NJPAC was Awesome and we hold the secret to Yellow Ledbetter!

camaros
camaros Posts: 1,003
edited August 2008 in Given To Fly (live)
An unbelievable experience to say the least and I almost died when he explained Yellow Ledbetter.......
i like sound...
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  • SVRDhand13
    SVRDhand13 Posts: 27,016
    An unbelievable experience to say the least and I almost died when he explained Yellow Ledbetter.......
    Can you give us a little of what he said?
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  • dsg4
    dsg4 Posts: 188
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    Can you give us a little of what he said?
    THERE ARE NO LYRICS!!!!
  • SVRDhand13
    SVRDhand13 Posts: 27,016
    dsg4 wrote:
    THERE ARE NO LYRICS!!!!
    Seriously?!?!?!
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  • camaros
    camaros Posts: 1,003
    I'm on a mobile so it's hard to explain it with due credit and meaning but I did not hear even a breath during his explaination.... Someone else will chime it, or just hear it on the boot.
    i like sound...
  • 12345AGNST1
    12345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    after 17 years, we finally know wat YLB is about. thanks to a drunken fan who shouted "what are the words for yellow ledbetter?"

    summing it up the song is about a guy who died in the gulf war and the guys family got a "yellow letter" (get it?) in the mail stating his son died. there was more to it than that but I dont feel like typing a whole story.

    Oh and Ed was probably in THE BEST mood tonight. He was talking to the crowd just as much as he was singing.

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  • LukinFan
    LukinFan Florida Posts: 29,127
    Check out the 1st post to hear what he said about YL:

    http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=298240
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  • HollisBrown
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    And NJPAC is the nicest place he's ever played.
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  • dsg4
    dsg4 Posts: 188
    so at first eddie said he was taken back, and didnt know there actually were lyrics to the song. Than he explained that its about the first gulf war, and a Man, who is retro grunge style, and society looks down on him, and his brother was off at war. At war, the brother dies, and the man recieves a yellow letter from the army stating this. To try n clear his mind, he takes a walk, and sees 2 people on there porch, with a flag waving. So the man sorta salutes them, and the 2 people look donw on him, like he is scum, not knowing he just lost his brother. And with every step the man takes, he feels as if he is falling in an abyss. That is pretty much what eddie stated.
  • 12345AGNST1
    12345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    what the guy above me said. Disregard what I said.
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    dsg4 wrote:
    so at first eddie said he was taken back, and didnt know there actually were lyrics to the song. Than he explained that its about the first gulf war, and a Man, who is retro grunge style, and society looks down on him, and his brother was off at war. At war, the brother dies, and the man recieves a yellow letter from the army stating this. To try n clear his mind, he takes a walk, and sees 2 people on there porch, with a flag waving. So the man sorta salutes them, and the 2 people look donw on him, like he is scum, not knowing he just lost his brother. And with every step the man takes, he feels as if he is falling in an abyss. That is pretty much what eddie stated.


    wow
  • vedder_soup
    vedder_soup Posts: 5,861
    dsg4 wrote:
    THERE ARE NO LYRICS!!!!

    we know that!!!!
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  • leafs4ever
    leafs4ever Posts: 833
    absolutly amazing concert. I was beside people on both sides that were at the 2 NY shows and both said neither compared to tonight. Eddie really let it go tonight, guess he was pissed about the review lol.

    The explanation of YL was awsome, it seemed like he almost started crying while telling the story.
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  • Sprunkn7
    Sprunkn7 Posts: 5,286
    leafs4ever wrote:
    absolutly amazing concert. I was beside people on both sides that were at the 2 NY shows and both said neither compared to tonight. Eddie really let it go tonight, guess he was pissed about the review lol.

    The explanation of YL was awsome, it seemed like he almost started crying while telling the story.
    I went to NY1, was a good show no doubt, but this just blew it outta the water. So glad I got the tickets and made the trip. Who says you only need to go to one Ed solo show? They are NOT equal. They each have their own "personality" and I'm happy to have seen two different shows in music and mood.
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  • inhiding 1976
    inhiding 1976 NWI Posts: 580
    dsg4 wrote:
    THERE ARE NO LYRICS!!!!
    Don't think they mean lyrics here buddy.

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  • svenstephy
    svenstephy Posts: 182
    Sprunkn7 wrote:
    I went to NY1, was a good show no doubt, but this just blew it outta the water. So glad I got the tickets and made the trip. Who says you only need to go to one Ed solo show? They are NOT equal. They each have their own "personality" and I'm happy to have seen two different shows in music and mood.
    MY SENTIMENTS EXACTLY!

    tonight was amazing.
    it's funny when things change so much, it's all state of mind...
  • yoke
    yoke Posts: 1,440
    THat was such a great show... honestly, a lot happened in that short amount of time.



    All raise a glass to Eddie and toast his first bad review haha, that was great
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  • MakeUSmile
    MakeUSmile NJ Posts: 1,156
    dsg4 wrote:
    so at first eddie said he was taken back, and didnt know there actually were lyrics to the song. Than he explained that its about the first gulf war, and a Man, who is retro grunge style, and society looks down on him, and his brother was off at war. At war, the brother dies, and the man recieves a yellow letter from the army stating this. To try n clear his mind, he takes a walk, and sees 2 people on there porch, with a flag waving. So the man sorta salutes them, and the 2 people look donw on him, like he is scum, not knowing he just lost his brother. And with every step the man takes, he feels as if he is falling in an abyss. That is pretty much what eddie stated.

    I learned more tonight about a pearl jam song then i learned in all of my night at storytellers. Ed's voice did seem to crack a bit when he was telling the story. The vibe to the room reminded me a lot of when Ed talked about Alive during storytellers. Not a sound in the room. Just ed speaking and the audience hanging on to every word.

    great night overall. Im so glad i decided to go.
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  • Sprunkn7 wrote:
    I went to NY1, was a good show no doubt, but this just blew it outta the water. So glad I got the tickets and made the trip. Who says you only need to go to one Ed solo show? They are NOT equal. They each have their own "personality" and I'm happy to have seen two different shows in music and mood.
    svenstephy wrote:
    MY SENTIMENTS EXACTLY!

    tonight was amazing.

    I CONCUR AS WELL! THIS SHOW WAS AWESOME!

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  • Mr. Beeks
    Mr. Beeks Posts: 103
    MakeUSmile wrote:
    I learned more tonight about a pearl jam song then i learned in all of my night at storytellers. Ed's voice did seem to crack a bit when he was telling the story. The vibe to the room reminded me a lot of when Ed talked about Alive during storytellers. Not a sound in the room. Just ed speaking and the audience hanging on to every word.

    great night overall. Im so glad i decided to go.

    You could hear a pin drop. And he totally got choked up at the end.
  • ceska
    ceska New York Posts: 1,138
    He gave out pretty much the same info about YL in a (Yield-era?) interview; that's got to around on the web somewhere.

    -Rob