im thinking of.....

Cateeto wrote:

I mean, it was said that 2008 WILL BE a busy year, so we can only hope, right? I mean there's the election coming up... Pearl Jam will most definitely have to do something about that! But you all know this...

I just always feel so bad when I have to turn down a Pearl Jam show... :(

believe me i know exactly what you mean it's so hard for me to pass up a chance to see a pj show but when i think of all the things we will be going thru at least at my age i'd rather pass on this ,i've flown down to CHILE to see them spent afew hundred and a total of 4days no problem ...

josevolution wrote:

believe me i know exactly what you mean it's so hard for me to pass up a chance to see a pj show but when i think of all the things we will be going thru at least at my age i'd rather pass on this ,i've flown down to CHILE to see them spent afew hundred and a total of 4days no problem ...

Oh definitely! And I just keep thinking... Festivals are just always filled with obnoxious people. There are also those part time Pearl Jam "fans" who come out of hiding when they find Pearl Jam's name on a festival. They don't do the research through the year to find out when their "favorite" band is playing, but when it is shown to them that they are headlining a festival, automatically they show up... And usually annoy me with chants of "BETTERMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!! ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!! EVEN FLOW!!!!!!!!!!" and then become pissy when Ed talks politics or whatnot...

Plus, no shade. Eek!

Yeah, I'm leaning on not going now, I guess... I mean, if we wanted to, we could get the same experience calling all the jammers out and having a large camp out. And that would be better because it's cheaper and there are no crazies around! Except us of course....

Cateeto wrote:

Jon and I are debating whether or not to go... Like a lot of you are saying, spending four days without a shower in the HOT HOT sun is not very appealing. Plus the expenses. Plus it's a festival and we don't care for them much. BUGS. Dirty people. Sweat everywhere. I feel dirty even thinking about going... And I feel incredibly sunburned too.

I love Pearl Jam with all my heart. I'm just not sure if this festival thing is going to work for us though.

Am I a bad person? :( I love Pearl Jam! Really I do! But bugs... And stinky people. I've thought about it for a night or so... Not so sure....

not a bad person at all, just being logical! i feel the same way you do, and as much as i love the band and would adore seeing them live, it just doesn't seem worth it for me.

i do feel we'll get more chances though....the 10c email said a busy year, and that to me says more than recording and 1 festival gig. and like cutback said, there is always bridge. being on the lawn at the shoreline is as rough as i wanna get haha

chiquimonkey wrote:

not a bad person at all, just being logical! i feel the same way you do, and as much as i love the band and would adore seeing them live, it just doesn't seem worth it for me.

i do feel we'll get more chances though....the 10c email said a busy year, and that to me says more than recording and 1 festival gig. and like cutback said, there is always bridge. being on the lawn at the shoreline is as rough as i wanna get haha

Ohhhh Bridge sounds nice.

patrickredeyes wrote:

Ohhhh Bridge sounds nice.

doesn't it? nice cool breeze in the evening, no mud, no bugs haha

i'm biased of course because i can sleep in my own bed the same night, a novelty for PJ gigs!

Cateeto wrote:

Yeah... Have to talk to Mr. Cateeto about it, but after a bit of thinking, we're kind of leaning on not going as well. I mean, it will cost over a thousand bucks... There's not much in TN for us other than some family he barely knows and one of my crazy ex's..... And bugs.

I feel bad about probably ditching this show... But it also makes me feel good to know that I'm not alone in my feelings and have successfully come to some logic while reading over some threads, sorting all these thoughts out in my brain, and determining that Pearl Jam is far from done with when it comes to Bonnaroo.

oh yeah i used to never wait if they announced a show i was going it didn't matter, but after 15yrs of following every move they make i have to now consider all aspects of just packing and leaving for a show specially since i do have a wife & two children to think about ....

KDH12 wrote:

Bonnaroo sucks, I was one of the only ones saying so but it sucks!!!!!!!!!


I would rather spend that kind of money going to the Gorge, which is also in no mans land...... but worth the experience.

I too would go if there was one day passes but $1200 and I am getting married the month before which is not free.......

Big reason why Im not going to Bonaroo... gotta save for that shit

Hoping for a show within driving distance to the west coast.

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

sure....

hehehehehehehehehe....................

i dont know ........now im leaning towards going again.....

if i park the r.v. and just hang out eat and drink for the first couple days with some good friends......im sure we would have a blast .....

i would only have to deal with the festival the day pearl jam actually played....

the other couple of days i would never even leave the r.v. area.....

fuck fuck fuck...........i have changed my mind 475 times today....hehehehe

Sounds like a plan, let me know when you have made up your mind!!

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

your r.v. will still have a shower....but with limited water...

you just have to use it wisely.....

im sure they spray the fuck out of that place to make sure bugs are not an issue........

Blah... I still think we're going to have to pass. It would be fun just for the adventure, but it's a pretty expensive adventure with a little too much bullshit :( Have fun if you go though! I'm going to probably wait and see what happens in the next few weeks/months.