Ed In Milwaukee

Vedd Hedd

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-ap-people-bronze-fonz,0,1407801.story

They were riled up from this......

vedhead011

Dank wrote:

Why he bothered to put on one of these classic, intimate shows for that city is beyond me. Lesson learned I guess for Ed. Way to go cheeseheads.

Yeah, after Arc I asked my wife if she was ready to leave, she asked if I was sure it was over. My logic was that Arc was an awesome way to close a show, it was after 11:00, and why would he reward a crowd with another song?

I do think it was a massive evening of highs and lows for him. Obviously the lows have been discussed in great length, but there were times when he seemed like he was loving the hell out of the crowd singing. Guess you can't have one without the other. But he mentioned the "Hey!"s in "You've got to hide your love away" were the best of the tour so far, and he even extended the song for more of them. Also he seemed to be impressed with the singing in "Small Town". You know, a performer can cater to a crowd by praising their singing, but his face really seemed to show his enjoyment. Once again, he extended the song for more "Awaaaaaaaay"s. Maybe it was the room flattering the singing of the crowd. Who knows. But there were highs and lows for him, and I think both were on the extreme ends. Wouldn't be surprised if there were no more solo tours.

Vedd Hedd

Faceless Man wrote:

as you'd suspected would be the case??? plese explain.

The guy dragged out was from Chicago from what I hear.

Just like a-hole Cub fans take over Miller Park because Brewer fans are gready and sell their souls (tickets) to them I "suspect" Chicago fans came to the Riverside and ruined it for us.

No way.

First of all, random fans dont travel too far to see a show. So unless he was a ten clubber, he was from wisconsin. And I doubt that ten clubbers would do that.

Besides, half of wisconsin likes the Cubs for some reason anyway. I dont get it......

markinsand

lowlight10 wrote:

go cubs.

where are the cubs going? i know where they usually go.........and it ain't the World Series.

See you in the NLCS.

iwasthere

Alright, I've been to 9 of these now. Mostly out west. So I have quite of material to go on. Look Mlwaukee, you ruined it for yourself. Blackbird and Arc were both way off compared to past shows. Other than the shouting, which has been at every show (just not this bad), there was a heavy hum of just general chatter. Similar to a cafeteria. That is why Ed said "do you guys wanna have a conversation or something". As far as the guy who got tossed, big guy, but not 400 lbs. and I'm not going to be so hard on him yet. From what I can tell he got kinda of raw deal from a couple equally as big security guys. This was not Ed security, it was venue security, so they may not be any better. One guy did yell "You Suck" and walked out. Even though it was kinda close to the stage, Ed just said something into the mic and I'm 80% sure he didn't here it.

How about this, did anyone here some guy yell "Where is your wife" just seconds before Arc?

I just gotta say. Good job Milwaukee. Good job at meeting every single negative stereotype that someone who has never been here has about Milwaukee.

JLF78

The guy that was dragged out was absolutely a 10c member. He was 4 rows directly in front of me. He screamed, "Fuck you, I'm a 10c Member" as he was being dragged up the aisle.

markinsand

Vedd Hedd wrote:

No way.

First of all, random fans dont travel too far to see a show. So unless he was a ten clubber, he was from wisconsin. And I doubt that ten clubbers would do that.

Besides, half of wisconsin likes the Cubs for some reason anyway. I dont get it......

guy was in 5th row or so........

A lot of it's random but there were people up from IL, I sat next to two of them, good guys.

markinsand

JLF78 wrote:

The guy that was dragged out was absolutely a 10c member. He was 4 rows directly in front of me. He screamed, "Fuck you, I'm a 10c Member" as he was being dragged up the aisle.

"Do you know who I am... Do you know who I am.....!!!..........I'm a 10 club member!!!!"

iwasthere

PlantPage55 wrote:

And someone yelled "Freebird!"

Really. They really did.

They should have been sniped on sight.

It would be more of a story if it hadn't happened. Every show.

spappy

PlantPage55 wrote:

I just want to say that I was also thoroughly embarrassed for the good name of Wisconsin at that show. I felt horrible.

The first wave of yells and "requests" is something that Ed probably understands fully. But when he has to tell you at least 3 or 4 times to "shut the fuck up" - and you can't respect that...well, you're giving the whole crowd a bad name.

I am so thankful that Ed didn't decide to just say "fuck this" and bail early. I think he knew there were just a few bad apples (although seemingly more than he's used to)

He WAS impressed by our singing on Elderly Woman!

I'm sorry for all of the fans that couldn't respect you, Ed! Please come back to Wisconsin again....maybe Alpine Valley!!!!!

I believe he did say "fuck this" after he fell out of his chair. I thought he was done at that point. Not only were the requests bad, there is a time and a place for the 2 guys in row q to yell "go cubs" the place is the park, the time is during a game. Act like rhe Cubs have won before. Oh wait...

gozzo5058

pjbiaas wrote:

Great show, but at one point security had to drag a 400 pd guy from 5th row out at which point eddie fell over and laid on the ground for about a minute. Then a guy sitting (next to us) in Left front center row K seat 1 (95% SURE ON SEAT # WILL VERIFY)(marked so the fan club can cancel his membership, and ship him a deads pigs head) got up yelled u suck and left. (After soon forget????WTF)

Ed saw through, but I was embarrassed, I could tell he was not impressed with "old milwaukee". When done with Hard Sun (which he made sure rocked) the way he said good bye I could tell he wanted to go.


anyway had to get that seat number out before bed, a waste of a seat when so many fans had to sit behind him. Some fans joked after the show ed will not be back soon.. Lets go Chicago.....

Besides the negative I can't wait for Chicago, It was a great show... opening w/ sometimes kicked but, enjoyed Liam as well. Arc, millworker, other

-p

sounds like these yahoos outdid the drunken frat boys in toronto...

iwasthere

JLF78 wrote:

The guy that was dragged out was absolutely a 10c member. He was 4 rows directly in front of me. He screamed, "Fuck you, I'm a 10c Member" as he was being dragged up the aisle.

I'm in 10 club! Fuck you! I'm in 10 club!

still.... what did he do? I'm not dogging this guy til I know. Did venue security get a little outta line, which is very possible, or is the guy just a knucklehead.

markinsand

This is comical...

It was a bad night, I agree. Worst crowd I've been a part of but come on...

Everything was fine with Milwaukee in 95 and 06....

Milwaukee is a hard working, blue collar town the focus should be on people not a city. I heard a lot of "Go Cub" random yelling etc...

About 10 guys ruined the night, where they are from... who cares........what they have in common is they are a$$holes

Poncier

Faceless Man wrote:

wow you're smart

east coasters think > midwesters

midwesters too smart to bother with east coasters cockiness and move on

By responding to her, didn't you just "bother with her cockiness?"

lowlight10

Faceless Man wrote:

where are the cubs going? i know where they usually go.........and it ain't the World Series.

See you in the NLCS.

hmmm, you seem to be unfamiliar with the phrase, "go _____."

it's actually a phrase of encouragement, not location or destination. just like I will be saying "go Bears" in December when we are 2-10.

and I will not argue that the cubs traditionally bite the big one, but I am pretty sure that we will not be seeing YOU in the NLCS.

vedhead011

iwasthere wrote:

I'm in 10 club! Fuck you! I'm in 10 club!

still.... what did he do? I'm not dogging this guy til I know. Did venue security get a little outta line, which is very possible, or is the guy just a knucklehead.

While in line for the bathroom at the coffee shop next door after the show (we legitimized its use by purchasing a bottle of water and a black and white cookie) some girls were talking who said they were in the row right behind them. I hope I'm not spreading bad information, but they said "about 4 or 5 people got up to complain about the guy". So that could be why he was removed.

PJBuckeye

As a Chicagoan, I am 99% sure that the bastards yelling were FIBS. These are a bunch of frat boy types from the Chicago suburbs.

I just hope this doesn't effect 2009 Alpine.

markinsand

lowlight10 wrote:

hmmm, you seem to be unfamiliar with the phrase, "go _____."

it's actually a phrase of encouragement, not location or destination. just like I will be saying "go Bears" in December when we are 2-10.

and I will not argue that the cubs traditionally bite the big one, but I am pretty sure that we will not eb seeing YOU in the NLCS.

I'm pretty sure CC and our staff can get by the East just as I'm sure the Cubs can get by the West just like last ye............wait nevermind.

drsluggo

iwasthere wrote:

How about this, did anyone here some guy yell "Where is your wife" just seconds before Arc?

I absolutely did hear that. Ugh... my wife was so angry by the end because it just did not stop. It really was like seeing someone constantly taking punches and having no way out.

I'm not going to condemn an entire city because of this, but I can't believe some people.

My thought was at the beginning of the show Ed could just say "hey, we're all here to have a good time but if you're going to ruin it for everyone else we'll get you out of here" and actually follow through on that. I know it's a bit uncomfortable, but it has to be done. It just gets out of hand so fast... I'm still shocked he played as long as he did all things considered.

girlinthewhitepants

Bibbs wrote:

Forget Alpine Valley come up to The Big Top in Northern Wisconsin. We'll give you all the respect you need! or (The Deck MN) We have Northwoods "Hippie Class" up here and thrive on acoustical music.

Hell yeah to that!! Would LOVE to see Eddie solo at The Big Top:
http://www.bigtop.org/
Although didn't realize it's only 900 seat capacity, maybe a little small for him. But that crowd knows how to treat a guy with a guitar.

Also, I grew up in the midwest and now I've lived on both coasts - and this geographical bicker snicker is the dumbest thing on the board. (Strong statement I know!) Every town has both jackasses and rockstars. It's the beauty of the world.