nerraw Basic Member Posts:475  
| 4/29/2006 9:17 AM |
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Wasn't expecting that.
A friend was meant to buy them but couldn't drag his arse out of bed to go online. Luckily I'm not a very trusting friend and got two tickets to be on the safe side.  |
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bonzoBasic Member Posts:364
| 4/29/2006 10:00 AM |
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my head is wrecked. couldn't get through to it this morning. bet they are already up on ebay...
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nerrawBasic Member Posts:475
| 4/29/2006 10:38 AM |
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Originally posted by bonzo
my head is wrecked. couldn't get through to it this morning. bet they are already up on ebay...
Be surprised if a second date isn't added. And yup they are on ebay |
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bonzoBasic Member Posts:364
| 4/29/2006 11:30 AM |
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It'll have to be 22 Aug. Just been on their website. Basically they are doing the Dublin show as a warm up for Reading/Leeds.
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Antistar Advanced Member Posts:544
| 4/29/2006 1:43 PM |
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Sold out? That's amazing and a little odd.
Back in the grunge era Nirvana were of course the kings, closely followed by Mudhoney, Screaming Trees, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, all fine bands...but Pearl Jam? They were always a bit of a joke.I liked one or two of their songs but way too bombastic,Vedder's histrionics making even Bono look like Mark E Smith, something really contrived about them right down to their ridiculous shorts and flannel shirts (!), Kurt Cobain hated them.... and now they're selling out the Point in 2006??? !!!
Who bought all those tickets? Do they have a new, young post-grunge fanbase or are they all early thirtysomethings like myself all trying to party like it's 1991/2 all over again.?
Bizarre.
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ArchieBasic Member Posts:458
| 4/30/2006 9:04 AM |
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Originally posted by Antistar
Who bought all those tickets? Do they have a new, young post-grunge fanbase or are they all early thirtysomethings like myself all trying to party like it's 1991/2 all over again.?
Yes, exactly! Pearl Jam are one of the staple rock giants of any discerning rock teenager. It's hard to have teenage angst without them. The Point will be full of black-hoodie-wearing, long-haired 17-year-old guitarists. I know because I wanted to be one of them, except that I'm 18 and would probably go wearing bright green or something. |
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nerrawBasic Member Posts:475
| 4/30/2006 11:18 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Antistar
Sold out? That's amazing and a little odd.
Back in the grunge era Nirvana were of course the kings, closely followed by Mudhoney, Screaming Trees, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, all fine bands...but Pearl Jam? They were always a bit of a joke.I liked one or two of their songs but way too bombastic,Vedder's histrionics making even Bono look like Mark E Smith, something really contrived about them right down to their ridiculous shorts and flannel shirts (!), Kurt Cobain hated them.... and now they're selling out the Point in 2006??? !!!
Who bought all those tickets? Do they have a new, young post-grunge fanbase or are they all early thirtysomethings like myself all trying to party like it's 1991/2 all over again.?
Bizarre.
Kurt Cobain hated them? They wear flannel shirts. Damn, and there is me buying cds because i liked their music. Instead I should've listened to the pixies cover band frontman |
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| 4/30/2006 11:25 AM |
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I heard it was 2.5 mins?
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Una Veteran Member Posts:1721
| 4/30/2006 12:29 PM |
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Better Man is for me, one of the defining songs of that era.
as per the Cobain thing - not that it matters whether other famous musicians like something or not, but for arguments sake - I remember reading that he thought they were 'fake' until he saw them live, and changed his mind upon realising they had 'passion'.
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DromedAdvanced Member Posts:900
| 5/2/2006 8:46 AM |
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'Ten' is still one of my old favourites - it's got some beautiful songs on it. They lost me though after Rear View Mirror - I just grew out of the angst-ridden vibe and it didn't do it for me any more - but I still stick Ten on every now and then and it makes me sentimental!
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MullyAdvanced Member Posts:849
| 5/2/2006 9:16 AM |
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Originally posted by Antistar
Do they have a new, young post-grunge fanbase or are they all early thirtysomethings like myself all trying to party like it's 1991/2 all over again.?
I think a little from Column A, & a lot from Column B.
Seems there recent Web Only Single, went to No.1 on the Billboard Chart, purely from Radio Requests.
I'm liking the new album, sounds alot like Vitalogy. |
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Nomington New Member Posts:81
| 5/2/2006 10:27 AM |
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I could never of seen Pearl Jam as a joke. Yeah it's exactly what the black hoodie-wearing, hairy central bank heads are probably listening to but so what? They're all probably listening to Nirvana & Soundgarden too.
I agree with Una, 'Better Man' is a brilliant song, and certainly not the work of a joke. Also I think there are 2 types of Pearl Jam fans, the ones who think that Ten, and maybe Verses was their only decent album, and then the ones like me, who think everything up to and including yield was brilliant (I can't really comment on Binaural or Riot Act because never listened to them enough)
I think the fact that they stopped making typical early 90's grunge after Verses turned a lot of people off. It made them a different band and not the stereotypical grunge band people had come to expect. I think it was the best thing they did, they did a minor re-invention and just enough to keep it fresh but still retain their own stamp. Can you imagine 8(?) albums into their career and still using the same sound? At least they were innovating and going for a new sound before grunge was getting old. Even with Vedders' vocals, using 'Better Man' as an example again,it's far from the crooning on the likes of 'Jeremy'.
Regardless of my rantings, I don't have tickets. Boooo!
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EarthhorseNew Member Posts:55
| 5/2/2006 10:53 AM |
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Originally posted by Dromed
'Ten' is still one of my old favourites - it's got some beautiful songs on it. They lost me though after Rear View Mirror - I just grew out of the angst-ridden vibe and it didn't do it for me any more...
That's funny, cause right after Vs., on which Rear View Mirror appears, they grew out of it too. Seriously, Vitalogy is the sound of a band grown up.
It's also funny how, over ten years after their debut, Pearl Jam are still having difficulty shirking off the image of 'fakes' in certain circles. I remember feeling that way about them at the time - because everyone was saying it so it *must* have been true. But after listening to the albums any music fan will be convinced of their sincerity.
And if Pearl Jam are reading this and want to send me the tickets I failed to get despite being up at half eight on a Saturday morning refreshing like spring breeze then who am I to stop them? |
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