*** EV Tour - Oakland 2 Fanviews Here 07/12/11 ***

dasvidana

Indifference wrote:

dasvidana wrote:

I have always hoped Ed would cover If You Want to Sing Out.!

FYI he did this song multiple times on the 08 tour.

No way! I wish there was a bootleg of it. I was busy with a sick child during that tour so didn't catch any of the shows.

Corduroyboy

Awesome setlist. Wish I went to night 2 instead of 1!!

JoelInNoCal

Corduroyboy wrote:

Awesome setlist. Wish I went to night 2 instead of 1!!

I was just thinking the same thing. But, you know, I might like the set list of Night 1 just a tad better. I know last night had Off He Goes and You've Got To Hide Your Love Away, but we had Immortality, Small Town and Wishlist. We also had the epic sheep story too

That said, I wish I went to BOTH nights!! Ours was epic. Last night was epic too, I bet

Corduroyboy

I just wanted to hear Millworker again. I got it in Berkeley a few years back, but once again would have been nice. No doubt night 1 was great. Both nights in fact are!

electronblue

bry321f11 wrote:

WE NEED OFFICIAL BOOTS OF EV SHOWS!!!!!! PLEASE 10C!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i agree!!!!! i would have to order this boot, first!!!
another gemstone of a setlist ~

heartdesire

YourDirtisMyfood wrote:

Has Better Days from Eat, Pray, Love been played this tour? Love that song.

Not so far in the U.S. though he played it several times on the Australian Tour. Check out the reviews ... would love to have heard it!

JoelInNoCal

Damn me and having to live in the real world!! :twisted: This 2nd show does sound awesome and I should have been at both!

Corduroy B-girl

Tonight was one of the best solo shows i've seen! Both nights were a perfect fit - like yin and yang!

NPR was right on the mark when they described Eddie as an, "incurably effusive anecdotist."

I laughed and cried during tonight's set. I lost a friend to suicide last week, and he was the second friend I lost to that method of death in the past four months. Needless to say I was feeling quite sad last week, so much so that I could not muster up the engergy for the Santa Barbara show, and I ended up letting my TC tickets go to waste last minute. Vedder's shows the past two nights were carthartic and reminded me that life can be fucking beautiful!

oh yeah, it was also pretty cool when the basement bartender at the paramount insisted my drink was on the house because he felt like we fans seemed like such a nice group of people!

Jokertt14

OH man he walked the cow . i love that song !!

PureandEasy

jenny wrote:

Tonight was one of the best solo shows i've seen! Both nights were a perfect fit - like yin and yang!

NPR was right on the mark when they described Eddie as an, "incurably effusive anecdotist."

I laughed and cried during tonight's set. I lost a friend to suicide last week, and he was the second friend I lost to that method of death in the past four months. Needless to say I was feeling quite sad last week, so much so that I could not muster up the engergy for the Santa Barbara show, and I ended up letting my TC tickets go to waste last minute. Vedder's shows the past two nights were carthartic and reminded me that life can be fucking beautiful!

oh yeah, it was also pretty cool when the basement bartender at the paramount insisted my drink was on the house because he felt like we fans seemed like such a nice group of people!

sorry about your friend but I'm glad Ed was able to help you through it a little bit this week. Take care.

JzP

JzP wrote:

for those who attended does eddie play a five or a four string banjo on "if you want to sing out sing out"?

chiquimonkey

I feel so fortunate to have been able to attend last nite and Monday's shows. The venue is a jewel, and so was hearing Glen Hansard (amazing singer) and of course Ed. The setlist last night was wonderful. Hearing "Waiting on a friend" was beautiful. Was cool to see him play the banjo too!

The past few weeks have been very difficult for me....my mom was sick for a long while and finally passed away on June 25th, on my birthday.

I had vacillated as to whether or not to even attend the shows when she died, unsure if it was appropriate, if I would even be able to keep myself together. After encouragement from family and friends I decided that I should, and that it would probably help.

And I am so glad that I did! I thought maybe with the sadder uke songs I would just be weeping the entire time, but the opposite happened. I found great hope in hearing the music...knowing that Ed wrote some of those songs in darker times, and seeing him full of light now. It was solace. Also just hearing songs that have been so close to my heart over the years, it was really comforting. Long Road in particular was moving...I had actually avoided listening to that song since she passed, scared of how I'd react. But the tears felt good.

I was blessed to meet Ed after the show last night. I was wondering what to say, and when it was finally my turn, I told him how I felt. To thank him for everything, telling him about my loss, and how hearing him play really helped ease my pain. He gripped my hand tight, I held on for dear life! The look in his eyes....it is burned forever in my mind.

When I told him how healing his music was, he bowed his head down to me. I think he was really humbled. Then said the sweetest thing to me as he walked on to the next person with a big smile.

I know this is probably more for fanviews of the actual show, but it is impossible to extricate the experience outside from the show, or even from both shows. It was a collective of relief, a chance to feel normal again, to be reminded of how powerful art is, and how music brings everyone together. And to finally be able to thank someone whose music has been a constant in my life for the past 20 years....it was beautiful.

Again, thank you so much Ed, from the bottom of my heart.

Much love,
b

Elzar

thank you Ed for playing"Walking the Cow", perfect starting song!

and "Off He Goes"! Been wanting to see this live for a long time! "Millworker" was more than awesome.

we wanted to stay around and wait for EV and just say "Thanks!", but we figured he didnt want to be bugged after working his ass off for us! Amazing performance in Oakland!

so once again Thank you Mr. Vedder!

F Me In The Brain

I want one of those posters!

I have the Tour Box Sets for 2009 and 2010. Willing to trade some boots for the poster - message me if you have an extra and want some awesome boots. (The Philly Box set is a classic!)

Is there somewhere we can buy them?

Shawshank

chiquimonkey wrote:

I was blessed to meet Ed after the show last night. I was wondering what to say, and when it was finally my turn, I told him how I felt. To thank him for everything, telling him about my loss, and how hearing him play really helped ease my pain. He gripped my hand tight, I held on for dear life! The look in his eyes....it is burned forever in my mind.

When I told him how healing his music was, he bowed his head down to me. I think he was really humbled. Then said the sweetest thing to me as he walked on to the next person with a big smile.

I know this is probably more for fanviews of the actual show, but it is impossible to extricate the experience outside from the show, or even from both shows. It was a collective of relief, a chance to feel normal again, to be reminded of how powerful art is, and how music brings everyone together. And to finally be able to thank someone whose music has been a constant in my life for the past 20 years....it was beautiful.

Again, thank you so much Ed, from the bottom of my heart.

Much love,
b

Probably the most touching thing I've read on here ever. Sorry for your loss, but I'm so happy you were able to find the peace you needed.

HailHailVitalogy

I WANT THAT POSTER IMMEDIATELY.

How do I get it? I do not want to spend $100 on ebay....someone hook it up!

maxDaddy

I am pretty sure it was actually a 6-string guit-jo. (banjo with guitar neck).

JzP wrote:

for those who attended does eddie play a five or a four string banjo on "if you want to sing out sing out"?

H.Chinaski

Nice setlist and rad poster. Hope for "walking the cow" to open Seattle 2.

thefixer9

H.Chinaski wrote:

Nice setlist and rad poster. Hope for "walking the cow" to open Seattle 2.

Or not.....

acutejam

Wow. I think it helped that Eddie's Uncle John was there! Eddie showing off his chops to the man whose record collection he raided in elementary school! (Eddie in first grade spinning Hot Rocks!)

I've given up hoping for any particular song, but just last week was listening to studio Off He Goes and thought, "man, eddie could pull that off acoustic!" Shazam!

Just like '07, first night had 10C tix, second was TM only -- and second night crowd was just a bit better. Hmmm. That came with a few more shout outs and interruption but nothing too obnoxious for the most part. During quiet moments in some songs, it was actually -- gasp -- quiet!

But c'mon, this is California, we're not all "FUCK YEAH!" out here, we're "OOOHH YEAH" That's our vibe, deal with it!

The poster is amazing, exquisite detail -- and if you can't smell it, those are silver metallic inks! Put's the EV Rocket s/n gold ink version to shame! Freakin thing just ... shimmers and shines!

And I can't say enough about Glen, just amazing performer. Hope he can afford some clothes one day, or at least a few bucks for laundry ... he was plugging the Goodwill down the street! Told a tale about exploring Haight Ashbury, he's every bit the effusive anecdotist that Eddie is. Those two must be having a ball together on tour! Hairshirt, my god....

As lovely as that or "Sleepless Nights" is truly unplugged, I can't think of many moments I've seen in three decades of concert going that approaches "Falling Slowly."