Ever heard Eddie Vedder sing Neil Diamond? That alone is reason to check out Song Sung Blue, an alternately hilarious and heartwrenching documentary that screened at IFF Boston. The movie follows the ups and downs of a husband-and-wife Neil Diamond cover band called Lightning and Thunder. Vedder joined the "America's Singing Sweethearts" on stage at Milwaukee's Summerfest in 1995 for a rousing rendition of "Forever In Blue Jeans," a Diamond classic that Vedder needed a cheat sheet to sing. The performance was certainly a highlight of Lightning and Thunder's career, but there's much more to the duo than their on-stage personas.
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Ever heard Eddie Vedder sing Neil Diamond? That alone is reason to check out Song Sung Blue, an alternately hilarious and heartwrenching documentary that screened at IFF Boston. The movie follows the ups and downs of a husband-and-wife Neil Diamond cover band called Lightning and Thunder. Vedder joined the "America's Singing Sweethearts" on stage at Milwaukee's Summerfest in 1995 for a rousing rendition of "Forever In Blue Jeans," a Diamond classic that Vedder needed a cheat sheet to sing. The performance was certainly a highlight of Lightning and Thunder's career, but there's much more to the duo than their on-stage personas.
I remember that show (and that particular part of the show) like it was yesterday. It was hilarious because Lightning and Thunder used to perform on Thursday nights at Lakeview Links in Chicago, and we knew them from seeing them a bunch of times there. So when Ed introduced them at the Milwaukee show, we laughed our asses off.
Ever heard Eddie Vedder sing Neil Diamond? That alone is reason to check out Song Sung Blue, an alternately hilarious and heartwrenching documentary that screened at IFF Boston. The movie follows the ups and downs of a husband-and-wife Neil Diamond cover band called Lightning and Thunder. Vedder joined the "America's Singing Sweethearts" on stage at Milwaukee's Summerfest in 1995 for a rousing rendition of "Forever In Blue Jeans," a Diamond classic that Vedder needed a cheat sheet to sing. The performance was certainly a highlight of Lightning and Thunder's career, but there's much more to the duo than their on-stage personas.
I remember that show (and that particular part of the show) like it was yesterday. It was hilarious because Lightning and Thunder used to perform on Thursday nights at Lakeview Links in Chicago, and we knew them from seeing them a bunch of times there. So when Ed introduced them at the Milwaukee show, we laughed our asses off.
i was right outside the gates and could've probably snuck into that show but didn't bother because i wasn't a huge PJ fan yet /:
Post subject: Re: footage of Ed from 1995 in Song Sung Blue documentary
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 9:52 pm
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i was right outside the gates and could've probably snuck into that show but didn't bother because i wasn't a huge PJ fan yet /:
A friend of mine had tickets and offered me one, but my parents wouldn't let me go. They thought I was too young (13) at the time. I didn't hit my rebellious stage until a few years later, unfortunately.
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A little Vedder love at 0:44.
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fucking shit!
You guys need to learn how to title your threads.
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