Would Pearl Jam ever do a Super Bowl Halftime show?

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  • Kel Varnsen
    Kel Varnsen Posts: 1,952
    LavaLamp_GuitarTramp wrote:
    Tom Petty is nowhere near as popular as Pearl Jam & he did a halftime show recently.


    I got to disagree with this. I mean maybe for people like myself who grew up in the 90's they might be bigger but I think for the average person on the street Petty is way huger than PJ. I bet if you asked the average person watching the Superbowl what Pearl Jam songs they knew they would probably say Jeremy, and maybe Alive or Even Flow or Betterman. But Petty has a ton of hits that people across generations know. Not to mention the songs from the Travelling Willburys. If you look at his Greatest Hits album, most of the songs are instantly recognizable for a lot of people.
  • Given2Fly...SD
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    NO WAY! Super Bowl is too much of a POP scene half time show. Not to bring down tom petty or even paul mccartney, but i seriously doubt pearl jam would subject themselves to a show like that
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  • bootlegger10
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    LavaLamp_GuitarTramp wrote:
    Tom Petty is nowhere near as popular as Pearl Jam & he did a halftime show recently.

    Wrong. Also, Pearl Jam does not have any song that would pump up the crowd at the Super Bowl like American Girl or Free Fallin'. I would bet that if Pearl Jam played Alive that 65% or more of the crowd would not recognize the song.

    I would bet that kids in high school these days are more familiar with Petty than Pearl Jam. The over 40 crowd easily would be more familiar with Petty. And those in between would be more familar with Petty. I think newborns would be more into PJ.
  • pateljam
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    LavaLamp_GuitarTramp wrote:
    Tom Petty is nowhere near as popular as Pearl Jam & he did a halftime show recently.


    How I wish this was true... I have had so many people in the past ten years surprised when they find out Pearl Jam is still a band.
    That has never happened with Petty...
    Then again my circle of friends doesn't make it a scientific fact...
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  • bruce
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    They'd play too long. It wouldn't work ha ha
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  • pateljam
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    bruce wrote:
    They'd play too long. It wouldn't work ha ha

    Does that mean no Dave Matthews too...
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  • LikeAnOcean
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    LavaLamp_GuitarTramp wrote:
    Tom Petty is nowhere near as popular as Pearl Jam & he did a halftime show recently.
    Are you insane? Outside of the crazy fanbase, most people don't even know Pearl Jam still exists. People view them as a 90s grunge fad.
  • TT98
    TT98 Posts: 137
    yea I dont see them doing it, not anytime soon atleast. Very few people under 25 even know pearl jam is still a band and alot of them only know them from the grunge era and maybe radio friendly last kiss. Got to get more rock band and guitar hero songs!!! :) to appeal to the younger audience.
  • ealasaid76
    ealasaid76 Posts: 95
    As much as some of the guys *might* like football...eh.

    Don't think they'd do it.

    Just IMO.
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  • kh65
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    The magic 8 ball says "doubtful".

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  • thunderDAN
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    bootlegger10 wrote:
    Wrong. Also, Pearl Jam does not have any song that would pump up the crowd at the Super Bowl like American Girl or Free Fallin'. I would bet that if Pearl Jam played Alive that 65% or more of the crowd would not recognize the song.

    I disagree with that statement- I actually think more older people know PJ than you think. I tailgate at Ohio State games every Saturday in the fall right next to the stadium where all the old alumni have their tailgates (my grandpa gives me his pass) I always have PJ bootlegs on my loud speakers I setup next to my truck- every time atleast 3-5 older men (guys in their late 40s to 60s) come by and ask if it is Pearl Jam then say something like "yeah those guys are really good" They hear some of the covers then something like Alive and say "oh I know this song"---hell even my dad knows Pearl Jam and he is waaay out of the loop
  • Kel Varnsen
    Kel Varnsen Posts: 1,952
    thunderDAN wrote:
    I always have PJ bootlegs on my loud speakers I setup next to my truck- every time atleast 3-5 older men (guys in their late 40s to 60s) come by and ask if it is Pearl Jam then say something like "yeah those guys are really good" They hear some of the covers then something like Alive and say "oh I know this song"---hell even my dad knows Pearl Jam and he is waaay out of the loop

    The thing is that Petty is so popular that if you were playing any of his songs the guys in their 40s to 60s wouldn't even have to ask you if that was Tom Petty since they would already know and could list off any number of his songs.

    A lot of people on the board seem to complain that when PJ do a show they always play their big hits like even flow or Jeremy. To put things in perspective Tom Petty has enough big hits of that caliber that he could play a whole concert worth of songs like that, not just a couple.
  • Hold On
    Hold On Posts: 80
    pateljam wrote:
    I have had so many people in the past ten years surprised when they find out Pearl Jam is still a band.
    That has never happened with Petty...

    This is sad but true. I love both Tom Petty and Pearl Jam, but yesterday afternoon I was hanging out with friends in DC, and whenever I mentioned that I was going to see Pearl Jam, the usual reaction was, "Oh yeah, they're a great band...I didn't know they were still around," or "those guys are still together?"
  • Gonzo1977
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    Well...if this was to happen, and I hope it does not happen.

    I would imediately send the kids to bed, go out in the garage,saw off my ears,and drill out my eyeballs.

    Honestly..I could not bare the thought of seeing or hearing my favorite band of all time participate in the freakish waterhead circus that is the SuperBowl halftime show.

    Could you imagine the horror of watching them perform on a neon football shaped stage while a bunch of half naked stripper cheerleaders and redneck drunkards dance like idiots to a hit friendly, made for TV medley of "Alive", "Even Flow" and "Jeremy".

    I can just see the F-16 Fighter Jets, Pyrotechnics, and Fireworks now...

    Holy Jesus that would be horrific.

    It would be a truly nightmarish sight.

    This music was not made for such a depraved and vile setting

    It would fuck up the space time continum

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