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The Fixer music video... ughhhh

OceansJennyOceansJenny Manhattan, NY Posts: 3,398
edited September 2009 in The Porch
Does this video bug anyone else? First of all, it looks like 5 different takes that they pieced together. The crowd was either pumped up before hand or faking it, because no Pearl Jam show looks like that. Are those people even Pearl Jam fans? They look very young. Either the band mimed the song or they played it live and the producers pieced it together to make it look like they are singing it? Why not just do a live version like Even Flow? Oh, right, Pearl Jam gave up their power to be commercialized. At least there are not target symbols in the music video, or I would have to vomit.
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  • dustinparduedustinpardue Las Vegas, NV Posts: 1,829
    I think the people in the crowd are all unemployed people in Seattle. I live anything Cameron Crowe does, so I guess I have to include the video as well on the list.
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  • orig_long redorig_long red Posts: 2,029
    love the video. it's fun and energetic ... fits the song perfectly.
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  • gettingrightgettingright Posts: 550
    i agree the crowd looks out of place or disinterested, but i really like the video----the drop screens in the back just make it look really cool to me
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  • orig_long redorig_long red Posts: 2,029
    gettingright wrote:
    i agree the crowd looks out of place or disinterested, but i really like the video----the drop screens in the back just make it look really cool to me

    the crowd looks disinterested? what video are you watching? they look more interested than most fans at actual PJ shows.
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  • CranMalReignCranMalReign Posts: 1,928
    OceansJenny wrote:
    At least there are not target symbols in the music video, or I would have to vomit.

    Haha, you haven't seen the actual Target commercial that uses this video then, I take it. :)
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  • BamaPJFanBamaPJFan Posts: 410
    long red wrote:
    love the video. it's fun and energetic ... fits the song perfectly.

    Same here. The crowd is reacting as they should for a song of that particular tempo. Someone in another post said that people don't act like this at PJ shows. That's complete crap. At the 2nd Chicago show that I attended last month, the people around me acted exactly like the folks on The Fixer video - dancing like crazy.
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  • stranger34stranger34 Posts: 235
    It reminds me of a Third Eye Blind video from back in the day. I forget which one.

    Is it a target commercial or just a lame video? I'm not really sure.

    Still, I must admit I do watch it alot... its like a guilty pleasure.
  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,345
    god seriously, what's with the continued beef with Target? its not that big a fucking deal. the video is awesome. it has a lot of energy.
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  • DeLukinDeLukin Posts: 2,757
    I'm not a fan of the 'mic-cam' extreme close up shots of Ed, but I like the video overall.
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  • halszka123halszka123 Posts: 1,109
    Personally - I wish PJ would never make any vid at all if They make vids like this one.

    But I guess for Speed of Sound a vid would be worse...

    Sorry, I just can't help it -I really like Backspacer, i'm glad I could hear it, and i will listen to it, but Speed of Sound there is .. oh, I can't find words... the worst PJ song ever. And the Fixer is not good - together with the video is almost as big crap as Speed of Sound.
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  • OceansJennyOceansJenny Manhattan, NY Posts: 3,398
    2-feign-reluctance wrote:
    god seriously, what's with the continued beef with Target? its not that big a fucking deal. the video is awesome. it has a lot of energy.

    I don't like seeing my favorite band, who fought against commercialism, to go back on that and be commercialized. You lose control when you are commercialized. The target commercial makes me sick (yes I have seen it, I'm just glad target symbols weren't in the actual music video).

    The crowd in the video is so faking it and it just adds to fabrication of the whole video. Not that they wouldn't be excited at all, but EVERYONE jumping in the crowd is outlandish. It's like when you go to a comedy show for TV and the stage crew before the show that get you pumped up tell you to laugh extra loud at everything so it can be heard on TV. Its fake. I'm sure someone before the video said "Everyone jump and look super happy so it looks good on the video!" ITS FAKE.
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