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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: lily1 on May 29, 2006, 09:45:00 pm
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*raises hand*
anyone else? kosmo?
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I'm there and pumped as hell!
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me too.
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yup me too. In section 218, with all that tasty club level food. Should be a good-enough angle I expect. So how long do you think the concert will last ... past midnight ??
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i think they have a rule that shows can't go past 11 or 11.30. i remember seeing prince there years ago and him having to get off the stage before 11.30pm.
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Originally posted by chancegardener:
yup me too. In section 218, with all that tasty club level food. Should be a good-enough angle I expect. So how long do you think the concert will last ... past midnight ??
both nights in Phil - done @ 11:30
I'm scheming hard to find a way down tonight.
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I'll be there.
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yeah i'm so there! can't wait as the band was great in camden on sat... <brat>should be in or near the sixth row for this one</brat>
the band is playing tighter with more invigoration, drive and fire then on the Canadian tour. the new material helps greatly as some of the punk roots are peeking through and Eddie is having more fun as well. in Canada they were bit to loose, setlists not really flowing that well.
would dig hearing "Bu$hleaguer" and "Spin The Black Circle" tonight or a show like they did in MI recently where they dug out "Baba O'Riley" along with some other covers.
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
yeah i'm so there! can't wait as the band was great in camden on sat... <brat>should be in or near the sixth row for this one</brat>
the band is playing tighter with more invigoration, drive and fire then on the Canadian tour. the new material helps greatly as some of the punk roots are peeking through and Eddie is having more fun as well. in Canada they were bit to loose, setlists not really flowing that well.
would dig hearing "Bu$hleaguer" and "Spin The Black Circle" tonight or a show like they did in MI recently where they dug out "Baba O'Riley" along with some other covers.
Where were you Sat night Kosmo?
I was front row of 204.
Agree with all you said. Comatose on the new record is spectacular live (listening to boot now.) Something happened Sunday night during the first set that really pissed Ed off. He was throwing/breaking stuff. Made for an incredibly powerful show.
#*#*...I want to go SO bad tonight. It would be very irresponsible, but...
Still got that the extra? :D
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I was sixth row in the pit between eddie and stone and my extra is spoken for...
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
I was sixth row in the pit between eddie and stone and my extra is spoken for...
Nice - I was similar for Sunday night.
Going through withdrawals right now...
The Pittsburgh show seems very far away - gotta fit something in.
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I'm going and am very psyched. I've only see them live on the Rock for Choice concert at MCI in fall of 2004, and that was a very short mini-set.
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I'll be there, section 400-something.
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I'll be somewhere in the tail end of the ten club seats.
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Any idea when they'll go on? I'm thinking My Morning Jacket at 7:30 and Pearl Jam around 9:00?
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That is correct with one addition
At around 7:25pm Eddie will come out and do a pre-set song solo and introduce MMJ
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So it's a very good idea to be in there no later than 7:30 right?
Especially if you don't want to miss a note of MMJ?
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that is correct... doors open at 6:30pm and MMJ will be on very close to 7:30pm... I heard at one of hte Boston shows Mr. Vedder joined them on stage for a song.
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
That is correct with one addition
At around 7:25pm Eddie will come out and do a pre-set song solo and introduce MMJ
How was MMJ by the way? And how long did they play?
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They have been playing (in almost every city) "It Makes no Difference" by Rick danko (The Band) as a duet with Jim And Eddie to open MMJ's set.
Good times.
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Standard 45 minute opening set.. Was my first real exposure to the band, having never heard their CDs or seen them live, and thought they were a perfect opener for PJ.
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good stuff to know. thanks kosmo!
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
that is correct... doors open at 6:30pm and MMJ will be on very close to 7:30pm... I heard at one of hte Boston shows Mr. Vedder joined them on stage for a song.
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Yeah -- thanks for all the info on start times, etc. I'll be there, but have no idea where my seats are. A friend got band seats -- I'd hope they're good!!
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WOOHOO! bought a floor ticket today - Section 4, Row K! flying solo, but only way I was getting in.
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Originally posted by callat703:
WOOHOO! bought a floor ticket today - Section 4, Row K! flying solo, but only way I was getting in.
and probably the only way you got a floor seat!!
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Originally posted by the sonick:
Originally posted by callat703:
WOOHOO! bought a floor ticket today - Section 4, Row K! flying solo, but only way I was getting in.
and probably the only way you got a floor seat!! [/b]
yep :) still available though! section 6 still has tickets if you buy one.
any forumites up for hitting a bar nearby beforehand?
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Yeah, my gf and I are meeting some friends at 6 at Fado.
I know, I hate that place too. But it's only from 6 to 7.... and then we're haeading in.
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A couple pictures from the Camden show...
<img src="http://hi-fipop.com/pj006.jpg" alt=" - " />
<img src="http://hi-fipop.com/pj009.jpg" alt=" - " />
<img src="http://hi-fipop.com/pj028.jpg" alt=" - " />
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Sections 111 and 100 are available right now...
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I'll be there.
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Note: Sonick asked Eddie in the FAQ and he says PJ @ 8:30pm...
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Doesn't that mean that MMJ would be before 7:30 then?
:eek:
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no the concert is listed as starting at 7:30pm, it just means that the change over will be done quickly...
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
Note: Sonick asked Eddie in the FAQ and he says PJ @ 8:30pm...
does that mean they're playing 3 hours, instead of 2.5 hours??!
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or just a 11pm curfew.... but we can hope
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Originally posted by callat703:
Originally posted by the sonick:
Originally posted by callat703:
WOOHOO! bought a floor ticket today - Section 4, Row K! flying solo, but only way I was getting in.
and probably the only way you got a floor seat!! [/b]
yep :) still available though! section 6 still has tickets if you buy one.
any forumites up for hitting a bar nearby beforehand? [/b]
AH! There were singles available on Ticketmaster? I wasted almost all of yesterday on craigslist! Oh well, see everyone there.
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word just came down that there's a ticket with my name on it. first time seeing PJ in more than a decade. hoping it'll be fun...
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Poster for the show looks great:
<img src="http://i12.ebayimg.com/04/i/07/4e/b8/e6_1.JPG" alt=" - " />
Heard you got Masters of War. Nice
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mmj 7.30-8
good pairing with pearl jam. still not a huge fan of them, just not my taste, but their set was decent.
pearl jam 8.30-11
i really can't comment on show since its been 15 years since i saw them and am not very familiar with their stuff so don't know if set selection was good, but i will say they are a consummate group of musicians. just excellent muscianship. loving the new punk-ish sounding stuff. just borrowed latest cd from my friend.
and i saw a few 930 staph there as well! including one, whose name i don't know, sitting two rows behind me in row I. we were row g section 100. saw thatguy too on the floor.
my section was full of cigarette and pot smokers. i seriously think i had a contact high by 9 pm. i thought smoking, at least smoking of cigarettes was not allowed there?
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hi . . . i like to go to concerts and take shitty cell phone pictures. what in the hell is the fucking fascination with cell phones. people are addicted and realize that people hate you when you are on them. i also love the girls who scream the entire show, in your ear.
my friend just killed himself, and the first song out into encore made me cry. thank you eddie for having one the best bands of my generation.
who was on keys?
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my condolences, walkonby.
Originally posted by walkonby:
my friend just killed himself, and the first song out into encore made me cry.
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Getting to hear Masters of War and Fucking Up were definite pluses...
the same people smoking in the arena were probably the same idiot who decided to light up in the metro station and continue to puff away even after the station master made an annoucement over the pa...
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Masters of War was amazing.
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Excellent concert ... but what was the deal with the no binoculars rule ?? Not like I was going to throw them at anyone. Good thing I drove so I could put 'em back in the car. In a way tonight's concert was very much like the way arena concerts used to be wayyyyy back in the 70s before video screens. The band just has to get by on good music and good playing. And PJ delivered. Anyone got a complete set-list ??
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http://www.pearljam.com/tour/setlist.php?date=200605302000 (http://www.pearljam.com/tour/setlist.php?date=200605302000)
Pre-Opener
Don't Be Shy
Set 1
Release, World Wide Suicide, Severed Hand, Corduroy, Animal, Do The Evolution, Given To Fly, Low Light, Unemployable, Grievance, Even Flow, I Got Id, Present Tense, Better Man, Inside Job, Wasted Reprise, Life Wasted, Why Go, Rearviewmirror
Encore 1
Man Of The Hour, Masters Of War, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Come Back, Alive
Encore 2
Comatose, Leash, Fuckin' Up, Yellow Ledbetter
Got my ticket at 7:55. Three fan club folks recognized me from Camden on Saturday and offered me their extra.. floor section 3, Row J. ..about 10 rows back on Stone's side. ..That's what the fans of this band are about.. funny how so many of the same faces in the front rows at these shows. ..much thanks to those guys for the ticket!!!
Pearl Jam brought the rock.. Opening up with "Release" always does it for me, so my ..a-hem... 38th Pearl Jam show ..was a great one. :D
And although there were many highlights, I think the fact that when I was walking out I ran into Christie and Nicole, two girls I've seen at many a pop-punk or emo shows at 930 and other local venues.. walking out of the show at the same time I did, was pretty cool. These girls were 4 years old when "Ten" came out. They told me they really liked Pearl Jam and how their parents had PJ cd's that they listened to since they were kids.
When I was like .."What are *you* guys doing here?" They said, "What do you mean? How can you not like Pearl Jam? They are a true, pure rock and roll band."
I thought that was really cool coming from two 19 year olds who I know see alot of shows for their age.. but usually bands like Taking Back Sunday or Eisley or something like that...
A diverse crowd with, yes, lots of 930 staph in attendance or working. ...and Ian McKaye standing stage left for most of the whole night.
..doubt we'll see PJ playing a church for $5. anytime soon, though :p
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I had chills during "Better Man." If they'd played "Nothingman," I no doubt would have passed out. I've never seen that one performed.....
They put on an amazing show, with 20,000 fans who know all the words to every song....I'm barely a fan in relative terms! I loved that the show was at Verizon Center, too.
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Originally posted by chancegardener:
Excellent concert ... but what was the deal with the no binoculars rule ??
hahah. yeah, that went right into my "silliest rule EVER at a concert"
i would really love that one explained.
no poster tubes either!
good show though, even w.o binos. ;)
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saw them saturday, saw them last night....
music aside, PJ has become our generation's Grateful Dead.
year after year, seeing them live - and more importantly - seeing the band/audience dynamic floors me.
Their discs aren't always my top picks, but i have to say they are possibly one of the all-time best live acts.
I can't put my finger on it, butout of all the shows I see, nothing ever compares.
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Originally posted by walkonby:
hi . . . i like to go to concerts and take shitty cell phone pictures. what in the hell is the fucking fascination with cell phones. people are addicted and realize that people hate you when you are on them. i also love the girls who scream the entire show, in your ear.
my friend just killed himself, and the first song out into encore made me cry. thank you eddie for having one the best bands of my generation.
who was on keys?
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Originally posted by the sonick:
"silliest rule EVER at a concert"
I have a feeling the Verizon Center folks thought we were going to go ape shit and throw anything that wasn't nailed down around in the crowd.
My silliest rule/encounter:
Up to the counter to get a bottle of water.
"I'd like a bottle of water."
Saleslady: "Would you like a cup with that?"
Bags:"I'd rather not, I'd rather have it in the bottle."
Saleslady: "Then I can't sell it to you. You have to take it in a cup."
Bags: "Well, if that's how I must take it, then I'm fine with a cup. You seemed to ask as if it was a choice."
She and odd saleslady next to her look at me as if I've got three heads for the next 90 seconds of the transaction.
Such an odd, odd exchange.
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Originally posted by walkonby:
who was on keys?
"Boom" Gaspar a musician from Hawaii that Vedder discovered while surfing there...
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why the booing during "betterman" and another song later in the evening? is that customary?
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Originally posted by Big KC:
Their discs aren't always my top picks, but i have to say they are possibly one of the all-time best live acts.
I agree completely
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Originally posted by lily1:
why the booing during "betterman" and another song later in the evening? is that customary?
They were yelling "Boom" -- for the keyboard player....You mihgt recall that starting "Better Man," Eddie pointed back to Boom and said something like, "we're doing this one a little differently tonight." Then the 'BOOM, BOOM, BOOM' chanting began...
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Originally posted by lily1:
why the booing during "betterman" and another song later in the evening? is that customary?
Not booing. Cheering the keyboard player: Boom Gaspar
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the other "silly" rule was for the people on the main floor who were told to stay behind the pink tape on the floor or be ejected.... i sure it wasn't all the silly as to prevent bumrushing of the stage, but that it was stated on several occasions and referred to as a tour rule.
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ah, ok, figured there was more to it and my bad ears didn't pick up the "boom" just the "boo" hahaha. only 30 and already the ears are shot!
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If you loved the show - you gotta do this:
Soon after each show you can get a downloadable live version:
https://bootlegs2.pearljam.com/ (https://bootlegs2.pearljam.com/)
I'm not sure if you need to be a fan club member or not...but it's so worth it. You'll be amazed @ how good the boots sounds: nary a missed note. It sounds like they've culled the best bits of a year long tour.
You can get a cheaper MP3 version or a FLAC version (boots used to be avail 30 minutes after the show - I guess FLAC processing takes longer thus the couple day wait now.)
So glad all liked the show...I can't wait for Pitt & Cinci.
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Originally posted by lily1:
why the booing during "betterman" and another song later in the evening? is that customary?
They weren't booing, they were saying boo-urns.
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I think the reason Pearl Jam puts on such a great show is that have a number of songs which really work great in a live setting. For starters "Do The Evolution", "Given To Fly", Animal, Even Flow, Alive . They then have an extensive catalog of material they can swap in and out between shows in part I'm sure to keep it from being boring for themselves. It's also a better show when Vedder isn't feeling the need to solve all the world's problems and he keeps the yack to a minimum.
So when are they coming back for a proper two night stand in DC? You know where I'll be :D
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I think they'll pass back thru before this tour's over...
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Not a big fan here, but went anyway. Good show, but nothing mind blowing.
Verizon Center's acoustics = sucks big time.
Slighty better than DAR though
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Originally posted by Big KC:
I think they'll pass back thru before this tour's over...
Unlikely that they'll be back to cities they've played: late summer they go on an extensive european tour through the holidays:
http://www.pearljam.com/tour/ (http://www.pearljam.com/tour/)
Hoping they do add a few more east coast dates tho.
Pittsburgh is always a great option for getting your fix.
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the sound there is much much much better than other sized venues across the country.
San Jose is unbelievably crappy. Wachovia Center is only marginally better. Madison Square Garden can vary on show from ok, to very good.
Originally posted by Joe M.:
Verizon Center's acoustics = sucks big time.
Slighty better than DAR though
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Originally posted by samsfresh5:
...and Ian McKaye standing stage left for most of the whole night.
That would explain The Evens reference re: Mount Pleasant.
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well i haven't really listened to pearl jam since around the "vitalogy" days, but who am i to turn down a free ticket for a walk down memory lane? i wasn't blown away, but that has as much to do with the experience than the performance. i'm at the point where a sold out show at the 930 is too much of a big rock/impersonal experience for me, and i'm usually ready for a band to be done after 45 minutes, so being at verizon center w/20,000 people for a two and a half hour show was a bit much. i was really into it for the first seven songs. "release" is always a great opener, "corduroy" is my fave PJ tune, "do the evolution" is a solid rocker and "given to fly" always should have been a bigger hit.
then they started with the new stuff and lost me and never got me back. "even flow" was kinda formless, "rearviewmirror" is a great song but lost steam with that crap in the middle. "masters of war" was awesome, obviously, but that's some great source material. "fuckin' up" was fun.
when eddie said he was hanging out in mt. pleasant i was like, "and evens reference in 5, 4, 3 ..." and he came through. i definitely respect PJ and they are very good at what they do and they are everything that a big rock and roll band should be, it's just that when it comes down to it i don't really like big rock and roll bands.
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Originally posted by Bags:
They put on an amazing show, with 20,000 fans who know all the words to every song....
i wasnt one of them, and i was hoping i would get lucky with a few more songs i knew, especially during the encore.
new stuff wasnt bad either.
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Let's talk about the audience...
I hardly saw any women(!)...maybe 5,000, and maybe 15,000 white dudes (of all shapes and sizes)...
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Originally posted by Joe M.:
Let's talk about the audience...
I hardly saw any women(!)...maybe 5,000, and maybe 15,000 white dudes (of all shapes and sizes)...
it definitely felt like a capitals game in there...
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Originally posted by Joe M.:
Let's talk about the audience...
I hardly saw any women(!)...maybe 5,000, and maybe 15,000 white dudes (of all shapes and sizes)...
how was the audience @ Springsteen?
ethnically diverse & mostly female I'd bet?
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Originally posted by The Artist Formerly Known As grotty:
Originally posted by Joe M.:
Let's talk about the audience...
I hardly saw any women(!)...maybe 5,000, and maybe 15,000 white dudes (of all shapes and sizes)...
how was the audience @ Springsteen?
ethnically diverse & mostly female I'd bet? [/b]
Since it was Memorial Day weekend, lots of families and their kids...a much older crowd.
Also saw younger couples. Ethnically diverse? No.
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Originally posted by BookerT:
Originally posted by Joe M.:
Let's talk about the audience...
I hardly saw any women(!)...maybe 5,000, and maybe 15,000 white dudes (of all shapes and sizes)...
it definitely felt like a capitals game in there... [/b]
there aint no 20,000 people at a capitals game!!!
when they turned the lights on for fuckin up, we played "find the black guy" game. no one found one.
but its pearl jam people, what do you expect.
the crowd was cool though, nice people.
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Originally posted by The Artist Formerly Known As grotty:
Originally posted by Joe M.:
Let's talk about the audience...
I hardly saw any women(!)...maybe 5,000, and maybe 15,000 white dudes (of all shapes and sizes)...
how was the audience @ Springsteen?
ethnically diverse & mostly female I'd bet? [/b]
in california there are always more women than men, and most of them are single and looking!
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I'm just happy he didn't go blathering on and on with political BS. Besides a pathetic joke about "Dick" Cheney and wanting the war to end by the summer, he was pretty quiet. Refreshing!
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I thought the no binoculars rule was very strange as well. I was lucky enough to go through an entrance where they let me in with the binoculars after some complaining on my part.
The show itself was great, this is fifth time seeing them. I still think my all time favorite will always be the free show in Seattle at Magnuson Park in 1992. Hopefully they do play here again after the Europe tour.
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I was kinda underwhelmed by the whole thing, but such is often the case from the 400 level seats. Also, do houselights normally come on at the Verizon Center before the set is over, and well before 11:00? That was kinda lame.
No complaints about the setlist though, I really enjoyed Masters of War, Elderly Woman, Fuckin' Up and of course Yellow Ledbetter. And I really enjoyed MMJ.
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Originally posted by Alex:
I was kinda underwhelmed by the whole thing, but such is often the case from the 400 level seats. Also, do houselights normally come on at the Verizon Center before the set is over, and well before 11:00? That was kinda lame.
The house lights coming near the end of the set is standard PJ procedure...
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at the show last night, i was thinking.
Pearl Jam would be much better outside. and not just at an ampitheatre, but like a bigger place.
and i would LOVE to catch them at a festival, but i suppose thats not going happen...
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They were great at Tibetan Freedom.... though there set was cut short for the return of the Chili Peppers...
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Originally posted by the sonick:
at the show last night, i was thinking.
Pearl Jam would be much better outside. and not just at an ampitheatre, but like a bigger place.
and i would LOVE to catch them at a festival, but i suppose thats not going happen...
I agree - outside is ALWAYS better.
Their venue choice this summer is puzzling.
When they played Gund in Cleveland (even tho beautiful Blossom was open) - I assumed it was a weather precaution.
But then they chose the difficult Camden Tweeter Center over Wachovia.
And are playing the old sterile Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh even tho the outdoor shed - Starlake - is available same night.
Seems very random
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Originally posted by CookieMonster:
I'm just happy he didn't go blathering on and on with political BS. Besides a pathetic joke about "Dick" Cheney and wanting the war to end by the summer, he was pretty quiet. Refreshing!
I was surprised he didn't do more of that and was frankly a little disappointed by it. I suppose that it's because my politics pretty much track with Eddie's. Something tells me most of the musclehead-baseball-cap-wearing set wouldn't have been too happy.
Because it's DC, I was expecting "Rockin in the Free World" as the closer.
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tour security had a lot of rules to enforce last night. no binoculars was one of them. they said that they'd had people hitting others/throwing them at shows. no bottles was another.
i helped one of their guys place that tape on the floor. it's easier to tell someone to stay behind a bright pink line than to say "stay in your seat." nobody was going to be ejected for being in the aisle a little bit, but they were very concerned with keeping people in the seats, and not letting people just charge up front.
the lights coming up at the end was at the band's request.
there were a lot more. it's interesting to see what gets noticed by the gp, and what doesn't. anything else?
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Originally posted by thatguy:
anything else?
thats all i noticed, being way back in section 108. the binoculars, poster tubes thing was posted at the door.
as well and the Alcohol cutting off at 930pm, and though it was nice of them to post such a thing, at 9:10 we got into the beer line for last call and a cop came behind us and wouldnt let anyone else get in line. people were hardcore pissed about that. i got the last beer haha.
i figured the lights coming on was planned, and i thought it was cool. an old DJ friend of mine used to do that at the end of his set.
i also noticed their stage seemed small and had, i counted, 24 amps on it. my GF seemed to think they werent even using all of them, "they're just packrats" she said, jokingly.
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They weren't booing, they were saying boo-urns.
I laughed out loud.
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Originally posted by the sonick:
thats all i noticed, being way back in section 108. the binoculars, poster tubes thing was posted at the door.[/b]
the poster tube thing was at request of the tour as well. they said that the posters they sell would be ruined by rolling them up anyway.
as well and the Alcohol cutting off at 930pm, and though it was nice of them to post such a thing, [/b]
the standard policy at verizon is to cut off alcohol sales an hour before the end of the show. the tour requested that it be an hour after the band went on, which made it an hour and a half before the end of the show. they were very concerned with intoxicated patrons and how they were treated. if necessary, we would've had a meeting to decide if we needed to cut off sales even earlier. cutting off the line early means that sales really stop at the proper time, rather than at the proper time plus however long it takes to serve the people still in line.
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Originally posted by thatguy:
cutting off the line early means that sales really stop at the proper time, rather than at the proper time plus however long it takes to serve the people still in line.
especially since it took those people about 4 minutes to serve 1 person 2 beers. :)
no matter to me, i was still tired from HFS and i ended up not spending much money on beer!
and i'm not hungover today!!! go Pearl Jam!
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Originally posted by Alex:
Also, do houselights normally come on at the Verizon Center before the set is over, and well before 11:00? That was kinda lame.
Funny, I loved it. The crowd is so devoted, it's great to be able to look around the house and see all those dedicated men in baseball hats singing and waving their arms in the air.
One thing about PJ shows I find hysterical -- no matter where you are in the venue, somewhere nearby will be a trio or foursome of really, really excited guys who are just wailing and screaming and chanting "Eddie, Eddie" for the whole two and a half hours. And usually they are on a mission to get everyone around them as excited and emotive as they are. Last night those guys were right behind me, and actually reached down and raised our hands in to the air.
Then, after the first 'set' was over, they implored us to stand. As if Pearl Jam wouldn't come out for an encore if my friend and I weren't standing along with the other 19,998 folks standing, screaming, bellowing and clapping.
At Nissan those 'guys' were behind us, half a row over. They're always there -- different guys, exact same M.O.
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Originally posted by thatguy:
there were a lot more. it's interesting to see what gets noticed by the gp, and what doesn't. anything else?
The no bottles was funny, considering it included plastic water bottles as well.
I didn't know about the no binoculars rule -- funny, because I was very close but thought, "damn, I ALWAYS forget about binoculars." Much the same way I always forget about earplugs to most BC or 9:30 shows...
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I think my perception of last night's show was a little different than that of most forum-ites. I have to say that I was underwhelmed by the entire show, and especially it's pacing.
The show started off SO amazingly well. Coming on to Master/Slave and going into Release was an incomparable feeling. The kept going strong but I think Lowlight killed the momentum. I've gotten pretty sick of Betterman and the insidious piano intro made it even worse. Why Go and RVM couldn't bring the energy back.
And I know I'm definitely in the minority on the 1st encore. It was putting me to sleep but to each their own, I guess.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned that they played Leash. They only recently started playing that song after almost 10 years. The studio version is so ferocious and intense, but last night's version seemed almost too polished and rote. Same thing with they mailed in RVM.
Kosmo - which section were you in? We ended up 3rd row in front of Mikey. I was a little surprised we were that far back after having been front row for the last three DC area PJ shows. I noticed alot more people travelling for this tour - possibly a function of being around Memorial Day. That could explain it.
Good too see Bombay Chutney and That Guy at the show. Hope everyone enjoyed themselves last night!
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I'm pretty sure the first encore was a rehearsal for the Storytellers taping today...
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Originally posted by Bags:
One thing about PJ shows I find hysterical -- no matter where you are in the venue, somewhere nearby will be a trio or foursome of really, really excited guys who are just wailing and screaming and chanting "Eddie, Eddie" for the whole two and a half hours.
Those guys could just be lost Iron Maiden fans. <img src="http://ironmaiden.webcindario.com/eddie.jpg" alt=" - " />
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I was in section 2 row e... so just about dead center a couple rows back from you... and we did spy you from our seats :)
i could live without betterman and liked the whoesque finish to the first set.
i prefer less yack from eddie, while i agree with his politics it bogs down the proceedings and distracts him from the task at hand.
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
I was in section 2 row e... so just about dead center a couple rows back from you... and we did spy you from our seats :)
I could see you, Kosmo, from section 113. I *saw* you bop your head a few times!!
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Originally posted by Bags:
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
I was in section 2 row e... so just about dead center a couple rows back from you... and we did spy you from our seats :)
I could see you, Kosmo, from section 113. I *saw* you bop your head a few times!! [/b]
bopping moi? never...
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
Originally posted by Bags:
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
I was in section 2 row e... so just about dead center a couple rows back from you... and we did spy you from our seats :)
I could see you, Kosmo, from section 113. I *saw* you bop your head a few times!! [/b]
bopping moi? never... [/b]
Busted. I'll confirm Bags' bopping sighting.
Good to see you too xcanuck - and Bags and kosmo, as always. I saw thatguy too, but he was explaining his ear-thing to someone (for no-doubt the 100th time) last night, so I figured I wouldn't interrupt :)
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the standard policy at verizon is to cut off alcohol sales an hour before the end of the show. the tour requested that it be an hour after the band went on, which made it an hour and a half before the end of the show. they were very concerned with intoxicated patrons and how they were treated. if necessary, we would've had a meeting to decide if we needed to cut off sales even earlier. cutting off the line early means that sales really stop at the proper time, rather than at the proper time plus however long it takes to serve the people still in line.
I don't get it.
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I'm a little late on this, but whatever...
Thoughts I had during PJ's show last night:
-Mike McCready needs to quit the pete townshend-esque theatrics and just play. He looked really silly pointing at clusters of people in the audience (fortunately, he did stop doing this around 10:00).
-Jeff and Matt are an outstanding rhythm section.
-Yuppies are weird. I had a group of them in front of me, all wearing baseball caps, all inebriated, all unaware of any songs not on Ten, who gave each other high fives at the end of each radio hit as if they were congratulating themselves.
-Eddie is a natural frontman.
-For the sake of variety, Stone needs to play more solos, because many of Mike's sounded the same.
-Those socks with the avocados on them are awesome but way too expensive.
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Originally posted by you be pickup:
I'm a little late on this, but whatever...
Thoughts I had during PJ's show last night:
-Mike McCready needs to quit the pete townshend-esque theatrics and just play. He looked really silly pointing at clusters of people in the audience (fortunately, he did stop doing this around 10:00).
Haha, ditto.
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OK i was indeed bopping... It's a good think the DJ booth at the club is secluded as I can bust out some serious jazz dance moves with nobody watching... Fosse, Fosse, Fosse! Of course while I'm typing this thatguy is probably editing tapes of me in the DJ booth taken with a secret camera.
Re: had great sound where I was great, it would appear that the band uses a center channel type of speaker pointing directly down at the floor so no echo etc was to be heard. it was also amazing not ear-bleeding loud down front. so membership has it's privileges...
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
OK i was indeed bopping... It's a good think the DJ booth at the club is secluded as I can bust out some serious jazz dance moves with nobody watching... Fosse, Fosse, Fosse! Of course while I'm typing this thatguy is probably editing tapes of me in the DJ booth taken with a secret camera.
You do an eclectic celebration of the dance! You do Fosse Fosse Fosse Fosse Fosse! You do Martha Graham Martha Graham Martha Graham, or Twyla Twyla Twyla, or Michael Kidde Michael Kidde Michael Kidde Michael Kidde, or Madonna Madonna Madonna Madonna... but you keep it all inside.