Restless Old People

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  • Bentleyspop
    Bentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,730
    I'll make a deal with all you young'uns.....

    I won't tell you about all the PJ shows I saw in 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995.........2013

    and you don't make fun of my walker!!

    :corn:
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 32,364
    BinFrog wrote:
    Ironically Non-Patient Young People

    Just a reminder to some new Pearl Jam fans to stop butting in and just enjoy the band. They don't owe you shit. That's why us geezers fell in love with the band in the first place: you young punks weren't around. I won't even link to an awesome youtube video because you whipper snappers and your Googling skills can find whatever the heck it is you are looking for way faster than I ever could. Find it yourself. It's always been about sharing the experience, but some of us have been spoiled by the band for a very long time and have been in the trenches long enough that it's ok for some of us to be a little disappointed with recent developments.

    Right there with you :)
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • backseatLover12
    backseatLover12 Posts: 2,312
    Cosmo wrote:
    backseatLover12 wrote:
    I've seen a real change in demographics for the fans lately with the implementation of the lottery for GA seats, allowing a LOT of new young fans to jump on board. I'm not saying that us older fans are any better, (because there are lot of us bitching as well), but this post above HAS to be noted for the new fans coming aboard, feeling entitled as much as the older fans are.
    ...
    I agree with you, sir.
    I think that instead of us waging a Generational War on each other, we should focus more on the things that bond us together, then those things that tear us apart. I mean, no generation is better or worse than another. I mean, the generation I'm from are people like John Doe and X, Steve Jones and the Sex Pistols, Mike Watt, Pat Smear, The Go-Gos, Van Halen, Black Flag and the likes. But, my generation also brought us Kenny G, Madonna, Dolphin shorts and Latoya Jackson. The same goes for every other generation prior to and since my generation. Each generation has its good stuff and its crappy stuff. That's just the way it is and the way it will always be.
    Instead of bitching about what you have, I should have or what i have, i've earned and it's mine... how about we just decide to share? That we stop insisting that we know what is best for everyone else and just let everyone decide how best to enjoy ourselves. If someone isn't 'going apeshit'... it doesn't mean they aren't enjoying the show... it may just mean they are not an ape... that is taking a shit... that's all.
    I'm not saying we all group hug bullshit and all be the same... y'all can keep your tight skinny jeans and Axe Body sparay and we'll keep our Doc Martens and Dickies and just accept the fact that we see the world differently. But, we all agree that Pearl Jam still kicks ass. And really... isn't that all that really matters here?

    Agreed. And don't call me "sir". It makes me feel old! :lol:
  • ckravitz
    ckravitz NJ Posts: 1,668
    The whole subculture of "reminding" people that the band doesn't owe anyone anything or the utter over-use of the word entitlement.... Im just curious, do people that write that crap really believe it? Like when folks are reading threads where someone is expressing disappointment with how something went, is the first thought really that the disappointed individual feels they are owed something? I mean really, beyond that whole superficial "going for cred" thing where it sounds cool (lol no) to say others are entitled or whatever. Is expressing disappointment synonymous with being spoiled such that only the spoiled and entitled among us have been bestowed the privilege of being disappointed?

    Sorry OP I don't mean to derail nor direct this to you personally as there have been far more venomous entitlement attacks. It's just that you can't read the first page of the forum without a thread or two on this topic anymore and they are almost as unproductive as my post here :lol:
  • Tboz51
    Tboz51 Posts: 2,808
    mattcoz wrote:
    What's the age cutoff to be considered "old people"?

    Being a member before Feb 10th 2000.

    ;-)
    "Honesty will always be construed as negative to a dumbass"
    :-)
  • Tboz51
    Tboz51 Posts: 2,808
    ckravitz wrote:
    The whole subculture of "reminding" people that the band doesn't owe anyone anything or the utter over-use of the word entitlement.... Im just curious, do people that write that crap really believe it? Like when folks are reading threads where someone is expressing disappointment with how something went, is the first thought really that the disappointed individual feels they are owed something? I mean really, beyond that whole superficial "going for cred" thing where it sounds cool (lol no) to say others are entitled or whatever. Is expressing disappointment synonymous with being spoiled such that only the spoiled and entitled among us have been bestowed the privilege of being disappointed?

    Sorry OP I don't mean to derail nor direct this to you personally as there have been far more venomous entitlement attacks. It's just that you can't read the first page of the forum without a thread or two on this topic anymore and they are almost as unproductive as my post here :lol:

    I am entitled to a night of excellent music and annoying people texting the whole show. :-)
    "Honesty will always be construed as negative to a dumbass"
    :-)
  • jlaustin
    jlaustin Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 2,355
    Get off my lawn... Damn, it's 7:30, time for bed. :lol:
    2013 Wrigley, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    2014 Cincy, Detroit, Moline, & Milwaukee
    2015 Central Park
    2016 Lexington, Ottawa, Toronto 1 & 2, Boston 1 & 2, Chicago 1 & 2
    2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
    2018 Seattle 1 & 2, Missoula, Chicago 1

  • ckravitz
    ckravitz NJ Posts: 1,668
    Tboz51 wrote:
    ckravitz wrote:
    The whole subculture of "reminding" people that the band doesn't owe anyone anything or the utter over-use of the word entitlement.... Im just curious, do people that write that crap really believe it? Like when folks are reading threads where someone is expressing disappointment with how something went, is the first thought really that the disappointed individual feels they are owed something? I mean really, beyond that whole superficial "going for cred" thing where it sounds cool (lol no) to say others are entitled or whatever. Is expressing disappointment synonymous with being spoiled such that only the spoiled and entitled among us have been bestowed the privilege of being disappointed?

    Sorry OP I don't mean to derail nor direct this to you personally as there have been far more venomous entitlement attacks. It's just that you can't read the first page of the forum without a thread or two on this topic anymore and they are almost as unproductive as my post here :lol:

    I am entitled to a night of excellent music and annoying people texting the whole show. :-)

    Well damn it, I am entitled to agree with you! :D
  • Porchsitter
    Porchsitter Loganville, GA Posts: 1,092
    Tboz51 wrote:

    I am entitled to a night of excellent music and annoying people texting the whole show. :-)


    Oooh, and recording the entire show with their cell phones because that always results in a good time for all. :)
    We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.--Bill Hicks
  • Tboz51
    Tboz51 Posts: 2,808
    Porchsitter wrote:
    Tboz51 wrote:

    I am entitled to a night of excellent music and annoying people texting the whole show. :-)


    Oooh, and recording the entire show with their cell phones because that always results in a good time for all. :)

    I enjoy drunk skank girls with blotched out ex husband tattoos who record Just Breath and Betterman.

    Then pick fights during songs that EV isn't only singing to them.
    "Honesty will always be construed as negative to a dumbass"
    :-)
  • Porchsitter
    Porchsitter Loganville, GA Posts: 1,092
    Tboz51 wrote:
    Porchsitter wrote:
    Tboz51 wrote:

    I am entitled to a night of excellent music and annoying people texting the whole show. :-)


    Oooh, and recording the entire show with their cell phones because that always results in a good time for all. :)

    I enjoy drunk skank girls with blotched out ex husband tattoos who record Just Breath and Betterman.

    Then pick fights during songs that EV isn't only singing to them.


    Hell, who doesn't?!

    Personally, I don't see why so many people have a problem with me when I'm recording a show. True, as an "old timer" it's getting a lot tougher lugging around my 386 with a 2400 baud connection to record these shows. Finding a place to plug in is a bitch these days.
    We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.--Bill Hicks
  • dcuellar
    dcuellar Posts: 41
    Wow. What a response. Little FYI - - - - I'm old too. . .

    Here's a list of "some" shows I've been to:

    1992- Warfield
    1993 - San Jose, Berkeley, Indio
    1994 - Bridge 1 & 2
    1995 - Red Rocks twice, Sac, SF, San Jose, San Diego twice

    I'll leave it at that. I apologize for getting you guys fired up.

    Another reminder:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd9iOpMSOns
  • austin.macrae
    austin.macrae Posts: 249
    just enjoy our youth.
  • Tboz51
    Tboz51 Posts: 2,808
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    Tboz51 wrote:
    Porchsitter wrote:
    Tboz51 wrote:

    I am entitled to a night of excellent music and annoying people texting the whole show. :-)


    Oooh, and recording the entire show with their cell phones because that always results in a good time for all. :)[/quote

    I enjoy drunk skank girls with blotched out ex husband tattoos who record Just Breath and Betterman.

    Then pick fights during songs that EV isn't only singing to them.


    Hell, who doesn't?!

    Personally, I don't see why so many people have a problem with me when I'm recording a show. True, as an "old timer" it's getting a lot tougher lugging around my 386 with a 2400 baud connection to record these shows. Finding a place to plug in is a bitch these days.

    Perhaps the dial up noises causes a disturbance?

    :-)
    "Honesty will always be construed as negative to a dumbass"
    :-)

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