Does Ed make similar comments about other cities like this?

markin ball

There have been several incendeces in live shows over the years, including a couple from last night, where Mr. Vedder expresses a negative opinion of Las Vegas, while he is actually in Las Vegas addressing a crowd with a large number of Las Vegans in it.

Is anyone aware of other instances where he is ragging on the city he is in? Or is it just Vegas?

ComeToTX

Any examples? I can't imagine he'd play a place he doesn't like.

AzWicker

Don't worry, when he gets to PHX, he will let us have it.

LunaTune

He rags on Seattle being a shitty crowd all the time. And he lives here! Hahaha. Sadly he's right though.

High Fidelity 2000

1. It's Eddie Vedder.

2. You live in the cheesiest city in the country.

End of story.

Don't get me wrong, it's a good cheesy... but you can walk through the casinos and can see pretty much everything that's wrong with America.

And I think Ed does this in other cities as well. Don't feel too bad about it.

PJinIL

The times I've seen him in Chicago solo, and as a band, he gave some love to the city. When I saw him in Memphis, I don't remember him giving any negative vibes about there. What I do remember, is the frustration he voiced about dumbasses yelling out "PORCH", "ALIVE". :roll:

There they are, the thieves of silence :nono:

Uglyman

Las Vegas always seems to precede a San Diego show. On two occasions he has bad-mouthed Sin City and propped up SD. I'm sure he has love for all the fans but the gluttony of the city I'm sure goes against every fiber of his being.

red mos

Pretty sure it's toungue and cheek humor, unless an attendee at the show truly pisses him off by doing something stupid. shows equal a few comediac laughs here and there, after having a good time, all around with friends. It's all tounge in cheek, to me, although, it can backfire occasionally. that's what I think anyway.

AzWicker

Shouldn't bother Vegas, it has thick skin, it's not like Vegas is gonna get all uppity now.

brwiseman

It's not tongue and cheek humor...both Eddie and Glen made comments on both nights. Love them both to death and have been an Ed/PJ fan since Ten first came out, but they were both pretty offensive with their comments about Las Vegas. It doesn't sit well with us locals. However, with how good both shows were, I'm willing to forgive...I just wish he wouldn't do it because it's obvious he does mean it. There's more to Las Vegas than the strip, but I guess most visitors only see the large casinos. See everything Vegas has to offer (ex. Red Rock, Mt. Charleston, etc.) before passing judgement.

boyo79

brwiseman wrote:

It's not tongue and cheek humor...both Eddie and Glen made comments on both nights. Love them both to death and have been an Ed/PJ fan since Ten first came out, but they were both pretty offensive with their comments about Las Vegas. It doesn't sit well with us locals. However, with how good both shows were, I'm willing to forgive...I just wish he wouldn't do it because it's obvious he does mean it. There's more to Las Vegas than the strip, but I guess most visitors only see the large casinos. See everything Vegas has to offer (ex. Red Rock, Mt. Charleston, etc.) before passing judgement.

I guess most people go Vegas for the bright lights, casinos and wedding chapels though.

Cosmic Slop

I believe in Knoxville '98 he said that it was so boring there that he ended up watched SNL, masterbating and going to bed.

High Fidelity 2000

brwiseman wrote:

It's not tongue and cheek humor...both Eddie and Glen made comments on both nights. Love them both to death and have been an Ed/PJ fan since Ten first came out, but they were both pretty offensive with their comments about Las Vegas. It doesn't sit well with us locals. However, with how good both shows were, I'm willing to forgive...I just wish he wouldn't do it because it's obvious he does mean it. There's more to Las Vegas than the strip, but I guess most visitors only see the large casinos. See everything Vegas has to offer (ex. Red Rock, Mt. Charleston, etc.) before passing judgement.

So you have two posts to your name, both mentioning how hurt you feel over the Vegas jokes at the show. I don't know what was said, but people, toughen up a little bit.

My sister lives in Vegas so I have visited many times, been to Red Rock, and seen other parts of the city... Spoiler alert, it is suburban sprawl and strip malls just like any other big city in America. 95% of tourists head straight for the strip or downtown and that's all they see, and if I had to guess, that's probably all Eddie has experienced too. There are lots of great restaurants, shows, and even some culture, but it's still VEGAS. It's not a bad thing. But you do still hive people passing out flyers for escorts everywhere you walk on the strip, billboards with naked women on them, and more money being wasted in ungodly amounts than probably anywhere else on earth...

markin ball

I'm glad to hear we are not the only ones getting shit on.

As for the rest of you Vegas haters...

Your just jealous because in addition to the 10th anniversary show we've now added the greatest Ed solo show of all times to our repertoire. Suck on that, Albuquerque.

mca47

AzWicker wrote:

Don't worry, when he gets to PHX, he will let us have it.

Yeah, it could get ugly!!

angiebabyaz

mca47 wrote:

AzWicker wrote:

Don't worry, when he gets to PHX, he will let us have it.

Yeah, it could get ugly!!

We probably deserve it. I won't take it personally. I bet we get to hear about Sheriff Joe and our lovely governor.

justam

I remember Ed made some disparaging remarks about Pittsburgh in 2006. :?
:P

AzWicker

Hey Vegas, time to shut the hell up, you got Black!

RR204642

markin ball wrote:

I'm glad to hear we are not the only ones getting shit on.

As for the rest of you Vegas haters...

Your just jealous because in addition to the 10th anniversary show we've now added the greatest Ed solo show of all times to our repertoire. Suck on that, Albuquerque.

Surely you jest......well maybe if you don't count EV having the crowd sing happy birthday with him to his grandma (while he filmed it) at the Wiltern in '08...or him singing Forever Young directly to his mom in the audience on her birthday (while he played the guitar that she pawned her wedding ring to buy him) at Spreckels '08.....or Hawaii Theater '09...and then, there was Santa Barbara '11..... :nono:

High Fidelity 2000

According to the review I read didn't he just say he'd "never been a fan of Vegas" or something like that? boo hoo, talk about talking shit...

RobShooter

Ive been to nearly every show in Las Vegas. He has made remarks in past shows. Most of the stuff he seems to hate about vegas I also hate about Vegas. Its getting better. Much more than Mt. Charlston And Red Rock to do. A lot of wide open space. With a 4X4 you can go out to places as wide open and as desolate as the moon. The state of live music kind of sucks but it also is getting better. This is a City that is more excited over Madona and like The New Kids On The Block reunion tour. Shit like that or classic rock bands. Stuff that is played on the radio. So other Artists also kind of hate vegas and skip it. Phish used to come here but ever since Trey cleaned up they have yet to come back and it was one of his favorite places. I do think that after these last two shows Ed has a better opinion about my birth city as ridiculous as it looks and is. Cant wait for the next show here.

djklambake

Not sure Eddie's a huge fan of Gila Bend, AZ, either...

AzWicker

djklambake wrote:

Not sure Eddie's a huge fan of Gila Bend, AZ, either...

That whole story was pretty much the plot of Sean Penn movie U Turn

djklambake

AzWicker wrote:

djklambake wrote:

Not sure Eddie's a huge fan of Gila Bend, AZ, either...

That whole story was pretty much the plot of Sean Penn movie U Turn

I think it's safe to say most stories having to to with Gila Bend somehow resemble that movie...

red mos

I'm sure Houston will get negative comemnts at as well. will be interesting.

WhyNotSweden

At London night 2 Eddie told something like this:

Today the sun break through the clouds a couple of seconds, so now I can say Iv'e been in London the whole summer!

texasistheSTEVEN

markin ball wrote:

Your just jealous because in addition to the 10th anniversary show we've now added the greatest Ed solo show of all times to our repertoire. Suck on that, Albuquerque.

I'm listening to that vegas show now and its nowhere near as good as EV night two in London.
We got Roger Daltry :P :P

simpleman

Waa, Waa, Waa!! Eddie said something bad about my hometown....... fucking elitest fans.

teskeinc

Ed has been ripping on cities, usually the place he played the night before, forever. He rips on Seattle all the time. Just part of his schtick. A lot of people rip on Vegas, and it mostly people that havent been here in awhile.

Vegas rivals anywhere for culinary. Restaurants from basically every top chef in the world. Our shopping is also on par with LA and NY. Entertainment wise we get most every major tour, plus Broadway and Cirque shows, headliners and the things unique to Vegas. Within a few hours you have an unbelievable amount of outdoor activities (Grand Canyon, Red Rock, Mt Charleston, Zion and Bryce Canyon and close to So Cal). And other than a few hot months in the summer, you cant beat our mild weather. And as others have said once you are away from the Strip, you have regular communities just like everywhere else. But most people never bother to leave the Strip and after a few days of it, I understand why some loathe it, especially if you took a beating at the tables.

What we lack is culture/arts though it is improving slowly with the addition of the Smith Center. We also lack a sense of community because its such a transient city. We also lack pro sports which limits our identity to only tourism/gambling.

I have lived here for 6 years+ and love it. I grew up in Seattle, spent 12 years in Memphis and 4 in LA. Vegas gets a bad rap sometimes, but we still have 44 million visitors a year.

texasistheSTEVEN

I hear you buddy, people come to London go to oxford street, Leicester square, camden etc and hate on London.
There are a million places here that we all go to which aren't on the tourist trail which for me makes it the best city in the world. I am biased of course

Mamasan Bren

teskeinc wrote:

Ed has been ripping on cities, usually the place he played the night before, forever. He rips on Seattle all the time. Just part of his schtick. A lot of people rip on Vegas, and it mostly people that havent been here in awhile.

Vegas rivals anywhere for culinary. Restaurants from basically every top chef in the world. Our shopping is also on par with LA and NY. Entertainment wise we get most every major tour, plus Broadway and Cirque shows, headliners and the things unique to Vegas. Within a few hours you have an unbelievable amount of outdoor activities (Grand Canyon, Red Rock, Mt Charleston, Zion and Bryce Canyon and close to So Cal). And other than a few hot months in the summer, you cant beat our mild weather. And as others have said once you are away from the Strip, you have regular communities just like everywhere else. But most people never bother to leave the Strip and after a few days of it, I understand why some loathe it, especially if you took a beating at the tables.

What we lack is culture/arts though it is improving slowly with the addition of the Smith Center. We also lack a sense of community because its such a transient city. We also lack pro sports which limits our identity to only tourism/gambling.

I have lived here for 6 years+ and love it. I grew up in Seattle, spent 12 years in Memphis and 4 in LA. Vegas gets a bad rap sometimes, but we still have 44 million visitors a year.

Well put my friend. I wanted to respond and compose something similar, but was too tired to expend the energy. This place is a wonderful, unique, American city. The beauty of this valley and the warm weather and sunshine are phenomenal. I love my hometown of Cleveland, and my home state of Ohio very much, but this place is so gorgeous throughout the year with its surrounding mountains. I get to see mountains sunrises/sunsets, moonrises/moonsets all the time that I never got to see in constantly gray and cloudy Cleveland. And the stars too! Even with the light pollution from the Strip, I can still sit out in my backyard in my neighborhood and catch the 3 best meteor showers of the year with ease. Plus, no bugs! No fleas, gnats, mosquitoes, and very limited flies! If you gamble and lose, well you're a big boy, you know what you did. If you come looking for lewdness, then that's one you. So, yes, there are many sinful things that go down here in Sin City. But, when you have over 2 million people, you're going to get all sorts of souls good and bad. Now on Ed's comment. It wasn't too bad. I re-heard it the other night. He mumble-bumbled classic Eddie style in jabbering for multiple seconds before spitting out the point that he wasn't lucky growing up. So I could accept that. He made it that he didn't think he'd like the place because if he were to gamble, he was never a lucky person. Really, if you listen to exactly what he actually said, that was it. He then immediately thanked the kind people he'd met here. So, it didn't really bother me none. It's like when somebody comes to any city and tries to bag on it for being dirty. I mean, really. Where are you going to go to a place with over 2 million people and see all areas with zero trash and zero dirtiness? Not gonna happen. So, OP, don't let Ed's little quote bother you.