Just how big of a fan are you?

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  • JasonE
    JasonE Posts: 531
    Where is Paul when you need him and the pictures of his Pearl Jam museum?
    "If you're not confused, you're not paying attention."

    "Rise above principal and do what's right."
  • Jeremys Spoken
    Jeremys Spoken Posts: 7,578
    JasonE wrote:
    Where is Paul when you need him and the pictures of his Pearl Jam museum?
    He's sleeping most likely.. lives in the U.K.
    2008 - MSG 6/24-6/25
    2010 - Newark 5/18 MSG 5/21
    2011 - PJ20 9/3-9/4
    2012 - MIA Festival 9/2
    2013 - Wrigley Field 7/19 Brooklyn 10/18-10/19 Philly 10/22
    2015 - Colbert show - 9/23 Global Citizens Festival 9/26
    2016 - Philly 4/28-4/29 MSG 5/1-5/2



  • Laf9124
    Laf9124 Posts: 342
    A few quick examples...
    In 2000...I bought all 72 bootlegs of the world tour.
    Same year...drove to Tampa with gf(now wife) straight through from Detroit..saw the show...caught a couple hrs sleep in parking garage after and then drove all the way home nonstop. Had time to shower and pack, and left for New Orleans(and then Memphis) with another friend. Made it to 8 more shows that tour in similar fashion.
    My daughters middle name is Pearl, and she, at just under 3 yrs old, has already seen PJ twice and met Eddie and Matt.
  • My3rdEye
    My3rdEye Posts: 927
    I bought two Vs./Vitalogy SDE box sets and can't answer the question "why?".
    My blog for your boots:
    http://inthepresenttense.blogspot.com/
  • neilybabes86
    neilybabes86 Posts: 16,057
    their name is on my arm forever...
    everytime i look in the mirror i see PEARL JAM MAUI 98 IN INK ;)


    AH YES yield tour...saw the 1st and last show 10,000 miles apart :lol:
    i post on the board of a band that doesn't exsist anymore .......i need my head examined.......
  • Break The Sky
    Break The Sky Posts: 1,276
    I once ditched a girl I was on a date with because I saw another girl at the bar wearing a Pearl Jam T-shirt.
    If hope can grow from dirt like me ...
  • usamamasan1
    usamamasan1 Posts: 4,695
    that wins
  • Forrest
    Forrest Posts: 53
    I have at least 2-3 of each album (cd) so I can play them in my car or home at any time and just in case they get scratched. I didn't realize that was odd until my brother-in-law asked to borrow a couple and thought it was hilarious that I had so many.

    Stickman sticker on my car, which my kids give me a bad time about, but I love.

    I get cards from my artist stepdad on my birthday every year with drawings of PJ/Eddie and/or random photos.

    For the past year or so, I have driven everyone in my family nuts by telling them that I really wanted Pearl Jam to play for my 40th birthday party...that didn't happen but I did get another card, pictures and a t-shirt that says "Mrs. Eddie Vedder" and some Pearl Jam earrings. LOL I'm like a 13 year old 40 year old.

    My college boyfriend was actually jealous of my love for PJ, although he now gets in touch with me from time to time to let me know if they're going to be on SNL or Austin City Limits or whatever. My husband is also jealous of my affection and although he was a fan when we were dating and first married (14+ years ago) he is now completely burned out.

    I can wake up to any Pearl Jam song anytime, listen to them throughout the day and fall asleep to them at night (release, indifference, immortality, black, etc. for drifting off) and then hear it all again the next day and never feel that I've had enough.

    I've loved them for 20 years and I don't see that ending any time.
  • Go Beavers
    Go Beavers Posts: 9,546
    6 feet.
  • dwhite76
    dwhite76 Posts: 2,801
    I am so retarded that when I walk into a store with a music section, I immediately take all the Pearl Jam Cd's and move them all over to the top 10 selling list :oops:
    Some words when spoken...Can't be taken back...
  • Beg Forgiveness
    Beg Forgiveness Posts: 119
    inmyohiotree wrote:
    In 98 i was suppose to meet what is now my beautiful wife instead I had to cancel because i was going to the cleveland (blossom) show in which i couldnt take her because i already promised the ticket to a friend. That night as we were parting in the car I seen someone skateboarding. Once the smoke cleared :o the man skateboarding stopped and hand planted my brand new car and i about shit my self it was Eddie. Now just so you are aware my reaction time was rather slow at the moment if you know what i mean ;) Eddie said "i know where the party is at" with a shit eating grin on his face. At this time I fumbled to get out of the car and by the time i did there was at least 50-75 people surronding him. the cops came and escorted him back inside. Freaking awesome i swear i didnt wash that car all summer. Any way i warned her before we got serious that Eddie was the best thing next to god himself. She of course looked at me like i was freaking crazy. in 2000 we changed our wedding date because it interfered with the columbus show. We have fought about all 30 plus shows i have been to since except the three she went with me. the craziest thing ive done was for the ev solo tour i drove to milwaukee and back to cleveland in the same night and then drove from cleveland to chicago and then back home with a day of rest in between. it was one of those times where money was tight so i had to go and couldnt stay the night. this year i will be going to detroit and coming back home picking my wife up and heading to chicago. we scored fifteenth row floor which will be the closest she has ever been partying at the hardrock and making a well deserved vacation out of it. Now if i can only talk her in to night 2 ill be set ;)

    HOLY SHITTTT!! I WAS THERE AND I TELL EVERYONE THIS STORY!!!!!!!!!!!

    As my SIL and I pulled in the parking lot we had seen someone boarding, thought nothing of it. We parked and got out we then saw a mob of people. I told her I wanted to check it out. She was in a hurry to get in. Just as I went to leave, it seamed as thought the sea split and a heavenly figure started skating right toward me. HOLY SHIT!! All I thought was NO EFFIN WAY! It was "HIM"!! I about pissed my pants as he came and skated right around me and I reached out to touch his shoulder. I don't recall the police escorting him back, cuz I ran after him as he skated toward the adjoining empty lot possibly back to the stage area.

    Thank you so much for sharing that story!! :)
  • Beg Forgiveness
    Beg Forgiveness Posts: 119
    Just to add to my story, at that same show Blossom '98 I to had bought PJ socks due to my feet hurting from the shoes I was wearing. They fell apart quicky from how often I wore them. :/

    PJ SOCKS ROCK!!!
  • clashman
    clashman Posts: 320
    no socks. but since i am working, my holidays are pearl jam holidays. 2008 east coast tour, 2009 euro tour, 2010 new york and euro tour, this year eddie in new york. my friends tell me, that i am crazy- but so what.
  • Vedderist_1
    Vedderist_1 Posts: 3
    I have the Stick Figure Tattoo on my left calf(the only tattoo i have). I named my son Eddie, I've collected as much Pearl Jam stuff as I can over the 20 years I have been a fan. My wife and I flew to the other side of Australia to see them play because I had to work for the last Perth concert. The number plates on our WRX are 'Given2Fly'. Yeah I'm a big fan. :)
  • Parksy
    Parksy Posts: 1,849
    nocode85 wrote:
    I'm sure everyone here owns at least a few bootlegs, has seen them several times and owns a piece or two of memorabilia. But how extensive has your fanaticism reached? I find myself on this board constantly to hear the latest rumor, news etc. My car is constantly tuned into Pearl Jam Radio. When I get sick of that, I put the Pearl Jam section of my iPod on shuffle and create my own "Pearl Jam Radio". I'd say the nerdiest and most fanatic thing I've done is create a spreadsheet with every show I've been to and listed every song that I've seen so I have a reference of what I have seen and what I would like to see. (I was super bored and have an ex that still won't stop making fun of me...) So what kinds of things have you all done to prove your loyalty to Pearl Jam????

    Ahhh the spreadsheet :)

    I've done the same thing... every show, every venue, every song... how many times I've seen which song.. I also include footnotes in case something special happened and what not.. (Example: Over The Hills and Far Away tag for Yellow Ledbetter in Ottawa...)

    In social circles I'm known as a the "Pearl Jam guy."

    People are afraid to speak ill of Pearl Jam in my presence.

    Pearl Jam license plate.

    30 + posters

    30 + bootlegs

    26 shows in 2 countries, 3 provinces, 8 states.

    My clothing is dominantly Pearl Jam. T-shirts, hoodies, touque. (I did stop at the socks though)

    Pearl Jam constantly in my car, at home, everywhere.

    2 PJ tattoos

    20 - 30 PJ vinyl

    all cd albums (mostly doubled) (most* cd singles)

    all dvds

    handful of unofficial bootleg vhs, dvd, cassette, cd.

    PJ stickers on most things (record player, media storage units, work locker)

    i can play most pearl jam songs perfectly on 'hard' on Rock Band... but not many other songs

    i named my pets after band members :D
    Toronto 2000
    Buffalo, Phoenix, Toronto 2003
    Boston I&II 2004
    Kitchener, Hamilton, London, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto 2005
    Toronto I&II, Las Vegas 2006
    Chicago Lollapalooza 2007
    Toronto, Seattle I&II, Vancouver, Philly I,II,III,IV 2009
    Cleveland, Buffalo 2010
    Toronto I&II 2011
    Buffalo 2013
    Toronto I&II 2016
    10C: 220xxx
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    i love the band so much...thats all i need and want...
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • Parksy
    Parksy Posts: 1,849
    dwhite76 wrote:
    I am so retarded that when I walk into a store with a music section, I immediately take all the Pearl Jam Cd's and move them all over to the top 10 selling list :oops:


    LOL!! :D
    Toronto 2000
    Buffalo, Phoenix, Toronto 2003
    Boston I&II 2004
    Kitchener, Hamilton, London, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto 2005
    Toronto I&II, Las Vegas 2006
    Chicago Lollapalooza 2007
    Toronto, Seattle I&II, Vancouver, Philly I,II,III,IV 2009
    Cleveland, Buffalo 2010
    Toronto I&II 2011
    Buffalo 2013
    Toronto I&II 2016
    10C: 220xxx
  • Parksy
    Parksy Posts: 1,849
    Big Drop wrote:
    I once ditched a girl I was on a date with because I saw another girl at the bar wearing a Pearl Jam T-shirt.

    BRAVO sir!!!! :D
    Toronto 2000
    Buffalo, Phoenix, Toronto 2003
    Boston I&II 2004
    Kitchener, Hamilton, London, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto 2005
    Toronto I&II, Las Vegas 2006
    Chicago Lollapalooza 2007
    Toronto, Seattle I&II, Vancouver, Philly I,II,III,IV 2009
    Cleveland, Buffalo 2010
    Toronto I&II 2011
    Buffalo 2013
    Toronto I&II 2016
    10C: 220xxx
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  • missisles
    missisles Posts: 539
    insert this wrote:
    9"
    :silent:
    makes much more sense to live in the present tense

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