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Masters of War played early in the set ... after the song, he called the previous night's audience lame ... said it was like pulling teeth to get people to sing along .... then he blamed himself, saying something along the lines of that if he couldn't get people on a campus to sing along on a protest song, he's not doing his job ... thus, he felt Masters of War would get us in the mood.

(interesting that night 1 had 10c seats, and night two did not, yet night 2's audience was into it a lot more with the vocals)

Ed looked genuinely appreciative of night 2's loud chorus on No More ... visably moved even ...

He mentioned recording ... let me say that again, he openly mentioned they were recording. WE BETTER SEE THIS!

Ed actually told a story about his daugther ... how she likes "No Ceiling" ... I'll let someone else fill in the detials, it was cute.

Before the Santa Cruz song, he stated one of the reasons he was up until 4 am last night is that he was trying to find a word to rhyme with Berkeley .... then (in jest, kind of) he said with the poor performance of the night 1 crowd, Berkeley didn't deserve its own song. Man, he was not happy with the night one crew.

At one point when Mike and Liam were closing out the show with Ed, Ed took over on drums and Liam took the guitar, and Liam rocked out.

Mike's intro .... Ed stated he was very thankful to the band, and that he's brought something along this tour with him from each of the guys .... the rug from Jeff, box of drum sticks from Matt, a guitar from Stone .... then, he said he didn't have anything from Mike (I knew it was coming once he said that) .... he said he put a call into to Mike to fedex him something .... Mike was then escorted on the stage on a hand cart ... the place went berzerk (makes sense for bezerkeley).

Ed poured a few glasses of wine at the end of one of the first encore (I think it was then) ... handed one glass to someone in the front row, they clinked and drank ...

As mentioned, 1 per customer for posters and zippos .... zippos, out of stock in 5 minutes, posters (the blue green ones) were available as late as 5 minutes before Ed's set (!)

bassegdf a écrit :mais POURQUOI j'habite pas près de San Francisco ???

strummer a écrit :ouarffffffffffff je viens de jouir sur mon écran

strummer a écrit :ouarffffffffffff je viens de jouir sur mon écran

picola a écrit :LOL ! bon, bah on va trop se regaler nous !

picola a écrit :LOL ! bon, bah on va trop se regaler nous !

The running joke to Berkeley over both nights was that, right outside Ed's dressing room was the world's worst drum circle (we're on the UC Berkeley campus). It greatly affected his rhythm, he said. And he's a card-carrying member of most drum circles!

First night after flubbing a song he stopped, steadied himself, "Keep your head out of the drum circle, Ed."

Second night, he said he had now come to fully appreciate the beauty of hacky sac circles ... they're quiet!

What was the sweetest part of the night (sugary sweet, not sickly sweet) was his tales of his daughter. She calls No Ceiling - Reasonalby (kinda rhymes with "Wallaby") "reason-I'll-be." And she likes the Bear in ITW. She thinks Dad goes to the studio and works with the bear, of course. But she was brought up short, and brought Ed up short, by some lyrics, "Don't come closer or I'll have to go..." She was concerned why Dad was singing that. "No, no it's not me signing that."
"Who's singing that, Dad?"
"The bear."

1. Walking the Cow - really good start, got him warmed up...
2. Around the Bend - Ed got lost after the first verse, and played the same cord about 20 times before stopping and saying "I totally forgot where I was... I got into that same warm tropical place I wrote the song and got totally lost"
3. I am Mine - started talking about how he was depressed ... or hung-over from being up late. said he felt a little off. I couldn't tell if he was hung-over, drunk, high or other... but he was in RARE form. He totally beat the shit out of his guitar on this song, I'm supprised the strings lasted.
4. Masters of War - talked about how the young republicans in the crowd last night wouldn't sing along to war protest songs, said he must not have been doing his job... after the song, he said that he should have scared away most of the young republicans in the building.
5. Dead Man Walking - amazing. really soulful, and his tenor really poured over the striking guitar riffs (this was a theme that occured to me many times last night, ed's soulful and brooding voice was palpable, and was a really great counterbalance to him thrashing the shit out of his guitars.)
6. I'm open - talked about how this song was about being open to god, or at least being open to that thing that is just slightly below women. it was a short song, but beautifully preformed...
7. MOTH - this is where Ed got really talkative, and really went onto really deep tangents. First I think he was sort of apolagizing for his preformance, even though by now he was totally rocking. he said he never really liked hackey sack, but it was much quieter than what he was doing on stage. he also then said we could take off and watch a bad drum circle, and he then turned his guitar over and played a little drums for us. He then talked about the torture museum in amsterdam, and how there were these devices used in the 17th century for torture... I think he got off course here, and started talking about the 'horse' which would pull your legs downward while your legs were split with a wood frame which eventually split you in half... so he then got back on track, and said he should possibly have to wear the 'flute of shame' which was an instrument attached to a huge mask which you had your hands attached to as if it were a flute if you were a bad musician.... he hoped he wouldn't have to wear one after last night, and said if he messed up this next song he would give up (or something to that effect).. but MOTH was played beautifully and he really hit his stride. He also said he maybe just play 15 minutes of maggot brain for us instead of his set...
8. Broken Hearted - said this is a song he wrote and that he hoped no one was in this situation
9. Setting Forth - just introduced as a select few songs from 'Into the Wild' soundtrack. - these following songs were really true to their album form, very melodic and intricate... very well executed by Eddie, and again a good combination of his soft and powerful voice melting over delicate yet blistering guitar rythems - simply amazing, I was really blown away by these songs.
10. guaranteed - talked about how his daughter really loves the into the wild music, and knows emile and sean... she thinks that Eddie has a bear at the studio when he goes to work, and she really loves to dance to the songs... but wondered about the 'don't come closer or i'll have to go' lyrics. What did they mean? Ed explained that this was Chris singing from the movie, and not him, but she still wondred what that meant, so Ed said that Chris was talking to the bear. He said 'all you parents know, you have to think quickly on your feet.' Later he also added that it was great that he has seen quite a few todlers and infants at the show with headphones and ear plugs at the shows (I saw his daughter at the Toronto Show with Bono - so he's been there too) He also saw a woman breastfeeding during a show in the crowd, and he loved it... Anyhow, he also said that he recalls from years ago, when he... well when Jill breastfed his daughter, he hasn't fed her in years.... when a baby is breastfeeding they get a little drunk or euphoric, so he was happy to see little babies tripping out at the shows....
11. no cieling
12. Far Behind - ROCKING guitar on this one. He was now really cooking
13. Rise - brings out Luke the Uke
14. Millworker - uses Luke's older brother
15. Soon Forget - introduces as perhaps the other end of the last song
16. Driftin - thanks the fans for allwing him to 'get lost' in himself and drift around all over the world and come back to a welcoming family (or something like that.)
17. Foxy Mop - said he would play that one, but he doesn't have an accordian with him. says 'a spanking, that's the only thing I want so much, so much' with a laugh
18. You got to Hide Your Love Away. - said that this was another sean penn song, and that it was the only beatles song left he could cover. also said it was 'lennon's dylan song'
19. Trouble - really well done, very melodic and a great cover
20. Picture in a Frame - dedicated to a special couple in the crowd (Sean and robin?)... but if any couples thought they were special, he dedicated it to them too.
21. Forever Young (can't remember much here)
22. Porch - absolutely blistering.... both with his voice, and how he really tore into his guitar strings. really top form eddie, and a good end to act 1.

23. Society - with Jerry Hannan - really sweet, and a great mixture of eddie and jerry singing. Jerry has more of a raspy and earthy voice over eddie's more flowing and soothing tone here, so they were a great juxtaposition.
24. Pulling into Santa Cruz - by request from a crowd member... eddie says, 'sure why not' and mentions that there is a big difference between Vancouver BC and the bay area... and responds to a shout in the crowd about how it's much different than Edmonton (or calgary? Montreal? can't remember)... where everyone tries to one - up each other (I think about this moment, he was sort of tired of people shouting stuff at him between songs - earlier he said he was annoyed that no one came up with good comments or questions, and how he was disappointed since it was a college campus) Anyhow, so he says he just had this vibe coming into santa cruz and wrote that song the morning of the SC show (he could have been pulling our leg) He also said that if we sang along the chorus well, it would be worth recording.
25. No More - introduced by saying that he won't say anything more about the song (since he had mentioned it 3 other times, that the previous night crowd wouldn't sing along... and asked that we really sing along well, so that we could be like the 'chorus' to the song - or maybe he said we could be the 'chorus' to the santa cruz song...) anyhow, he was moved by the crowd response and sing-a-long.
26. Arc - dawned the lab coat, and tore through this song..... really moving. it was amazingly beautiful, and I think one of the best things I have ever heard. anywhere. amazing finish to act 2.

27 Sean Penn song - a little roast to sean penn, I would call it ‘acting hack.' I won't try to get all the lyrics, but maybe someone can help fill in the blanks.... (eddie also mentioned earlier in the show that he enjoyed Sean’s response to finding out Jill was prego by saying “ that’s great, just wonderful, I’m so happy for you…. now who’s the father?” Eddie went on to say that it was nothing about the woman he was in love with, but just goes to show you how much of a fucking ass hole sean penn is…. He then recanted and said, ‘he’s one of the greatest assholes I know.’

Sean, the name of a boy or a girl
Penn, the name of a writing utensil or a state prison
Thank god he's not just another, just another, just another old fucking acting hack

(the rest of this is really fuzzy, but Eddie mentions movie characters he’s been, including how well he played a coked out lawyer, how it was a natural role, how he dressed up like a priest and beat up Robert diniro)
Thank god he’s not just another, just another just another fucking cock sucking mother fucking Hollywood asshole fucking acting hack.

28 Big Hard Sun … complete with fog, rocking guitar and drums and also really amazing singing, everyone was having a grand olde time… eddie was dancing all over…
29. Yellow Ledbetter – mentions he is supported by the band, he’s got Stone’s guitar, Jeff’s rug, Matt’s drumsticks, but he laments that he has nothing from Mike. So he says he made a call, and had something fed ex’ed down last night… and mike is brought out on a dolly to an enormous response from the crowd…. At the end of the song, mike starts his solo, and is joined by Liam Finn and they totally rock out the solo… Mike at his best, completely ripping through the cords and blasting the guitar ending… very fast, uptempo, blistering… it was awesome. Ed joins on drums, and they all ROCK OUT. Mike finishes solo in typical melodic form
30. Watch Tower – blew my fuckin mind man. This was an amazing song, and everyone just tore through it and really blew it up…. Amazing guitar by Mike… the true master!!! Ed blows through all the lyrics without fail and with amazing clarity… Liam is in rare form as well, throwing drum sticks here and there and totally kicking ass…. WHAT AN END!!!!!

just a couple of things here:

he said he'd always been prejudice against hackey sackers until now because of the two day drum circle outside his bus, he said hackey sack wasn't so bad no because at least they're quiet.
he didn't say he hoped he wouldn't wear the flute of shame, he thought that was needed for the drum circle.

he didn't say he loved seeing breast feeding, just that he loved the fact that a baby was high at his show.

foxy mop- he said it was 8 minutes of nice, then did the voice and asked about the accordian for "bugs'

and he was totally hungover, I met him night 1 and he was druuuunk