pretty funny stuff. Did you know Viagra offered PJ a lot of money to use 'alive' in a commercial?

Thanks for the link!

there is no link, the magazine came out yesterday. And i don't love you enough to hand type 4 pages, b.

I think that was a joke, i think he spoke of it in '03 in Detroit, something about a dancing penis, possibly when saying Chery Crow was sponsored by Big Boy

I could be wrong

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06/05/03 - San Diego Sports Arena: San Diego, CA
support act: Idlewild
set: Better Man, Do The Evolution, Save You, Animal, Given To Fly, Get Right, Even Flow, I Am Mine, Corduroy, 1/2 Full, Wishlist, Thumbing My Way, Not For You, Present Tense, Blood, Rearviewmirror
enc 1: You Are, Elderly Woman, Daughter/(People Have The Power), Elderly Woman, Crazy Mary, Go
enc 2: Blue Red Grey, Sonic Reducer, Alive
enc 3: Arc, Baba O'Riley
notes: Unusual 'Better Man' opener with a crazy crowd that's ready to sing. 'DTE' is changed to "I am the first man to surf this place" and 'GTF' is "had a joint in a tree" instead of smoke and that gets a cheer. Ed uses the mirror and the spotlight during '1/2 Full' and shines it on himself near the end, nearly blinding himself. At the start of the encore, Ed talks about coming to see shows there ... The Who, David Bowie, Queen, KISS, Cheap Trick... and that he was usually up in about C18 but that was the "pass the joint" section. He jests about seeing Nugent with his "Tarzan loincloth" and how he was going to wear his tonight but didn't. "It's kind of an ensemble. You can't really wear it unless you got the bow and arrow, too." He speaks about the ocean and surfing and the benefits of what Surfrider is doing. Excellent long 'People Have The Power' tag on 'Daughter.' Ed returns for the second encore alone and talks a bit about Jewel and how if he messes up a lyric, it is because he is so highly anticipating her new record release. He goes on about how one of her songs will be part of a commercial for ladies' razors or a feminine hygiene product and how exciting that is because he won't have to buy it, he can just watch TV and wait for the commercial. He talks about PJ's best commercial offer that was for Viagra. "It was a singing penis ... a little singing cock singing I'm still alive. Six million dollars we turned down to prevent our song from being sung by a cock." This leads to 'Blue Red Grey' sung for Pete. Ed looks rough and asks for a fan from the crew early in the show. His throat seems to get progressively worse, becoming more weak and painful to him. He changes 'Alive' to "I'm barely alive." He gets nailed by something thrown from the crowd and he grabs and slams it down beside Matt's drumkit. Regardless, for the third encore, the crew brings out a chair and some unfamiliar equipment. Ed asks the crowd to be quiet (getting somewhat annoyed because the crowd won't quit yelling) so he can try 'Arc' (for the first live performance) and puts on headphones. He uses a loop recorder, adding another vocal layer after each loop as it builds and builds. ('Arc' is not included with any of the official bootlegs released.) 'Baba' closes the show.

rom the article:

Everybody caves to this pressure sooner or later. When they are 60 and can't lean on touring as a source of income I bet we see some PJ songs in ads, unfortunately. But as long as they keep helping people out, it won't bother me too much.

I always thought this was a joke. Unbelievable.

Bwahahahahaha