Red Mosquito

Lament wrote:

One example of this happened on the 2003 North American tour. Several fans with really low Tenclub numbers (allowing them to end up with the best seats) attending multiple shows on the tour would turn their backs to the band anytime a song was played they didn’t like or deemed old hat. Even worse, these fans would cross their arms and make fun of the other fans singing and dancing along.

I have never heard this one before. Is this really true? This was the tour I attended the most shows on and was back when I avidly followed every show's reports and details online, so I'm a bit wary. I suppose I wouldn't be too surprised if it were true though.

If it is true, then that is very douchey behavior. Those assholes need to be sent to a Scott Stapp solo concert as punishment.

it's true..there was a lot of this happenning..the band got pretty sick of the self entitlement bullshit and seeing the same faces every night with this stuff happenning.
hence the lottery system

Wow. That's just silly.

dimejinky99 wrote:it's true..there was a lot of this happenning..the band got pretty sick of the self entitlement bullshit and seeing the same faces every night with this stuff happenning hence the lottery system

I wonder if THIS is the result of "entitlement bullshit"... or just some really fucking BAD wine. You can tell Ed wants to fuck something (or someone) up with that bottle, but Hey, it's not 1994 anymore:

dimejinky99 wrote:it's true..there was a lot of this happenning..the band got pretty sick of the self entitlement bullshit and seeing the same faces every night with this stuff happenning.
hence the lottery system

Ahh, yes. The old "punish the class for the behavior of a few" routine.

Cooler, cleverer people would have responded by just playing exactly those songs twice at every show.

Lament wrote:

One example of this happened on the 2003 North American tour. Several fans with really low Tenclub numbers (allowing them to end up with the best seats) attending multiple shows on the tour would turn their backs to the band anytime a song was played they didn’t like or deemed old hat. Even worse, these fans would cross their arms and make fun of the other fans singing and dancing along.

I have never heard this one before. Is this really true? This was the tour I attended the most shows on and was back when I avidly followed every show's reports and details online, so I'm a bit wary. I suppose I wouldn't be too surprised if it were true though.

I've never heard of this before either.

I do recall Tim Bierman was reported to have moaned to some fans at one of the East Coast 2006 shows that the band were disappointed in the audience's generally muted reaction to the then-new songs from the self-titled record in contrast to how enthusiastic they were about any rarer, older songs that were played.

dimejinky99 wrote:it's true..there was a lot of this happenning..the band got pretty sick of the self entitlement bullshit and seeing the same faces every night with this stuff happenning.
hence the lottery system

Has it really made a difference? In 2013 I still saw the same 20-30 people in the front of every GA line and the same people walking out with copies of the setlists, pics, drum sticks, etc. And now with all this direct fan interaction during the show it's just gonna be worse. How many fucked up parents are now dragging their kids into GA for a chance to live vicariously through them when Ed gives the kid a mention on stage?

dimejinky99 wrote:this is a great read
http://matadornetwork.com/nights/how-to ... pearl-jam/

what an odd article for someone to write

stip wrote:

dimejinky99 wrote:this is a great read
http://matadornetwork.com/nights/how-to ... pearl-jam/

what an odd article for someone to write

"Brag about getting Tenclub tickets when everyone else is getting a “503” error." Man, did I enjoy the 2011 sabotage.

B wrote:

stip wrote:

dimejinky99 wrote:this is a great read
http://matadornetwork.com/nights/how-to ... pearl-jam/

what an odd article for someone to write

"Brag about getting Tenclub tickets when everyone else is getting a “503” error." Man, did I enjoy the 2011 sabotage.

I already apologized for that.

Iholdthepain wrote:

dimejinky99 wrote:it's true..there was a lot of this happenning..the band got pretty sick of the self entitlement bullshit and seeing the same faces every night with this stuff happenning hence the lottery system

I wonder if THIS is the result of "entitlement bullshit"... or just some really fucking BAD wine. You can tell Ed wants to fuck something (or someone) up with that bottle, but Hey, it's not 1994 anymore:

Spoiler: show

did someone fill that bottle with orange gatorade when eddie wanted fruit punch?

Iholdthepain wrote:I wonder if THIS is the result of "entitlement bullshit"... or just some really fucking BAD wine. You can tell Ed wants to fuck something (or someone) up with that bottle, but Hey, it's not 1994 anymore:

He is acting pretty entitled right there.

Lament wrote:

One example of this happened on the 2003 North American tour. Several fans with really low Tenclub numbers (allowing them to end up with the best seats) attending multiple shows on the tour would turn their backs to the band anytime a song was played they didn’t like or deemed old hat. Even worse, these fans would cross their arms and make fun of the other fans singing and dancing along.

I have never heard this one before. Is this really true? This was the tour I attended the most shows on and was back when I avidly followed every show's reports and details online, so I'm a bit wary. I suppose I wouldn't be too surprised if it were true though.

Man, I was in or close to the front row a few times during this time period and never saw any of this, but I'm curious to know if it's true. Of course, the answer is out there, as they had plenty of cameras rolling on the crowd. Would love to see some screenshots of a fan in the front row with his/her back to Ed.

Coach wrote:Man, I was in or close to the front row a few times during this time period and never saw any of this

Was, perhaps, your back turned to it?????

Coach wrote:

Lament wrote:

One example of this happened on the 2003 North American tour. Several fans with really low Tenclub numbers (allowing them to end up with the best seats) attending multiple shows on the tour would turn their backs to the band anytime a song was played they didn’t like or deemed old hat. Even worse, these fans would cross their arms and make fun of the other fans singing and dancing along.

I have never heard this one before. Is this really true? This was the tour I attended the most shows on and was back when I avidly followed every show's reports and details online, so I'm a bit wary. I suppose I wouldn't be too surprised if it were true though.

Man, I was in or close to the front row a few times during this time period and never saw any of this, but I'm curious to know if it's true. Of course, the answer is out there, as they had plenty of cameras rolling on the crowd. Would love to see some screenshots of a fan in the front row with his/her back to Ed.

I've seen people acting like an orchestra conductor before. I attributed that to drunkenness or wierdness, not duchebagness.

Last year in Seattle, I heard a story about Seattle 09 that involved fans reading a newspaper during songs they weren't interested in.

The worst that I've seen was MSG 08 (I think) a fan and his friend did murder / suicide with his finger gun during Last Kiss. I giggled.

CopperTom wrote: Last year in Seattle, I heard a story about Seattle 09 that involved fans reading a newspaper during songs they weren't interested in.

I was at both Seattle 09 shows and I didn't see any of that. I might have been too excited and not paying attention though because I saw Sir-Mix-A-Lot at one of the shows.

McParadigm wrote:

Coach wrote:Man, I was in or close to the front row a few times during this time period and never saw any of this

Was, perhaps, your back turned to it?????

Perhaps! I'll file a FOIA - Freedom of Information Act - so that we can get a hold of the video tape to investigate.

Jeff was the original jaded Pearl Jam fan.