*** OFFICIAL “Please drop the “ya ya” segue from CORDUROY PETITION****

locked

I love the band - love the song - will “eat waffles if waffles are for breakfast “ (Ed would know what I mean ) but dear God
this forced sing along sucks all the momentum out of what is a perfectly grand peak in the original version !!!
you can even hear all the crowds sing the missing verse “ everything has chains “...!
no need for an artificial “yeah yeah” chant ...
If you agree , simply give me a thumbs up - original CORDUROY IS FUCKING BRILLIANT !
Respectfully submitted-
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Hawk123

Thumbs up

RS151862

a5pj

yea yea yea, I like it when they change up the songs and evolve, some are better than others

jniko

1000 percent agree. Liked it the first time but I didn’t want to hear it every time. Just like when they changed Garden, interesting at first but don’t mess with perfection 

lastexitlondon

Thumbs up

PJWGIII

jniko said:

1000 percent agree. Liked it the first time but I didn’t want to hear it every time. Just like when they changed Garden, interesting at first but don’t mess with perfection 

Keeping it random and not doing it EVERY time would be quite a positive change. I like it, but it gets old fast if it is done every time.

locked

Just saying ? 

Gern Blansten

I hate every sing-a-long...if I were near a window I would jump out of it whenever a sing-a-long is initiated

demetrios

Hawk123 said:

Thumbs up

PJNB

Yes! Or at the very least mix it up from night to night. 

locked

It’s really a pointless addition . The crowd is all over that song from the start !

lastexitlondon

Agreed

nicknyr15

Gern Blansten said:

I hate every sing-a-long...if I were near a window I would jump out of it whenever a sing-a-long is initiated

Don’t ever see Green Day. Buddy had an extra ticket years ago and I went. Every other minute it was heeyyyyyooooooo. Drove me nuts 

rummy

It’s funny… I can handle some call-and-response singalongs (eg, Daughter, Better Man) but hate it with others (eg, Corduroy, Not For You, Do The Evolution). Not sure why I can tolerate it with certain songs but not at all with others.

rummy

nicknyr15 said:

Gern Blansten said:

I hate every sing-a-long...if I were near a window I would jump out of it whenever a sing-a-long is initiated

Don’t ever see Green Day. Buddy had an extra ticket years ago and I went. Every other minute it was heeyyyyyooooooo. Drove me nuts 

Yeah. I’ve tried to listen to a few live shows from Green Day but all of those heyyoo’s are pretty annoying.

2-feign-reluctance

It’s a fun part of PJ’s live set! ❤️

incognitony

Fight to get it back again.

jimjam1982

I like it when it's not every show and happens randomly. Just like DTE change up. Just keep it spicy. 

thomascbullock

rummy said:

It’s funny… I can handle some call-and-response singalongs (eg, Daughter, Better Man) but hate it with others (eg, Corduroy, Not For You, Do The Evolution). Not sure why I can tolerate it with certain songs but not at all with others.

I'm not sure I've ever heard Not For You have a singalong... that would be odd.

rummy

thomascbullock said:

rummy said:

It’s funny… I can handle some call-and-response singalongs (eg, Daughter, Better Man) but hate it with others (eg, Corduroy, Not For You, Do The Evolution). Not sure why I can tolerate it with certain songs but not at all with others.

I'm not sure I've ever heard Not For You have a singalong... that would be odd.

It's just a bunch of call-and-responses  - like "awayawayo" and "yaya yaya" - that usually come before the "all that's sacred" line near the end of the song. I believe they did it a lot in 2006 and a few times in 2011/2012. At least that's what I've heard on the boots I've listened to.

evenflow82

I wish Ed would drop his quasi Michael Jackson "He heeeeee"s that he goes to when he can't hit a note. When did that start? Was it around the time Into the Wild was released?

The Not for you call and response is worse imo. An absolutely brutal 1994 track has now become a weakened slopfest with Ed's pre show vocal warm up sung at us in the middle section. 

ZoSoTim

Gern Blansten said:

I hate every sing-a-long...if I were near a window I would jump out of it whenever a sing-a-long is initiated

I love sing alongs in concert. Those are some of the most magical moments I’ve ever experienced. Not necessarily what OP is talking about in Corduroy but when the whole arena sings every word to a song like Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here” it’s an incredible thing to be a part of in my opinion. 

lastexitlondon

Yeah that out of place eeeeeeheeeeeee is the worst

reedrothchild

100% on board with this thread

Kearn5y

Thumbs up. Hate the current version, especially when its a show opener. 

mace1229

It doesn’t bother me. Maybe change it up more often.
What I don’t like is when the audience sings the first verse to Betterman.

Kwieneke

evenflow82 said:

I wish Ed would drop his quasi Michael Jackson "He heeeeee"s that he goes to when he can't hit a note. When did that start? Was it around the time Into the Wild was released?

The Not for you call and response is worse imo. An absolutely brutal 1994 track has now become a weakened slopfest with Ed's pre show vocal warm up sung at us in the middle section. 

the hee hee is bad 

baldog27

"There is no throat"

yosi

I think the sing-a-longs are great when you don’t know they’re coming and it feels organic (even if it’s not). When you know it’s coming it loses the magic. I used to love the SIFL tag on Betterman, now, not so much. 

Gern Blansten

ZoSoTim said:

Gern Blansten said:

I hate every sing-a-long...if I were near a window I would jump out of it whenever a sing-a-long is initiated

I love sing alongs in concert. Those are some of the most magical moments I’ve ever experienced. Not necessarily what OP is talking about in Corduroy but when the whole arena sings every word to a song like Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here” it’s an incredible thing to be a part of in my opinion. 

I should clarify...I said sing-a-long but I was referring to the call and response stuff.