**Vancouver Fanviews here 4/02**

Spunkie

Ed, brought Vancouver's attention to local artwork in a park which may be removed (and relocated, shouted one fan). The art is a sculpture of an inverted church. Ed joked that if it is such a problem couldn't God take it down.

http://www.nyartsmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=166513&Itemid=24

Dennis Oppenheim's public art piece Device to Root Out Evil (1997) will be removed from Harbour Green Park, reports the Vancouver Sun. The sculpture of an inverted church was originally installed in the park as part of the Vancouver International Sculpture Biennale in 2005 and was meant to stay there for 18 months. Extenuating circumstances, including a civic strike last year, led to the sculpture's longer stay, but residents have expressed concerns about it, saying that the piece, which is almost 23 feet high, blocks views and takes up too much of the park's grassy area. (Artinfo, March 28, 2008)

Ed also talked about his monk friend from Tibet who skateboard backstage on the Sonic Youth/Beastie Boys/Lollapolouza tour. He discussed the headlines about Suicide Attacker from Tibet, and the article which could not substantiate the headline. He called BULLSHIT, said it was most likely a Republican ploy.

As Ed wanted to give something to the fans, he talked about the program guides and made a brief reference to the West Memphis Three. I did not take a pamphlet, so I will have to go to a hardware store and buy myself a large bolt with EV engraved on the nut.

The Dewey Cox joke was about a man having 2 wives, who excused himself as he could not turn down having his balls licked. I personally prefer armpits. I threw my head back and laughed a few times during his comments.

He said, that his Uke, who is probably named Luke, is a good friend as it doesn't talk back, but hey, we do have a "Don't Gimme No Lip" song, so I think Luke is overrated.

I got the sense that Ed was going to play another song at the end of his first encore, but the crowd rose and wouldn't sit down as Ed requested.

Everyone bitching about the crowd can kiss my ass. We weren't that bad Jesus. I even correct Ed, shouting "2 Minutes" after Ed joked only the first 2 weeks are the only good part of the relationship! Plus Ed asked security to relax, and would keep it cooler for tomorrow's show after one fan pointed out that to be disruptive to the show.

Ed talked about how one of his song's was about what he went through earlier this year. Did he bloody break up with the girlfriend? Whatever.

Got to go back to work, boss is making me other people's jobs cuz I'm writing this.

dissident31

Is that My Own Two Hands? And is that a Jack Johnson or a Ben Harper? According to the song list, PJ's only played that once before in Australia.

karmapolice

dissident31 wrote:

Is that My Own Two Hands? And is that a Jack Johnson or a Ben Harper? According to the song list, PJ's only played that once before in Australia.

I guess it's Man Of The Hour.. haha

rockpants

tish wrote:

Everyone bitching about the crowd can kiss my ass. We weren't that bad Jesus. I even correct Ed, shouting "2 Minutes" after Ed joked only the first 2 weeks are the only good part of the relationship! Plus Ed asked security to relax, and would keep it cooler for tomorrow's show after one fan pointed out that to be disruptive to the show.

I don't need to hear "LOLLAPALOOZA 1992! PEARL JAM YEAH!" interrupting Ed, or some lady down the row from me telling Ed to "Take it all off" when he's trying to relay the Butthole Surfers shirt story. (This particular lady felt the need to respond to every little thing Ed said.) These a few people who felt they were having their own personal conversation with Ed from the last rows of the orchestra section, and they were obnoxious and grating.
They did sorta quiet down after a while, but it shouldn't have been like that in the first place. It was one of those situations where the crowd should have taken the tune from the artist in terms of atmosphere, and while the majority got it, there's always a few that missed being extracted from the PJ fan pool and placed rightly in the Nickelback's.
And I don't kiss. I bite.

NiteLite10

dissident31 wrote:

Is that My Own Two Hands? And is that a Jack Johnson or a Ben Harper? According to the song list, PJ's only played that once before in Australia.

Man of the Hour I assume

Hawkshore

Brain Of E wrote:

I don't know if this has been answered before but i didn't see it on this thread. So did Ed have a backing band or was he solo.

He was solo excpet for Society with Liam and Hard Sun with Liam & EJ Barnes ......both were amazing!

Hawkshore

NiteLite10 wrote:

Man of the Hour I assume

Yes

ivegotabrokenface

walkunafraid wrote:

This setlist has me REALLY excited for the LA shows!

Only disappointment is no "Setting Forth"...but I'm hopeful it will appear in coming shows.

Good question about mixing up the setlist or sticking to the same one. Usually I'd guarantee he'd mix it up, but I don't know how many other songs he could possibly be familiar enough with to play...

We'll see tonight.

it will not be mixed up much at all.... in other words, going to multiple shows is a waste of money.. and especially for the fanatics flying across the country.... lol

annie25

Help please!
Does anyone know what album/musician was being played in the theatre before and after the show? I would realy like to get my hands on a copy...

Thanks so much!

fanch75

ivegotabrokenface wrote:

it will not be mixed up much at all.... in other words, going to multiple shows is a waste of money.. and especially for the fanatics flying across the country.... lol

and the Jamily rage will be intense!

nocodeman

What time did Ed take the stage?

LONGRD

What kind of jokes, stories and random things did Ed talk about between the songs?

juliefer

nocodeman wrote:

What time did Ed take the stage?

8:45

yahamita

First off before I talk about the show, I have to tell you guys be prepared when crossing the boarder. You would NOT believe how many fans they had pulled aside and harrassed. I was there approx 45 min being interrogated, when I see South of Seattle and Masterframer come in the door for their questioning. I also know innocent Mdgsolo was stopped and put through this horrific event. Lots of us stopped so be very careful, remember what you did 20 years ago, because they will pull out your sheet and ask you about it...it happened to me!

Now for the GREAT stuff!


OMG!!!! Ed definitely looked at our reqested setlist, and chose some of the songs from it. ..WOW! He messed up quite a bit on different songs and kept starting over, but to the cheers of a roaring crowd!

A select few of us rocked out to PORCH, while everyone else remained seated. There were beautiful back drops selected, and the stage was simple but meaningful. and wait til you see HARD SUN!!! Theatrical! Liam was killer also. I'd pay again to see him perform.

Can't wait for night #2 tonight.

I got pics from the preparty to post when I return...and OMG!!! Foxymop! Ed had on white jeans and a butthole surfers shirt..I'll tell you all about him mentioning licking his balls when I get back! It was a Dewey Cox moment! Holy shit, what an incredible night!!!

Beautiful theatre, beautiful people, beautiful vibes...Beautiful night, GUARANTEED!!! Of The Girl Wonder is outta here and ready to rock night #2!

Kushikushun

yahamita wrote:

First off before I talk about the show, I have to tell you guys be prepared when crossing the boarder. You would NOT believe how many fans they had pulled aside and harrassed. I was there approx 45 min being interrogated, when I see South of Seattle and Masterframer come in the door for their questioning. I also know innocent Mdgsolo was stopped and put through this horrific event. Lots of us stopped so be very careful, remember what you did 20 years ago, because they will pull out your sheet and ask you about it...it happened to me!

Now for the GREAT stuff!


OMG!!!! Ed definitely looked at our reqested setlist, and chose some of the songs from it. ..WOW! He messed up quite a bit on different songs and kept starting over, but to the cheers of a roaring crowd!

A select few of us rocked out to PORCH, while everyone else remained seated. There were beautiful back drops selected, and the stage was simple but meaningful. and wait til you see HARD SUN!!! Theatrical! Liam was killer also. I'd pay again to see him perform.

Can't wait for night #2 tonight.

I got pics from the preparty to post when I return...and OMG!!! Foxymop! Ed had on white jeans and a butthole surfers shirt..I'll tell you all about him mentioning licking his balls when I get back! It was a Dewey Cox moment! Holy shit, what an incredible night!!!

Beautiful theatre, beautiful people, beautiful vibes...Beautiful night, GUARANTEED!!! Of The Girl Wonder is outta here and ready to rock night #2!

The part about the questioning really turned my stomach! What a wonderful society we are living in these days...well, I live in the Netherlands, but it is getting the same here. Why did they ask all these Q's, afraid you would throw a bomb on Ed? Afraid you were going to tape stuff?

Oh well...anyways THANKS for your description! Thanks to all of you who have described the show!! I love to read this stuff, so keep them coming.
Have fun tonight!!!

Greetings, Francisca.

dawng

The whole experience was amazing. Thanks to all the jammers that set yahamita and I up before we even met you, for all the great conversation, and to genevive and james for sharing on hotel costs. And many thanks to the guy at the show that waited patiently while I found yahamita so we could look at/copy down the actual set list.

Now for the show...it was incredible. We were a bit further back (row R), dead center, and Ed was looking directly at us the whole time

He first spoke about the outfit he was wearing, butthole surfers shirt that he wore at his first PJ show, and his white jeans He seemed very nervous to start, and some people (couldn't have been pit members) did yell out far too much and at inopportune moments. But the folks sitting around me were all great - lots of energy, joining in the singing, and truly enjoying the show, which made it a great experience for me personally.

Ed spoke about current events here in Vancouver, comparing himself to george bush - one of them can read the newspaper We all know which one that is! He spoke about Tibet and calling bullshit on the Chinese story about how that there will be 'Tibetan suicide bombers' at the Olympics, and spoke about an upside-down church statue that is going to be removed at great cost to the city. By far, the funniest thing he said came from the Harold and Maude movie - something about balls He was embarrassed, it was cute!

You've seen the set list elsewhere...

All in all - it was a great show, minus a few dumbasses in the crowd I am lucky enough to have scored tickets to show two on April Fools Day (whoo hoo!) so will update later on that show.

laudenum

pretty hard to ad to whats been said.it was a GREAT show.and ed's guitar playing has greatly improved,and his voice was just beautifull.
i hope you all get the same vibe when he goes south. it was a beautifull concert done by a beautifull man

halv

It was The Good, The Bad and The Queen. Damon Alburn and Paul Simonon's new group.

annie25 wrote:

Help please!
Does anyone know what album/musician was being played in the theatre before and after the show? I would realy like to get my hands on a copy...

Thanks so much!

beachdweller

LukinFan wrote:

Walking the Cow
Around the Bend
I Am Mine
Dead Man
MOTH
Guaranteed
No Ceiling
Far Behind
Rise
Millworker
Goodbye
Brokenhearted
You're True
Driftin
Hide Your Love Away
Picture In A Frame
Trouble
I Won't Back Down
Forever Young

Encore 1
Society
Growing Up
No More
Porch

Encore 2
Hard Sun

fucking sweet setlist, intimate setting, can't wait for my auction tix for Santa Cruz Saturday night, great b-day present for my brother and I.

EquallyWorthless

I posted this in the other review thread but here it is in here as well.

First off, people who get all bent out of shape about the crowd are just being meatheads themselves, like yeah it sucks and people who scream stupid shit during intimate moments are boneheads but reallly what can you do ? if you let it bother you youre just ruining the show for yourself because youre distracted cuz some idiot is bitching about security doing their job or yelling for Release or Yellow Ledbetter.

It bugs me too but I ignored it and enjoyed myself regardless, there were so many beautiful moments, Picture in a frame is an amazing cover, i teared up a little at the end of Goodbye, Porch with just Ed and an acoustic was a dream come true, Society with Liam Finn was unreal, Ed was animated and funny all night, you could tell he was seriously nervous when he screwed up Guaranteed and subsequently No Ceiling ( i believe) i could go on and on and on

also mega props to Liam Finn, the boy has music in his blood and played his guitar and drum kit like a ten year old kid on Christmas morning who just got them, so much youthful enthusiasm.

oh and DRIFTIN' WAS AMAZING!!!!