Comments on: Pearl Jam’s got something new going on (but you can’t hear it)

By: Hipsters United

Hipsters United — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:05:11 +0000

[...] 7:18 pm // Monday, June 1, 2009 Posted by jjbjjbjjb in postchildren. trackback Pearl Jam sending lawyers after leakers, deleting criticisms on band’s messageboard, and thusly providing excuses for indie bloggers to jump ship. [...]

By: A New Pearl Jam Song Gets Unscoured From The Internet « Idolator: Music News, Reviews, And Gossip

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:53:26 +0000

[...] the album’s availability at the big-box retailer. After the news sent the blogosphere into an NDA-violating tizzy, Pearl Jam’s manger Kelly Curtis gave Billboard the scoop on Backspacer, which will come out [...]

By: PcHsAmBa

PcHsAmBa — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:22:33 +0000

Wow, I don’t check in on this blog often because, as many of you have also stated, my love for PJ has waned over they years. This is really, really disappointing. There is no possible way that these things are going on without the knowledge or consent of at least some of the band members, I would imagine Ed in particular. To think of how much things have changed since the mid to late 90s when they were railing against TM and their ticket prices were kept at an incredibly affordable price. I guess that they were a big band then, but they are a HUGE band now and all of this corporate bullshit must come with the territory.

By: chuch

chuch — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:49:57 +0000

All these so called “super fans” are the only ones crying about this. Everyone one else is going to pick up the album when it drops and be happy…or disappointed. Does you hearing an album or song before its released make the music sound any better? I admit if I could have the album right now I would take it. Hell, I want the music before they write it. Waiting for it adds to my superfan craziness. When you are sitting in the confines of your home listening to the sweet melodic nectar I call PJ, are you really going to care about this? Probably not, since the music you’ll experience will take you on a journey no boat, plane or car can even come close to bringing you to. I respect your opinion and completely see how this is a travesty in some eyes. I love the music and the band, and will support them always. A band this big is always connected to “THE MAN” in some way. The man is the one who wants the music removed. I don’t think PJ came out and said remove this song immediately. Once again fuck the man, not the band…The End.

By: Jason Kentros

Jason Kentros — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:12:40 +0000

I am a HUGE fan of Pearl Jam’s music and I can definitely understand the excitement of getting to hear a new song and I share in the enthusiasm. I like your comment about sampling like the cheese at Costco, but unfortunately people these days don’t sample a piece they just take the whole album. An artist’s only true ammunition for getting people to buy their albums is to keep it locked up until they choose to release it.

You are dabbling in hypocrisy, as you’re complaining that you’ve been asked to remove a file of a brand new song illegally recorded when your blog clearly states that “If you represent an artist or a label and would prefer that I remove a link to an mp3, please email me at browneheather@gmail.com and I will immediately remove the file.”

Whatever happened to the days before the internet when we waited for radio stations to give us that first taste of new music and we went to the store on release day and bought the album and drove for hours in our car just to take it all in, or ran home to put on headphones and be swept away but the new sound?

By: Christo

Christo — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:38:16 +0000

Meet the new boss … same as the old boss.

By: Pete

Pete — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:44:54 +0000

Sure you can – get out to a show or buy the album. Buy the album? Heresy!

By: Britney Spears Topless Pictures @ Antiquiet

Britney Spears Topless Pictures @ Antiquiet — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:57:29 +0000

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By: Soren

Soren — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 02:06:18 +0000

I think the real issue is censorship and getting legal with it. Every concert you go to 75% of the kids recording songs on their cell phones, point and shoot cameras and the like. The quality is shit, but it’s a memory they take away and share with there friends and help fuel the fire of fanDUMB. Most of the time the band is cool about this type of stuff it’s their management (who is stealing money from them) that clamps down on the fans.

By: PEARL JAM = MEGALOMANIA

PEARL JAM = MEGALOMANIA — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:51:09 +0000

So they make records and go on tour and all of the sudden they get to dictate what is moral, right, wrong and in the best interest of everyone? These celebrities think WAY too much of themselves, and at the expense of everyone else! To those in the crowd who buy everything they sell without thinking, it just feeds into their ENORMOUS EGOS!