*** Ed solo DC1 Fanviews Here 8/16/08 ***

August 16, 2008, Washington DC, Warner Theatre
Ed solo tour - opening: Liam Finn
Set list: Walking the Cow, Trouble, Sometimes, I Am Mine, Dead Man, Man of the Hour, Masters of War, Unthought Known, Setting Forth, Guaranteed, No Ceiling, Far Behind, Rise, Millworker, Soon Forget, Goodbye, Broken-Hearted, Driftin', Hide Your Love Away, Lukin, Porch
1st encore: Blackbird, Wishlist, Small Town, Make A Difference (by 3MJ), Society (w/ Liam Finn), Parting Ways (w/ Liam Finn), No More, Arc
2nd encore: Hard Sun (w/ Liam Finn)
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Ed solo tour - opening: Liam Finn
Set list: Walking the Cow, Trouble, Sometimes, I Am Mine, Dead Man, Man of the Hour, Masters of War, Unthought Known, Setting Forth, Guaranteed, No Ceiling, Far Behind, Rise, Millworker, Soon Forget, Goodbye, Broken-Hearted, Driftin', Hide Your Love Away, Lukin, Porch
1st encore: Blackbird, Wishlist, Small Town, Make A Difference (by 3MJ), Society (w/ Liam Finn), Parting Ways (w/ Liam Finn), No More, Arc
2nd encore: Hard Sun (w/ Liam Finn)
Please share your experiences of the show here...the Fanview threads are preserved on the board.
Falling down,...not staying down
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I'll write more later as I'm half asleep and need some coffee ... lol.
But my favorite line of the night was after Ed acknowledged that the show was being filmed for posterity that his sock came loose after stomping to keep the beat during Sometimes, that he promised there wouldn't be anymore wardrobe malfunctions. He then proceeded to tell the story about how the last time he wore the pants he was wearing that his zipper came down. He then stops and checks to make sure its up and says I just wanted to make sure none of my bonus features were showing.
- 8/28/98
- 9/2/00
- 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
- 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
- 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
- 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
- 8/2/07, 8/5/07
- 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
- 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
- 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
- 9/11/11, 9/12/11
- 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
Setlist amazing.
Wish I could go to sunday.
We met the kids at the show-they were thrilled and stayed at our hotel.
Awesome night.
Lines were a bit long inside.
But again Eddie gave us a performance that was beyond great, he talked about the upcomming election, the war, and what it should be about- our heart-felt thanks to him for an awsome time.
Screaming a-holes a little anoying as usual. But Eddie handeled it well.
He was so funny!
About 2 and a half hours long!
Wow!
dear fans, it is cold as hell in the warner theater. I froze in flip flops. I had to put one of my feet (minus the flip flop) under my husband's legs!
last night was August 16 -- the anniversary of Elvis' death in 1977, our 11th wedding anniversary, and our first time seeing ed solo live!
8/08 - Ed solo in DC, 6/09 Ed in B'more,
10/10 - Brad in B'more
must've been the same pants he was wearing night 2 in toronto! he had to turn away and do up his fly... he called it a wardrobe malfunction then too! it was so cute... sigh.
9/04/93 - BC Place, Vancouver BC w/Neil Young
7/19/98 - Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver BC
10/05/00 - ACC, Toronto
6/28/03 - Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto (fireworks!)
5/09/06 - ACC, Toronto
8/13/08 - EV, Massey Hall, Toronto
And I laughed when he was asking us to close our eyes during Blackbird- saying that 'nothing special will be going on up here' (checks his zipper) 'yep we're good.' Too funny!
Loved the concert. Ed was very chatty. Messed up quite a bit in the beginning but then found his groove. I thought the mic sounded low, though! I couldn't catch anything he was saying unless he was right on it. I saw the 2 San Diego shows and I'll have to check the setlists, but it seemed like he didn't play as many ITW songs here? Parting Ways was a treat for me. I also loved the '7th Inning Stretch' of Elderly Woman.
Looking forward to tonight! Round 2!
edit: One rant, though- if you're going to get up and leave the show, come back, leave again, make everyone stand up, etc- DO IT IN BETWEEN SONGS! That's rule #1 when seeing a sit-down show and I'm surprised that alot of these yahoos don't know it. I'd be a big supporter of shutting down booze right after the show starts for this reason alone. End rant.
You are U, who you are.
Bonnaroo - 6/14/08
VA Beach - 6/17/08
Wash. DC - 6/22/08
EV - Wash. DC - 8/16/08
Added to the warning at the door should have been "Will not tolerate song requests my drunken/impolite jerk offs. All offenders will be shot." Putting that aside, excellent show. Ed' sounded great and at times I felt like I was in a space not too many people get to be. He made it personable. Thanks Ed.
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I'm a number that doesn't count
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the nothing ventured - the nothing feigned
don't you just hate that? nothing like waking up to a burst of panicked adrenaline...
ed's socks fell down doin' some foot stompin' during Sometimes??
(pearl-jam-tube-socks-that-really-kick-ass),
he wouldn't have had that problem.
he should have known better but he's stubborn,
zipper malfunctions, sock malfunctions, you all better hope no one gets to witness a plumber butt crack fiasco if he bends over.
...i'm just sayin'
EV intro to Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns
10/25/13 Hartford
Philly- 2005, 2013, 2016, 2024
Camden 2000, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2022, 2023
Philly Spectrum 2009 x4 - We closed that MFER Down Proper
Baltimore- 2024
DC- 2006, 2008
New York- 2008, 2010
Boston - Fenway 2016 (night 2) , 2024 (night1)
East Rutherford, New Jersey- 2006
Chicago - Lollapalooza 2007
Seattle- Gorge 2005
EV Solo- DC x2, Baltimore x2 , Newark NJ x2, Tower Theater x2
- Given To Fly
Anyhow, Liam Finn was incredible. I've never seen a live performance that was so off the cuff, strange, beautiful and at times, loud and forceful. Crazy stuff!
I am a pretty emotional concert goer, so several of the songs really moved me. "Man of the Hour" and "Arc" moved me to tears, in fact. I've never experienced anything like "Arc" before...it was chilling. It was so cool to hear tracks from "Into the Wild". Overall, the set was solid and the conversation was great. It felt like we were hanging out with Ed for an evening.
The general jackassery of some of the crowd was embarassing...lots of getting up, yelling from the balcony, SPORTS commentary!!! I mean, seriously, what the hell!? There were some chicks with a sign in the row in front of us, which was a bit irritating, but they were mostly well behaved. Lots of good Ed commentary on the crowd, though...There was one point when Ed was going to bribe a guy a row or two in front of us to put his arms down with some pics. The guy had left (!!) so he gave them to the dude behind him who "had to suffer". Too funny.
We were sitting next to some really nice people, Josh & Shelly (I think!) from PA. Shelly is circusfreak on this board if I remember correctly. Our entire row was very well behaved. I wish everyone else could've taken the cues.
Oh, during Liam Finn's set, someone spilled an entire glass of red wine on a girl in a white shirt. Yikes! They were cool about it and bought her a poster and a tee shirt. I feel like maybe drinks should have been relegated to the lobby. Oh well!
What an amazing experience!!!
What an incredible show! I love his stories. He brought that family on stage. Ed seems so sweet! I just want to pinch his cute cheeks (facial not butt).
So glad it was recorded. Thank you Ed, for an amazing performance on our 11th wedding anniversary.
You rock and I hope you keep on forever and I felt so sorry for you b/c of whatever what "bugging" your faces/eyebrows. You need some anti inch cream for that mosquito bite.
to the fans if you are going tonight, take a sweatshirt and don't wear flip flops. I froze last night at the warner theater!
We live really far from there and I've got a private party to leave for at 11:00 a.m. today (with another favorite musician playing), so we left after he shook people's hands. Unfortunately, I was really tired. Missed Hard Sun :(
8/08 - Ed solo in DC, 6/09 Ed in B'more,
10/10 - Brad in B'more
the screaming a-holes couldn't have been any worse than the total f**ks and loogins at Massey Hall in Toronto.
Sounded like a great show (what else was to be expected!)
Cheers
Montreal/98, Toronto/00'03'05'06x2, Brad Toronto/02, Buffalo/03, Kitchener/05, London/05, Hamilton/05, Late Show Taping/06, Cleveland/06, Pittsburgh/06, Bridge School Benefit Concert/06, Hartford/08, Mansfield 1/08, EV Montreal/08x2, EV Toronto/08x2...
This was one of the best shows I have been to. The acoustics made it sound like he was playing in my living room. Highlights for me were Sometimes, the "7th inning stretch" version of Elderly Woman when he asked everyone to stand and sing, Society, seeing how happy he was to play the song by the little kids and bring the family on stage, Parting Ways, and Arc.
EV mentioned going to the 9:30 Club earlier in the day to hear a group of kids bands play. This was really exciting for me because it is directly across the street from my apartment - too bad that I had no clue he was hanging out in my neighborhood!
Many people have mentioned taping. I can't wait to see it. In addition to the standard cameras in the audience there was guy onstage, sitting down about 15 feet from EV and walking around and following him in the song or two - particularly Hard Sun - when he wandered off his rug in the center of the stage. I was too far away to tell if it was an HD camera, but he had to have gotten some great shots.
One final note. A lot of people in the audience were just embarrassing. I don't really mind yelling and shouting a couple requests at an arena PJ show. There you are jumping up and down, singing along, your ears are ringing, and not too many can hear you anyway. But it is much, much different at a show like this. When the man everyone is there to see asks you, repeatedly, not to yell things, don't be the asshole that yells ridiculous crap after every song. And really don't be the asshole who hears another asshole yell and then think you should do the same thing, only louder. You don't have to sit perfectly quiet. EV seemed very open to people cheering or booing things he said, as is evident from the political comments, those about "your football Injuns" (he had to have known he would be booed for that one) and even the time where he said something to the effect of "you guys are quiet so I guess you didn't like that line". Making noise, particularly in the form of applause, is perfectly appropriate. Just don't be an asshole and yell things when you could otherwise hear a pin drop.
2006: Camden I & II, DC
2008: DC, Ed DC II
One of the highlights for me was Ed's little speech before Blackbird.
He was talking about how if Obama wins its everything for this country showing that any man regardless of color can be president. But that also if he wins, it means nothing because that means being black doesn't matter and that the color if your skin means nothing. And so that by electing Obama it's nothing and everything at the same time. The whole time all I could think about was the lyrics from Gone:
"If nothing is everything
If nothing is everything I'll have it all
If nothing is everything then I will have it all"
Highlights for me would have to be hearing Blackbird live (one of my fav Beatles songs and he nailed it), Parting Ways was beautiful, hearing Unknown Thought again and just the whole vibe of the venue. Like my good friend nfanel said (Happy Bday again!
It was a really fun night and I hope someday this gets released, but honestly just being able to see Ed be himself in a small venue is something I'll never get tired of.
- 8/28/98
- 9/2/00
- 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
- 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
- 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
- 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
- 8/2/07, 8/5/07
- 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
- 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
- 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
- 9/11/11, 9/12/11
- 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
98 CAA
00 Virginia Beach;Camden I; Jones Beach III
05 Borgata Night I; Wachovia Center
06 Letterman Show; Webcast (guy in blue shirt), Camden I; DC
08 Camden I; Camden II; DC
09 Phillie III
10 MSG II
13 Wrigley Field
16 Phillie II
- 8/28/98
- 9/2/00
- 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
- 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
- 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
- 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
- 8/2/07, 8/5/07
- 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
- 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
- 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
- 9/11/11, 9/12/11
- 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
Philly- 2005, 2013, 2016, 2024
Camden 2000, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2022, 2023
Philly Spectrum 2009 x4 - We closed that MFER Down Proper
Baltimore- 2024
DC- 2006, 2008
New York- 2008, 2010
Boston - Fenway 2016 (night 2) , 2024 (night1)
East Rutherford, New Jersey- 2006
Chicago - Lollapalooza 2007
Seattle- Gorge 2005
EV Solo- DC x2, Baltimore x2 , Newark NJ x2, Tower Theater x2
- Given To Fly
Pretty funny line and I'm sure mine wasn't verbatim but it's close enough.
Great fucking show. Ed going on his own for a short tour was a great idea and gave a lot of us fans who weren't old enough to grab a fan club membership back in the beginning of the band a great chance to experience Ed up close.
Thanks again to the 10c for the 2nd row center seats.
That was my girlfriend and I who were spilled on. She got it much worse than I. It was a crappy situation. I could tell the spillers were horrified. They just got to their seats, werent drunk (as far as I could tell) and it was just a mistake. It looked like my GF was a murder victim though. We really didnt know what to do, but the guy met us up in the lobby and he gave us some loot to replace the ruined poster and a shirt for my GF (plus a little more, but my shirt was still wearible for the night). I felt kind of bad accepting it, but I didnt have enough cash left for the cash-only souvineer stand. I actually feel kind of worse for the spillers than us.
As far as we are concerned, the chodes yelling shit all night put a darker mark on our night than the wine-spillers. The yellers are not funny, amusing, or impressive. Eddie gets annoyed, and it affects the show negatively for everyone. Not to mention it makes you look like a douchebag. Its unbelievable that some human adults are so dumb and havent yet evolved enough to figure out not to yell stupid shit in a situation where 1,799 people are going to be pissed off at you, plus the man you paid a lot of money to see is clearly requesting you stop.
Other than missing the 2nd half of the Liam set, which we were enjoying, the night couldnt have been any better. We were in the 5th row, left side on the aisle. By far the closest I have been to Pearl Jam. Ear to ear smile the entire show. I was hanging on every note and word. I cant even list a favorite part of line, the whole thing was fucking unbelievable. Im not sure if I can go to another show ever again.
My expectations were pretty high for this, and it exceeded my expectations ten-fold. I think I Am Mine sounded the most impressive, and I really didnt expect to feel that way. All the ITW songs were awesome, Parting Ways.... cheers to the dude who talked Eddie into playing it before the show. Lukin was insane to see solo.
I loved the ARC ending to the encore 1 and it continues while Eddie says 'goodbye' and keeps going for awhile. Then they come out with the new background and the fog, lights, labcoats for Hard Sun, Eddie stands and rocks out as if it were a sold out arena/ampitheater.
As I said, I cant pick one part that 'i liked'. The entire deal from start to finish was just surreal.
Oh and nobody mentioned the lone mosquito he told us about that kept biting him when he was putting together the setlist, and the subsequent itching we had to witness all night on his forehead and arm.
Thanks to Eddie for doing this tour at these venues and putting his all into every show. Its amazing how long he plays at such a high intensity. Thanks for the great seats 10 club. I couldnt ask for a better night.
Hopefully they'll be out again tonight!
nobody's really talked about it
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I'm a number that doesn't count
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the nothing ventured - the nothing feigned
Yeah....that was great though...he just kept calm and said "Alright guys, it's way to early in the night to piss me off". Classic
I'm so glad they hooked you up. There was a point when you, your GF, and the dude who spilled were all gone. The blonde was just sitting there trying to hide, sipping her drinks and looking guilty and sheepish. I was in the center section so I had a view of the situation. But seriously, I felt like I was in a detergent commercial! When does that shit happen!?!
Agreed about the shouters. Ugh. But, the show was too incredible for that to spoil it...I keep thinking about it! Very special stuff indeed.