Met Ed last night-

bagpipes19

I only have a few minutes free and will post more later, but, was lucky enough to meet Ed,Liam,EJ and Jesse out the in bleachers last night at Wrigley.

Got to talk to him a few different times during the game, and after the game, GREAT GREAT experience, talked about the crowd on this current tour , the cubs, it was kind of a blur for me. Got a lil MOD sticker from him signed and a white EV guitar pick- which he said he was going to give to Kerry Wood. He topped off my beer with the rest of his - PBR terrible.. Told him I would see him tonight, shook his hand again and they were off.

I have to run, will post more later, sorry.

LukinFan

that's really cool!!!

I'll be the one to ask Did you ask him if they were planning on doing any more shows this year?

Mrs.Vedder78

bagpipes19 wrote:

I only have a few minutes free and will post more later, but, was lucky enough to meet Ed,Liam,EJ and Jesse out the in bleachers last night at Wrigley.

Got to talk to him a few different times during the game, and after the game, GREAT GREAT experience, talked about the crowd on this current tour , the cubs, it was kind of a blur for me. Got a lil MOD sticker from him signed and a white EV guitar pick- which he said he was going to give to Kerry Wood. He topped off my beer with the rest of his - PBR terrible.. Told him I would see him tonight, shook his hand again and they were off.

I have to run, will post more later, sorry.

Why don't these things happen to me!?! (I guess Ima have to become a baseball fan and move to Chicago!) LOL

That's awesome story! Congrats I look forward to you posting more about your convo with Ed.

MrsOakley

Mrs_Vedder78 wrote:

Why don't these things happen to me!?! (I guess Ima have to become a baseball fan and move to Chicago!) LOL

Just become a baseball fan, you don't have to move to Chi, this boy whores it at every field in the country!

I can't wait to hear the rest of this, and congrats, but I gotta say, Eddie is like that uncle you had who always had candy in his pocket or something, every time he meets a fan, he's handing out stickers and pics and whatever!!!

pjsteelerfan

Very Cool. Glad to see Ed drinking some PBR.

traveljunkie

bagpipes19 wrote:

... talked about the crowd on this current tour ...

Dying for more details on this!

drsluggo

Thats awesome - one day I'll go to the cubs game on the right day... I dont think you could miss Ed/Liam/EJ together... oh well, one day. I've met Liam and he's a great person too.

Too bad the Cubs choked last night!

peacegirl

very cool, can't wait to hear more!

finnannie

OOooohh!!! That's so nice!

Hope you come back an tell us the whole story in detail.

Gonzo1977

Holy Jumping Jesus!!

PBR?? YAK!!

He makes fun of Old Milwaukee...and then he goes and drinks that ass water.

Hopefully he's got better taste in wine than he has in beer.

PissBottleMan

bagpipes19 wrote:

He topped off my beer with the rest of his - PBR.

I have a new found respect for Mr. Vedder.

PBR PBM ASAP

U R A Crazy Breed

Gonzo1977 wrote:

Holy Jumping Jesus!!

PBR?? YAK!!

He makes fun of Old Milwaukee...and then he goes and drinks that ass water.

Hopefully he's got better taste in wine than he has in beer.

ass water!

they don't exactly serve "good" beer at baseball parks.

i hope to one day be able to talk politics over a good beer with Ed.

congrats on you meeting him though bagpipes and i look forward to the details

bagpipes19

I wanted to clarify 1 thing. Old Style, not PBR.

Indifference71

bagpipes19 wrote:

I wanted to clarify 1 thing. Old Style, not PBR.

I'm not sure which is worse. Is Ed singing the 7th inning stretch at Wrigley today or tomorrow?

InHiding19

So let me get this straight.......you finished Ed's pbr? How awesome!! you should have challenged him to a pbr race!!

youknowrobby

bagpipes19 wrote:

I only have a few minutes free and will post more later, but, was lucky enough to meet Ed,Liam,EJ and Jesse out the in bleachers last night at Wrigley.

Got to talk to him a few different times during the game, and after the game, GREAT GREAT experience, talked about the crowd on this current tour , the cubs, it was kind of a blur for me. Got a lil MOD sticker from him signed and a white EV guitar pick- which he said he was going to give to Kerry Wood. He topped off my beer with the rest of his - PBR terrible.. Told him I would see him tonight, shook his hand again and they were off.

I have to run, will post more later, sorry.

Crowd on current tour, hmmmmm, hope he's not sore with us in Wiscosnin.......

Five_Hole

Indifference71 wrote:

I'm not sure which is worse. Is Ed singing the 7th inning stretch at Wrigley today or tomorrow?

According to Len & Bob, neither.

http://blogs.trb.com/sports/custom/weblog/wgnsports/2008/08/singers_for_this_homestand.html

Thursday - Dan Plesac
Friday - Chris Chelios
Saturday - Fred Willard
Sunday - John Cusack

OceansJenny

I always wondered, when people see Eddie doing non show realted things (like at the airport, baseball games, etc), how exactly do they approach him?? Walk over and say "Hi Eddie, um... I know who you are, because I'm a Pearl Jam fan... I've stalked you and the band for 18 years... soo... how bout them Cubs??" as he just looks at you like "Well I was just in the middle of trying to have a normal life..."

Mrs.Vedder78

OceansJenny wrote:

I always wondered, when people see Eddie doing non show realted things (like at the airport, baseball games, etc), how exactly do they approach him?? Walk over and say "Hi Eddie, um... I know who you are, because I'm a Pearl Jam fan... I've stalked you and the band for 18 years... soo... how bout them Cubs??" as he just looks at you like "Well I was just in the middle of trying to have a normal life..."

I see why some people were mentioning on that other thread that the word stalking is used lightly around here.

How is this guy stalking Ed?
They are trying to have a normal life but fans running into you just comes with the gig. IMO
It's not like the guy showed up at his home to ask for an autograph :rolleyes:

ariel

great story, that's awesome for you!!

congratulations, what a great, informal way to meet someone like Ed.

Gonzo1977

OceansJenny wrote:

I always wondered, when people see Eddie doing non show realted things (like at the airport, baseball games, etc), how exactly do they approach him?? Walk over and say "Hi Eddie, um... I know who you are, because I'm a Pearl Jam fan... I've stalked you and the band for 18 years... soo... how bout them Cubs??" as he just looks at you like "Well I was just in the middle of trying to have a normal life..."

Okay...So if you sat next to him at a baseball game you wouldn't say hi?

luvisatower

OceansJenny wrote:

I always wondered, when people see Eddie doing non show realted things (like at the airport, baseball games, etc), how exactly do they approach him?? Walk over and say "Hi Eddie, um... I know who you are, because I'm a Pearl Jam fan... I've stalked you and the band for 18 years... soo... how bout them Cubs??" as he just looks at you like "Well I was just in the middle of trying to have a normal life..."

Nope, you walk up like a normal person and say "hi eddie, how's it going?"
If you get a cordial response and he seems interested in continuing the conversation, you do.If he doesnt seem like he wants to chat or If security tells you to leave, you say "thank you" and leave.
basically, you act like a normal person because believe it or not, he really is a normal, down-to-earth kind of guy
and i speak from the voice of experience

Mrs.Vedder78

luvistower wrote:

Nope, you walk up like a normal person and say "hi eddie, how's it going?"
If you get a cordial response and he seems interested in continuing the conversation, you do.If he doesnt seem like he wants to chat or If security tells you to leave, you say "thank you" and leave.
basically, you act like a normal person because believe it or not, he really is a normal, down-to-earth kind of guy
and i speak from the voice of experience

luck you!!!!
I think I'd choke! LOL

But he seemed to have been pretty cool to this guy, he did top off the guy's beer with his (eventhough it was nasty beer - LOL)

OceansJenny

luvistower wrote:

Nope, you walk up like a normal person and say "hi eddie, how's it going?"
If you get a cordial response and he seems interested in continuing the conversation, you do.If he doesnt seem like he wants to chat or If security tells you to leave, you say "thank you" and leave.
basically, you act like a normal person because believe it or not, he really is a normal, down-to-earth kind of guy
and i speak from the voice of experience

Thank you, I was looking for a real answer, honestly (even though my example was exaggerated). I always felt like if I ever saw him I would just leave him alone b/c I would be afraid of bothering him on his time off. Now I know

OceansJenny

Mrs_Vedder78 wrote:

I see why some people were mentioning on that other thread that the word stalking is used lightly around here.

How is this guy stalking Ed?
They are trying to have a normal life but fans running into you just comes with the gig. IMO
It's not like the guy showed up at his home to ask for an autograph :rolleyes:

Ok, poor word choice by me, maybe I should have said "been a mega fan", but I was exaggerating for amusement.

_

bagpipes19 wrote:

I only have a few minutes free and will post more later, but, was lucky enough to meet Ed,Liam,EJ and Jesse out the in bleachers last night at Wrigley.

Got to talk to him a few different times during the game, and after the game, GREAT GREAT experience, talked about the crowd on this current tour , the cubs, it was kind of a blur for me. Got a lil MOD sticker from him signed and a white EV guitar pick- which he said he was going to give to Kerry Wood. He topped off my beer with the rest of his - PBR terrible.. Told him I would see him tonight, shook his hand again and they were off.

I have to run, will post more later, sorry.

So what did he say about the audiences on this tour?

nowayimfaithfull

OceansJenny wrote:

I always wondered, when people see Eddie doing non show realted things (like at the airport, baseball games, etc), how exactly do they approach him?? Walk over and say "Hi Eddie, um... I know who you are, because I'm a Pearl Jam fan... I've stalked you and the band for 18 years... soo... how bout them Cubs??" as he just looks at you like "Well I was just in the middle of trying to have a normal life..."

Normal life for Ed is meeting people and being kind hearted, regardless of fame I think he enjoys his down time.

indifferentman

bagpipes19 wrote:

I wanted to clarify 1 thing. Old Style, not PBR.

Until I read this I was about to say "BLASPHEMY! It's an unwritten law that you're supposed to drink Old Style in the bleachers at Wrigley!" Sounds like a very cool experience, I'm really jealous. NOTHING would be better to me then talking to Ed and drinking a beer with him in the Bleachers at Wrigley!

AvocadoLady

I LOVE that he still sits in the bleachers. A friend of mine met him in the bleachers back in the 90s. Hilarious!

And I was gonna say...can you even get PBR at Wrigley? Old Style, all the way!

Congrats, bagpipes! That's really cool.

U R A Crazy Breed

AvocadoLady wrote:

I LOVE that he still sits in the bleachers. A friend of mine met him in the bleachers back in the 90s. Hilarious!

And I was gonna say...can you even get PBR at Wrigley? Old Style, all the way!

Congrats, bagpipes! That's really cool.

forgive my ignorance but what the fuck is "old style",is that like when 2 elderly people "go at it?"

seriously...who makes it?

AvocadoLady

http://www.oldstylebeer.com/validator.asp