How many times has someone said this to you?

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  • LONGRD
    LONGRD Posts: 6,036
    washedinblack91 wrote:
    in 11th grade my history teacher grabbed my headphones and put them on while i was listening to Vs and he said "...is this pearl jam?... they haven't had a good album since that pink one, and eddie vedder sounds like his toe got hit with a hammer". when we had a sub, i asked the sub if he knew pearl jam, he said "yea, i used to love them until their third album.." ugh!

    but wait!

    my cab driver one day when i was going to school noticed i had a bronx accent and asked if i liked daddy yankee. i told him i didnt listen to that kind of music and that i listened to rock. he asked what band, i told him, and he said "isn't that the band with the dead guy?"

    UGHHH!

    sure it gets annoying and a little frustrating. i always get "oh yeah i used to like them but i stopped listening to them after vi... vital... you know, the third one".. but i've kind of accepted the fact that people stopped liking them and i've learned to say hey, if you want to listen to shitty music, be my guest ;) it makes it that much more exciting to meet someone who actually LIKES binaural

    oh, and i always get a lot of "i thought they broke up" or "they're still together?" or "wasn't their last album like 10 years ago?"
    ignorant fools :D
    LMAO!!! :D That cabbie's respond is hilarious!

    I might use that at one of the pre-parties since not many people know what I look like. ;)
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  • DiRtYyELLoWoCeAn
    DiRtYyELLoWoCeAn Medford, Ma Posts: 1,605
    I'd say the hell with them and they're missing out! It's their loss MORE PEARL JAM FOR ME!
    BOS 9/28/04, 9/29/04
    MTL 9/15/05
    HRTFD 5/13/06
    BOS 5/24/06, 5/25/06
    VEGAS 7/6/06
    CHI 8/5/07
    NJ 6/19/08
    NYC 6/25/08
    HRTFD 6/27/08
    MANSFLD 6/28/08, 6/30/08
    E.V. BOS 8/1/08
    CHI 8/23/09, 8/24/09
    PHILLY 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    BOS 5/17/10
    CHI 7/19/13
    WOOSTA 10/15/13, 10/16/13
    HRTFD 10/25/13
    BOS 8/5/16, 8/7/16
    BOS 9/2/18, 9/4/18

  • Rory1223
    Rory1223 Posts: 46
    My 22 y/o nephew said to me last week, after I mentioned Eddie's solo shows
    (and hoping to get tickets etc), "Oh Pearl Jam? I only like "Jeremy", I cant stand Eddie Vedder's voice..." I just looked at him in total disbelief, here I am 40-something, mother of 3, I was speechless. Even my other sisters,
    not the biggest PJ fans but they appreciate them & Eddie's voice, were like
    "is this kid for real?" I think he's Dropkick Murphy fan but he used to
    be a big Ramones fan, so I just dont get it
  • indifferentman
    indifferentman Goshen, IN Posts: 731
    gabers wrote:
    "Yeah, I used to like Pearl Jam. Their first two albums were good then after that I didn't care for them." Does that make you instantly think that this person is an idiot, has no taste in music, or both? :)

    I just smile and think to myself "You have no fucking idea what you're missing out on." :)

    If they have any "redeeming value", I'll think about trying to "preach the gospel" and convert them, but if not, who cares? The fact that we are our own little subculture of fans of a band that most people don't care about is what makes us a little more special in a way. Besides, it gives us a little bit of the "Indie credibility" so much of our generation has strived to uphold! LOL
    I won't change direction, and I won't change my mind - E.V.
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  • Rjonesrm20
    Rjonesrm20 Posts: 380
    my all-time fav was this tour when i took a cab from my hotel to the pre party in West Palm Beach...the driver asked me who i was goin to see ...so i told him Pearl Jam....he thought they were two different bands....pearl and jam....so i explained it to him that they are one band and the kings of leon were the opening band...he was really confused then...i gave him no tip.
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  • TheJUGGERNAUT29
    TheJUGGERNAUT29 Posts: 160
    Rjonesrm20 wrote:
    my all-time fav was this tour when i took a cab from my hotel to the pre party in West Palm Beach...the driver asked me who i was goin to see ...so i told him Pearl Jam....he thought they were two different bands....pearl and jam....so i explained it to him that they are one band and the kings of leon were the opening band...he was really confused then...i gave him no tip.


    Haha. I had a similar experience. I was filling up at Wawa the other day and one of the workers saw a PJ vinyl sticker I have on my back windshield. He says, "Pearl Jam...Whats that" So I said it was my favorite band. Then he goes, "oh, is that some local band or something? I have never heard of them" So I just replied with "Not a local band...they are kind of a big deal" haha...the guy was at least 40 too???
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    6/24/08 - MSG 1
    8/07/08 - Newark, EV Solo
    6/11/09 - Upper Darby, EV Solo
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    10/30/09 - Spectrum 3
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  • Red Mosqito
    Red Mosqito Posts: 1,239
    JaneNY wrote:
    It seems like the majority of people just kind of leave music behind once they leave their teens and maybe early 20's. Then they just remember what they listened to. I think it is strange as here I am in my 40's listening to all of Pearl Jam, and keeping up with new music and new bands, and discovering older ones that I somehow missed. Most people my age and quite younger than me do not. It just seems to be the way the average person is.

    Perfectly worded! And don't worry you're not alone...there are a few more of us out there who feel exactly the way you do, myself included.

    On a side note here's my funny observation on that whole "They're still around?" discussion. Most people can't remember the lyrics to a song let alone name the artist who sings/wrote the song a major percentage of the time, yet later on you'll have a discussion about movies with that same person and they will start going off reciting lines/quotes directly from random movies. Strange indeed....but to each his/her own.

    Peace,

    RM
  • writersu
    writersu Posts: 1,867
    gabers wrote:
    "Yeah, I used to like Pearl Jam. Their first two albums were good then after that I didn't care for them." Does that make you instantly think that this person is an idiot, has no taste in music, or both? :)


    I think it's like this,
    "yeah, they were cool before, (i.e.me , king/queen of the underground awesome music. I am so interesting and modern.) but now they dont even make it on my stereo, mp3,ipod, etc.

    I have found other, more deserving music to listen to. But for you, oh you like them still? well, that's cool for you; I use to listen to them too(you who have no musical experience are unlike me who is all knowing and I have evolved past them. But you are not as cool as me, so yeah, rock on."
    Baby, You Wouldn't Last a Minute on The Creek......


    Together we will float like angels.........

    In the moment that you left the room, the album started skipping, goodbye to beauty shared with the ones that you love.........

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