or re-writing a classic rock song into a catchy jingle?
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