NJPAC was Awesome and we hold the secret to Yellow Ledbetter!

NY PJ1

TenaciousJ wrote:

like NYPJ1 said, to actually hear Ed tell it in a setting like NJPAC surrounded by diehards was something else. definitely a "had to be there moment"

it was unreal

likw i also said i had no idea about the 2nd half of the story and im glad i now know

prsntnse

I was in row N last night and it seemed like you could see the whole crowd in front of me just lean foward to the edge of their seats when he started to explain YLB. What a night. What a huge mistake it would have been to go to just one show, as I planned on doing.

nfanel

NY PJ1 wrote:

the 1st half of the story yes but the 2nd half no

plus to hear him tell the story is priceless

yeah, guess you had to be there. was definitely a special moment...one of the best i've experienced at a concert.

aus_suz

sweetpotato wrote:

yeah, fuck the new york times! they're in the repugnican's pocket anyway...

his quote after that story:

"i'm feeling kinda righteous right now. with my badass motherfuckin' ukulele!"



i love him.

Was there a bad review or something for one of the shows??

silver39

ok when i first read these posts there WAS a link...when i clicked back to find the link....that post was gone??? Does anyone have that link still?? or has it been taken down already?

ramblings6

leafs4ever wrote:

The explanation of YL was awsome, it seemed like he almost started crying while telling the story.

I actually thought he had to pause at one point because he was about to cry, but I wasn't sure.

pink1969

silver39 wrote:

ok when i first read these posts there WAS a link...when i clicked back to find the link....that post was gone??? Does anyone have that link still?? or has it been taken down already?

here you go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6y7R9QkIIA

silver39

pink1969 wrote:

here you go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6y7R9QkIIA

Awesome thanks!!!!

pink1969

It truly was an awesome experience to be there last night. And to think I almost didn't go!!

shadowcast

What secret to LedBetter? This is old news.......don't mean to sound like a dick but it is.

FrankieJ

pink1969 wrote:

here you go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6y7R9QkIIA

wtf ... Copyright claim???

Wat 3rd party??

SuzieM

freeworld4u&me wrote:

What secret to LedBetter? This is old news.......don't mean to sound like a dick but it is.

Everyone who was at the show was just blown away by the in-person explanation and emotion that went along with it, plus the fact that he actually wanted to answer instead of ignoring it. Yes, it's no secret so maybe the word was misused. But this thread represents the excitement and enthusiasm that people are still feeling from last night's show. So just go along with it (or don't, but you don't have to squash others' excitement).

shadowcast

SuzieM wrote:

Everyone who was at the show was just blown away by the in-person explanation and emotion that went along with it, plus the fact that he actually wanted to answer instead of ignoring it. Yes, it's no secret so maybe the word was misused. But this thread represents the excitement and enthusiasm that people are still feeling from last night's show. So just go along with it (or don't, but you don't have to squash others' excitement).

Pipe down Suzie Q no one's squashing anyone just wondering what the new info was. Let's take a deep breath count to 3 and breathe........by the way do you know what the song Jeremy is about?

anotherclone

dsg4 wrote:

so at first eddie said he was taken back, and didnt know there actually were lyrics to the song. Than he explained that its about the first gulf war, and a Man, who is retro grunge style, and society looks down on him, and his brother was off at war. At war, the brother dies, and the man recieves a yellow letter from the army stating this. To try n clear his mind, he takes a walk, and sees 2 people on there porch, with a flag waving. So the man sorta salutes them, and the 2 people look donw on him, like he is scum, not knowing he just lost his brother. And with every step the man takes, he feels as if he is falling in an abyss. That is pretty much what eddie stated.

cutback wrote:

wow

understatement, but 2nd'd. WOW.

sweetpotato

NY PJ1 wrote:

i wore my S L 8 R SHIRT

he would of loved to see that lol

but i was a good boy

omg, were you on the third tier? there was a guy a few rows in front of me with the SL8R shirt on.

sweetpotato

notchjohnson wrote:

I think the little monologue about the bad review needs to be either quoted on here or posted on youtube. the part about him bein a bad mother fucker with his mandolin was hilarious. i wont sleep until i can put an acurate version of that into my away message. ahhh i cant sleep anyway that show has me spinnin still.


im gonna go play with my new zippo and look at my new tshirt some more, while wishing i had the batman poster.

in my sig is an accurate quote of the one line which cracked me up.

FrankieJ

Here is the YL story from "Laura in NJ" Posted on another thread.

"I also took the time to transcribe the whole thing:

Q: What are the words to Yellow Ledbetter?

A: What, that song has lyrics? I guess it’s uh, uh, I don’t remember how it goes. They don’t wave, it’s something about they don’t wave. I see them on the front porch, but they don’t wave. This was during the Gulf War, this is Papa Bush. It was about a guy whose brother went to fight in the first Gulf War, and he was kind of an alternative looking guy, like we were, with our shorts and tights and long hair and whatever we had going on. We were activists, and artists, and good young people in Seattle, and smart people (we weren’t ALL drug addicts, you know). And so it was the story about his brother being killed over there, and then he gets a yellow letter in the mail, that says your brother was killed.

And so he tries to take a walk, he’s walking this off in his little suburban neighborhood, and he’s walking it off, his mind’s racing, he doesn’t know what to do, he feels like he can’t take a step without falling into some deep abyss, and he’s walking and walking, and he sees a couple on a porch with an American flag, he waves to them, like, “you’re my brother,” you know. And then the people look at him like, “You f8ucking scumbag.” You know what I mean? Who are you? They don’t know. They don’t know the inside; they judge him by his cover. That’s what the thought was."

NY PJ1

sweetpotato wrote:

omg, were you on the third tier? there was a guy a few rows in front of me with the SL8R shirt on.

that would be me

im a handsome bastard ain't i ? lol

indifferentman

TrixieCat wrote:

Wait....a drunken fan was the reason he told the story that everyone is going mad about? lol
If you are quick this morning, there is a clip of the story on youtube right now.

SHIT!!!! It's gone now, anybody save it? I'd really like to hear this....

sweetpotato

NY PJ1 wrote:

that would be me

im a handsome bastard ain't i ? lol

i actually didn't notice your face, but the shirt scores you significant points.