Audience Sing-a-long..

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  • lazygun_99
    lazygun_99 Posts: 73
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  • NYbenben
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    i think it is cool... shows how appreciative the audience really is to know the lyrics and verses...

    can you imagine what if feels like to be up on a stage like that and have 15,000+ people singing YOUR song back to you? That has to be the best feeling in the world.
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  • You'veGotRedOnYou
    You'veGotRedOnYou Posts: 133
    Crowd participation is friggen awesome. I hope Ed does it a Lolla just to see how loud we can get. Gonna be awesome.
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  • jrd
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    Yep, I've never understood the small town clap.

    i think the inbreeding has something to do with it...

    ;)
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  • yosi1
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    I generally like it. Sometimes its not great, but there are certain moments where its awesome. Like on Release from Boston I '06, and the crowd sings "release me" I just get chills ever time.
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  • Heineken Helen
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    jrd wrote:
    i think the inbreeding has something to do with it...

    ;)
    :D I was wondering who'd pick up on that :p
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  • jrd
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    Heineken Helen wrote:
    :D I was wondering who'd pick up on that :p

    you just set 'em upand i'll sidefoot 'em in to the back of the net... :)

    back on subject: look, if you don't like a bit of crowd interaction go and get a seat at the back and tap along with your feet! or stay at home and listen to the albums. or get into classical music. ;)
    people like different bands and go and see them and know some of the words and sing along. sure you don't want to hear the audience more than the band all the time but when the band pick up on it and let you have a go for a verse/chorus it can be superb. IMHO.
    i just love listening to the Benaroya Hall version of Black when Ed let's the crowd sing... makes the hair on the back of me neck stand up... imagine what it was like being there!
    YMMV. but you're wrong :D

    i will scream my lungs out...
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  • Pauk
    Pauk Posts: 1,084
    jrd wrote:
    listening to it's one thing... actually being there and involved is a whole different thing...
    Indeed, like I said, it wouldn't be a dampener at the show.
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  • Hinny
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    Angus wrote:
    Present Tense shouldn't be sung by an audience. Seriously. It's not being critical with Wembley or other shows where it happened (Irving Plaza ? ). I was part of it at Antwerp as well. I didn't like it that much. And it's my 2nd favourite PJ song.
    After GTF, PT is the 2nd song I absolutely have to sing. The connection with the words... it's just too strong for me to keep my mouth shut.

    Mind you, I pretty much never shut up during a show. Except for those times when they play Blood late in the encores and I start choking for air.
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  • meme
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    At least the audience doesn't fuck up the lyrics :o
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  • Angus
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    Hinny wrote:
    After GTF, PT is the 2nd song I absolutely have to sing. The connection with the words... it's just too strong for me to keep my mouth shut.

    Mind you, I pretty much never shut up during a show. Except for those times when they play Blood late in the encores and I start choking for air.

    You and I have a lot in common, Hinny. GTF, PT :)

    But in those two songs, I really want to hear Eddie's voice live. I don't know why.
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  • ||Release_Me||
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    I'm all for the audience participation. I think i like it more when Ed still sings but you can still hear the crowd singing with him and it can be so loud sometimes.

    For example, the first verse of Crazy Mary in Milano last year. Listen to the bootleg, especially the part where Ed sings "wild eyed, crazy mary" and listen to the crowd singing along soooooo loud. Tell me that doesn't give you goosebumps.

    I love hearing the crowd sing, it just adds to the atmosphere. Whether Ed prompts us or it happens naturally, you just know the band love it when we return the favour.

    Plus, Ed needs the help sometimes :)
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  • No Fear Of Falling
    No Fear Of Falling Posts: 419
    I love the crowd singing, and i've been a part of some loud crowds..

    with that said, Present Tense is a far cry from Betterman.

    Present Tense is NOT a sing along.

    Not saying the crowd shouldn't sing.. but Ed shouldn't STOP singing at any time in that song and give it completely to the crowd.

    Betterman, Black, Crazy Mary, Alive, Daughter, Jeremy, Not For You, Animal, Why Go.. they all work.. but leave PRESENT TENSE alone.

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  • Pegasus
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    No Fear Of Falling wrote:
    I love the crowd singing, and i've been a part of some loud crowds..

    with that said, Present Tense is a far cry from Betterman.

    Present Tense is NOT a sing along.

    Not saying the crowd shouldn't sing.. but Ed shouldn't STOP singing at any time in that song and give it completely to the crowd.

    Betterman, Black, Crazy Mary, Alive, Daughter, Jeremy, Not For You, Animal, Why Go.. they all work.. but leave PRESENT TENSE alone.

    thanks.
    well, if you've listened to Gorge 05..the crowd might NEED to sing on that ;)

    and I don't agree btw. not always, but Present Tense can be a good song for the audience to take over.. the Astoria PT singing blew me away as much as Better Man! (and that's when I realised I really needed to try learn the lyrics after 15 years!)

    ...gosh we need those Euro boots! listening to the Astoria now, I find myself with the same stupid grin I had coming out of it :D
  • heyjose
    heyjose Melbourne, Australia Posts: 503
    Ed's tendency to hand it over to the crowd doesn't mean he's lost it as a singer. As the band has evolved over the years, Ed has embraced crowd participation more and more. He's relaxed his singing style, but still carries it better than most.

    Doesn't it fire you up hearing a great crowd take over? Some of the songs are so legendary amongst fans that singing along seems justified. Don't tell me when there's a sing-along you don't join in? It's a rock concert, cut loose and have some fun.
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  • einatshaul
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    If I wanted to just hear the band with no interference I'd turn on a DVD and not bother traveling to see them.

    The interference is what it's all about. The magic that happens during the show. The people around me experiencing PJ both together and alone, and the communication with the band.
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  • spread_the_jam
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    not needed for every song, but sing-a-longs (or let the crowd sing this part) can be AWESOME

    when I want to show someone who's not a Pearl Jam what it feels like to be one, I put in the MSG DVD and show the Betterman where he lets the crowd sign the first two verses
    no matter how many times I look at that and hear it: goosebumps, chills and tears in my eyes (and I asnt eevn there)

    long time ago I was at a Theraphy? gig with like 800 people and at a certain point Andy (singer) said: I'm tired of singing this song, we'll play it, you can sing it
    they kicked off with Screamager and we sang like our lives depended of it .. he liked it so much that he kept the mic pointing our way when they played Knives straight after ... those loving memories
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  • fluttergirlie
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    I love it when the audience sings plus the band love it and feed off it so it makes for a better show all round :)
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  • Margo
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    The most intense moments during PJ shows are usually to do with crowd participation for me. The crowd singing No More in Nijmegen is a good example. Goosebumps!!!
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