Red Mosquito

I'll take it

I've seen multiple shows on all major N.A. tours since '96, except for 2005

2000 > 2006 > 1998 > 2003 > 1996

Birds in Hell wrote:

given2trade wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:2000

None of us can really answer this unless we saw multiple shows every year since 1991

If only there were a way we could listen again to those older performances so that we might make a reasonably-informed comparison...

shut up thenno or stenno

hlniv wrote:I've seen multiple shows on all major N.A. tours since '96, except for 2005

2000 > 2006 > 1998 > 2003 > 1996

Of tours I've seen:

2006 > 2003 > 2004 > 2009 + 2013 (tie)

2006 had the best show I've ever seen (Gorge I) and a great show in a small venue (Portland). Nothing tops that for me.

Iholdthepain wrote:

Farmer John wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:

hlniv wrote:And yes, i extended the "good 'ol day" timeframe through 2006.

I feel this way too.

Me too. 2006 might have even been their peak as a live band. Possibly.

2006 is one of my favorite tours ever, and it had the best show I've ever seen by any band (Gorge I). My esteem grew for that tour even more after I put together my "Touring Band 2006" mix and realized that it might be the best tour they've ever done, other than perhaps 1998. The only thing that would make me like 2006 more is if they had played more songs from Binaural, and if they'd played the original version of "In My Tree". Other than that, it's perfect for me.

bodysnatcher wrote:

stip wrote:

bodysnatcher wrote:

Leatherhead wrote:

bodysnatcher wrote:lol, people are saying pearl jam are above radiohead?

Pearl Jam are so much better than Radiohead. Even moneygrabbing Pearl Jam.

I can definitely respect your opinion. And at one point I would have completely agreed with you. But with my shifting musical tastes over the last 10-15 years, Radiohead is in a different league for me. The kind of league where I'll be bragging to younger kids when I'm older that I was around for them.

Raidohead hasn't done anything i've cared about (a few songs here and there) since OK Computer. Having said that, they've clearly been more influential for longer than Pearl Jam, although at the peek of their influence (in the states anyway) I think pearl jam dominated in a way radiohead didn't.

I think your PJ is my Radiohead, and in that I can respect your opinions on Backspacer and LB. Because your passion for those two albums is the way I feel about RH's latest, despite general public opinion

I feel that In Rainbows is Radiohead's masterwork thus far. My favorite PJ is No Code, so to some degree, I'm in agreement with you.

given2trade wrote:

96583UP wrote:

theplatypus wrote:

hlniv wrote:

warehouse wrote:

Heathen wrote:

warehouse wrote:when people here try to distinguish the first half of pearl jam's career vs the second, do people purposely look over what happened at roskilde in 2000? it seems to me if you are trying to narrow down when pearl jam "changed", seeing a bunch of fans die in front of them would be the most likely place.

In retrospect, these fans were lucky to not have to witness the post-riot act moneygrab.

not only isnt this funny, its borderline offensive. i know people here constantly try to be witty and whatnot, but this was a terrible attempt

Yeah, that's just poor taste

Those people died, Heathen.

No, this was kind of funny. Not funny like 'hey I'm glad those people died", but funny in like "this thread is totally ridiculous, and so why the hell not just make that joke"

FYI i was like one of 9 people who voted for Arc in march madness specifically out of my respect for its subject matter, so keep your high horse in your pants

heathen's tone was not to insult the dead but to insult the band, which deserves to be insulted, because its lead singer and fan club do so many stupid things now

now that that's settled, time to celebrate with some careless insults

i actually agree and laughed when i read it for the same reasons...and the people who were offended are the same people who think pearl jam is peaking right now...so...

I was offended and I don't think Pearl Jam is peaking right now.

aurynsdad wrote:

given2trade wrote:

96583UP wrote:

theplatypus wrote:

hlniv wrote:

warehouse wrote:

Heathen wrote:

warehouse wrote:when people here try to distinguish the first half of pearl jam's career vs the second, do people purposely look over what happened at roskilde in 2000? it seems to me if you are trying to narrow down when pearl jam "changed", seeing a bunch of fans die in front of them would be the most likely place.

In retrospect, these fans were lucky to not have to witness the post-riot act moneygrab.

not only isnt this funny, its borderline offensive. i know people here constantly try to be witty and whatnot, but this was a terrible attempt

Yeah, that's just poor taste

Those people died, Heathen.

No, this was kind of funny. Not funny like 'hey I'm glad those people died", but funny in like "this thread is totally ridiculous, and so why the hell not just make that joke"

FYI i was like one of 9 people who voted for Arc in march madness specifically out of my respect for its subject matter, so keep your high horse in your pants

heathen's tone was not to insult the dead but to insult the band, which deserves to be insulted, because its lead singer and fan club do so many stupid things now

now that that's settled, time to celebrate with some careless insults

i actually agree and laughed when i read it for the same reasons...and the people who were offended are the same people who think pearl jam is peaking right now...so...

I was offended and I don't think Pearl Jam is peaking right now.

I wasn't offended (I generally feel that nothing is beyond a joke) but reading g2t's reactions I can't help but feel that he must read through people's posts and give them a very different tone than how I read them. Certainly the past 7 or so pages have been pretty much all reasonable and considered points from all posters. And some posts from 9567834UP.

aurynsdad wrote:

given2trade wrote:

96583UP wrote:

theplatypus wrote:

hlniv wrote:

warehouse wrote:

Heathen wrote:

warehouse wrote:when people here try to distinguish the first half of pearl jam's career vs the second, do people purposely look over what happened at roskilde in 2000? it seems to me if you are trying to narrow down when pearl jam "changed", seeing a bunch of fans die in front of them would be the most likely place.

In retrospect, these fans were lucky to not have to witness the post-riot act moneygrab.

not only isnt this funny, its borderline offensive. i know people here constantly try to be witty and whatnot, but this was a terrible attempt

Yeah, that's just poor taste

Those people died, Heathen.

No, this was kind of funny. Not funny like 'hey I'm glad those people died", but funny in like "this thread is totally ridiculous, and so why the hell not just make that joke"

FYI i was like one of 9 people who voted for Arc in march madness specifically out of my respect for its subject matter, so keep your high horse in your pants

heathen's tone was not to insult the dead but to insult the band, which deserves to be insulted, because its lead singer and fan club do so many stupid things now

now that that's settled, time to celebrate with some careless insults

i actually agree and laughed when i read it for the same reasons...and the people who were offended are the same people who think pearl jam is peaking right now...so...

I was offended and I don't think Pearl Jam is peaking right now.

Kind of ridiculous to think that there is some sort of connection to being offended and liking the band right now. WHat connection does one have with the other? What the fuck? It's offensive, plain and simple. When you like the band has absolutely jackshit to do with it.

Varis wrote:

aurynsdad wrote:

given2trade wrote:

96583UP wrote:

theplatypus wrote:

hlniv wrote:

warehouse wrote:

Heathen wrote:

warehouse wrote:when people here try to distinguish the first half of pearl jam's career vs the second, do people purposely look over what happened at roskilde in 2000? it seems to me if you are trying to narrow down when pearl jam "changed", seeing a bunch of fans die in front of them would be the most likely place.

In retrospect, these fans were lucky to not have to witness the post-riot act moneygrab.

not only isnt this funny, its borderline offensive. i know people here constantly try to be witty and whatnot, but this was a terrible attempt

Yeah, that's just poor taste

Those people died, Heathen.

No, this was kind of funny. Not funny like 'hey I'm glad those people died", but funny in like "this thread is totally ridiculous, and so why the hell not just make that joke"

FYI i was like one of 9 people who voted for Arc in march madness specifically out of my respect for its subject matter, so keep your high horse in your pants

heathen's tone was not to insult the dead but to insult the band, which deserves to be insulted, because its lead singer and fan club do so many stupid things now

now that that's settled, time to celebrate with some careless insults

i actually agree and laughed when i read it for the same reasons...and the people who were offended are the same people who think pearl jam is peaking right now...so...

I was offended and I don't think Pearl Jam is peaking right now.

I wasn't offended (I generally feel that nothing is beyond a joke) but reading g2t's reactions I can't help but feel that he must read through people's posts and give them a very different tone than how I read them. Certainly the past 7 or so pages have been pretty much all reasonable and considered points from all posters. And some posts from 9567834UP.

you wont find a single post on this board that says pearl jam is peaking right now in 2014.

it was a terrible joke, and if people find it funny they are probably weirdos. there's a millions ways to make fun of eddie vedder/ten club, heathen took the lazy route and it resulted in a bad and embarrassing joke.

We've all learned a very important lesson today.

BurtReynolds wrote:We've all learned a very important lesson today.

I'll never take the lazy route ever again.

It was funny.

Heathen wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:We've all learned a very important lesson today.

I'll never take the lazy route ever again.

ur better than that!

given2trade wrote:
i actually agree and laughed when i read it for the same reasons...and the people who were offended are the same people who think pearl jam is peaking right now...so...

This is a worse post than the terrible joke post.

Leatherhead wrote:

given2trade wrote:
i actually agree and laughed when i read it for the same reasons...and the people who were offended are the same people who think pearl jam is peaking right now...so...

This is a worse post than the terrible joke post.

This is a worse post than the worse than the terrible joke post.

So what happened with Joey and the cocaine?

Varis wrote:

aurynsdad wrote:

given2trade wrote:

96583UP wrote:

theplatypus wrote:

hlniv wrote:

warehouse wrote:

Heathen wrote:

warehouse wrote:when people here try to distinguish the first half of pearl jam's career vs the second, do people purposely look over what happened at roskilde in 2000? it seems to me if you are trying to narrow down when pearl jam "changed", seeing a bunch of fans die in front of them would be the most likely place.

In retrospect, these fans were lucky to not have to witness the post-riot act moneygrab.

not only isnt this funny, its borderline offensive. i know people here constantly try to be witty and whatnot, but this was a terrible attempt

Yeah, that's just poor taste

Those people died, Heathen.

No, this was kind of funny. Not funny like 'hey I'm glad those people died", but funny in like "this thread is totally ridiculous, and so why the hell not just make that joke"

FYI i was like one of 9 people who voted for Arc in march madness specifically out of my respect for its subject matter, so keep your high horse in your pants

heathen's tone was not to insult the dead but to insult the band, which deserves to be insulted, because its lead singer and fan club do so many stupid things now

now that that's settled, time to celebrate with some careless insults

i actually agree and laughed when i read it for the same reasons...and the people who were offended are the same people who think pearl jam is peaking right now...so...

I was offended and I don't think Pearl Jam is peaking right now.

I wasn't offended (I generally feel that nothing is beyond a joke) but reading g2t's reactions I can't help but feel that he must read through people's posts and give them a very different tone than how I read them. Certainly the past 7 or so pages have been pretty much all reasonable and considered points from all posters. And some posts from 9567834UP.

I think you overestimate how much thought I put into anything I read on here.

Heathen wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:We've all learned a very important lesson today.

I'll never take the lazy route ever again.

The Dave Matthews guy says you are a terrible person. Be shamed!

get off my balls already boss

luv you