Ed - Albany,NY 8 juin 2009

[Québec fan]

Salle: Palace Theatre 2844 places




Membre(s) PJforum présent : Québec Fan


Setlist:

Set list (unconfirmed): Walking the Cow, Sometimes, Around The Bend, I am Mine, I'm Open, Man of the Hour, No Ceiling, Guaranteed, Rise, Far Behind, Mr. State Trooper, Girl from the North Country, Driftin', You've Got to Hide Your Love Away, Soon Forget, You're True, Small Town, NEW Song (Just for Albany), LUKIN, Porch

Encore: Society (w/ Liam) , Forever Young, Arc, Hard Sun (w/ Liam & EJ)

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[Québec fan]

Je suis arrivé sur place y'a quelques minutes...hotel à quelques mètres du Palace...

je tente d'aller voir la marquise...

Ed- 26 hres...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Olikatie]

Bon concert mon ami!!!

[dirtyfranck]

Enjoy!!!

[Québec fan]

MERCI !! rock on !!

[Julien]

Putain ça donne envie...Ca a pas l'air bien grand l'endroit...

[dranx]

En direct de NY du cyburger king a time square...je prends le train tout a l heure pour albany ... (ces touches ricaines c vraiment de la merde)

a plus les jammers

[Monkey Wrench]

Je sais pas pourquoi mais je sens bien Ed essayer une petite nouvelle chanson sur ce tour solo. Ou en tout cas j'espère !

[Olikatie]

Set list (unconfirmed): Walking the Cow, Sometimes, Around The Bend, I am Mine, I'm Open, Man of the Hour, No Ceiling, Guaranteed, Rise, Far Behind, Mr. State Trooper, Girl from the North Country, Driftin', You've Got to Hide Your Love Away, Soon Forget, You're True, Small Town, NEW Song (Just for Albany), LUKIN, Porch

Encore: Society (w/ Liam) , Forever Young, Arc, Hard Sun (w/ Liam & EJ)

[Olikatie]

Vedder show unpolished, but enjoyable

ALBANY — ALBANY — Eddie Vedder started his solo tour in Albany Monday night — his first of two sold-out shows at The Palace. Calm and relaxed, he rambled through stories, stopped singing in mid-tune, and offered excuses throughout the show, though he didn’t need to make any.

Vedder’s voice commanded the same authority it does when Pearl Jam is behind him. His tone and power captured the packed Palace whether he shouted or whispered. The audience was eager to explode, and Vedder spent some effort keeping the lid on.

“Everyone just get comfortable,” he said, trying to lower the energy and set the vibe for his acoustic tunes — this from a man known to body surf the audience. The lid blew during some of his more intense tunes, like “Sometimes,” “I’m Open,” and “Dead Man Walkin.”

He continuously forgot lyrics during “Guranteed,” stopping to tell us how all his preparing for the tour has made it hard for him. “This is the longest version I’ve ever played of this song.” The screaming went up and down quickly through these parts, stopping abruptly as soon as he strummed again. Few performers have the ability to turn silent on a dime a packed and partying Palace.

He covered Bruce Springsteen’s “State Trooper,” his deep voice keeping the verses low.

He surprised even his more loyal fans with Bob Dylan’s “Girl from the North Country,” the prettiest tune of the night. He followed with the Beatle’s “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away,” everybody joining him for the chorus. He blew a few simple harmonica chords to complete the picture. “Pretty good singing for the first night,” he said, not sure if he was congratulating himself or the audience.

Vedder said it was his third day in Albany, and he was enjoying some paddling on the Hudson River. He told a lengthy story that he swore he wouldn’t tell again on tour. But he seemed to be feeling out the audience, getting a pulse for the upcoming shows.

He did little with the guitar beyond accompanying his voice, staying away from leads or guitar tricks. He kept the songs fairly straight, relying on his throat and intensity to carry the night. He turned it over to the audience a few times, particularly in “Fade Away,” after he set the tone. He ad-libbed a song, trying to rhyme “Albany,” coming up with “You look so tall to me,” squeezing in “Utica” too.

Vedder is one of those figures that has become more than a rock star, revered in a number of circles beyond music. His show Monday night was far from polished — the tweaking of equipment and sound was constant — but that was the best part.

A crazy New Zealender named Liam Finn is opening for Vedder throughout the small tour. Monday night Finn and a partner on stage blasted electronic music, often looped, screamed words and nonsensical syllables into the mic, and soloed wildly on electric guitar, along with playing other numerous gizmos. Finn typically sat at a drumset halfway through a song and played mighty beats with mad-fast, high-slamming strokes. At any time they sounded like a mash of noise that turned many off. But if you paid attention through the song, they were brilliant in a loud, juvenile, avante garde way,

Finn’s flailing body adding to the drama. Every song entertained from a different angle throughout the 45-minute set. Surely he’ll strike a few chords with Vedder’s audience as the tour continues. He seemed off to a pretty good start Monday night.

[yoyo]

classique mais classe ... hate d'entendre la new song !

[Olikatie]

A few other tidbits.

Ed mentioned first night kinks a bunch of times, but I found the screwups rather endearing.

During Man of the Hour, he player what he referred to as a small guitar and stopped dead right at the beginning because the guitar was too loud. He then joked something to the effect that the beauty of a ukelele was that it was a small instrument that knew its place and made a small sound, while this guitar was trying to make too big a sound.

Dropped the lyric in Guaranteed, tried to pick it up again, missed it again, and then finally got it (but dropped some words later).

Said that he hadn't played State Trooper since he was a 15 year old -- sounded great.

After the story about the girl peeing, he said the next song would be (paraphrasing) Young Lady Peeing in the Middle of a Hotel Parking Lot and then launched into Small Town.

I was at Boston 2 solo last year which I loved, but Ed just seemed more relaxed tonight and overall I enjoyed this a bit more (both were incredible).

All the nonsense about Ed's voice can be laid to rest. He sounded great and 17 years after I first heard him there is still no singer I would rather hear live (and he didn't look heavy either).

Few notes about goods:

There was a program distributed as you came in the door- very similar to the one on the last solo tour. Seemed to have more supply than when I saw him in Boston.

Very nice poster.

Three different shirts. One was similar to the Black and orange ITW logo shirt from last tour but in Black and blue (nice colors). One was a white T with a V shaped stars and stripes thing and EV above it with dates, etc on the back. Third was more of a jersey style with EV on the front and ALBANY as the "player name" on the back and the number 23 (someone had to point out to me that the numbers were a reversal of the EV on the front).

[strummer]

ALBANY -- Rocker Eddie Vedder has been camped out in Albany since Saturday, whiling his time by rehearsing some new tunes, paddling along the Hudson River and enjoying, apparently, a few legal beverages.


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An admittedly tipsy Vedder launched his new tour in Albany Monday night at the Palace Theatre and he wowed an already adoring crowd with a selection of Pearl Jam rarities; tunes from his "Into The Wild" soundtrack; and a handful of well-chosen covers (including Daniel Johnston's "Walking The Cow" and Bruce Springsteen's "State Trooper").

Vedder is best known as a charismatic frontman, but he was quite comfortable being the only man on stage Monday, whether strumming an acoustic guitar, tearing into an electric, trilling a mandolin or finger-picking a ukulele.

Whatever he did, the crowd ate it up.

Vedder's voice is huge and it filled the Palace easily, especially on rocking numbers like "Sometimes," "I Am Mine" and the raging "Lukin."

But he also cooed, and a mutated version of Bob Dylan's "Girl From The North Country" was one of the evening's clear highlights.

Vedder also offered Dylan's "Forever Young" as an encore.

In between tunes, Vedder was like an affable uncle in the corner at a party -- spouting quips, slurring a touch and once in a while telling full-out stories. One of the latter was delivered from a chair shaped like feet -- one of a number of Neil Young-like surreal touches to the staging of the event.

Many of the tunes from "Wild" are fragmentary, almost glimpses of songs rather than full compositions. In their brevity and melody some called to mind Tim Hardin.

But each shone in its own right, with "Rise" shimmering and "No Ceiling" coming and going like a dream.

"Guaranteed," a lengthier piece, was extended by Vedder forgetting some of the lyrics and looping back to catch them.

"Thank you for your patience," he said to the crowd. "That's the longest version of "Guaranteed" I've ever played."
Later, for the encore of "Arc," Vedder literally looped his voice, using electronics to multiply his wordless singing into a symphony. As the improvisation wound down Vedder took to the pit in front of the stage to shake hands with fans.

To fully close the show, he was joined by opening act Liam Finn and Eliza Jane Barnes for a rousing, rocking "Hard Sun."

The duo dazzled on their own in their chaotic yet melodic opening set, which, too, was loaded with loops. Often enough Finn would build and build a song until finally crashing it home with a Keith Moon-like rampage on the drums.

Vedder's show was sold-out wall-to-wall. He returns to the Palace tonight, Tuesday, for another round, but it, too, is sold-out.

If you're lucky enough to have a ticket you will enjoy a show, which is dramatic, goofy and entrancing all at once.

Michael Eck, a freelance writer, is a frequent contributor to the Times Union.


Concert review

Eddie Vedder

With Liam Finn and Eliza Jane Barnes

When: 7:30 p.m. Monday

Where: Palace Theatre, 19 Clinton Ave, Albany

Highlights: Vedder's version of Bob Dylan's "Girl From The North Country" veered from the original but was mesmerizing nonetheless.

Upcoming; Vedder offers another sold-out show at the Palace Tonight (Tuesday).

[dvi2702]

[baroud]

poster qui a bien l'air immonde

le teesh spécial gig a l'air coolos par contre !

[baroud]

hey fred t'as un mp !

[Québec fan]

[Québec fan]

Le show d'Eddie le plus brouillon de 5 que j'ai vu...
Souvent complètement mêlé...hahhaahha !! mais c'est Eddie...c'est ce qui a fait que ce show était charmant...unique...
Aparition d'un nouveau fauteuil sur le stage....Eddie c'est assis là un bon 10 minutes sans jouer avec une clope, une biere et un micro sur pieds...il nous a raconté une histoire de la tournée Monkey ranch...

a déclaré sur lui même pendant le show lors d'erreurS qu'il était paresseux et saoul...

Eddie Eddie Eddie...on l'aime comme ça !!
J'ai l'impression d'avoir accueilli un vieux pote chez moi avec sa guitare qu'il n'avait pas touché depuis un bout...complètement SYMPATHIQUE !!
can't wait wait for tonight !!

[fredbab]

perso, j'veux bien que tu me le choppes en taille L ce blouson ... et on s'arrange après ? merci

[strummer]

putain des gourdes maintenant ! ridicule, j'attends qu'il vende ses chaussettes sales maintenant et je croyais qu'il avait arrêté de fumer ce con la