Please stop calling him "Uncle Neil"...

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  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,791
    It should just be ‘Neil’. There’s no need for the ‘Young’ part any more. POTR have been referring to the tour as ‘Neil and the Real’ on their Instagram posts.

    The Godfather Of Grunge thing was always lame though.
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    goldrush said:
    It should just be ‘Neil’. There’s no need for the ‘Young’ part any more. POTR have been referring to the tour as ‘Neil and the Real’ on their Instagram posts.

    The Godfather Of Grunge thing was always lame though.
    "Neil" it is!  :smile:
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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Never used the term, never will.

    I guess it's one of those things I don't give a shit if someone else does.
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,117
    In order of lameness:
    1. “It doesn’t get Eddie Vedder than this.”
    2.  Jamily
    3. Uncle Neil

    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • Attaway77
    Attaway77 Posts: 3,725
    Who gives a shit? Call him what you want..... This place cracks me up sometimes, it's like the cool kids table only.
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    mcgruff10 said:
    In order of lameness:
    1. “It doesn’t get Eddie Vedder than this.”
    2.  Jamily
    3. Uncle Neil

    LOL, you said it, McG.  Cute but... nooooooooooo!  :lol:
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    Attaway77 said:
    Who gives a shit? Call him what you want..... This place cracks me up sometimes, it's like the cool kids table only.
    Point taken but if you read through the thread, you'll see it's mostly just tossing some shit around and throwing in a few laughs.  :smile:

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  • deadendp
    deadendp Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434
    Attaway77 said:
    Who gives a shit? Call him what you want..... This place cracks me up sometimes, it's like the cool kids table only.
    I never sat at the cool kid table, but you are welcome to hang with me. I'll even share my snack cake with you. 
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  • Attaway77
    Attaway77 Posts: 3,725
    brianlux said:
    Attaway77 said:
    Who gives a shit? Call him what you want..... This place cracks me up sometimes, it's like the cool kids table only.
    Point taken but if you read through the thread, you'll see it's mostly just tossing some shit around and throwing in a few laughs.  :smile:

    I did.... This is what you said "This is just my two cents and I'm OK with anyone disagreeing"  So I did. It's all good man...
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    Attaway77 said:
    brianlux said:
    Attaway77 said:
    Who gives a shit? Call him what you want..... This place cracks me up sometimes, it's like the cool kids table only.
    Point taken but if you read through the thread, you'll see it's mostly just tossing some shit around and throwing in a few laughs.  :smile:

    I did.... This is what you said "This is just my two cents and I'm OK with anyone disagreeing"  So I did. It's all good man...
    No worries, Attaway, it's all cool.  :smile:
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    -Roberto Benigni

  • pearljammr78
    pearljammr78 Posts: 1,613
    I kinda like the Uncle Neil thing. When I hear someone say it in public, I automatically assume they are PJ fans. And after going to the Bridge School Benefit for years, it seemed like going to see Uncle Neil at shoreline year after year. The way he interacted with the kids and their families, he seemed to be a uncle to everyone in attendance. It was such a great time. 
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  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,491
    When I hear just "Neil" I think of Peart, not Young.  Sorry, not sorry.
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  • deadendp
    deadendp Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434
    pearljammr78 said:
    I kinda like the Uncle Neil thing. When I hear someone say it in public, I automatically assume they are PJ fans. And after going to the Bridge School Benefit for years, it seemed like going to see Uncle Neil at shoreline year after year. The way he interacted with the kids and their families, he seemed to be a uncle to everyone in attendance. It was such a great time. 
    Thank you for sharing that!  
    HesCalledDyer said:
    When I hear just "Neil" I think of Peart, not Young.  Sorry, not sorry.
    True.  Hadn't considered that, but very true. 
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  • Glorified KC
    Glorified KC KCMO Native Posts: 2,814
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  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,256
    Yeah, I feel like Eddie can call him uncle Neil.  That doesn’t mean everyone should.  

    It is weird if you really think about it.  
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    bootlegger10 said:
    Yeah, I feel like Eddie can call him uncle Neil.  That doesn’t mean everyone should.  

    It is weird if you really think about it.
    My feelings exactly.
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  • given2fly23
    given2fly23 Evanston, IL Posts: 6,042
    100% agree with the OP.  Add "Jamily" to the list too.

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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,673
    edited July 2019
    Of course people are going to say what they're going to say, and that is a-okay.... But I personally agree. I find it a little bit creepy or sucky or something, or at best just so copycatty it hurts.
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    given2fly23 said:
    100% agree with the OP.  Add "Jamily" to the list too.

    Yeah, it always struck me as way too cute.  But I do like the term Pearl Jam Community.  That sounds and feels right to me.
    PJ_Soul said:
    Of course people are going to say what they're going to say, and that is a-okay.... But I personally agree. I find it a little bit creepy or sucky or something, or at best just so copycatty it hurts.
    Absolutely.  I'm all for free speech.    It seems weird to me to call somebody most of us don't know or are related to by a familial word like "uncle".   The only thing I can think of that would be more embarrassingly weird would be for people to start calling him "Brother Neil".

    But then, he did do that one video with the  bit that has him dressed in a preacher's robes (was it "Mansion on the Hill"?) standing behind a pulpit, so maaaaaaaaybe "Father Young" would get a pass.  On the other hand, it seems all images from that video have been wiped from the internet so maybe not!
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    Master Jedi Neil sounds better
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