*** Ed solo Montreal 1 Fanviews Here 8/9/08 ***

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  • Phild44
    Phild44 Posts: 48
    eyesnoeyes wrote:
    I agree about everything that's been said so far - that guy was so freaking annoying, and he was probably about 2-3 rows behind us. If that guys reads this, just know that you were SUPREMELY OBNOXIOUS and no one, including Eddie, found any of your ridiculous ranting flattering or funny...

    But... that isn't to say that the show was really that adversely affected by him, I think everyone eventually just tuned out cro-mag (including Eddie) and went on with things.

    As far as I remember - there was really nothing said before 'I'm One', for that person that was asking. Sorry, he just sort of went into it and it killed.

    Also, a beautiful moment came before Arc - I was convinced that guy was going to yell something because the crowd went DEAD silent for an extended period there (at least from where I was). It was nerve-wracking, because with each passing second (and it was at least 20 - 30 seconds of Ed getting set to record the first loop) I thought 'someone is going to ruin this' - but everyone, including single-chromosone-EDDIE!!-freak, kept very quiet.

    I've been lucky in having seen Arc the first time Eddie tried it in San Diego in 2003 and later in Montreal (2003) - but this version was just draw-droppingly beautiful.

    Wish I was going tonight, but I'm back in Ottawa - I begrudgingly wish people an even better show tonight!


    I also noticed the long silence before Arc, that was real appropriate...he was giving it all out ! But I remember someone shouted "Peace and Love", it was right after No More, so real appropriate again...and he went on and answered, before starting Arc: "I'll try to do something with that love you manifest"

    The responding peace signs from Ed, were great to see

    Let me tell you the second show was even better, not to take away anything from the first one, the crowd sounded better, the people he brought on stage ( I'll let others describe it in the second trend), the sing-a-long of Small Town, WOW !!!
    The three songs from Dylan, Masters of War, was the song I wanted to hear the most.

    The sound of the guitars/mandoline and Ed's voice was just perfect in this great theater of Place des Arts. Bravo Montreal.

    The second half of Montreal 2, was just filled with love, Ed was reffering alot to love in the summer ! Something Canadians can relate to with the harsh winters we have.

    We all know he'll be back, you could see his great appreciation throughout the whole show ! Thanks Ed, great shows !
  • peve19
    peve19 Posts: 16
    Phild44 is a lucky bastard!!! :P Glad to see that you enjoyed the 2nd show as much as the 1st one, despite me not being with you! lol
    Montreal '98, Montreal '00,
    State College '03,
    Toronto '03,
    Montreal '03, Montreal '05,
    Ottawa '05,
    NYC1 08 - NYC2 08 - Eddie MTL 08
    Toronto 09 Philly 09 - 3rd Philly 09 - 4th
  • inMytree_19
    inMytree_19 Toronto, Canada Posts: 177
    simply amazing... just got home from our road trip to Montreal for the weekend. Thank you 10C for fourth row, dead center tickets!! Eddies voice sounded extraordinary. The highlights for me were I am mine, Blackbird (which was excellent beyond words) and No More. The extra long Hard Sun to finish was awesome and got better when he told everyone to move up to the stage, so i was within arms distance of him which was an experience in itself. The people who thought it necessary to yell EDDDIIEE every single time there was silence became very annoying after the first time, how long does it take for those idiots to realize Eddie wanted them to stop doing it? Big up to the girl who yelled "And we hate you" after the same guy yelled "We love you eddie" for the tenth time. Amazing time in Montreal and VERY excited for the new cd to come out!
    2008 - Mansfield
    2008 - Montreal (EV Solo)
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  • daveh76
    daveh76 Posts: 9
    just got back from an 11 hour drive back from Montreal
    caught both shows
    first one was very good aside from our seats (second balcony 4th row... shutout of 10C tix)

    all in all it was an awesome show, Liam Finn was ok, awesome drummer and kinda wild with the guitar but a good opener.
    Halifax 2005

    EV Montreal x 2 2008
  • LONGRD
    LONGRD Posts: 6,036
    pjamfreak wrote:
    this one :

    MAIN SET: Walking the Cow, Trouble, Sometimes, I Am Mine, Dead Man, Man of the Hour, Setting Forth, No Ceiling, Guaranteed, Far Behind, Rise, Millworker, Goodbye, Broken Hearted, Driftin', Hide Your Love Away, (DTE snippet),Blackbird, Gone, Porch [END OF MAIN SET]


    1ST ENCORE: Society (w/Liam Finn), Throw Your Arms Around Me (w/Liam Finn), Wishlist, Lukin, I'm One (Pete Townshend), No More, Arc

    2ND ENCORE: Hard Sun (w/Liam Finn and EJ Barnes)
    Thanks for the setlist man. :D Thanks to Ed for maintaining a cool composure from all the flashes and crazy yell and shoutouts.
    PJ- 04/29/2003.06/24,25,27,28,30/2008.10/27,28,30,31/2009
    EV- 08/09,10/2008.06/08,09/2009
  • Montreal Mike
    Montreal Mike Posts: 2
    Let me start by saying I was a PJ fan in the early 90's (saw them in Montreal in 93) and then kind of strayed away. Not just from PJ just music in general. I used to pop in a PJ CD from time to time though.

    I got free tix to the EV show in Montreal (night 1) and loved it soo much that I went and purchased a ticket for night 2. I forgot how amazing he is. I thoroughly enjoyed both shows. ARC simply blew my mind. The encore of Hard Sun was great.

    I found EV in more of a relaxed mood on night 2. Night 1 he made many political statements (which I liked as I share his views) about the gov, oil, the war, Afro american treatment etc. Night 2 seemed like more of a party, as mentioned early. Anyway they were both spectacular nights.

    I am pleased to re-introdced to EV and PJ and delighted to see there are a few albums that I had not heard of. its good to be back. :O)
  • tekkamaki
    tekkamaki Posts: 1
    I saw PJ in Brisbane, Australia in March '95 and for no particular reason other than not being much of a concert-goer, I haven't seen them since. As much as I appreciate PJ and listen to them frequently, my real interest has always been Eddie Vedder's voice, preferably without too much interference. That made ITW an instant classic in my collection.

    Thanks to my PJ fanatic - I use that in the best sense of the word - bro-in-law (I think Sunday was his 29th PJ/EV concert) who knows how much I enjoy his solo work, I got to see EV from third row center on Sunday night. The concert was the single greatest musical experience I have had. He kidded about spoiling concerts for the little girl he "serenaded"... I'm afraid being that close in an eager and appreciative, but otherwise pleasantly reserved and respectful, audience is likely to make any future concert experience pale in comparison.

    It was truly an awesome experience, well worth the drive from Maine!
  • agauthiermdphd
    agauthiermdphd Posts: 144
    She was sitting to my right. She had a white cloth purse between her feet. She was the one who told me that Eddie’s producer had brought her, her boyfriend and 6-8 of their friends down from the last row.

    If you are interested you could take a look at my other post (story from a lucky man at Montreal 1)

    Alain
    I wish I was as fortunate, as fortunate as me.

    Montreal 20/06/03, Montreal 15/09/05, Ottawa 16/09/05. Montreal 1 (EV) 09/08/08; Albany 2 (EV) 09/06/09.
    Toronto 21/08/09; Cleveland 9/05/10; Buffalo 10/05/10. Montreal 7/09/11; Toronto 11/9/11; Toronto 12/9/11; Ottawa 14/9/11.
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    Quebec City 1/9/2022; Ottawa 3/9/2022; Hamilton 6/9/2022, Toronto 8/9/2022.
  • angelm20
    angelm20 Posts: 142
    keeponrockin wrote:
    Holy shit, that was amazing. I was 17-18 rows back with my dad, next to another dude from Ottawa. Seats were GREAT, I don't know how you could complain about that. Blackbird was the highlight of the night, other than the fact that I met Ed in the parking lot!

    Wow sounds amazin~ YOU MET ED~!! So~ what did you say? Or do? Thought you could just sneek that in like that and not say more? Was he alone? Tell us~tell us more please~thanks
  • cookies
    cookies Posts: 113
    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 much for sharing that. Who would have known Ed has a great sense of humor. That saying no that is to get a girl was funny, thanks again
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  • Jeanwah
    Jeanwah Posts: 6,363
    I met Ed after the show, I'm a little modest about just blurting something like that out, but waiting around the theatre for an hour and a half "just to see what could happen" paid off.

    I was hanging out with the rest of the groupies by the tour bus, because me and a friend had time on our hands, until we decided that it was ridiculous to stand there so long and left the small crowd and started walking down the street in search of a good pub. We were walking behind the building when a few people exited through a side door, and it was my friend who was like "that's got to be him!" And it was, with some security. So I ran up w/ my playbill; there was only a couple of us; and as he took my playbill to sign, I told Eddie how thankful I was for the music and the inspiration. He stopped writing, looked straight at me and said "you're welcome!" and did sort of a double take at me. He finished writing, passed back the program and told me that I was beautiful!! I'm not kidding, and I'm still very stunned!!! Wow!!! :)
  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 15,207
    Jeanwah wrote:
    I met Ed after the show, I'm a little modest about just blurting something like that out, but waiting around the theatre for an hour and a half "just to see what could happen" paid off.

    I was hanging out with the rest of the groupies by the tour bus, because me and a friend had time on our hands, until we decided that it was ridiculous to stand there so long and left the small crowd and started walking down the street in search of a good pub. We were walking behind the building when a few people exited through a side door, and it was my friend who was like "that's got to be him!" And it was, with some security. So I ran up w/ my playbill; there was only a couple of us; and as he took my playbill to sign, I told Eddie how thankful I was for the music and the inspiration. He stopped writing, looked straight at me and said "you're welcome!" and did sort of a double take at me. He finished writing, passed back the program and told me that I was beautiful!! I'm not kidding, and I'm still very stunned!!! Wow!!! :)



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  • angelm20
    angelm20 Posts: 142
    Jeanwah wrote:
    I met Ed after the show, I'm a little modest about just blurting something like that out, but waiting around the theatre for an hour and a half "just to see what could happen" paid off.

    I was hanging out with the rest of the groupies by the tour bus, because me and a friend had time on our hands, until we decided that it was ridiculous to stand there so long and left the small crowd and started walking down the street in search of a good pub. We were walking behind the building when a few people exited through a side door, and it was my friend who was like "that's got to be him!" And it was, with some security. So I ran up w/ my playbill; there was only a couple of us; and as he took my playbill to sign, I told Eddie how thankful I was for the music and the inspiration. He stopped writing, looked straight at me and said "you're welcome!" and did sort of a double take at me. He finished writing, passed back the program and told me that I was beautiful!! I'm not kidding, and I'm still very stunned!!! Wow!!! :)

    Thats wonderful~ I am jealous of you oh beautiful one~ you should have took that ball and ran~HEY~ did you have on white pants, hat or a white purse? Did you have a baby or small child? Engaged recently or recently married? Hmmmm~ Or ~~maybe you re just really beautiful!!! If you werent do you think he would have walked by?
  • Jeanwah
    Jeanwah Posts: 6,363
    angelm19 wrote:
    Thats wonderful~ I am jealous of you oh beautiful one~ you should have took that ball and ran~HEY~ did you have on white pants, hat or a white purse? Did you have a baby or small child? Engaged recently or recently married? Hmmmm~ Or ~~maybe you re just really beautiful!!! If you werent do you think he would have walked by?

    Nope, none of the above, just really lucky timing...PERFECT timing. I did have on a tee-shirt w/ many doves in the shape of a peace sign, similar to the one he owns, though, that he's worn at some shows. Maybe that had something to do with it! :)
  • angelm20
    angelm20 Posts: 142
    Jeanwah wrote:
    Nope, none of the above, just really lucky timing...PERFECT timing. I did have on a tee-shirt w/ many doves in the shape of a peace sign, similar to the one he owns, though, that he's worn at some shows. Maybe that had something to do with it! :)

    Have you been reading the other posts from people who met him? I hope you understand that white thing issue~ it was kinda a joke

    You were lucky indeed! I bet you were glowing for awhile~ or are still glowing. I know I would be. I can just see his eyes light up for you~ you must have good karma and are a good person for that to have happened. More to you then just being beautiful....Congratulations!Continued Good Luck to you always!
  • Jeanwah
    Jeanwah Posts: 6,363
    angelm19 wrote:
    Have you been reading the other posts from people who met him? I hope you understand that white thing issue~ it was kinda a joke

    You were lucky indeed! I bet you were glowing for awhile~ or are still glowing. I know I would be. I can just see his eyes light up for you~ you must have good karma and are a good person for that to have happened. More to you then just being beautiful....Congratulations!Continued Good Luck to you always!

    Oh, I do! And I noticed from pics from night 2 that he was wearing those white pants again! I'm wondering if he went free like he had been recently on tour w/ the band with the white pants...He was sitting this time, so it's hard to tell. ;)

    And thanks for your kind words. I'm still just blown away! :)
  • angelm20
    angelm20 Posts: 142
    Jeanwah wrote:
    Oh, I do! And I noticed from pics from night 2 that he was wearing those white pants again! I'm wondering if he went free like he had been recently on tour w/ the band with the white pants...He was sitting this time, so it's hard to tell. ;)

    And thanks for your kind words. I'm still just blown away! :)

    God I love those white pants! And ~ Hail Hail to Freedom! YES!
  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 98,320
    Montreal 1; the first Ed show for me on the East Coast.

    Had seat G 15. In the middle. Had such a great time. Liam was on fire, and so was Ed. The crowd was wild. As the flashing came from all over. The screaming & yelling to Ed was too much. The singing of the bird was my favorite.

    I organized the Eddie Vedder Wishlist Foundation preparty at McLeans pub that day. Our benefiary was Dans la Rue. http://danslarue.org/ . It was a great turnup. We raised $447 dollars. I was there early at the pub. A fan came in and passed down his Toronto 2 '06 BK poster, framed. :) We had it up for auction. The bid closed at if i remembered, just $65 bucks!!! I don't have this poster, and there wasn't any way I could take it on the road, and fly back with it to Halifax.

    I meet a few old friends, made a few new friends. It was a great time helping out at the table. Wished the pub's DVD player worked. There were so many HD tv's in the pub, would of been a sweet Pearl Jam experience.

    I did manage to buy a few extra posters that night, which I hooked up a few friends, and raffled one of them off for Night 2.

    Montreal is just amazing. My stay was just across the corner of China Town. I'll be back there again. I love the French. Wished I didn't drop the course back in High School. D'oh!
  • Dead Man Walking
    Dead Man Walking Toronto-ish Posts: 2,762
    Sea wrote:
    August 9, 2008, Montreal, Quebec, Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier
    Ed solo tour - opening: Liam Finn

    Set list pending:


    Please share your Fanviews of the show here...the Fanview threads are preserved on the board.

    Did anyone ever get the setlist from this show?
  • billyruff
    billyruff Posts: 538
    Great read and to relive the experience...thanks to all that were there and had fun and didnt scream all concert...

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