I saw Pearl Jam last night...


I saw Pearl Jam last night on the Waterfront in Camden NJ last night. Excellent show. 2.5 hrs of blasting rock. Eddie Vedder's Cause now is to get wrongfully imprisoned prisoners freed. It bought the show to a grinding halt when he marched and paraded 3 ex cons around the stage. The band is one of the best out there. They blow away U2 and these other big name acts.
dreadhead

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Pearl Jam is a great band and I encourage anyone one who enjoys rock in it's purist form to pick up their latest album simply called "Pearl Jam". If you like good music you will love this album.
I don't get it. Isn't the best rock music about politics? We wouldn't have Bob Dylan if not for Blowing in the wind. The Stones gave us Street fighting man. The Beatles wrote Revolution. The list goes on and on. Take your pick. Rock and politics go together.
Bruce Springsteen is a great example. Here is an artist who wears his politics on his sleeve. It's right up front. He is using his fame and fortune to reach a higher cause. To fix what he sees as wrong in this great country of ours. It is the same with most people in the entertainment world. They see their fame as a means to do well for the world. It's probably a quilt trip bought on from making all that money for doing what they love to do anyway.
Is it that their views differ from yours that you don't believe they should put it out there? I agree entertainers lean to the left and that could be discerning to some of the well-heeled members of Audiogon. I know I wouldn't like it very much if they were preaching right-wing fundamentalism but I would never criticize their right to use the stage any way they see fit.
Long live Rock.