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  • vaggar99
    vaggar99 San Diego USA Posts: 3,431
    Ledbetterman10 said:
    vaggar99 said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Unpopular opinion -- THEY SHOULD KEEP THE FANCLUB SINGLE!
    i'm slightly bummed at this announcement.  not because i really get excited about.  but, it seems a very clear gesture that the band is moving solidly into nostalgia territory.
    I remember when the Vs/Vitalogy re-release came out, Jeff was asked if there will be one for No Code/Yield and he replied that he wasn't sure because that last thing they want is to be a nostalgia band. 
    i also remember him saying around the time of Riot Act/Avocado that the band still has its best work in them.  Their "jazz opus"
  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 17,014
    vaggar99 said:
    Ledbetterman10 said:
    vaggar99 said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Unpopular opinion -- THEY SHOULD KEEP THE FANCLUB SINGLE!
    i'm slightly bummed at this announcement.  not because i really get excited about.  but, it seems a very clear gesture that the band is moving solidly into nostalgia territory.
    I remember when the Vs/Vitalogy re-release came out, Jeff was asked if there will be one for No Code/Yield and he replied that he wasn't sure because that last thing they want is to be a nostalgia band. 
    i also remember him saying around the time of Riot Act/Avocado that the band still has its best work in them.  Their "jazz opus"
    So he was wrong on two counts lol

    As for the "nostalgia" thing, that's actually okay with me. If they just want to do a show here and show there and play all the old songs, I'll still buy a ticket. I'd rather that than them trying to put together an album when they don't seem to have it in them anymore. 
    2000: Camden 1, 2003: Philly, State College, Camden 1, MSG 2, Hershey, 2004: Reading, 2005: Philly, 2006: Camden 1, 2, East Rutherford 1, 2007: Lollapalooza, 2008: Camden 1, Washington D.C., MSG 1, 2, 2009: Philly 1, 2, 3, 4, 2010: Bristol, MSG 2, 2011: PJ20 1, 2, 2012: Made In America, 2013: Brooklyn 2, Philly 2, 2014: Denver, 2015: Global Citizen Festival, 2016: Philly 2, Fenway 1, 2018: Fenway 1, 2, 2021: Sea. Hear. Now. 2022: Camden, 2024: Philly 2, 2025: Pittsburgh 1

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  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,500
    They discontinue something they haven't been able to fulfill for years and suddenly it's "the end of their career."  Good grief you all are dramatic.
    Star Lake 00 / Pittsburgh 03 / State College 03 / Bristow 03 / Cleveland 06 / Camden II 06 / DC 08 / Pittsburgh 13 / Baltimore 13 / Charlottesville 13 / Cincinnati 14 / St. Paul 14 / Hampton 16 / Wrigley I 16 / Wrigley II 16 / Baltimore 20 / Camden 22 / Baltimore 24 / Raleigh I 25 / Raleigh II 25 / Pittsburgh I 25
  • vaggar99
    vaggar99 San Diego USA Posts: 3,431
    HesCalledDyer said:
    They discontinue something they haven't been able to fulfill for years and suddenly it's "the end of their career."  Good grief you all are dramatic.
    eh, just expressing our frustration.  i think we all realize that this sort thing was inevitable.
  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,500
    vaggar99 said:
    HesCalledDyer said:
    They discontinue something they haven't been able to fulfill for years and suddenly it's "the end of their career."  Good grief you all are dramatic.
    eh, just expressing our frustration.  i think we all realize that this sort thing was inevitable.
    True, and I was one of the ones most vocal with frustration about the single.  I get that, totally!  But the band isn't breaking up.
    Star Lake 00 / Pittsburgh 03 / State College 03 / Bristow 03 / Cleveland 06 / Camden II 06 / DC 08 / Pittsburgh 13 / Baltimore 13 / Charlottesville 13 / Cincinnati 14 / St. Paul 14 / Hampton 16 / Wrigley I 16 / Wrigley II 16 / Baltimore 20 / Camden 22 / Baltimore 24 / Raleigh I 25 / Raleigh II 25 / Pittsburgh I 25
  • vaggar99
    vaggar99 San Diego USA Posts: 3,431
    HesCalledDyer said:
    vaggar99 said:
    HesCalledDyer said:
    They discontinue something they haven't been able to fulfill for years and suddenly it's "the end of their career."  Good grief you all are dramatic.
    eh, just expressing our frustration.  i think we all realize that this sort thing was inevitable.
    True, and I was one of the ones most vocal with frustration about the single.  I get that, totally!  But the band isn't breaking up.
    who knows? maybe they will surprise and start giving us some actual real new music yearly in the form of a digital download?  Wishful thinking, i know.   
  • drakeheuer14
    drakeheuer14 Posts: 4,625
    Release a song that is catchy. Not boring and stupid type catchy, but stuck in my head for weeks because of a great hook (plays Blues Traveler) and I can’t stop singing type catchy. 

    I love the deep lyrics and the buildups, as I feel most people here do, so I think this may be unpopular? This description probably doesn’t even make sense outside of my own head lol. 
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  • vaggar99
    vaggar99 San Diego USA Posts: 3,431
    edited December 2018
    Ledbetterman10 said:
    vaggar99 said:
    Ledbetterman10 said:
    vaggar99 said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Unpopular opinion -- THEY SHOULD KEEP THE FANCLUB SINGLE!
    i'm slightly bummed at this announcement.  not because i really get excited about.  but, it seems a very clear gesture that the band is moving solidly into nostalgia territory.
    I remember when the Vs/Vitalogy re-release came out, Jeff was asked if there will be one for No Code/Yield and he replied that he wasn't sure because that last thing they want is to be a nostalgia band. 
    i also remember him saying around the time of Riot Act/Avocado that the band still has its best work in them.  Their "jazz opus"
    So he was wrong on two counts lol

    As for the "nostalgia" thing, that's actually okay with me. If they just want to do a show here and show there and play all the old songs, I'll still buy a ticket. I'd rather that than them trying to put together an album when they don't seem to have it in them anymore. 
    rethinking my nostalgia comment.  maybe a little over the top and perhaps ironic considering that vinyl is essentially a nostalgia format.  

    sounds like a new album is in the works and I choose to be optimistic here.  

    i haven't seen a live show since 2010 :(  which is very strange for me to think about.  before that i'd seen them in one form or another pretty much once a year or more for the previous 12 or so years.  I think a good live show would get me back into the swing.  I really do miss the full blown tours where they covered most every region.

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