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Favorite Ed vocal deliveries

DOSWDOSW Posts: 2,014
edited March 2008 in The Porch
And what I mean by vocal delivery is not necessarily the lyric itself (although that helps) but the actual delivery sung by Ed. Mine would have to be:

in Grievance: "progress laced with ramifications, freedom's big plunge..." Awesome.
in Breath from L@tG: "there's... not much more than this!" Awesome delivery, and the look on his face is great. That's the climax of the whole DVD imo.
of course the high notes of Release
the long scream in Blood is amazing

Hmm.... that's all I can think of right now.
It's a town full of losers and I'm pulling out of here to win
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  • Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    "I'll swallow poison, until I grow immune
    I will scream my lungs out til it fills this room"

    Sends shivers down my spine everytime.
    I'll Ride The Wave Where It Takes Me
  • edwf2000edwf2000 Posts: 95
    my two favorites:

    Release:
    Oh dear dad, can you see me now
    I am myself, like you some how
    I wait up in the dark for you to speak to me
    I'm opened up, release me

    AND:

    Solat:
    and the barrel waits, trigger shakes
    aimed right at my head
  • vedderfan10vedderfan10 Posts: 2,497
    Hard Sun - the first two lines...

    and

    "It's herd behaviour!"
    be philanthropic
  • gleemonexgleemonex Posts: 848
    He who forgets will be destined to remember.
    “Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies — ‘God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.’” - Kurt Vonnegut
  • DOSWDOSW Posts: 2,014
    edwf2000 wrote:
    Solat:
    and the barrel waits, trigger shakes
    aimed right at my head
    Vedderfan10 wrote:
    "It's herd behaviour!"

    Good call with these too!
    It's a town full of losers and I'm pulling out of here to win
  • GmoneyGmoney Posts: 1,618
    parachutes... " and war!!!!!!!!!!"
    Further back and forth a wave will break on me, today...
  • manhattanmanhattan Posts: 258
    Satan's Bed:
    'magine they're busy, think I'm doing okay...

    Leash:
    I am lost, I'm no guide, but I'm by your side
    I am right by your side...
  • on2legson2legs Posts: 15,133
    The mid 90s live versions of Porch. Where Ed would be be doing a really long exaggerated "hey" as the band comes out of the instrumental bridge into the last verse of the song.
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  • 1STmammal2wearPants1STmammal2wearPants Worcester, MA Posts: 2,938
    The whole frigging song of Release.
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  • bacojbacoj Posts: 120
    "Things were different then. All is different now. I tried to explain. Somehow"

    -HTI
    mmmmm, it does go well with the chicken.....delicious again peter

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  • Evolution6579Evolution6579 Posts: 624
    On2Legs wrote:
    The mid 90s live versions of Porch. Where Ed would be be doing a really long exaggerated "hey" as the band comes out of the instrumental bridge into the last verse of the song.

    I miss that, too. I also like DTE on TB2K when he says, "I am the first mammal to...EVERYTHING!"

    And I would REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY like to hear Hold On from Lost Dogs. That song now, weathered since its inception by the evolution of the band and their elder-statesmen-of-rock sensibilities, would KICK ASS in a live setting!
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  • pieceofdustpieceofdust Posts: 52
    "Can I be here all alone? Clear a path to my home."

    I feel in love with it years after Yield came out when I was listening on a pair of really good headphones. His entire delivery on this song is si crisp and I never fully appreciated it until I heard it through a pair of great headphones.
  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    Gmoney wrote:
    parachutes... " and war!!!!!!!!!!"

    that's actually a really underrated one.

    i like it.
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • indifferentmanindifferentman Goshen, IN Posts: 731
    Hmmmm,

    Footsteps and the Lane Stanley extra track 4/20/02 strike me as really powerful performances because it's just Ed with an accoustic "venting frustration" through music.

    DTE, even the akward out of breath scream at the start, is great! I like the scream even more cuz when I'm trying to do that in the car, I run out of breath too! ;)
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  • Jeremys SpokenJeremys Spoken Posts: 7,578
    Hitch-Hiker wrote:
    "I'll swallow poison, until I grow immune
    I will scream my lungs out til it fills this room"

    Sends shivers down my spine everytime.
    Yes TIMES 1,00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

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  • GardenpartyGardenparty Posts: 1,910
    "To myself I surrender to the one i'll never please" All or None

    "I'm not frantic. I can see it coming" Army Reserve

    and of course
    "Why would you wanna hurt me" Animal

    theres so many
    “I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version.”
  • Jeremys SpokenJeremys Spoken Posts: 7,578
    All the love gone bad turned my world to black
    Tattooed all I see, all that I am, all I'll be... yeah...
    Uh huh... uh huh... ooh...

    I know someday you'll have a beautiful life,
    I know you'll be a sun in somebody else's sky, but why
    Why, why can't it be, why can't it be mine
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  • corduroidcorduroid Posts: 293
    I love the little relieved half-laugh inflection before "It's funny when things change so much ..." in the studio version of In Hiding; it's just so real (though he probably tried more than a few times to nail it the way he did).

    I also totally agree with two of the posts above: he absolutely kills almost every version of "To my self, I surrender ..." in All or None (especially at the Vic), and the "I'll swallow poison ..." verse of Indifference raises hair on my arms every time.

    Indeed, so many ... cool thread.
  • pearljammerpearljammer Posts: 237
    Uniondale '03 - Evenflow, the whole second chorus and bridge into the solo.

    That one stands out.
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  • fsunoles30fsunoles30 Posts: 143
    At the 2:45 mark on the I Won't Back Down cover from Live at the Gorge, Eddie's "Hey, Baby" does it for me. A ton of emotion in that deliverance. Can't remember which disc cuz there are 2 versions of this track in the set, but its the one that lasts 3:32. Great thread.
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  • ...AndPartOfEveryDay...AndPartOfEveryDay Posts: 30
    Lots of good posts on here already, especially "He who forgets...," "Won't Back Down," and Leash/"I'm by your side...."

    I am gonna go with Nothingman:

    "Into the Sun...oh, Into the Sun...Burn...Burn...Nothingman...."

    I think it is the studio version only, no? Has he done this live?
  • on2legson2legs Posts: 15,133
    pearljammer wrote:
    Uniondale '03 - Evenflow, the whole second chorus and bridge into the solo.

    That one stands out.

    Wow... just listened to that. I was at that show. Mike really shreds that solo starting at the 2:33 mark. Ridiculous. Thanks for the memories.
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  • Jeremys SpokenJeremys Spoken Posts: 7,578
    ...AndPartOfEveryDay wrote:
    Lots of good posts on here already, especially "He who forgets...," "Won't Back Down," and Leash/"I'm by your side...."

    I am gonna go with Nothingman:

    "Into the Sun...oh, Into the Sun...Burn...Burn...Nothingman...."

    I think it is the studio version only, no? Has he done this live?
    Hell yeah man! I LOVE seeing everyone who likes the same parts as I do..
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