Should Eddie use a teleprompter?

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  • green_girl
    green_girl Posts: 931
    SEACIDE wrote:
    Hand held teleprompter?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwOstDq4Yeo
    Love it!

    Is he flinging something into the audience?
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,490
    edited May 2016
    Seems he has a prompter now.

    Not a fan of it.

    How many tours untill he goes all Bruce and has a teleprompter ;)
    Post edited by Spiritual_Chaos on
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • CantKeepmedown
    CantKeepmedown Portland, Maine Posts: 3,119
    If he needs it to get himself going on a certain verse or to start a song, what's the big deal?
  • Wma31394
    Wma31394 Posts: 3,045
    I think he's had it now for a few tours hasn't he?
    "Going where the water tastes like wine!"
  • Pearl34Jam
    Pearl34Jam TN Posts: 1,112
    I noticed a teleprompter at GCF last year. I only saw it during Redemption Song though.

    And no, he shouldn't use a teleprompter IMO
    "Must I keep explaining my decisions to you strangers of the Internet?" - Merch tent 8/19/16

    '13: 10/27 Baltimore
    '15: 9/26 New York City
    '16: 4/16 Greenville (VS!), 4/26 Lexington, 4/28 Philly, 8/20 Wrigley
    '18: 9/02 Fenway
    '22: 9/16 Nashville
    ’24: 8/26 Noblesville, 9/12 Baltimore
    ’25: 5/6 & 5/8 Nashville
  • KV4053
    KV4053 Mike's side, crushed up against the stage Posts: 1,514
    edited May 2016
    No
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  • DeLukin
    DeLukin Posts: 2,757
    I have to say no as well. Sometimes the audience gets to bail him out of a jam which is always pretty special and adds energy to the performance.
    I smile, but who am I kidding...
  • Wma31394
    Wma31394 Posts: 3,045
    I don't really care either way. What I have noticed especially this tour when bringing out the old or rare jams he struggles with lyrics a bit and covers it up with a grunt or growl instead.
    "Going where the water tastes like wine!"
  • Undrakan
    Undrakan Donostia - San Sebastian Posts: 113
    yieldtrack11 said:

    No! It gives each performance it's own character.

    Agree.
  • CopperTom
    CopperTom Posts: 3,149
    That box directly in front of him that looks like a speaker is actually hollow and filled with lyric sheets. He should use them more often. ;)
    http://www.livefootsteps.org/user/?usr=28
  • scornlander
    scornlander Colorado Posts: 98
    I actually think he does a pretty amazing job remembering the lyrics. Yes he screws up occasionally but not very often.
  • Suziemay
    Suziemay Posts: 11,168
    Wma31394 said:

    I think he's had it now for a few tours hasn't he?

    I sat side stage a few nights this tour, did not notice one. He did have a lyric sheet for Comfortably Numb in Miami but it was at his feet and the writing was so small that I'm not sure he even looked at it.
    Pearl34Jam said:

    I noticed a teleprompter at GCF last year. I only saw it during Redemption Song though.

    That was for Beyonce :lol:
  • scornlander
    scornlander Colorado Posts: 98
    I only saw lyric sheets as well at MSG.
  • Pearl34Jam
    Pearl34Jam TN Posts: 1,112
    edited May 2016
    Suziemay said:

    Wma31394 said:

    I think he's had it now for a few tours hasn't he?

    I sat side stage a few nights this tour, did not notice one. He did have a lyric sheet for Comfortably Numb in Miami but it was at his feet and the writing was so small that I'm not sure he even looked at it.
    Pearl34Jam said:

    I noticed a teleprompter at GCF last year. I only saw it during Redemption Song though.

    That was for Beyonce :lol:
    Valid point
    Post edited by Pearl34Jam on
    "Must I keep explaining my decisions to you strangers of the Internet?" - Merch tent 8/19/16

    '13: 10/27 Baltimore
    '15: 9/26 New York City
    '16: 4/16 Greenville (VS!), 4/26 Lexington, 4/28 Philly, 8/20 Wrigley
    '18: 9/02 Fenway
    '22: 9/16 Nashville
    ’24: 8/26 Noblesville, 9/12 Baltimore
    ’25: 5/6 & 5/8 Nashville
  • DeLukin
    DeLukin Posts: 2,757
    edited May 2016
    Clearly a man comfortable with vocal blemishes and who doesn't care if you aren't:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nkgv3LoQY2o&feature=youtu.be&t=161

    (EDIT: Crap can't paste a link to a specific point in the timeline. Skip to 2:44)
    Post edited by DeLukin on
    I smile, but who am I kidding...
  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,994
    I don't mind flubs live when I'm there. When it's annoying is when I'm listening to a bootleg he fucks up Do The Evolution or Immortality royally.

    The teleprompter idea is awful.
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,490
    DeLukin said:

    Clearly a man comfortable with vocal blemishes and who doesn't care if you aren't:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nkgv3LoQY2o&feature=youtu.be&t=161

    (EDIT: Crap can't paste a link to a specific point in the timeline. Skip to 2:44)

    image

    I've seen the headshake but NEVER noticed he flubbs the line. What the hell. Ive seen that video 1.5 million times.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,907
    I don't know how Ed does it. They can walk out there and play any one of about 140/150ish songs? There's no way I could do that. My memory isn't near that good.

    I hope Pearl Jam keeps touring, and plays until they're so old that Eddie needs one. I think it's pretty impressive he can do most of it off by heart.
  • Pearl34Jam
    Pearl34Jam TN Posts: 1,112
    Spiritual_Chaos said:

    DeLukin said:

    Clearly a man comfortable with vocal blemishes and who doesn't care if you aren't:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nkgv3LoQY2o&feature=youtu.be&t=161

    (EDIT: Crap can't paste a link to a specific point in the timeline. Skip to 2:44)

    image

    I've seen the headshake but NEVER noticed he flubbs the line. What the hell. Ive seen that video 1.5 million times.
    Same here. The mind blown pic says it best
    "Must I keep explaining my decisions to you strangers of the Internet?" - Merch tent 8/19/16

    '13: 10/27 Baltimore
    '15: 9/26 New York City
    '16: 4/16 Greenville (VS!), 4/26 Lexington, 4/28 Philly, 8/20 Wrigley
    '18: 9/02 Fenway
    '22: 9/16 Nashville
    ’24: 8/26 Noblesville, 9/12 Baltimore
    ’25: 5/6 & 5/8 Nashville
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,260
    All for the teleprompter or lyric sheets. Ed knows the lyrics to the hits so why not encourage him to play the deep cuts with a cheat sheet?

    I probably thought differently in the past but now why care?

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