Red Mosquito

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1.0 out of 5 stars My Dad is Out of Control, October 30, 2013

By Robert M. Flynn "Farmer Ted" (Albany, NY) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)
This review is from: Lightning Bolt (Audio CD)

My dad is out of control. I can't stand it anymore. All the dude plays is Pearl Jam.
Pearl Jam in the car. At home. Pearl Jam T-Shirts. (He used to make me wear them...uggg.)
Pearl Jam discussions. Pearl Jam coffee. Pearl Jam license plate. (PJ10Vedr)

I can't stand it. I love him and stuff, but he's really hard to be around.
I embarrassed to have him drive me and my friends places.
He always pops in Pearl Jam or puts it on the stupid Pearl Jam station.
Like anyone needs Pearl Jam 24/7. But people do...like my dad.

He thinks he's getting music cred by playing it. My friends are polite, but it's very embarrassing.
They are all like, "Dude, your dad's music sucks. What's up with that lead singer? He's always Yaaarling and Groaning...and the songs have no melody. Your dad's music sucks."

"I know," I say. "But your dad listens to Phish...so...."

It's bad, and a lot of my friends have similar problems with their dads being mad wack.

I have one whose dad just plays Dave Matthews all the time. Or the one who plays Phish. That really sucks. That guitar dudes solos grate on my ears. Makes me wanna vomit. They go nowhere fast. I guess people are into dudes who play fast??? Can't forget the Rush dad....wow...horrible.

I'm not alone, but sometimes I feel like I am.

This new album came in the mail. (My dad still buys music.)
And he is reenergized with Pearl Jam love.
It's almost unbearable. He had a listening party at his house with all of his friends.
They think they know a lot about music because they are into Pearl Jam.
Try to pass it off on me...it's pathetic.

They all got drunk and I went upstairs to surf the net.
They all started playing their favorite Pearl Jam songs.
"Daughter" came on and they all sang it at the top of their lungs.
So pathetic....It's a horrible song. Who writes songs about people with learning disabilities?
Yo. I got this sweet song. It's about a girl with LD. Cool. Not.
And here are these grown men singing about this...
Why? I can't even fathom. The song is so wack. It must give them something missing in their lives.

They partied all night. It was their Wild Hogs moment. I hope they had fun.

When I woke up in the morning, I head music coming from the bathroom downstairs. I walked by and saw my father standing in front of the mirror with a radio on singing "Nothing Man" as he stared at himself. WTF?

It's just been absolutely terrible. And my dad started liking Pearl Jam in 1993. For 20 years they have been his favorite band. He really doesn't listen to anything else. He may listen to some U2, Tom Petty, Led Zeppelin, or Black Crows...but 95% of the time it's Pearl Jam. I usually get bored of band after a couple of months. I like to explore and taste the world. Not my dad. Pearl Jam forever.

When I was a baby, I didn't even like music. I would cry when the teacher started to play the piano for sing alongs in kindergarten. I thought she would start Yarllling and Grunting and Growiling. It took years of reconditioning for my ears to accept music. All because my dad wouldn't stop listing to dumb Pearl Jam.

So. If you like Pearl Jam, buy this album. It will fulfill you delusion. Have fun with it. Run with it. Pearl Jam for life. I don't care.
I love my dad. He's been pretty cool to me and my mom and sister. I'm pretty lucky.
I wish he would give Pearl Jam a rest tough because, inadvertently I end up listening to way more Pearl Jam then is ever needed. And their bland, faux rock and roll dulls my world. And makes me seasick.

I just wish he were into cooler music.

Maybe someday I'll be the same.

But I doubt it.

stip wrote:Ellie cheers every time a song ends

stip wrote:Ellie cheers every time a song ends

hlniv wrote:When I woke up in the morning, I heard music coming from the bathroom downstairs. I walked by and saw my father standing in front of the mirror with a radio on singing "Nothing Man" as he stared at himself. WTF?

bluestate wrote:

hlniv wrote:When I woke up in the morning, I heard music coming from the bathroom downstairs. I walked by and saw my father standing in front of the mirror with a radio on singing "Nothing Man" as he stared at himself. WTF?

Pure genius

He had a listening party at his house with all of his friends.
They think they know a lot about music because they are into Pearl Jam.
They all got drunk and I went upstairs to surf the net.
They all started playing their favorite Pearl Jam songs.
"Daughter" came on and they all sang it at the top of their lungs.
So pathetic....It's a horrible song. Who writes songs about people with learning disabilities?

Eddie Vedder wrote: The child in that song obviously has a learning difficulty. And it's only in the last few years that they've actually been able to diagnose these learning disabilities that before were looked at as misbehavior, as just outright rebelliousness. But no one knew what it was. And these kids, because they seemed unable or reluctant to learn, they'd end up getting the s--t beaten outta them. The song ends, you know, with this idea of the shades going down so that the neighbors can't see what happens next. What hurts about s--t like that is that it ends up defining peoples' lives. They have to live with that abuse for the rest of their lives. Good, creative people are just f--king destroyed."

Got Some wrote:My 2 year old loves

MYM
Getaway
Lightning Bolt
Sirens
Sleeping By Myself

Likes
Swallowed hole
Yellow moon
Future days

Not a fan
Let the records play
Infallible
MFS
Pendulum

stip wrote:after the bridge, we all know that the best part of every pearl jam song is the first 2 seconds.

hlniv wrote:http://www.amazon.com/Lightning-Bolt-Pe ... Descending

Can we get the first user comment on this page into that LB reviews thread ? I think it deserves immortality.
Somebody over at the 10c posted this, it is pure gold-

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11 of 37 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars My Dad is Out of Control, October 30, 2013

By Robert M. Flynn "Farmer Ted" (Albany, NY) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)
This review is from: Lightning Bolt (Audio CD)

My dad is out of control. I can't stand it anymore. All the dude plays is Pearl Jam.
Pearl Jam in the car. At home. Pearl Jam T-Shirts. (He used to make me wear them...uggg.)
Pearl Jam discussions. Pearl Jam coffee. Pearl Jam license plate. (PJ10Vedr)

I can't stand it. I love him and stuff, but he's really hard to be around.
I embarrassed to have him drive me and my friends places.
He always pops in Pearl Jam or puts it on the stupid Pearl Jam station.
Like anyone needs Pearl Jam 24/7. But people do...like my dad.

He thinks he's getting music cred by playing it. My friends are polite, but it's very embarrassing.
They are all like, "Dude, your dad's music sucks. What's up with that lead singer? He's always Yaaarling and Groaning...and the songs have no melody. Your dad's music sucks."

"I know," I say. "But your dad listens to Phish...so...."

It's bad, and a lot of my friends have similar problems with their dads being mad wack.

I have one whose dad just plays Dave Matthews all the time. Or the one who plays Phish. That really sucks. That guitar dudes solos grate on my ears. Makes me wanna vomit. They go nowhere fast. I guess people are into dudes who play fast??? Can't forget the Rush dad....wow...horrible.

I'm not alone, but sometimes I feel like I am.

This new album came in the mail. (My dad still buys music.)
And he is reenergized with Pearl Jam love.
It's almost unbearable. He had a listening party at his house with all of his friends.
They think they know a lot about music because they are into Pearl Jam.
Try to pass it off on me...it's pathetic.

They all got drunk and I went upstairs to surf the net.
They all started playing their favorite Pearl Jam songs.
"Daughter" came on and they all sang it at the top of their lungs.
So pathetic....It's a horrible song. Who writes songs about people with learning disabilities?
Yo. I got this sweet song. It's about a girl with LD. Cool. Not.
And here are these grown men singing about this...
Why? I can't even fathom. The song is so wack. It must give them something missing in their lives.

They partied all night. It was their Wild Hogs moment. I hope they had fun.

When I woke up in the morning, I head music coming from the bathroom downstairs. I walked by and saw my father standing in front of the mirror with a radio on singing "Nothing Man" as he stared at himself. WTF?

It's just been absolutely terrible. And my dad started liking Pearl Jam in 1993. For 20 years they have been his favorite band. He really doesn't listen to anything else. He may listen to some U2, Tom Petty, Led Zeppelin, or Black Crows...but 95% of the time it's Pearl Jam. I usually get bored of band after a couple of months. I like to explore and taste the world. Not my dad. Pearl Jam forever.

When I was a baby, I didn't even like music. I would cry when the teacher started to play the piano for sing alongs in kindergarten. I thought she would start Yarllling and Grunting and Growiling. It took years of reconditioning for my ears to accept music. All because my dad wouldn't stop listing to dumb Pearl Jam.

So. If you like Pearl Jam, buy this album. It will fulfill you delusion. Have fun with it. Run with it. Pearl Jam for life. I don't care.
I love my dad. He's been pretty cool to me and my mom and sister. I'm pretty lucky.
I wish he would give Pearl Jam a rest tough because, inadvertently I end up listening to way more Pearl Jam then is ever needed. And their bland, faux rock and roll dulls my world. And makes me seasick.

I just wish he were into cooler music.

Maybe someday I'll be the same.

But I doubt it.

LooseGroove927 wrote:The funny thing about Pearl Jam fans is that they all seem to be dudes. Like Bro-Wave dudes. Dudes who don't read. Dudes with no style.

Lament wrote:True story, at an Ed solo show in 2008 in Chicago, a fat dude in jean shorts and a Chicago Bears t-shirt who was sitting next to me challenged me to leave the venue with him and fight cause I was "dressed like some emo faggot" and obviously wasn't "a real Vedder fan" like him.