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Why doesn't PJ film every show?
wall05
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Now obviously I'm not saying that every show needs to be released (at least this minute, haha), but why don't they have a small camera crew with them for each show these days?
They only need a few stationary cameras set up each night and maybe two guys actually using a camera around the stage. Maybe one side stage moving a bit and one between the rail and the stage. Could come in handy later and bring in good money for them (and great happiness to us later). The band Phish does it, and I find it weird that PJ doesn't at this stage in their careers. (not comparing the two bands from a musical standpoint before anyone jumps on that.) Just find it strange that they wouldn't be doing that and eventually make downloadable show videos available eventually.
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They do image-mag coverage for the screens above the stage,
so I'm with you...I'd bet they record all of these shows!!
'98: Seattle: Memorial Stadium 1 & 2
'00: Columbus: Polaris
'03: Columbus: Germain
'10: Columbus: Nationwide Arena
'11: East Troy: Alpine Valley - PJ20 1 & 2 + EV Detroit
'12: Missoula + EV Jacksonville 1 & 2
'13: Chicago / Pittsburgh / Buffalo / Seattle
'14: Cincinnati / St. Louis / Tulsa / Lincoln / Memphis / Detroit / Moline
'15: New York City - Global Citizen Festival
'16: Greenville / Hampton / Raleigh / Columbia / Lexington / Ottawa / Toronto 1 & 2 / Wrigley 1 & 2
'17: Brooklyn - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
'18: London 1 & 2 / Seattle 1 & 2 / Missoula / Wrigley 1
'22: Nashville / St. Louis
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No less people will goto the show. That what the NFL thought so if the game doesn't sell out it's blacked out. They were wrong. People still go. Same thing.
You want less people recording on phones? Record it better.
No offence... I've been to phish shows but on their worst day PJ > phish in my opinion so I think pj just don't know wtf to do or how to do it. PM me PJ I do IT infrastructure. It would be pretty simple as you point out.
Think about it like a professional athlete would. Some games u suck. You can't always be on. So you go home and get ready to win tomorrow. Don't dwell on imperfections.
History hates those who try to prevent art from being consumed by the masses. I know that's not this and dramatic but how is it different? 0 harm comes from spreading the Jam. Music is love. And then couple this with the flying to a mountain top to play for rich elites and I'm losing my faith in their intentions.
You fight tooth and nail to stop me, a club member since 93, from even HEARING your elite mountain top show.
Just super uncool and frankly disappointing.
Who has the time to sit around and watch a bunch of concerts?
Presumably the cost of editing and distributing video is higher and the demand is lower (demands of listening to music vs. watching a concert). I would suspect that Pearl Jam also has the data to back this up. Touring Band VHS, PJ20 videos vs. sales of bootlegs. I'm not privy to these numbers, but I would guess audio bootleg sales > video sales.
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Even though they always had an open taping policy, it was accompanied by a no video cameras policy. They don't put out live dvd/bluray's too often (11 years since the last one). When they do festivals, quite often they asked for their video not to be streamed/televised :(
I think the simple answer is that the band (or someone in the band) isn't a big fan of video.
They archive all of the footage but choose not to even release a single complete show. That is the sad part if you ask me. I am still holding out hope that there may be a deluxe version of Wrigley but I doubt it. They did not archive PJ20 properly and the raw footage was lost by the venue. We know the Spectrum show was scrapped but filmed as others along the way. Not a single complete Bluray ever by them or a complete show even in Standard Definition since 2003 MSG. They have obviously made a choice to prefer the themed docu / live style releases.
im sure its eddie
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