**Berkeley Fanviews Here 04/07**

Corduroyboy

Such an awesome show. I walked out of the Santa Cruz show speechless and then walked out of last nights Berkeley show even more speechless. When the Vancouver setlist was relayed and everyone was going on and on about Arc, I thought no bid deal, it's Arc. After hearing it again last night, it's a sound that will forever play in my head. The way Eddie did sang it last night was so unbelievable that I pray they put the bootlegs out of these shows soon!! Great setlist, Ed on the banjo, Forever Young, Lukin, ITW tracks, Ed's stories and rants, just so great last night. It's hard to compare the solo venue to full out Pearl Jam shows, but I feel priviledged to have gone to 2 of them and see Ed up there all by himself. I envy those going to the rest of the California shows.

Liam Finn, this guy is incredible. He seemed to be a little more calm last night than in SC, but needless to say, I'd go see this guy over and over again. He's a talent that no one else is like.

It was great to meet up with some friends met on the 06 tour and to meet some new friends from on here for the first time last night. I thought the crowd was really good last night. Some funny comments here and there, but a little more subdued than SC.

Have fun tonight everyone!

jimed14

I'll link this thread in here as many of us who just couldn't sleep got a head start on posting about last night's show .... lots of good show info in here.

http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=280772

Ample Jar

chiefwigms wrote:

same - 4th row (DD) seat 10... met Eddie too - right when he left the building...

I kept wanted to go to my car and get the poster I got signed, but I didn't wanna miss him... luckily the one of the guys that was standing with me (3 of us) had a playbill that fell out when he was gettin his poster signed..

awesome show!

sweet! i debate hanging around, but i was exhausted. what time did he finally come out?

Corduroyboy

jimed14 wrote:

I'll link this thread in here as many of us who just couldn't sleep got a head start on posting about last night's show .... lots of good show info in here.

http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=280772

I still can't sleep!!

bhersholt

Ed mentioned how interesting it was being on a college campus and that he was humbled by being around so many smart people.

"I'm not used to being around so many people who are smarter than me.....I'm usually....", and then glanced from side to side behind him, a reference to the rest of the band. Subtle joke, but very funny.

chiefwigms

Ample Jar wrote:

sweet! i debate hanging around, but i was exhausted. what time did he finally come out?

i think it was around 2 or somethin.. too tired for work today

Anon

I had 10 club seats - row L seats 101 & 102. great show. high point for me was "here's to the state." great to hear live. also society with jerry was awesome. he's got a great voice. sounds like dylan.

thnx ten club for coming through with these seats and thnx ed liam ej and jerry for a fantastic show.

the feeling I had leaving the show was that I can't wait to see the full band again. ed is great, but the whole band is unparalleled.

LeftThePorch315

A thought this morning from my brother: At no point did you feel like you were in a rock concert. You felt like you were hanging out with a friend.

Yeah, one that that is a kick ass artist, entertainer, facilitator, activist and one bad ass patriotic American.

Rock on Brother Ed, rock on.

A standing ovation on the upper level from me and my brother when the huge OBAMA 08 sign came out. (Why wasn't EVERYONE else standing?... dammit ? !!!)


***

How about a little props to the guy who shouted
"YOU SHOULD HAVE WON AN ACADEMY AWARD!"

Oh wait that was me...
Thanks for the applause everyone. I felt pretty vulnerable after I yelled it.

Loved his response:
"What would Chris McCandless have done with a gold thing like that?"
F'ing brilliant.

I was going to follow it up with:
"'ENCHANTED' SUCKS!"
But I decided to quit while I was ahead. Especially after his awesome. Tom Waitts quote about "Silence is like a blank piece a paper."

Sorry to doodle on your easel, friend. I hope my words were received well.

***

Forever Young. Awesome. I'm gonna learn to play that song again today for my kids.

jimed14

LeftThePorch315 wrote:

How about a little props to the guy who shouted
"YOU SHOULD HAVE WON AN ACADEMY AWARD!"

Oh wait that was me...

No props, people who feel they need to be a part of the show annoy the hell out of the majority ... just silly my man ... no matter how well you thought you were received.

Anon

jimed14 wrote:

No props, people who feel they need to be a part of the show annoy the hell out of the majority ... just still my man ... no matter how well you thought you were received.

seriously.your words were not received well. you were fucking obnoxious. even ed said to shut the fuck up.

nothinghead

LeftThePorch315 wrote:

But I decided to quit while I was ahead. Especially after his awesome. Tom Waits quote about "Silence is like a blank piece a paper."

you mean the quote directly following Ed saying, "okay, now shut the fuck up?"

i guess the subtlety wasn't lost on you.

pjam

The show was great, Ed sounded great and was pretty funny but that crowd was lame compared to santa cruz.

Eliot Rosewater

Kat wrote:

Please share your show experiences here.

Ed Vedder April Fool's Tour

April 7, 2008 Zellerbach Theatre, Berkeley, California

Set List (unconfirmed): Walking The Cow, Around The Bend, I am Mine, Dead Man, I'm Open, Man of the Hour, Setting Forth, Guaranteed, No Ceiling, Far Behind, Rise, Millworker, Goodbye, Satellite, Drifting, You've Got to Hide Your Love Away, Here's to the State, Trouble, If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out, Parting Ways, Forever Young, Porch

1st encore: Society, Growin' Up, Lukin, No More, Arc

2nd encore: Hard Sun

YES! Satellite! My favorite uke song he wrote a few years back. Hope it's played in LA.

jimed14

pjam wrote:

The show was great, Ed sounded great and was pretty funny but that crowd was lame compared to santa cruz.

as stated in this, or the other thread, the lack of singing during "No More" was stunning ... jaw dropping stunning.

Let's pick it up tonight people.

beachdweller

jimed14 wrote:

as stated in this, or the other thread, the lack of singing during "No More" was stunning ... jaw dropping stunning.

Let's pick it up tonight people.

we will in my section tonight

chiquimonkey

beachdweller wrote:

we will in my section tonight

same here! i was hollering along last night....was also surprised that more didn't sing it loud.

these shows are blowing my freaking MIND. sweet god. parting ways??? satellite??? and arc/wolf was so intense, even more so than santa cruz for me, and that had blown me away.

and the fact i had better seats than sean freaking penn? what in the *hell*? haha

acutejam

Sigh -- I wanna post the second I get home, so yeah, here's my initial reaction with more to come after sloggin through work today:

http://forums.pearljam.com/showpost.php?p=5346993&postcount=11

Seattle Warm Up was to Santa Cruz, as Santa Cruz was to Berkeley.
As venues get larger, intimacy fades, and curiously, energy levels faded!
Well -- we are comparing a MONDAY (Berk) to a freakin Saturday night.

Liam didn't Tag Prudence even after teh shout out. But he was fun. I'm really digging him and EJ.

No, Eddie had one long conversation about Room Service at SC, then the shout out to the Body of War story, few other quick tales (wet suits!) but it was NOTHING compared to his sermons at Berkeley. (Getting ready to duck) Felt kinda forced in places like he had to drop Susan Saurandon and TIm Robbins names a few times, establish his cred, Acitivists of Evil! Song for movie this, movie that, oh, that's just a movie in my head -- Senn Penn got the biggest hoot outta the crowd (and neat, he was there!). The dig at the recruiting office. The Obama sign. And the extra protest song. And it just didn't pay off for him the lackluster "No More" sing along, not that "Hide YOur love away" sing along was much better. Again, I'd say a MOnday compared to a Saturday more than anything else...

Again, I think ARC was better at Berkeley, better howls, better sync (ok i really paid attention at Berk) and let it play waaay longer before fading out. But I remember him just WAILING on his guitar for Big Hard Sun at SC. Kinda tame at Berkeley -- what? He's got the Monday's too!!!!

Two very different shows (whereas Santa Cruz wasn't tooo dif from Vancouver)... And again, the sound, crispness, Ed himself actually was much better, fewer flubs, wailing on Millworker and Porch! ::shiver::

And I think that's good to note -- fewer similarities from Van-to-SC-than-to-Berkeley -- I think that bodes well that he's got a lot more he can play!!! These are shows worth seeing a few of! (Well, we'll know tonight how tapped his repertoire is!)

Parting Ways as if on a whim -- "Oh ok, I guess I could just play anything..." But more often, "Now back to the plot of this."

Lots more dedications at Berkeley, dare I say it, just more serene and peaceful.

Beautiful!

_Crazy_Mary_

Well, I hope you don't all hate me, but..........
After plugging my ears for 45 mins. through Liam Finn and that fat cow hippie, Eliza Jane/Quasimoto, I had to wait another 45 min. for Ed to show up. It was fucking 8:53 when he walked on stage and I wish I could have stayed at Chez Panisse for that hour and a half wait.
UGH!
But Ed was captivating. He was cute and funny. I loved when he sang the Yeasty Girls song and talking shit about the drum circle and when he told that one moron to shut the fuck up. Enough with your "Throw Your Arms Around Me!" I was getting pissed off at the crowd... It was nice that Ed could interact with us so much, but come on!
Honestly, though, I started to get tired of the whole sitting-around-the-campfire feeling of the night and all the hate-filled political bullshit. Yeah, I get it you and Ed are all a bunch of pot-smoking hippie libs, and you all have a boner for Sean Pean, Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins... I get it.... Can we please get the show moving???
I left disappointed :(

jimed14

acutejam wrote:

Parting Ways as if on a whim -- "Oh ok, I guess I could just play anything..." But more often, "Now back to the plot of this."

Yeah, he did seem to be pretty spontaneous last night, granted, that only fed fuel to the jackasses shouting out requests ... thus, why I felt he had to come "back to the plot"

acutejam

_Crazy_Mary_ wrote:

... I wish I could have stayed at Chez Panisse ...

Oh, OH! Can I? It's set up sooo well! (Yeah, you just did a bit of what you were complaining about what ed was doing, name dropping... hehehe...)

But honestly I feel you CM -- it's not like he's gonna fill the venue with Berkeley residents and students, Contra Costa is a bit more even keeled than just Berkeley (and really he's pulling from the entire West Coast and beyond). So yeah, I guess I can agree. Sounded forced to me. Got a bit long in the tooth.

And ok -- If your coming for solo Ed, I can see how Liam could dissappoint. But just taking Liam at face value, he's like a grunge Dolby or something, I'm facinated by his process, and I thought their voices blended together wonderfully when they weren't screaming. But I liked the screaming too! The drumming! I could see him opening for PJ -- but yeah, hard shift from Liam to Ed.

Don't like the fixed menu there however, prefer Gary Danko's! What if you just don't like squab one night?