Red Mosquito

I think that's what we're gonna end up getting.

I reached out to a few non-Pearl Jam fans and explained the 7-day countdown and then what the actual announcement was....the general consensus was laughter. This is quite the marketing fail.

And please don't interpret any of our collective bitching as real "anger." I only get angry when Ed tells me who I should vote for in the middle of a rock concert.

durdencommatyler wrote:Bands tour. Pearl Jam is a touring band.

I'm not sure when it was during my PJ fandom that either I realised that PJ were a 'touring band', or PJ suddenly became that 'touring band', but I think it was right around the time they stopped being interested in making music that really excited me before the subject of touring was even brought up. My main problem is that whatever a 'touring band' is, it seems to me that PJ P.R. (and fans) invented the phrase as a way of explaining why PJ prioritised playing concerts to Americans over releasing new music.

And please don't think I'm saying this whole thing was well executed.

durdencommatyler wrote:

evenslow wrote:

elliseamos wrote:

stip wrote:

Blenheim Augustine wrote:Interesting that so many people I've never seen contribute to recent discussions are all online today to tell others that the countdown wasn't a letdown. If you follow the board you could predict the reaction this was going to have. And why where there hundreds of people logged in at the deadline; were they all here to read setlist predictions?? I'm not surprised at the underwhelming announcement but not surprised at the disappointment, including my own.

I was definitely deflated after the announcement. I just don't think the sky needs to be falling over this.

+1

+2 basically.

my larger point is that it's part of a pattern, and not a one-time thing. but i'll get over it if thursday's announcement is good.

What if Thursday's announcement is just more dates? Or what if it's just a ten second clip of the lead single with another countdown to the 16th?

oh in that case the sky IS falling and i'm gonna chicken little it like a motherfucker.

harmless wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:Bands tour. Pearl Jam is a touring band.

I'm not sure when it was during my PJ fandom that either I realised that PJ were a 'touring band', or PJ suddenly became that 'touring band', but I think it was right around the time they stopped being interested in making music that really excited me before the subject of touring was even brought up. My main problem is that whatever a 'touring band' is, it seems to me that PJ P.R. (and fans) invented the phrase as a way of explaining why PJ prioritised playing concerts to Americans over releasing new music.

If you can't be good at making music anymore you have to be good at something, right?

durdencommatyler wrote:

evenslow wrote:

elliseamos wrote:

stip wrote:

Blenheim Augustine wrote:Interesting that so many people I've never seen contribute to recent discussions are all online today to tell others that the countdown wasn't a letdown. If you follow the board you could predict the reaction this was going to have. And why where there hundreds of people logged in at the deadline; were they all here to read setlist predictions?? I'm not surprised at the underwhelming announcement but not surprised at the disappointment, including my own.

I was definitely deflated after the announcement. I just don't think the sky needs to be falling over this.

+1

+2 basically.

my larger point is that it's part of a pattern, and not a one-time thing. but i'll get over it if thursday's announcement is good.

What if Thursday's announcement is just more dates? Or what if it's just a ten second clip of the lead single with another countdown to the 16th?

My sky hasn't fallen in, but I did read it and think - this would be vaguely ok if I lived in London, Ontario, not London,UK. At least there will be more bootlegs...

actually the last 3 years I'm pretty sure they've played more dates outside the US then in it

harmless wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:Bands tour. Pearl Jam is a touring band.

I'm not sure when it was during my PJ fandom that either I realised that PJ were a 'touring band', or PJ suddenly became that 'touring band', but I think it was right around the time they stopped being interested in making music that really excited me before the subject of touring was even brought up. My main problem is that whatever a 'touring band' is, it seems to me that PJ P.R. (and fans) invented the phrase as a way of explaining why PJ prioritised playing concerts to Americans over releasing new music.

Could be. I don't know. Or it could just be that this group of dudes likes playing live shows.

It could also be the continuation of their overcorrection after the Ticketmaster/No Code years where fans everywhere were abandoning ship, not because there was no new music, but because they couldn't see their favorite band live.

EDITED: because of stip's concert stats a few posts down.

evenslow wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

evenslow wrote:

elliseamos wrote:

stip wrote:

Blenheim Augustine wrote:Interesting that so many people I've never seen contribute to recent discussions are all online today to tell others that the countdown wasn't a letdown. If you follow the board you could predict the reaction this was going to have. And why where there hundreds of people logged in at the deadline; were they all here to read setlist predictions?? I'm not surprised at the underwhelming announcement but not surprised at the disappointment, including my own.

I was definitely deflated after the announcement. I just don't think the sky needs to be falling over this.

+1

+2 basically.

my larger point is that it's part of a pattern, and not a one-time thing. but i'll get over it if thursday's announcement is good.

What if Thursday's announcement is just more dates? Or what if it's just a ten second clip of the lead single with another countdown to the 16th?

oh in that case the sky IS falling and i'm gonna chicken little it like a motherfucker.

I hope the new album is called "Chicken Little Like A Motherfucker."

durdencommatyler wrote: What if Thursday's announcement is just more dates? Or what if it's just a ten second clip of the lead single with another countdown to the 16th?

I'm prepared for something like that, this time around, at least.

So what does the new single sound like, team?

Well, Harmless does have the single, and dropped a hint in his very last post.... hmmm....

spike wrote:So what does the new single sound like, team?

A bunch of whiny bitches.

harmless wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:Bands tour. Pearl Jam is a touring band.

I'm not sure when it was during my PJ fandom that either I realised that PJ were a 'touring band', or PJ suddenly became that 'touring band', but I think it was right around the time they stopped being interested in making music that really excited me before the subject of touring was even brought up. My main problem is that whatever a 'touring band' is, it seems to me that PJ P.R. (and fans) invented the phrase as a way of explaining why PJ prioritised playing concerts to Americans over releasing new music.

Pearl Jam doesn't even really tour that much; perhaps compared to Nirvana they do.

What if the album is titled, Countdown.

Blenheim Augustine wrote:

harmless wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:Bands tour. Pearl Jam is a touring band.

I'm not sure when it was during my PJ fandom that either I realised that PJ were a 'touring band', or PJ suddenly became that 'touring band', but I think it was right around the time they stopped being interested in making music that really excited me before the subject of touring was even brought up. My main problem is that whatever a 'touring band' is, it seems to me that PJ P.R. (and fans) invented the phrase as a way of explaining why PJ prioritised playing concerts to Americans over releasing new music.

Pearl Jam doesn't even really tour that much; perhaps compared to Nirvana they do.

Hey, Nirvana played a gig with Paul McCartney last year. So...

2006: 42 US dates, 37 other dates
2007: 2 US dates, 13 other dates
2008: 13 US dates
2009: 17 US dates, 14 other dates
2010: 15 US dates, 11 other dates
2011: 2 US dates, 20 other dates
2012: 4 US date, 13 other dates

So yeah, the last 7 years we have 96 US dates and 108 dates in Europe, Australia, and South America

spike wrote:So what does the new single sound like, team?

This gave me a much-needed laugh.

PJMosquito wrote:What if the album is titled, Countdown.

Then they better cover The Final Countdown. Even if it's just a b-side. Even if it's only at live shows. Cover it.