Jim's on stage banter.........

[BH]

11-22-05 in St. Louis, My first show:

-Coming out of "The Way That He Sings" Jim introduces Will Johnson and says it's his last night opening and they'll miss him.  He then says "God bless him, God bless him everyone.  If he were figgy pudding I'd eat his ass up."

-Starting the encore after "Run Thru" and before "At Dawn" he comes out singing "Against All Odds" by, and I quote "Phil Mother-fuckin Collins".  He then tells a story about how when he was a kid they were coming back from the mall in his friend's sister's car and listening to the radio singing that song.  He said he sang so hard that the biggest bubble of blood and tissue he's ever seen shot out of his nose.

This show is on archive if you want to listen for yourself.  It's worth it. :D

I was just getting ready to get that one out and quote the story!  I was at that show as well.  Hilarious.  I'm not sure it was the level of singing that caused the nose bleed.....

[primushead]

I was just getting ready to get that one out and quote the story!  I was at that show as well.  Hilarious.  I'm not sure it was the level of singing that caused the nose bleed.....

Blood and tissue always shoots out my nose when I hear phil collins.   :)

[aMD]

I thought of another one...

Here in Louisville in March 2001 at a benefit for a service trip to Guatamala Jim started into By My Car and said something like, "this is a new song.  It has a lot to do with Guatamala".  At which a handful of us in the audience who were familar with the song started laughin which got Jim laughing.  He laughed through the first lines of the song up to "I'll kiiiiick I'll kick his head in".

There's also some good Jim banter in the 01-23-02 Jim solo show in Bloomington.  Including when Jim talks about playing the Eagles when he was a really stoned teenager then plays Peaceful Easy Feeling.  Then he talks about the part in the Big Lebowski when the cab driver kicks the dude out of his cab for saying he hates the fucking eagles.  He also talks about wanting to play the Palace Theatre in Louisville someday, which he did twice in this past year.

[Sleazy Rider]

10-8-05 Nashville in british accent

"There's been alot of talk about this song in the media, to much talk really.  We're here to set the record straight".

I think thats how it went.

[Clarkwork]

This is a great thread.  One of the thinks I love about an MMJ show is Jim's banter.  It seems he doesn't  talk much but when he does it is great.  The one that comes to mind for me is from this years Mountain Jam.  He was saying something like:  

"we played a show in (some eurpean country) and we were so into the song that we closed our eyes and when we opened them everyone in the crowd was gone.  They all went to another stage where a live sex show was taking place.  So I'm glad you guys don't have a live sex show going on today because you just can't compete with that".

I butchered the quote but it was something to that effect and it was pretty damn funny.

[tomEisenbraun]

"I just wanna be the first to thank you...for taking the brave choice, the bold choice... for Free Crack. You got crack for me after the show?"



how come this has not been mentioned yet, Nashville?

(Nashville, Music City Hall, October 8, 2005)

[RedPatokaSea]

Anybody have any clue what Jim's talking about here?  Is this a reference to something or just random as hell?  

"Pretend like those backpacks are beachballs ... bounce 'em around and bust some ghosts."

From Palace Theater (11/23/05) before One Big Holiday

...cracks me up every time :)

[tdan]

For their show on Halloween last year they came out on stage dressed as ghostbusters.  The following month when they played Louisville they tossed their backpacks from their costumes into the crowd and Jim made that statement.  At the time when he did it, I had absolutely no idea what the hell he was talking about either.  Someone on here had to explain.  They also had the stage crew stragtegically place toy musical instruments around the stage prior to the encore after which they destroyed them a la The Who.

[Angry Ewok]

"In a few minutes we're gonna turn on the blast furnace back there and really, really give you guys what you came to see... which is a firey bath of molten iron ore. It'll probably kill us all but it'll be worth it - we'll be making a statement about iron ore." - Sloss Furnace 6/3/05

"HOTLANTA?!" God damnit, HOTLANTA! Mmm... You always make me feel so warm and cozy here... and here... Is where you make me feel good. Umm, we wanted to develope a special machine that would be... uh, we all wanted to gather around and record it and all yell "HOTLANTA!"... so when I said "It's great to be here tonight in HOTLANTA" and the recording would say HOTLANTA... but we haven't developed that technology quite yet... we're working on it still... but I just want you to know that I have a machine recording of HOTLANTA in my heart that is broadcasting to all of you throughout this show." - Roxy 10/6/05

Everytime he said HOTLANTA the crowd cheered. I found that kinda funny.

"Louiville, Kentucky, Squallis Puppeteers... Doctor Friedrick Van Gugenhyme... controlling us all through the amazing power of mind control - pocket control devices... A nice fact that you might want to know about today's performance is that every move was choreographed by the good doctor here by a small black box in his pocket. So even if we're not looking at him, he's controlling us all the time - like, even if our eyes are closed and we're, like, over there rocking out or something... He's doing all that, you just can't... tell... it's through the box in his palm." - Bonnaroo 2005

I can't remember anything from the Vanderbilt show, but since Bonnaroo 2006 is fresh on my mind - he was saying something to the effect of, "We built the ferris wheel for you guys on Wednesday... before you guys got here."

[RedPatokaSea]

For their show on Halloween last year they came out on stage dressed as ghostbusters.  The following month when they played Louisville they tossed their backpacks from their costumes into the crowd and Jim made that statement.  At the time when he did it, I had absolutely no idea what the hell he was talking about either.  Someone on here had to explain.  They also had the stage crew stragtegically place toy musical instruments around the stage prior to the encore after which they destroyed them a la The Who.

Haha, out of context I just figured he was mumbling gibberish.  Thanks for clearing that up.

[painted8]

At the Taste of Randolph St in 2005, Jim seemed really impressed with the view of the Sears Tower and during the end of Run Thru, he stood transfixed staring at it with big eyes as he played the riff.

He also talked about walking around and seeing all these cute puppies and kitties and he wanted to break their necks or something.

[Dee.]

Wanted to break their necks.... because they are so damn cute!  Animals = squeezable, no?  :)

I remember that one from a recording.

[Bam_Bam]

He also talked about walking around and seeing all these cute puppies and kitties and he wanted to break their necks or something.

Guess we know where Into the Woods comes from eh?

[Meddle]

Falming kittens.

[thejacketrocks]

Jim and the Monsters of Folk tour came through New England and the Somerville Theater in Massachusetts. It was February and it was pretty cold out. During Jim's solo set he mentioned how he had been walking around the neighborhood that day. He also explained how he has always wanted to have a parrot on his shoulder, like a pirate. Anyway, on his walk that day he saw a sign that was offering a reward for a lost parrot or cockatoo. So the theater is very quiet at this point, really hanging on his every word and then he says "...I know it gets really cold up here, so I can't help but think that that parrot is really...fucked."

[Tore]

"we played a show in (some eurpean country) and we were so into the song that we closed our eyes and when we opened them everyone in the crowd was gone.  They all went to another stage where a live sex show was taking place.  So I'm glad you guys don't have a live sex show going on today because you just can't compete with that".

 ;D ;D

That's great. The show he was talking about was actually in Norway. I went to that show. It was where i got "jackateered"...

The thruth is, though, that people left to see those shitty Slipknot on the main stage. The live sex-show was the day before that, but it was pretty much the talk of the day... It was during a Norwegian band called, Cumshots, who are famous for stupid live-shows and stunts.

http://www.rogalandsavis.no/multimedia/archive/00427/quartknull_427701h.jpg

[skye_eyes]

For their show on Halloween last year they came out on stage dressed as ghostbusters.  The following month when they played Louisville they tossed their backpacks from their costumes into the crowd and Jim made that statement.  At the time when he did it, I had absolutely no idea what the hell he was talking about either.

oh man...there's no telling what jim's going to pull off at vegoose this year...i mean, halloween in vegas?? totally looking forward to it.

[JacketGal]

At the Taste of Randolph St in 2005, Jim seemed really impressed with the view of the Sears Tower and during the end of Run Thru, he stood transfixed staring at it with big eyes as he played the riff.

He also talked about walking around and seeing all these cute puppies and kitties and he wanted to break their necks or something.

Yes, it was a very "cute" day, wasn't it?

And he said that they had the best soundcheck in the history of the band that day...

that was the day someone..ahem...told JJ that what I said to him when meeting him was the same thing I had said to Coldplay the evening before....you DID make him laugh...at my expense!!  ;D :D

[Crispy]

Wasn't there, but at St. Louis 2004:

'Have you guys ever seen The Making......................The Making......................have you guys ever seen The Making.....of the Arch filmstrip? That's one hell of a filmstrip. I went to see  The Making of the Arch filmstrip today with my mother and my aunt. And we had a most marvelous time. We learned that the Arch was built between 1962 and 1965. It took over two and a half years and 300 million tons of steel to create. I watched the filmstrip and realized that I was to be an ambassador to you, the people of St. Louis, to tell you all about your arch. This is a song we wrote shortly after coming back from the arch...my mother, my aunt and me all wrote this song...I really think you're gonna like it a lot. It's entitled "St. Louis Arch Song".'  -->Strangulation

That's a lotta steel! Great thread.

[megisnotreal]

I remembered this the other day...

We went to see MMJ at Exit/In in June of '04, and were lucky enough to be front and center. At one point, we all yelled, "You guys rock" to Jim, and he, like pointed at us and said, "No, you are the ones who rock."

For some reason, I guess it was the expression on his face... it was hilarious.