**** Toronto 2 Fanviews Here 9/12/11 ****

All the drunks say that! "I was just having a good time, man!"
I'm kidding, of course - that's reeDONKulous. Especially when it's the final (lights on, I'm assuming) song! At
least it wasn't half way through Olé. You'd be telling a much sadder story![/quote]

I'll be the first to admit if I was drunk and obnoxious.... But I had 3 beers... Far from it! I work in law enforcement and I wasn't going to bow down to a security guard clearly on a power trip. It was Yellow Ledbetter, lights on... If the cops can't even back up security then clearly there's something wrong. They should have better things to worry about than someone dancing a few inches in the aisle...

Kevin Wilson wrote:

kid canada wrote:

What would you do, kids?

I was 2nd row tonight, Mike side. After the show I'm walking out...suddenly this guy with a face full of piercings LAUNCHES himself over a row of chairs after something. I can see he's flailing away at an Eddie guitar pick but can't reach it, so I bend over and pick it up. The guy starts begging me for it (literally), saying I only saw it because he threw himself after it (true) and it would mean "more than life itself" if he could have it. Reluctantly I say fine, it means more to him than me and hand it over. Then I curse myself for being a pussy since I'll probably never see this guy again in my life. I'm a huge loser who should have just walked away, right? It's not like a Mike pick where he throws out a shitload every night, it was an Eddie pick. Still, it's only a pick...right?

Yeah but you did the right thing. Isn't that what matters?

+1

i agree the repeats did kill the vibe. whats with the fixation with the the fixer, alive, and the three others that were repeated. surely they could have done others,its not like a new album is out.

Are you kidding me!! If getting "Dissident" wasn't enough, it was as if Eddie channeled my thoughts and completed my trifecta of Top 3 favourite PJ songs by doing "I Got Shit" and "Light Years" back to back during the encore! Thank-you PJ for two memorable shows, onwards to Ottawa!

foodboy wrote:

i agree the repeats did kill the vibe. whats with the fixation with the the fixer, alive, and the three others that were repeated. surely they could have done others,its not like a new album is out.

why are they obligated to not repeat songs? Most bands repeat EVERY SONG... you complain about a few repeats out of 30? WHy do they repeat ALIVE? Its one of the greatest rock songs of all time and the feeling of 20,000 people chanting in unison during the jam probably gives them a feeling of euphoria that most people wont have the chance to experie nce... ive been to 30 shows , i hope i never go to a show where they dont Play Alive... Is it also lame to hear the whole crowd sing the first verse of betterman to if they played it the night before? Not to mention songs like alive and porch and betterman and daughter always have some sort of twist or unique jam or the tag or what not... in my experiences i never feel like a hear a carbon copy version of any of those songs...

we are one spoiled group of music fans...

Lindsay wrote:

All the drunks say that! "I was just having a good time, man!"
I'm kidding, of course - that's reeDONKulous. Especially when it's the final (lights on, I'm assuming) song! At
least it wasn't half way through Olé. You'd be telling a much sadder story!

I'll be the first to admit if I was drunk and obnoxious.... But I had 3 beers... Far from it! I work in law enforcement and I wasn't going to bow down to a security guard clearly on a power trip. It was Yellow Ledbetter, lights on... If the cops can't even back up security then clearly there's something wrong. They should have better things to worry about than someone dancing a few inches in the aisle...[/quote]

If you were sitting in Floor C and about 13 rows back I was two rows in front of you and the same thing happened to me. All night I was enjoying the show, bothering nobody and all of a sudden the young security guard told me I had to get my feet out of the aisle. I was shocked. He is the same guy who sent over his cronies to hassle you. When the show was over, a bunch of us complained to the supervisor...don't know if anything will be done; so sorry this happened. He was by far the worst security guard I have ever seen in 20 years of shows...the epitomy of a meathead.

Other than that...show was great; they were a band possessed for the first set!

kid canada wrote:

What would you do, kids?

I was 2nd row tonight, Mike side. After the show I'm walking out...suddenly this guy with a face full of piercings LAUNCHES himself over a row of chairs after something. I can see he's flailing away at an Eddie guitar pick but can't reach it, so I bend over and pick it up. The guy starts begging me for it (literally), saying I only saw it because he threw himself after it (true) and it would mean "more than life itself" if he could have it. Reluctantly I say fine, it means more to him than me and hand it over. Then I curse myself for being a pussy since I'll probably never see this guy again in my life. I'm a huge loser who should have just walked away, right? It's not like a Mike pick where he throws out a shitload every night, it was an Eddie pick. Still, it's only a pick...right?

You did the morally 'right thing'.....if that matters to you at all??
He did spot it first & was pursuing it (badly perhaps - flailing - hehehe) - you just were lucky enough to be in the right spot at the right time....
Shitting dilemma but right choice!

Kevin Wilson wrote:

kid canada wrote:

What would you do, kids?

I was 2nd row tonight, Mike side. After the show I'm walking out...suddenly this guy with a face full of piercings LAUNCHES himself over a row of chairs after something. I can see he's flailing away at an Eddie guitar pick but can't reach it, so I bend over and pick it up. The guy starts begging me for it (literally), saying I only saw it because he threw himself after it (true) and it would mean "more than life itself" if he could have it. Reluctantly I say fine, it means more to him than me and hand it over. Then I curse myself for being a pussy since I'll probably never see this guy again in my life. I'm a huge loser who should have just walked away, right? It's not like a Mike pick where he throws out a shitload every night, it was an Eddie pick. Still, it's only a pick...right?

Yeah but you did the right thing. Isn't that what matters?

I know, I know, but still...it was in my hand...and it was so shiny...and I didn't steal it from him or anything like that, I just snagged it before he could get to it.

Ah well. It's a guitar pick. And I got to see the whole show from the 2nd row, which was pretty fucking awesome. Seven tracks from Ten, a kickass setlist (Garden! Present Tense! Sad! In My Tree!), and the band even indulged me:

Me: "fuck I have to pee...I hope the next song is one I can skip..."
(first few bars of Wishlist)
Me: "Thank you, guys!!!"

bobby dazzlers wrote:

my ears a ringing quite nicely.

thanks!!

me too, thank you boys

best story ever from this show.

a week ago, my freind and i are kicking around the notion of getting a hotel room instead of driving, I say, TIFF is in town, hotels hard to come by, He says, "i dunno, im kind of a big deal" jokingly, i laugh and say "yeah, suck it ethan hawke", show comes, ethan hawke sitting right behind us, hAHAHAHAHAHA, TRU STORY!!!