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EDDIES BEING SUED!
Article from today's New York Post
Ed doesn't seem too worried about it!
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/v ... yWRxgVhzVO
Ed doesn't seem too worried about it!
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/v ... yWRxgVhzVO
Tom- Tamaqua PA
"What could be better than a beer with Eddie Vedder"
"What could be better than a beer with Eddie Vedder"
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9/29/04 Boston, 6/28/08 Mansfield, 8/23/09 Chicago, 5/15/10 Hartford
5/17/10 Boston, 10/15/13 Worcester, 10/16/13 Worcester, 10/25/13 Hartford
8/5/16 Fenway, 8/7/16 Fenway
EV Solo: 6/16/11 Boston, 6/18/11 Hartford,
Perhaps Sean Penn, Vedder, the movie company or the record company could have done more to make sure this version was okay, but from everything I have read, the original writer is someone who sort of shunned society and is hard to find, let alone get ahold of, so it was sort of his choice to go in hiding, don't compain when you are the reason people can't reach you.
8.21.00 Columbus | 6.24.03 Columbus | 7.9.03 NYC | 10.2.04 Toledo | 9.11.05 Kitchener | 5.20.06 Cleveland | 8.5.07 Chicago | 5.6.10 Columbus | 5.7.10 Noblesville | 5.9.10 Cleveland | 9.3.11 East Troy | 9.4.11 East Troy | 7.19.13 Chicago | 10.11.13 Pittsburgh | 10.1.14 Cincinnati | 4.8.16 Ft. Lauderdale | 4.9.16 Miami | 8.8.18 Seattle | 8.10.18 Seattle | 9.26.21 Dana Point | 10.1.21 Dana Point | 10.2.21 Dana Point | 9.16.22 Nashville | 9.17.22 Louisville | 9.18.22 St. Louis | 9.2.23 St. Paul | 9.15.23 Ft. Worth
6.26.11 Detroit (EdVed) | 9.23.17 Louisville (EdVed) | 9.25.21 Dana Point (EdVed) | 10.01.22 Dana Point (EdVed) | 2.6.22 Newark (EdVed)
I remember trying to find anything about it when ITW originally came out, but had no luck.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb5KXozi_HM
Here it be.
God I'm old. I always forget about youtube Thanks SuchACharmer
I'm surprised how much Ed's version sounds like the original. That's such a cool song, can't believe it wasn't more well known before Ed did it.
9/29/04 Boston, 6/28/08 Mansfield, 8/23/09 Chicago, 5/15/10 Hartford
5/17/10 Boston, 10/15/13 Worcester, 10/16/13 Worcester, 10/25/13 Hartford
8/5/16 Fenway, 8/7/16 Fenway
EV Solo: 6/16/11 Boston, 6/18/11 Hartford,
huh? just listened to the original and it seems to me ed was very faithful to the original...maybe you should have brought this up, oh i don't know, 2 years ago, gordon :roll:
"integrity of the composition" isn't that a subjective concept anyways ?
I have a feeling Eddie will easily prevail on this baseless claim.
Never knew the context of that photo until yesterday when I was reading "Legends of Surfing" book. Kind of cool.
(Weird side note: was just looking at the mickeymunoz.com site where that photo came from and it says that pic was taken by John Severson... that's not a very common last name )
haha, whenever i wear my ITW shirt, people always make note of the picture and they think he's on a skateboard...i guess they're on the right track since it's really some obscure surfing stance...
i always thought he was jumping from rock to rock and he landed in that position with his arms out for balance...awesome picture got to say
"When I stay to pillage her/She just throws it back at me" to "When I see her inner charm/She just throws it back at me"
"She just smiled and laughed at me/And took her blues back again" to "She just smiled and laughed at me/And took her rules back again"
These are pretty minor changes, although I bet that Gordon Peterson is particularly pissed about the "pillage" line
Pillage wouldn't have fit within the context for which Eddie was using the song
The second is even more minor, and ties in to the themes of "rules" of both society and nature that are prevalent throughout the story
All in all a pretty baseless claim IMO, but anyone can sue anyone about anything here in America
That's why Eddie, the Band and the record label all have lawyers
*high 5's*
No shit... people are unbelievable. :roll:
I, too, lost respect for Gordon... I had goggled that song and came across him on YT before...and admired EV for paying respect by singing that song.
If I were an artist, I would be honored that EV enjoyed my song or art so much that he's singing or displaying it and giving me more exposure.
WTF...and it's not like EV ever claimed he wrote that song either.... he gave credit when it's due, always.
Maybe the jealous party is mad that people are telling him they like EV's version better?
Gordon.... you.... pfft. *plays the world's smallest violin*
EV: It's your band.
~Q Magazine
"Kisses for the glow...kisses for the lease." - BDRII
Yea and lets not forget that "degrading the integrity of a song" is totally something that can be proven in court. Such hard and real evidence....
8/7/08, 6/9/09
Maybe he saw how much the ITW vinyls are going for on Ebay and wants his cut.
Fuck that guy. I thought filing lawsuits was an American pastime. What a jack off!
seriously, this world is out of control!
vedder- you're amazing. way to make a so-so song fucking rock.
Didn't the guy who wrote the song get paid for the song in some way? It kind of sounds like he just wants more money. :?
what an ass hat - the guy vanished after Indio - maybe he didn't like the attention?
personally neither version of the lyrics of that song had foundation enough to be eroded - if anything it was resurrected
shame
the whole thing has to be like a flea on a hairy ass
Sorry everyone - this was a number one song in Canada in 1989/early 1990 and it was very very heavily played on pretty much every radio station and the video (credited to Indio, which included Joni Mitchell) was played in very heavy rotation on Muchmusic. Just because Americans didn't hear it before Ed did it does not mean it did not exist.
And Ed changed the lyrics quite significantly. I love this song to death and it was/is very special to me back in the day, Ed's changes were really obvious.
Original, "Burned down and threw away the hours..."
Ed, "Bound down and threw away the hours..."
Original, "When I stayed to pillage her..."
Ed, "When I see her bitter/pin her charms..."
I understood that Gordon Peterson could not be found to ask if the lyrics could be changed. He's quite the recluse apparently.
I believe the song is about the planet, so the original words make the most sense...
So, Ed's not perfect. Big deal. But he shouldn't have changed the lyrics without permission. He'd probably freak if someone asked to use Black, and he said sure, and then the lyrics were changed. I would imagine anyone would. Do you mind if you I use the personal song most associated with you and defines you? Would it bug you if I made it better, because I think some things in Black don't make sense? Great! Thanks!