Worst live lyric flub by Eddie

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  • Kathi
    Kathi Posts: 1,828
    URthekey wrote:
    Also at his solo show in Honolulu in '09 he just couldn't remember the words to Crazy Mary so he pulled a fan up on stage who sat on the floor in front of him and coached him through it.

    nice :lol: at least he knows where he can get help if needed ;)
  • Flagg
    Flagg Posts: 5,856
    Yeah, State College 03 Satan's Bed but cut him some slack. They weren't prepared to break that one out.

    I don't mind the lyrical flubs but to fuck up the same songs over and over is a little ridiculous.

    Immortality gets messed up a lot. Especially on the 2000 boots. I am not sure he has ever sang Whipping correctly. One of the Spain shows in 2000 is the worst fuck-up of Alive ever. I think that got mentioned below. Breath is a total crap shoot, especially in 2003. He even screwed up the lyrics in the official video for World Wide Suicide! Got Some is never the same twice. I went back and listened to Hartford 2008 the other day. Great show, but he mumbles his way through a surprising amount of lyrics.

    Its funny and all, but if Stone or Mike fucked up that much everyone would be upset.
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  • opsopcopolis
    opsopcopolis Posts: 1,214
    The worst two I've seen haven't really been lyric flubs, but were horrible none the less.
    I'm Open - Hartford '06 before he remembered how to play it.
    Love Boat Captain - Camden '08
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  • pakalolo
    pakalolo Posts: 56
    the first night of last year's Bridge School he stopped after screwing up Neil's Long May You Run. The next night Neil came out and helped him through it. awesome.
  • vedderfan10
    vedderfan10 Posts: 2,497
    The beauty that is Love Boat Captain from Vancouver Sept 2, 2005...what a trainwreck...he just kept saying "fuck". :lol:
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  • darthvedder
    darthvedder Posts: 2,675
    pakalolo wrote:
    the first night of last year's Bridge School he stopped after screwing up Neil's Long May You Run. The next night Neil came out and helped him through it. awesome.

    He must have really fucked it up, because I could have sworn that he tried to play Don't Cry No Tears. :D
  • PART.OF.eV3RY.DAY
    PART.OF.eV3RY.DAY Posts: 146
    Flagg wrote:
    Its funny and all, but if Stone or Mike fucked up that much everyone would be upset.

    THIS :!:

    If anyone but Ed eff'd up that much they'd probably be out of a job.
    Regardless, I'm just glad we always have a chance to hear so many rarities/ obscure songs as opposed to the same sampling every show.

    Side note: Whilst reading through this thread & listening to PJ Radio, I heard quite a few flubs :D . Still, for my money, almost nothing compares.
  • dwhite76
    dwhite76 Posts: 2,801
    URthekey wrote:
    6/01/06 E.Rutherford NJ.
    Ed says "this one's for the connisseur" before the band breaks out w/Alone.
    Midway through the song Ed forgets the 2nd verse, mumbles a bit, can't remember the lyrics and the band just stops playing. The crowds going nuts yelling "play it again" so after about a minute they launch right back into the spot they left off and finish up beautifully.
    Before the next song Ed says kind of apoligitically "At least I know this one" as the first chords of Jeremy are heard, but as soon as he starts to sing he forgets the opening lyrics to this one too. hee-hee.
    Also at his solo show in Honolulu in '09 he just couldn't remember the words to Crazy Mary so he pulled a fan up on stage who sat on the floor in front of him and coached him through it.


    See these are the things us fans love the most. Thats why its so heart breaking that they would remove COME BACK from the 2011 Toronto boot. I believe it was Toronto.
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  • PJForceofNature
    PJForceofNature Posts: 3,087
    I agree with dwhite that these are the things the fans love the most! I find it so endearing when Ed forgets the words. I was at Bridge last year when he forgot the words to Don't Cry No Tears, but later on sang it beautifully! :D

    By the way,I believe it was the Edmonton 2011 show that they removed Come Back from. I have listened to that version on YouTube, and I honestly don't see that much wrong with it. What do others think?
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  • Pamela0222
    Pamela0222 Posts: 1,544
    foxier mop wrote:
    The beauty that is Love Boat Captain from Vancouver Sept 2, 2005...what a
    trainwreck...he just kept saying "fuck". :lol:

    So funny to me :lol:
    By the way,I believe it was the Edmonton 2011 show that they removed Come Back from. I have listened to that version on YouTube, and I honestly don't see that much wrong with it. What do others think?

    I thought it was because Mike missed his solo? - But you're right.... wasn't Ed's worst version of it!
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  • kellanazzie
    kellanazzie Posts: 1,484
    Nothing As It Seems, Palace of Auburn Hills MI, Oct 7 2000
    ed "That was my fuck up, I just want everyone to know, it was MY fuck up. The worst fuck
    up all tour, that was me, all me....did I mention how forgiving Detroit is?" :D;)
    Yes, we were, who cared!!! It was amaaaaazing!!!
    Goes on to "Speaking of car crashes...." & dedicates Last Kiss to Ralph Nadar

    Can barely remember everyones Birthday around me, let alone one childhood song for my Grandkids...
    "Pop goooes the weasel...nah na na the mulberry bush...mah do de monkey something, somethin...."
    Imagine having, knowing & being able to sing hundreds of songs?? Love em all & don't cut them out!!!
  • rival.
    rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    for those that mentioned breath :lol::lol:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3UzDF7wamY
  • Catwoman1
    Catwoman1 Posts: 482
    I was just telling my husband about Running Back to Saskatoon (a Guess Who song) in Saskatchewan last fall, where Eddie invites a fan up on stage to sing it because he doesn't know all the lyrics. I was telling him how cool it is when a group has to improvise like that because I just read an article in The Washington Post this morning that Bruce Springsteen uses a teleprompter. We're going to see him tomorrow in DC, and I know it's going to be an incredible performance (never seen him live), but I kinda wish I didn't know that he uses a teleprompter. I'd rather have real than perfection.
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  • veddertown
    veddertown Scotland Posts: 5,260
    Indifference - Rio 11. Kills the song completely but still quite amusing.... :D
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  • Repunzel
    Repunzel Posts: 24
    That is not a Pearl Jam song...not sure who the origional "artists" were, but...

    I hate that song...it terrified me when I was a kid...having survived a horrific car accident on Christmas Eve,1964...Misson Street, San Francisco...

    painful still
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