*** EV Tour Dallas Fanviews Here 11/15/12 ***

ericwaller20

Great show. Crazy Mary and Immortality were amazing. As were all the duets with Glen. Met Ed after the show and told him couldnt wait to see him in Tulsa. He asked if there were any requests. I told him i was getting married Sat. and requested Can't Help Falling In Love. Heres to hoping he remembers. Great night.

Syrith

This was my first Eddie solo show and it was oh-mazing (despite the people that routinely make me reconsider my position on the death penalty). Hard Sun being played at the end was perfect.

RS146614

Here's my quick recap of the night on my blog. Excellent show!

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and yes, I was the guy that gave Ed a hard time about his out of tune guitar before Patriot. Was all in good fun.

Pry To

RS146614 wrote:

Here's my quick recap of the night on my blog. Excellent show!

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and yes, I was the guy that gave Ed a hard time about his out of tune guitar before Patriot. Was all in good fun.

Yelling shit at the artist in the middle of a show, violating their respectful request not to take photos, and posting them online. Awesome! What a fan!

Architect and Builder

Pry To wrote:

RS146614 wrote:

Here's my quick recap of the night on my blog. Excellent show!

[photo link removed by Admin]

and yes, I was the guy that gave Ed a hard time about his out of tune guitar before Patriot. Was all in good fun.

Yelling shit at the artist in the middle of a show, violating their respectful request not to take photos, and posting them online. Awesome! What a fan!

OH SNAP! :corn:

dasvidana

Heddy Vedder made me lol

Disco Portland

Made the trip down from Washington state...I knew it was going to be worth it, but Crazy Mary and Glen Hansard signing my poster made it TOTALLY worth it!

RS146614

Architect and Builder wrote:

Pry To wrote:

RS146614 wrote:

Here's my quick recap of the night on my blog. Excellent show!

[photo link removed by Admin]

and yes, I was the guy that gave Ed a hard time about his out of tune guitar before Patriot. Was all in good fun.

Yelling shit at the artist in the middle of a show, violating their respectful request not to take photos, and posting them online. Awesome! What a fan!

OH SNAP! :corn:

Geeez, now I remember why I don't frequent this place much anymore. SOME of you people are so damn uptight. Its a freakin rock show, live a little. Eddie loves the crowd interaction, he plays it up each and every night, it's what makes each show unique. He heckled the fans back last night more than they heckled him, it was great.

Didn't realize posting links to pic was a no-no, like I said I don't come around here much anymore. Regardless, I didn't take out my phone until Hard Sun, along with thousands of others in attendance cause that's the crescendo. Nothing wrong with taking home a personal momento of a great show. Completely agree with the no photos policy as its nice to not have to stare at people's arms in the air the entire night with their phones illuminated. But by the very end of the night it's obvious nobody cares...security, other fans, Eddie himself included.

Great show, thanks Ed.

circlesdown

A little behind in getting my thoughts on this show up here, I realize this probably will not get seen or read, just needed to write all this down.

For everyone else that has already said it....WOW is right. I had been under the impression Ed's voice might not have been what it used to be, I stand corrected. His voice was about as good as it could be, hit all the notes, sounded really really solid and full. Dallas Music Hall is a great room and he really filled it.

All of the crowd banter was great, especially when he started off with talking about how he feels about Dallas. It was like he was acknowledging the elephant in the room, and the crowd loved it too. Well played. Even the times he was giving people shit he never really seemed annoyed and it all came off as in good fun. He really knows how to tell someone to shut the F up while making it seen funny and not like he is being a jerk. When he told that screaming lady that the people behind her were going to murder her he said the coolest thing, something like, "I'm an old pro so I can handle it...." So true.

In my section there were some drunk rednecks making some noise, but I could tell that some other sections had it worse. Overall didn't ruin my experience but man I felt bad for some other people. Overall I think it's just impossible to keep a room like that quiet, no matter where. However, during Sleepless Nights with Glen, no microphones, the crowd was absolutely perfect, I was waiting for that one squeal but it never came....perfect moment.

Many goosebump and highlight moments throughout......

Needle - My first time to hear this. He sounded like Neil without doing an impression, beautiful, nailed it, solid, really emotional. The soundtrack songs were great, loved the campfire on the stage.
Immortality has a special place in my heart, really special to get to hear this.
Crazy Mary - I consider myself pretty up to date on what he does/doesnt play, but for some reason I didn't think he had been doing this solo, so it was a big surprise and of course his voice soared during the bridge.
'Patriot' - that bootleg of him doing this at some Nader rally years ago is really a special track for me despite the quality, really really one of my all time favorites, couldn't believe I got to hear it.
'Rise & Long Nights' - My favorite of his solo tracks, these two rely on quiteness and dynamics as much as anything else and he really delivered them that way, with the perfect touch. I had wondered earlier that day if he has someone play the bass during Long Nights, that it would really be necessary to sound right, so I was really glad he had Glen out to handle that part.
'Miracles' saw this at the Gorge 2005, didn't know it before then, one of my most listened to live tracks of all time though ever since. Not a big fan of Ramones covers but this is a huge exception, love it.
'The End' a few weeks ago this song brought me to tears in my car (rare for me), so by this point I was sure Ed had created the setlist especially for me.
Falling Slowly - They are so much more in tune now than they were when they first started doing this together. Harmony was perfect.
'You Belong to Me' I'm convinced that on the day of a show he will drag any random female singer out on stage to do this song, and the results can be hit or miss, I've seen several misses (chick from Arcade Fire). So I was not too confident when he told the story of how he randomly found this one that day. You gotta be more than just a female singer to do this song, it takes that special voice (like Cat Power or Regina Spektor if I may). This chick actually had that voice, and she was bold, she was not afraid to belt it out. Harmony was not always in sync but I'm sure they rehearsed maybe twice that day.
Porch - Ed loves banging the shit out of this one, and when he hits those muted strums its as loud as F (especially on songs with the electric), but man he turns into a full one man band on this, really carries a room and fills it up.

Anyone else think that he may have been using the wrong guitars or something for Miracles and Unthought Known? Sounded like they weren't tuned right or he was hitting the wrong chords or something?

Anyway...I know we all love Ed on here so this isn't saying much but damn, I am so impressed with how far he has come as a solo performer. Not just doing a few songs on a stool before a PJ gig or some other event, but being THE show for 2 and a half hours with no problem at all. He's a stud, he's special, he's one in a billion and thats why we love him. I've been strumming my guitar to PJ chords for the past couple of days just in awe of the dude's talent. I'm so glad he grew as a person so he could grow as an artist, just makes me thankful that he did things on his terms so he could preserve himself and evolve at his pace.

My 10C tix were in the balcony, must admit I was quite disappointed, but it was impossible not to still be thrilled to be there. Was still blown away despite the seats. As a Dallasite/Texan I'm glad he came here while the weather is nice. Hope this Texas swing propels him to put us on the map for the next tour.

PJinIL

Glen and "Panties" in the Fountain. He was a great showman...he and Ed do great things together, you can feel their bond when they do songs together. I've heard Falling Slowly by them several times now, and it's still great.

Thanks 10c for the 10th row seating, near center. Best seats I've ever had for PJ or EV. His dialog about the Ramones was very touching. And 'The End', really got me. Maybe he put some magic on it, but I just started crying during that song. And Unthought Known, always a fav. Crazy Mary was a serious highlight.

Oh, and Ed...the jig is up. That reel-to-reel. Not real. Well, yeah it's a real machine, but it's not doing anything. When he started Hard Sun, the tape started, music started then stopped. Did anyone else catch him hit a foot pedal to get the music back on Still a cool prop and throwback. Does anyone know, did he come out after the curtain drew and play that organ for a minute? I heard what sounded like it could've been, but couldn't get up to the stage to try and peek....