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Red Mosquito75Red Mosquito75 Moline IL Posts: 1,037
edited 2009 14 in The Porch
It might not be one of my favorite songs but I do like it. I haven't heard it live in awhile. Is it played a lot live or do i just miss those shows?
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  • go prego pre Posts: 662
    you just miss thoose shows. of the ten shows i've seen since 2000, i was fortunate enough to see it once. nice treat.
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  • TravelarTravelar Kalamazoo, USA Posts: 3,410
    I've seen it in the man trilogy a few times. It's a beautiful song.
  • EddiesMuseEddiesMuse Posts: 389
    Nothingman is my ALL TIME FAVE, which they dont play too often, but I was fortunate enuf to hear it in Tampa in 2008, It was heavenly!
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  • Yellow LedbellyYellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    Love this damn song. My best friend from childhood is a great girl and when we were in college she got engaged and the dirtbag cheated on her, so I immediately thought of the line: caught a bolt of lightning, cursed the day he let it go. It fit perfectly because that piece of crap certainly never found anyone like her again. I remember sharing that line with her and she cried like a baby....I think more because I was actually being so nice and thoughtful rather than the jackass I so often was back then
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  • bovy_jbovy_j Posts: 1,008
    How ABOUT Nothingman
    I loves me some Nothingman!
  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    i love this song....

    into the sun....

    that part live is goosebump city.....my fav version ive seen live is vancouver 05. made me really appreciate it more .
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  • BeerBaronBeerBaron Toronto-ish Posts: 4,097
    I love hearing this song live. I've only ever heard it 3 times live there was a long gap between Barrie '98 and Detroit '06. I wish they'd play it more. Apparently the song is very hard on Ed's vocals, which is likely why it has become rare in recent tours.
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  • pjsteelerfanpjsteelerfan Maryland Posts: 9,903
    great Great Song- the version from Atlantic City in 05 is my favorite.
    ...got a mind full of questions and a teacher in my soul...
  • MissPennyLaneMissPennyLane Redondo Beach, CA Posts: 687
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMZsqxrPuIQ

    this is a great Video for the song...Kind of gives me chills :D
  • madhatter1o6madhatter1o6 Posts: 39
    Enjoy playing that song late at night....best time for it. It just speaks to me.
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  • allstar340allstar340 NYC Posts: 812
    The two "Nothing" songs are some of my favorites!
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  • WritingjunkieWritingjunkie Posts: 178
    Certainly one of my favorite PJ songs... all of the above sentiments don't even begin to cover how truly powerful I believe that song is...
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  • youngsteryoungster Boston Posts: 6,576
    Without a doubt my favorite song.
    He who forgets will be destined to remember.

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  • Back_PedalBack_Pedal Posts: 1,171
    BeerBaron wrote:
    I love hearing this song live. I've only ever heard it 3 times live there was a long gap between Barrie '98 and Detroit '06. I wish they'd play it more. Apparently the song is very hard on Ed's vocals, which is likely why it has become rare in recent tours.
    He needs to stop hitting the whiskey or beer or whatever else he hits. Bad for his health, bad for his kickass voice...and I never would've thought Nothingman was so hard to sing compared to some of the throat scorching songs from Ten-Vitalogy. Or Lukin. I've also thought that Nothingman was Better Man lite.
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  • Red Mosquito75Red Mosquito75 Moline IL Posts: 1,037
    Back_Pedal wrote:
    BeerBaron wrote:
    I love hearing this song live. I've only ever heard it 3 times live there was a long gap between Barrie '98 and Detroit '06. I wish they'd play it more. Apparently the song is very hard on Ed's vocals, which is likely why it has become rare in recent tours.
    He needs to stop hitting the whiskey or beer or whatever else he hits. Bad for his health, bad for his kickass voice...and I never would've thought Nothingman was so hard to sing compared to some of the throat scorching songs from Ten-Vitalogy. Or Lukin. I've also thought that Nothingman was Better Man lite.


    Lukin has to be harsher on his vocals then nothingman.
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  • pjpitt89pjpitt89 Posts: 1,860
    great song. great lyrics, great music, great original recording. it is great live although played too often. i've been lucky enough to catch it twice.
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  • spearheadspearhead Posts: 600
    Some words were spoken, can't be taken back...

    Thunder Bay 2005 is always a version I fondly remember seeing live
    I was alone and far away when I heard the band start playing!

    ...I was always a DeadHead, but when I first heard Winston Rodney, aka the Burning Spear, sing, I became a SpearHead too!
  • ThrowUrArmsAroundMeThrowUrArmsAroundMe Posts: 113
    pjsteelerfan wrote:
    great Great Song- the version from Atlantic City in 05 is my favorite.

    Agreed. The crowd (which I was a part of) just overpowers Ed.
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  • milarsomilarso Posts: 1,280
    I love this song.

    He who forgets, will be destined to remember...
    "The dude abides. I don't know about you, but I take comfort in that. It's good knowin' he's out there. The Dude. Takin' her easy for all us sinners."
  • StaffanStaffan Posts: 606
    It was the first song I played to my girlfriend, and they played it for us on our first (and only so far) PJ show in Nijmegen -07

    I love it :)
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