Did Pearl Jam Sell Out in 2006

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  • Brain Of E
    Brain Of E Posts: 499
    There's also been Pearl Jam/Eddie Vedder songs in commercials these days. But since it's for environmental/cancer charities, it may still not be selling out.
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  • rasty10
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    They definitely made an effort to plug into mainstream. Didn't they also play on the tonight show? There are obvious signs but I'm sure they're not forcing producing music to make money and be "rockstars." I guess if you love them as much as we do then it may extend beyond the music, in which case it would be dissapointing, but I'd still be passionate about their music!
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  • Surf Rider
    Surf Rider Posts: 813
    rasty10 wrote:
    Didn't they also play on the tonight show?


    this never happened


    or do you mean, the late show with david letterman. if so they play letterman with every album and no one else.
  • HatredThrownDown
    HatredThrownDown Posts: 292
    they've been around for damn near 20 years..get off their fucking backs
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  • Left Porch
    Left Porch Posts: 846
    PJAMEDVED wrote:
    this never happened


    or do you mean, the late show with david letterman. if so they play letterman with every album and no one else.


    Also Letterman's a big fan.
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  • mickeyrat
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    JordyWordy wrote:
    Pearl Jam Sell Out - that should be their next album name.

    well they do like The Who!
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  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun
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    Army & Navy wrote:
    I mean consider the following:

    * Loads of press for 'Pearl Jam'

    * VH1 Storytellers

    * Music Videos

    * A commercial, shiny sounding album, full of attempted anthemic rock music that we haven't really heard since Ten

    * Appearing with U2 on the same stage

    only point number 4 would make them a sellout, and since you would have to be insane to think thats a commercial sounding album full of anthemic rock music, that point is 100% wrong. it was anything but commercial, and didnt even have any anthems (Severed Hand maybe? not that big epic anthems are a bad thing anyway. In fact they are fucking fabulous!)

    in conclusion, you are on crack.
  • Brisk.
    Brisk. Posts: 11,581
    yeah becuase i hear them every second on the radio and tv......
  • mattosborne
    mattosborne Posts: 339
    Army & Navy wrote:
    I mean consider the following:

    * Loads of press for 'Pearl Jam'

    * VH1 Storytellers

    * Music Videos

    * A commercial, shiny sounding album, full of attempted anthemic rock music that we haven't really heard since Ten

    * Appearing with U2 on the same stage

    First let me say that I find it LAUGHABLE how easily a lot of Pearl Jam fans throw out the words sell out. I'm not saying you do Army but, in general, a lot of us have always set IMPOSSIBLE standards for PJ to meet. You want good album sales but, you don't want press. Anyway...

    1. Doing press isn't selling out AT ALL, not even a little.

    2. Storytellers we should be thankful for, if thats selling out, then I hope they do it more often.

    3. A video every 239 years doesn't qualify as sell out.

    4. Not sure what self titled you're listening to but, the production isn't slick and its certainly not filled with anthems by any means.

    5. This is so dumb i'm not even going to respond.
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  • LiteTheMatch
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    I'd like to hear a Pearl Jam / KMFDM song!
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