Red Mosquito

Can't wait to watch this later tonight!

I can wait. I'm gonna tape it so I can fast forward thru the boring bits.

doone wrote:I can wait. I'm gonna tape it so I can fast forward thru the boring bits.

We call those parts "... 'n Roll"

That's Boom now, playing Tupac songs.

I knew it was coming but man, they edited the fuck out of that shit.

Especially Letterman's speech and Ed's speech (where the best part was him talking about Letterman). Oh and Stone's thank you rundown completely cut!!

Luckily we got to hear what every member of Yes got to say about their career though. And Lenny Kravitz with his halfass Prince "tribute" and... and... who else can I talk shit about?

Anyway, if you haven't already, go to YouTube and watch the videos from that night.

evenslow wrote:I knew it was coming but man, they edited the fuck out of that shit.

Especially Letterman's speech and Ed's speech (where the best part was him talking about Letterman). Oh and Stone's thank you rundown completely cut!!

Luckily we got to hear what every member of Yes got to say about their career though. And Lenny Kravitz with his halfass Prince "tribute" and... and... who else can I talk shit about?

Anyway, if you haven't already, go to YouTube and watch the videos from that night.

Ugh. Lame. Dammit.

Can you post a link (links?) to a good, full video of the entire PJ portion through to the finale?

Jeez Eddie sounded HORRIBLE <_<

Pretty good on the beginning of betterman, but Given to Fly was HORRENDOUS.

The guy just can't sing anymore.

But holy heck Yes was AMAZING O_O. Ive never heard them live before but the singer was pretty old and he sounded better than the studio version to me, I thought that live Roundabout was astonishingly good, and this is a song that came out 20 years before PJ had their first album. They stole the show IMO.

Bammer wrote:Can you post a link (links?) to a good, full video of the entire PJ portion through to the finale?

Spoiler: show

Nah, Ed sounded good other than a few high notes in Given to Fly. Very few vocal tics.

mikejasond wrote:Jeez Eddie sounded HORRIBLE <_<

Pretty good on the beginning of betterman, but Given to Fly was HORRENDOUS.

The guy just can't sing anymore.

But holy heck Yes was AMAZING O_O. Ive never heard them live before but the singer was pretty old and he sounded better than the studio version to me, I thought that live Roundabout was astonishingly good, and this is a song that came out 20 years before PJ had their first album. They stole the show IMO.

Monkey_Driven wrote:Nah, Ed sounded good other than a few high notes in Given to Fly. Very few vocal tics.

This kind of exchange is in so many PJ threads lately. Ed sounded good. Ed sounded like shit. Ed sounded decent. Ed sounded terrible.

Leatherhead wrote:

mikejasond wrote:Jeez Eddie sounded HORRIBLE <_<

Pretty good on the beginning of betterman, but Given to Fly was HORRENDOUS.

The guy just can't sing anymore.

But holy heck Yes was AMAZING O_O. Ive never heard them live before but the singer was pretty old and he sounded better than the studio version to me, I thought that live Roundabout was astonishingly good, and this is a song that came out 20 years before PJ had their first album. They stole the show IMO.

Monkey_Driven wrote:Nah, Ed sounded good other than a few high notes in Given to Fly. Very few vocal tics.

This kind of exchange is in so many PJ threads lately. Ed sounded good. Ed sounded like shit. Ed sounded decent. Ed sounded terrible.

We may never know the real truth.

Leatherhead wrote:This kind of exchange is in so many PJ threads lately. Ed sounded good. Ed sounded like shit. Ed sounded decent. Ed sounded terrible.

nice to see Matt using the Club Custom kit he uses with Soundgarden with PJ instead of that gross Oak Custom. i hate that thing.

So, has a rip of the HBO broadcast surfaced yet?

ridleybradout wrote:So, has a rip of the HBO broadcast surfaced yet?

The completion of the Late Night TV comp depends on it, so someone get on it quick!

I think you guys really need to watch the HBO version before you compliment Eddie's vocals

ridleybradout wrote:So, has a rip of the HBO broadcast surfaced yet?

piratebay

I found this one on youtube:



Given to Fly was the worst, but I find moments of Better Man pretty rough too.

It's like he can barely stay in tune for two words.

This song used to be a HIGHLIGHT. I watched the pinkpop 2000 video and his voice was so powerful/beautiful, it makes this song something special. He no longer sounds good. He is not a good singer right now.

3:20-3:32
3:53-4:15 isn't AWFUL, but it just hurts me because that part used to sound amazing and now sounds like nothing.

And omg, 5:34-6:00 I feel like somebody's senile grandpa is up on stage trying to be Eddie Vedder. <_<. its just...uncomfortable.

6:29-6:34

And then he groans like a dying animal for a while to end it.

But I will say his energy onstage is great. Hes exciting to watch. The band sounds good. I love him rocking at the end. They're a great touring band, its just a shame that he literally cannot sing anymore <_<


Bonus:
Here's Yes slaying Roundabout

Kevin Davis wrote:

ridleybradout wrote:So, has a rip of the HBO broadcast surfaced yet?

The completion of the Late Night TV comp depends on it, so someone get on it quick!

Thanks for posting that video. I didn't think it was anywhere near as bad as you guys had made out. Keep in mind that the vocal mix on this broadcast is horrible - making his voice sound more 'thin' that usual. Also - his voice has always taken a few shows to warm up, so being a bit off for a one-off show like this is to be expected these days.