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  • tschav
    tschav Posts: 2,900
    Would love to see them go the Yondr route for a few small shows and not release bootlegs. Give the band a chance to do whatever they want and make a few mistakes, let Ed get political, etc. 

    I'd be fine with an EV solo tour next year, even if a new PJ album came out.

    I'd also be down if EV releases a duets album of covers before another PJ album releases.

    I would trade any more multi-day shows at Wrigley for single appearances at Alpine Valley (and I live 10 minutes from Wrigleyville).
  • vaggar99
    vaggar99 San Diego USA Posts: 3,431
    Fuck Wrigley
  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,491
    ConorKavanagh said:
    Anyone who would choose to go and see a Pearl Jam tribute band when Mudhoney is on in the same town on the same night is not okay, I believe.
    I wouldn't see either one.  I've found that PJ tribute bands always overdo Ed's voice and end up sounding more like Days of the New or Creed.  And Mudhoney is just murder on the ears.
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  • rummy
    rummy British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,466
    HesCalledDyer said:
    ConorKavanagh said:
    Anyone who would choose to go and see a Pearl Jam tribute band when Mudhoney is on in the same town on the same night is not okay, I believe.
    I wouldn't see either one.  I've found that PJ tribute bands always overdo Ed's voice and end up sounding more like Days of the New or Creed.  And Mudhoney is just murder on the ears.
    Admittedly, the likelihood of one overdoing EV's voice has kept me from seeing any PJ tribute bands - and the fact that I've been fortunate enough to have seen the real deal, on average, once per year over the last seven years!

  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,970
    lastexitlondon said: I'm old fashioned and I have found facebook/Twitter/Instagram just a pointless habit  that wastes time and causes problems and conflict when it's not their in real life. That s just my veiw. Too easy to be upset and to upset others. I'm good without all of it
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  • ledvedderman
    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
    rummy said:
    HesCalledDyer said:
    ConorKavanagh said:
    Anyone who would choose to go and see a Pearl Jam tribute band when Mudhoney is on in the same town on the same night is not okay, I believe.
    I wouldn't see either one.  I've found that PJ tribute bands always overdo Ed's voice and end up sounding more like Days of the New or Creed.  And Mudhoney is just murder on the ears.
    Admittedly, the likelihood of one overdoing EV's voice has kept me from seeing any PJ tribute bands - and the fact that I've been fortunate enough to have seen the real deal, on average, once per year over the last seven years!

    The worst concert experience of my life was seeing Evenflow the tribute band once in St. Louis. It was awful. The lead singer was a tool. They had girls up on stage making out and showing their stuff during Daughter. Of all songs...Daughter. My first live experience of hearing Sad was thar band. I remember when the band kicked into Sad during The Vic show my mind went back to that night and thought, “I really wish this was my first live experience with this song and not the version from those fucking tools in Evenflow.” 
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  • vaggar99
    vaggar99 San Diego USA Posts: 3,431
    ^^^
    that does sound awful.  i would have left.
  • ledvedderman
    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
    vaggar99 said:
    ^^^
    that does sound awful.  i would have left.
    That’s exactly what I did. (The tribute show. Not  The Vic. Ha!)
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  • PB11041
    PB11041 Earth Posts: 2,845
    Covering a band is one thing.  Covering a bands entire catalog that is active is just...I actually do not have the correct words for it.

    Some band that has some silly name like EvenFlow was playing before the Philly 2003 Spectrum show.  All I wanted to do was buy the fanclub member who got me his extra a beer.  We were both slowly tortured, started laughing and just went into the spectrum to talk PJ instead waiting for Sparta to open up instead.
    His eminence has yet to show. 
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  • 100 Pacer
    100 Pacer Toronto, ON Posts: 9,325
    edited December 2018
    I actually found myself giddy while holding my iPhone up along with the crowd during Won’t Back Down. For years I refused to give up my BlackBerry but finally acknowledged if Ed is going to *really* notice me I need a proper device flashlight. 
    To quote the 10C from Newsletter #8: "Please understand we have a lot of members and it is very hard to please everybody. If you are one of those unhappy people...please call 1-900-IDN-TCAR."

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  • Lerxst1992
    Lerxst1992 Posts: 7,939
    PB11041 said:
    Covering a band is one thing.  Covering a bands entire catalog that is active is just...I actually do not have the correct words for it.

    Some band that has some silly name like EvenFlow was playing before the Philly 2003 Spectrum show.  All I wanted to do was buy the fanclub member who got me his extra a beer.  We were both slowly tortured, started laughing and just went into the spectrum to talk PJ instead waiting for Sparta to open up instead.


    Another liberal use of the word "active."
  • pashapasaman
    pashapasaman Posts: 499
    The End is a good song
    PJ 2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes
    PJ 2018: London 1, Padova, Roma, Prague, Krakow, Berlin, Barcelona, Madrid, Lisbon, London 2
    EV 2017: Amsterdam 2&3, London 1&2
  • ledvedderman
    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
    pashapasaman said:
    The End is a good song
    Yes it is. 
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  • rummy
    rummy British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,466
    A lot of the tour posters are really ugly.
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,486
    ledvedderman said:
    pashapasaman said:
    The End is a good song
    Yes it is. 
    IN A WELL
    WHAT THE HELL
    DID I FELL?
    WHO CAN TELL
    THIS IS HELL

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  • Lerxst1992
    Lerxst1992 Posts: 7,939
    rummy said:
    A lot of the tour posters are really ugly.

    Thank you. I thought it was me.
  • vaggar99
    vaggar99 San Diego USA Posts: 3,431
    edited December 2018
    the band should stop releasing a holiday single on vinyl.  its pretty much a joke at this point.  its rarely anything worth getting excited about (or anything we have not already heard).  it can't be all that cheap to have these made. seems like a waste of effort and at this point, the band just does it out of tradition.  also, vinyl is a generally inconvenient format that really needs to die.
  • KN219077
    KN219077 Montana Posts: 1,201
    rummy said:
    A lot of the tour posters are really ugly.
    For a band of their size, they get some pretty awful posters. Like embarrassingly bad
  • vaggar99
    vaggar99 San Diego USA Posts: 3,431
    Eddie needs to stop drinking on stage.
  • B-Girl
    B-Girl Posts: 105
    HesCalledDyer said:
    It should be illegal to put anything except multi-colored lights on a Christmas tree. You’re all-white tree isn’t “elegant” or “classy.” On the contrary, Christmas is supposed to be festive, a celebration, not “elegant” or “classy.” 
    Hahaha, I think I might agree with you on that one..🤣

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