Should Eddie use a teleprompter?

PJForceofNature

demetrios wrote:

HELL NO!!!!! I love it when he changes or fucks up the lyrics.

Me too! :thumbup:

DriftingByTheStorm

WW187806 wrote:

"They never play Comeback well and Mike always fucks up the solo. I don't get it. Anyway, no, he shouldn't. And neither should Obama."

Im a no for the prompter... I hope people realize how hard that solo, and the entire song Come Back is to play live. The fact that they even attempt it is awesome. And I have seen it done spectacularly well live.

+1 comeback is hard as shit. not in a rock god shredding sort of way, but it is.
even the chords are strummed off from the lyrics.
the solo SOUNDS easy (sort of), but it is pretty fuck all confusing.

and for the record,
i seem to remember them NAILING it a good few times in 2006.
was a show highlight for me, actually.

spryguy09

Here's my favorite Eddie Vedder notebook moment. Toronto 2009 - Pearl Jam opening for themselves. This is my favorite Pearl Jam concert memory...so unexpected, so awesome.

Eddie Vedder and the Pharmacists feat. Mike McCready
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pka2rlsJ-MU

Abe Froman

Absolutely fucking no.

PJ_Soul

No. I love it when EV fucks up.
I also don't want to watch anyone who is reading lyrics. That's so lame. Was this a sarcastic question?

parintachin73

I'd like to say no, but I've heard progressively more and more Ed lyrical flubs in the the last 10 years.
So, with reluctance, I'm going to say, it couldn't hurt

jfconnorjr

Yes
I believe that he has messed up Wishlist about 90% of the times I have seen it, and that is a lot.

There is nothing worse than a rarity coming around and Ed has no clue what the verse is.
The song sheets are nice but even they get messed up and are a tell something "odd" is coming.

I can't imagine it is fun for him or the band when they rehearse a unique song just to the words messed up.

demetrios

spryguy09 wrote:

Here's my favorite Eddie Vedder notebook moment. Toronto 2009 - Pearl Jam opening for themselves. This is my favorite Pearl Jam concert memory...so unexpected, so awesome.

Eddie Vedder and the Pharmacists feat. Mike McCready
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pka2rlsJ-MU

That was great & what a concert. You'll never get to see PJ opening for PJ like that before.

I would rather see Ed looking down @ a notebook then a teleprompter.

If you wanna go nuts, just plant one of these in front of Ed.

pdalowsky

nope, I admire that he can perform 100 different songs on a tour anyway......

with a memory like mine, im very impressed at how well he does with little aid.

The Juggler

mookieb10 wrote:

wow, resounding no's. Bruce has used a prompt for years, so it's not like the show can't be great. Granted, Bruce and PJ shows are different, but I just don't see the forgotten lyrics as something that adds to the shows. It's endering once in a while, but it kinda happens a lot, with pretty common songs too.

i'll never understand how he can screw up the lyrics to so many of the songs he wrote. and this isn't a once in a while thing. it's pretty much every show. it was funny 10 years ago. now i find it annoying, and sadly, predictable.

vaggar99

i agree, no teleprompter...PJ shows always have lots of fuck ups, but i think we love them for that. to me, its kind of a reminder that these guys are human just like us.

Get_Right

no

WWS

PJForceofNature wrote:

demetrios wrote:

HELL NO!!!!! I love it when he changes or fucks up the lyrics.

Me too! :thumbup:

PJ_Soul

parintachin73 wrote:

I'd like to say no, but I've heard progressively more and more Ed lyrical flubs in the the last 10 years.
So, with reluctance, I'm going to say, it couldn't hurt

Yes it could. It would be super lame.

peacefrompaul

It's a lot of material to remember

I've heard maynard fuck up at concerts.... you know with sets that they have been playing night after night with no alterations for an entire tour.

guacamolejoe

jfconnorjr wrote:

Yes


There is nothing worse than a rarity coming around and Ed has no clue what the verse is.
The song sheets are nice but even they get messed up and are a tell something "odd" is coming.

I can't imagine it is fun for him or the band when they rehearse a unique song just to the words messed up.

Montreal 9/7/11 Birthday Show ..........Greatest hits night except for..........

Sleight of Hand. ........40 shows, heard it twice :(

Ed completely f*ck it up :fp: .......... Very disappointed :thumbdown:........

But Ed can do what he wants.............Idgaf

bootlegger10

demetrios wrote:

I would rather see Ed looking down @ a notebook then a teleprompter.

There really is no difference here. Now we are just arguing between what to read the lyrics off of.

I think a teleprompter would be great. Are we there to be awed by Ed's memory skills or for the music? I don't think Ed would rely on the telemprompter 100% of the time but probably every once in a while when he needs a cue for the opening of the verse. I think an ad-lib is cool if he forgets the lyrics but I don't get that forgetting the lyrics completely makes a show better.

As has been said before, Springsteen has a teleprompter and his shows are the best on the planet. The best. Nothing tops them. Nothing.

smanchac1

locked wrote:

Like I pointed out..
He already DOES..
It's a video screen image of the lyrics from his famous Composition Book.
So who cares?????
What's the difference?
Cut the guy some slack .
They have tons if sings and play a different set every show!!!!

I'm sorry.
I've attended 29 shows and have over 300 pearl jam DVDs. I've never seen this anywhere.

Care to show some proof? For a pearl jam show and not for another show where he is using one?

Claireack

I'm not bothered. I always get the lyrics wrong when I sing them.

SEACIDE

Hand held teleprompter?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwOstDq4Yeo
Love it!