When Ed plays Arc

ReachingForThinAir
ReachingForThinAir Posts: 184
edited June 2009 in Given To Fly (live)
try just listening for a change.
let it flow.
trust him.
sip a beer and shut up.
follow.
it means a lot.

you might learn something.
WOOT!
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  • AtlantaJammer
    AtlantaJammer Posts: 2,611
    ReachingForThinAir wrote:
    try just listening for a change.
    let it flow.
    trust him.
    sip a beer and shut up.
    follow.
    it means a lot.

    you might learn something.

    I personally cant wait to hear Arc... 8-)
  • Marieow
    Marieow San Francisco Posts: 100
    Seriously. I heard him attempt "Arc" in San Diego back in 2003, however people just couldn't deal with being quiet. Then I saw him perform it in Berkeley on his solo tour last year and it was very climatic. MMMMmmmm.... :D
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  • Ok
    Ok Posts: 2,146
    ReachingForThinAir wrote:
    try just listening for a change.
    let it flow.
    trust him.
    sip a beer and shut up.
    follow.
    it means a lot.

    you might learn something.

    +100
  • Vedder_Girl77
    Vedder_Girl77 Posts: 4,341
    People should shut up during Arc! :twisted: And anyone who makes noise should be tossed from the show.
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  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,865
    serious question:

    are you supposed to cheer when he is done with his input and everything is on loop?

    It seems like such a natural moment for applause/cheering, and there is always applause/cheering there... but are people supposed to make noise at this point?
  • Cynthia77
    Cynthia77 Posts: 12
    MayDay10 wrote:
    serious question:

    are you supposed to cheer when he is done with his input and everything is on loop?

    It seems like such a natural moment for applause/cheering, and there is always applause/cheering there... but are people supposed to make noise at this point?

    I believe silence through and after ARC is the most wonderful gift we can give Ed. I've been to 6 solo shows to date... through all the gems pulled out that we go nuts over, ARC reverberates and seems never to leave my mind. This looping, ecclectic mix of Eddie's voice is, to me, the highest point --
    Being loud and rowdy during ARC will only silence him. Show respect and listen.
    It may come as a surprise how the magic of Ed's vocals will fill you...
  • megatron
    megatron Posts: 3,420
    i've seen it twice and i sing along at the top of my lungs..

    but seriously folks we're lucky he plays this. i've seen song convert a bunch of old fogies at the david lynch show..they were all turnin around with a look of holy shit was that?

    can't wait to see it again..kinda sounds like the wolf is thrown it and the end too...i think :)
  • CJMST3K
    CJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    Saw it in DC last tour. Was great.

    Saw him start then abort it in Baltimore - thanks to the assholes who don't understand that all the lights being out and the entire hall being completely quiet doesn't mean "my time to scream". It was only a couple of people at the beginning of that song, but that probably is what distracted him.

    Hope the rest of you hear it.
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  • pjsteelerfan
    pjsteelerfan Maryland Posts: 9,905
    Arc in Baltimore last night started off the best I had seen it in my 6 solo shows, then about half way though some people started to yell when he was singing. Still was a great version, but I think its best to hold off until he fnishes the loops. pretty easy to tell when he is done.
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  • blackmosquito23
    blackmosquito23 Posts: 181
    Vedder_Girl77 wrote:
    People should shut up during Arc! :twisted: And anyone who makes noise should be tossed from the show.

    I hear that! I really hope Nashville doesn't let me down and can show some respect :!:
  • ReachingForThinAir
    ReachingForThinAir Posts: 184
    MayDay10 wrote:
    serious question:

    are you supposed to cheer when he is done with his input and everything is on loop?

    It seems like such a natural moment for applause/cheering, and there is always applause/cheering there... but are people supposed to make noise at this point?

    it is my opinion that when he finishes looping, the real song starts. Silence is golden at that point: to float in his creativity. And if there were no yells etc, during the looping it should be gorgeous. The audience noise can be picked up on the loops, i would think.

    it changes every night.
    WOOT!
  • karmakvisser
    karmakvisser Posts: 33
    It pissed me off that he felt compelled to stop ARC at the first night in Baltimore. I witnessed it at the 2nd night at the Warner last year and was in awe.

    Sunday night, when he started laying down the initial tracks I got excited but then about 45 seconds into it, he stopped. Bummer. Thanks in part to some loser in the balcony screaming.
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  • megatron
    megatron Posts: 3,420
    i hope some idiots yell towards the end of arc in atlanta.

    then ed screams so hard on the last part our heads explode and we are forgiven

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  • dustinpardue
    dustinpardue Las Vegas, NV Posts: 1,829
    I don't really understand the big deal behind Arc. I think I am the only one
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  • Smarter_Than_U
    Smarter_Than_U Posts: 515
    dustinpardue wrote:
    I don't really understand the big deal behind Arc. I think I am the only one

    I kind of agree. I think it's cool, but not a religous experience, personally speaking of course. Glad others like it so much though.
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  • jimed14
    jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    Smarter_Than_U wrote:
    dustinpardue wrote:
    I don't really understand the big deal behind Arc. I think I am the only one

    I kind of agree. I think it's cool, but not a religous experience, personally speaking of course. Glad others like it so much though.

    perhaps you don't know the song's meaning? As someone who has been to hundreds of concerts and many festivals, it's interesting to take that time to think about what that must of been like, specifically what the band must think when they hear about tragedies like that. It's some pain that you can feel as he does the song.

    I saw one of the original 9 performances on the 2003 tour, but, there were so many folks that didn't know what the song meant that there was a lot of chatter during it ... people had no idea what he was doing.

    When I saw him do it in Berkeley .. Ed seemed visably moved, this is why I find it, well ... moving.
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  • ReachingForThinAir
    ReachingForThinAir Posts: 184
    it is also a metaphor for any pain the listener has experienced in his/her life and the 'arc' one travels in the grief process.

    plus the first 3 notes often sound like the Star Spangled Banner.... i mean Devo.
    WOOT!
  • Black-12
    Black-12 Posts: 249
    Vedder_Girl77 wrote:
    People should shut up during Arc! :twisted: And anyone who makes noise should be tossed from the show.
    I agree!
  • Daron Oshay
    Daron Oshay Middletown, NJ Posts: 2,593
    Arc deserves some space - it'spure emotion
  • cbh1011
    cbh1011 Minnesota Posts: 138
    absolutely beautiful tonight.

    and the idiots in the crowd... acting like douches all night long yelling out requests despite the clear request from Ed to shut the fuck up... actually didn't talk to much during ARC.

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