Blogcritics Comments on Concert Review: Eddie Vedder - The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA - 4/12/08

Comment by Jordan Richardson on Concert Review: Eddie Vedder - The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA - 4/12/08

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:48:49 EDT

"Jordan, having not attended a Jay Z, I can't picture what you are talking about." In short, they were hip hop dancing at a Pearl Jam concert. It's a weird visual to see someone dancing that way to Yellow Ledbetter.

Comment by El Bicho on Concert Review: Eddie Vedder - The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA - 4/12/08

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:13:19 EDT

During a screening of "Kill Bill Vol. 2," one guy sitting to our right took a call. After a few moments, I said "c'mon, are you kidding me" and he finally got up and finished the call in the hallway. In the climatic scene where Bill was just about to be killed, the guy on my left answered his phone to say "I will call you back in ten minutes," which I believe is the main function of voicemail, to allow a person to leave a message so you can call them back. People suck!

Comment by Donald Gibson on Concert Review: Eddie Vedder - The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA - 4/12/08

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:49:44 EDT

I traveled last year to Atlanta to see Stevie Wonder and, for much of the performance, this group of teenagers (who frankly didn't seem to even know who Stevie Wonder was) kept talking and laughing like they were at home. At one point, one of them leaned over and asked me, "So do you think this will be over anytime soon?" Apparently he had somewhere else to go that night, but I sure as hell didn't.

Comment by megan on Concert Review: Eddie Vedder - The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA - 4/12/08

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:20:23 EDT

i just don't get why you would pay money to go to a concert (or a movie) and then proceed to talk the entire time. stay home and talk - not only will you not bother me, but it's free.

Comment by El Bicho on Concert Review: Eddie Vedder - The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA - 4/12/08

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:48:23 EDT

Jordan, having not attended a Jay Z, I can't picture what you are talking about. I don't have a problem with people dancing if the music moves them. If the band is standing the whole time, it's the least that I could do. If I wanted to sit down and listen to a band, I have a CD player at home. Mat, I don't get it either. When I saw The White Stripes a couple of years back there was this foursome gabbing away the whole time until people told them to stop. Apparently they didn't like The Stripes as much as they liked telling people they were at the show. Frakin' Posers!

Comment by Mat Brewster on Concert Review: Eddie Vedder - The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA - 4/12/08

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:19:11 EDT

Very cool ElB. Sounds like a great show with some cool choices. Why anyone pays good money to not pay any attention to the performers is beyond me. If you talk loudly for more than 30 seconds you should get booted.

Comment by Jordan Richardson on Concert Review: Eddie Vedder - The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA - 4/12/08

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:14:51 EDT

When I saw Pearl Jam in Vancouver, the crowd was unbelievably bad. Two teenage girls were dancing wildly the whole time in front of us as though they were at a Jay-Z show. Then there was the 40-year-old guy that kept trying to pick them up by buying them beer and giving them tokes from his joint. Ugh. Ruined a pretty wicked show for me, I have to say.

Comment by Josh Hathaway on Concert Review: Eddie Vedder - The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA - 4/12/08

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:05:30 EDT

If any of that goes on at my Bruce show next Friday, I'm fucking having somebody. There will be stunned silence when he plays "Across The Border." All will stand at attention until the song is finished, at which point they may tear there clothes and weep uncontrollably. I blame home video, poor parenting, and general stupidity. Classic.

Comment by El Bicho on Concert Review: Eddie Vedder - The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA - 4/12/08

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:43:24 EDT

Josh, it was a very good time in spite the attendance of some. I blame home video, poor parenting, and general stupidity. You would have loved the young girls talking, texting, and taking photos of themselves throughout Bruce's show. It's a good thing I stopped drinking malt liquor or it could have gotten ugly on my part.

Comment by Josh Hathaway on Concert Review: Eddie Vedder - The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA - 4/12/08

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:51:04 EDT

Sounds like a great show, El B. Sadly you are too right about the behavior of fans at too many of these shows- particularly solo acoustic shows. As much as I love a good singer/songwriter showcase like this I'm not sure I could have kept from being distracted by the moron contingency. I know I would have just seethed all night and missed out on the great music.