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[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.
 
 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.

[kosmo vinyl]

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...

[sonickteam2]

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...

[Big KC]

They were great at Tibetan Freedom.... though there set was cut short for the return of the Chili Peppers...

[grotty]

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

[eros]

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.

[thatguy]

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?

[sonickteam2]

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.

[freakoretardo]

 They weren't booing, they were saying boo-urns.

I laughed out loud.

[thatguy]

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.

[sonickteam2]

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!

[Bags]

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.

[Bags]

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...

[xcanuck]

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!

[Big KC]

I'm pretty sure the first encore was a rehearsal for the Storytellers taping today...