Jimmy is totally disgusted with the beach balls

ken ellis · Post by **ken ellis** » February 21, 2005 2:21 pm

Lastplaneout wrote:
carolinagirl wrote: But if we drop a dime, we might kill someone on the floor!

HAHA that's hilarious damn you need glasses that looks like john revolta

citcat · Post by **citcat** » February 21, 2005 2:23 pm

Well allrightythen...good idea! Balls before the concert for fun, then when the concert starts, all balls DOWN!

Monkey · Post by **Monkey** » February 21, 2005 2:32 pm

and I am annoyed at all the people in shitkickers and cowboy hats chatting behind me constantly until 5 oclock somewhere comes on to which they get excited, then go for more budlight, he should play all the LTC stuff at the beginning, then we can move down to the empty seats w00t!

HA HA, sorry just kidding.

It amazing though how the crowd has changed in general, dunno why, but 5 years ago there would have been no mention of axing the beach balls, next thing you know parrot hats will be blocking people views so we can axe them and all them bright shirts blind people trying to look at the stage.

If you can't hold yer beer and whack a beach ball then you don't need another drink

jollymon · Post by **jollymon** » February 21, 2005 4:38 pm

It amazing though how the crowd has changed in general, dunno why, but 5 years ago there would have been no mention of axing the beach balls, next thing you know parrot hats will be blocking people views so we can axe them and all them bright shirts blind people trying to look at the stage.

If you can't hold yer beer and whack a beach ball then you don't need another drink

On this I think over the last 10 years (Merriweather and Nissan only for me) the amount of beachballs has easily quintupled and that makes for some harrowing times. In the beginning there were a half dozen or so regular sized balls that would bounce off your bean if you were not looking, no harm, no foul. The last 2 years the balls outnumbered the people paying attention twofold and the size of the ball doubled or tripled, so if you got hit when you were not looking it would spill your drink (beer or soda) or give you a headache for the first half of the show.
It doesn't bother me too much cuz I have learned how to deal with it, but I can see how it would effect some people.

bumper · Post by **bumper** » February 21, 2005 7:13 pm

I collect em..any BB that comes my way gets deflated and stashed with all the other souvenoirs

Stizz · Post by **Stizz** » February 21, 2005 8:50 pm

I have as much fun fun as anyone with the beach balls, but they just should not be slammed at the stage is all i think...

aquaholic · Post by **aquaholic** » February 21, 2005 8:55 pm

Stizz wrote:I have as much fun fun as anyone with the beach balls, but they just should not be slammed at the stage is all i think...

when are u goin to the show's???............down island this week??

u could sneak me and HPH in the luggage!!!

FFishstick · Post by **FFishstick** » February 21, 2005 11:36 pm

Damn you people scare me. Thus far some of you want to burn my balls with a cigarette, take a knife to my balls, drop kick my balls back to me or my neighbor, slam my balls into the stage,stick me in the balls, wack my balls off stage (although that one might be fun), and in general deflate my balls. I am wearing an iron clad cup to the san jose show to protect my balls. And I will play with my balls when and where I want. They are afterall, my balls.

Tiki Bar · Post by **Tiki Bar** » February 21, 2005 11:42 pm

"who's got the biggest, balls of them all?"

springparrot · Post by **springparrot** » February 21, 2005 11:46 pm

In Orlando, a group where we were had things that looked kinda like balloons....they floated more and didn't hurt if you got hit with them.

phinhead · Post by **phinhead** » February 22, 2005 12:05 am

MikeJW wrote:It really has become a gong show. Jimmy almost snapped last night when the fifth beach ball nearly hit him in the face. I've seen JB at Tinley and Alpine every season over the last five years and I've never seen him so disgusted with the beach balls as he was last night.

I didn't really notice him being disgusted. Maybe I missed it, but what makes you think he was disgusted. Don't get me wrong-I'm sure having to dodge beach balls every night gets annoying. I just don't remember thinking he was upset.
Phin

Sidew13 · Post by **Sidew13** » February 22, 2005 7:04 am

Brown Eyed Girl wrote:
Stizz wrote:
aquaholic wrote:
Stizz wrote:I know that the horns have sustained thousand (yes) of dollars worth of damge from Beach Balls over the years - I think they are fine in the audience to a point, but often they seem to be the focus of the show...

DUMB QUESTION ALERT:

How does it hurt them Stizz???
they have the horns on stands when they are not playing them - and the beach balls knock them over, and the mechanical workings are pretty delicate and temperamental
It doesn't take much to knock a key out of alignment, being knocked to or dropped on the floor can be catastrophic....speaking from experience. Not to mention the ick that is on the beachballs certainly isn't good for any part of any instrument, especially those with a mouthpiece.

Thank you for putting things into a whole new light. I never thought about damage to anything. Thanks Stizz & BEG

carolinagirl · Post by **carolinagirl** » February 23, 2005 1:03 pm

bananaman wrote:Jeez, it's just a freakin' beach ball people! If the idiots out there hittin' 'em around would just refrain from knocking them into Jimmy and the Reefers, then there wouldn't be a problem. He seemed to have fun kicking them back into the audience in Columbia.

What's next? Telling everyone to remain seated during the show or worrying about putting out someones eye with your hand during "Fins"?

I agree with bananaman... Also, when the band came out in Jacksonville, the girls were carrying a half-dozen beach balls with them and threw them into the audience from the stage, so I guess that shows it doesn't bother him that much! He's encouraging it.

Stizz · Post by **Stizz** » February 23, 2005 1:16 pm

aquaholic wrote:
Stizz wrote:I have as much fun fun as anyone with the beach balls, but they just should not be slammed at the stage is all i think...
when are u goin to the show's???............down island this week??

u could sneak me and HPH in the luggage!!!

sorry Aqua - I probably won't go til ATL - hopefully the tour will stop here.

Quiet and Shy · Post by **Quiet and Shy** » February 23, 2005 1:23 pm

carolinagirl wrote:
bananaman wrote:Jeez, it's just a freakin' beach ball people! If the idiots out there hittin' 'em around would just refrain from knocking them into Jimmy and the Reefers, then there wouldn't be a problem. He seemed to have fun kicking them back into the audience in Columbia.

What's next? Telling everyone to remain seated during the show or worrying about putting out someones eye with your hand during "Fins"?
I agree with bananaman... Also, when the band came out in Jacksonville, the girls were carrying a half-dozen beach balls with them and threw them into the audience from the stage, so I guess that shows it doesn't bother him that much! He's encouraging it.

Hmmmm...kind of a mixed message here....

Well, we all know JB's a guy whose feelings are right there on the surface (part of his charm) so maybe some of the other stuff from that night (sound problems, etc.) made him look ticked and/or a bit short-tempered about the beach balls.

What I'm taking away from all of this is "have fun and play, just don't try to spike them in my face."

nomad · Post by **nomad** » February 23, 2005 2:36 pm

At $70 a ticket if I throw margaritaville tequila at him, he better keep singing.

Quiet and Shy · Post by **Quiet and Shy** » February 23, 2005 3:20 pm

nomad wrote:At $70 a ticket if I throw margaritaville tequila at him, he better keep singing.

Now Nomad...just in case you're not kidding (but some things just never are very funny)...first: if you're close enough to hit him, that $70 face ticket would easily be 2-4x higher face for most other high-demand artists; second, you might deservedly get your a** pounded for a stunt like that (unless you're lucky enough to get caught and protected by formal security guys); and third, look at what happened to the guy in Michigan who threw the beer at Ron Artest -- banned from the arena for life, facing criminal assault charges, and he's a laughing stock and idiot poster child (but then again, maybe he likes that 15 minutes of fame). If I were in JB's flip flops, your perspective would be a great motivator for retirement.

bananaman · Post by **bananaman** » February 23, 2005 3:31 pm

nomad wrote:At $70 a ticket if I throw margaritaville tequila at him, he better keep singing.

I assume you're talking about the big inflatable bottle.......right?

moog · Post by **moog** » February 23, 2005 4:12 pm

Could be worse.
Zappa was always ducking panties and underware on stage.

Jahfin · Post by **Jahfin** » February 23, 2005 4:26 pm

moog wrote:Could be worse.
Zappa was always ducking panties and underware on stage.

My how times have changed. I recall frisbees and rolls of toilet paper being tossed towards the stage back in the day. These days it could be anything and usually is. Not so long ago someone threw a hunting knife at Dave Matthews and it stuck in the stage. I also hear throwing shoes are in nowadays as well.

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