Ed the Comedian- MKE
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We're all aware that Ed has been pretty funny at the solo shows. I'll post a few funny bits from the Milwaukee show for those of you who weren't there and don't only want to see the negatives.
1. Claiming they almost pulled the plug on the whole tour because the ukelele and mandolin don't get along given the competition between small instruments. He said that they have a Napoleon complex and that it's not pretty.
2. Asking if we wanted to hear a song about a broken heart or a rich guy. After he decided on Soon Forget, he said something like, "And it's ok because the guy ends up dead... with all of us whistling on his grave!"
3. After playing Soon Forget, he says, "Now it's the broken heart song. You're not getting off that easy!" (in reference to the fact that we voted for the rich guy song). Then he hears his monitors and says, "That's distortion. We'll save that for later."
4. To the hecklers: "Man, we gotta get you guys on some foreign beer. That's an Old Milwaukee buzz!" and then "What, you've never sat in velvet seats before?"
5. About the south: "I've been there once." (someone yells "Or twice!") Ed says, "Or twice. There's this new discovery about some people having a DNA strand where they don't learn from their mistakes. So yeah, I've been there twice."
6. Again to the hecklers: "I've always had a problem with authority, or people yelling stuff at me. If you tell me to play a fast song, I'm going to play a quiet, slow one." Later- "I'm going to tame you with quiet love songs."
We'll start with those. Off the top of my head, that's all I got. Anyone else remember Ed's funny comments?
1. Claiming they almost pulled the plug on the whole tour because the ukelele and mandolin don't get along given the competition between small instruments. He said that they have a Napoleon complex and that it's not pretty.
2. Asking if we wanted to hear a song about a broken heart or a rich guy. After he decided on Soon Forget, he said something like, "And it's ok because the guy ends up dead... with all of us whistling on his grave!"
3. After playing Soon Forget, he says, "Now it's the broken heart song. You're not getting off that easy!" (in reference to the fact that we voted for the rich guy song). Then he hears his monitors and says, "That's distortion. We'll save that for later."
4. To the hecklers: "Man, we gotta get you guys on some foreign beer. That's an Old Milwaukee buzz!" and then "What, you've never sat in velvet seats before?"
5. About the south: "I've been there once." (someone yells "Or twice!") Ed says, "Or twice. There's this new discovery about some people having a DNA strand where they don't learn from their mistakes. So yeah, I've been there twice."
6. Again to the hecklers: "I've always had a problem with authority, or people yelling stuff at me. If you tell me to play a fast song, I'm going to play a quiet, slow one." Later- "I'm going to tame you with quiet love songs."
We'll start with those. Off the top of my head, that's all I got. Anyone else remember Ed's funny comments?
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Hahahahahahahaha! Awesome.
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ha, that's excellent. Ed is very skilled at making hilarious off the cuff remarks...
You are U, who you are.
the less than respectable behaviour at his shows thus far.
Perhaps if he had done this 9 or 10 years ago his level of patience
and acceptance wouldn't have been so high and you may have
seen a different side to him.
It's all about growing up and maturity. Ed has gotten there, I just
wish some of the fans could reach the same level.
I know he had me in stitches with some of his remarks, comments
and come-backs in Toronto. His humor is just another wonderful
characteristic trait that he has.
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I'm a number that doesn't count
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the nothing ventured - the nothing feigned
CROWD CHEERS..........
And, don't forget the push up bit.......
92- Houston
95- Austin
00- Paris
00- Houston
03- San Antonio
06- Milwaukee-Summerfest w/ Tom Petty
07- Lollapalooza - Chicago
08- EV-Solo - Milwaukee
09- Chicago
10- Indy
11- PJ 20
14- Milw
23- Chicago 2
Ed brought out his ukelele and started commenting on it how it is designed to look like a guitar. After that he then goes "Im a badass with my mother fuckin UKELELE". "I just wanna...." (motions smashing it, then shows off one of his biceps)
8/7/08, 6/9/09
United Palace NIGHT 1 NYC
-His recent love for pain medication, he doesn't realize how great it is until the pain goes away, funny for a kid that can relate
-" I have alota friends in the tri-state area. The kind that text me before the show and say 'see you later..hope you dont SUCK'" then does a bunch of sarcastic fist pumps hahah
NJPAC
-Only playing happy songs so no one jumps from the 4th tier, because their view is the top of Ed's head
-In the Q&A some one asks " what are the lyrics to YL" and he replies " after all these years your telling me there words to that song?!?!?!" hahaha
- And he got his first bad review where the NYTimes called him "righteous" and "broody" then he goes " im feeling righteous with my badass motherFuckin eukele"
GREAT SHOWS
Camden 1 /2008
MSG 1 & 2 /2008
EV SOLO-- NYC 1 and NJPAC
Fucking Great!!
"There was someone up there [points to the balcony] who yelled last night, 'Are you HIGH?'. [looks highly disgusted and confused] Yeah, because I can do all this, sing, play guitar, and put up with assholes like you HIGH. If I was, that would be one bad trip."
"So theres a part in the song [Blackbird] where it sounds like it's ended but it hasn't... I want you all to bird call. It'll be like a sing-a-long, but more like a... bird-a-long."
"Maybe you all are behaving tonight because I haven't talked about.... that [politics]."
"Whenever I've supported a candidate, it's always gone wrong, so this time I'm not going to support anyone." [behind him two stage crew walk across the stage holding a HUGE Obama campaign sign].
DC1
"This is a mandalin (or maybe it was the uke, can't remember)... it's such a happy little instrument, but I know just how to make it suffer."
[with the mandalin, after the above discussion] "It would be nice if I knew how to play more than one fucking song on it."
[looking at the front row] "Ok, to the guy whos been standing up this whole time... [scans the front row]... where is he? [someone responds] Oh, he's GONE! [laughs] Well, I was going to give him this [guitar pic] to sort of bribe him to sit down, but I'll give it to you for putting up with him the whole fucking show."
[after the Marine guy's kids came out; sitting with Liam] "Well, that's a tough act to follow, so lets try not to fuck it up. [realizes he just cursed in front of young kids, looks ashamed]. I meant, uh, poopy. The things you learn when you have young ones..."
All I can remember now, more later...