Beyond the music......

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  • Joni-Lee
    Joni-Lee Posts: 430
    U R A Crazy Breed wrote:
    We all love this band and could go on and on about our favorite songs and what amazing musicians they are ...but I want to talk about how Pearl Jam transcends the boundaries that other bands are confined to....they have a fan base unlike any other on this planet....even the Dead...I have come to know and grow fond of many of my fellow PJ brethren and going to shows stopped just being about seeing my favorite band and also became about seeing some of my favorite people!! People i would not have met if it wasn't for this band (and our mutual love of said band)

    Every tour i get to meet new friends, hang with old ones and have a fucking great time....times that i will always remember for the rest of my days. :mrgreen:


    So i just wanted to take the time and thank the guys for that...for bringing me together with some class A people from ALL OVER THE WORLD, that i would have never met otherwise if it wasn't for them!!

    THANKS DUDES!! :D:D:D


    ....but mostly this thread is for all the peeps i have met and have yet to meet....you guys make this "community" what it is and i feel truly blessed to be a part of it all.

    yeah...I'm feeling the Love!! (imagine that?! :lol: )

    CHEERS PEARL FAM !!!! :mrgreen::mrgreen:

    PEACE

    E~


    I know you mean me! Luv you too ya Crazy fool xxx
  • Gmoney
    Gmoney Posts: 1,618
    right on Crazy!!!
    Further back and forth a wave will break on me, today...
  • FenwayFaithful
    FenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    youngster wrote:
    Long story short....

    Fenway Faithful and I were good friends in elementary school and jr high in the early to mid 90's. He went to a private school in high school and I stayed in the public system and somewhere along the way we lost touch. It wasn't until a few PM's back and forth on here about 15 years later that we realized who we were and that ironically enough we live about a mile from each other.

    This board is the reason we are friends again so it definately is more than just the music.
    :clap:

    It's a wonderful thing. Well said buddy. So much more than just the music. It's not about the songs that are played, the venue's acoustics or what the poster looks like. It's about the blessing of reconnecting with old friends and meeting new friends along the way. The last week has been some of the best times of my life.

    Thank you to Erik for making this thread.
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • Ms. Wes C.addle
    Ms. Wes C.addle Posts: 2,559
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    youngster wrote:
    Long story short....

    Fenway Faithful and I were good friends in elementary school and jr high in the early to mid 90's. He went to a private school in high school and I stayed in the public system and somewhere along the way we lost touch. It wasn't until a few PM's back and forth on here about 15 years later that we realized who we were and that ironically enough we live about a mile from each other.

    This board is the reason we are friends again so it definately is more than just the music.
    :clap:

    It's a wonderful thing. Well said buddy. So much more than just the music. It's not about the songs that are played, the venue's acoustics or what the poster looks like. It's about the blessing of reconnecting with old friends and meeting new friends along the way. The last week has been some of the best times of my life.

    Thank you to Erik for making this thread.

    Ahh, yes.... you forgot the part that you named your child after him. hehe
    CantKeepMeHere wrote:
    U R A Crazy Breed for President
    Ummm, will there be random drug screening?
    The country's going to shit anyway.... might as well give him a shot. :D
    At least we can be certain 'something' will be legalized and then he doesn't have to get hit up for it at every show.
    Love ya Erik! Miss ya!
  • pandora
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    CantKeepMeHere wrote:
    U R A Crazy Breed for President
    No no, it would ruin him!
  • LukinFan
    LukinFan Florida Posts: 29,134
    wish I would had been able to make it to the preparty in nyc
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  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 32,919
    Coming from you E it means alot specially what you're going thru , i consider you a good friend and it couldn't of happened if it wasn't for this band and from that i have met some of your other friends so you see the magic of this music just spreads from one person to another can't wait to do that all over again :) cheers ..
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • kcherub
    kcherub Posts: 961
    Wonderful post, Erik. I have been having this conversation over and over the last two weeks...I just feel very blessed to have this group of people in my life as well.

    I am so glad we met, and am thankful for each and every one of my PJ peeps.

    Take care, my brotha and I am sorry for the loss of my avatar. ;)
    I still want you all to "take care"--I am just damn tired of typing it.

    http://www.youtube.com/user/kcherub#p/a/u/0/N-UQprRqSwo
  • vitalogy111
    vitalogy111 Posts: 10
    I love that post, Erik.
    Man, you can be serious too!

    M&M
    Alone in a corridor, waiting, locked out
  • ski4
    ski4 Posts: 261
    Cheers ! :D
    "The only thing I ever saw that came close to Objective Journalism was a closed-circuit TV setup that watched shoplifters in the General Store at Woody Creek, Colorado." hst
  • vitalogy111
    vitalogy111 Posts: 10
    Feeling the vibe?
    Alone in a corridor, waiting, locked out
  • MissBeeGirl
    MissBeeGirl Posts: 233
    What an amazing post...

    This deserves a sticky
  • tightrope high
    tightrope high Posts: 137
    Well said Erik :D
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  • InHerOwnWorld
    InHerOwnWorld Posts: 592
    So true Erik. :)

    (((((((((((((((((((GROUP HUG))))))))))))))))))))))))
  • edvedder913
    edvedder913 Posts: 1,810
    beautifully put!!!!!!!!

    Definitely family to me. I love my peeps as much as I love the band. The 2 go hand in hand. :D poetic huh?
  • benjs
    benjs Toronto, ON Posts: 9,448
    U R A Crazy Breed wrote:
    We all love this band and could go on and on about our favorite songs and what amazing musicians they are ...but I want to talk about how Pearl Jam transcends the boundaries that other bands are confined to....they have a fan base unlike any other on this planet....even the Dead...I have come to know and grow fond of many of my fellow PJ brethren and going to shows stopped just being about seeing my favorite band and also became about seeing some of my favorite people!! People i would not have met if it wasn't for this band (and our mutual love of said band)

    Every tour i get to meet new friends, hang with old ones and have a fucking great time....times that i will always remember for the rest of my days. :mrgreen:


    So i just wanted to take the time and thank the guys for that...for bringing me together with some class A people from ALL OVER THE WORLD, that i would have never met otherwise if it wasn't for them!!

    THANKS DUDES!! :D:D:D


    ....but mostly this thread is for all the peeps i have met and have yet to meet....you guys make this "community" what it is and i feel truly blessed to be a part of it all.

    yeah...I'm feeling the Love!! (imagine that?! :lol: )

    CHEERS PEARL FAM !!!! :mrgreen::mrgreen:

    PEACE

    E~
    I'll smoke to that! :mrgreen:
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    EV
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  • petrocs
    petrocs Posts: 4,342
    edited May 2010
    ***note to self***

    play nice with others
    Post edited by petrocs on
    Shows:
    9/24/96 MD. 9/28/96 Randalls. 8/28-29/98 Camden. 9/8/98 NJ. 9/18/98 MD. 9/1-2/00 Camden. 9/4/00 MD. 4/28/03 Philly. 7/5-6/03 Camden. 9/30/05 AC.
    10/3/05 Philly. 5/27-28/06 Camden. 6/23/06 Pitt. 6/19-20/08 Camden. 6/24/08 MSG. 8/7/08 EV Newark, NJ. 6/11-12/09 EV Philly, PA. 10/27-28-30-31/09 Philly, PA., 5/15/10 Hartford,5/17/10 Boston, 5/18/10 Newark, 5/20-21/10 MSG
  • petrocs
    petrocs Posts: 4,342
    edited May 2010
    1 love to my peeps!
    Post edited by petrocs on
    Shows:
    9/24/96 MD. 9/28/96 Randalls. 8/28-29/98 Camden. 9/8/98 NJ. 9/18/98 MD. 9/1-2/00 Camden. 9/4/00 MD. 4/28/03 Philly. 7/5-6/03 Camden. 9/30/05 AC.
    10/3/05 Philly. 5/27-28/06 Camden. 6/23/06 Pitt. 6/19-20/08 Camden. 6/24/08 MSG. 8/7/08 EV Newark, NJ. 6/11-12/09 EV Philly, PA. 10/27-28-30-31/09 Philly, PA., 5/15/10 Hartford,5/17/10 Boston, 5/18/10 Newark, 5/20-21/10 MSG
  • like.echoes
    like.echoes Posts: 582
    petrocs wrote:
    Not sure why they picture is relevant...just made me laugh...

    uhhhh... that's effed up!!
    nothing's changed but the surrounding bullsh1t
  • Tone
    Tone Posts: 1,206
    *smooches E* I too have been saying this over and over the past couple of weeks. Philly opened the Pearl Fam gates for me and a whole truckload of awesome people made their way into my life. The experience of the past couple of weeks is beyond Philly and beyond anything I can adequately explain to anyone outside this community. Seeing PJ is always amazing, but the community elevates it to a whole new level. I have made close connections that I know will last a lifetime, people I love very dearly. I swear I spent half the shows looking around smiling at my friends rocking out around the arenas.

    I was a weepy mess before MSG2 started cause I knew it was the end (for now) and I didn't want to say goodbye to the band, but mostly I didn't want to say goodbye to the travelling Faithful. PJ fans are the best! An incredible group of loyal, generous, spirited and accepting people. I am better for knowing you all. Love you guys :)
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