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Aaron Lewis Acoustic Tour

tdubtdub Posts: 226
edited March 2007 in Other Music
I'm going to see Aaron Lewis of Staind tonight on his acoustic tour. Just him and his guitar...no one else, from what I hear.

I;ve heard he does a few PJ songs - namely Black and Garden. Has anyone else caught him on this tour? I'm not a huge Staind fan, but I like Aaron. The promo flyer said he plays Staind songs, covers, and then 'takes requests from the audience.' I wonder how that works? I know he was influenced a bit by PJ, so - if given the opportunity, what song should be requested?
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  • zendon71zendon71 Posts: 18
    Good question... I was also planning on seeing him on Aplil 1st. I hope he does play some PJ. I dig that dudes voice.
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  • schmoffschmoff Posts: 428
    i saw thim at the borgata last month, very good, he played garden, people just shout out song titles between songs
    50+ shows and lost count somewhere along the way
  • AbuskedtiAbuskedti Posts: 1,917
    my son saw that here in San Antonio a couple of months ago.. someone gave him a free ticket - he quite enjoyed it...
  • jdub3001jdub3001 Posts: 194
    I saw him last Friday night, and the second he hit the stage some asshole started heckling him, shouting "Play Black by Pearl Jam Fucker!" before he even sat down, and continuing between songs for about half the show. Lewis finally got pissed and told the guy he was gonna play covers later on. He did play black, and 3 or 4 Alice in Chains covers, and Moondance by Van Morrison, and they were all really good. But then he gave a little speech about how much he supports the war and that war is the reason this country is great, and all this other BS that kinda disgusted me. Overall review as a guy who is not a Staind fan: pretty mellow show, great job with the cover songs, but would have been better if that one obnoxious PJ fan had shut up sooner.
  • lowlight10lowlight10 Posts: 619
    saw him twice earlier this month (chicago and milwaukee) he played black and sober both nights, plus nutshell/brother in chicago and angry chair/dont follow/moondance/you cant always get what you want in milwaukee.

    i've also seen river of deceit, rooster, garden and a bunch of other covers on setlists. heard he has done release and small town in the past as well. its an amazing show if you like his voice and can get past all the drunken idiots yelling out songs throughout the quiet show.
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  • pearljam0000pearljam0000 Posts: 450
    I really like Aaron Lewis and Staind. I wish he would have came through Pittsburgh but oh well. I'm surprised this thread hasn't turned into a Staind bashing thread yet and I hope it doesn't.
  • stateoflove79stateoflove79 Posts: 2,845
    pearljam0000 wrote:
    I really like Aaron Lewis and Staind. I wish he would have came through Pittsburgh but oh well. I'm surprised this thread hasn't turned into a Staind bashing thread yet and I hope it doesn't.


    Give it time...

    I personally love Staind, Aaron has a powerful voice.
    Is it so wrong to think that love can keep us safe?
  • tdubtdub Posts: 226
    awesome. well, i'm looking forward to it. thanks for the input. as i said before i'm not a huge staind fan, but i think that aaron lewis does have a powerful voice that, like Ed's, is very moving and spiritual in a sense.
  • lowlight10lowlight10 Posts: 619
    tdub wrote:
    awesome. well, i'm looking forward to it. thanks for the input. as i said before i'm not a huge staind fan, but i think that aaron lewis does have a powerful voice that, like Ed's, is very moving and spiritual in a sense.

    youll enjoy it. i've never seen staind and have no desire too, yet i paid $60 twice to see him solo. i think the band is ok, but i have always thought the band brings aaron down. his voice comes through better when the music is softer, like on MTV unplugged or his solo gigs.
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  • PissBottleManPissBottleMan Posts: 4,154
    My friend went to the KC show and she said he did Rainbow Connection.

    PBM
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  • pjoasisrulepjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    That clown is not worthy of covering Pearl Jam..........he should stick to his numetal horseshit music
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  • GardenpartyGardenparty Posts: 1,910
    pjoasisrule wrote:
    That clown is not worthy of covering Pearl Jam..........he should stick to his numetal horseshit music

    "and so it begins"

    I'm not a fan of staind though I did wear out the first record in my college days. Don't know that i would pay to see this show but I'm def all for what he is doing.

    Have a feeling the drunk "staind" fans might be a little much for me though.

    Would like to hear his rendition of river of Deceit f'sure!
    “I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version.”
  • pearljam0000pearljam0000 Posts: 450
    pjoasisrule wrote:
    That clown is not worthy of covering Pearl Jam..........he should stick to his numetal horseshit music

    Pure ignorance.
  • stateoflove79stateoflove79 Posts: 2,845
    pearljam0000 wrote:
    Pure ignorance.

    It was inevitable...
    Is it so wrong to think that love can keep us safe?
  • pjoasisrulepjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    pearljam0000 wrote:
    Pure ignorance.

    you would have to be ignorant to listen to music that bad
    Alpine Valley 2000
    Summerfest 2006

    "Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?" -Lisa Simpson
  • pearljam0000pearljam0000 Posts: 450
    pjoasisrule wrote:
    you would have to be ignorant to listen to music that bad

    To each his own.
  • jeffbrjeffbr Posts: 7,177
    pjoasisrule wrote:
    you would have to be ignorant to listen to music that bad

    You'd have to be ignorant to worry about what other people like. If you don't like it, cool. If someone else does, let them.

    EDIT: Nevermind. Your screen name says it all. Who cares what an Oasis fan thinks? LOL.
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  • bestsanebestsane Posts: 131
    Last time my friend invited me to go to Aaron Lewis' show in Los Angeles, but I refused, because I wasn't into this guy. My friend told me it was an okay show, with covers like Man in a Box, Rooster (AIC), Losing my Religion (REM), Black and Last Kiss (Pearl Jam), and to my surprise, he also covered Genie in a Bottle by Christina fucking Aguilera! What the hell?
  • wickedmonkeyzwickedmonkeyz Posts: 489
    bestsane wrote:
    and to my surprise, he also covered Genie in a Bottle by Christina fucking Aguilera! What the hell?

    hey you never know, i've seen dave grohl cover shania twain so there ya go
    ha ha
    looking for 2 to Columbia...

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  • bestsanebestsane Posts: 131
    wickedmonkeyz wrote:
    hey you never know, i've seen dave grohl cover shania twain so there ya go
    ha ha

    The problem is the song is Genie in a Bottle by a whore!!! Could someone from LA confirm this???
  • lowlight10lowlight10 Posts: 619
    relax, he plays single lines/verses of a lot of weird/funny stuff. its not like he's sitting there playing the whole song. here's his set from milwaukee:

    Milwaukee 3/9/07

    so far away
    please
    excess baggage
    something like me
    layne
    nutshell (alice in chains)
    fade
    moondance (van morrison)
    on and on (stephen bishop-tease)
    desperado (the eagles-tease)
    rainbow connection (kermit)
    you can't always get what you want (rolling stones)
    yesterday (the beatles-tease)
    love song (tesla-tease)
    puff, the magic dragon (tease)
    justin timberlake tease?
    zoe jane
    black rain
    sleeping at the wheel
    epiphany
    angry chair (alice in chains)
    black (pearl jam)
    bong hits for breakfast
    don't follow (alice in chains)
    schizophrenic conversations
    everything changes
    sober (tool)
    =
    outside
    it's been a while
    =
    right here
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