Happy 25th Merkin Ball!!!! I Got Id and Long Road

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  • tino_11
    tino_11 Posts: 2,182
    Two of my favourite songs ever written. Just put out on an random EP, seems ridiculous but I kind of like it that way. 
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  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,112
    edited December 2020
     Spinning it now.  Long road is my favorite song of all time.  :)   I got id should be played at every show.  


    Post edited by mcgruff10 on
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  • GoinHungry94
    GoinHungry94 Albuquerque, NM Posts: 238
    hrd2imgn said:
    Ed's story of how it came to be at whatever the show was was amazing, best intro to a song ever.

    How he was strumming the chord over and over, amd the band juat came in without prompting and just started playing......  San Diego some year about an old teacher Clayton dying.

    5 min in story starts, then video cuts, so someome else find the full video

    https://youtu.be/QuTkrI7xJlY
    Here’s a link to the audio, didn’t come across the video portion yet. 


    I wouldn’t mind a reissue of Mirrorball/Merkinball on vinyl specifically. Give us a box set, ReIssue/Remastering of Mirrorball on some iridescent disco-ball vinyl, a live show/compilation of songs from that tour, Merkinball on a flexi (cardboard brown color), lithographs with shots from studio and tour, hype stickers (like the ones they had)....I’m a dreamer. Hell I’d be okay if they at least re-recorded some if not all the songs with Neil in a special setting of sorts. Maybe even keep it acoustic. 
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  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 9,537
    After buying a couple iridescent pressings this year, I'm gonna have to say a hard no on that. Sound quality is garbage. 


    We do know Neil is planning a live release and reissue though. I bet the band reissues the 7" around then.
  • CP218430
    CP218430 Posts: 1,955
    I'm down with both. But call me crazy if you pressed me for Mirror or Merkin...I'd go Mirror. I bought it just on the off chance Eddie was on vocals and I found my first Neil Young record and never looked back. 
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  • Planet of Sound
    Planet of Sound UK Posts: 637
    Strangely, the Merkin Ball single was the first PJ I ever heard.  The band had been recommended to me, and they just had this single out so I bought it on a whim.  Previously I only listened to chart radio and this opened up a whole world to me.

    But still, I think I’m the Ocean on Mirror Ball tops either of the PJ tracks, even though the PJ tracks are obviously both fantastic.
  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,942
    Planet of Sound said: But still, I think I’m the Ocean on Mirror Ball tops either of the PJ tracks, even though the PJ tracks are obviously both fantastic.
    +1
    I'm The Ocean is my favourite song off of Mirror Ball.
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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,629
    I like Mirrorball but if Merkin Ball had been a full length album I think Merkin would have the edge. And my favorite part of Mirror is Eddie during Peace and Love
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  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,112
    So long road is my absolute favorite song of all time no arguments what so ever.  Toronto 9/11/11 (which happens to be the last time I heard it live) I have row six or seven pretty much dead center in front of Ed.  They open with long road.  No lie at the end of the song Ed strums that final D chord and flicks his guitar pic into the crowd.  I shit you not, that pic landed right in my hands.  At that point I knew it was going to be one good show. 
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,629
    Long Road was my first live song
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    people need to stop calling this song I Got ID. It's I Got Shit. 
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    mcgruff10 said:
    So long road is my absolute favorite song of all time no arguments what so ever.  Toronto 9/11/11 (which happens to be the last time I heard it live) I have row six or seven pretty much dead center in front of Ed.  They open with long road.  No lie at the end of the song Ed strums that final D chord and flicks his guitar pic into the crowd.  I shit you not, that pic landed right in my hands.  At that point I knew it was going to be one good show. 
    i thought you were a jerk because of having 5 kids. now i know that's not the only reason mike. 
    By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.




  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,629
    edited December 2020
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    people need to stop calling this song I Got ID. It's I Got Shit. 
    I got id or shit
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  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,112
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    So long road is my absolute favorite song of all time no arguments what so ever.  Toronto 9/11/11 (which happens to be the last time I heard it live) I have row six or seven pretty much dead center in front of Ed.  They open with long road.  No lie at the end of the song Ed strums that final D chord and flicks his guitar pic into the crowd.  I shit you not, that pic landed right in my hands.  At that point I knew it was going to be one good show. 
    i thought you were a jerk because of having 5 kids. now i know that's not the only reason mike. 
    Lol.    I only had 4 kids in 2011.  ;)
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • GoinHungry94
    GoinHungry94 Albuquerque, NM Posts: 238
    Tim Simmons said:
    After buying a couple iridescent pressings this year, I'm gonna have to say a hard no on that. Sound quality is garbage. 


    We do know Neil is planning a live release and reissue though. I bet the band reissues the 7" around then.


    Which iridescent vinyls did you scoop? A few months back I got a King Gizzard 7” from this dude who makes crazy wild vinyl. He’s even got one with water trapped inside. My white/iridescent King Gizzard is The Castle in the air. 
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    PJ Wrigley--08-18 & 20 2018
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