2006-09-30 Oaka Basketball Arena, Athens, Greece Setlist Thread

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  • mookie_in_eugene
    mookie_in_eugene Posts: 1,090
    Alive - teenage comming to age
    Once - later turning to murder
    Footsteps - death row

    that's the very very quick summation
    "Underneath this smile lies everything - all my hopes, anger, pride and shame."
  • ACCBootlegGoddess
    ACCBootlegGoddess Posts: 4,318
    I BrisK I wrote:
    I know the trilogy and the songs etc, but i dont know the exact meaning?

    care to share?

    from what I understand its about a relationship of a mother and her son..hense the title mamason.

    Alive....you all know about Ed finding out the person he called dad was his stepdad, not his biological dad.
    Once is like the character has all this rage and ends up becoming a seriel killer or something.
    Footsteps...the character is now on deathrow or about to be executed...not sure...and is thinking back about what he's done and stuff.
    "Rock and roll is something that can't be quantified, sometimes it's not even something you hear, but FEEL!" - Bob Lefsetz
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    I BrisK I wrote:
    I know the trilogy and the songs etc, but i dont know the exact meaning?

    care to share?

    Simply put, they're about Eds troubled childhood, and his relationship with his mother and estranged father.
  • Jammin909
    Jammin909 Posts: 888
    I BrisK I wrote:
    I know the trilogy and the songs etc, but i dont know the exact meaning?

    care to share?

    Without a drummer or a singer the trio began actively looking for bandmates, and even looked outside the Seattle scene for people with whom they had no previous connection. One of these people was former Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Jack Irons. A five-song demo was given to Irons to see if he would be interested in joining the band, and to distribute to anyone he felt might fit the singing bill. Irons passed on the drumming invitation, but gave the demo to his basketball buddy and local San Diego singer Eddie Vedder during one of their hiking trips. Vedder had been the lead vocalist for Bad Radio, a local rock group. As legend has it, Vedder listened to the tape shortly before going surfing. While he was out in the water, the music played in his head and the lyrics came to him.

    He rushed back home and in one flurry of creativity recorded the vocals to three of the songs ("Alive", "Once", and "Footsteps"). The songs were what Vedder would later describe as a mini-opera. They formed a story of incest, madness and murder that became known to fans as the "Mamasan trilogy".
    The less you know, the more you believe.
  • ACCBootlegGoddess
    ACCBootlegGoddess Posts: 4,318
    Byrnzie wrote:
    Simply put, they're about Eds troubled childhood, and his relationship with his mother and estranged father.


    LOL I like this explaination better. :) Much easier to type. I'm gonna go with this one if I'm ever asked again.
    "Rock and roll is something that can't be quantified, sometimes it's not even something you hear, but FEEL!" - Bob Lefsetz
  • Brisk.
    Brisk. Posts: 11,578
    ok

    has this been played before?
  • justam
    justam Posts: 21,415
    Except, remember there's a bit of extra drama added with the incest, the murder and the deathrow elements!!! :D
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  • romybian
    romybian Posts: 1,644
    Jammin909 wrote:
    The songs were what Vedder would later describe as a mini-opera.
    I feel the sudden urge of making a video of it....
    "The joke in your language won't come out the same" (Tom Petty)
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  • ACCBootlegGoddess
    ACCBootlegGoddess Posts: 4,318
    I BrisK I wrote:
    ok

    has this been played before?


    yes quite a few times...although most times its out of order.
    I've gotten it twice but Once was played before Alive both times I think.
    "Rock and roll is something that can't be quantified, sometimes it's not even something you hear, but FEEL!" - Bob Lefsetz
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    justam wrote:
    Except, remember there's a bit of extra drama added with the incest, the murder and the deathrow elements!!! :D

    What, you mean those things didn't actually happen?? ;)
  • elektri4ka
    elektri4ka Posts: 26
    yeah!!!! i'm gonna find it for you........just right now....seat here and wait!!!!
  • mookie_in_eugene
    mookie_in_eugene Posts: 1,090
    Fine description and all, but I thought mine was pretty damn good since I was going for the 10 words or less answer...:)
    "Underneath this smile lies everything - all my hopes, anger, pride and shame."
  • ACCBootlegGoddess
    ACCBootlegGoddess Posts: 4,318
    1st encore: footsteps, i am mine, inside job, black,
    rvm, porch

    ed climbed the stage rails like in '92




    from RM
    "Rock and roll is something that can't be quantified, sometimes it's not even something you hear, but FEEL!" - Bob Lefsetz
  • Jammin909
    Jammin909 Posts: 888
    beat me to it...
    The less you know, the more you believe.
  • Low_Light03
    Low_Light03 Posts: 1,227
    wow. RVM and PORCH back to back. is that a first?
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  • ACCBootlegGoddess
    ACCBootlegGoddess Posts: 4,318
    Low_Light03 wrote:
    wow. RVM and PORCH back to back. is that a first?

    LOL I doubt it, but I am not 100% sure on that. What a killer 1 2 punch to end the first encore tho.
    "Rock and roll is something that can't be quantified, sometimes it's not even something you hear, but FEEL!" - Bob Lefsetz
  • mookie_in_eugene
    mookie_in_eugene Posts: 1,090
    ACCBootlegGoddess wrote:
    1st encore: footsteps, i am mine, inside job, black,
    rvm, porch

    ed climbed the stage rails like in '92




    from RM

    Hanging?!? Doing pull-ups right? ;)
    "Underneath this smile lies everything - all my hopes, anger, pride and shame."
  • justam
    justam Posts: 21,415
    Byrnzie wrote:
    What, you mean those things didn't actually happen?? ;)

    :D

    I'm just saying that operas usually rely on the drama of sex and blood and conflict and it's no exception just because it's a mini one.
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  • ACCBootlegGoddess
    ACCBootlegGoddess Posts: 4,318
    mookie_in_eugene wrote:
    Hanging?!? Doing pull-ups right? ;)


    LMAO I have no idea. I just did a copy and paste. You'll have to wait for the fanviews and pics haha.
    "Rock and roll is something that can't be quantified, sometimes it's not even something you hear, but FEEL!" - Bob Lefsetz
  • Jammin909
    Jammin909 Posts: 888
    ACCBootlegGoddess wrote:
    porch

    ed climbed the stage rails like in '92

    Awesome! Second time in a row, did it in Zagreb too!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-M5jFyGOY0
    The less you know, the more you believe.

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