Why did they boo Eddie?

Thoughts_Arrive
Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
in A Moving Train
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EguwlTSzc80

I thought the majority of PJ fans are democrats?
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  • Shyner
    Shyner Posts: 1,226
    I seen the band get booed and i thought man this is just the cycle process but then i felt like crying cause of the position they were in as young men
  • unsung
    unsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    Shit gets old, play music.
  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    unsung said:
    Shit gets old, play music.
    When you don't want to hear it, eh?

    I like when a band has principles and asserts them. I loved when Waters slammed Trump. So did everyone else except for the few Cletuses that 'were offended' lol.

    In answer to the question: there were some people at the show that loved their war-mongering fraud of a president. And when the band played this song as a tribute which mocked him... they didn't like that. They were likely also bitter that the band doesn't have a lot of songs praising Jesus which made them additionally mad. Some had just found out that Glorified G wasn't a song about Jesus and having a relationship with him... they were really steamed (especially when they found out what the song was really about).
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  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,113
    edited January 2018
    that was one of the greatest show I had ever witnessed until that song.  Wow did that turn ugly real fast!

    They booed the band because a lot of people liked W, supported the war on terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan and thought the song was way too political (I mean ground zero is only around 30 miles away).  Looking back at it they should have just launched into the next song instead of letting Ed go off on a tangent.  
    Post edited by mcgruff10 on
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • JC29856
    JC29856 Posts: 9,617
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EguwlTSzc80

    I thought the majority of PJ fans are democrats?
    awesome stuff! when was that?
  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    mcgruff10 said:
    that was one of the greatest show I had ever witnessed until that song.  Wow did that turn ugly real fast!

    They booed the band because a lot of people liked W, supported the war on terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan and thought the song was way too political (I mean ground zero is only around 30 miles away).  Looking back at it they should have just launched into the next song instead of letting Ed go off on a tangent.  

    So hold on a second...

    ... my explanation was no good?

    (It would have been wild to be there).
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,113
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    that was one of the greatest show I had ever witnessed until that song.  Wow did that turn ugly real fast!

    They booed the band because a lot of people liked W, supported the war on terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan and thought the song was way too political (I mean ground zero is only around 30 miles away).  Looking back at it they should have just launched into the next song instead of letting Ed go off on a tangent.  

    So hold on a second...

    ... my explanation was no good?

    (It would have been wild to be there).
    Your explanation was good, I just lowered the sarcasm a tad lol.
    Dude the show was insane!  I was somewhere in the first 5 or 6 rows on the floor and it got ugly quick.  I'd say about half the crowd was really really pissed.  It could have been more but we are talking about a show that  is now 15 years old and my memory about pj shows tends to get fuzzy after a while.  
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,459
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EguwlTSzc80

    I thought the majority of PJ fans are democrats?
    about as accurate as all Aussies drink Fosters.
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  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    mcgruff10 said:
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    that was one of the greatest show I had ever witnessed until that song.  Wow did that turn ugly real fast!

    They booed the band because a lot of people liked W, supported the war on terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan and thought the song was way too political (I mean ground zero is only around 30 miles away).  Looking back at it they should have just launched into the next song instead of letting Ed go off on a tangent.  

    So hold on a second...

    ... my explanation was no good?

    (It would have been wild to be there).
    Your explanation was good, I just lowered the sarcasm a tad lol.
    Dude the show was insane!  I was somewhere in the first 5 or 6 rows on the floor and it got ugly quick.  I'd say about half the crowd was really really pissed.  It could have been more but we are talking about a show that  is now 15 years old and my memory about pj shows tends to get fuzzy after a while.  

    Lol

    Thanks, buddy! I need a few around here to help me with my crappy deliveries (my message tends to get lost).
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  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,113
    JC29856 said:
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EguwlTSzc80

    I thought the majority of PJ fans are democrats?
    awesome stuff! when was that?
    uniondale '03.  (Nassau coliseum)
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    mcgruff10 said:
    that was one of the greatest show I had ever witnessed until that song.  Wow did that turn ugly real fast!

    They booed the band because a lot of people liked W, supported the war on terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan and thought the song was way too political (I mean ground zero is only around 30 miles away).  Looking back at it they should have just launched into the next song instead of letting Ed go off on a tangent.  
    This just perfectly illustrates the mass hysteria and delusions that surrounded that event and the months afterwards.
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  • JC29856
    JC29856 Posts: 9,617
    mcgruff10 said:
    JC29856 said:
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EguwlTSzc80

    I thought the majority of PJ fans are democrats?
    awesome stuff! when was that?
    uniondale '03.  (Nassau coliseum)
    when you say it turned ugly you mean, like fights broke out or throwing things at the band?
  • Go Beavers
    Go Beavers Posts: 9,546
    mcgruff10 said:
    that was one of the greatest show I had ever witnessed until that song.  Wow did that turn ugly real fast!

    They booed the band because a lot of people liked W, supported the war on terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan and thought the song was way too political (I mean ground zero is only around 30 miles away).  Looking back at it they should have just launched into the next song instead of letting Ed go off on a tangent.  
    You touch on part of the problem. People were duped into thinking the war in Iraq had something to do with terrorism. 
  • OnWis97
    OnWis97 St. Paul, MN Posts: 5,610
    edited January 2018
    That was a very strange time in America (not as strange as right now, but still...).

    9/11 was still very fresh in our minds and George W. Bush was still in his post-9/11 honeymoon.  This was during a period of about 18 months where he was not only very popular (near 90% for a while), but even a little bit of criticism of him was not tolerated, even once it became clear he was riding the wave where he took it (to Iraq).  We were starting over on the whole "protest is patriotic" issue that had made America great.

    And this was near NYC, which obviously had the most direct connection to 9/11.  There was this odd undercurrent that not loving W was somehow unpatriotic and even lacked sympathy for 9/11 victims.  

    It wasn't much after this clip that W's post-9/11 honeymoon ended and he sort of became just another polarizing president.  The outrage over criticism toward him subsided.  Heck, I don't remember boos at the Boston 1 show later that summer (early July; not sure exactly when this show was).  

    The band was on the right side of history. I don't mean on any particular issue (though I think that, too) but regarding the basic freedom to criticize a person in power and the danger of blindly worshiping them.
    Post edited by OnWis97 on
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  • stuckinline
    stuckinline Posts: 3,406
    The upcoming shows will be interesting.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    I think a lot of people booed him because a lot of people are reactionary and rather goddamn stupid.  History will show Ed was 100% correct.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    edited January 2018
    brianlux said:
    I think a lot of people booed him because a lot of people are reactionary and rather goddamn stupid.  History will show Ed was 100% correct.
    This statement is almost 100% correct.

    If you take out 'rather'... you nailed it!

    (Scruffy taught me today that we need to help each other out to successfully deliver the messages we intend to send... so I'm just doing my part!).
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    brianlux said:
    I think a lot of people booed him because a lot of people are reactionary and rather goddamn stupid.  History will show Ed was 100% correct.
    This statement is almost 100% correct.

    If you take out 'rather'... you nailed it!

    (Scruffy taught me today that we need to help each other out to successfully deliver the messages we intend to send... so I'm just doing my part!).
    Thank Scruffy for me!  :smiley:
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  • JC29856
    JC29856 Posts: 9,617
    brianlux said:
    I think a lot of people booed him because a lot of people are reactionary and rather goddamn stupid.  History will show Ed was 100% correct.
    Hasn't history already proven Ed correct?
    You think Ed talked about "having a voice in how the US is represented" while vacationing in Hawaii? 
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    JC29856 said:
    brianlux said:
    I think a lot of people booed him because a lot of people are reactionary and rather goddamn stupid.  History will show Ed was 100% correct.
    Hasn't history already proven Ed correct?
    You think Ed talked about "having a voice in how the US is represented" while vacationing in Hawaii? 
    Donald Trump is president so I'd say, no, history hasn't proved shit to America... yet.  It will.
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    -Roberto Benigni

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