*** EV Tour Austin Fanviews Here 11/09/12 ***

slightofjeff

To be fair, I thought the audience last night was more well-behaved than earlier solo shows I've been to ... and certainly better behaved than some of the audiences I've heard on various recordings.

For some reason, not every person in a 5,000 seat venue is going to be able to sit in stone silence for 2 1/2 hours without yelling things out. They like the attention and the validation Ed gives them when he acknowledges them, even in a negative way. Probably, they weren't hugged enough as children.

Once you accept this reality, it makes the show go smoother. People are going to yell things out. You can't control them. You can only control yourself, and hope that it's just one or two idiots as opposed to one or two dozen, like I've heard some places.

brainofe

Last night was epic! My first Ed solo show. One of the highlights for me was when he started talking about weed being legalized in Washington. That somehow led to him talking about the infamous town near El Paso that always stops tour buses to inspect for drugs. He said something along the lines of it having a population of 550 or 551 if Fiona Apple is in town. It was hilarious!!

Ledbetterdays

After 19 PJ shows this was my first Ed show. Had a great time at the Wishlist Fundraiser before the show. I was disappointed with my 10C tickets being in the balcony, but I got over it once we were in the room. It kinda felt like Ed was a mad scientist trying different combinations of ukes, guitars, organs, sax, etc. and it just felt very experimental and loose. It was interesting how much love he gave to former Texas football coach Darryl Royal dedicating Man of the Hour and Long Road to him. My appreciation for Parting Ways grew greatly last night, and I had never seen Ed perform Arc and that was very cool. Everyone has covered all the fun Ed was having with Glen and the ladies doing the sign language. Even though the Yellow Ledbetter thing did not work out so well, the sing-along with the crowd was great. Who says no one knows the words to Yellow Ledbetter! It was also very cool when Ed and Glen came to the front of the stage and sang together without microhpones to a completely quiet (for once) audience. The biggest highlight was meeting Ed after the show and asking him to bring his friends back to Texas with him. A great experience and I am looking forward to Sunday.

DH123411

To those of you in the balconies at these shows, or anything greater than 10 rows back from the stage, I can promise you there is no smartphone camera technology that will give you a fantastic photo of Eddie on stage. So why don't you put the camera away and remember the moment, not the memory of you repeatedly trying to take a shitty photo, despite being asked by the venue and 10C not to do so MANY different times.

Amazed by how many people disregarded that last night, with camera flashes everywhere. Not even a Tupac hologram joining EV on stage should necessitate taking photos during the show.

BH52100

slightofjeff wrote:

To be fair, I thought the audience last night was more well-behaved than earlier solo shows I've been to ... and certainly better behaved than some of the audiences I've heard on various recordings.

For some reason, not every person in a 5,000 seat venue is going to be able to sit in stone silence for 2 1/2 hours without yelling things out. They like the attention and the validation Ed gives them when he acknowledges them, even in a negative way. Probably, they weren't hugged enough as children.

Once you accept this reality, it makes the show go smoother. People are going to yell things out. You can't control them. You can only control yourself, and hope that it's just one or two idiots as opposed to one or two dozen, like I've heard some places.

I totally get this. I love the real fans' enthusiasm. And honestly felt a bit stifled myself in this format/venue. I felt like the sign language interpreters were the only ones able to really get into the music physically since we were all pretty stuck in our seats until the end. It's just that this guy was right next to me in my left ear all night. I should say that I had a great time. This was my first solo show, and I thought EV was amazing, funny, energetic, playful and it all seemed very organic and improvisational. I feel bad complaining.

slightofjeff

BH52100 wrote:

slightofjeff wrote:

To be fair, I thought the audience last night was more well-behaved than earlier solo shows I've been to ... and certainly better behaved than some of the audiences I've heard on various recordings.

For some reason, not every person in a 5,000 seat venue is going to be able to sit in stone silence for 2 1/2 hours without yelling things out. They like the attention and the validation Ed gives them when he acknowledges them, even in a negative way. Probably, they weren't hugged enough as children.

Once you accept this reality, it makes the show go smoother. People are going to yell things out. You can't control them. You can only control yourself, and hope that it's just one or two idiots as opposed to one or two dozen, like I've heard some places.

I totally get this. I love the real fans' enthusiasm. And honestly felt a bit stifled myself in this format/venue. I felt like the sign language interpreters were the only ones able to really get into the music physically since we were all pretty stuck in our seats until the end. It's just that this guy was right next to me in my left ear all night. I should say that I had a great time. This was my first solo show, and I thought EV was amazing, funny, energetic, playful and it all seemed very organic and improvisational. I feel bad complaining.

Yeah, I was getting annoyed with that guy at points, too, and I was up in the balcony. Could only imagine how irritating it would be to have him in the seat right next door.

Alfonz

BH52100 wrote:

Y'all, I just have to vent here for a minute. I was sitting by the king douchebag of the world last night. He was drunk and whooping and shouting jibberish constantly in the middle of verses and just the entire time. In fact he was the one who prompted EV to stop and say the thing about this is like coming to a nice restaurant where you let the chef bring you a great meal. Right before that the douche was shouting "play something heavy" repeatedly. EV called him out and said something about the disembodied male voice that kept shouting. This was right around Just Breathe and Long Road. Anyway, on top of that, he kept leaving (crawling over me) in between every few songs to get more beer, and the ushers kept crawling over me to tell him to sit down and shut up. Finally, a large burly guy came up and talked to him for a minute and I think threatened him with violence. I was grateful because he started being quiet at that point, sometime during the first encore.

I was two rows behind that guy. I was doing my best to restrain myself all night, mainly at the request of my friend (I will normally have no problem telling people to shut the fuck up) ... but finally lost it when he screamed out in Just Breathe and I leaned over and tried to get his attention by hitting him with my poster. He just flat out refused to acknowledge me. Then the big burly guy came down and gave him a talking to. Maybe the big guy saw me and decided to do it properly himself.

To be honest, I think he only quietened down somewhat at the end because he was so drunk that eventually he was reduced to a zombified state. Near the end of the show there was nobody within 5 seats either side of him. He disappeared before the end as well.

I have never seen anything like it in my life. Before the show he started saying "the people in this area need to raise the roof when Eddie comes on". The way he said it, and the way that he looked ... I took one look at my friend and said, "I am concerned. This is going to be trouble, I can tell". But never did I think it would be that bad. Undoubtedly the single biggest asshole I have ever encountered in all my years of concert going (and I probably see 2 shows per week on average).

Lucikly, Eddie was so good, that it didn't manage to stop the show from being fantastic (for me, with just that little buffer zone of being a few rows back).

KN219077

why, oh why, aren't EV solo shows put on to bootlegs. :nono: Shame on you ten club.

White Discussion

Everything about this show was wonderful.

Alfonz

slightofjeff wrote:

To be fair, I thought the audience last night was more well-behaved than earlier solo shows I've been to ... and certainly better behaved than some of the audiences I've heard on various recordings.

For some reason, not every person in a 5,000 seat venue is going to be able to sit in stone silence for 2 1/2 hours without yelling things out. They like the attention and the validation Ed gives them when he acknowledges them, even in a negative way. Probably, they weren't hugged enough as children.

Once you accept this reality, it makes the show go smoother. People are going to yell things out. You can't control them. You can only control yourself, and hope that it's just one or two idiots as opposed to one or two dozen, like I've heard some places.

I see where you are coming from, but this guy being mentioned was beyond belief.

I tried to turn his woops into a game in order to make it less annoying. It was mildly amusing at first as the tally rose at a rapid rate. But the amusement quickly wore off. I stopped counting at about 37 woos after 6-7 songs. Every time anybody else in the crowd screamed, he would use it as a cue to do the same. On top of this he would initiate his own screams at least 4 times in the middle of every single song.

If I hear him carrying on during Sunday's show (and it will be unmistakeable), I will hunt him down and break his legs.

Given to...

BH52100 wrote:

Y'all, I just have to vent here for a minute. I was sitting by the king douchebag of the world last night. He was drunk and whooping and shouting jibberish constantly in the middle of verses and just the entire time. In fact he was the one who prompted EV to stop and say the thing about this is like coming to a nice restaurant where you let the chef bring you a great meal. Right before that the douche was shouting "play something heavy" repeatedly. EV called him out and said something about the disembodied male voice that kept shouting. This was right around Just Breathe and Long Road. Anyway, on top of that, he kept leaving (crawling over me) in between every few songs to get more beer, and the ushers kept crawling over me to tell him to sit down and shut up. Finally, a large burly guy came up and talked to him for a minute and I think threatened him with violence. I was grateful because he started being quiet at that point, sometime during the first encore.

I wasn't planning to go Sunday night because of the cost and having to get a babysitter, etc. But my husband thinks I should just get a single ticket and go since this jerk tainted a night I've been waiting for now for almost a year.

Nevertheless, the highlights for me were Man of the Hour, Unthought Known, Long Road, Guaranteed, Society and Falling Slowly with Glen, and Yellow Ledbetter just to name a few.

What is the over/under that this guy is a member and frequent poster to these forums?

ComeToTX

Great show but I agree that the yelling and the flashes were really annoying. It was my 5th solo show and it had by far the most flashes and crowd yelling.

tizfuzzy

It was fantastic. Yes , the sign language was too cool. Cocksucker was tooooo funny. ]

cgoforth

Took my son (12) to this concert as his first concert. Was such a great show, we're going to the Sunday concert.

TB266284

My dad and I flew from New Orleans to see this show. We were not let down! It was the first time either of us saw Ed live and we were both blown away. My dad said he had never seen a man work so hard to give us a great show. I will agree with previous posts that the constant shouting of requests from the audience was annoying, but Ed handled it with humor. Porch, Just Breathe and Long Road were a few of my favorite moments. It was really great to see Ed invite the fan on stage to play Yellow Ledbetter. I also really liked the back drops that were used, the tent with campfire, starry night and the ocean. 2 1/2 hours of heaven for me!

sleeplikeadog

Show was awesome. I had a great time, and met some cool people...even a cute boy or 2, haha....but I forgot to get contact info in my drunken-ness. Oh well. Ed killed it, but I did get tired of people around me constantly being on their phones. You distracting bastards!!

pumpkinhead

That large burly guy was Jessie, Eds bodyguard...he got the drunk dude to sit down for awhile. Jessie must have given the drunk dud the 'riot act' and one last chance ...cause drunk dude was good for a few songs after Jessies warning, but after a few songs he couldn't contain himself and he was soon standing again...usher quickly escorted him out.

I was a few rows directly behind drunk guy and I scooted into his row an gave him the 'smack down' a few songs before Jessie appeared but I was no Jessie and drunk dude keep doing this thing.


Amazing show...

BH52100 wrote:

Y'all, I just have to vent here for a minute. I was sitting by the king douchebag of the world last night. He was drunk and whooping and shouting jibberish constantly in the middle of verses and just the entire time. In fact he was the one who prompted EV to stop and say the thing about this is like coming to a nice restaurant where you let the chef bring you a great meal. Right before that the douche was shouting "play something heavy" repeatedly. EV called him out and said something about the disembodied male voice that kept shouting. This was right around Just Breathe and Long Road. Anyway, on top of that, he kept leaving (crawling over me) in between every few songs to get more beer, and the ushers kept crawling over me to tell him to sit down and shut up. Finally, a large burly guy came up and talked to him for a minute and I think threatened him with violence. I was grateful because he started being quiet at that point, sometime during the first encore.

I wasn't planning to go Sunday night because of the cost and having to get a babysitter, etc. But my husband thinks I should just get a single ticket and go since this jerk tainted a night I've been waiting for now for almost a year.

Nevertheless, the highlights for me were Man of the Hour, Unthought Known, Long Road, Guaranteed, Society and Falling Slowly with Glen, and Yellow Ledbetter just to name a few.

pumpkinhead

The Zimbabwe girl was besides us...she said "hey it was worth a try." Gave her the high 5 for trying....

Alfonz wrote:

When Ed started talking about meeting someone from Zimbabwe, this girl a few rows behind me jumped up and started carrying on. Then he asked for that person to come on stage. She was beside herself and started marching towards the stage ... then a security guard said "I'm sorry, he's looking for a guy" and she went back to her seat. It was hilarious, she heard the words "Zimbabwe" and "come up on stage", and selectively filtered everything else out and thought he was actually asking her to get on stage.

Even though Yellow Ledbetter didn't quite work out, Ed turned it into another great moment when he went a capella style and had the whole placing singing along with him. Not sure that has been done before.

Cob

BH52100 wrote:

Y'all, I just have to vent here for a minute. I was sitting by the king douchebag of the world last night. He was drunk and whooping and shouting jibberish constantly in the middle of verses and just the entire time. In fact he was the one who prompted EV to stop and say the thing about this is like coming to a nice restaurant where you let the chef bring you a great meal. Right before that the douche was shouting "play something heavy" repeatedly. EV called him out and said something about the disembodied male voice that kept shouting. This was right around Just Breathe and Long Road. Anyway, on top of that, he kept leaving (crawling over me) in between every few songs to get more beer, and the ushers kept crawling over me to tell him to sit down and shut up. Finally, a large burly guy came up and talked to him for a minute and I think threatened him with violence. I was grateful because he started being quiet at that point, sometime during the first encore.

I wasn't planning to go Sunday night because of the cost and having to get a babysitter, etc. But my husband thinks I should just get a single ticket and go since this jerk tainted a night I've been waiting for now for almost a year.

Nevertheless, the highlights for me were Man of the Hour, Unthought Known, Long Road, Guaranteed, Society and Falling Slowly with Glen, and Yellow Ledbetter just to name a few.

If you are talking about the guy wearing the white "I love Eddie Vedder" shirt, I feel REAL sorry for you, that guy was the WORST, especially when he shouted out for Free Bird 3 or 4 times, what a tool....

I was sitting about 2 rows behind him and was sick of his crap!

TDunk

my first ev show and it was fuckin great...going back tonight. my ten club tickets were great, orch row u center.

anyone know what time glen hansard went on? going to try to make it in to see him tonight. thanks!

also i have an extra poster for cost if anyone wants one.