*** EV Tour Memphis Fanviews Here 11/21/12 ***
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Eddie Vedder
Orpheum Theatre
Memphis, TN
Nov 21, 2012
Show
Set List
01. Brain Damage-(Waters)
02. Trouble-(Yusuf Islam)
03. Can’t Keep
04. Sleeping By Myself
05. Without You
(Ed compliments the Orpheum Theatre as being one of the very best and compliments the people of Memphis for keeping it going.)
06. Light Today
(A women in the audience yells “Shout out to Christopher Hitchens”. Ed says I will drink some Kool-Aid to that, or Campari and Soda, they never tell me what is in this glass...” He goes on to talk a little about Hitchens, who is mentioned in the playbill distributed at Ed’s shows, and what great writer and thinker he was. He dedicates the next song to a young girl named Brogan (sp) because it is a good sing along song)
07. You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away-(Lennon, McCartney)
08. Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town
(Ed comments on how great the audience is singing and suggests that it was because Glen Hansard warmed them. He comments that he knows that Glen is really hung over. Ed says he isn’t hungover but he talked about hang overs and how he managed to avoid the hangover because he kept drinking. He gives the bartenders at Dogbar a shout out [Glen did as well in his set]. The next song was originally written for Ronnie Wood to sing on his last solo album. Ed doesn’t play it much but he is going to give it a try)
09. Speed Of Sound (for Ron Wood)
(Ed introduces the next songs from Into The Wild as songs about getting away but not running away)
10. Far Behind
(Ed explains how he felt when he read reviews of Into The Wild album that said the songs were too short. “The songs were written for the film. The scenes were two minutes long so the song had to be two minutes long.” Director Sean Penn “is a busy guy. He has films to make, Haiti to save and photographers to punch, I didn’t want to give him any extra work.” Ed goes on to talk about how influential and what a great song writer Robert Pollard and Guided By Voices are and how the taught him to write shorter songs. “Guided By Voices are a great band and really should be bigger. Robert is here tonight all the way from Dayton. Thank you Robert.”
11. No Ceiling
12. Setting Forth
13. Guaranteed
(Ed explains that the instrument he is holding is mandolin and not a ukulele. He suggests playing the ukulele if you are starting out because the mandolin is much more difficult. He dedicates the song to his “friends in the audience, they know who they are...I guess it is everyone...”)
14. Rise (after the line “ace in the whole” Ed quietly rhymes “Chelios”, referring to his friend Chris Chelios who is in at the show.
15. Long NIghts w/ Glen Hansard
(Ed explains that the next song is what “Better Man” would be if the woman in it was just a little stronger. It is by a great song writer, Chan Marshall, who goes by the name Cat Power.)
16. Good Woman-(Chan Marshall)
17. Betterman
(Ed compares his little electric ukulele to a small dog that thinks it is a big dog. He says the Gibson electric ukulele was built in the fifties when people first started putting pick ups in guitars, “but you guys know all about that, this is one of the first places they were doing it...”)
18. Loud Uke-(new song, same as previous versions)
19. Lukin (with quiet intro but not “Slow Lukin” chords)
(Ed says he spent one of the happiest days of his life in Memphis. “That was the day they freed the West Memphis Three. It was also the day that gave me hope but that you had to fight hard for it.” He talks about all the people that helped get the men out of jail. He understands that freeing them might be controversial in some places but he compares that to people who used to think the world was flat. He points out Jessie Misskelley, who is in the audience.)
20. Porch
Encore Break 1
(Ed is handed a handmade instrument that has a New Hampshire license plate with the phrase “Live Free Or Die”. Ed tries to play but it is out of tune. He says I will just play “Hey Fahkah” on it....” He plugs in the instrument and strums it a couple of times. “It sounds great! I know what I am doing on my long bus ride tomorrow..” He goes on to talk about song writing and learning to play the next song, which he dedicates to Robert Pollard because “He is the one”)
21. I’m One-(Townshend)
22. Just Breathe (Dedicated to Sarah and her new husband)
23. Immortality
24. Unthought Known
25. Pump Organ-(new song. essentially work in progress. Lyrics are different than last time)
26. Society w/ Glen Hansard-(Hannan)
27. Sleepless Nights-(Bryant, Bryant) [busk-no mics or PA]
(Dedicated to a couple that contributed to Heal EB)
28. Can’t Help Falling In Love w/ Glen Hansard-(Creatore, Peretti, Weiss)
29. Falling Slowly w/ Glen Hansard-(Hansard, Irglová
30. Arc
Encore Break 2
31. Hard Sun
32. Dream A Little Dream-(Kahn, Schwandt, Andree)
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Glen Hansard Set List
01. Leave
02. Pennies In The Fountain
03. Love, Don’t Leave Me Waiting
04. Movin’ On (New Song-not official title)
05. Way Back In The Way Back When
06. High Hopes
07. Your Hearts Not In It
08. Astral Weeks-(Van Morrison)/Smile-(Ament. Vedder)
Orpheum Theatre
Memphis, TN
Nov 21, 2012
Show
Set List
01. Brain Damage-(Waters)
02. Trouble-(Yusuf Islam)
03. Can’t Keep
04. Sleeping By Myself
05. Without You
(Ed compliments the Orpheum Theatre as being one of the very best and compliments the people of Memphis for keeping it going.)
06. Light Today
(A women in the audience yells “Shout out to Christopher Hitchens”. Ed says I will drink some Kool-Aid to that, or Campari and Soda, they never tell me what is in this glass...” He goes on to talk a little about Hitchens, who is mentioned in the playbill distributed at Ed’s shows, and what great writer and thinker he was. He dedicates the next song to a young girl named Brogan (sp) because it is a good sing along song)
07. You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away-(Lennon, McCartney)
08. Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town
(Ed comments on how great the audience is singing and suggests that it was because Glen Hansard warmed them. He comments that he knows that Glen is really hung over. Ed says he isn’t hungover but he talked about hang overs and how he managed to avoid the hangover because he kept drinking. He gives the bartenders at Dogbar a shout out [Glen did as well in his set]. The next song was originally written for Ronnie Wood to sing on his last solo album. Ed doesn’t play it much but he is going to give it a try)
09. Speed Of Sound (for Ron Wood)
(Ed introduces the next songs from Into The Wild as songs about getting away but not running away)
10. Far Behind
(Ed explains how he felt when he read reviews of Into The Wild album that said the songs were too short. “The songs were written for the film. The scenes were two minutes long so the song had to be two minutes long.” Director Sean Penn “is a busy guy. He has films to make, Haiti to save and photographers to punch, I didn’t want to give him any extra work.” Ed goes on to talk about how influential and what a great song writer Robert Pollard and Guided By Voices are and how the taught him to write shorter songs. “Guided By Voices are a great band and really should be bigger. Robert is here tonight all the way from Dayton. Thank you Robert.”
11. No Ceiling
12. Setting Forth
13. Guaranteed
(Ed explains that the instrument he is holding is mandolin and not a ukulele. He suggests playing the ukulele if you are starting out because the mandolin is much more difficult. He dedicates the song to his “friends in the audience, they know who they are...I guess it is everyone...”)
14. Rise (after the line “ace in the whole” Ed quietly rhymes “Chelios”, referring to his friend Chris Chelios who is in at the show.
15. Long NIghts w/ Glen Hansard
(Ed explains that the next song is what “Better Man” would be if the woman in it was just a little stronger. It is by a great song writer, Chan Marshall, who goes by the name Cat Power.)
16. Good Woman-(Chan Marshall)
17. Betterman
(Ed compares his little electric ukulele to a small dog that thinks it is a big dog. He says the Gibson electric ukulele was built in the fifties when people first started putting pick ups in guitars, “but you guys know all about that, this is one of the first places they were doing it...”)
18. Loud Uke-(new song, same as previous versions)
19. Lukin (with quiet intro but not “Slow Lukin” chords)
(Ed says he spent one of the happiest days of his life in Memphis. “That was the day they freed the West Memphis Three. It was also the day that gave me hope but that you had to fight hard for it.” He talks about all the people that helped get the men out of jail. He understands that freeing them might be controversial in some places but he compares that to people who used to think the world was flat. He points out Jessie Misskelley, who is in the audience.)
20. Porch
Encore Break 1
(Ed is handed a handmade instrument that has a New Hampshire license plate with the phrase “Live Free Or Die”. Ed tries to play but it is out of tune. He says I will just play “Hey Fahkah” on it....” He plugs in the instrument and strums it a couple of times. “It sounds great! I know what I am doing on my long bus ride tomorrow..” He goes on to talk about song writing and learning to play the next song, which he dedicates to Robert Pollard because “He is the one”)
21. I’m One-(Townshend)
22. Just Breathe (Dedicated to Sarah and her new husband)
23. Immortality
24. Unthought Known
25. Pump Organ-(new song. essentially work in progress. Lyrics are different than last time)
26. Society w/ Glen Hansard-(Hannan)
27. Sleepless Nights-(Bryant, Bryant) [busk-no mics or PA]
(Dedicated to a couple that contributed to Heal EB)
28. Can’t Help Falling In Love w/ Glen Hansard-(Creatore, Peretti, Weiss)
29. Falling Slowly w/ Glen Hansard-(Hansard, Irglová
30. Arc
Encore Break 2
31. Hard Sun
32. Dream A Little Dream-(Kahn, Schwandt, Andree)
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Glen Hansard Set List
01. Leave
02. Pennies In The Fountain
03. Love, Don’t Leave Me Waiting
04. Movin’ On (New Song-not official title)
05. Way Back In The Way Back When
06. High Hopes
07. Your Hearts Not In It
08. Astral Weeks-(Van Morrison)/Smile-(Ament. Vedder)
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great set from Eddie
im a little sad and angry for my favo girl who was at the show and forced by the bad and agressive behavior of the drunk lady next to her to leave at the middle of the show to protect her child she was together at the show
.i hope atleast she and her daughter to have better luck to the FL shows they are going and make it to the whole show..with out problems this time.....
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
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Yeah, i just heard. Bullshit. Drunk people seriously ruin these shows :( She's upset, and rightfully so.
Setlist looked off the hook! I hope they get shows just as good as these in Ft. Lauderdale!
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Does anyone know what the commotion was in the orchestra? Looked like a drunk guy being taken out. Was he the guy who kept shouting out for Jeremy?
Based on the posts above, it doesn't sound like the crowd was that nice.
2014 Memphis, 2022 Nashville
I could watch Ed & Glen sing together all day.
2014 Memphis, 2022 Nashville
Agreed Dimi. I feel awful that this happened to someone who was doing something very thoughtful and meaningful for her daughter. Especially since said daughter is so well behaved and personable (much more so than the drunk train wreck who led them to leave). Kudos to an awesome 10c mom for bringing up her daughter the right way.
Outside of that...AMAZING show! Strange crowd though. Very respectful and quiet in terms of yelling at Ed, yet there was a ton of cell phone usage and 2 fights. Really? 2 fights at an Eddie show? And during "Society" nonetheless? How do you get violent at an Eddie show. :fp:
fade away...
I am at peace with my lust.....for Eddie.
Also had a big fight break out in the aisle - two big boys slinging each other around the aisle. Almost hit my wife and I - I thought for sure a knife was going to come out. Security finally got there. Still had a great time - just lots of distractions.
That's appalling.
Still amazing how a couple rotten bananas can ruin the whole bunch.
Glad you had a good time despite the assholes around you.
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I have an idea, just have security spread out through the audience with tasers. When people start acting beligerent, they get the tase. Security has to have the ones that shoot a far distance too so they can get the ones that are a little too far out of reach. Guaranteed people will pipe down once they learn that's happening. I think it will solve the problem.
Sounds like it was a great show anyway!
I hope we get some more talk about the show.
want to be enlightened"
im more sad now than angy from last night....
cos its unfair and fucked up when you want to do good for your child..to enjoy a night with music..
and some ....ok,ill not call names...some people with not shame..no quality in caracter ,spoilled and with no manners not respect even a small children that waiting from April this show.. who travel all day long a 7 hours ride just for enjoy 2 hours with her mom good music of their favorite artist...
its a shame...really..
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
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Eddie's set was fantastic as well. I'd seen Eddie solo once before in Nashville in 2009, and I felt like this show topped that one by far. I really enjoy the Ukulele Songs album, so the fact that a good amount of Ukulele was featured in this show really added to it to me. Opening with Brain Damage into Trouble was a treat for me. I've been wanting to hear trouble for a while. The run of Can't Keep through Light Today was heaven for me. The Ukulele is paradise for me. There were quite a few surprises for me throughout the rest of the main set. Speed of Sound was a real treat for me. His acoustic demo that was released right before Backspacer has always been one of my favorite songs, and I never thought I'd hear it live. It didn't disappoint. He messed up the guitar part once or twice throughout the song, but the performance was beautiful nonetheless. I'd seen several of the Into the Wild songs in Nashville, but they also were beautiful. I particularly enjoyed Setting Forth and Long Nights. I had never seen either of those, and they are two of my favorite songs. Long Nights in particular got me through some hard times a few years back, so it was really neat to hear in person. In the last few years I've gotten into Cat Power as well, and to hear Eddie do Good Woman was fantastic. I feel he does a great rendition of Chan's song. A definite highlight for me.
I hope that Eddie records Loud Uke really soon. I couldn't understand a word of what he was singing, really. But it was just a rocker and really catchy. It's something that I can get into really easy. Ed's really good at getting melody out of the Uke, and this is no exception. I thought the Hey Fahkah license plate ukulele was a really cool thing. A fan out of the first few rows gave it to him as a gift. To clarify, Ed talked about how the top of the license plate said live free or die, and then Fahkah was underneath. So it really said, live free or die fahkah. He then plugged it in and tried to play, but then just did the Hey Fahkah bit. He said that he had a 14 hour drive to Jacksonville today, and that he knew what he'd be playing on the way down there. Very neat. I'm One was a nice treat, along with Immortality. That song is just amazing. I fell in love with the version Ed played on Immagine In Cornice, and this just topped that. It was really amazing. Ed really gets into it. The Pump Organ song is basically a reworked version of the Canyon from the beginning and end of his solo DVD. He does the same bit from the beginning, but then he added lyrics. So if you want a glimpse of what the song sounds like, just watch the beginning of the dvd again. It's really a beautiful song, but then again I always liked the Canyon anyway. I really really enjoyed the Eddie and Glen duets. I feel their voices just compliment each other and harmonize so well. I enjoyed all 4 of them. For whatever reason, Ed missed the solo in Society, so they looked at each other while Glen kept strumming and laughed, while trying to get back on track. I love little flubs like that in the show. Makes me feel better about when I mess up when I play, haha. Sleepless Nights, Can't Help Falling In Love (which was definitely a crowd favorite), and Falling Slowly all were basically perfect. Arc was spine chilling, as usual. The way it builds is just fantastic. I always love Hard Sun, and was very very happy with the Dream a Little Dream closer. Ending with the Ukulele was perfect for me.
So there are my thoughts on the songs that were played. I hope I didn't ramble too much. It really was fantastic. Now for the crowd. In comparison to Nashville, the crowd had about a million less screamers. I didn't hear many people being too dumb, at least in that sense. However, I noticed a lot more flashes and people taking pictures. It really makes no sense to me. I understand wanting to snag a picture or two at the appropriate times. But a flash pictures from 20 rows back isn't going to come out as anything good! If you must take a picture, please just turn your flash off. Almost more annoying than the flash pictures were the freaking flashlights from the security guards telling people to stop. The flashlights are about a thousand times brighter. They really need to rethink how to enforce this rule. Not very many of the security guards or staff were very serious about it. They would only say something to someone if it was distracting someone's view, ie. if someone stood up in front of someone else to get a video or picture. But they either need to all be on board, or the rule never ever will be listened to. It just won't happen.
I noticed a lot of the people that showed up just for Eddie's set, right after Glen's set, were already hammered when they got there. I don't have a problem with someone bringing a drink, but getting up 4 or 5 times to get beer is ridiculous. ESPECIALLY getting in peoples way during the slow, beautiful songs like Long Nights, Better Man, or Good Woman. It's just rude. And if you're so drunk to where your butt is hanging out every time you stand up, you can't find your hands when you're trying to clap, and you can't remember how to whisper instead of yell during soft songs, then you really shouldn't be at the show. The guy directly in front of me was all of the above. I really have no doubt that he was a nice guy, but he just had lost all control of himself from the moment he arrived because he was wasted. He tried to whisper, but it was just a slurred yell into the ear of his buddy to the right of him. Then you have the girls to the left of me that for whatever reason felt the need to tell past stories or funny things about Eddie as he was telling funny stories in the present. Please, reminisce about stories before or after the concert and just enjoy the moment!
The tattoo lady with the Michael Jackson gloves snuck up to the row right in front of me during the last two songs. And she couldn't even stand up straight. She fell over 5 times, just during Hard Sun. It was ridiculous. And then she was trying to tell me something, for some reason, and I couldn't understand a word she said. But she left before Dream A Little Dream. That lady was wasted. All in all, they should stop selling alcohol at the time the event starts, in my opinion. The only problem I saw were from the drunks. Everyone else was polite and enjoyed themselves. Memphis handled themselves well, there weren't a lot of people shushing one another, and there were really no screamers. Only drunk altercations here and there. I'm sorry that some of the drunks ruined people's times. I was lucky that the people around me didn't get on my nerves too badly. It was only one or two people. And that's a shame.
I know this is a long one, but thanks for reading. It was worth the 8 hour drive from Northeast Tennessee to see Eddie again. I'd do it again in a heartbeat. Enjoy the rest of the shows!
We didn't see the fight but rather heard it first. Anyone notice Ed kinda noticed it as well?
Also, I lost my ticket so if anyon found one please let me know!!! THANKS!!
"I'm not about to give thanks or appologize"
"Caught a bolt of lighting, cursed the day he let it go"
First - dammit
The other thing I haven't seen mentioned yet is that Lukin was basically the last part twice, LOL. Ed completely skipped the entire first stanza! Good stuff!
Totally agree. Part of the problem is that alot of these classic, old theatres are staffed with security that are not used to rowdy rock audiences (even though Ed's solo shows are not rowdy rock shows, they attract the crowd). They also have an awful lot of elderly men and women who have been at the venues for a long time as "security" or ushers. They aren't equipped to deal with aggressive drunks because they aren't typically their clientel and in the end, can a 70 year old woman break up a fistfight?
You nailed it. We saw Social Distortion at the Ryman in Nashville last year. For those not familiar with the Ryman, it's about the same age as the Orpheum, about the same size and is closer to more bars/clubs than the Orpheum is. It also doesn't have theater seating - all of the seats are the restored wooden church pews. So you dont even have your own space. Alcohol was sold at the show and the overall "look" of the crowd was rowdier than Ed's show. Would not have been surprised at all if we had seen several fights at that show.
But we saw zero fights, arguments, heated discussions, etc. None. The difference was a yellow jacketed security person was standing in each aisle toward the back. Their presence kept things under control. Was surprised we didn't see more security people in Memphis Wednesday night. Plenty of traditional ushers but very few recognizable security people.
2014 Memphis, 2022 Nashville
1. Glen tagged "Movin' On" with part of "Maybellene" by Chuck Berry
2. Ed never told us what he "figured out" about "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away" He mentioned before the song that he had figured something out about it and would tell us after he played it yet I don't think he ever did. Way to leave us hangin' Ed.