I met eddie vedder once...

jonnyrock1975
jonnyrock1975 Posts: 127
edited May 2010 in The Porch
...but I got totally awestruck and didn't really ask him anything. I muttered something about playing corduroy at the next gig as I was going. He mumbled "oh, corduroy... Right". And that was about it. All those things i'd thought about asking him over the years turned to shit when reality hit. He signed the shirt I was wearing, a tube ticket and my gig ticket. I didn't even get him to sign the poster I had in my hand. Why? Because in a stupid fuck, that's why!

Anyhow, my question is, if you met him, or if you have met him, what would you ask?
~~ 27 years of nothin' but failures and promises that i couldn't keep ~~
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  • BinauralJam
    BinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    jonnyrock1975 wrote:
    ...but I got totally awestruck and didn't really ask him anything. I muttered something about playing corduroy at the next gig as I was going. He mumbled "oh, corduroy... Right". And that was about it. All those things i'd thought about asking him over the years turned to shit when reality hit. He signed the shirt I was wearing, a tube ticket and my gig ticket. I didn't even get him to sign the poster I had in my hand. Why? Because in a stupid fuck, that's why!

    Anyhow, my question is, if you met him, or if you have met him, what would you ask?

    I'd ask him "When are you gona get a haircut, ya freakin Hippie"? :lol:
  • LukinFan
    LukinFan Florida Posts: 29,129
    don't they play corduroy at pretty much every PJ show? :lol: Cool that you got to meet him though
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  • washedinblack91
    washedinblack91 Posts: 3,079
    he came out of his bus before one of his solo concerts in 08 and i stood there. freaked out so much i shut down. :roll: thank god my friend was there to drag me to the barricade so i could catch a glance. don't feel bad, it happens :lol:
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  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    I'd probably just thank him for the great music he's given us and what he's done to rock and music, in general, in the last 20 years and to keep rockin'.
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  • LeatherMosquitoMan
    LeatherMosquitoMan Posts: 4,034
    I asked him if i could shake his hand, to which he obliged, and took my hand in both of his. Before that he signed my white paper cd sleeve, and then i told him 'thank you for making this the coolest day of my life' and he said 'no, thank you!'.
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  • Dissidentman
    Dissidentman Posts: 15,381
    I would ask him for a clean pair of underwear.
  • 81
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    i'd ask him for that beer he owes everyone from one of the solo shows in chicago.
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  • skyeriverwinter
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  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    I'd ask him why they've only played Manitoba twice in their 20 year existence.

    Then I'd tell him "you complete me", just to see the shit-scared look on his face! :lol:
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  • TheLastRockStar
    TheLastRockStar Posts: 87
    well I have tried and failed on a couple of occasions. Tonight will probably be another failed attempt but...

    I would tell him about how "Alive" and "Jeremy" mean alot to me. Also, I would tell him about my SNL party crashing experience in attempt to hang out with PJ. And a bunch of other stuff...
  • ski4
    ski4 Posts: 261
    LeatherMosquitoMan wrote:
    I asked him if i could shake his hand, to which he obliged, and took my hand in both of his. Before that he signed my white paper cd sleeve, and then i told him 'thank you for making this the coolest day of my life' and he said 'no, thank you!'.

    that is really cool
    hmm
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  • LEBERT19
    LEBERT19 Posts: 50
    i met him (and Matt, Mike, and Jeff) backstage at Cleveland a couple of weeks ago. Beyond a dream come true. All i could get out was thank out you a few times. Shook his hand a snapped a couple of pictures - seemed like a blur. I mean you think about something for years and in 2 minutes it's gone... but worth every second. Best night of my life thus far
  • Dissidentman
    Dissidentman Posts: 15,381
    LEBERT19 wrote:
    i met him (and Matt, Mike, and Jeff) backstage at Cleveland a couple of weeks ago. Beyond a dream come true. All i could get out was thank out you a few times. Shook his hand a snapped a couple of pictures - seemed like a blur. I mean you think about something for years and in 2 minutes it's gone... but worth every second. Best night of my life thus far

    Wow, very cool!

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  • veddergirl232
    veddergirl232 Posts: 157
    Awesome stories. I really want to meet him. Does anyone know anything abt getting backstage passes or you can even still do that? I did get a letter from him in 1994 and front row tickets to the paramount show from him which was the best experience of my life thus far of course, but it would be nice to meet him just to say hi.
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  • hopethatuchoke
    hopethatuchoke Posts: 2,927
    I shook his hand after Camden shows back in 2000. He pulled out of the backstage area in a Lincoln, got out and shoot hands. No autographs, no pictures. I felt bad for him when this crazy couple from Texas who was following the band pulls out a picture of their child and shows Ed and mentions something about "Do you remember him? We showed you a picture of him in texas a few weeks ago when we met you. We named him after you". It was so creepy and opened my eyes to how psychotic this fan base can be.
  • Lizard
    Lizard So Cal Posts: 12,093
    I guess I would ask him if he wants MY autograph.


    But in reality, I would be tongue-tied and dumb-struck probably.
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  • mrvedderson
    mrvedderson Posts: 784
    Lizard wrote:
    I guess I would ask him if he wants MY autograph.


    But in reality, I would be tongue-tied and dumb-struck probably.

    Good one, just hand him an autographed glossy of yourself. Tell him not to sell it on ebay. You have to be shootin the double gun in the picutre too.
  • dasvidana
    dasvidana Grand Junction CO Posts: 1,357
    I'm dying to ask him if he feels like the character in "Life of Brian" who keeps telling all the lunatics who follow him that he isn't the messiah. But I'm sure I'd choke on my own saliva if I was ever close enough to him to ask.
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  • jonnyrock1975
    jonnyrock1975 Posts: 127
    LukinFan wrote:
    don't they play corduroy at pretty much every PJ show? :lol: Cool that you got to meet him though


    It was only gonna be the third time I'd seen em! This was 2000 before you could buy a bootleg of every freakin show :) you had to go to record fairs to get your pearl jam fix in those days... Not just bang $300 on your credit card and never leave the house...
    ~~ 27 years of nothin' but failures and promises that i couldn't keep ~~
  • kcherub
    kcherub Posts: 961
    Johnny Sitar wrote:
    Then I'd tell him "you complete me", just to see the shit-scared look on his face! :lol:

    I just spit my drink out. ;)
    I still want you all to "take care"--I am just damn tired of typing it.

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