"booing" in dublin last night

Hitch-Hiker

i thought it was hilarious. Eddie made a good joke out of it too

Still though this thread is hilarious. It's one thing not to know about it going in to a gig, but when Eddie actually explains it to the crowd and people still don't get it....that's when I start to worry.

morningstar

cclayes wrote:

oh yeah makes sense lol!

Just at one point i thought ed said whats with the booing!and it all sounds the same!okay well it was an awesome gig!

well worth the trip!anyone else go over from scotland?

yes came over from Fraserburgh, it was something ill treasure for ever.

Eraserhead

FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:

How do these rumours start? Who makes them up?

BLAME BLAIR!

Cregser

Hitch-Hiker wrote:

i thought it was hilarious. Eddie made a good joke out of it too

Still though this thread is hilarious. It's one thing not to know about it going in to a gig, but when Eddie actually explains it to the crowd and people still don't get it....that's when I start to worry.

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

NumberTenOx

Although Ed is obviously over familiar with the Boom thing, I think he was - at first - honestly checking in with the crowd. He was looking at the Irish flag with his back to the audience, and I believe when he turned around he wanted to be sure there was nothing really wrong. He said "I sense some negativity", but after about a microsecond when everyone was pointing at Boom he was of course toying with the crowd.

UKDave

NumberTenOx wrote:

Although Ed is obviously over familiar with the Boom thing, I think he was - at first - honestly checking in with the crowd. He was looking at the Irish flag with his back to the audience, and I believe when he turned around he wanted to be sure there was nothing really wrong. He said "I sense some negativity", but after about a microsecond when everyone was pointing at Boom he was of course toying with the crowd.

He was not checking with the crowd for FECKS sake he was playing!!

And there may well be BOOM chants at Leeds and Reading, they are not boo's, get with the programme :rolleyes:

A Faceless Man

Beer Baron wrote:

It's not booing it's a fans thing for Boom the keyboard player. Even Boom himself acknowledged it. If you watch the Madison Square Gardens DVD you'll hear the crowd doing the same! Thought everyone knew that!

Leaving the VFC show in Grand Rapids, I had a couple come up and ask me why they were booing during Crazy Mary. I told them why and they were like "Oh that makes sense."

Hitch-Hiker

Cregser wrote:

Also, most people were too far away to tell if Ed was smiling or not.

hate that

brain of c

they weren't booing, they were saying, moo...moo...i think they wanted some milk.

Sprunkn7

This thread agian?

Booooo

Poncier

I was saying "boo-urns".

Byrnzie

showtime wrote:

Hi Guys,

Anyone at the dublin show last night?

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.

BCbte

Cregser wrote:

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.

biscuitsotoole

I was saying "boo-urns" as well

tarettes

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!

axlrose

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.

LovesLikeSuicide

axlrose wrote:

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*

fluttergirlie

Yeah, what ridiculous pit measures???

I think anyone who thought the crowd were 'booing' must have thought Ed's reaction to it was a little strange too

axlrose

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.

decob

axlrose wrote:

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,