I would rather see Pearl Jam ONCE than 100 Ed Solo Shows

pjtaper
pjtaper Posts: 3,020
edited April 2008 in The Porch
Anyone else agree? The energy put out at a Pearl Jam show is AMAZING! I think I rarely watch Ed during the shows, my eyes are usually fixed on that crazy bastid Mike!
I love how Pearl Jam always keeps us guessing with what they will play next, I just can't wait to see them again!
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  • Horos
    Horos Posts: 4,519
    I agree 100%.
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  • blueeyedevil
    blueeyedevil Posts: 173
    Same here. Ed's an incredible front man, but it's really about Pearl Jam as a band for me. Now a Stone Gossard solo show.....I'M THERE!
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  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 98,322
    hi pjtaper! great meeting ya in la1! :) ever up for a cd/dvd trade, let me know man.

    the intimate atmosphere with ed was great. it's was the first time, well for me, that i have ever experienced something like this before.

    pearl jam on stage is a different story. we all got pj blood flowing through our veins. we all want to see all the members on stage jam out.

    i can't wait now for june! :)
  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    I agree somewhat. I think I'd rather see PJ once than Ed 10 times. The Ed show I saw was good, but as I've said in other threads, it was a 7 out of 10, whereas all PJ shows I've see were at least a 9.

    But, I do find it funny that you still have your ticket needs for LA2 in your signature when you're posting about this. ;)

    And Jack Johnson?! I'd rather see PJ once than Jack Johnson 4.2 billion times. I saw him once and that is 2 hours and $35 I'll never have back again. What a waste of time and money. That guy blows live.
  • Zanne
    Zanne Posts: 899
    If I had to choose because there was only going to be ONE concert ever between PJ and ED, of course I would choose PJ.. this way I get them all and I rock out.. but seeing as I have been to many PJ shows and look forward to many more, plus the fact that there was no date conflict between Ed and PJ (that would be weird, huh?), I certainly would not miss an Ed show, or even 100 of them! =) I don't see a reason to compare artists, not just PJ/Ed, but artists in general. The love of music leads me in many diverse directions and I enjoy it all.

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  • pjsteelerfan
    pjsteelerfan Maryland Posts: 9,905
    I think if you went into the ED solo show expecting to see 20 PJ songs, you would be dissapointed.
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  • rival.
    rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    100% on board with you.
  • pjtaper
    pjtaper Posts: 3,020
    pjsteelerfan wrote:
    I think if you went into the ED solo show expecting to see 20 PJ songs, you would be dissapointed.
    I was expecting a few PJ songs, like 5 a night, but I was hoping they would be 5 different pJ songs per night!
  • siochan
    siochan Posts: 304
    I would definitely chose one Pearl Jam show over multiple Solo performances by Vedder - even though i love the dude to death.................... but Pearl Jam are in a world of their own when it comes to live performances.
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  • SVRDhand13
    SVRDhand13 Posts: 27,022
    i'd much rather see the full band but eddie is my favorite in the group so I would like to see him solo at least once.
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  • pjsteelerfan
    pjsteelerfan Maryland Posts: 9,905
    pjtaper wrote:
    I was expecting a few PJ songs, like 5 a night, but I was hoping they would be 5 different pJ songs per night!

    True, but there are only so many songs he can play solo on a guitar by himself. And the solo shows were more about him and not about PJ.
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  • Solat13
    Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    I agree with for the most part, but not to the extent you've taken it.

    I'd rather see the full band than just Ed solo too. But the Ed solo shows have been better than a few less than stellar PJ shows I've been to i.e. Hershey 03 and Hartford 06.
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  • RansomPTD
    RansomPTD Posts: 301
    Some people need to remember that Ed's guitar prowess is limited. He played the songs he could play and was good at it. He has improved as a guitar player. He was great at both L.A. shows.
  • patrickredeyes
    patrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    pjsteelerfan wrote:
    True, but there are only so many songs he can play solo on a guitar by himself. And the solo shows were more about him and not about PJ.


    How many times did he play Parting Ways? Would love to have heard that instead of Millworker three nites in a row.


    But I'm still happy with what I saw. :D
  • Indifference
    Indifference Posts: 2,784
    Solat13 wrote:
    I agree with for the most part, but not to the extent you've taken it.

    I'd rather see the full band than just Ed solo too. But the Ed solo shows have been better than a few less than stellar PJ shows I've been to i.e. Hershey 03 and Hartford 06.

    Bingo - I would take the EV shows I saw over a few PJ shows.....

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  • acutejam
    acutejam Posts: 1,433
    It's apples and oranges. This isn't PJ vs STP or something. You're asking if i'd rather be run over by a freight train once, or wrapped up in warm soft bandages and slowly smothered....

    Ed solo like this is huge with awesome long-term implications, I hope and pray PJ is still trying to rock out 15-20 years from now. But I Guarantee Ed will be on a stage for a long, long, long time....

    So how bout, right now, PJ just once? Or John Lennon were he alive? Bob Dylan?
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  • EvilRabbit
    EvilRabbit Posts: 286
    They're almost on a par with me, with PJ getting the slight edge.

    I think Ed is one of the most talented all-round musicians of our generation and we're lucky to have him. Not having Ed in the 90s and Os, would be like the 60s without Bob Dylan. IMO.
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  • walkunafraid
    walkunafraid Posts: 2,655
    I loved Ed's solo shows. They weren't PJ shows, which I'm glad for. I didn't want to go see Eddie playing a bunch of PJ songs and bring special guests in for a majority of his set to play, essentially, a PJ show.

    I wanted an intimate, moving, cerebral and emotional experience, and that's what I got -- more so than at any other show I have EVER been to, PJ included.

    That being said, I would rather see a Pearl Jam show than an Ed solo show, but I would love for Ed to do a little solo acoustic set before the opener OR somewhere in PJ's set, just because it would bring a completely different -- beautiful -- element to the show.

    And, I'll be honest, 100 is obviously hyperbole, but I'd rather have been at EVERY Ed show on his mini-tour than at 1 Pearl Jam show. Flame away if you want, but they were that special to me.
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  • pjsteelerfan
    pjsteelerfan Maryland Posts: 9,905
    walkunafraid wrote:
    I loved Ed's solo shows. They weren't PJ shows, which I'm glad for. I didn't want to go see Eddie playing a bunch of PJ songs and bring special guests in for a majority of his set to play, essentially, a PJ show.

    I wanted an intimate, moving, cerebral and emotional experience, and that's what I got -- more so than at any other show I have EVER been to, PJ included.

    That being said, I would rather see a Pearl Jam show than an Ed solo show, but I would love for Ed to do a little solo acoustic set before the opener OR somewhere in PJ's set, just because it would bring a completely different -- beautiful -- element to the show.

    And, I'll be honest, 100 is obviously hyperbole, but I'd rather have been at EVERY Ed show on his mini-tour than at 1 Pearl Jam show. Flame away if you want, but they were that special to me.

    I agree, I would not want to see Ed do a solo PJ show. Maybe he did not mix it up a lot, but I hope he does come east, I will try and go to a couple of the solo shows. And I think almost everyone here would rather see the full band than any one of them solo.
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  • jordn6971
    jordn6971 Posts: 675
    I would rather go to a full band show no doubt, but I would have rather seen 1 solo Ed show than all of the east coast shows.

    But then again I would rather see the whole east coast tour than see 2 Ed shows.

    To not see any of these solo shows would have been a huge dissappointment.
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