If you met Eddie Vedder...what would you say?

augustwest

SOLAT319 wrote:

So, people were wondering about why the playbill was called "Sniper". When I asked Ed this question, he said that since this was a theater tour, they thought that it would be a clever idea to create a playbill, you know, just like when you go to a play at a theatre you get the playbill and it has bios of everyone's involved in that production. So, the idea came from that. Then when it came to naming it, he said that they did not want to just call it a playbill. So, when you look at the bios inside, there is one for Ed's bodyguard Jesse, who is a huge dude, who used to be in Marines and special forces and on top of that, he used to be a SNIPER! So Ed thought, who better to have in the audience to interfere in case there are "youtubers" out there. Yeap, my friends, this is how much he hates those who "youtube" his shows. So, that's the story of how he came up with the name for the playbill. He might have been kidding of course, who knows :-) But all I can tell you is, when he was talking about youtube, he really did not look like he was kidding.

i love youtube

ev confuses me...

sward

SOLAT319 wrote:

Very true about the eye contact....
And how funny is that you and him were holding hands for about a minute!?!? I assume you're a guy?? Well, if not, I don't even know what to tell you...

Yes..I am a guy. Hahahaha. I left right away and called my wife excitedly, and she still teases about my man crush that day. hahah

Blind3

I'd probably say the same thing I said to him the first, and so far only,time I met him . What I said was: Hey Ed, how's it going?

catwoman

SOLAT319 wrote:

This is one of the coolest stories I've read on this board over the years!

Thank you SOLAT319! My daughter actually wrote her college admission essay about this (the essay where they ask you to write about anything). She also described how I got her & my son tickets to the 2003 concert outside of DC, and how they insisted that I go with them even though I thought I was too old to go to a rock concert. I went & had a blast, and it was an incredible bonding experience with them. I sent a copy of her essay to Deep, but it was never published (at least I don't think so -- I got inadvertently dropped from the 10C for a few months when I didn't get any email reminders to renew -- damn comcast email address). Here's one of the lines from her essay, describing our drives to the ice rink: "Pearl Jam was the soundtrack to our lives on the road, the backbone of our togetherness."

catwoman

andrew the legend wrote:

play even flow more

I love it!

dunkman

he he... here comes eddie with his ventriloquists act

rival9500

I met Ed a couple of times. I'll share the story of when I met him in Pittsburgh. It was about an hour or so after the show. It was only me and a friend. I called his name and he came over carrying a bunch of stuff including his green jacket. I had a copy of the rolling stone with him on the cover that I asked him to sign. He put his stuff down and asked to see it. When I handed it to him, he began flipping through it. He began shaking his head as he told me this was the first time he had actually seen it. He told us that it should have been the entire band on the cover, not just him. He chuckled when I said "fuck rolling stone then". He graciously signed it. I had a vintage who shirt that I wanted to give him as a gift when a random couple started freaking out and screaming "oh my god, it's eddie vedder!!!" They walked right up to him and immediately asked for a picture. His body guard (not his usual one though) immediately said no pictures. I think he signed like a dollar bill for them or something. Afterwards, Ed handed me back the rolling stone, shook my hand, said thank you and started to walk away. I said oh ed, one more thing, I handed him the shirt and told him I thought he might like it since I already had one. He unfolded it and held it up to see it. He said thank you very much and that he never had that one and walked away with it. Everyone is right about the eye contact.

As you all know, the next show in Cincinnati (which I was at), he commented on the rolling stone and wiped his ass with it. Very nice guy. Thanks for sharing all of your stories. I hope you enjoyed mine.

eldarion75

i just read all these posts..sad 'cos you guys for the most part are why the band shys away from fans. Some of these stories were really lovely, most of the people wanting to meet him though? probably the same assholes shouting stuff during his show...
go listen to Creed or something & leave ed alone..you're making us all look bad.

inhiding 1976

When I met Ed it was at the Tibetian Freedom Festival, I was in the first row of the lawn far left if you looking at the stage. If I have lawn I always go there it's close to the beer and the restrooms. I noticed a mob of people walking up from the pavilion and there was Ed with several body guards around him. He went into the pavilion to look at displays. On his way back is when he seemed to take the time to talk to people or shake hands. Finally I saw him walking back down, I made eye contact the whole time. This was pretty intimidating to me, I pussed out and broke eye contact. When he came near I reached out my hand and said "hi Ed. He said Hi and shook my hand and my girlfriends hand as well as my friend I went with. I had on my red given to fly shirt with the yellow birds, he looked at and smiled. This was a very brief encounter. Then at Lollapalooza I stage myself in the front row 6 hours before the show, and during Crazy Mary he jumped down and walked along the fence smoking a cigarette, he came very near, within arms reach and looked at us (I think) waved and went on his way.

rival9500

eldarion75 wrote:

i just read all these posts..sad 'cos you guys for the most part are why the band shys away from fans. Some of these stories were really lovely, most of the people wanting to meet him though? probably the same assholes shouting stuff during his show...
go listen to Creed or something & leave ed alone..you're making us all look bad.

no not really, these stories show how good they are to their fans. There is nothing wrong with waiting to meet someone to say thanks. These stories show that it has paid off for a lot of people and gave them really great memories.

ONCE DEVIDED

eldarion75 wrote:

i just read all these posts..sad 'cos you guys for the most part are why the band shys away from fans. Some of these stories were really lovely, most of the people wanting to meet him though? probably the same assholes shouting stuff during his show...
go listen to Creed or something & leave ed alone..you're making us all look bad.

mate get a life.
the question was what would you say if you met him
Id reckon most here would give ed all the space he wanted, be polite say hello etc but be respectful. just cause they are expressing how cool it would be to meet the guy. YOU STAMP ON THEM
For example I was offered to meet him ( and the band) last tour, I said NO. why because they have already giiven me so much and they dont need another fan in their faces. Im anti celebrity

eldarion75

so this is ok?

'I... I... Love you...

and then i'd run away.... like Napoleon Dynamite.'

"I would leave my wife for you..and I have her blessing"

'Oh Hey Ed, wheres Jeff? I got a Mother Love Bone shirt i want him to sign, that Jeremy song is pretty good.'


fuckin wackjobs!!

this is the only way

'Thanks Ed. Then shake his hand.'

people on this board are so mental...'i met stone in the grocery store today'
'pearl jam are playing Uganda!'

wack jobs..giving us all a bad name..

vedder.ten

Great story, man. I'd do exactly what you did... simple as that.

eduardo

i will share a beer with edy

mensane

when i met ed after the nashville 2000 show;

"Where's Mike?"


lol...LONG story.

RobbieC2008

I did meet Eddie.....I regret it to this day!!! I was standing outside of Yankee stadium by the giant bat before game 7 of the 2004 Yanks/Sox ALCS...I was wasted, and I was standing there and a town car pulled up this guy got out who I just though looked like Eddie Vedder so I ludly said to my friend " Eddie Vedder" and he looked at me and said " hey man whats up" and I said " holy shit " shook his hand and he walked away...I now wish I could have said a million things..hell I couldnt even tell you who he was with because i didnt bother to look..but I couldnt believe how short he was....lesson learned..dont smoke weed and drink before events...you dont want to be so f'ed up in case you run into Eddie

Diamond Marmalade

RobbieC2008 wrote:

I did meet Eddie.....I regret it to this day!!! I was standing outside of Yankee stadium by the giant bat before game 7 of the 2004 Yanks/Sox ALCS...I was wasted, and I was standing there and a town car pulled up this guy got out who I just though looked like Eddie Vedder so I ludly said to my friend " Eddie Vedder" and he looked at me and said " hey man whats up" and I said " holy shit " shook his hand and he walked away...I now wish I could have said a million things..hell I couldnt even tell you who he was with because i didnt bother to look..but I couldnt believe how short he was....lesson learned..dont smoke weed and drink before events...you dont want to be so f'ed up in case you run into Eddie

That's fantastic

ONCE DEVIDED

eldarion75 wrote:

so this is ok?

'I... I... Love you...

and then i'd run away.... like Napoleon Dynamite.'

"I would leave my wife for you..and I have her blessing"

'Oh Hey Ed, wheres Jeff? I got a Mother Love Bone shirt i want him to sign, that Jeremy song is pretty good.'


fuckin wackjobs!!

this is the only way

'Thanks Ed. Then shake his hand.'

people on this board are so mental...'i met stone in the grocery store today'
'pearl jam are playing Uganda!'

wack jobs..giving us all a bad name..

so one out of how many and you call us wackjobs and then you say what you would say to Ed anyways
hmmm who really is the wackjob
and who is giving the bad name

nowayimfaithfull

This post has been up here for a while now.
Ive come to the conclusion that I would tell him stone gossard should be the singer.

catwoman

SOLAT319 wrote:

Are you guys going to be at Hartford or Mansfield 6/28? If so, we must meet!

We're going to the Virginia Beach & DC shows. I would have liked to have met you -- maybe on the next tour. My daughter may end up back in Boston after the summer. She's graduating from college there, but coming back home to Maryland this summer, which is why we're staying in the mid-Atlantic region for the tours. I need a break from that NJ Turnpike!