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  1. Originally posted by EDDMB:From twofeetthick.com Note: Approx. one hour before the PJ show in Buffalo, local Buffalo radio station (103.3 The Edge) interviewed Mike. Mike said that due to the reactions of fans during the tour while “Bushleaguer” was being performed (Mike cited the boos received at the Uniondale show) that the band has reached a decision and the song will no longer be played live. He said that the one thing they don’t want to do is alienate their fans, and that they (the band) are as American as anyone and hopes that people won’t misunderstand the meaning behind the song.
    This was a 2003 article? By my count (well, by using the 10c "Song Lyrics" section) the song was played 19 times afterwards.

    I guess they changed their minds about changing their minds.
  2. Originally posted by EDDMB:Interesting that Mike , and I do believe Stone as well , took the airwaves to clean up EVs mess .

    EV has never said anything (as far as I know) in connection with the mess in Denver and Nassau , from April 2003 .
    I hadn't realized their was a problem in Denver, too. I must have missed it on that boot.

    After a quick check, I now know that it was the first show of the 2003 NA tour. Admittedly, I skipped a few of those earlier shows when I listened to the 2003 tour a few years ago. I think I started at the North Carolina shows.

    Come to think of it, I still have to finish the 2000 tour I started about a year and a half ago! I ran out of steam in Texas and didn't even make it to all those great shows in California! (I have listened to the Boise and Seattle shows, mind you.)
  3. Uh, oh. Not counting this one, I just did four posts in a row again!
  4. I'll break your streak Matt.


  5. Another wild and crazy Saturday night for this guy (me)!

    ...My wife and I did dinner and a movie today....and I do stress the "day" in today. In fact, it was a matinee (saw Gone Girl) and an "early bird" lunch at 4pm!

    Home by 5:30!
  6. Went to see Interstellar last night with the wife....really really good ..almost 3 hrs , ended at midnight … just AMAZING in IMAX !

    I have only listened to disc 1 from Det so far…I love the energy..such a great opening..the 3 classics into Go…MYM is ok...I could do without Amongst the Waves..song is so boring to me now (as are basically all of the Backspacer tunes for me)…same for Light Years , which I loved back in 2000….Got Some just won't die .


    I have to listen to Disssident - RVM…that run looks tasty !
  7. Found this on Wiki..At many shows during the 2003 North American tour, Vedder performed Riot Act's "Bu$hleaguer", a commentary on President George W. Bush, with a rubber mask of Bush, wearing it at the beginning of the song and then hanging it on a mic stand to allow him to sing. The band made news when it was reported that several fans left after Vedder had "impaled" the Bush mask on his mic stand at the band's April 1, 2003 show in Denver, Colorado at the Pepsi Center.[1] Following a performance of the song at Pearl Jam's April 30, 2003 show in Uniondale, New York at the Nassau Coliseum, the band was met with boos from the crowd and chants of "U-S-A." Vedder responded by defending his right to free speech and the band followed with a performance of The Clash's "Know Your Rights".

    Denver Fans Walk Out of Pearl Jam Show

    The Associated Press

    DENVER - Dozens of fans walked out of a Pearl Jam concert after lead singer Eddie Vedder took a mask of President Bush and impaled it on a microphone stand.

    Several concertgoers booed and shouted Tuesday night for Vedder to shut up as he told the crowd he was against the war and Bush. He impaled the mask during the encore of the band's opening show of a U.S. tour.

    "It was like he decapitated someone in a primal ritual and stuck their head on a stick," fan Keith Zimmerman said.

    Keith Zimmerman of Denver was one of those who left the building as the band performed the song.

    "When he was sharing his political views in a fairly benign manner -- supporting our troops, opposing policy -- that's OK," he told the newspaper. "When he takes what looks like the head of George Bush on a stick, then throws it to the stage and stomps on it, that's just unacceptable."

    [Fan] Kim Mueller…told Denver's Rocky Mountain News: "I wasn't sure if it was really happening…We looked at each other and realized he really did have George Bush's head on a stick and was waving it in the air, then slammed it to the ground and stepped on it."
  8. That Denver show was insane , in a bad way . I heard from many people back then , on the PJ.com forums , who were there , saying after he "impaled" the mask the crowd wanted to rip him to pieces . Many tried to get to him .

    I'm not sure what his twisted point was , by "impaling" the head of a sitting President to a mic stand…so glad it backfired on his ass .

    Twofeetthick.com downplayed it big time , as did most PJ sites .

    He did have the mask Matt and jacket , but the mask wasn't on from what I remember..he put it on the mic stand in Nassau..

    EV was clearly intoxicated , drinking from an open wine bottle and slurring …I was one of the thousands chanting USA USA and then just split .

    A shame , because up until that point , the Nassau show was brilliant .


    In hindsight , if EV would have just sang the tune , as he did in 2006 , with no mask , no theatrics , I would have been fine with it . I would have hit the head or grabbed another brew….
  9. Originally posted by EDDMB:Went to see Interstellar last night with the wife....really really good ..almost 3 hrs , ended at midnight … just AMAZING in IMAX !

    I have only listened to disc 1 from Det so far…I love the energy..such a great opening..the 3 classics into Go…MYM is ok...I could do without Amongst the Waves..song is so boring to me now (as are basically all of the Backspacer tunes for me)…same for Light Years , which I loved back in 2000….Got Some just won't die .


    I have to listen to Disssident - RVM…that run looks tasty !
    GET TO IT!!
  10. Have it on now....."Det has a nickname , it is the Paris of the mid-west" ????........don't think I ever heard that..lol
  11. Originally posted by EDDMB:Have it on now....."Det has a nickname , it is the Paris of the mid-west" ????........don't think I ever heard that..lol
    You know whats funny, all the banter is fairly new to me because I could barely understand / hear him that night. I absolutely loved hearing Light Years, it was perfectly placed in the set. You know how I feel about Got Some, but after the initial disappointment when it started, the crowd and band energy took over and I really enjoyed it. The crowds eat that song up and its contagious when youre there. Dissident I remember being EPIC and I feel it comes through on the boot lovely...So SO SOOO many highlights for me..
  12. Thats a great gig …..no question….

    Cant wait to hear Moline .

    No Code in its entirety ? Damn...
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