Has anyone in PJ ever gotten emotional during a song/performace?

just dave
just dave Posts: 260
edited April 2008 in The Porch
I have read about people getting emotional when certain songs are played. Like the beatles when they came, girls screamed for them and you see the odd one crying and such. Does this or has this ever happened with PJ fans?

Has anyone started to cry because they played your favourite tune? or something that was really deep?

And with that emotion from people, has any member of the band gotten emotional from playing a song.

I'm just wondering about this, cause i've read from various places about people and songs meaning so much to them. Plus you hear that PJ has saved people's lives like certain songs and such. Music saved Ed's life, so wonder if he has ever felt this way.
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  • mookie9999
    mookie9999 Posts: 4,677
    just dave wrote:
    I have read about people getting emotional when certain songs are played. Like the beatles when they came, girls screamed for them and you see the odd one crying and such. Does this or has this ever happened with PJ fans?

    Has anyone started to cry because they played your favourite tune? or something that was really deep?

    And with that emotion from people, has any member of the band gotten emotional from playing a song.

    I'm just wondering about this, cause i've read from various places about people and songs meaning so much to them. Plus you hear that PJ has saved people's lives like certain songs and such. Music saved Ed's life, so wonder if he has ever felt this way.

    Stone is constantly tearing up whenever he gets to play mankind. ;) I know Ed was brought to tears during the Reading 2006 performance.
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  • just dave
    just dave Posts: 260
    Boom got pretty overwhelmed when he played that organ in imagine to cornice dvd.

    The first time i heard in my tree, the tears were building up. I didn't bawl or anything. But it affected me though.
  • StuffnJunk
    StuffnJunk Posts: 897
    well daughter from the showbox dvd comes to mind...but that was a different kind of emotion!
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  • stevehomeair
    stevehomeair Posts: 318
    lolla during life wasted reprise me and my brother shed some tears together. It was the first time we got hang out in a year and we were drunk on wine. The only other time was boise 00. Made it on the floor and was really high on dsl and got a bit choked up.
  • Drop The Leash 10
    Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    eddie gets a little teary eyed for about a second during Masters Of War at the Bob Dylan tribute thingy
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  • TransplantedNewf
    TransplantedNewf Posts: 805
    I've cried at every show i've been at with the excepton of Lolla. I think i shed the most tears during the It's Ok tag at the Gorge.
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  • No Fear Of Falling
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    Personally, at Montreal 05 the first notes of Release simultaneously sent chills down my spine and brought me to tears.

    Same with Alive in Nijmegen last year.
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  • pearljamfan99
    pearljamfan99 Posts: 61
    When Ed talked about Long Road in San Diego was pretty emotional for everyone there.
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  • Kilgore_Trout
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    i teared up a bit at the vic... just really happy... and i felt really fortunate to be there... such an incredible experience... i was very grateful to have the opportunity and to be so close
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  • BustedDownThePretext
    BustedDownThePretext Posts: 330
    man of the hour got me choked up twice. boston 2 04 and hawaii 06.

    and gtf got me emotional in montreal 05. i had to go up there on crutches and i was feeling sorry for myself because of the knee injury and the sense of helplessness. the war was mentioned at some point, and during gtf, i started to realize how lucky i was and how things could always be so much worse.
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  • the wolf
    the wolf Posts: 7,027
    i think i get a little choked up at the start of every show. just because the music means so much to me, and i know it the start to what will be a beautiful evening.

    ya know? that feeling you get when the lights go down, and you hear the first notes. ahhhhh. bliss.
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  • spintheblack37
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    Neil Young cried a little after they played Black at Bridgeschool 06 TRUE STORY.

    Also they played the shit out of Black that night.
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  • DriftingByTheStorm
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    first show, DAR Hall, DC, 1\15\95 ... my 15th birthday, to the day ... they opened with Release.
    I definately had some tears in my eyes.
    Not like sobbing ... just really over emotional about the whole thing ... plus ... hearing "Release" as your first live song ... i mean ... come on!
    I was all by myself, so no one noticed me. Lol.
    :D

    Other than that,
    someone mentioned this above me, but the newer versions of "It's Ok" ... those really get to me. The first time i heard one of the spanish language versions, that got to me too.
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  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
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    i didnt know if i should cry at cincy....

    or laugh my fucking ass off...........
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  • DriftingByTheStorm
    DriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    i didnt know if i should cry at cincy....

    or laugh my fucking ass off...........

    bad trip?
    :D
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  • mjb
    mjb Posts: 1,315
    surprised the hell out me but, not gonna lie, the first time I heard Release live....there was...a reaction.
  • Jam10
    Jam10 Posts: 654
    Whenever Ed starts to sing and you hear the first few guitar notes I get chills runnin down my spine. These guys are truly the greatest band in the world!
  • silas23
    silas23 SoCal Posts: 99
    "Black" at Bridge '06. My favorite song in that setting got me pretty teared up. An absolutely amazing version!
  • DiRtyFranK38
    DiRtyFranK38 Posts: 3,131
    mjb wrote:
    surprised the hell out me but, not gonna lie, the first time I heard Release live....there was...a reaction.

    if pj really is doing this little summer tour near me i neeeeeed to hear release live. that song opening a show would just be the most amazing experience
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  • edvedder913
    edvedder913 Posts: 1,810
    just dave wrote:
    I have read about people getting emotional when certain songs are played. Like the beatles when they came, girls screamed for them and you see the odd one crying and such. Does this or has this ever happened with PJ fans?

    Has anyone started to cry because they played your favourite tune? or something that was really deep?

    And with that emotion from people, has any member of the band gotten emotional from playing a song.

    I'm just wondering about this, cause i've read from various places about people and songs meaning so much to them. Plus you hear that PJ has saved people's lives like certain songs and such. Music saved Ed's life, so wonder if he has ever felt this way.

    I usually don't because I am not a public crier....however, going a couple of years back - someone here on the boards - screen name I believe was Bluehoon - lost his brother - at a very young age. They were supposed to go see the band together in Canada, but his brother died before the show. He ended up going with his girlfriend and posted here that he wanted them to play GTF for his bro. So here we are in Ottawa, and there is a couple sitting next to me and the girl has a GTF sign...in my gut I felt it was him so I asked...and indeed it was. When they played GTF I got very emotional for them.

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