Fans Boo Moronic Vedder
I read this story about Pearl Jam (read more below) and I have a few things to say about it.
This is great. I love how these idiot celebs keep speaking their minds, but no one seems to care what they think. Do what you fools do best- act badly, sing badly, and umm whatever else it is you guys do. No one cares to hear your uneducated opinions on world issues. To write a song about the president where you attack him personally- that proves two things- total ignorance and jealousy. Ignorance, because you clearly have grasp on the facts if you have to insult someone's person...and jealousy, because you don't write a song about someone you don't like unless you're for some reason jealous (I'm gonna take a stab in the dark and say Vedder is a democrat!) To do what he did on stage (a semi- violent act in itself) to denounce a war (violence in his mind) is just ludicrous. I'm glad the fans booed him...now he knows he can't get away with stupidity.
Fans Scram on Pearl Jam
Apr 4, 9:35 AM EST
DENVER (AP) -- 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.
Vedder used a Bush mask in Australia and Japan to perform the song "Bushleaguer," from the band's latest album, Riot Act. The song's lyrics say, "He's not a leader, he's a Texas leaguer."
During the show, Vedder said: "Just to clarify... we support the troops."
"We're just confused on how wanting to bring them back safely all of a sudden becomes non-support," he said. "We love them. They're not the ones who make the foreign policy .... Let's hope for the best and speak our opinions."
Pearl Jam manager Kelly Curtis could not immediately be reached for comment Thursday.
The Dixie Chicks were the target of boycotts and bans after their lead singer made anti-Bush statements on a London stage last month.
Posted by Josh at April 5, 2003 02:22 PM
Fans Boo Moronic Vedder
I read this story about Pearl Jam (read more below) and I have a few things to say about it.
This is great. I love how these idiot celebs keep speaking their minds, but no one seems to care what they think. Do what you fools do best- act badly, sing badly, and umm whatever else it is you guys do. No one cares to hear your uneducated opinions on world issues. To write a song about the president where you attack him personally- that proves two things- total ignorance and jealousy. Ignorance, because you clearly have grasp on the facts if you have to insult someone's person...and jealousy, because you don't write a song about someone you don't like unless you're for some reason jealous (I'm gonna take a stab in the dark and say Vedder is a democrat!) To do what he did on stage (a semi- violent act in itself) to denounce a war (violence in his mind) is just ludicrous. I'm glad the fans booed him...now he knows he can't get away with stupidity.
Fans Scram on Pearl Jam
Apr 4, 9:35 AM EST
DENVER (AP) -- 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.
Vedder used a Bush mask in Australia and Japan to perform the song "Bushleaguer," from the band's latest album, Riot Act. The song's lyrics say, "He's not a leader, he's a Texas leaguer."
During the show, Vedder said: "Just to clarify... we support the troops."
"We're just confused on how wanting to bring them back safely all of a sudden becomes non-support," he said. "We love them. They're not the ones who make the foreign policy .... Let's hope for the best and speak our opinions."
Pearl Jam manager Kelly Curtis could not immediately be reached for comment Thursday.
The Dixie Chicks were the target of boycotts and bans after their lead singer made anti-Bush statements on a London stage last month.
Posted by Josh at April 5, 2003 02:22 PM