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I don't want to sound pessimistic, but I have to echo the sentiment in regards to the crowd. People just didn't realise where they were; yes, we can hear you when you are talking during the song, and yes, so can Eddie. It seemed like he was getting a bit flustered by all the shouts, etc, by the middle of the show.
some people just don't have any class.nothing worse than a loud mouth dick head to ruin your show/night.
OK..now for my review a.k.a the truth (from the other thread):
Just got home from the show..Ed was good..crowd sucked ass. People ruined the fucking show tonight by being useless loudmouth retards. What part of a small theatre show do people not understand? This is not a fucking football game, we don't need to hear all your useless fucking comments shouted out after every chord progression...Dead Man is not a song to stand up and pump your fist to, and yell and scream during the verses. Retards I swear...Ed will never pull off a decent solo set because most people there are fucking retarded and don't understand the concept of atmosphere, mood, MUSIC, and shutting the fuck up for once.
Oh yeah, and the guy with the long hair setting up the guitars in the white labcoat is not Eddie Vedder you stupid imbecels...no need to get overly excited about that part.
I have no complaints about the music, or Ed..the sound was fantastic, as this venue is amazing for that type of intimate setting...unforutunately most apes there were too busy yelling out stupid shit to realize that. Do we really need to hear you cheer after each line of a song? I was really hoping for an "unplugged" type atmosphere...if it was like that, could have been a great show. But the people fucking ruined it.
To give Ed credit it seemed he gave up on trying to have an intimate show and made the show a bit funner at the end...he knew he couldn't compete with the retarded crowd this night.
That pretty much sums up my experience tonight.
So if I can ask anything, please get your yelling and screaming and dumb ass comments out before the show so people can actually get into and enjoy the music.
that really blows. That happens alot at regular PJ shows too, it really does take away from your experience - someone yelling or screaming the whole time you're trying to really get into the performance.
I'm sorry you guys had to deal with idiots last night.
If this continues throughout the Ed solo tour, look for it to be his last because I'm sure he was looking for the exact atmosphere you were.
Unfortunately, you can never instill manners in an audience. Rowdiness goes with the territory of the live performance - even the acoustic, intimate gig - these days. I blame all the addititives in peoples' food, giving them all ADD. Not to mention the fact that they can't handle their beer. I'm sure the healthy, veggie Californians will be much more relaxed.
Ed's seasoned enough a performer to deal with a couple of rowdies, I'm sure.
About the securty comment, I actually liked the fact that eddie listened to the guy and asked security to lay off a bit. There was a guy in front of me, who took some pics without the flash and security made him delete them all. The security people would run over and stick their hand in front of the camera, I know there are rules, but it was just uncalled for.
overall....best show ive been too, which doesnt say much to those who have been to tons, but it was amazing, cant wait to do it again tomorrow night!
Ed's rule was no cameras or cell phones.
The security was told no cameras or cell phones.
The security stopped everyone using cameras or cell phones.
WHERE THE FUCK IS THE PROBLEM???
They could have been kicking people the fuck out, not erasing pics.
If fucking idiots listened to the rules there wouldn't be security running all over the place.
OK..now for my review a.k.a the truth (from the other thread):
Just got home from the show..Ed was good..crowd sucked ass. People ruined the fucking show tonight by being useless loudmouth retards. What part of a small theatre show do people not understand? This is not a fucking football game, we don't need to hear all your useless fucking comments shouted out after every chord progression...Dead Man is not a song to stand up and pump your fist to, and yell and scream during the verses. Retards I swear...Ed will never pull off a decent solo set because most people there are fucking retarded and don't understand the concept of atmosphere, mood, MUSIC, and shutting the fuck up for once.
Oh yeah, and the guy with the long hair setting up the guitars in the white labcoat is not Eddie Vedder you stupid imbecels...no need to get overly excited about that part.
I have no complaints about the music, or Ed..the sound was fantastic, as this venue is amazing for that type of intimate setting...unforutunately most apes there were too busy yelling out stupid shit to realize that. Do we really need to hear you cheer after each line of a song? I was really hoping for an "unplugged" type atmosphere...if it was like that, could have been a great show. But the people fucking ruined it.
To give Ed credit it seemed he gave up on trying to have an intimate show and made the show a bit funner at the end...he knew he couldn't compete with the retarded crowd this night.
That pretty much sums up my experience tonight.
So if I can ask anything, please get your yelling and screaming and dumb ass comments out before the show so people can actually get into and enjoy the music.
SCARY. I am flying from Philly to Santa Cruz to see this show, and I am hoping it was just those "Damn Canucks" acting like "New Jersians" at that show!!!
thank you for the review...I have been to a few Ed solo shows and even PJ shows where it is supposed to be intimate and ass holes shout out...hopefully is still a good night..peace
Someone up in the balcony yelled out "Shut up and sing" while he was talking.
i was thinking, this worked as a friendly fire? but now i think was nothing friendly...it´s a intimate show, not "wild" show.
I read this in one review of canadian´s website: "Vedder appears far more levelheaded. He admonished the audience's adulation when they wildly applauded a complete screwup in a song, telling them, "Don't do that. It promotes bad behaviour." No one cared. He had a standing ovation just walking on the stage". Ovation just walking on the stage?
I wish the next shows will be better. He deserves it. And the fans too.
Very disappointing :( I am so shocked at all these stories about the crowd :( Any true fan would've known how to behave at such a special show.
Although some of you have said that Ed handled it well.....I would say he'd be very disappointed, too.
Shame on those of you who behaved so selfishly !! :mad:
What can you expect from drunken Canadians; every show in Vancouver I have been too has been full of drunk assholes.
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I like how many times this guy uses the word "Retard", it's an under appreciated word in my opinion.
hahaha me too! i always say it. one day at worked I slammed my phone and said "RETARD" really loud and my boss walked in my office and said "yo....cynthia, try not to use that word, you night offend someone - say fucking asshiole instead" lol
thanks for the reviews and pics. i really hope the san diego crowd is not like this.
To be honest, I wish security did kick some people out...did you notice how many cell phones and cameras came out after Ed told them to back off? Everyone in the place was flashing it up...another way to ruin atmosphere..
The initial rules were there for a reason, and that all went out the window.
sorry but camera's are just a part of the modern world now, deal with it.
when you are famous then you'll have that stuff...
dont get me wrong, but i the new policy is bullshit.
ed did the same thing when he was young, did he forgot?
but i do believe i can ruin the atmosphere... so i wouldt take pic's at his solo show, and actualy i never took pics at a pj show because so many people will take some. shouting and making noise at a solo show is anoying. Its all about respect.
that's really such a shame about the crowd yelling like that. what is the point of it? why do people do it? Do they just want to get noticed by the performer? It reminds me of when Kramer saw a celebrity in dinky donuts and started making yelping noises to get his attention. sheesh.
sorry but camera's are just a part of the modern world now, deal with it.
when you are famous then you'll have that stuff...
dont get me wrong, but i the new policy is bullshit.
ed did the same thing when he was young, did he forgot?
but i do believe i can ruin the atmosphere... so i wouldt take pic's at his solo show, and actualy i never took pics at a pj show because so many people will take some. shouting and making noise at a solo show is anoying. Its all about respect.
Right there is what it's really all about.
I, too, never take pictures at any of the 14 shows I've been to.
I understand it's part of the show but when they tell us the policy on cameras/taping and people not following...that is disrespectful. :(
If the security didn't kick people out, it would only encourage others to do what wasn't allowed.
If people see security kicking people out because of taking pictures to enforce the policy, it would have effect on others to think twice.
Ah well, it's good to know EV handled it pretty well and I've noticed and also from what others have said, he does take notice of people who do respect him.
Better to put energy into that and you can only hope it would spread like wildfire!
Here's to hoping to more reviews like Mrs.Vedder78 tomorrow!
VEDHEAD27 will also take care of that as well!
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that's really such a shame about the crowd yelling like that. what is the point of it? why do people do it? Do they just want to get noticed by the performer? It reminds me of when Kramer saw a celebrity in dinky donuts and started making yelping noises to get his attention. sheesh.
I believe that was Joe DiMaggio
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Sounds like it was just a few people who have a hard time distinguishing a big rock concert from an intimate show like this. I am confident that this will get better as people get used to it.
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I agree. So okay, the set list is somewhere else, we're not in that thread right now. NOBODY COULDN'T JUST LIST THE DAMN SONGS? You could've commented on how they were, one by one.
A favorite part for me was the story about the old Butthole Surfers shirt he was wearing. This is the shirt you see him in in a few of the old 10 era promo photos. He was saying how he liked it because it said "surfer" down the middle, but when he saw the photos in magazines later all you could see was the giant "BUTTHOLE" written along the side!
It was great to hear No More live in person. Gorgeous song and very moving. Ed was trying desperately to get the crowd to sing "No More" at the end but there was only a few takers. I got the feeling people felt self-concious belting out that one. Drifting with the harmonica sounded great, and Society with Liam Finn was also a highlight for me. And of course the finale...great way to end the show!!
Like a bunch of other people have mentioned, get there early for Liam Finn!
Wow!!
And the crowd...almost ruined for me, but after about 6 songs I noticed it dropped off a bit. There was still the odd drunken moron shouting like an idiot and interupting Ed's stories, but it did get better. Props to Ed for going with it.
Walking the Cow
Around the Bend
I Am Mine
Dead Man
MOTH
Guaranteed
No Ceiling
Far Behind
Rise
Millworker
Goodbye
Brokenhearted
You're True
Driftin
Hide Your Love Away
Picture In A Frame
Trouble
I Won't Back Down
Forever Young
From what I’m reading they need to post a sign outside the venue that says no picture taking and if you are caught taking a picture you will be ejected. PERIOD.
It was well established before hand that it is the request of the artist and if you can’t respect that, then you don’t deserve to be there.
From what I’m reading they need to post a sign outside the venue that says no picture taking and if you are caught taking a picture you will be ejected. PERIOD.
It was well established before hand that it is the request of the artist and if you can’t respect that, then you don’t deserve to be there.
agreed
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It was an incredible show. Very intimate and very diverse. I didn't write down the setlist but Porch was played and that was pretty fucking cool. Also Man of the Hour and scoiety were notable highlights. Shit, the whole show was awesome!
Ed Fucked up alot which was funny.
Thanks to the ten club I was third row centre.
Liam Finn was so good! Do not miss his opening act!
Now I just have to figure out how to get tix for tommorow.
ok, so excuse the lack of knowledge here, but......where did you see him?
Baby, You Wouldn't Last a Minute on The Creek......
Together we will float like angels.........
In the moment that you left the room, the album started skipping, goodbye to beauty shared with the ones that you love.........
Drunk folks prolly won tickets from the CFOX boozefest...
And please, let's remember that Ed asked the folks complaining about the security "is this about you taking photos and YouTubing?" which, of course, they all denied...
He later mentioned that as an artist sometimes its hard to say what you want because if it's embarrassing or whatever, it will end up on YouTube...
And after the show at the stage door out back, there were people there with like 10 things for him to sign that were obviously going to be on ebay the next day. I kinda got into it with one guy who kept saying 'I've been doing this long enough to know...." this and that. I asked him, "doing what?" and he got all vague and then said "following and asking my rock star friends to sign a few things for me..." Which you then sell, right? I asked him if he was a Pearl Jam/Ed fan and he started yelling about how he'd been to the show and blah, blah, blah... "and then you want to make money off him? True fan, you are..." said I. And you know he was going to be the first one in, if Ed came out, and would have shoved everyone out of the way with complete and utter disregard. I laughed out loud when he dropped his stupid pick guard that had been already signed by several other PJ members..on the hard scratchy pavement, autograph side down...Ha ha!
Autograph seeking used to be fun...and now it's just as corrupt and ruined like so many things...and it's been ruined for the true fans...and apparently, the true fans ruin it for the ebay sellers...
But this did not ruin the show for me - it was AWESOME
Drunk folks prolly won tickets from the CFOX boozefest...
And please, let's remember that Ed asked the folks complaining about the security "is this about you taking photos and YouTubing?" which, of course, they all denied...
He later mentioned that as an artist sometimes its hard to say what you want because if it's embarrassing or whatever, it will end up on YouTube....
No shit... it's not a good feeling at all. One of my good friends got humiliated with his video that was edited and taken out of content by someone else on youtube. It was horrible.
I don't care what people say about eV "deserving this 'cuz he asked for it since he publicly said it, blah blah" - he's human like us. Pointing out what he did over and over on youtube is not a good feeling for him. I do feel bad because I do enjoy watching some of those youtube videos at the expense of EV. :( Sorry, EV.
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i only hope that he decides to play trouble again tonight...that song mean so much to me...but then again any song he plays is going to be great
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i fucking hate the idiots who do this,i swear I'm going to get in a scuffle @ a show over this one day!
some people just don't have any class.nothing worse than a loud mouth dick head to ruin your show/night.
that really blows. That happens alot at regular PJ shows too, it really does take away from your experience - someone yelling or screaming the whole time you're trying to really get into the performance.
I'm sorry you guys had to deal with idiots last night.
If this continues throughout the Ed solo tour, look for it to be his last because I'm sure he was looking for the exact atmosphere you were.
Ed's seasoned enough a performer to deal with a couple of rowdies, I'm sure.
Ed's rule was no cameras or cell phones.
The security was told no cameras or cell phones.
The security stopped everyone using cameras or cell phones.
WHERE THE FUCK IS THE PROBLEM???
They could have been kicking people the fuck out, not erasing pics.
If fucking idiots listened to the rules there wouldn't be security running all over the place.
SCARY. I am flying from Philly to Santa Cruz to see this show, and I am hoping it was just those "Damn Canucks" acting like "New Jersians" at that show!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew3AOlbJXos
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hahaha me too! i always say it. one day at worked I slammed my phone and said "RETARD" really loud and my boss walked in my office and said "yo....cynthia, try not to use that word, you night offend someone - say fucking asshiole instead" lol
thanks for the reviews and pics. i really hope the san diego crowd is not like this.
that lighter is a MUST!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm sorry to read that some folks didn't have good experience last night.
Hopefully this is just temporarily since it's a new thing for EV and the fans... hopefully, it'll smooth things out as time goes on.
I'd hate to see it be the end of EV solo tour. :S
EV: It's your band.
~Q Magazine
"Kisses for the glow...kisses for the lease." - BDRII
ahhhh yes. it is a big pet peeve of mine. so rude. lately ed has handled it well. i give him credit.
Me too..I hope he has a great tour. You are right, it´s a new thing for everybody, needs time to tune.
sorry but camera's are just a part of the modern world now, deal with it.
when you are famous then you'll have that stuff...
dont get me wrong, but i the new policy is bullshit.
ed did the same thing when he was young, did he forgot?
but i do believe i can ruin the atmosphere... so i wouldt take pic's at his solo show, and actualy i never took pics at a pj show because so many people will take some. shouting and making noise at a solo show is anoying. Its all about respect.
Antwerp -Belgium- Europe
Right there is what it's really all about.
I, too, never take pictures at any of the 14 shows I've been to.
I understand it's part of the show but when they tell us the policy on cameras/taping and people not following...that is disrespectful. :(
If the security didn't kick people out, it would only encourage others to do what wasn't allowed.
If people see security kicking people out because of taking pictures to enforce the policy, it would have effect on others to think twice.
Ah well, it's good to know EV handled it pretty well and I've noticed and also from what others have said, he does take notice of people who do respect him.
Better to put energy into that and you can only hope it would spread like wildfire!
Here's to hoping to more reviews like Mrs.Vedder78 tomorrow!
VEDHEAD27 will also take care of that as well!
EV: It's your band.
~Q Magazine
"Kisses for the glow...kisses for the lease." - BDRII
I thought the world...Turns out the world thought me
I agree. So okay, the set list is somewhere else, we're not in that thread right now. NOBODY COULDN'T JUST LIST THE DAMN SONGS? You could've commented on how they were, one by one.
It was great to hear No More live in person. Gorgeous song and very moving. Ed was trying desperately to get the crowd to sing "No More" at the end but there was only a few takers. I got the feeling people felt self-concious belting out that one. Drifting with the harmonica sounded great, and Society with Liam Finn was also a highlight for me. And of course the finale...great way to end the show!!
Like a bunch of other people have mentioned, get there early for Liam Finn!
Wow!!
And the crowd...almost ruined for me, but after about 6 songs I noticed it dropped off a bit. There was still the odd drunken moron shouting like an idiot and interupting Ed's stories, but it did get better. Props to Ed for going with it.
Walking the Cow
Around the Bend
I Am Mine
Dead Man
MOTH
Guaranteed
No Ceiling
Far Behind
Rise
Millworker
Goodbye
Brokenhearted
You're True
Driftin
Hide Your Love Away
Picture In A Frame
Trouble
I Won't Back Down
Forever Young
Encore 1
Society
Growing Up
No More
Porch
Encore 2
Hard Sun
It was well established before hand that it is the request of the artist and if you can’t respect that, then you don’t deserve to be there.
I thought the world...Turns out the world thought me
ok, so excuse the lack of knowledge here, but......where did you see him?
Together we will float like angels.........
In the moment that you left the room, the album started skipping, goodbye to beauty shared with the ones that you love.........
And please, let's remember that Ed asked the folks complaining about the security "is this about you taking photos and YouTubing?" which, of course, they all denied...
He later mentioned that as an artist sometimes its hard to say what you want because if it's embarrassing or whatever, it will end up on YouTube...
And after the show at the stage door out back, there were people there with like 10 things for him to sign that were obviously going to be on ebay the next day. I kinda got into it with one guy who kept saying 'I've been doing this long enough to know...." this and that. I asked him, "doing what?" and he got all vague and then said "following and asking my rock star friends to sign a few things for me..." Which you then sell, right? I asked him if he was a Pearl Jam/Ed fan and he started yelling about how he'd been to the show and blah, blah, blah... "and then you want to make money off him? True fan, you are..." said I. And you know he was going to be the first one in, if Ed came out, and would have shoved everyone out of the way with complete and utter disregard. I laughed out loud when he dropped his stupid pick guard that had been already signed by several other PJ members..on the hard scratchy pavement, autograph side down...Ha ha!
Autograph seeking used to be fun...and now it's just as corrupt and ruined like so many things...and it's been ruined for the true fans...and apparently, the true fans ruin it for the ebay sellers...
But this did not ruin the show for me - it was AWESOME
Love the blunt ed!
No shit... it's not a good feeling at all. One of my good friends got humiliated with his video that was edited and taken out of content by someone else on youtube. It was horrible.
I don't care what people say about eV "deserving this 'cuz he asked for it since he publicly said it, blah blah" - he's human like us. Pointing out what he did over and over on youtube is not a good feeling for him. I do feel bad because I do enjoy watching some of those youtube videos at the expense of EV. :( Sorry, EV.
Good!!! I'm happy for you!!
EV: It's your band.
~Q Magazine
"Kisses for the glow...kisses for the lease." - BDRII