Let's Play Two: Live from Wrigley Field

[Strat]

That's a long time to wait. Even in his best years - strat wouldn't wait 4 days.

That was way before strat started talking about strat in the third person.

I think i started waiting in line at the United CEnter 2003 from the morning. Scored front row but that was when they had the block system so i was guaranteed within the first 7. Those were the days, eh?

[Tuolumne]

Red Mosquito Forum: "I want the band to challenge me! Do something different, delve into new subject matter, don't just do the same ol same ol!!! Please, just different, I dont care what it is, just do something different!"

Band: "Here's something kinda different. It's not what you would expect!"

RMF: "What is this??!!! It's different, it's not what I want, this sucks!"

[VinylGuy]

Also I should say that Tim Bierman was super nice.

OMG SELLOUT

[VinylGuy]

Red Mosquito Forum: "I want the band to challenge me! Do something different, delve into new subject matter, don't just do the same ol same ol!!! Please, just different, I dont care what it is, just do something different!"

Band: "Here's something kinda different. It's not what you would expect!"

RMF: "What is this??!!! It's different, it's not what I want, this sucks!"

[evenslow]

Red Mosquito Forum: "I want the band to challenge me! Do something different, delve into new subject matter, don't just do the same ol same ol!!! Please, just different, I dont care what it is, just do something different!"

Band: "Here's something kinda different. It's not what you would expect!"

RMF: "What is this??!!! It's different, it's not what I want, this sucks!"

who is this directed at?

[mikejasond]

Also, I watched the movie, LET'S PLAY TWO. It was fun. But it's not what I wanted.

However, the lowest form of criticism is talking about shit you wanted it to be, rather than judging it on what it is.

I wanted it to be Immagine in Cornice 2: Chicago Style. Instead it was 10% Pearl Jam, 50% Eddie Vedder and 40% Chicago Cubs. My favorite parts, however small, were the 10% Pearl Jam. Them on the roof at Murphy's, interviews with Jeff and Mike, backstage type shit - that's what I really want to see. The rest of it was wow how great the Cubs are and Edward Vedder really loves the Cubs. That's fine, but not what I wanted.

The music parts sounded really good, however, the selections were very obvious - Elderly Woman, Black, Alive, Jeremy, Given to Fly, Corduroy.

My favorite parts were Low Light and Release - both sounded fantastic and Ed was in top 2016 form.

So, not sure what to say. It was fine. Fun to watch, but I didn't care much for the Cubs stuff and the songs chosen were on the nose. But overall, it was a lot of fun to see at the Metro.

EXCEPT, right in front of me were the absolute worst PEARL JAM FANS YOU KNOW. Two total fucking meathead motherfuckers, straight from Gold's Gym one-day membership cuz they happen to be in town. Talking the entire fucking time, ruining it for everyone, standing up and drunkenly singing along to Elderly Woman (pretty sure I hate that song now). Everyone else was actually super cool - and whaddya know many females were there - but these douchebags made me rethink what the fuck I'm doing with my life. If I like Pearl Jam... and these dipshits like Pearl Jam... something has gone wrong.

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What percentage of the movie was concert footage? If there's less than an hour of that there's no way Im seeing it. I was hoping like "*Plays through 3 songs* *A little interlude of eddie and the cubs or whatever * *more songs*"

But it sounds ilke the songs are the little interludes so its like...WHY EVEN GO

[Strat]

Red Mosquito Forum: "I want the band to challenge me! Do something different, delve into new subject matter, don't just do the same ol same ol!!! Please, just different, I dont care what it is, just do something different!"

Band: "Here's something kinda different. It's not what you would expect!"

RMF: "What is this??!!! It's different, it's not what I want, this sucks!"

Well that's a strange narrative you churned up

[Jorge]

I guess a movie about a fucking baseball team is pretty challenging

[Monkey_Driven]

I'm honestly more excited to see this knowing it is something a little different than what they've done before. I also have a soft spot for the Cubs and Cubs' fans too.

[Wendy Carlos's Twin]

I have never been less interested in something.

[EJ]

I guess a movie about a fucking baseball team is pretty challenging

[Norah]

I wanted it to be Immagine in Cornice 2: Chicago Style. Instead it was 10% Pearl Jam, 50% Eddie Vedder and 40% Chicago Cubs.

Why on Earth did Jeff and Stone sign off on this thoroughly weird project?

Agreed. Actually, from what this sounds like, a more interesting approach would have been for Ed to have filmed this along with what I'm sure is decades worth of other footage he has on 8mm. He could throw in some performance footage, interviews, etc. Maybe that would have been a better 30 for 30 on ESPN instead of a full film, but I would have actually been more interested in something like that then something billed as Pearl Jam.

All of that said, I'm seeing it next Tuesday so we'll see how I feel then.

"This sounds dumb, but I'm going to support it anyway"

[Strat]

Is there a digital version of this being released?

[Wendy Carlos's Twin]

I thought I'd seen my last Pearl Jam show when the can-can dancers came out with scorecards, the bros were hootin' and hollerin' and beer was flying everywhere. I felt like I had been tricked into attending a gay frat porn orgy filming. I had get out of there because I value my anus.

[B]

The soundtrack CD is included with the DVD? Aw, you fuckers.

[bodysnatcher]

i guess MLB's and Pearl Jam's average demographic is the same, so makes sense.

[evenslow]

What percentage of the movie was concert footage? If there's less than an hour of that there's no way Im seeing it. I was hoping like "*Plays through 3 songs* *A little interlude of eddie and the cubs or whatever * *more songs*"

But it sounds ilke the songs are the little interludes so its like...WHY EVEN GO

There's about 10 full songs in the movie.

[evenslow]

Low Light
Betterman
Elderly Woman
Last Exit
Lightning Bolt
Black Red Yellow
Black
Jeremy
Given to Fly
Corduroy
Inside Job
Release
Go
Crazy Mary
Alive
All the Way
I've Got a Feeling

more than I remembered

[Wendy Carlos's Twin]

Betterman LOL

[bodysnatcher]

Is it Betterman, or Betterman (live)?