Love for Stone Gossard Thread

Gen5

VEDHEAD27 wrote:

That's just beautiful nowayimfaithfull. I was actually listening to it a whole bunch yesterday. No matter how many times I hear it, I'm constantly floored by it's genius. Quite the underrated gem...kinda like you know who. I can't get enough of it and honestly will always remain FAITHFULL for another solo album. I mean come on, knowing this dude he has atleast 10 more in him.

PATI! YES! The PIMP SANG IN ADELAIDE! Wooooo! It's true! It's true!
And I believe Nadi is right, I don't think our sweet Sammie was in attendance. Ah I sure hope she was though!

So get this, my buddy Jason has been at all the Aussie shows. Yeah he's one of those extra lucky bastards. I keep sending him messages freaking out over these INSANE setlists. Of course I was going off extra much about Newcastle and Adelaide and he sends me this message....


"ya about the adelaide show.. ed showed up from the airport 10 minutes before show time and was tired and sick, flight was delayed... and I've been sitting stone side all tour so I figured why not have him sing and give ed a break... I busted out a Let Stone sing chant and then everyone joined in, Ed looks over at me and says, we'll decide on that one in the next session... so in the encore, Stone picks up the mic and looks at me and says you guys wanted it, so this is for you... Don't Give Me No Lip!!!!!"


Whaaaaaaaat? :eek:
That kicks way too much ass for me to even begin to deal with!

Is this Touring Van Jason?? JEEZ!!!!!!!!!!! STONE LOVE IN FULL AFFECT!!!! Eddie can take more time off.....hehehehehehehe....We know Stone can sing thin air!!! Man, that kicks ass....even in Aussieland Stone can't escape Stoney Ponies.....hahahahahahahah....Right on!!!!

MeddleDeal

I LOVE this quote from Eddie (during the breakdown in Porch):

'sometimes you don't pick your friends, but he is one of my best friends: MR. STONE GOSSARD on guitar' :cool:

MeddleDeal

Gen5 wrote:

Is this Touring Van Jason?? JEEZ!!!!!!!!!!! STONE LOVE IN FULL AFFECT!!!! Eddie can take more time off.....hehehehehehehe....We know Stone can sing thin air!!! Man, that kicks ass....even in Aussieland Stone can't escape Stoney Ponies.....hahahahahahahah....Right on!!!!

yep. it is Touring Van Jason Pati! isn't that COOL?!

and yes, you, me and Lydi were ALL witnessed to Stoney singing THIN AIR! I think when Eddie is feeling sick, he can turn over the mike to Stone! Stone does have a GREAT singing voice. "Bayleaf" anyone?!

bookworm30

MeddleDeal wrote:

I think when Eddie is feeling sick, he can turn over the mike to Stone! Stone does have a GREAT singing voice. "Bayleaf" anyone?!

I totally agree!! I think his voice is very interesting and cool. Fingers crossed for another solo album!

MeddleDeal

bookworm30 wrote:

I totally agree!! I think his voice is very interesting and cool. Fingers crossed for another solo album!

yep. I think we ALL should send positive vibes out there for Stone, so he can FINALLY release his solo album The last article I read about his solo album, it was already done! Same goes w/Brad!

lilinger

I've tried to catch up with all the post, but i can see clearly now its an impossible mission...

All in all there's one thing to tell you: I LOVE STONE!!!!!

SammieBlack

I'm here chicks and I am living in a freaking cloud........

HAVE I GOT SOME NEWS FOR YOU!!!!!!!

Am at work which does not allow me the proper time to devote to the review I am going to give you peeps and what was the BEST 6 nights of my life....yes you heard it 6......I had to add another 2 shows to my tour after Melbourne 3...I just couldn't say goodbye!!!!!

Will get myself home, pour a glass of wine and begin to relay the best experience of my life for you all

Had to get this little puppy back to the first page anyway....

See you all soon

MeddleDeal

SammieBlack wrote:

I'm here chicks and I am living in a freaking cloud........

HAVE I GOT SOME NEWS FOR YOU!!!!!!!

Am at work which does not allow me the proper time to devote to the review I am going to give you peeps and what was the BEST 6 nights of my life....yes you heard it 6......I had to add another 2 shows to my tour after Melbourne 3...I just couldn't say goodbye!!!!!

Will get myself home, pour a glass of wine and begin to relay the best experience of my life for you all

Had to get this little puppy back to the first page anyway....

See you all soon

OMG! :eek: I am SO glad that you added 2 more shows Sammie!! I know we ALL can't wait to hear about it!! oooo, I know you got Crown of Thorns! *YIPEE*

SammieBlack

O.K......let's begin (I apologise in advance for the length of this post but I want to share it ALL with you ALL!)
I have given you Brisbane 1 next stop hometown Melbourne for the trilogy...

Melb 1 (lower row three Stone's side) - Opened with Wasted Reprise into Life Wasted - GOD how much can I love this song live? Animal, Spin the Black Circle, Corduroy then Severed Hand....so already my head was about to explode and the smile was killing my face
.....Stone was doing the crazy backwards skip with leg out front thing and they all looked like they were having a ball - Jeremy was huge which set the scene for a crowd fav in Given to Fly...
MARKER! FUCK so damn good then ye olde Even Flow - Mike was his usual incredible self but Matt's drum solo left me spinning....
STONE cracked me up by rasing his arm and pointing and rocking to the whirlwind of beats this man was churning out...Ed rocked out, he was really feeling it by now....Insignificance (I love this too!!) and Army Reserve was just lovely.
Daughther with Another Brick in the wall tag had the crowd united.......Ed spoke about our Prime Minister and how he had heard him say our declining economy was due to the price of bananas (we had a flood here and bananas were going for $5 each in some states!) Anyway Ed grabs his crotch and says "I've got a banana here for John Howard" **laughed and cheered my arse off** then went on to comment how John Howard should get his hand off your Presidents banana!!! and concentrate more on our country and bringing our troops back home...this is something I feel strongly about and I love Ed for this!
So moving on....WTF? Leatherman, just brilliant followed by DTE, and really good (but could have been better by the crowd) Better Man into RVM....let me tell you every muscle in my body was burning from going so hard, I love the set finishing with this - JUST INSANE!

Just realised if I go song by song this is going to take a while so 'highlights' from now......the guys pulled out Once, yes, yes, yes, then the tears welled in my eyes Come Back - thankyou, followed by Black **heart beating so fast with love and joy***
Dead Man to open 2nd Encore and an AWESOME SOLAT......4 more songs and then YLB to close with a joyous Little Wing.....so we (my sister and I) met up with other PJ fans at the casino and talked and sang PJ all night long - what a great start to Melbourne!

Melb 2 (9th row floor Stones side) Pre show drink with what was now the Australian Tour Jamily!!!!
I would have to say my favourite opener after this tour was GO (got this in Perth too!) Last Exit and Brain of J to begin this night OMG! - I tell you I was thinking this might me the best yet.....Low Light pleased me no end and Small Town had the crowd giving it their all. GONE, shit this song delivers so much more than it's given credit - Not for You (Modern Girl) - Stone just lost it and went into a frenzy, to which I followed and I jammed it out with him - the smiles this guy had will live with me forever. A surpirse Glorifed G **sensational** and Porch - yep we were rocking now!!!!
Ed gave such a nice speech about how we've all had good times and bad times but we are all still here and together sharing these moments... gave me CHILLS and I knew I would never have a better time in my life than being at a PJ show - so emotional!!
I got another wish....CRAZY MARY...live in my hometown *blessed*. 2nd song of 2nd encore BLOOD - our boy went NUTS, you know when you see him just being taken over by the riffmiester within???....yep he was rockin' like no-one was watching...but I was, and it was INCREDIBLE!
Baba and Indifference to close which left me breathless.

Walked away from this one thinking I could be the LUCKIEST girl in the world....can it get better??? OH YES....IT FUCKING WELL CAN!
Melb 3 (6th row floor Stone side) - Dreams coming true song after song...opened with Long Road (wasn't sure if I was going to make it after that!!!)
then LBC *smile takes over my face*, Sad, Present Tense, Save You....by the end of the first set I was ga-ga!!!!
So just to test my mental state....Man of the Hour and Off He Goes to open 2nd encore - I know you are all feeling it as I tell it, aren't ya???? - I'm running out of word to describe the feeling washing over me at this point whipping in Encore 2 left me sore **WHIPLASH**
Ed finished the Melbourne Trilogy by stating that Melbourne weather (it was raining and crappy) reminded them all of Seattle home which gave me goosebumps!!
Then Ed proceeds to explain that they had learnt a game that they have only seen in Aus...he then grabs a coin (50 cent piece) places it between his butt cheeks and trys to land it in a cup under his legs...he missed and the crowd went wild!!!!! He motioned for Stone to have a go and with an embarrased laugh - declined!
Oh forgot something......just before RITFW the crowd and JEFF got a 'skull, skull, skull' chant going, and Ed of course not wanting to dissapoint chuged at good half bottle of wine down, without stopping!!!! Good Times!!!! - Jeff was laughing his arse off !!!
They take their bows *Ed swinging off the others shoulders* then as they are walking off STONEY grabs the coin and has a go....he puts that thing between those skinny little cheeks and while laughing so hard...misses the cup...**Sammie is in a state of delirium at seeing this man I love so much look so happy and silly and just normal...up on stage in front of us all just being the dorky DUCK we have grown to LOVE**

As I finished this night, thinking it was my last, I felt so high yet so low - could this be it? NO, NO, NO....the Newcastle/Perth extravaganza was still to come, but little did I know the ride had not reached it's highest point........

Stay Tuned!!!

SammieBlack

So I mentioned the Australian Tour Jamily? These people made an incredible tour so much more......it's amazing how a band can bring together total strangers from different walks of life....and they become united forever with the memories.....
A wonderful person in this Jamily offered me a spare 10C ticket to Newcastle - without a second thought the flight was booked and I was on my way to the best setlist offered by this tour and a show that (and I quote ED himself) 'felt more like a party than a concert'!!!!
5th row, centre in a room that held a mere 6000 or so!!
ALIVE to open - nice! This set the tone for something 'special' and the band were looking so good.
I'm rocking, I'm singing, I'm hearing the intro to RED MOSQUTIO??????
See so many DELIGHTED people, I was hit with such crazy excitement - I LOVED THIS SOOOO MUCH!
A magnificent Hail Hail, and a Daughter(War) thorwn in too!
It's when Down starts that I begin to wonder just what more could they give us as I couldn't imagine being happier?
And eventhough I was yet to have all of my wishes come true?
?? Crown of Thorns ????? Footsteps???????
My 5th DTE this tour and it was as great as the first time....
but this is where the madness takes a new turn, we get.....Undone - Masters of War - FOOTSTEPS - OMG!!!!!!!, CROWN OF THORNS - OMG!!!!!!!! - Alone - OMFG!!!!!!!!!!
*speechless*
GREAT SETLIST, AWESOME BAND VIBE, the petition to get the show there etc...and the fact I was able to be there (when it wasn't planned) is something memorable.

SmilinSkullRing

MeddleDeal wrote:

yeah you will Kelly! you will see them SOON! remember, to believe in miracles;)

And one day I'll see them with you guys! Have to get the Stoney group together.

SmilinSkullRing

VEDHEAD27 wrote:

Good thing you did there bookworm30.
I haven't been here in awhile either and I've missed it. *HUGS everyone* There was some ugliness in here for awhile but I'm happy to see that's it's back to love and a positive flow. It's as it should be!

Well Bridge (of course) was absolute heaven. I only went to SAT though and you best believe seeing THIN AIR pop up on SUNDAY's set nearly hospitalized me. :eek: haha. SAT show though...PICTURE IN A FRAME & PARACHUTES were definitely the highlights for me! PARACHUTES!? *faints* Anytime it makes an appearance I'm in the clouds. We all knew they had to play this immaculate gem. It would have been wrong not to. Even so, I still cannot get over this song and never ever will. It sounded more gorgeous than ever too!!!!! Somehow that's possible??? I don't know...this band is just outta control like that. I noticed that Stoney busted out his beeeeeeeeeautiful black acoustic guitar. Wow! That thing is amazing!

I found these on the web.
Side stage during Trent's set (which by the way was one of the most mind-blowing things I had ever experienced!!Holy crap!)

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a17/LadyPJ27/PJ/godfathersBridge2.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a17/LadyPJ27/PJ/FriendssidestageBridge.jpg


And here's a very very nice shot...also from Bridge....

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a17/LadyPJ27/PJ/pjset3_39.jpg

Awwwwwwww!



Also, I know not everyone has seen this so I wanted to post it. The global warming commercial from MTV starring the THE DREAM TEAM. Pushing young adults to be active in something. These incredible men are true inspirations on so many levels...

http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=154...t/videos.jhtml


Oooo and my little SammieBlack! Your shows are SOOOOOOO damn soon!!
I'm beyond excited for you!

Thanks! I love these pics.

SmilinSkullRing

yahamita wrote:

I just read that in the other thread! WOW!...*Mouth has dropped to the floor"

Same here, same here.

Congrats to Stone though. I can still dream. That's all it was anyway. lol Plus, as long as we still get great music, tours, and Stone to look at all is well.

SmilinSkullRing

Sammie,

Wow! That all sounds so amazing, and you sound so happy. I don't think it can get much better than that. And the story about Stone with the coin. Hahaha. Hilarious.

lilinger

For all the Ponies loving Mr. Stone Gossard:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcrQdTDSPJo

Enjoy...yourself!

Gen5

OMG Sammie!!!!!! I love your reviews!!!!! That's so cool that you got to go to more shows!!!! PJ people looking out for ya!!!! YAY!!! I was hoping you were at the Adelaide shows but knowing you went to Newcastle is AWESOME!!!! And that Stone/coin story is priceless....I mean, we know the man will sing again but who knows if he will play the coin game again!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...........You got a "very" special Stone show!!!! heheheheheheheh......

And those setlists are unreal!!! Really happy for you Sammie!!!

yahamita

lilinger wrote:

For all the Ponies loving Mr. Stone Gossard:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcrQdTDSPJo

Enjoy...yourself!

Damn, he looked great at 34!..

lilinger

yahamita wrote:

Damn, he looked great at 34!..

What should I say...?

SammieBlack

PERTH!!!!

Got myself to Perth after scoring a spare 10C seat - Aussie PJ peeps are awesome!! After a 4 hour plane trip arrived in sunny (quite warm Perth)
Caught up with one of the boys and decided to zoom down to Scarborough (one of the best beaches in Aust, let alone the world!!!)
Anyway, we are wandering around the beach and WHO I ask you WHO do we see.....?????????
STONEY - OMFG!!!!!!!!!! He was walking right towards us off the beach!
I went to jelly and my mate said, "you've got to say Hi Sammie" so I just turned to him and said
"Hi Stone" (smiling like a madman by the way!)
HE WAS SOOOOOO NICE, he says
"Hey, how are you guys doin'?" he came right up to me and shook my hand ****melts and stares into his eyes*** he was smililng at me!!!!!!!
(he is quite a 'close talker' too!)
Anyway he asked us if we'd enjoyed the tour and we said YES and THANKYOU so much and to the rest of the band
.....then my mate says "have a good show tonight" and STONE says
"hey man, thanks, last show of the tour, WE HOPE WE CAN GET IT UP FOR YOU GUYS!!!!!" he said this laughing with the most cheeky look on his face and Brad and I cracked up.....then he just waved and said BYE!!!!!

I could not have been happier after this..........but wait there is more.......

bookworm30

OMG Sammie, that is sooo great! Your experience has been so incredible to read! You shook the BOSSMAN's hand?! I'm so happy for you and can't wait to hear the rest!