Booing Bushleaguer

LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun · June 2006

i would boo it just cuz i dont like the song. its really more of a spoken word hate letter to Bush. kinda boring. i pretty much consider myself a moderate (maybe leaning more to the left). the nonstop politics does get a little tedious after awhile.

homeratbat · June 2006

MILKwasAbadChoice wrote:

they booed bushleaguer cuz its not a great song... and im pretty sure the last time they played CAA and i know so...was in 98 before G.W.B

amen to the first part of ur story! i was there didnt boo it but wouldnt have been in love if they played it! also i think part of the crowd was confused on what eddie was asking from them it was a kinda long story that he didnt seem to have a point to to be quite honest

ii44 · June 2006

Anyone who boos Bu$hleaguer is a pu$$y.

ii44 · June 2006

MrSmith wrote:

i would boo it just cuz i dont like the song. its really more of a spoken word hate letter to Bush. kinda boring.

It's kind of out of place on RA, but its pretty cool live. I saw the play it @ Seattle in '02 it was hilarious.

MichaelMcKevin · June 2006

MILKwasAbadChoice wrote:

they booed bushleaguer cuz its not a great song... and im pretty sure the last time they played CAA and i know so...was in 98 before G.W.B

Although i agree with Bushleaguer as a personal statement, it's not a good performance song. To be honest, I usually skip it. It's not a song known for musical quality. The majority of its lyrics aren't even sung, they're just spoken. It's not even like you can sing along with it. I would never in my life boo Pearl Jam because i can name about 200 great reasons not to, but I'd probably leave to take a piss if "Bu$hleaguer" came on and i had to go.

Zoso · June 2006

I think they should play Bushleaguer this tour! I dont think ed should care if the crowd boos or not. Its only a song and also I agree with the song ten fold...American should get over the fact that PJ are critical of the bsh admionistration. It was played in Australia with no problems... actually it almost sounded as if it bought cheers rather than boo's.

cookies · June 2006

He got his point across. The cheers were louder then the boos. But he also said before they played leash was. No matter what we do you guys still come LOL LOL LOL.

Cookies

Zoso · June 2006

cookies wrote:

He got his point across. The cheers were louder then the boos. But he also said before they played leash was. No matter what we do you guys still come LOL LOL LOL.

Cookies

haha good point.

mookie blaylock 10 · June 2006

halifax, 22/09/05...most recent performance of bu$hleaguer...

the introduction..."this song is about an asshole"

personally, i liked bu$hleaguer a lot live...the heavy parts sound awesome!...

Blackout weaves its way through the cities
Blackout weaves its way through the cities
Blackout weaves its way,...

einatshaul · June 2006

I think the Band should play what they want! what's the point of having protest songs if you're not playing them cause a few people don't want to hear them?! I wish they played it at DC, that would've been the best place for it...

not4u · June 2006

boos are halfassed cheers at pj shows now.. *shakes head*

WEAPONX24 · June 2006

clydefro wrote:

At the NJ show tonight, Ed commented on the last time they were in the area that there was some unhappiness in the crowd when they played Bushleaguer (referencing the Uniondale '03 show). He then said they were not going to play that song tonight, but asked how many people would boo if they did. To my surprise, there were a very large number of boos. I don't understand how, after everything that has gone on in this country, people still feel a need to boo a song critical of GWB.

I was a little disgusted and uncomfortable at the crowd's reaction. I would have loved to tell the band that I'm sure plenty of people would welcome Bushleaguer and any other songs critical of this administration. The funny thing is that at the Nashville '03 show, people had no problem at all with the song and TN is a much more conservative state than NJ or NY. Anyway, I'm just a little stunned at the crowd's reaction tonight and confused.

No big deal...they just dont share the same political view as the band. Nothing wrong with that.

Evacuation Rules · June 2006

I was there and that isn't the impression I got at all. It was hard to hear Eddie in the echoey conditions and with their pussy sound system, first of all. He said that the last time they played "Bushleaguer" in New York people booed, and then the crowd booed. The impression I got is that they were booing the old booers. Then he asked if we would like to hear it and the crowd cheered loudly. Then he mentioned the "Play Leash You Pussies" signs and said that it's amazing how the crowd boos and calls them pussies but they still come back for more. Then they launched into "Leash".

And then there was the genius behind me who screamed at me for shouting "BOOM". He wanted to know why I was booing the band. He should write a review like that other moron. Then he kept asking his friends what "Footsteps" was. I wanted to smack him upside the head.

danmac · June 2006

You know where EV fucked up with this fantastically angry, lyrically brilliant, song? And if I ever, ever, get the chance to meet him, and after saying thanks for the music and all that, id tell him, id say "Err Ed, when you played Bushleaguer in 03, why the fuck did you have to accompany it by wearing stupid rubber masks and spearing them on your mic stand and all that shit? I mean, as the song goes, just let the song protest."

I believe that the morons who booed, were booing the defamation of the idol of America, the President, which is in some places akin to burning the flag. THey should have just got up there and sung the song, forget all that other bullshit. I hope they play it in europe, and I think its moronic to take a sign to a show asking for a song, but i think ill do one for bu$hleaguer!

Byrnzie · June 2006

Cheguevara6 wrote:

2500 lives lost

2500 lives lost? Really? Oh...you mean American lives, right? O.k, now I get ya. Nevermind the estimated 100,000 - 700,000 Iraqi lives that have been 'lost' due to the illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq!

Byrnzie · June 2006

Cheguevara6 wrote:

left wing commie Ny Times

Mate, if it is in fact true that the New York Times represents the extremity of left wing political thought in your country, then the U.S.A really is in trouble. I mean, if the perceived spectrum of acceptable debate in America extends merely between Fox news on the right and the New York Times on the left, then your country at this moment in time does not differ in any discernible way from that of 1930's Nazi Germany.

cincybearcat · June 2006

slightofjeff wrote:

maybe they just think it's a bad song, then

Hahaha...it is a bad song.

pjl44 · June 2006

Byrnzie wrote:

Mate, if it is in fact true that the New York Times represents the extremity of left wing political thought in your country, then the U.S.A really is in trouble. I mean, if the perceived spectrum of acceptable debate in America extends merely between Fox news on the right and the New York Times on the left, then your country at this moment in time does not differ in any discernible way from that of 1930's Nazi Germany.

Wow. Always love the kneejerk Nazi reference...bet you have one of those cool shirts with GW sportin' a Hitler moustache, too. Are those at Hot Topic yet?

Anyhow, I would say the differences start with the absence of concentration camps and move on down from there. Way to marginalize the Holocaust, douche.

By the way, Bu$hleaguer in Uniondale was spectacular. An incredibly charged performance and the tension in the building was unreal. I don't enjoy being blasted with non-productive political discourse, but you have to expect that from this band. If you go to a Pearl Jam show and boo their politics, then you haven't been paying attention the last 15 years.

cincybearcat · June 2006

pjl44 wrote:

If you go to a Pearl Jam show and boo their politics, then you haven't been paying attention the last 15 years.

Sure you have. Doesn't pearl jam want others to practice what they themselves preach? Speaking your mind.

NOCODE#1 · June 2006

Solat13 wrote:

I'm not surprised at all by the reaction. There are lots of PJ fans who are conservatives and also a lot of people who don't like the song. My friend who I was with at the show - she fit both of those qualifications and booed.

that song is awesome. id rather them deviate from the boring setlist since after boston 2

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