eddie's scott stapp power stance and lyric sheets

most(all) of you remember the rockline interview from '93 when we first got to hear "bee girl". here's a little excerpt from that and quote from eddie that he obviously no longer believes in. i wish he did because i couldn't agree with it more, in most cases.
Host: Mr. Vedder, yes? Do we have a mic for Eddie?
Eddie: I remembered a point I wanted to make you know in the magazine Rolling Stone, it's this little magazine some of you might have picked up. There is a picture of me, you can see the front mikes, and the monitors, there is a TV, like a prompter, right there. Umm, a lot of bands use prompters now and I think that's a bunch of crap and if you don't feel the song, if you don't know it by heart, then I think you don't have any right singing it in front of like 20,000, 15,000, 5,000 even 100 people. So, anyway, I just wanted to point out that that was an old TV I found in the back of the alley of the Moore Theater here in Seattle that I put together in order to smash it that night on stage. I just wanna say to all the young budding musicians out there, don't invest in teleprompters like I just wanted that to be clear.
Jeff: Didn't that TV when you found it have the lyrics to 'Paradise City' on it?
Eddie: It did. It did. No, really! (laughter)
so that belief has gone by the wayside. and what's the deal with this fairly newly adopted scott stapp(that's hard to say) power stance and lyric sheets and what's the connection? you know, but i'll tell you anyway. you'd think he'd have "all night" down at this point. i mean, how old is that song and how many times have they played it? old and alot. still he can't get it right, even with the lyrics right in front of him. "ole" is new, but maybe you shouldn't sing it if you have to read it to us. how awkward was it at pj20 when he invites three or four people out to sing backup on "who you are" and no one knows what to sing because eddie's completely screwing up the lyrics from the word go. his cock rock power stance is a not-so-very-discrete way of cheating and looking at his lyric sheet. guess he found a loophole... he never said "no paper prompters". they're still the best and i love em to death, but it's hard to sit here and say nothing.
Host: Mr. Vedder, yes? Do we have a mic for Eddie?
Eddie: I remembered a point I wanted to make you know in the magazine Rolling Stone, it's this little magazine some of you might have picked up. There is a picture of me, you can see the front mikes, and the monitors, there is a TV, like a prompter, right there. Umm, a lot of bands use prompters now and I think that's a bunch of crap and if you don't feel the song, if you don't know it by heart, then I think you don't have any right singing it in front of like 20,000, 15,000, 5,000 even 100 people. So, anyway, I just wanted to point out that that was an old TV I found in the back of the alley of the Moore Theater here in Seattle that I put together in order to smash it that night on stage. I just wanna say to all the young budding musicians out there, don't invest in teleprompters like I just wanted that to be clear.
Jeff: Didn't that TV when you found it have the lyrics to 'Paradise City' on it?
Eddie: It did. It did. No, really! (laughter)
so that belief has gone by the wayside. and what's the deal with this fairly newly adopted scott stapp(that's hard to say) power stance and lyric sheets and what's the connection? you know, but i'll tell you anyway. you'd think he'd have "all night" down at this point. i mean, how old is that song and how many times have they played it? old and alot. still he can't get it right, even with the lyrics right in front of him. "ole" is new, but maybe you shouldn't sing it if you have to read it to us. how awkward was it at pj20 when he invites three or four people out to sing backup on "who you are" and no one knows what to sing because eddie's completely screwing up the lyrics from the word go. his cock rock power stance is a not-so-very-discrete way of cheating and looking at his lyric sheet. guess he found a loophole... he never said "no paper prompters". they're still the best and i love em to death, but it's hard to sit here and say nothing.
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and no other artists have this problem because they dont change their set lists every night
Tres Mts. Gramercy Theatre 3/26/11
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2011:EV Seattle (x2), PJ20(x2), Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver
"You are the luckiest fan in the board having heard oceans, release and hard to imagine three shows in a row!!"
It's a real thrill!! I'm being serious here.
That being said, I thought it was an odd choice for a song to play, but it seemed like everyone there was enjoying themselves, and I guess that's what matters.
-A
Remember when they absolutely killed Real Me at the VHI Who Honors thing??? It is nice to hear a real tight, rehearsed, PJ.
With a Catolouge as big as they have now and the staunch refusal to do the same set night after night who can blame him?
For me I much prefer him doing this on occasion than some of the shockers we have seen in the past (Wishlist seems to be one he really struggled getting through).
If you want a set phoned in each and every night go see a Green Day concert, even the majority of the stage banter is the same night after night.
And again... WHAT IS THIS PATHETIC LOOSER OF SCOTT STAPP HAS TO DO WITH ALL OF THIS???
C'mon man!
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00 - Montreal
03 - Toronto, Montreal
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09 - Toronto, Philly (Show #3-4)
10 - Cleveland
11 - Montreal, Toronto (x2), Ottawa
13 - London (ON), Philly (x2)
16 - QC - Ottawa
we gotta keep in mind the nerves and pressure of playing live. Plus I don't think Eddie will ever fuck up lyrics as bad as when I saw motley crue when I was younger and Vince was awful. No real comparison, but i'm just saying, it could be worse.
PJ has quite a catalog now... if you want to hear rarities then try to ignore the teleprompter and the occasional lyrical mishaps. I've forgotten some of the lines from my favorite songs from a lot of bands... songs I've listened to countless times that I sang out loud in the car over the years.
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