Ed's Long Road speech in San Diego

Jon877

i just bought the boot a couple days ago and i notticed that compared to the other bootlegs from the 06 tour that i have, the vocals seem a little drowned out by the intruments... anyone else have this problem?

spintheblack37

I wish I was there for that show I used to live in San Diego, specifically the town Encintias and the school San Dieguito Highschool now Academy that Eddie attended. So awesome to know that a show that PJ performed will a benefit a school I used to attend.

Buru

when i heard that boot, and that speech I was really moved
almost to tears
it's trully great
and such a hauntingly beautiful song... has been playing in my mind lately, quite a bit

TheSkyEtc

Many thanks for posting... This song means a lot to many of us.
It's nice to see where it's coming from..

longroadpittsburgh

any video?????

i tried looking on youtube but no luck............somebody please post it

jrrrrr15

I've been on this board for years and this is actually my first post.....

From the east coast but happen to be at this show and have a video of this speach and song but its too big to post on youtube. Any tech guru's out there that know how to compress this or send it let me know and I'll get it out to anyone. But....

Amazing moment, but the funny thing is Ed screwed up the lyrics. I was sitting directly behind the stage, in the section right above Matt. Instead of singing "and the winds are blowing and the sky is turning grey" Ed actually skips a head by accident and starts with "And the sun is setting".....he mumbles, actually looked back at Stone and starts to laugh.... he then does some improve to finish off the line like "and I know you're with me and I know you're here today"

Even with the screw up he finishes strong and the song is just amazing. I always hope for a long road opener and was blown away when I heard those cords during Ed's speach! Totally unexpected! Awesome show!

dharma69

...he then does some improve to finish off the line like "and I know you're with me and I know you're here today"

I know....and I actually like it just so.

Listening to other versions of "Long Road" (and I've hardly heard them all), that one line remains exclusive and quite fitting for this performance.

Good for him for screwing up so well!

Flannel Shirt

Proud to be a fan.

Anon

I was there, SD ROCKED, and this moment was so great to share with everyone. Enjoy the memories

BernardWrangle

jrrrrr15 wrote:

I've been on this board for years and this is actually my first post.....

From the east coast but happen to be at this show and have a video of this speach and song but its too big to post on youtube. Any tech guru's out there that know how to compress this or send it let me know and I'll get it out to anyone. But....

Amazing moment, but the funny thing is Ed screwed up the lyrics. I was sitting directly behind the stage, in the section right above Matt. Instead of singing "and the winds are blowing and the sky is turning grey" Ed actually skips a head by accident and starts with "And the sun is setting".....he mumbles, actually looked back at Stone and starts to laugh.... he then does some improve to finish off the line like "and I know you're with me and I know you're here today"

Even with the screw up he finishes strong and the song is just amazing. I always hope for a long road opener and was blown away when I heard those cords during Ed's speach! Totally unexpected! Awesome show!

what format is the video in? you can upload it to megaupload.com and someone can encode it, or go over to http://www.videohelp.com and look around. there are a bunch of free video encoders there.
i'd love to see this clip!

PJ & Bompton

Amazing moment of an amazing show...

pbhack

Here is a video of Ed's speech I put up on YouTube. Just the speech not the actual song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuTkrI7xJlY

norm

pbhack wrote:

Here is a video of Ed's speech I put up on YouTube. Just the speech not the actual song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuTkrI7xJlY

Thank you very much.:D

outontheporch

You're not going to believe this, but I'm sitting here downtown reading this, as right when I finish reading the story and the bell from the belltower rings. I didn't even know there was a belltower down here. That was pretty intense!

jwhjr17

I just downloaded this show based on the comments in this thread. It's awesome! I was at the Vegas show the night before, and he did seem to be having a bit of a rough night. They still sounded pretty damn good though! Goosebumps when the Long Road chords start for sure.

jrrrrr15

Alright, so I'm still trying to figure this out. The video is actually in two clips. The first clip is about 40 seconds and starts when Ed talking about ringing the bell. The next clip is the whole song. this file is 107 mb's and is in mpg. format. Just want to figure out an easy way to share this clip. I'm not that clever when it comes to this tech ish.

ONCE DEVIDED

Wow thanks everyone, for the transcript and the vids.
I just had a look at my Merkinball disc ( accomonies miiror ball) it has-
- I got ID and
-The long road
at the top it actualy has "long road" for Clayton E
The thread has moved me greatly, I shed a tear both reading and vids.
If you dont mind here is my Long road story
11 years ago in december my Mother died from lung cancer. In the week leading to her death my younger brother and I drove the 2 hr drive to pick up my oldest brother from the airport. On the way he told me he heard a PJ song on the radio and taped it for me. It was the long road. I grasped this song so hard at the time ( it helped me hold it together) she lost her battle that christmas. The following March PJ toured OZ and as always I was at the first sydney show. they strolled out and played Long road.
Man I just lost it then so bad. I still well up everytime I hear it. Im hoping they play it next sunday in my home town of Newcastle.
And now I learn the story of how it was written and for whom.

I had a Clayton E in my life. Im going to find him and thank him for what he did for a young lost little boy.
Thank you so much

Heineken Helen

ONCE DEVIDED wrote:

Wow thanks everyone, for the transcript and the vids.
I just had a look at my Merkinball disc ( accomonies miiror ball) it has-
- I got ID and
-The long road
at the top it actualy has "long road" for Clayton E
The thread has moved me greatly, I shed a tear both reading and vids.
If you dont mind here is my Long road story
11 years ago in december my Mother died from lung cancer. In the week leading to her death my younger brother and I drove the 2 hr drive to pick up my oldest brother from the airport. On the way he told me he heard a PJ song on the radio and taped it for me. It was the long road. I grasped this song so hard at the time ( it helped me hold it together) she lost her battle that christmas. The following March PJ toured OZ and as always I was at the first sydney show. they strolled out and played Long road.
Man I just lost it then so bad. I still well up everytime I hear it. Im hoping they play it next sunday in my home town of Newcastle.
And now I learn the story of how it was written and for whom.

I had a Clayton E in my life. Im going to find him and thank him for what he did for a young lost little boy.
Thank you so much

aw thank YOU too for sharing your story. I would say it's 'lovely' but that's obviously not the right word... but that's what Pearl Jam are here for: to put into words all the stuff the rest of us are crap at

Ooohh, me rambling again :rolleyes:

Lucky One

Bump for Merkinball day. I was googling cause I can't find my boot, stumbled upon this. Awesome.

Pap

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_lC2tXvSAU