Why are some PJ fans so dumb?
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It seems that the fans at the 2nd night of all the shows are usually better than the first night.I know DC2 was way better than DC1, but just reading the Boston, NY, and Toronto fanviews, it looks like it always worked out that way. Strange....got a mind full of questions and a teacher in my soul...0
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TrixieCat wrote:I wish you had been there to punch her in the back of the head. lol
I had to leave the show before the first encore because the whole place felt like it was closing in on me and the balcony was about to let us all slide off into the orchestra. :eek:
Night one in DC was great though.
Oh bummer:( ure ticket cost so much too. Sorry to hear that. I too have had to leave shows early and its no fun at all. It has to be done sometimes unfortunately. Balconys are creepy right? I don't see how people sit up there. It freaks me out. Feels like if you stand up and make one wrong move your ass is gonna be down on the floor , not in the best of scenarios either
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It's ridiculously dissapointing.
And unfortunately, I am afraid "10C" only shows would probably NOT be the solution we would hope it would be.So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream
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nope ny1 was better than ny2pjsteelerfan wrote:It seems that the fans at the 2nd night of all the shows are usually better than the first night.I know DC2 was way better than DC1, but just reading the Boston, NY, and Toronto fanviews, it looks like it always worked out that way. Strange.http://s278.photobucket.com/albums/kk103/Moonturltemoon/PJ MSG 6-24-08/
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DC1 was way better than 2, imo.pjsteelerfan wrote:It seems that the fans at the 2nd night of all the shows are usually better than the first night.I know DC2 was way better than DC1, but just reading the Boston, NY, and Toronto fanviews, it looks like it always worked out that way. Strange.
And yes, mandi...balconies are creepy. It's like sitting in the bleacher seats at a Yankees game, I would think. :eek:
But I still had a great time prior to the balcony.Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
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2-feign-reluctance wrote:the guy is up there exposed, sharing something very personal and intimate and people have to be fucking idiots and just listen and experience what's going on. how the hell can one experience something when they are just shit blasted out of their mind. music doesn't sound better when your all fuck wasted on alcohol and drugs. that's just me. guess i'm an audio-purist who wants to feel it all as it is without any "help."
There's "had a few drinks" and then there's "shit faced drunk stupid asshole frat boys who should have just gone to the fucking Nickelback concert instead because they have their hats tilted off to the side a bit and are wearing those ugly goddamn "bling" jackets and fuck it pisses me off to read something like that....."
Sorry, had to get that out......I'll end up alone like I began...0 -
I think the whole purpose and intent of these shows was completely lost on some people.
You'd think that the West Coast tour would have served as a good reference point for what to expect on the East Coast dates.
It's a shame that the Milwaukee show was tainted by such aweful behaviour.
Toronto had it's share of idiots...but it sounds like things really got out of hand in Milwaukee.
The fact that this stuff is getting reported in the papers really makes us fans look like a bunch of Yobs.
I hate the fact that us true fans are getting generalized and lumped in with a couple of drunk turds who can't contain their "Man Love" for Eddie or handle their liquor.
It's fucking pathetic and it's really putting a damper on a truly special tour.0 -
I m actually pretty shocked that solo ed brought out all the crazies and the loud mouths. I would imagine it would just be huge fans. I thought the 70 dollar tickets and the obviously mellow set list would keep all the drunken evenflow seekers at bay ..am i just underestimating the impact and power of flim?
Damn reading alot of comments from people who went to the show. Wow... I would have absolutely cried if ed got so mad that he threw his mic down and said he wasnt gonna play ... Id cry i tell you! This is also coming from someone who was uncomfortable just watching Nassau
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One idiot made the Milwaukee show look like a joke. I've heard that at other show's people have been yelling out. It was just a handful that wouldn't stop, but the icing on the cake was the drunk guy who got thrown out.
I was wetting myself when I scored 4th row center for the show. The idiot was in row 5 and 2 seats over from me.
In fact. He was Row E Right Center Seats 1 & 2. Can we please revoke his membership for this embarrassment.
He was swearing, hitting the chairs in front of him while "rocking out". he sang so loud and wasn't even in tune or singing the lyric's right. People compained 4 times before the ushers came to throw him out. and that's when he put of the fight and had to be dragged out.
It almost ruined my night......but how can 4th row center really be ruined.
Seriously..........They need to revoke his membership. If it was his buddies membership, that guy was just as annoying. I would never let a friend act like that.
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I didn't get to any solo shows but it sounds like this has happened more times than not this tour. So much for a release of a live show or 2. If Ed was that pissed I doubt he would go along with that.He who forgets will be destined to remember.
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boxsocial wrote:One idiot made the Milwaukee show look like a joke. I've heard that at other show's people have been yelling out. It was just a handful that wouldn't stop, but the icing on the cake was the drunk guy who got thrown out.
I was wetting myself when I scored 4th row center for the show. The idiot was in row 5 and 2 seats over from me.
In fact. He was Row E Right Center Seats 1 & 2. Can we please revoke his membership for this embarrassment.
He was swearing, hitting the chairs in front of him while "rocking out". he sang so loud and wasn't even in tune or singing the lyric's right. People compained 4 times before the ushers came to throw him out. and that's when he put of the fight and had to be dragged out.
It almost ruined my night......but how can 4th row center really be ruined.
Seriously..........They need to revoke his membership. If it was his buddies membership, that guy was just as annoying. I would never let a friend act like that.
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4th row.. NO SHIT! That is just so awesome
4 row is the holy grail.. its the new front row;)0 -
Crazy Breed wrote:hey Ed 3 words for you...
10c only shows!!!!
man,he was so pissed he slammed the mic & stormed off?? i don't feel so bad about the yelling idiots in Boston now!
you think that there aren't assholes in the 10C who would do the same things????
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TrixieCat wrote:DC1 was way better than 2, imo.
And yes, mandi...balconies are creepy. It's like sitting in the bleacher seats at a Yankees game, I would think. :eek:
But I still had a great time prior to the balcony.
Really? In terms of songs or the fans? I liked the songs at DC1 better, but I thought Ed was in a much better mood at DC2. Even my friend who was at DC1 thougth ED was pissed most of the night. I think the fans at DC1 were much worse....got a mind full of questions and a teacher in my soul...0 -
chromiam wrote:you think that there aren't assholes in the 10C who would do the same things????
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this is exactly what i was thinking but i hoped someone else would say it first, god forbid anyone ever speak a bad word about any 10c member.{if (work != 0) {
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I find it very strange in all of these threads that people differentiate between a large and small venue. The problem isn't whether or not it is easier to hear these morons in a small venue, it's that they are making the noise to begin with, whether it's at NJPAC or MSG or wherever. I have watched the concert experience devolve until it got to the point where I'd get an anxiety flare if the band I'm watching decided to do a slower song, then the conversations start, the yelling interrupts, all that idiocy.
I have been in MSG when it has been like a church (I should say, how a church used to be, the racket that goes on during Mass these days really isn't any different either, come to think of it), people use to know when to rock out and when to shut the fuck up. If I may go back to when knighthood was in flower, you know the synth break in Won't Get Fooled Again? No one made a sound during it back in the day, the communal intensity was unreal, but once Daltrey screamed, everyone erupted, and not to be heard on a bootleg or to get the band's attention (that was so unheard of once upon a time, it's ludicrous).
The problem is that not everyone is there for the music -- when you are truly there for the love of the music, you keep your big yap shut, you don't go out for the Olympic drinking team, and you share with your fellow concertgoers, not confront them or torture them. To so many people, what's really a sacred experience for so many of us is just a night out, or so they can say they've been there, because the guy in the next cubicle will think they're hip the next morning, whatever...Christopher Morley once wrote, the only response to beauty is silence. Dig it."Over the dirt, we soar,
on a search for anything pure."
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You can't have it both ways..... Ed loves the arena shaking sing-alongs at MSG and various other places with Betterman and such. He revels in it. He's had us in the crowd doing it for 15 years now.
Are we all really that surprised people have a hard time containing themselves at smaller venues? They're essentially acting the same way they do at bigger places. It's not like PJ fans are used to small shows. People are ridiculously excited to see Eddie up close.
Everyone agrees that PJ fans are incredibly passionate, it's hard to ask people to lower that passion from a 10+ to a 3 at these shows. This is the frontman for Pearl Jam, not the Pope during a lecture, people will go nuts. And I think it's hypocritical to say that people at these shows are annoying, when countless times, people HERE say that people sitting down at Pearl Jam shows get annoyed with THEM for jumping out and dancing.
Come on guys, just enjoy the shows.0 -
I just don't understand.. Most of the people who attend these shows either went through the stress of getting them from the 10C, the misery of getting them through TM or they paid a few hundred dollars off of some random ticket website so why would anyone want to act like an idiot? You're seriosuly going to spend the time and effort to get great tickets for someone you probably idolize then you're going to piss him off? Really? Ed's doing us a favor by having these solo shows (I think, at least). I consider myself so lucky to be able to see him this close up and in such a intimate atmosphere.
It's like people who pay $10 to see a movie then talk through the whole thing.. Why would you even waste your money and ruin it for everyone else?
And can you really argue that you can't expect people to be able to calm down just cause normal PJ shows are loud and crazy? Really? (Using the movie metaphor again..) Isn't that like saying someone who goes and watches comedies all the time shouldn't be expected not to laugh through a drama? If someone doesn't know how to change their behavior to the appropriate level for situations then.. I just don't know.. It's sad.0 -
Were you at any of the shows? Ed must have told the crowd to be quite and relax 4 -5 times at one of the shows I was at. I didn't let it ruin the shows, but yelling for ED to play Jeremy when he is on stage by himself is a little absurd. Its some thing to yell and scream at a huge 20000 seat show, but he was asking pretty nicely and giving some storng hints he was trying something different.SoapMakesUTaller wrote:You can't have it both ways..... Ed loves the arena shaking sing-alongs at MSG and various other places with Betterman and such. He revels in it. He's had us in the crowd doing it for 15 years now.
Are we all really that surprised people have a hard time containing themselves at smaller venues? They're essentially acting the same way they do at bigger places. It's not like PJ fans are used to small shows. People are ridiculously excited to see Eddie up close.
Everyone agrees that PJ fans are incredibly passionate, it's hard to ask people to lower that passion from a 10+ to a 3 at these shows. This is the frontman for Pearl Jam, not the Pope during a lecture, people will go nuts. And I think it's hypocritical to say that people at these shows are annoying, when countless times, people HERE say that people sitting down at Pearl Jam shows get annoyed with THEM for jumping out and dancing.
Come on guys, just enjoy the shows....got a mind full of questions and a teacher in my soul...0 -
chromiam wrote:you think that there aren't assholes in the 10C who would do the same things????
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hhhmmmmmmm...i guess i didn't think this through enough!
how about mob rule shows? like with the quarter guy.Ed gives us personal permission to kick anyones ass who yells like an asshole. 0 -
there were 2 empty seats by my husband, row N near the end in DC.
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