Eddie Vedder to perform at Concert For Sandy Relief

Being there, seeing all of that, I'm still taking it all in! I have wanted to see Pink Floyd Soooo badly for years. Comfortably Numb is my favorite PF song. EV is my favorite singer....talk about Heaven!!! I loved seeing all the bands I have never seen before, and getting to experience one of the most amazing shows ever...in terms of total rock greatness being in the same place at the same time.

Why only 2 songs for the Stones?
Why did they not perform much later in the show?
They surely get to share the "Top Billing" with Sir Paul. Right?

I wonder what that was all about?

ladydocNYC wrote:

calvo17 wrote:

Eddie playing with Roger Waters :shock: We saw history today. Simply EPIC.

This.

I thought Ed was wonderful and kept trying to imagine what it must have meant to him to have the opportunity to sing The Wall with Roger Waters at MSG. Of course I wanted more, but just what I got was worth the price alone.

I think the same, what an experience it must have for Ed to get to sing with Roger Waters. I think it was truly emotional. Yesterday’s performance reminded me of Live at the Garden, when Eddie says “This proves that dreams could be a good thing…”

Last-12-Exit wrote:

I like The Who as well, but Daultry doesn't sound that good anymore. But I thought Jagger sounded fine.

Anyway, I'm so glad Ed sand with Waters instead of The Who. :corn:

like the who more as well and agree on all counts

who was singing with waters on the other songs?
i was trying to find that out and almost missed ed

pandora wrote:

I enjoyed seeing and hearing Ed. Do I wish he had performed his own,
yes I do.

Just a little pinprick ... fuck that

the child is grown the dream is gone
My heart already heavy ... heavier for that performance.

I'm thankful though it was not Mother... grasp the small favors.

yeah
waters exaggerated that pin prick thing too


(who was that singing with him (before ed))

Last-12-Exit wrote:

I like The Who as well, but Daultry doesn't sound that good anymore. But I thought Jagger sounded fine.

Anyway, I'm so glad Ed sand with Waters instead of The Who. :corn:

Couldnt disagree more. Daultry sounded very good and Jagger was bad- just like he always was live. Great studio band, but very poor live.

Empty Glass wrote:

The Who (Rog) seem to get shit on every time they do something. "They sound like shit", "give it up"... I thought they were great Saturday in Philly, and pretty damn good last night. Maybe it's because I understand it's not 1973 anymore and I take what they're offering.

There's a reason these old guys are asked to do these benefit shows...young bands can't do it. Once the old guys die off, these benefit shows will be a thing of the past or be all country artists. Someone needs to start rockin'

Im a big Who fan and have seen them often since '79. While I passed on this tour, I was at the show last night and I thought they were great (definitely one of the best sets). Sure, Daltrey can't scream like he used to, but as you said, I recognize it for what it is. And i think its pretty good!

Just about everything I watched was awesome, basically all the old guys.

The Boss-not a big fan, but he's made for stuff like this
Roger Waters-didn't care for the David Gilmour stand-ins but it was a pretty sweet set
The Who-kicked ass, love Bell Boy but it seemed like kinda outta place
Macca-can pretty well do no wrong
Billy Joel- hometown boy kicked as

Missed the Stones, Alicia Keys, Kanye and anybody else I didn't mention.

Would've been cool to see Ed come out for just about anything else.

Empty Glass wrote:

The Who (Rog) seem to get shit on every time they do something. "They sound like shit", "give it up"... I thought they were great Saturday in Philly, and pretty damn good last night. Maybe it's because I understand it's not 1973 anymore and I take what they're offering.

There's a reason these old guys are asked to do these benefit shows...young bands can't do it. Once the old guys die off, these benefit shows will be a thing of the past or be all country artists. Someone needs to start rockin'

Considering the age of the vocal cords on some of these guys, I thought they were all pretty good. Even though for nearly 70 he is looking good, I do wish Roger could have kept his shirt on. :shock: :? But there is no comparison to the up-and-comers. They can't hold a candle to these experienced rockers. My kids always talk about the lip-synching performers and just can't believe that these guys were before and are above all that nonsense.

I also agree that it was pretty unbelievable that they put Eddie's name all over the place and he got half a song. I guess I would only be more disappointed if I were a huge Grohl fan. But they did what they set out to do - raise money for a good cause. My husband spent every summer of his life from age the age of 4 on Long Beach Island and at Seaside Heights.

I thought Ed did a phenomenal job on Comfortably Numb!! I was honestly a little nervous- what a huge song!- but EV proves yet again why he's one of the greatest! Even my mom, who normally doesn't care at all for Ed's voice, called me up to say how impressed she was Thoroughly enjoyed the performance. Wish Eddie had his own set or was a part of more collaborations!

All in all it was a great 6 hour watch, minus Kanye. My other highlights were NirvanaCartney, Chris Martin/Michael Stipe doing 'Losing My Religion', and The Who breaking out 'Bell Boy'. Only disappointment was The Stones, as I thought they were gonna come out and kick ass and they just didn't.