HALL OF FAME!!!!!!

EJ · Post by EJ » Wed April 05, 2017 4:38 pm

let's blow the roof off this dump

Post by **evenslow** » Wed April 05, 2017 4:45 pm

Yeah people are way overthinking this. Carrie Brownstein would be a fucking snooze. What's she really gonna say? "They were super nice, normal guys on tour when we opened for them." Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

One of the broadcasting legends of all time is inducting the band. Vedder played on his second to last show. Pearl Jam was one of his favorite bands. For years, PJ would only play his show (including a special 10-song set for the release of S/T). Letterman coordinated a "sponsor-free" show for them when they performed that mammoth "Hail Hail." They respect Dave and always wanted to impress him.

Anyone who sees this as anything other than a coup (especially so last minute) is high as a kite.

dimejinky99 · Post by **dimejinky99** » Wed April 05, 2017 4:46 pm

All star jam with the late show band

GUARANTEED

Strat · Post by **Strat** » Wed April 05, 2017 4:47 pm

evenslow wrote:Yeah people are way overthinking this. Carrie Brownstein would be a fucking snooze. What's she really gonna say? "They were super nice, normal guys on tour when we opened for them." Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

One of the broadcasting legends of all time is inducting the band. Vedder played on his second to last show. Pearl Jam was one of his favorite bands. For years, PJ would only play his show (including a special 10-song set for the release of S/T). Letterman coordinated a "sponsor-free" show for them when they performed that mammoth "Hail Hail." They respect Dave and always wanted to impress him.

Anyone who sees this as anything other than a coup (especially so last minute) is high as a kite.

Good points, evenslow.

Im a little taken back by it but im wrapping my head around it. Mostly i just really wanted to see some good ol neil jam....

Hopefully letterman brings some fire as well.

Also, will this be live on hbogo or hbonow?

Strat · Post by **Strat** » Wed April 05, 2017 4:47 pm

oops, i thought it was this friday?

Post by **evenslow** » Wed April 05, 2017 4:52 pm

Strat wrote:
evenslow wrote:Yeah people are way overthinking this. Carrie Brownstein would be a fucking snooze. What's she really gonna say? "They were super nice, normal guys on tour when we opened for them." Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

One of the broadcasting legends of all time is inducting the band. Vedder played on his second to last show. Pearl Jam was one of his favorite bands. For years, PJ would only play his show (including a special 10-song set for the release of S/T). Letterman coordinated a "sponsor-free" show for them when they performed that mammoth "Hail Hail." They respect Dave and always wanted to impress him.

Anyone who sees this as anything other than a coup (especially so last minute) is high as a kite.
Good points, evenslow.

Im a little taken back by it but im wrapping my head around it. Mostly i just really wanted to see some good ol neil jam....

Hopefully letterman brings some fire as well.

Also, will this be live on hbogo or hbonow?

Oh, I totally wanted to see them jam with Neil. And, unfortunately, I'm guessing he might be really sick if he couldn't make it. Doubtful it was the flu. I REALLY hope I'm wrong.

The event is Friday. But it will be broadcast on HBO April 29th.

Post by **epilogue** » Wed April 05, 2017 4:54 pm

Strat wrote:oops, i thought it was this friday?

The ceremony is this Friday, April 7th.

HBO is showing later, not live.

digster · Post by **digster** » Wed April 05, 2017 5:02 pm

evenslow wrote:Yeah people are way overthinking this. Carrie Brownstein would be a fucking snooze. What's she really gonna say? "They were super nice, normal guys on tour when we opened for them." Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

One of the broadcasting legends of all time is inducting the band. Vedder played on his second to last show. Pearl Jam was one of his favorite bands. For years, PJ would only play his show (including a special 10-song set for the release of S/T). Letterman coordinated a "sponsor-free" show for them when they performed that mammoth "Hail Hail." They respect Dave and always wanted to impress him.

Anyone who sees this as anything other than a coup (especially so last minute) is high as a kite.

The Pearl Jam section of Brownstein's book was very good, and in particular was pretty adept at bridging the public perception of the band with how the band actually operates, and the music they actually make. However, I was admittedly thinking of people who would probably be more familiar with the band's music than Letterman. I'm sure he'll be excellent.

Post by **evenslow** » Wed April 05, 2017 5:04 pm

digster wrote:
evenslow wrote:Yeah people are way overthinking this. Carrie Brownstein would be a fucking snooze. What's she really gonna say? "They were super nice, normal guys on tour when we opened for them." Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

One of the broadcasting legends of all time is inducting the band. Vedder played on his second to last show. Pearl Jam was one of his favorite bands. For years, PJ would only play his show (including a special 10-song set for the release of S/T). Letterman coordinated a "sponsor-free" show for them when they performed that mammoth "Hail Hail." They respect Dave and always wanted to impress him.

Anyone who sees this as anything other than a coup (especially so last minute) is high as a kite.
The Pearl Jam section of Brownstein's book was very good, and in particular was pretty adept at bridging the public perception of the band with how the band actually operates, and the music they actually make. However, I was admittedly thinking of people who would probably be more familiar with the band's music than Letterman. I'm sure he'll be excellent.

Great now I gotta go buy this book.

Strat · Post by **Strat** » Wed April 05, 2017 5:09 pm

I dont want to wait that long to see the speech and performance though.

Post by **epilogue** » Wed April 05, 2017 5:20 pm

Strat wrote:I dont want to wait that long to see the speech and performance though.

YouTube will be crawling with audience recordings mere minutes after the ceremony!

digster · Post by **digster** » Wed April 05, 2017 5:23 pm

It'll probably be periscoped, I'd assume.

Post by **epilogue** » Wed April 05, 2017 5:25 pm

digster wrote:It'll probably be periscoped, I'd assume.

Oh yeah. There's that too. I've never used it so I forgot that it's a thing.

LoathedVermin72 · Post by **LoathedVermin72** » Wed April 05, 2017 5:38 pm

I'm counting on RM to hook me up in this thread

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Wed April 05, 2017 5:45 pm

pearl jam sucks now

pnjguy · Post by **pnjguy** » Wed April 05, 2017 5:50 pm

why do we assume letterman doesn't know anything about the band?

Stipe would have been nice but i'm pretty happy about Letterman.

rick malone · Post by **rick malone** » Wed April 05, 2017 5:50 pm

Peter Buck would've been a good pick but something tells me that isn't his bag. He didn't speak at REM's induction if I recall.

Who's betting they'll still play Rockin in the Free World?

Puddy from Seinfeld is a big fan, he's not available????

Post by **stip** » Wed April 05, 2017 5:55 pm

theplatypus wrote:Huge improvement. I actually want to watch the speech now.

this is great news (though i hope neil feels better)

dimejinky99 · Post by **dimejinky99** » Wed April 05, 2017 6:09 pm

Funniest man in recent American tv history Inducting the most famously humourless band in the last great American musical trend.

It might actually be great.

Monkey_Driven · Post by **Monkey_Driven** » Wed April 05, 2017 6:18 pm

I'm more excited now.

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