I only at this time had Ten,VS,Vitology and LO2L in my cd collection - I picked up 2000 touring band - watched it alone in the dark with some xmas lights two joints and a six pack - needless to say there were 4 beers and 1 stork left when I pressed play - oh year first week with a 36in tv (that was huge in 2000) and surround sound - my goosebumps brushed the ceiling - I had never heard that song before and was blasted to mars
a year or more later I added No Code, Yield and Binaural to my CD collection - and few days after September 11, 2001 I was at Dartmouth College (working) and I organized an event on the big screen for students to come and watch America's Tribute To Heroes - the room was somber, just quiet small talk,if you listened you could only hear breathing and crickets- When Ed, Mike and Neil Young started - the room was silent until they finished - you couldn't even hear the crickets breathing - the next day those I saw said it was great and thanks for doing it and all that but the only song they mentioned was Long Road - I mean some said Tom Petty was good and others but everyone mentioned Ed - he is beyond this world
Long Road is great and a stupendous opener - at Bonnaroo I was really hoping for it to be the first song - they opened with Hard To Imagine - I had heard it a few times studio before then but it had the same effect as that evening watching Long Road for the first time - evanescent
My personal favorite Long Road would be in Cincinatti back in 06. They played the "US Bank" Riverfront Arena. This is the site of the infamous 1979 Who concert where 11 people were killed in a stampede. Robert Pollard of Guided By Voices fame was the opener and Ed mentioned that Robert and he had talked about that sad night and Rob was actually there as a fan back then. They also played Love Boat Captain.. Which was the saddest most beautiful moment I have ever faced at a PJ show. It was obvious that in Ed's mind they were back in Denmark while they played.. Closed the show with Baba O. with Robert Pollard on stage shaking the tambourines and singing along.. Not my favourite PJ show, (Phili 4 09, N.O. 1995 w/Ramones, St. Louis 98 would be my 3 favorites) but a beautiful sad moving night of music.
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a year or more later I added No Code, Yield and Binaural to my CD collection - and few days after September 11, 2001 I was at Dartmouth College (working) and I organized an event on the big screen for students to come and watch America's Tribute To Heroes - the room was somber, just quiet small talk,if you listened you could only hear breathing and crickets- When Ed, Mike and Neil Young started - the room was silent until they finished - you couldn't even hear the crickets breathing - the next day those I saw said it was great and thanks for doing it and all that but the only song they mentioned was Long Road - I mean some said Tom Petty was good and others but everyone mentioned Ed - he is beyond this world
Long Road is great and a stupendous opener - at Bonnaroo I was really hoping for it to be the first song - they opened with Hard To Imagine - I had heard it a few times studio before then but it had the same effect as that evening watching Long Road for the first time - evanescent
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2008 Bonnaroo - 2009 Philly 2&3 - 2010 MSG 1&2
Cool, I have never seen that before!
yup.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxM1sPJI1eI
I think hearing this live would create such an amazing mood for the rest of the show.
"What could be better than a beer with Eddie Vedder"