Ed at Home RIVER CROSS

124»

Comments

  • on2legs
    on2legs Posts: 16,022
    Lifted said:
    on2legs said:
    Loved the performance.  Great choice of tune... very fitting.  

    Also... has Ed officially embraced the baseball hat stage of his career?  
    Ed has been wearing baseball hats since Pearl Jam has been a band.
    Not on a regular basis.
    1996: Randall's Island 2  1998: East Rutherford | MSG 1 & 2  2000: Cincinnati | Columbus | Jones Beach 1, 2, & 3 | Boston 1 | Camden 1 & 2 2003: Philadelphia | Uniondale | MSG 1 & 2 | Holmdel  2005: Atlantic City 1  2006: Camden 1 | East Rutherford 1 & 2 2008: Camden 1 & 2 | MSG 1 & 2 (#25) | Newark (EV)  2009: Philadelphia 1, 2 & 4  2010: Newark | MSG 1 & 2  2011: Toronto 1  2013: Wrigley Field | Brooklyn 2 | Philadelphia 1 & 2 | Baltimore  2015: Central Park  2016: Philadelphia 1 & 2 | MSG 1 & 2 | Fenway Park 2 | MSG (TOTD)  2017: Brooklyn (RnR HOF)  2020: MSG | Asbury Park  2021: Asbury Park  2022: MSG | Camden | Nashville  2024: MSG 1 & 2 (#50) | Philadelphia 1 & 2 | Baltimore  2025: Raleigh 2


  • what dreams
    what dreams Posts: 1,761
    edited April 2020
    tbergs said:
    what dreams said:
    bootlegger10 said:
    Yeah.  Lyrics may be positive at the end but the music is pure depressive. Great job but need more upbeat for this show.
    I agree. It felt like a funeral dirge to me, with the organ and the dark room. 
    He could've have played The Fixer I guess.
    He could've done any number of things. He chose River Cross. Whatever. It's a beautiful song, but I find it rather depressing, verse by verse:

    1. Can't get across a river.
    2. I'm alone and there is no safety.
    3. Clouds have taken over and everything comes to an end, over and over
    4. Can't sleep, sun never comes out
    5. Wild lion's got me trapped
    6. All futures die
    7. Govt and religion spread misery and our will is in a choke hold

    And then you want to "share a light" -- what light? The ending, to me, is a futile attempt at inserting hope into the song. No matter how many times you repeat it, it sounds like a desperate plea that probably won't get answered given the overwhelming odds presented in the previous verses on the song. 

    Add the funeral organ and some candles on the altar, you've got a mood buster of a performance.

    Just my interpretation. I know the vast majority of fans thought it was perfect for the occasion. To each their own. It was Ed. I'm glad I watched.

    Post edited by what dreams on
  • what dreams
    what dreams Posts: 1,761
    Postscript . . .the average viewer at home who doesn't study PJ lyrics most likely didn't understand a word he said. 
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,883
    edited April 2020
    what dreams said:
    Postscript . . .the average viewer at home who doesn't study PJ lyrics most likely didn't understand a word he said. 
    Par for the course, though, right?
    Not the easiest to understand.  I love the misheard lyrics videos
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • JPPJ84
    JPPJ84 Hamburg, Germany Posts: 3,464
    I honestly don’t know what you guys are talking about in this instance. I understood him just fine?!
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,883
    My wife made that comment....
    I knew what he was saying as I have listened a bunch of times and read the lyrics.
    She really liked the song, though, despite not knowing what he was saying.
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • Abe Froman
    Abe Froman Posts: 5,383
    edited April 2020
    It was a perfect choice for the times and a beautiful version. I could understand him fine. 
  • Whywhyzed
    Whywhyzed Posts: 270
    Loved it. Confirms for me the studio version is rather overproduced and really really didn't need to be.
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,263
    Whywhyzed said:
    Loved it. Confirms for me the studio version is rather overproduced and really really didn't need to be.

    Then it would have been a solo EV song and not a Pearl Jam song.
  • mace1229
    mace1229 Posts: 9,917
    Anyone else want a digital tour of that room now?
  • Whywhyzed
    Whywhyzed Posts: 270
    bootlegger10 said:
    Whywhyzed said:
    Loved it. Confirms for me the studio version is rather overproduced and really really didn't need to be.

    Then it would have been a solo EV song and not a Pearl Jam song.
    Agreed. 
  • matt84
    matt84 Posts: 827
    Ed was great, as were the Stones but Paul McCartney- yikes!
  • RW8297
    RW8297 Posts: 1,617
    Am I the only one who thinks that it was exteremely boring 2h event?
  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,182
    RW8297 said:
    Am I the only one who thinks that it was exteremely boring 2h event?
    That's why I recorded it on my DVR. Fast forward was my friend.

  • RS65573
    RS65573 Posts: 2,500
    I thought it was terrible. Some of the performances were good, didnt like eds choice of song, but the tone of the whole thing is just SAD. We dont need more sad. I was hoping for uplifting like 911. This was not a distraction from the current situation, it was a dramatic over telling of it.
  • pledgeagrievance
    pledgeagrievance Posts: 2,874
    Yes. Did not expect so much break between artists. They should have just played song to song and maybe every 20 minutes have Fallon/Kimmel say a few words. The way it was programmed did not make it an uplifting event or a distraction.  
  • mcdevittpb
    mcdevittpb Posts: 252
    pledgeagrievance said:
    Yes. Did not expect so much break between artists. They should have just played song to song and maybe every 20 minutes have Fallon/Kimmel say a few words. The way it was programmed did not make it an uplifting event or a distraction.  
    Also the event should have been commercial free. 

Categories