i'm staying sober for tonight's show

StuffnJunk
StuffnJunk Posts: 897
edited June 2008 in Given To Fly (live)
got bombed last night at MSG and had a blast!!! thought i would stay sober for tonight's show, and i've got some good reasons:

a) as a contrast to last nights show

b) i'll save a ton of money (spent 30 bucks on the 4 beers i bought in the garden)

c) might run into someone who i don't want to be drunk in front of

d) have to be up tomorrow morning for work (didn't have to worry about that last night)


anybody else staying straight tonite?
"I'll tell you what: If all I had was Pearl Jam, and I didn't have another band in the world, I would not be worried. Because in there is the essence of making great music. You don't have to use it all at once, but it's there." - Neil Young
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  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    e) getting bombed at PJ shows is stupid.

    I had a couple of beers before the show, one during Ted Leo, and then made sure I pissed it all out between sets. Don't want to miss anything.

    On a related side note, the two seats next to me were vacant when PJ took the stage. I thought it odd, but cool, because I was gonna have a little bit of extra room to move.

    About three songs in, the seats rightful owners show up -- late -- each holding two beers. Here's the weird part: They both seemed totally into the show, singing along to everything, even the obscure stuff. But they were hardly ever there.

    Halfway through the main set, they disappeared, then returned during the encore with two beers apiece again, and seemed really into the show again. A few songs later, they disappeared again.

    They didn't bother me. They weren't *those* kind of drunks, but it did occur to me to wonder why they bothered to come at all.

    To me, getting blitzed before a PJ show is like getting blitzed before a really good meal: You don't get to savor what you're tasting/hearing.
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • MILKwasAbadChoice
    MILKwasAbadChoice Posts: 285
    can't say the same. its definetly different though. my logic is that i was at 12 shows before i was 21, and this will be my 12th show since i have been 21. So like eddie said we got some catching up to do.

    enjoy though
    98- 9/8.9/10.9/11
    00- 8/3, 8/4, 9/1.9/2
    03- 4/28. 7/8. 7/9. 7/14
    04- 10/1
    05- 10/3
    06- 5/4!!!!, 5/12. 5/13. 5/27, 5/28, 6/1, 6/3
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  • jimbee
    jimbee Posts: 81
    good for you! get high off the music! enjoy!
    * Friends don't let friends use MP3 *
  • NYbenben
    NYbenben Posts: 1,020
    that happend to me last week in camden... Camden 1- full bottle of Stoli O with friends... Bad idea... Camden 2- WATER!!! there is definitly a difference between being buzzed at a show and being Stone Cold Sober at a show... i have to admit, i like the buzz!!
    4/12/92, 8/11/92, 9/28/96, 9/11/98, 8/23/00, 8/24/00, 7/9/03, 4/30/03, 10/1/04, 10/3/05, 12/9/05, 5/12/06, 5/17/06, 5/28/06, 6/3/06, 12/9/06, EV LA 4/12-4/13/08, 6/12/08, 6,19,08, 6,20,08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 7/1/08

    and still jonesing for another show....
    "the waiting drove me mad..."
  • long road walker
    long road walker Posts: 352
    got pretty blitzed last night, been worse tho, going to try & be a little better tonight, better meaning not as drunk or high, lol
    "no more crowbars to my head"
  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,865
    ive found a good balance of drinking at PJ shows. Ill have some before the show... have some during the opening act, pee it out as someone above stated... and then enjoy the show without having to get out of my seat.
    I used to get drunk at shows (of all sorts), and I would have the worst guilt the following day.
  • wolfbear
    wolfbear Posts: 3,965
    I enjoy it so much more sober. Like someone else said, just one or two before so no pee breaks, then party afterwards! :)
    "I'd rather be with an animal." "Those that can be trusted can change their mind." "The in between is mine." "If I don't lose control, explore and not explode, a preternatural other plane with the power to maintain." "Yeh this is living." "Life is what you make it."
  • I_Got_Shit
    I_Got_Shit Posts: 325
    I usually cut myself off at two beers pre-show, maybe I'll get one more after the opening act. I just don't think being drunk enhances my enjoyment of the show, it just makes it go by faster.

    Marijuana, on the other hand... is illegal, so I would never, ever smoke any.
    *Does not include encore of Garden and Leash.
  • StuffnJunk
    StuffnJunk Posts: 897
    the main thing for me is i hate having to keep leaving to take a leak....but last night the men's room was right near my seats, so even if i ran out during a song like Down or Present Tense (which i can do without) i didn't miss much and could still hear from the bathroom

    somethimes i think it sucks to go to a show and get intoxicated and not remember much....but it is all about the moment - when you are there drunk, you are having a whole lot of fun in the moment, so what if you can't remember the whole setlist the next day??

    also, i've been to shows sober and had a hard time remembering what was played the next day!!
    "I'll tell you what: If all I had was Pearl Jam, and I didn't have another band in the world, I would not be worried. Because in there is the essence of making great music. You don't have to use it all at once, but it's there." - Neil Young
  • swirlsallaround
    swirlsallaround Posts: 16
    I agree - it seems like if I drink enough that I have to leave for the bathroom, that's always when they play the song I've been hoping for...
    ~~How many of you believe in psycho-kinesis? Raise my hand.

    2003 Tampa, Atlanta, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Albany, Buffalo, State College, Bonner Springs, Council Bluffs, DC, Camden I & II, MSG I 2006 Albany, Hartford, Camden I & II, 2008 Hartford, Mansfield I
  • MikeSig
    MikeSig Posts: 74
    A light buzz is enjoyable, but as I_Got_Shit said, drinking too much makes the show breeze by for me (which is not a good thing).

    It's odd - it's like if I drink too much I may have more fun, but it seems like that fun is shorter lived than if I was sober.
  • Im still here
    Im still here Posts: 826
    Now if Ed will just try to stay sober tonight maybe they'll play a good set
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  • alive when free
    alive when free Posts: 49
    absolutely. drank a lot before both camden 1 and DC and forget different parts of both. dissapointing.

    definitely not drinking before Mansfield.
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  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    If you need the booze (or dope) to enjoy the show....you ain't there for the music. :rolleyes:
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • StuffnJunk
    StuffnJunk Posts: 897
    tybird wrote:
    If you need the booze (or dope) to enjoy the show....you ain't there for the music. :rolleyes:
    thats horseshit
    "I'll tell you what: If all I had was Pearl Jam, and I didn't have another band in the world, I would not be worried. Because in there is the essence of making great music. You don't have to use it all at once, but it's there." - Neil Young
  • swirlsallaround
    swirlsallaround Posts: 16
    tybird wrote:
    If you need the booze (or dope) to enjoy the show....you ain't there for the music. :rolleyes:

    I don't think anyone said they needed it to enjoy the show - sometimes when you get together and tailgate with people you haven't seen since the last show, things just get a little crazy... no harm.
    ~~How many of you believe in psycho-kinesis? Raise my hand.

    2003 Tampa, Atlanta, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Albany, Buffalo, State College, Bonner Springs, Council Bluffs, DC, Camden I & II, MSG I 2006 Albany, Hartford, Camden I & II, 2008 Hartford, Mansfield I
  • CaptainCalli24
    CaptainCalli24 Queens, NY Posts: 329
    im going to everything i can to stay sober tonight...i was falling all over the place by time the show started...i had to go home last night and check out the setlist because everything was such a blur...maybe ill hit the slopes 2nite instead
    Nassau 4/30/03
    Irving Plaza 5/5/06
    Continental 6/1/06 6/3/06
    Chicago 8/5/07
    Camden2 6/20/08
    MSG 6/24/08 6/25/08
    Beacon Theatre 7/1/08
    Philly 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    Hartford 5/15/10
    Newark 5/18/10
    MSG 5/20/10, 5/21/10
    Alpine Valley 9/3/11, 9/3/12
    Wrigley 7/19/13
    Brooklyn 10/18/13, 10/19/13
    Philly 10/21/13
    Hartford 10/25/13
    Seattle 12/6/13
    Colbert 9/23/15
    Central Park 9/26/15
    Philly 4/28/16, 4/29/16
    MSG 5/1/16, 5/2/16
    Fenway 8/5/16, 8/7/16, 8/2/18, 8/4/18
    Asbury Park 9/18/21
    Apollo 9/10/22
    Chicago 9/5/23,9/7/23
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    StuffnJunk wrote:
    thats horseshit
    Nope...that's the real shit, pardner.
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • rebornFixer
    rebornFixer Posts: 4,901
    I have ONE, at most, during the opening band. The last thing I want during a PJ show is an altered state of consciousness (induced by substances, that is ... If the music does it, well, that's the point!).
  • StuffnJunk
    StuffnJunk Posts: 897
    tybird wrote:
    If you need the booze (or dope) to enjoy the show....you ain't there for the music. :rolleyes:
    well then i guess Eddie Vedder with his red wine isn't there for the music

    let's hear your clever reply to that
    "I'll tell you what: If all I had was Pearl Jam, and I didn't have another band in the world, I would not be worried. Because in there is the essence of making great music. You don't have to use it all at once, but it's there." - Neil Young

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