Ed Upsets Founder of "Bring Pearl Jam to Israel" Campaign

[broken iris]

Pj.com @ 12:40pm on 19.July. Definitely not choosing sides. Nope.

[bodysnatcher]

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x21qzfo_eddie-vedder-imagine-live-in-portugal_music

wow, in tempo

[dprival78]

wow, that actually wasn't embarrassing.

[E.H. Ruddock]

Does ih8pork still post here?

[B]

Bold is not for emphasis, just Novoselic's words.

Now Novoselic has written on his blog: "Thank you, Eddie, for speaking up for peace in our world.

"Eddie has gotten some criticism over comments he made about the conflict between the Palestinians and Israelis. That situation has been messed up for so long, it is no wonder that even mentioning it is toxic.

"Let's face it – the relationship between the Palestinians and the Israelis is a disaster! I don't know how many times I have heard the same explanations and excuses, and it matters not. There is a continuing catastrophe between those two peoples."

Repeating Vedder's sentiments, Novoselic says: "Our world is connected as never before. People from all corners of the planet share culture and commerce at the click of a mouse. In contrast to this great convergence of humanity, Israel is building tall concrete walls while Palestinians fire rockets over them."

He goes on: "There's a shared recent history between these people, and I think there could be a shared future that's more in tune with what's going on with our ever-connected universe.

"It is the knuckleheads on both sides that should be criticised – not the singer from a rock band. Thanks, Eddie, for sharing your feelings. I stand with you, my friend."

Vedder raised the topic again during a Pearl Jam concert in Portugal on Friday, before performing an acoustic version of John Lennon track Imagine for the first time.

The singer told the crowd: "You know sometimes if you speak out, people are going to misunderstand and they take things a certain way or another. If you don’t speak out, you don’t know. If someone doesn’t like it, it probably means it has some kind of meaning – it’s not just bullshit."

http://classicrock.teamrock.com/news/20 ... -palestine

[Jorge]

Let's face it – the relationship between the Palestinians and the Israelis is a disaster!

WHAT

[BurtReynolds]

Let's face it – the relationship between the Palestinians and the Israelis is a disaster!

WHAT

lol

[ABNorman]

Woah, "Eddie Vedder" has just started trending on Facebook.

This just got real.

[Strat]

Hilarious how much press he is getting for playing Imagine.

[BurtReynolds]

at least its not No More.

[Lament]

at least its not No More.

Imagine there's no more No More.

[BurtReynolds]

at least its not No More.

Imagine there's no more No More.

I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one

[Wendy Carlos's Twin]

Ugh.

[96583UP]

This shit has gone on long enough.

I am so fed up with this same old crap.

Can they please FINALLY make an "Imagine" PJ gift card?

[Wendy Carlos's Twin]

IMAGINE NO POSSESSIONS

[mastaflatch]

well, Lennon wasn't exactly what you'd call "poor" when he wrote that.

[Mecca]

at least its not No More.

Imagine there's no more No More.

[Man in Black]

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x21qzfo_eddie-vedder-imagine-live-in-portugal_music

Jesus H. Christ.
Check out that crowd.
It's like 10,000 Laments, all in one building.

[broken iris]

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x21qzfo_eddie-vedder-imagine-live-in-portugal_music

Jesus H. Christ.
Check out that crowd.
It's like 10,000 Laments, all in one building.

What's on all the signs? "play Cold Concession you pussies!"?

[prl]

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x21qzfo_eddie-vedder-imagine-live-in-portugal_music

Jesus H. Christ.
Check out that crowd.
It's like 10,000 Laments, all in one building.

What's on all the signs? "play Cold Concession you pussies!"?

The audience raised a lot of signs with "peace", "hope", "no war" and some other related words written to show him their support after the confusion about his anti-war diatribe in the Milton Keyes show. It was an organized thing and when everyone heard that he was going to play Imagine (he played it on the soundcheck) it was decided that the signs would be shown then.

This video is even better and has the full speech / signs (2:15) before the song: