Now that's it all over with, what was the best Ed solo show?
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"Where ARE We?" As he looks up, dazed, middle of Around the Bend. "My body just left the building...."
Did he F$%& up the lyrics to Watchtower at LA2? Cause that might be a deciding factor over Berk2. (He mangled vs 1 and 2 at Berk2, even he was excited Mikey was there!)
Irons over Finn, ok. Harper vs McCready, mmm hmmm. So.
How 'bout -- Did Ed Play Drums at LA2?
And then, don't forget, Jerry Hannan, as in he who wrote the song, singing Society with Ed and backing vocals on Hard Sun. (So yeah, McCready and Hannan vs Irons and Harper.)
A few more points about Berk2 -- first time he played the Sean Penn Roast "bad acting hack" with Sean Penn on the stage drinking a glass a wine and smoking. Second time he played "Pulling Into Santa Cruz" with more crowd friendly chorus-pitch to induce more singalong. Masters of War. Sharing a story about his daughter (Reasonalby)! You don't get more personal than that. Let's not forget, he saved Sean and Robin's marriage -- now THAT's a show!
Did he Tag Millworker at any other show? Not sure it was even a tag really, but at the end of the SOCAL shows of millworkers? .... "Hold Me, Don't Own Me, Just Hold Me..." Just off in his own world pleading barely on mic at berk2
Ok wait for it .... spanky voice of Foxymophandlemama That's Me! "Get me an accordian!" As he prepares to play all of Vitalogy!
BERKII FOR THE WIN!!!![sic] happens0 -
*dawn* wrote:I only saw the two Vancouver shows. I enjoyed the first show more - because I was in 10c seating and it was great to see Ed put himself out there for the first time - and so human (made quite a few errors and seemed to be really nervous), but Arc on night 2 was simply magic, even from way up in the 'dress circle'.
Wish I could have made all the shows...even with the repeat songs. Did anyone make all the shows???
The dress circle wasn't that high up
I was 2nd to last row that night and everything was all good. I think Soundgrunger made it to all the shows. NERDS!0 -
Nite one LA and SD one were my favorites.
But nite 2 LA was great also. I got Ben Harper to sign my poster after the show.
Too bad we didn't get chips and dip. lol0 -
Crazy Breed wrote:we wouldn't want him fucking that up by sharing what's on his mind!!
You obviously haven't heard Berk1 -- he wasn't "sharing" squat in many places throughout.... he was literally reading from a script, oh mention this, mention that, movie this, movie that. Drop some names.
it was awkward and stilted and not as much humor or spontaneous as the other shows. he just wasn't in the zone.
I blame the freshman drum circle outside his dressing room all day....[sic] happens0 -
It funny to read about all the excitement for yellow ledbetter.
When pearl jam plays it, people complain and are sick of it.
When it turns up at an eddie show, its the highlight of the tour.
I bet if the entire band came out and did even flow, people would be in awe! Maybe its just me, but I think this is a bit funny:-)I will swallow poison0 -
acutejam wrote:You obviously haven't heard Berk1 -- he wasn't "sharing" squat in many places throughout.... he was literally reading from a script, oh mention this, mention that, movie this, movie that. Drop some names.
it was awkward and stilted and not as much humor or spontaneous as the other shows. he just wasn't in the zone.
I blame the freshman drum circle outside his dressing room all day....
no shit? that bad huh? wow! i find that hard to believe,not that i'm doubting you.It is just so uncharacteristic of Ed!0 -
acutejam wrote:You obviously haven't heard Berk1 -- he wasn't "sharing" squat in many places throughout.... he was literally reading from a script, oh mention this, mention that, movie this, movie that. Drop some names.
it was awkward and stilted and not as much humor or spontaneous as the other shows. he just wasn't in the zone.
I blame the freshman drum circle outside his dressing room all day....
no shit? that bad huh? wow! i find that hard to believe,not that i'm doubting you.It is just so uncharacteristic of Ed!0 -
acutejam wrote:You obviously haven't heard Berk1 -- he wasn't "sharing" squat in many places throughout.... he was literally reading from a script, oh mention this, mention that, movie this, movie that. Drop some names.
it was awkward and stilted and not as much humor or spontaneous as the other shows. he just wasn't in the zone.
I blame the freshman drum circle outside his dressing room all day....
no shit? that bad huh? wow! i find that hard to believe,not that i'm doubting you.It is just so uncharacteristic of Ed!0 -
acutejam wrote:You obviously haven't heard Berk1 -- he wasn't "sharing" squat in many places throughout.... he was literally reading from a script, oh mention this, mention that, movie this, movie that. Drop some names.
it was awkward and stilted and not as much humor or spontaneous as the other shows. he just wasn't in the zone.
I blame the freshman drum circle outside his dressing room all day....
no shit? that bad huh? wow! i find that hard to believe,not that i'm doubting you.It is just so uncharacteristic of Ed!0 -
acutejam wrote:You obviously haven't heard Berk1 -- he wasn't "sharing" squat in many places throughout.... he was literally reading from a script, oh mention this, mention that, movie this, movie that. Drop some names.
it was awkward and stilted and not as much humor or spontaneous as the other shows. he just wasn't in the zone.
I blame the freshman drum circle outside his dressing room all day....
no shit? that bad huh? wow! i find that hard to believe,not that i'm doubting you.It is just so uncharacteristic of Ed!0 -
what the fuck happens @ 7:00 am that causes this shit? i only posted once.0
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South of Seattle wrote:I think Soundgrunger made it to all the shows.YES SHE DID!!!
my vote for best is DEFINITELY the one where The Master showed up! no, i wasnt there but still. theres no comparison! and 2nd i vote for L.A 2. Jack Irons was there just like i said he'd be! :cool:
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Niko80 wrote:It funny to read about all the excitement for yellow ledbetter.
When pearl jam plays it, people complain and are sick of it.
When it turns up at an eddie show, its the highlight of the tour.
I bet if the entire band came out and did even flow, people would be in awe! Maybe its just me, but I think this is a bit funny:-)
It is funny. I was at Berkeley 2, and I kept saying to myself afterwards, "I can't believe I was so excited over Ledbetter." I guess that's what happens when the band only announces an east coast tour, you get desperate for any pearl jam, even if it's only 2/5 of pearl jam.0 -
Weren't they all the same? That's like asking what was the best Tom Petty show from the 06 PJ/Petty shows... (and at least PJ was mixing up the setlists on that tour!!!! Goddamn do I love Pearl Jam!)0
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Methinks this thread is experiencing technical difficulties. I mean, he was still Eddie at Berk1 and yeah, we got to hear the rare "yeastie girls" hit! So we had a lot of fun, but, I dunno, drum circle, college campus -- I've had professors more passionate about lecturing....
I hafta wonder, two nights up in Van, putting it all together for the first time. Santa Cruz was soooo small, Saturday night and uh, it's Santa Cruz -- we laughed at a five minute story about ROOM SERVICE. heheheh
Berkeley 1 kinda like the first big city gut check? yeah yeah, VAn is huge, but I dunno. berk1 he tried something, it didn't work, and he definitely changed his game plan for the rest of the tour from what I've read....[sic] happens0 -
I'm quite jealous of those who got to see multiple shows, even with the largely consistent setlists. I was at San Diego 1 and it was one of the best concert experiences of my life. Ed's voice was absolutely beautiful and I won't forget any moments of that show anytime soon. Being able to hear the ITW material, Patriot, Masters of War, and Arc live in this kind of setting was truly a blessing. I've been listening to the Berkeley boot that is out there and I'm really hoping we get a similar recording from SD 1.
Thanks so much to Ed and everyone who helped make these shows happen.0 -
cutback wrote:trying to decide which show was the best is like trying to decide which child is your favorite.....each show had it's highlights for me
sb - first show i saw.....ed climbing down the rope....a really high ben harper
la1 - arc....everything else was great but arc....primal
sd1 - funniest show....the barry white experiment....patriot....2 petty songs
thanks for sharing the experiment with us ed....i'll never forget it
Hilarious Ed had some moves during the experiment too
My vote, however would be SD II. Ed was polished and on his game, and the mom stuff was touching. 0 -
SB: 2nd row left (mike's side)
LA1: 5th row center
LA2: 3rd row center, then standing front row center with my arms on the stage for like the last 3 songs
SD1: 12th row center
I think the sound was the best at SB cause i turned to October22 and said I'd pay $1000 for a boot of the first 4-5 songs. Yes it was my first ed solo show which added to it greatly, but i was constantly saying that the acoustics were great to The Arlington Theatre. And yes that was my favorite venue. Ed comin down the rope was fuckin sick.
seeing the Arc experiment at LA1 was awesome and jaw dropping
seeing Jack Irons was badass and being front row center was the freakin best time and I'll let October22 explain to you later about ed passing him his guitar pic. (I was so close to getting it). It was so uterly awesome being there and so close for "the new" Hard Sun. There was just so much depth to that song that filled the audience with life. thank you ed!
SD1 was funny, everyone was a little tired i think and the drum beat loop was funny as fuck.
I WANT BOOTLEGS
ps during a couple of the shows all i could think about was MSG....i like sound...0 -
LukinTimer wrote:I caught SB, LA1, LA2, and SD2... and my hands down favorite was LA2!!
It was unbelievable. Eddie was in a great mood, the energy in the Wiltern was awesome... Jack Irons, Ben Harper, "All Along the Watchtower!!!" A stunning Arc on night 2... an enthusiastic and angry "No More." Almost the entire crowd on it's feet from Porch ending the 1st set through BOTH encores. Of the four shows I caught, that was the ONLY crowd to do that.
I saw SD2 last night and I thought it was great, more rarities, but over all the show was not as strong as LA2. Bit of a weird crowd.
I have been listening to the Berkley 2 boot and it sounds awesome!! But I wasn't there, so I'm going with LA2.
The one person I know who saw every show but Vancouver says LA2 was his favorite as well, but that Berkley 2 was a very close second.
Each of the shows was so unique in there own way, the stories... the vibe in the room, the way he approached the songs. (ALthough, I know the setlists didn't change much). Loved it all!
I missed the LA show even though I had tickets for it. Had to sell them and saw San Diego 2. Good show. If I had my choice of all the shows LA2 would have been it. Ive seen 3 PJ shows including this one and they are hit and miss. Ed seems to have a love hate thing going on with his home town. Fans in SD to me seem like hooligans. Sun baked, drunken rowdies. Makes LA seem tame.0 -
I meant 3 Pearl Jam shows in SAN DIEGO...0
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