***San Diego Fanviews Here 4/15/2008 ***

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  • pjtaper
    pjtaper Posts: 3,020
    repeat. actually, threepeat!
  • Goodfella1111
    Goodfella1111 Posts: 166
    LETS GO YANKEES!!!

    SD, the smallest venue, and I was 3 rows from the back wall... Wiltern, the biggest venue, I am 2nd row... hmmm

    IMO the SD crowd sucked... I think most of the crowd there was thinking more about surfing than rocking!
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  • SCRIBLING C-MENT
    SCRIBLING C-MENT Posts: 248
    VF_Scott wrote:
    Masters of war was incredible, absolutely incredible.

    Agreed! I felt like that was the peaking point and it kept on peaking until the end, it was amazing!
  • IGotId13
    IGotId13 Posts: 17
    SCRIBLING C-MENT wrote:
    Agreed! I felt like that was the peaking point and it kept on peaking until the end, it was amazing!

    Highlight for me by far was Masters of War...until Arc happened. The mood that song set in the room was unbelievable and the self-recording loop and then Ed simply walking off.

    I know Hard Sun hadn't happened yet, but I can't think of a better way of ending an unbelievable show then leaving Arc looping in the air.
    "I'm talking about drawing a line in the sand dude, across which you do not pass." - Walter

    "Everything in that story is completely true, except the part where we trained him and hired him." - Ed, San Diego 4/15/08
  • AmentsChick
    AmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    IGotId13 wrote:
    Highlight for me by far was Masters of War...until Arc happened. The mood that song set in the room was unbelievable and the self-recording loop and then Ed simply walking off.

    I know Hard Sun hadn't happened yet, but I can't think of a better way of ending an unbelievable show then leaving Arc looping in the air.

    Masters of War was a highlight for me as well...except for the Barry White thing.


    I am ashamed to admit it, but Arc just doesn't do it for me. Sorry, I'll turn in my 10C badge now. :(:o
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  • IGotId13
    IGotId13 Posts: 17
    AmentsChick wrote:
    Masters of War was a highlight for me as well...except for the Barry White thing.


    I am ashamed to admit it, but Arc just doesn't do it for me. Sorry, I'll turn in my 10C badge now. :(:o

    Truth be told, in the interest of full disclosure, but I was not a fan of Arc before Tuesday night. Not to say I wasn't a fan, I was pretty indifferent to the whole thing. I normally associated Arc with the end of the album and time to find a new one to listen to. Until Tuesday. Some songs take on new meaning when you hear them live, I think for me Arc was that song. (Not to get off on a tangent, but other songs I liked after concerts but not before: Brillian Disguise - The Boss, Hard to Imagine - PJ)
    "I'm talking about drawing a line in the sand dude, across which you do not pass." - Walter

    "Everything in that story is completely true, except the part where we trained him and hired him." - Ed, San Diego 4/15/08
  • NoCode_inMT
    NoCode_inMT Posts: 551
    First off-THANK YOU 10c for the 9th row DEAD F'n center tickets.

    IMO the show was incredible. Crowd was laid back, but so is San Diego in general... Highlights for me were Arc(of course), Hide Your Love, Porch, Barry White improv... The whole thing was awesome.
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  • woundedorgan
    woundedorgan Posts: 607
    Great show, highlight of my vacation to San Diego of course....Special thanks to the crew who organized the Wishlist Foundation event, PatrickRedeyes and WolfBear did a great job, everybody was super friendly.......bye the way Arc was excellant!.....to reproduce that live towards the end of the show was nothing short of miraculous. Having a hang over and looping your voice is no fun I am sure.



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  • PJammer4life
    PJammer4life Los Angeles Posts: 2,672
    Just wanted to add..Ed's story about Mickey Mantle. Eddie told how Mickey Mantle smoked weed for the first time and couldn't play the next day because he was so hung over. The manager was pissed, so he had Mickey Mantle come to the plate in the bottom of the 9th with the game on the line. At this point some jackass in a Boston cap yells out, "Yankeees Suck" and then a guy in a NY hat yells back , "Red Sox Suck!!" and a bunch of people start going all crazy. Most of us were like, "What the fuck.?? This is ridiculous ..I'm here to hear Ed, not a bunch of obsessed baseball fans." Someone yelled out, "Go Cubs!!" obviously cause Eddie likes them. Eddie played it perfect..waited for it to quiet down and blew off what had happened and went on with his story. "So Mickey comes to the plate, and can barely see the ball coming at him. He swings the bat and hits a home run to win the game. They asked him afterward how he did it. He said he saw three balls coming at him and swung at the one in the middle." I guess the point of the story was that Eddie was fucked up, but he could still pull off a home run as a show, and he definately did.
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  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    I thought the San Diego crowd was quite nice. Nice... in that they were there to put their ears to work, rather than their mouths.
    I've been to see other acts down San Diego way, and they are more reserved than the psychos in L.A. Instead of that constant noise that comes from the crowd... the place is completely silent while the performance is underway. It creates an atmosphere where it seems like it is only the singer and you in the room. Especially this show... the set is made up to appear as Ed's study or makeshift studio in his basement or something. Like, we were peering into his environment. Well, that's how I saw it.
    I think that's kinda the whole idea of the acoustic show... not for yelling or screaming... but for listening and enjoying.
    ...
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    i have such a terrible memory but things keep coming back to me...

    someone shouted about what ed was drinking....ed's response:

    "state of rum and coke"

    :D


    and i forgot about the mickey mantle story :)


    totally agree with ya cosmo :)
  • patrickredeyes
    patrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    cutback wrote:
    i have such a terrible memory but things keep coming back to me...

    someone shouted about what ed was drinking....ed's response:

    "state of rum and coke"

    :D


    and i forgot about the mickey mantle story :)


    totally agree with ya cosmo :)


    Someone shouted what you smoking Ed.......his response


    ''Something good'' :D



    I was 2 seats next to the guy that yelled Jessies girl. lol
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    patrickredeyes wrote:
    Someone shouted what you smoking Ed.......his response


    ''Something good'' :D



    I was 2 seats next to the guy that yelled Jessies girl. lol


    what was his response

    "if i could play jessie's girl you guys would disown me" something like that :D
  • Capricorn Sister
    Capricorn Sister Posts: 194
    The first time Eddie 'experimented' with Arc was at a San Diego show, a few years back. It was at the Sports Arena with real shitty sound - that goes without saying. The Spreckles Theater is a completely different issue - talking apples and oranges, acoustics. I never thought I'd hear Arc again after that night!

    It was odd enough that Ed was on a solo tour. When I first heard about his 'looping' at this show - I really didn't know what to feel. Has he practiced? Is he under the influence? Does he need to try again with the hometown crowd?

    I was stunned at what I heard from the first loop track. It grew and took on a life of its own. Eddie was mesmerizing and the music pulled me in. The answers were there - he has practiced since last I heard Arc and I am certainly pleased that I got to hear the song as it was (most-likely) originally intended. It's still experimental and I'd love to hear it again - don't know if that will ever happen but at least I got to listen to Arc's birth and Arc having 'legs of its own' and growing up.
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  • edvedder913
    edvedder913 Posts: 1,810
    patrickredeyes wrote:
    Someone shouted what you smoking Ed.......his response


    ''Something good'' :D



    I was 2 seats next to the guy that yelled Jessies girl. lol


    "something good" while swaying his arms in the air - great moment!!

    the jesse's girl comment was pretty funny considering i cannot help but sing along to that silly song every time i hear it. i was sort of hoping....hahahaha

    oh and thank you 10C for the incredible 3rd row seats!!!!!
  • dpphoto
    dpphoto Posts: 284
    Excellent show! Super small venue, EV is hilarious, heard songs I was hoping to hear, met some great fans. Best time ever.

    2 complaints, same reason:

    To the tool sitting in the row behind N, likely O 112 or P 112 (if there was no O):

    1) singing is acceptable... BELTING NEARLY EVERY SONG LIKE WE ALL PAID TO HEAR YOU ..is unacceptable

    2) trying to replicate ARC as EV is doing it, louder than he was, is also unacceptable.

    Seriously, you were screaming in my ear and drowning out the person I traveled across the country to hear. I'd love blame it on alcohol but unfortunately you seemed sober so that just makes you inconsiderate.

    Lets review....
    chill your volume unless you are on stage
    never chant or try to "sing" ARC ..... EVER
  • patrickredeyes
    patrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    cutback wrote:
    what was his response

    "if i could play jessie's girl you guys would disown me" something like that :D


    yea something like that. :)
  • OneLove
    OneLove Posts: 563
    patrickredeyes wrote:
    yea something like that. :)


    I believe it was something like he *could* do it, but won't because he couldn't deal with all of us loosing all respect for him.

    Both SD shows were amazing!!!!

    It was a life changing (for the better) solo trip to SD for me. More later, to jet lagged right now to think!

    I loved the male shovenest lesbian comment, or the ice cold fire. Gotta love those compassionate conservatives.....
  • patrickredeyes
    patrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    OneLove wrote:
    I believe it was something like he *could* do it, but won't because he couldn't deal with all of us loosing all respect for him.

    Both SD shows were amazing!!!!

    It was a life changing (for the better) solo trip to SD for me. More later, to jet lagged right now to think!

    I loved the male shovenest lesbian comment, or the ice cold fire. Gotta love those compassionate conservatives.....


    He did kick the mic stand over didn't he during nite one? LOL
  • socalpal
    socalpal Posts: 2
    patrickredeyes wrote:
    He did kick the mic stand over didn't he during nite one? LOL

    Yeah, he did. In between songs, when Ed was scrambling around deciding what instrument he would pick up next, he was trying to put one of the mics that slipped a bit back onto the stand and it just wouldn't go back right. After a couple of tries, he just kicked it down. Was too funny!

    I really like the way everything was staged as if Eddie was a scientist in a lab experimenting with different songs and sounds, drinking his gatorade (?) - not sure it looked liked the fruit punch flavor. The white coats and all. The Barry White experiment was the best.

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