PEARL JAM

[Olivavu]

As I said, they appear to have done plenty for good causes, but the argument was being made that selling 70 live bootlegs was somehow a charitable thing to do, which it isn't.

And I can think of a better way Pearl Jam can offset the damage of their current tour

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If you hold Pearl Jam in such contempt, why discuss them so much..?

[Pope Nora XXVI]

If you hold Pearl Jam in such contempt, why discuss them so much..?

[Olivavu]

The same reason you discuss Coldplay and Franz Ferdinand so much. It's just that I do it with style, baby.

[pinback]

Because it's OK to discuss things that you don't like? Or should we stop all news coverage of any war to redirect resources to the "Happy Kitten With Ball Of Wool" department?

Edited August 15, 2006 by pinback

[sifi]

Or should we stop all news coverage of any war to redirect resources to the "Happy Kitten With Ball Of Wool" department?

[Pope Nora XXVI]

So anyway:

A "a portion" of approx. 1/72nd of the profits made from something that plenty of bands have done for free (at the same quality) given to charity doesn't quite disguise the fact that PJ's "official bootlegs" are a shameless profiteering exercise with a facade of "we're doing this for the good of the people wooooo!". It's OK, you can admit it, they probably aren't reading!

[Olivavu]

Lmao...

And it's not like anybody's flaming the PJ thread or anything. We're just discussing them, same as the Muse thread, or the Franz Ferdinand thread.

Your grasp of percentages is as cock-eyed as Pearl Jam's accountant's

[Pope Nora XXVI]

I think that happens in most tabloids anyway. Well, you say kitten with ball of wall, they say "Gorgeous Katie, 21".

[Olivavu]

[Pope Nora XXVI]

I doubt there's another thread that you've posted in more than this one.

I suppose you have to get your kicks one way or another.

[pinback]

I doubt there's another thread that you've posted in more than this one.

I suppose you have to get your kicks one way or another.

Edited August 15, 2006 by pinback

[Olivavu]

[Pope Nora XXVI]

"Pearl Jam, two years ago"

Before you leech some more bandwidth off other websites, could you just address this? You can go back to posting nonsensical images after if you like.

A "a portion" of approx. 1/72nd of the profits made from something that plenty of bands have done for free (at the same quality) given to charity doesn't quite disguise the fact that PJ's "official bootlegs" are a shameless profiteering exercise with a facade of "we're doing this for the good of the people wooooo!". It's OK, you can admit it, they probably aren't reading!

Edited August 15, 2006 by Pope Nora XXVI

[Olivavu]

"Pearl Jam, two years ago"

Before you leech some more bandwidth of other websites, could you just address this? You can go back to posting nonsensical images after if you like.

[funkymunkey]

[Pope Nora XXVI]

I consider it a load of rubbish merely aimed at insulting the band and myself.

[funkymunkey]

Why is it rubbish? It's factually sound, they are selling bootlegs (and clearly giving less than 1% to charity), whereas other bands allow fans to share them for free, at the same/better quality levels. See the torrent site dimeadozen (all files in FLAC/lossless), the Weezer bootleg archive's soundboard recordings, archive.org... Profiteering, obviously and shamelessly.

[Cultseeker]

Why is it rubbish? It's factually sound, they are selling bootlegs (and clearly giving less than 1% to charity), whereas other bands allow fans to share them for free, at the same/better quality levels. See the torrent site dimeadozen (all files in FLAC/lossless), the Weezer bootleg archive's soundboard recordings, archive.org... Profiteering, obviously and shamelessly.

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[funkymunkey]

How many times.

Pearl Jam did not profit to any poignant degree from this excercise, when compared to the amount they could have gained from the release of one single CD.

[Olivavu]

Shuck and Jive, baby, Shuck and Jive.

Another tactic you could have used is the old "Look, over there!!" *runs away quickly*

Edited August 15, 2006 by Olivavu

[Pope Nora XXVI]

Leave off him eh? Do you not remember when you were told that Father Christmas didn't exist, or all the grunge bands and Rage were on a major.

Edited August 15, 2006 by Pope Nora XXVI

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Why is it rubbish? It's factually sound, they are selling bootlegs (and clearly giving less than 1% to charity), whereas other bands allow fans to share them for free, at the same/better quality levels. See the torrent site dimeadozen (all files in FLAC/lossless), the Weezer bootleg archive's soundboard recordings, archive.org... Profiteering, obviously and shamelessly.

[Paulaviki]

It's also possible that the fabric of the spacetime continuum will unravel if it's ever discovered Pearl Jam ever did anything to make money.