*** Ed solo Montreal 1 Fanviews Here 8/9/08 ***
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August 9, 2008, Montreal, Quebec, Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier
Ed solo tour - opening: Liam Finn
Set list pending:
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Ed solo tour - opening: Liam Finn
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Please share your Fanviews of the show here...the Fanview threads are preserved on the board.
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Gone, Wishlist, Throw Your Arms Around Me, Blackbird was a beautiful surprise. He asked the crowd to whistle like birds at the bridge of the tune, and we did!
His joking and commentaries were great. He complimented the crowd's singing and told a story about seeing a late night infomercial while falling alseep in his hotel room for 'a sexual implement' and that at first he glance he expected to see a wrist watch on it as he thought it was an arm! lol..
He also talked about how a woman who was standing and rifling through her bag during one of his tunes looked like she had her white pants (which was actually her bag) around her ankles and that it was sort of distracting...actually that it psyched him to play the song without fucking it up, or something along those lines. Pretty funny stuff. Arc was incredible.
I met Ed for the second time ever today. Had a hug and gave my thanks. Not necessarily in that order. Can't wait till tomorrow night!0 -
Just got in from the drive back from MTL.
Lots of chatter from Ed. He even spoke for a couple of minutes before he began. He mentioned that he wanted to aknowledge the rousing welcome.
He played Gone for a recently engaged couple he met earlier in the day.
He recalled how he woke up in his hotel room last night around 1am and was shocked to see an infomercial on sex toys in French!
He told a cute story about Olivia and her learning French.
There was one particular fan in the back constantly yelling "Eddie"...but after a few times of him yelling, a bunch of people seated around him told him to shut up. Eddie thanked the audience for self-policing themselves!
Best songs for me: Wishlist, Porch, Trouble
I'll have more tomorrow, but for now it's off to bed then drive back to MTL tomorrow for part 2!2005 - Montreal, Ottawa / 2011 Montreal, Toronto 1, Ottawa / 2013 London, Calgary, Vancouver0 -
Coool! I knew I should have gone despite not knowing anyone in Montreal and forgetting most of my french...
They have some very interesting stuff on those french TV channels...that's for sure! Get about huit french channels on my TV and whoa!!
I'll shut up now. I wasn't there...but funny that Ed would mention white pants on someone else...hmmmm?be philanthropic0 -
friday i took the 10 hour, forever crossing the border, greyhound bus up from nyc
and had planned to score a cheap balconey ticket outside and maybe take a vid or two from up there,
but thanks to a super cool 10c member who had an extra, i was in the 10th row center.
so of course not to be scoped by ed and ruin his vibes, i threw the idea of taking vids out the window.
an ever so potent and poignant version of the beatles classic with ed the genius bringing it up to the current times.
do wish i had the camera on ed when he did flip his middle finger to kiddingly explain before the song "thats when you're looking for this (bird)"
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van cougar wrote:friday i took the 10 hour, forever crossing the border, greyhound bus up from nyc
and had planned to score a cheap balconey ticket outside and maybe take a vid or two from up there,
but thanks to a super cool 10c member who had an extra,
i was in the 10th row center,
so of course not to be scoped by ed and ruin his vibes, i throw the idea of taking vids out the window.
but i did turn the camera on between my legs for BLACKBIRD,
so here is audio only,
of an ever so potent and poignant version of the beatles classic with ed the genius bringing it up to the current times.
do wish i had the camera on ed at the 2 minute mark when he did flip his middle finger to explain "not that bird"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3CtFSpc1kk
That's really awesome. But why is the audience at every show filled with so many selfish dumbass mfers who want to hear themselves make noise. JUST SHUT THE EFF UP AND LET ME MAN PUT ON A CONCERT FOR CHRIST SAKE. I can't believe this screaming shit never subsides and continues at every show. Why don't people just listen...listen....listen and enjoy.
Even the rythmic clapping. COME ON. NO. NO NO NO NO. Don't rythmic clap. LISTEN. Rythmic clapping is just the worst. just don't. UGGHH. All of these shows are great. Its just too bad each and every one of them are poisoned by a bunch of selfish idiots making unneccessary comments that skew eds direction...EVERY NIGHT. Let him sing. You paid to watch him sing. SHUT UP AND HE MIGHT PLAY THE SONG YOU ARE SO RUDLY DEMANDING HE PLAY.
UGGGHHHHHH.
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what an absolutely phenomenal show. this blew boston2 away, for me. Thanks again to steveman for the awesome ticket!
Blackbird was pretty amazing, and he stopped to talk/tell a story in the middle of it.
He had some trouble with the end of Broken Hearted, missing a note or something and said "fuck me." then missed it again and said "fuck me, again", then finished it beautifully. It was funny, then perfect.
"Gone" was added by request of a fan he met before the show who asked Eddie to play it for his fiance.
Throw Your Arms Around Me w/Liam was awesome.
The whole thing was awesome. Ed seemed really personable, friendly, despite a few obnoxious shouters in the crowd. Lots of stories, jokes, good laughs.
And Lukin! Introduced as "another one you can sing along to"."just be darling, and I will be too"
10/25/13 - H, CT
10/15/13 - W, MA
06/16/11 - B, MA (E.V.)
05/17/10 - B, MA
05/15/10 - H, CT
06/09/09 - A, NY (E.V.)
08/01/08 - B, MA (E.V.)
06/30/08 - M, MA
05/25/08 - B, MA
08/30/00 - M, MA0 -
Wow 'Quelle soirée' !
Except for the stupid yelling, that was a magic, intimate night. I was really surprise with Liam, that guy is pure energy, amazing loops !
I was lucky with my 10C tickets, row 6 (A) almost center. Hope that will not be worst on the 2nd show.
'93 Verdun (MTL)
'98 Montreal
'00 Montreal
'03 Montreal
'05 Montreal
'05 Ottawa
'05 Quebec
'08 Montreal
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Can someone PLEASE share some of the stories....What did he say for I'm One? How many times did he mess up? PLEASE GIVE ALL YOU'VE GOT!!!!!!!0
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Wow!!! Thank you so much for this show. I missed out on Ten Club ticket so I ended up with seats in the very back row. I was still pretty excited to go, but went straight up to cloud nine when a few guys who worked for the venue came up and traded me my back row balcony seats for FRONT ROW seats!!! I'll be home tomorrow and will tell you everything.
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PaulMac wrote:what an absolutely phenomenal show. this blew boston2 away, for me. Thanks again to steveman for the awesome ticket!
Blackbird was pretty amazing, and he stopped to talk/tell a story in the middle of it.
He had some trouble with the end of Broken Hearted, missing a note or something and said "fuck me." then missed it again and said "fuck me, again", then finished it beautifully. It was funny, then perfect.
"Gone" was added by request of a fan he met before the show who asked Eddie to play it for his fiance.
Throw Your Arms Around Me w/Liam was awesome.
The whole thing was awesome. Ed seemed really personable, friendly, despite a few obnoxious shouters in the crowd. Lots of stories, jokes, good laughs.
And Lukin! Introduced as "another one you can sing along to".
Thanks for the review~ sounds like it was a beautiful show~awe man you're so lucky!!! I wish there was a boot~ then at least I could hear it? I'm bummmmin a bit~wishin I was rich or irresponcible or somethin so I could just follow the tour~* poor pittiful me~ but happy for you~thanks again0 -
van cougar wrote:friday i took the 10 hour, forever crossing the border, greyhound bus up from nyc
and had planned to score a cheap balconey ticket outside and maybe take a vid or two from up there,
but thanks to a super cool 10c member who had an extra, i was in the 10th row center.
so of course not to be scoped by ed and ruin his vibes, i threw the idea of taking vids out the window.
but did turn the camera on between my legs for BLACKBIRD, so here is audio only,
of an ever so potent and poignant version of the beatles classic with ed the genius bringing it up to the current times.
do wish i had the camera on ed at the 2 minute mark when he did flip his middle finger to explain "thats when you're looking for this"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3CtFSpc1kk
Thank YOU so very much~ very cool audio ~ a lil sneeky ~ but its all good cuz it was for us~ THANK YOU for thinkin of us!!0 -
I loved it when he talked about his daughter and how much of a "whipper snapper" she is. He said she is learning some French words and, when he explained he was in a French city, he asked her how to say some things. He said, "How do I say goodnight?" and she said, "Bon... bon... oh, I think if you're really nice you can just say 'hi'"
So then, Ed waved to the crowd and said "Hi!" with a big smile on his face.
Blackbird and Wishlist were real treats for me but what stayed with me was No More which I kept singing in my head as I tossed and turned all night. I'm a sucker for an anti-war song and teared up, I'll admit it.
Looking very forward to the show tonight. I was bummed about all the "Eddie" chanting and laughed when he said, "Okay, so we've established we know my name now." The amount of people taking videos and photos on their Blackberries, cameras, and cellphones was surprising... even with flash in the first few rows.
He also made a comment about how he didn't want to try speaking French because, "By bastardizing the language, you all might think I'm trying to be presidential". The crowd loved his digs at W.
BTW, I had fourth row (DD) centre (3, 5) seats and my 10C number is 20XXX.
Sorry for the scattered post, my thoughts aren't very clear that's for sure! I'm still just too excited!20. ottawa - may '16
19. ottawa - may '11
18. montreal - sept '11
17. toronto - aug '09
16. toronto - aug '08 (ev solo)
15. toronto - aug '08 (ev solo)
14. montreal - aug '08 (ev solo)
13. montreal - aug '08 (ev solo)
12. toronto - may '06
11. ottawa - sept '05
10. mansfield, ma - july '03
9. NYC - oct '00 (nader rally)
8. mansfield, ma - sept '00
7. DC - sept '98 (voters for choice)
6. NYC - sept '98
5. east rutherford, NJ - sept '98
4. montreal - aug '98
3. augusta, me - sept '96
2. toronto - sept '96
1. gimli - aug '930 -
MontrealPJfanforlife wrote:He also talked about how a woman who was standing and rifling through her bag during one of his tunes looked like she had her white pants (which was actually her bag) around her ankles and that it was sort of distracting...actually that it psyched him to play the song without fucking it up, or something along those lines.
I guess her bag was on the floor, so from the stage it looked like she was hunched over with her pants around her ankles. Eddie said something about "but see how I didn't fuck up the song, and kept going??" And then later, I forget how it came up again, but he yelled "keep your pants on!" (that may have come up right after the sex toy infomercial story, I can't remember).
With Blackbird, he started the song, then sang a new verse he made up, then told a story, then finished the song. The story he told was about how the song makes him think of the struggles that African Americans have gone through in the past, and then he said he thinks about Barack Obama, and can't stop smiling. The story was kind of disjointed, but you get the picture.
It's all such a blur of awesomeness."just be darling, and I will be too"
10/25/13 - H, CT
10/15/13 - W, MA
06/16/11 - B, MA (E.V.)
05/17/10 - B, MA
05/15/10 - H, CT
06/09/09 - A, NY (E.V.)
08/01/08 - B, MA (E.V.)
06/30/08 - M, MA
05/25/08 - B, MA
08/30/00 - M, MA0 -
pjamfreak wrote:This "screaming guy" was quite drunk in the 13th row and very near me ! He came from Ontario...We were all pissed off ! and he will be there for the 2nd show ... Well, i hope he will not shout all night again ...
Oh no! I love when there's a drunk, obnoxious fan overheard saying they WON'T be going to the next show. I hope this guy sobers up in time to enjoy the show and not just his own screaming voice.20. ottawa - may '16
19. ottawa - may '11
18. montreal - sept '11
17. toronto - aug '09
16. toronto - aug '08 (ev solo)
15. toronto - aug '08 (ev solo)
14. montreal - aug '08 (ev solo)
13. montreal - aug '08 (ev solo)
12. toronto - may '06
11. ottawa - sept '05
10. mansfield, ma - july '03
9. NYC - oct '00 (nader rally)
8. mansfield, ma - sept '00
7. DC - sept '98 (voters for choice)
6. NYC - sept '98
5. east rutherford, NJ - sept '98
4. montreal - aug '98
3. augusta, me - sept '96
2. toronto - sept '96
1. gimli - aug '930 -
pjamfreak wrote:After black bird i think, he jammed on FIRST NOTES OF DTE after a guy from the crowd said "ITS EVOLUTION BABY " during 30 seconds
Oh! I'd forgotten about that! That was pretty awesome."just be darling, and I will be too"
10/25/13 - H, CT
10/15/13 - W, MA
06/16/11 - B, MA (E.V.)
05/17/10 - B, MA
05/15/10 - H, CT
06/09/09 - A, NY (E.V.)
08/01/08 - B, MA (E.V.)
06/30/08 - M, MA
05/25/08 - B, MA
08/30/00 - M, MA0 -
The Best show ever......Can't wait for night #2...Montreal 2000 - 2003 - 2005 - 2011
Ottawa 2005 - 2011 - 2016
Québec 2005 - 2016
Toronto 2006 night #1
Toronto 2006 night #2
EV Montreal 2008 Night #1
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Sounds like a great show! Wish I could've been there!Shine on all you crazy diamonds!!!!
Angel
Are we getting something out of this......all encompassing trip?
Paramount, NYC '94; Randall's Island, NYC '96; Brendan Byrne, NJ '98;
EV solo, NYC 1 '08; EV solo, NJPAC '08; Philadelphia, PA 10/30/2009;
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skyeriverwinter wrote:Was he speaking to the guitar? What do you mean "he busted a bit?"
He messed up the song, couldn't get the right key or something. Tried twice and screwed up, then said if he didn't get it right the next time, the guitar was going to end up in pieces. But he was kind of laughing when he said it."just be darling, and I will be too"
10/25/13 - H, CT
10/15/13 - W, MA
06/16/11 - B, MA (E.V.)
05/17/10 - B, MA
05/15/10 - H, CT
06/09/09 - A, NY (E.V.)
08/01/08 - B, MA (E.V.)
06/30/08 - M, MA
05/25/08 - B, MA
08/30/00 - M, MA0 -
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