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Question about Needle And The Damage Done in Chicago

spicewaltonspicewalton Posts: 41
edited December 2009 in The Porch
At the beginning of this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfTqq-i8-1U) video, as an intro to The Needle And The Damage Done, Ed says: "You know there's been some sadness lately about that... but it feels like we lost him a long time ago, actually..."

Does anyone know who he was talking about? Unfortunately the video starts, I guess, after he mentions who he's referring to.
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  • justamjustam Posts: 21,408
    Michael Jackson?
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  • PJ-CubsPJ-Cubs Posts: 3,316
    justam wrote:
    Michael Jackson?

    You are correct.
  • youngsteryoungster Posts: 6,576
    It's Michael Jackson. I was there and he was talking about how he was listening to such diverse musical groups in the late 60's and early 70's, one of them being the Jackson 5, and how influenced he was by that era of music. Referring to how Jackson has been out of the spotlight for so long before his death, and I guess the song choice was based on how he died.
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  • spicewaltonspicewalton Posts: 41
    PJ-Cubs wrote:
    justam wrote:
    Michael Jackson?

    You are correct.

    Really? That's pretty sweet of Ed. Thanks guys, I appreciate your responses.
  • benjsbenjs Posts: 9,102
    I don't think it was Michael Jackson.. if I recall correctly, I thought that it was a friend of the band's (please, if someone remembers the name, that'd be great) who had been killed in a car accident a few months before, and as this was his birthday, they dedicated the show to him. Tunes like Long Road, Dissident, Sad, Come Back, Man of the Hour, Rearviewmirror, and Needle and the Damage Done were all played, and seem to share the theme of people or things present in life, which one day are no longer there.
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  • youngsteryoungster Posts: 6,576
    benjs wrote:
    I don't think it was Michael Jackson.. if I recall correctly, I thought that it was a friend of the band's (please, if someone remembers the name, that'd be great) who had been killed in a car accident a few months before, and as this was his birthday, they dedicated the show to him. Tunes like Long Road, Dissident, Sad, Come Back, Man of the Hour, Rearviewmirror, and Needle and the Damage Done were all played, and seem to share the theme of people or things present in life, which one day are no longer there.

    They dedicated Come Back to Dr. Michael Richter (Jeff sang Happy Birthday) but before Needle and the Damage Done, Eddie was talking about Michael Jackson, his music and how it influenced him growing up, and how he felt he left us before he did.
    He who forgets will be destined to remember.

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  • benjsbenjs Posts: 9,102
    cropduster82 wrote:
    benjs wrote:
    I don't think it was Michael Jackson.. if I recall correctly, I thought that it was a friend of the band's (please, if someone remembers the name, that'd be great) who had been killed in a car accident a few months before, and as this was his birthday, they dedicated the show to him. Tunes like Long Road, Dissident, Sad, Come Back, Man of the Hour, Rearviewmirror, and Needle and the Damage Done were all played, and seem to share the theme of people or things present in life, which one day are no longer there.

    They dedicated Come Back to Dr. Michael Richter (Jeff sang Happy Birthday) but before Needle and the Damage Done, Eddie was talking about Michael Jackson, his music and how it influenced him growing up, and how he felt he left us before he did.
    Strange, I must've missed that somehow. I thought the only Michael Jackson reference came at Rats.
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  • Uncle NeilUncle Neil Posts: 176
    Michael Jackson no doubt. Ed said the bit about the Jackson 5, then he played Needle/Damage solo (which ended with the riff from "Ben")...and then the band went straight into Rats.
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    shiningstar wrote:
    I caught you knockin’ at my cellar door
    I love you, baby, can I have some more?

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    AKRounder85 wrote:
    shiningstar wrote:
    I caught you knockin’ at my cellar door
    I love you, baby, can I have some more?

    ;):lol:

    seems im quoting too many lyrics today ;)

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  • Alpine BoundAlpine Bound Posts: 1,809
    he was talking about MJ, saying how he really died years ago. A fitting tribute too
  • given2fly23given2fly23 Posts: 5,902
    there were at least 3 deaths referenced that night, the 2 that have been mentioned and a 3rd that I wont discuss, but that reference was about Michael Jackson.
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    mj.. :roll:
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