Tomas! Great to meet you too...good to see that you're sharing the PJ love with your friend that was with you. I'm sure I'll run into you down the road somewhere.
Definitely! Likewise.
San Diego 10/25/00, Mountain View 6/1/03, Santa Barbara 10/28/03, Northwest School 3/18/05, San Diego 7/7/06, Los Angeles 7/9/06, 7/10/06, Honolulu (U2) 12/9/06, Santa Barbara (EV) 4/10/08, Los Angeles (EV) 4/12/08, Hartford 6/27/08, Mansfield 6/28/08, VH1 Rock Honors The Who 7/12/08, Seattle 9/21/09, Universal City 9/30/09, 10/1/09, 10/6/09, 10/7/09, San Diego 10/9/09, Los Angeles (EV) 7/8/11, Santa Barbara (EV) 7/9/11, Chicago 7/19/13, San Diego 11/21/13, Los Angeles 11/23/13, 11/24/13, Oakland 11/26/13, Chicago 8/22/16, Missoula 8/13/18, Boston 9/2/18, Los Angeles 2/25/22 (EV), San Diego 5/3/22, Los Angeles 5/6/22, 5/7/22, Imola 6/25/22, Los Angeles 5/21/24, [London 6/29/24], [Boston 9/15/24]
I ABSOLUTELY LOVED everything about BOTH of these nights!
I was lucky enough to get 10C seats both nights, was in the 4th row of night one and ended up getting to shake Ed's hand and then be leaning on the stage for the amazing performance of Big Hard Sun.
ARC is one of the most amazing things I've ever heard - and the energy and passion that Ed brings so songs like PORCH in this setting just blew me away.
It was great to see old friends and meet new ones - as always the pre-parties were a blast!
LA 7/9/06 & 7/10/06
The Gorge 7/22/06 & 7/23/06
Antwerp 8/30/06
Bridge 2 10/22/06
Honolulu 12/2/06 & 12/9/06
Munich 6/12/07
Katowice 6/13/07, London 6/18/07, Lollapalooza 8/07, LA (EV) 4/12/08 & 4/13/08, Ouside Lands 09
Last night was un-FUCKING-believable... the best of the 3 I've seen (SB, LA1, LA2), although all of the shows have had something special about them. But "Along the Watchtower" was just off the hook... as was Arc, Big Hard Sun, Throw Your Arms, the Happy B-day for his Grandma was a lot of fun.
I was with 1Vedhead in the 4th row for LA1, and with PearlJGirl2010 in the 4th row LA2 (yes, we got VERY lucky) right next to FoxyMop and Luvis. It was awesome. The best thing about both nights is that they let us move up to the stage for the encores... so you got that great energy going, Ed got up and rocked it out, and when Ben came out on LA2 the crowd just took it up a notch. The crowd singing on No More War kicked butt... Big Hard Sun was a ton of fun and the intesity during "Along the Watchtower" blew me away. What a great night.
Back to work, if I can focus.
"Holly f**k, that was so amazing, I just forgot who I came here to see!!" - Courtesy of the guy in the U2 t-shirt standing next to me in Aloha Stadium, Post PJ
last nights show was CRAZY. saturday night was AWESOME but last night hadd jack irons and ben harper dammit! The looks that lydia and i gave each other....damn. And i wanted to hear Thumbing My Way saturday but i got lucky and got to hear it last night!!! That song is GREAT. Ed did a fanfreakintastic job both nights. Again, i STILL cant get over how good PORCH sounds with just HIM. AMAZING. I think now im an ED fan! NOT above The Master but you know what im sayin!
and THANK YOU to all of you that were at the pre-party for participating and making it a great success!!! Thanks to HHHHOTT surfrider dude for being there and being super helpful! Wherever nybenben is.....YOU are freakin GREAT!!! THANK YOU!!!!
~~~~~~ALWAYS HAVE A GOOD TIME~~~~~~
Sir Mike McCready is....THE MASTER!!! WAHHH!!!
EVENFLOW PSYCHOS H.N.I.C~FEEL THE FLOW!!!
"Pearl Jam fans are obsessed, they'd see the boys in HELL if tickets were sold."-CROJAM95
last nite was an awesome show as well. I saw Sat nite's show from the 4th row... i was a bit spoiled... sat in the Mezz on Sunday... it was ALL GOOD... i would have sat outside as long as i could have heard it. I am glad i was able to catch both shows...WELL WORTH EVERY PENNY!!
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Hey, Coldie... waddup?
Saw Jem and Ash last night... they looked happy.
Missed you at the gigs... but, I know how it goes... bills and shit. West Coaster Tour... but, like I said... i think i'll be cutting back a bit.
...
and Ed was trippin'... talking about thumbprints on his lighter... and cleaning out his closet and vaccuum cleaners being sold door to door. Funny shit and I bet it was real funny to the stoned members of the audience.
Allen Fieldhouse, home of the 2008 NCAA men's Basketball Champions! Go Jayhawks!
Hail, Hail!!!
that Ed signed in every city leading up to LA after the shows? Because in LA he did a handshake to 5 people night 1 and had Sniper carry him out over his shoulder night 2.
just wonderin...
and, yes, Tom "Yankee Fan" Brady was in attendance, on the floor, with Giselle Bundchen
Anyone figure out who gave Ed the Golden Globe from Night 1 yet? The same guy left with Casey Affleck after the night 2 show...
...
Hey, Coldie... waddup?
Saw Jem and Ash last night... they looked happy.
Missed you at the gigs... but, I know how it goes... bills and shit. West Coaster Tour... but, like I said... i think i'll be cutting back a bit.
...
and Ed was trippin'... talking about thumbprints on his lighter... and cleaning out his closet and vaccuum cleaners being sold door to door. Funny shit and I bet it was real funny to the stoned members of the audience.
yeah jeremy and ashley!!! that was a nice surprise.
and WHAT was UP with ed talkin about all that stuff???? me and lydia were like WHAAAT??!!! and then ed saying PENIS was CRAZINESS!!!! he's going all out on this tour of his.
~~~~~~ALWAYS HAVE A GOOD TIME~~~~~~
Sir Mike McCready is....THE MASTER!!! WAHHH!!!
EVENFLOW PSYCHOS H.N.I.C~FEEL THE FLOW!!!
"Pearl Jam fans are obsessed, they'd see the boys in HELL if tickets were sold."-CROJAM95
that Ed signed in every city leading up to LA after the shows? Because in LA he did a handshake to 5 people night 1 and had Sniper carry him out over his shoulder night 2.
just wonderin...
and, yes, Tom "Yankee Fan" Brady was in attendance, on the floor, with Giselle Bundchen
Anyone figure out who gave Ed the Golden Globe from Night 1 yet? The same guy left with Casey Affleck after the night 2 show...
...
The after show crowd was big... about 70+ people. There were TMZ papparazzi with their fucking video cameras and the usual L.A. Ebay stalkerazzi scum that shove shit in artist's faces for autographs that appear on EBay in the mix.
Ed took one look at the crowd and said, Fuck that shit.
Allen Fieldhouse, home of the 2008 NCAA men's Basketball Champions! Go Jayhawks!
Hail, Hail!!!
Highlights/ Millworker, a sweet song powerfully sung and strummed by Ed
Porch/ always powerful, solo just incredible, Arc/ the layered sound, Watchtower with Ben Harper, ITW stood out as a body of work (I'd like to hear Far Behind with the band), Man of thr Hour and Dead man. And Happy birthhday.
lowlights/ not hearing Masters of War at SB or LA2. Hopefully its in the SD1 set.
Everyone was yelling songs and shit. He said, "we'll get to those, just sit tight. Take your hand, grab your penis and just hold on." Something like that....Then he said, "I don't like you making me have to say the word 'penis' in front of so many people.
last nights show was CRAZY. saturday night was AWESOME but last night hadd jack irons and ben harper dammit! The looks that lydia and i gave each other....damn. And i wanted to hear Thumbing My Way saturday but i got lucky and got to hear it last night!!! That song is GREAT. Ed did a fanfreakintastic job both nights. Again, i STILL cant get over how good PORCH sounds with just HIM. AMAZING. I think now im an ED fan! NOT above The Master but you know what im sayin!
and THANK YOU to all of you that were at the pre-party for participating and making it a great success!!! Thanks to HHHHOTT surfrider dude for being there and being super helpful! Wherever nybenben is.....YOU are freakin GREAT!!! THANK YOU!!!!
your seats were FANTASTIC!
I wish I was the 10Club holiday single, the one that never showed up...
Meg Ryan was sitting in the second or third section of the Floor, off to the side.
Didn't see anybody else famous, although I did overhear one guy saying that he was sitting next to Tom Brady.
Yeah, we saw Meg Ryan on our way out. She's pretty damn hot for near-50-year-old. At first I didn't believe it was her because she looked a lot younger than 47.
'some jerk off' is right. What a waste of a question. Of course he's not high...fucking morons. Someone should have asked when PJ's gonna play the west coast...
I forgot to mention....the Wishlist Foundation for their sign read BY EDDIE--it was so awesome to have their hard work acknowledged like that. They raised almost $4000 and the look on Eddie's face when he read it was so genuine and you could tell he was touched.
GOOOOOOD WORK WISHLIST FOUNDATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, great job everyone that helped. It was great to see some friends again and meet some new friends that I know I'll see again.
And good work to you too. I'm not sure how much stuff you donated but I was the lucky winner of three of them
Obama banner thing is a running joke. He did that at both Berkeley shows too. The person who asks the question is planted in the audience :-) It was so cool.
At least I think we saw it first at Berkeley? So there SoCal. Score one for NoCal and Berkeley had Mr. McCready.
What are you going to say about that PearlGirl2010? :cool:
"Underneath this smile lies everything - all my hopes, anger, pride and shame."
I have now been to five of these solo shows...santa cruz, berkeley 1 & 2, and LA 1&2. LA #2 was easily the second best show out of all of these and may have even tied with Berkeley #2 (I give Berkeley the slight edge b/c of McCready coming out and the fact that I was so shocked that the show wasn't over after hard sun). But Ben Harper was unbelievable with Eddie, especially for Watchtower. Also I have been holding out hope for Thumbing My Way which Eddie finally played last night-and which was beautiful. Well that is it for me...I checked at the ticket counter today at the airport to see how much it would be to change my flight home to a flight to san diego. But I had to get back...damnit!!! Have fun in San Diego everybody and for all of you guys that haven't seen him yet on this tour-enjoy it when you do...it could be a once in a lifetime experience.
Everyone was yelling songs and shit. He said, "we'll get to those, just sit tight. Take your hand, grab your penis and just hold on." Something like that....Then he said, "I don't like you making me have to say the word 'penis' in front of so many people.
Thanks!
"You can bomb the world to pieces but you can't bomb into peace"
Michael Franti
'some jerk off' is right. What a waste of a question. Of course he's not high...fucking morons. Someone should have asked when PJ's gonna play the west coast...
Exactly what I was thinking. I can't add much to what has already been said. Absolutely loved acoustic MOTH. Had never heard that version before and it was awesome! And Thumbing My Way! He nailed both of those dead on. Would love to get a recording of those somehow. What really impresses me is how Ed can really bring to life these songs with his guitar (or uke, etc.) I and many others were rocking out to Porch as if the whole band was up there throwing it down. Really enjoyed his ad-libbing in between songs. Really made it feel personal, like we were just hanging with him in his living room. And then you got those losers who for some lame reason feel it necessary to scream out unintelligible words while Ed is speaking. How rude is that? A small intimate venue with a solo artist is really not the place for that. But they didn't spoil a fabulous show (actually two shows for me, including SB).
By the way, loved Liam Finn too. Second Chance is a great song and I really liked most of the others. And his duet with Ed for Society was awesome. Their voices really sounded good together.
Would love to see the reaction on Ed's Grandma Margaret's face after she sees the video of 2000 people singing happy birthday to her. And then the neat trick Ed thought up to have 90 people hold up a lighter, ask her to make a wish and blow out the "candles", and then everyone shuts their lighter as if she blew them all out. Awesome. Timing was perfect.
Nice seeing Jack Irons up there. He did look a little subdued, but I hope he enjoyed it as much as everyone else did.
Here's hoping for a west coast '08 tour!
11-7-95 San Diego Sports Arena (originally 6-7-95 in Del Mar)7-14-98 LA
6-3-03 Irvine7-7-06 San Diego7-9/10-06 LA7-13-06 Santa Barbara7-16-06 San Francisco7-22/23-06 Gorge12-2-06 Honolulu4-10-08 Santa Barbara (Ed)4-13-08 LA (Ed)
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Definitely! Likewise.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVED everything about BOTH of these nights!
I was lucky enough to get 10C seats both nights, was in the 4th row of night one and ended up getting to shake Ed's hand and then be leaning on the stage for the amazing performance of Big Hard Sun.
ARC is one of the most amazing things I've ever heard - and the energy and passion that Ed brings so songs like PORCH in this setting just blew me away.
It was great to see old friends and meet new ones - as always the pre-parties were a blast!
The Gorge 7/22/06 & 7/23/06
Antwerp 8/30/06
Bridge 2 10/22/06
Honolulu 12/2/06 & 12/9/06
Munich 6/12/07
Katowice 6/13/07, London 6/18/07, Lollapalooza 8/07, LA (EV) 4/12/08 & 4/13/08, Ouside Lands 09
I was with 1Vedhead in the 4th row for LA1, and with PearlJGirl2010 in the 4th row LA2 (yes, we got VERY lucky) right next to FoxyMop and Luvis. It was awesome. The best thing about both nights is that they let us move up to the stage for the encores... so you got that great energy going, Ed got up and rocked it out, and when Ben came out on LA2 the crowd just took it up a notch. The crowd singing on No More War kicked butt... Big Hard Sun was a ton of fun and the intesity during "Along the Watchtower" blew me away. What a great night.
Back to work, if I can focus.
and THANK YOU to all of you that were at the pre-party for participating and making it a great success!!! Thanks to HHHHOTT surfrider dude for being there and being super helpful!
Sir Mike McCready is....THE MASTER!!! WAHHH!!!
EVENFLOW PSYCHOS H.N.I.C~FEEL THE FLOW!!!
"Pearl Jam fans are obsessed, they'd see the boys in HELL if tickets were sold."-CROJAM95
It takes balls to put out a UKE album!
and still jonesing for another show....
"the waiting drove me mad..."
Love,
Coldie.
Hail, Hail!!!
Hey, Coldie... waddup?
Saw Jem and Ash last night... they looked happy.
Missed you at the gigs... but, I know how it goes... bills and shit. West Coaster Tour... but, like I said... i think i'll be cutting back a bit.
...
and Ed was trippin'... talking about thumbprints on his lighter... and cleaning out his closet and vaccuum cleaners being sold door to door. Funny shit and I bet it was real funny to the stoned members of the audience.
Hail, Hail!!!
just wonderin...
and, yes, Tom "Yankee Fan" Brady was in attendance, on the floor, with Giselle Bundchen
Anyone figure out who gave Ed the Golden Globe from Night 1 yet? The same guy left with Casey Affleck after the night 2 show...
Sir Mike McCready is....THE MASTER!!! WAHHH!!!
EVENFLOW PSYCHOS H.N.I.C~FEEL THE FLOW!!!
"Pearl Jam fans are obsessed, they'd see the boys in HELL if tickets were sold."-CROJAM95
It takes balls to put out a UKE album!
and WHAT was UP with ed talkin about all that stuff???? me and lydia were like WHAAAT??!!! and then ed saying PENIS was CRAZINESS!!!! he's going all out on this tour of his.
Sir Mike McCready is....THE MASTER!!! WAHHH!!!
EVENFLOW PSYCHOS H.N.I.C~FEEL THE FLOW!!!
"Pearl Jam fans are obsessed, they'd see the boys in HELL if tickets were sold."-CROJAM95
It takes balls to put out a UKE album!
The after show crowd was big... about 70+ people. There were TMZ papparazzi with their fucking video cameras and the usual L.A. Ebay stalkerazzi scum that shove shit in artist's faces for autographs that appear on EBay in the mix.
Ed took one look at the crowd and said, Fuck that shit.
Hail, Hail!!!
no way!!! where on the floor?
What did he say about penis?
Michael Franti
Porch/ always powerful, solo just incredible, Arc/ the layered sound, Watchtower with Ben Harper, ITW stood out as a body of work (I'd like to hear Far Behind with the band), Man of thr Hour and Dead man. And Happy birthhday.
lowlights/ not hearing Masters of War at SB or LA2. Hopefully its in the SD1 set.
your seats were FANTASTIC!
And good work to you too. I'm not sure how much stuff you donated but I was the lucky winner of three of them
Thanks everyone!
At least I think we saw it first at Berkeley? So there SoCal. Score one for NoCal and Berkeley had Mr. McCready.
What are you going to say about that PearlGirl2010? :cool:
i agree
Thanks!
Michael Franti
Exactly what I was thinking. I can't add much to what has already been said. Absolutely loved acoustic MOTH. Had never heard that version before and it was awesome! And Thumbing My Way! He nailed both of those dead on. Would love to get a recording of those somehow. What really impresses me is how Ed can really bring to life these songs with his guitar (or uke, etc.) I and many others were rocking out to Porch as if the whole band was up there throwing it down. Really enjoyed his ad-libbing in between songs. Really made it feel personal, like we were just hanging with him in his living room. And then you got those losers who for some lame reason feel it necessary to scream out unintelligible words while Ed is speaking. How rude is that? A small intimate venue with a solo artist is really not the place for that. But they didn't spoil a fabulous show (actually two shows for me, including SB).
By the way, loved Liam Finn too. Second Chance is a great song and I really liked most of the others. And his duet with Ed for Society was awesome. Their voices really sounded good together.
Would love to see the reaction on Ed's Grandma Margaret's face after she sees the video of 2000 people singing happy birthday to her. And then the neat trick Ed thought up to have 90 people hold up a lighter, ask her to make a wish and blow out the "candles", and then everyone shuts their lighter as if she blew them all out. Awesome. Timing was perfect.
Nice seeing Jack Irons up there. He did look a little subdued, but I hope he enjoyed it as much as everyone else did.
Here's hoping for a west coast '08 tour!
6-3-03 Irvine7-7-06 San Diego7-9/10-06 LA7-13-06 Santa Barbara7-16-06 San Francisco7-22/23-06 Gorge12-2-06 Honolulu4-10-08 Santa Barbara (Ed)4-13-08 LA (Ed)
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