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Have You Ever Shared A Moment With One Of The Guys?

Dead Man WalkingDead Man Walking Toronto-ish Posts: 2,762
edited January 2010 in Given To Fly (live)
Have you ever been at a PJ show and in the middle of a song you just meet eyes with Ed? Or when Mike is running around in little circles and stops and points, he points right at you and smiles? Has anyone ever had one of those "moments"?


Please share.
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  • BALLBOYBALLBOY Australia Posts: 1,032
    I think i Stone acknowledged me in Brisbane a few years, i am tall so he couldn't miss me, could he? I will take that.
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  • GP179117GP179117 Posts: 362
    Hey you dipshit, retard canadian. this is in the wrong forum!!
    Tempers are wearing thin. Let's hope some robot doesn't kill everybody.
  • Dead Man WalkingDead Man Walking Toronto-ish Posts: 2,762
    How is it the wrong forum? I'm talking about magical moments that make us tingle at PJ shows. Given To Fly is for talking about live PJ shows...I think i'll stick around. :D;):D8-);) :P :roll: :? :);):):D:):lol: :P :shock: :):mrgreen::D:D
  • GP179117GP179117 Posts: 362
    This should be on the porch.

    don't make me drive to Toronto and set your house on fire
    Tempers are wearing thin. Let's hope some robot doesn't kill everybody.
  • Backspacer 76Backspacer 76 Posts: 963
    At a show in Memphis back in 2000 I was sitting in the front row
    taking pictures like crazy because I was so excited to see the guys up close.
    Well.......I couldn't get the flash to work right....it kept going off at one point
    and Ed looked at me like he was completely pissed off!
    He really looked like he wanted to kick my ass.
    Our eyes meet then he spit on the stage with a very disgusted look on his face :shock:

    Sorry Ed. :oops:
  • GP179117GP179117 Posts: 362
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    Tempers are wearing thin. Let's hope some robot doesn't kill everybody.
  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,721
    yep..with both .Rotterdam 09 :D
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTOSEf96kzo
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  • benjsbenjs Toronto, ON Posts: 9,226
    None of these guys, just Thom Yorke. Still pretty cool to remember though.
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  • Red LukinRed Lukin Canada Posts: 2,994
    Twice here; both in Newfoundland 05'. 1) My girlfriend and I were rocking out to Alive, singing and punching out fists "YEAH, YEAH!", and Ed looked at us and smiled. We've never had such great seats and it was hard not to get right into it. 2) Walking down the steet the night b4 the first NFLD gig, we saw Matt and Boom. I didn't want to say anything but couldnt help it when boom walked our way. I just said "BOOOOOM"...he gave me a nice chuckle back.
  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    GP179117 wrote:
    Hey you dipshit, retard canadian. this is in the wrong forum!!

    Big fuckin' deal, dude...
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    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
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  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    I was front row center at Meadowlands Arena (CAA) in NJ on 9/8/1998, the show before the MSG shows. I brought a bunch of frizbee style signs that were glued to circular matboard which said "May I Play Drums With You" on each side. I had like 15 of them. Every time the lights would dim I would chuck a few at Ed right in front of me. He read them while playing. Picked one up, showed it to Matt who kinda smiled (he was new at that time). When they came back out on stage, they laughed because lots of people on the floor were holding "Breath" signs. Ed commented on that... and then he said something while pointing at me saying "and this guy up front, this guy right here, has had signs all night saying 'may I play drums with you', 'may I play drums with you'.

    If you want to hear it, just go here:
    http://tinyurl.com/dte-cj

    Scroll until the song ends at about 3:55 you'll hear Ed come back on stage and the conversation about the Breath signs and then talking to me. :) After Ed turned me down, I said "Just ONE song" while holding up one finger. Then Ed says "One song, huh... do you know Breath, by any chance?"

    I say "yes" and my friend is pointing at me saying to Ed "and he's really good too...". Well... Ed looked at me, and then he looked at Matt. Matt shrugged his shoulders as if to say "sure", "why not". The crowd really wanted Breath, and I was ready to play it at Ed's request, so the crowd gets louder in apparent approval. I was happy to be asked by Ed to re-introduce Breath into their live catalog. But then Ed looks at Stone. ...and man. Stone gave him the "no" look. It was totally Stone's fault.

    Anyway, cool it can all be heard on a boot. If anyone's got a vid, let me know!

    Two days later they played MSG, and lucky me, I worked that show backstage, and my office was wall-to-wall with their dressing room. They walked back and forth in front of my door all night, as that's the path to the stage, but I didn't bug them.

    Also met Ed briefly after the Pete Townsend show at The Supper Club, and while he was signing autographs I gave him a framed photo from the TFC show. I was up front and got an awesome photo of it. He was busy signing stuff, so I just left it at that.
    ADD 5,200 to the post count you see, thank you. :)
    *NYC 9/28/96 *NYC 9/29/96 *NJ 9/8/98 (front row "may i play drums with you")
    *MSG 9/10/98 (backstage) *MSG 9/11/98 (backstage)
    *Jones Beach 8/23/00 *Jones Beach 8/24/00 *Jones Beach 8/25/00
    *Mansfield 8/29/00 *Mansfield 8/30/00 *Nassau 4/30/03 *Nissan VA 7/1/03
    *Borgata 10/1/05 *Camden 5/27/06 *Camden 5/28/06 *DC 5/30/06
    *VA Beach 6/17/08 *DC 6/22/08 *MSG 6/24/08 (backstage) *MSG 6/25/08
    *EV DC 8/17/08 *EV Baltimore 6/15/09 *Philly 10/31/09
    *Bristow VA 5/13/10 *MSG 5/20/10 *MSG 5/21/10
  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    CJMST3K wrote:
    It was totally Stone's fault.

    maybe this is what Ed meant in the Single Video Theory? ;)
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    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    dcfaithful wrote:
    CJMST3K wrote:
    It was totally Stone's fault.

    maybe this is what Ed meant in the Single Video Theory? ;)


    I agree. :D
    ADD 5,200 to the post count you see, thank you. :)
    *NYC 9/28/96 *NYC 9/29/96 *NJ 9/8/98 (front row "may i play drums with you")
    *MSG 9/10/98 (backstage) *MSG 9/11/98 (backstage)
    *Jones Beach 8/23/00 *Jones Beach 8/24/00 *Jones Beach 8/25/00
    *Mansfield 8/29/00 *Mansfield 8/30/00 *Nassau 4/30/03 *Nissan VA 7/1/03
    *Borgata 10/1/05 *Camden 5/27/06 *Camden 5/28/06 *DC 5/30/06
    *VA Beach 6/17/08 *DC 6/22/08 *MSG 6/24/08 (backstage) *MSG 6/25/08
    *EV DC 8/17/08 *EV Baltimore 6/15/09 *Philly 10/31/09
    *Bristow VA 5/13/10 *MSG 5/20/10 *MSG 5/21/10
  • justamjustam Posts: 21,412
    Backspacer 76 wrote:
    At a show in Memphis back in 2000 I was sitting in the front row
    taking pictures like crazy because I was so excited to see the guys up close.
    Well.......I couldn't get the flash to work right....it kept going off at one point
    and Ed looked at me like he was completely pissed off!
    He really looked like he wanted to kick my ass.
    Our eyes meet then he spit on the stage with a very disgusted look on his face :shock:

    Sorry Ed. :oops:

    This is a funny story. :mrgreen:
    &&&&&&&&&&&&&&
  • Yellow LedbellyYellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    Front row on mike's side at bonnaroo and he pointed directly at me....wouldn't say it made me "tingle" at all but thought it was kind of cool to be acknowledged
    All I have to do is revel in the everyday....then do it again tomorrow

    They say every sin is deadly but I believe they may be wrong...I'm guilty of all seven and I don't feel too bad at all
  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    CJMST3K wrote:
    I was front row center at Meadowlands Arena (CAA) in NJ on 9/8/1998, the show before the MSG shows. I brought a bunch of frizbee style signs that were glued to circular matboard which said "May I Play Drums With You" on each side. I had like 15 of them. Every time the lights would dim I would chuck a few at Ed right in front of me. He read them while playing. Picked one up, showed it to Matt who kinda smiled (he was new at that time). When they came back out on stage, they laughed because lots of people on the floor were holding "Breath" signs. Ed commented on that... and then he said something while pointing at me saying "and this guy up front, this guy right here, has had signs all night saying 'may I play drums with you', 'may I play drums with you'.

    If you want to hear it, just go here:
    http://tinyurl.com/dte-cj

    Scroll until the song ends at about 3:55 you'll hear Ed come back on stage and the conversation about the Breath signs and then talking to me. :) After Ed turned me down, I said "Just ONE song" while holding up one finger. Then Ed says "One song, huh... do you know Breath, by any chance?"

    I say "yes" and my friend is pointing at me saying to Ed "and he's really good too...". Well... Ed looked at me, and then he looked at Matt. Matt shrugged his shoulders as if to say "sure", "why not". The crowd really wanted Breath, and I was ready to play it at Ed's request, so the crowd gets louder in apparent approval. I was happy to be asked by Ed to re-introduce Breath into their live catalog. But then Ed looks at Stone. ...and man. Stone gave him the "no" look. It was totally Stone's fault.

    Anyway, cool it can all be heard on a boot. If anyone's got a vid, let me know!

    Two days later they played MSG, and lucky me, I worked that show backstage, and my office was wall-to-wall with their dressing room. They walked back and forth in front of my door all night, as that's the path to the stage, but I didn't bug them.

    Also met Ed briefly after the Pete Townsend show at The Supper Club, and while he was signing autographs I gave him a framed photo from the TFC show. I was up front and got an awesome photo of it. He was busy signing stuff, so I just left it at that.


    Oh, and in 2008 in VA Beach I was 4th row and Ed noticed my "Tambourine Target" sign. He was looking over the crowd at the end of the stage at the end of Rockin', and he looked to his left and saw the sign... and sure enough walked over to my area and pointed right at me. He was aiming, babay! Good aim too!

    http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/2416/thetambourine.jpg
    ADD 5,200 to the post count you see, thank you. :)
    *NYC 9/28/96 *NYC 9/29/96 *NJ 9/8/98 (front row "may i play drums with you")
    *MSG 9/10/98 (backstage) *MSG 9/11/98 (backstage)
    *Jones Beach 8/23/00 *Jones Beach 8/24/00 *Jones Beach 8/25/00
    *Mansfield 8/29/00 *Mansfield 8/30/00 *Nassau 4/30/03 *Nissan VA 7/1/03
    *Borgata 10/1/05 *Camden 5/27/06 *Camden 5/28/06 *DC 5/30/06
    *VA Beach 6/17/08 *DC 6/22/08 *MSG 6/24/08 (backstage) *MSG 6/25/08
    *EV DC 8/17/08 *EV Baltimore 6/15/09 *Philly 10/31/09
    *Bristow VA 5/13/10 *MSG 5/20/10 *MSG 5/21/10
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