anyone know what all the "booing" was about? some people tell me its to do with the keyboard guy that his name is "boon" or something other people say they were booing the keyboard guy cos he was new (unlikely) others say its because Eddie or someone on stage had a flag with a union jack on it, but i didnt see it.
anyone know the real answer?
the show rocked BTW!
I made the same mistake. I've thought for months now that the crowd were booing Boom. I wasn't aware that they are shouting "BOOOOOOOM" instead.
He didn't really explain it so much as introduce Boom - and you could barely here his name over the cheering. Also, most people were too far away to tell if Ed was smiling or not.
Here's a (bad quality) clip of it when the guys came out for the first encore: Boom.mp3
Yeah, he didn't really explain it. He just said - 'on keyboard Boom Kasper' or whatever after we were all Booooming him. As you say, you could barely hear Ed, so I'm sure most people at the gig left the gig wondering what the booing was about.
I only know through the bootlegs and you have to remember most of the people at that gig will not have bought any of the bootlegs. Perhaps a few from the Euro 2000 tour when they were in HMV & Tower records, but Boom wasn't around then.
Outside of the front pit, I'd say you'd find a few hundred people at most who have bought bootlegs of the Riot Act tour at that gig.
Put the garbage in the garbage can... I can't stress that enough.
I have to admit I thought they were booing aswell. I was right up the front & Eddie said whats all this negativity about & kinda had this shifty look about him as if he was really uncomfortable. Even a friend of mine who is a REALLY hard core fan thought the same for about 2 seconds & was giving out to people for booing, then we copped it! It was just really confusing!
As for having a union jack on stage, c'mon now, give Eddie some credit. It was the tri-colour with "Pearl Jam Loved in America Loved in Ireland" written on it!
Fantastic gig!
SING AS IF NO ONE IS LISTENING!
DANCE AS IF NO ONE IS WATCHING!
AND LOVE AS IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN HURT!!!
xxx
certainly the people i was with were booing. i think the majority of the crowd were maybe doing it for boom, but a porportion of the crowd were pissed off at the setlist by that stge and the fact they werent away of the ridiculous pit measures we were subjected to.
certainly the people i was with were booing. i think the majority of the crowd were maybe doing it for boom, but a porportion of the crowd were pissed off at the setlist by that stge and the fact they werent away of the ridiculous pit measures we were subjected to.
Which proportion of the crowd was that?? Anyone i talked to loved the setlist! I know i did!! And what ridiculous pit measures?? *confused*
the 10club/wristbands bollocks that pearl jam adopt. its obscene and unfair. and actually far more dangerous than a non-seperated crowd - it was bedlam in the point the other night, any other time ive been there for gigs its been quite dignified and spacey but with the pit at the front the hall was condensed and squeezed into a dangerous amount of space.
their problem with the setlist i think was because of amount of new material. to be honest i didnt take them up on that argument (though it would have been nice had they not played any new material!) so i cant explore it any further.
the 10club/wristbands bollocks that pearl jam adopt. its obscene and unfair. and actually far more dangerous than a non-seperated crowd - it was bedlam in the point the other night, any other time ive been there for gigs its been quite dignified and spacey but with the pit at the front the hall was condensed and squeezed into a dangerous amount of space.
I still faill to see what you are on about. there was loads of room in the pit,
uh... i wasnt talking about the room in the 10club pit. i was talking about the lack of room in the rest of the hall because of the division.
stuff like that cut off might work in america where venues are all seating, and theyre sensible for festivals, but for arena's they are ridiculous and are just asking for trouble. and to ask people to spend 50 euro, then be subjected to such security measures (and paddy fucking casey) is nothing short of disgraceful.
Thought all PJ fans knew it. I was booming in Dublin and even after Eddie explained it to those who didn't know Boom, a guy next to me asked why I was booing....
Show was amazing
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certainly the people i was with were booing. i think the majority of the crowd were maybe doing it for boom, but a porportion of the crowd were pissed off at the setlist by that stge and the fact they werent away of the ridiculous pit measures we were subjected to.
Pissed off with the setlist ????????????????????????
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Boom was fucking loving Dublin... at one stage he ducked below his keyboard and was peeking out from underneath while we were all shouting BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
Man,
I'm a pearljam fan 14 years and didn't get the "boom" thing. I said to my brother who was with me at the concert, "the fans musn't like the keyboard player". It was such a relief to learn his name. lol..
I went away from the concert thinking that pearljam will never play ireland again after being booed like they were (or as it happens - weren't!).
Anyway, what a gig, they still rock my world!
John
ps were there any Waterford fans there like me?
everything has chains...absolutely nothing's changed..take my hand...
anyone know what all the "booing" was about? some people tell me its to do with the keyboard guy that his name is "boon" or something other people say they were booing the keyboard guy cos he was new (unlikely) others say its because Eddie or someone on stage had a flag with a union jack on it, but i didnt see it.
anyone know the real answer?
the show rocked BTW!
ugh. go away.
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i did see him with a flag and i thought it was an american flag and thats why they were booing, but i was way at the back so i dont know
"If you remove the English army tomorrow and hoist the green flag over Dublin castle, unless you set about the organisation of the socialist republic then all of your efforts would have been in vain. England will still rule you through her capitalists ,landlords and commercial institutions"
i said that to my brother when we got out of the concert-fucking hilarious:)
"If you remove the English army tomorrow and hoist the green flag over Dublin castle, unless you set about the organisation of the socialist republic then all of your efforts would have been in vain. England will still rule you through her capitalists ,landlords and commercial institutions"
the 10club/wristbands bollocks that pearl jam adopt. its obscene and unfair. and actually far more dangerous than a non-seperated crowd - it was bedlam in the point the other night, any other time ive been there for gigs its been quite dignified and spacey but with the pit at the front the hall was condensed and squeezed into a dangerous amount of space.
their problem with the setlist i think was because of amount of new material. to be honest i didnt take them up on that argument (though it would have been nice had they not played any new material!) so i cant explore it any further.
I was told The Point pretty much always has a pit in the GA since someone died there at a gig and wristbands are given to the people at the front of the queue and so for PJ this was the Ten Club members and then additionally those at the front of the GA queue.
So are we strangers now? Like rock and roll and the radio?
uh... i wasnt talking about the room in the 10club pit. i was talking about the lack of room in the rest of the hall because of the division.
stuff like that cut off might work in america where venues are all seating, and theyre sensible for festivals, but for arena's they are ridiculous and are just asking for trouble. and to ask people to spend 50 euro, then be subjected to such security measures (and paddy fucking casey) is nothing short of disgraceful.
The Point ALWAYS has the front pit section. If you've been to any gigs there over the past 8 years or so you should know that. Arrive early or you dont get pit. I wasnt in Ten Club but i still got a pit pass... me and about 200 people in the queue behind me.
Why is this thread still going? Haven't people realised by now that there was no booing for any reason?
and axlrose: ridiculous pit measures? Every single gig in the point has that pit. It's for safety. Anyone who was booing that needs there head checked. Same goes for your comment on the setlist. If you didn't like that setlist why would you even bother going in the first place?
I made the same mistake. I've thought for months now that the crowd were booing Boom. I wasn't aware that they are shouting "BOOOOOOOM" instead.
Hahahahahahaha I just have a great memory of explaining this to you at about 5am.
Byrnzie: Yeh, I know his name's boom but I still don't think it's very nice that they boo him!
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I made the same mistake. I've thought for months now that the crowd were booing Boom. I wasn't aware that they are shouting "BOOOOOOOM" instead.
Yeah, he didn't really explain it. He just said - 'on keyboard Boom Kasper' or whatever after we were all Booooming him. As you say, you could barely hear Ed, so I'm sure most people at the gig left the gig wondering what the booing was about.
I only know through the bootlegs and you have to remember most of the people at that gig will not have bought any of the bootlegs. Perhaps a few from the Euro 2000 tour when they were in HMV & Tower records, but Boom wasn't around then.
Outside of the front pit, I'd say you'd find a few hundred people at most who have bought bootlegs of the Riot Act tour at that gig.
As for having a union jack on stage, c'mon now, give Eddie some credit. It was the tri-colour with "Pearl Jam Loved in America Loved in Ireland" written on it!
Fantastic gig!
DANCE AS IF NO ONE IS WATCHING!
AND LOVE AS IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN HURT!!!
xxx
Which proportion of the crowd was that?? Anyone i talked to loved the setlist! I know i did!! And what ridiculous pit measures?? *confused*
I think anyone who thought the crowd were 'booing' must have thought Ed's reaction to it was a little strange too
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their problem with the setlist i think was because of amount of new material. to be honest i didnt take them up on that argument (though it would have been nice had they not played any new material!) so i cant explore it any further.
I still faill to see what you are on about. there was loads of room in the pit,
stuff like that cut off might work in america where venues are all seating, and theyre sensible for festivals, but for arena's they are ridiculous and are just asking for trouble. and to ask people to spend 50 euro, then be subjected to such security measures (and paddy fucking casey) is nothing short of disgraceful.
Show was amazing
Pissed off with the setlist ????????????????????????
I'm a pearljam fan 14 years and didn't get the "boom" thing. I said to my brother who was with me at the concert, "the fans musn't like the keyboard player". It was such a relief to learn his name. lol..
I went away from the concert thinking that pearljam will never play ireland again after being booed like they were (or as it happens - weren't!).
Anyway, what a gig, they still rock my world!
John
ps were there any Waterford fans there like me?
ugh. go away.
I was told The Point pretty much always has a pit in the GA since someone died there at a gig and wristbands are given to the people at the front of the queue and so for PJ this was the Ten Club members and then additionally those at the front of the GA queue.
The Point ALWAYS has the front pit section. If you've been to any gigs there over the past 8 years or so you should know that. Arrive early or you dont get pit. I wasnt in Ten Club but i still got a pit pass... me and about 200 people in the queue behind me.
and axlrose: ridiculous pit measures? Every single gig in the point has that pit. It's for safety. Anyone who was booing that needs there head checked. Same goes for your comment on the setlist. If you didn't like that setlist why would you even bother going in the first place?
Ed: "BOOM GASPAR EVERYBODY"
crowd: "Booooooom booooooom..."
1/5 of the crowd: "Why's everyone booing? Pass me another beer, Frank..."
:rolleyes:
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"Make our day"
Byrnzie: Yeh, I know his name's boom but I still don't think it's very nice that they boo him!
And then the penny finally dropped
Verona??? it's all surmountable
Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
Wembley? We all believe!
Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
Chicago 07? And love
What a different life
Had I not found this love with you