***The Even Flow Appreciation Society***

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  • theboxerorthebag
    theboxerorthebag Posts: 1,774
    ManOfTheHour75 wrote:
    Yeah, it's always pissed me off that people call this bathroom break. So when your favorite band is playing one of their greatest songs and one of the greatest guitar players of all time is absolutely shredding away on a solo, you decide it's a good time to take a leak! :x At least it improves my view of the stage.

    Totally agree.
  • OceanInDisguise13
    OceanInDisguise13 Posts: 937
    My all time favorite PJ song. NEVER get tired of hearing it. Gets my heart beating so fast. Count me in :D
    I wish I was an alien at home behind the sun.....
    I wanna race..with the sundown..I want a last breath..I don't let out...
  • Sian-of-the-dead
    Sian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    I'm in!

    Even Flow is such an awesome song!! BIG love for it! :mrgreen:

    I still can't understand why people have it as their piss-break song :wtf:
    Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...

    ... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
  • AmherstJammer
    AmherstJammer Amherst, Massachusetts Posts: 1,510
    :thumbup:
  • Backspacer 76
    Backspacer 76 Posts: 963
    Count me in. Love me some Even Flow :thumbup:
    We could get Chiquimonkey to make us some cool ass t-shirts and wear them with pride.
  • foriginalsin
    foriginalsin Posts: 713
    Face melting mccready rules even flow. Took a first timer to 10/28/09 and I believe it was even flow and Mikes ridiculous solo that converted him. I can never understand why anyone would leave to take a piss break, thats what the encore break is for. In fact alive is starting to grow old on me. Its played every set and especially with the fist pumping yea yea chants at the end - its kind of gotten repetitive. Anyone feel the same?
  • My3rdEye
    My3rdEye Posts: 927
    Fuck yes!
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  • Chrisilein
    Chrisilein Vienna/Austria Posts: 3,910
    I'm in! And i'm proud of that!! :D
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  • MyAngel
    MyAngel Posts: 27
    I definitely love Even Flow! I agree on the heart pumping thing, it does that to me also.
    Indy '98 '00 and '10
    No shows in between, lived in Italy while doing the whole Air Force thing
    Las Vegas '06 (pregnant with 1st daughter!)
    Chicago '09 (pregnant with 2nd daughter!)
    Massive fan since 1992
  • Plankton
    Plankton Posts: 692
    Every time I hear the original version (it's one of the few songs from Ten where I don't like the Redux version) with the warm echoing chorus I go right back to first listening to the song.

    First PJ song I'd ever heard and my reaction was something like 'holy crap! This is what I want to listen to all the time!'
  • SENROCK
    SENROCK Posts: 10,736
    You guys are late to the party! There's been an EVENFLOW club for a while now!!! EVENFLOW PSYCHOS....shirts are FLOWting around 8-):D
    ~~~~~~ALWAYS HAVE A GOOD TIME~~~~~~
    Sir Mike McCready is....THE MASTER!!! WAHHH!!!
    EVENFLOW PSYCHOS H.N.I.C~FEEL THE FLOW!!!

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  • jm257212
    jm257212 Posts: 409
    im 100000000% in on this one....
  • Citizen Zack
    Citizen Zack Posts: 1,763
    I'm in. It may be played at every show, but there's a damn good reason. Without Even Flow, most of us wouldn't have fallen in love with this band in the first place. Great post.
    "Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them." - Thoreau

    No time to be void, or save up on life, you've got to spend it all
  • RGarabed21
    RGarabed21 Posts: 467
    Fasten your seatbelts!!
    MSG - 6/25/08 EV Solo Tower Theatre - 06/11/09
    Philly 2 - 10/28/09 Philly 3 - 10/30/09
    Philly 4 - 10/31/09
    Boston 1 - 05/17/10
    PruCenter - 05/18/10
    MSG 1 - 05/20/10
    MSG 2 - 05/21/10
    Alpine1 - 09/03/11 Alpine2 - 09/04/11
  • Citizen Zack
    Citizen Zack Posts: 1,763
    Chicago 8.24.09 (taken from twofeetthick.com):

    During Even Flow, Ed notices a guy wearing a shirt saying “No Even Flow”, and starts a bit of an exchange with him, after the line “I can’t help when I’m happy, look insane.”, he yells “saw you too late, man”, then introduces Mike’s solo, “Once again, Mr. Mike McCready whether you like it or not”. After the song, Ed continues at the guy, “How’s that for Mr. Mike McCready on the right-hand guitar? He has to play that song or else he’ll fucking kill somebody. And I have a nominee, for ah… Mike, next time you don’t play that song, this guy right here, this guy.. he’s wearing a shirt that says “no even flow”, I suggest you kill him first. (rim shot) I know you can take him by yourself, but if you need help, I’ll help. You know the thing is sir, we take requests not orders, you should know better than that.”
    "Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them." - Thoreau

    No time to be void, or save up on life, you've got to spend it all
  • Black73
    Black73 Posts: 1,018
    foriginalsin wrote:
    Face melting mccready rules even flow. Took a first timer to 10/28/09 and I believe it was even flow and Mikes ridiculous solo that converted him. I can never understand why anyone would leave to take a piss break, thats what the encore break is for. ...

    I couldn't agree with you more. I took my 2 sons to Columbus 5/6/10 for their first-ever PJ show, and all the way from WI to OH they said, "I hope they play 'Even Flow' tonight." When the opening riff rang out, my 8 year-old promptly removed his shirt and said, "I'm gonna rock this hard, Dad."

    Not to be outdone, at the end of the first set, my 10 year-old practices perfect concert etiquette by saying, "Ok Dad, now I really have to take a leak." We ran out, did our biz, and were back in our seats before the first encore break was over.

    I made a mental note before the show to see if anyone was leaving during Even Flow, but I was too busy rocking with my boys...priceless moment!
  • CantKeepMeHere
    CantKeepMeHere Posts: 2,177
    Sign me up!!
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  • CitizenRick
    CitizenRick Posts: 1,079
    Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!! The video/Rearviewmirror version is one of the most intense tracks of the last 20 years in rock music.

    Yeah yeah....don't vote repulican!
    "Had my eyes peeled both wide open, and I got a glimpse...of my innocense, got back my inner sence, baby got it...still got it"
  • 71step28
    71step28 Posts: 2,249
    i am soooo in this! :D
  • Dru_Cortez
    Dru_Cortez Posts: 953
    Citizen Zack wrote:
    Chicago 8.24.09 (taken from twofeetthick.com):

    During Even Flow, Ed notices a guy wearing a shirt saying “No Even Flow”, and starts a bit of an exchange with him, after the line “I can’t help when I’m happy, look insane.”, he yells “saw you too late, man”, then introduces Mike’s solo, “Once again, Mr. Mike McCready whether you like it or not”. After the song, Ed continues at the guy, “How’s that for Mr. Mike McCready on the right-hand guitar? He has to play that song or else he’ll fucking kill somebody. And I have a nominee, for ah… Mike, next time you don’t play that song, this guy right here, this guy.. he’s wearing a shirt that says “no even flow”, I suggest you kill him first. (rim shot) I know you can take him by yourself, but if you need help, I’ll help. You know the thing is sir, we take requests not orders, you should know better than that.”
    That is 5 kinds of awesome.
    What a classy final line.
    Cheers.
    'Cause you don't give blood and take it back again.

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