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Arc's emotional effect

U R A Crazy BreedU R A Crazy Breed Posts: 8,370
edited August 2008 in The Porch
i was listening to an Ed solo show boot i found on the net (wish they would release an official copy of any show) tonight is exactly one week since i saw him at the Opera house in Boston where i saw Arc live for the first time and was totally blown away.

I've had a rough couple of weeks.my wife had a near death experience (health problems) so i had a few drinks tonight (need to escape for awhile)and threw the boot into my stereo and reminisced about last weeks show
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I invited my mother(she is 67) to come listen to Arc with me and explained the significance behind it (Roskilde).we both had tears in our eyes as Ed whaled hauntingly away.when it was over she said she could hear the pain in his voice and that it obviously meant a lot to him.I told her he had tears running down his face after he performed it at the Opera house.

With my mind in the place that it is and hearing/feeling Ed's pain,i felt like he was there with me saying "i know your sorrow".

some may think I'm crazy but i found it comforting and somewhat therapeutic.


thanks Ed.
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    Crazy Breed wrote:

    some may think I'm crazy but i found it comforting and somewhat therapeutic.

    those people are out of their tree.....music can heal and the signifigance of arc exhibits that...very cool story :)

    Crazy Breed wrote:
    thanks Ed.


    :)
  • InMyTree4InMyTree4 Posts: 1,239
    i know exactly how you feel that song is so emotional live it is incredible

    p.s. hope your wife is better
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  • InquisitiveOneInquisitiveOne Posts: 169
    INDEED! Arc was quite the stunner at both NY and Newark EV Solos. I was entirely in awe! :D

    -inquis.
    "Now when people ask me, where's my favorite place to play, I'll reply, Newark NJ!" -EV (solo '08)
  • Hard2IMAGINE2007VICHard2IMAGINE2007VIC Posts: 638
    Ed performance of Arc on his solo tour has been really healing for me too and hearing 3 different versions live was a real summer treat. Call me crazy but I even have a play list on itunes with all Arc repeated 20+ times and I often play it at low volume as I go to bed or I leave it on repeat if I want my dogs to chill out when I am off at work. Pitbulls and Chihuahuas can get a little wild sometimes together!

    I am sure that Arc will always leave a permanent memory for those who get to see this live and be touched by the sound.
  • DariusDarius Posts: 89
    it's the kinda piece that just digs in to you the right away...a way that words sometimes can't. you can't help but feel it
    After several hundred concerts spanning nearly twenty years of my life, I've finally been to the best shows of my life. PJ at the Garden 6/24-25/08
  • U R A Crazy BreedU R A Crazy Breed Posts: 8,370
    pweafer4 wrote:

    p.s. hope your wife is better

    thank you for the kind words.
  • U R A Crazy BreedU R A Crazy Breed Posts: 8,370
    Darius wrote:
    it's the kinda piece that just digs in to you the right away...a way that words sometimes can't. you can't help but feel it


    very true!
  • SDHSClassof82SDHSClassof82 Seattle Posts: 306
    I was thinking today about what made Ed and Mike's performance of Masters of War at the Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary so incredibly powerful. Of course the lyrics and Ed's voice and phrasing are brilliant. And there's something about the stillness of Ed's stance and Mike's rhythmic sway that adds another level. But then there's something else....it's like Eddie has waves of outrage pulsating off of him.

    With Arc, it's pure sorrow that radiates.
    “Wind in my hair, I feel part of everywhere...
    Late at night I hear the trees, they're singing with the dead...overhead...”
  • mca47mca47 Posts: 13,301
    Arc live is amazing and very powerful!

    Btw, where did you find a boot of that show?
  • zacman13245zacman13245 Posts: 294
    Arc is amazing, I want to see it performed someday.
    I'm spinning, oh, I'm spinning

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    9/3/2011 - East Troy, WI (PJ20)
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  • LongerRoadLongerRoad Posts: 72
    mca47 wrote:
    Arc live is amazing and very powerful!

    Btw, where did you find a boot of that show?


    Great question...where can one get a boot?
  • U R A Crazy BreedU R A Crazy Breed Posts: 8,370
    it was the Zellerbach Hall Berkeley show i was listening to.(only solo show i could find)

    i wish i could find a copy of one of the Boston shows!
  • jammergirljammergirl Posts: 599
    Crazy Breed wrote:
    it was the Zellerbach Hall Berkeley show i was listening to.(only solo show i could find)

    i wish i could find a copy of one of the Boston shows!

    i have this one! a very nice person on here gave it to me. its' also the only show on the tour i was able to go to. i agree, Arc is absolutely chilling, i get goosebumps every time.
  • pink1969pink1969 Posts: 245
    Hope your wife is doing better. The experience of seeing him perform Arc live is one that I will never forget as well. It's amazing how his voice can take you to a place that feels so good. Thanks Eddie.
    Shine on all you crazy diamonds!!!!
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