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2018 Tour > Facing a Politics-heavy tour (ala 1996) all over again?
mattsavard
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As someone who was at the 1996 Charlotte show where the band wallpapered downtown with Jesse Helms "Little White Lies" posters, and brought out Gloria Stienem to speak between sets, I've enjoyed their trend toward minimizing over politics at shows since then. They even address their recognizing fan backlash against overdoing the politics side of things in PJ20.
Obviously with Trump in office, Ed is worked up (as evidenced by the Cant Deny) single... do we see a resurgence of politics-heavy themes/rants at the 2018 Ballpark shows?
Honestly I'm a little worried about it detracting from the experience for many, and possibly distracting the band a bit.
Obviously with Trump in office, Ed is worked up (as evidenced by the Cant Deny) single... do we see a resurgence of politics-heavy themes/rants at the 2018 Ballpark shows?
Honestly I'm a little worried about it detracting from the experience for many, and possibly distracting the band a bit.
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Anyway - very curious to see how much they dive into it this tour.
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Interesting responses. Trump is a dickmitten and I didn’t vote for him, but I guess as an 41yo old fart who works hard every day and is tired of politics bleeding into EVERYTHING (I’m looking at you, NFL/ESPN), it’s nice to have an escape from it for a bit.
Let’s say I guess if i knew i was getting 210 mins with the guys, I’d rather get 3hrs 30min of music instead of 3hrs of music and 30 mins of CNN soundbytes. I get enough of that everywhere else.
I get they’ve always been political, I’m not new by any means. I don’t mind a bit of venting before a song or two... but if gets rolling at least that’ll be a good time to grab a beer or take a piss
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2003 seems like the better analogy. Bush and the Iraq War were a central focus of "Riot Act" and the tour in support of it. This was the tour when Eddie was booed at Nassau Coliseum during "Bu$hleaguer."
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Sad but true. Band hasn’t changed it’s political outlook or how vocal they are about it for over 25 years. You know it’s coming, if you don’t want to hear it don’t come to the show or tune it out while you’re there.
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Agreed with the above....if I have to listen to that....I think a concert goer (who likes pearl jam) can manage to listen to 2 minutes of a rant before they play Porch.
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2018 Tour > Facing a Politics-heavy tour (ala 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017) all over again?
Fixed that for you.