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At that Eddie started climbing up and up to the roof of the show. According to Ament, the height is about 50 feet or 15 meters. "No one knows where he is. And everyone suddenly looked up when someone shone it with a lamp. It's like, "F * ck!" He hangs there. I thought, this kid is crazy, my adrenaline pumps, "recalls Ament.
In addition to climbing to the walls and poles of the stage, Eddie also often climbed the cameraman cranes. Not infrequently he jumped into the crowd of spectators from that height. Action that earned him the nickname "King of Diving".
Action stage 'crazy' Eddie was considered a reflection of his emotional problems. His dark lyrics were judged as an expression of his life's decline. So also with the closed behavior when interviewed television. Eddie is considered to have a strange personality.
Some others judge Eddie's image cynically. They consider all to be nothing more than Eddie's manipulation and way of gaining popularity. He is rated as an actor who tragedy to get recognition as a spokesman for young people that day.
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The assessment surfaced in a Rolling Stone article with headlines, "Eddie Vedder: Who Are You?" The magazine reveals a number of contradictory facts with Eddie's evolving image. Several speakers were presented. From start to school friends, coworkers, colleagues in the San Diego music community, to Eddie's neighbors.
They tell their testimony that Eddie is a happy child and has a relatively capable family. This goes against the story that Eddie is poor and depressed. Even an informant from the Epic ranks mentioned that Eddie is a master manipulator over the people and circumstances around him. "And he's the master manipulator for his image," the source said.
The only statements that fit Eddie's depressive image emerged from a schoolmate. He says that Eddie's change from the cute boy to the closed tendency occurred when he broke up with his school boyfriend, Liz Gumble (supposedly the source of the inspiration song 'Black').
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