whoooooooooooo Public Thank You to Lauri for selling me the best seats I've ever had to any concert.
I'm a big Yield fan, so Pilate, Push Me Pull Me, Given to Fly was terrific. I was anticipating a more pronounced nod to Dio, but the Alive riff was great. Smile was moving, RVM was a trip.
Should be mentioned that Ed came out for the last song of BOH. Read other fanviews, didn't see it mentioned.
Yes, poster was sick. Bear wearing a Native American headdress at a tea party.'nuff said. (hehe TD Banknorth Arena. great branding, corporate America)
WOW...really all I can think of to say. The band was on and fed off the energy in the crowd. The crowd was pumped and into it, and the Release/Animal combo to open the show set the tone for the whole night. The setlist was awesome, I finally got to hear Red Mosquito Pretty cool that either the band keeps track of the board or at least they get some level of update on it, since they played Crown of Thorns and mentioned that it had never been played in Boston, and they played and dedicated Smile. I was a little bit sorry that I made the trip up for just the one show since I was hoping there would be two nights in Boston, but this show was well worth the trip. Hope they left something for the rest of the week!
Incredible, that's all I can say. The Harp before the show was fun too. I took plenty of video before security stopped me during Love Reign. Keep an eye out for youtube and any videos by trebmal007.
9.15.98, 8.29.00, 8.30.00, 7.02.03, 7.03.03, 7.11.03 Mansfield, MA | 9.28.04, 9.29.04 Boston, MA, 5.12.06 Albany, NY | 5.13.06 Hartford, CT | 5.24, 5.25.06 Boston, MA | 8.05.07 Chicago, IL (lolla) | 6.27.08 Hartford, CT | 6.28, 6.30.08 Mansfield, MA | 10.4.09 Austin, TX (ACL), 10.30 | 10.31.09, Philadelphia, PA 5.17.10 Boston, MA, 10.15 | 10.16.2013 Worcester, MA, 10.25.13 Hartford, CT, 10.16.14 Detroit, MI, 4.18.16 Hampton, VA, 5.1 | 5.2.16 NYC, 8.5 | 8.7.16 Boston, MA, 7.3.18 Kraków, PL | 8.8 - 8.10.18 Seattle, WA | 8.13.18 Missoula, MT | 8.18.18 Chicago, IL | 9.2 - 9.4.18 Boston, MA | 9.18.21 Asbury Park, NJ | 9.1.22 Québec City, CAN | 9.3.22 Ottawa, CAN
I've been to 17 shows and this was the best. I am still at a loss for words about what I just witnessed.
"FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
I don't know how they do it but everytime I see these guys they get better and better and better. They just sounded awesome and the setlist was killer. Now I will have to go and dish out more cash for more boots.
wow my little bro is thomasgparisi. he had no idea that people were following the setlist on his twitter. he'll be stoked he was able to help out the folks who werent able to be at the show. we just kept track on his twitter so we would know what they played at the bar afterwards. awesome. great show by the way, prob top 3 for me out of about 20. more tomorrow.
also not sure if it was because of my request but i have a friend who knows Boom and i told her to tell Boom that Crown of Thorns was never played in Boston and to request it for me when she was backstage at Hartford on Saturday... Just sayin...
"What can you expect when you're on top? You know? It's like Napoleon. When he was the king, you know, people were just constantly trying to conquer him, you know, in the Roman Empire. So, it's history repeating itself all over again."
In a word... well, sh*t, how can you sum up this performance in a word?
I'll try anyway.
Transcendent. From Merriam Webster's Dictionary:
Main Entry: tran·scen·dent
Pronunciation: \-dənt\
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin transcendent-, transcendens, present participle of transcendere
Date: 15th century
1 a : exceeding usual limits : surpassing b : extending or lying beyond the limits of ordinary experience c in Kantian philosophy : being beyond the limits of all possible experience and knowledge
2 : being beyond comprehension
3 : transcending the universe or material existence — compare immanent 2
4 : universally applicable or significant <the antislavery movement…recognized the transcendent importance of liberty — L. H. Tribe>
There. I said it.
I honestly can't believe they played "Push Me, Pull Me".
An earlier poster mentioned Tedy Bruschi. I approached him after the show, and said, "Mr. Bruschi, if Pearl Jam was a football team, they would give you 60 minutes every Sunday."
His response?
I quote:"Yes they would...yes they would...yes they would."
Thank you, Pearl Jam.
AUGUSTA 9/26/96
Mansfield 9/15-16/98, 8/29-30/00, 7/2-3-11/03
Boston 9/28-29/04, 5/24-25/06
Hartford 6/27/08
Mansfield 6/28-30/08
Toronto 8/21/09
Hartford 5/15/10
Boston 5/17/10
"Is that Dennis Rodman?"
"...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
I've Always told people that Boston shows are ones you NEVER wanna miss. The boys gave Boston some good lovin tonite and the crowd was givin it back. Great great time tonite. Thanks sauce....
~~~~~~ALWAYS HAVE A GOOD TIME~~~~~~
Sir Mike McCready is....THE MASTER!!! WAHHH!!!
EVENFLOW PSYCHOS H.N.I.C~FEEL THE FLOW!!!
"Pearl Jam fans are obsessed, they'd see the boys in HELL if tickets were sold."-CROJAM95
Crown of Thorns from this gig is on pj radio right now.
wow.
"...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
Crown of Thorns from this gig is on pj radio right now.
wow.
For some reason I hadn't really checked out PJ radio until reading this- I'm going to need to avoid it. Based on the songs they just played, that BUY button would kill me.
Boston was mind-blowing tonight. I'm still awake and in complete euphoria.
Sooooo glad that Erik got Crown of Thorns and Smile was played for Jenn :thumbup:
Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...
... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
Its so hard to hide tears when only reading this! Damn!
14/6/00 Prague 22/9/06 Prague 12/6/07 Munich 15/8/09 Berlin 22/06/10 Dublin 23/06/10 Belfast 30/06/10 Berlin 26/06/12 Amsterdam 02/07/12 Prague 04/07/12 Berlin 05/07/12 Berlin 07/07/12 Stockholm 09/07/12 Oslo 10/07/12 Copenhagen 25/6/14 Vienna 26/6/14 Berlin 1/7/18 Prague 3/7/18 Krakow 5/7/18 Berlin
all i can say is this is one for the fucking history books.
i was at all 4 philly nights and this can hold up to any of them!
this was so fucking incredible. my mind is blown to bits.
rival, push me pull me, release, in my tree, crown of thorns, soldier of love, UNDONE, RED MOSQUITO, pilate, force of nature, smile, bee girl, the list goes ON AND ON AND ON AND ON!
the band sounded absolutely perfect once again. ed was more talkative in hartford, but tonight it was clear that he knew he had some serious business to attend to: nailing all the crazy ridiculous shit they played and keeping the crowd super engaged. GREAT SUCCESS. the crowd was apeshit all night and the band was just on fire annihilating every single song they took on.
this show feels like an amazing dream. if anything can compete with philly, this is it. mark it in the books kids.
i don't know if i were told to design my own setlist, how much better it would come out then this. pearl jam, thank you for a life changing performance. and FUCK YEA BOSTON! bring on the msgs!
2006: Hartford
2008: MSG 1, Hartford, Mansfield 2, Ed Solo NYC 1
2009: London (O2), Philly 1, 2, 3, & 4
2010: Hartford, Boston, MSG 1 & 2
2011: Ed Solo Hartford
2012: Philly (MIA Fest)
2013: Worcester 2, Brooklyn 1 & 2, Hartford
Had a feeling the boys would rock out tonite in Boston. Kept checking the board last nite during the show. Passed out on the couch, woke up of course the first thing i do is check the second encore and took another good look at the show... wow! Crown of thorns! Damn, u all are lucky bastards who were there... One of pjs top ten ... Heading to newark tonite. I know it cant beat boston, but hell this band keeps surprising us as time goes on. Thats why i love em. To those heading to the Rock tonite. See you there....
Randalls Island II, NY 96',East Rutherford, NJ 98',Jones Beach I, NY 00',Philadelphia, PA 03'
Nassau Col., NY 03',MSG I and II, NY 03',Hershey, PA 03',Holmdel, NJ 03',Philadelphia, PA 05'
Boston I, 06', East Rutherford I, II 06',MSG I, II 08', Philadelphia, PA III 09', Newark, NJ 10', MSG II 10'
Just incredible, looks & sounds like it was a KILLER SHOW, wish I could have been there with the rest of you wackos
2005 - London
2009 - Toronto
2010 - Buffalo
2011 - Toronto 1&2
2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
2014 - Cincinnati, St. Louis, Detroit
2016 - Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Ottawa, Toronto 1 2018 - Fenway 1&2 2022 - Hamilton, Toronto 2023 - Chicago 1&2
Congrats to Boston on an Epic show. Going to Newark tonight and MSG 2 of Friday. PJ always writes the prescription that fits the needs of the particular area. Newark will get its due. Have faith in Dr PJ to prescribe the proper songs for optimal musical health.
Another great Boston show. The band played an extra 20 minutes past the typical 11:00 p.m. "curfew" which was fantastic. Had a blast!
"I'll end up alone like I began..."
"You need the patience of like a National Geographic photographer sitting underneath the bush in a tent, trying to get a picture of zebras fucking or something for the first time." -Eddie Vedder
Sounds like an amazing night! Reading the set list threads from my desk at work in the morning is show making me jeallous. One day I hope to be able to see them play in the USA. That experience would just be unreal!
Comments
I'm a big Yield fan, so Pilate, Push Me Pull Me, Given to Fly was terrific. I was anticipating a more pronounced nod to Dio, but the Alive riff was great. Smile was moving, RVM was a trip.
Should be mentioned that Ed came out for the last song of BOH. Read other fanviews, didn't see it mentioned.
Yes, poster was sick. Bear wearing a Native American headdress at a tea party.'nuff said. (hehe TD Banknorth Arena. great branding, corporate America)
also not sure if it was because of my request but i have a friend who knows Boom and i told her to tell Boom that Crown of Thorns was never played in Boston and to request it for me when she was backstage at Hartford on Saturday... Just sayin...
I'll try anyway.
Transcendent. From Merriam Webster's Dictionary:
Main Entry: tran·scen·dent
Pronunciation: \-dənt\
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin transcendent-, transcendens, present participle of transcendere
Date: 15th century
1 a : exceeding usual limits : surpassing b : extending or lying beyond the limits of ordinary experience c in Kantian philosophy : being beyond the limits of all possible experience and knowledge
2 : being beyond comprehension
3 : transcending the universe or material existence — compare immanent 2
4 : universally applicable or significant <the antislavery movement…recognized the transcendent importance of liberty — L. H. Tribe>
There. I said it.
I honestly can't believe they played "Push Me, Pull Me".
An earlier poster mentioned Tedy Bruschi. I approached him after the show, and said, "Mr. Bruschi, if Pearl Jam was a football team, they would give you 60 minutes every Sunday."
His response?
I quote:"Yes they would...yes they would...yes they would."
Thank you, Pearl Jam.
Mansfield 9/15-16/98, 8/29-30/00, 7/2-3-11/03
Boston 9/28-29/04, 5/24-25/06
Hartford 6/27/08
Mansfield 6/28-30/08
Toronto 8/21/09
Hartford 5/15/10
Boston 5/17/10
"Is that Dennis Rodman?"
- 8/28/98
- 9/2/00
- 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
- 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
- 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
- 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
- 8/2/07, 8/5/07
- 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
- 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
- 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
- 9/11/11, 9/12/11
- 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
Sir Mike McCready is....THE MASTER!!! WAHHH!!!
EVENFLOW PSYCHOS H.N.I.C~FEEL THE FLOW!!!
"Pearl Jam fans are obsessed, they'd see the boys in HELL if tickets were sold."-CROJAM95
It takes balls to put out a UKE album!
wow.
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
Boston was mind-blowing tonight. I'm still awake and in complete euphoria.
Sooooo glad that Erik got Crown of Thorns and Smile was played for Jenn :thumbup:
... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
i was at all 4 philly nights and this can hold up to any of them!
this was so fucking incredible. my mind is blown to bits.
rival, push me pull me, release, in my tree, crown of thorns, soldier of love, UNDONE, RED MOSQUITO, pilate, force of nature, smile, bee girl, the list goes ON AND ON AND ON AND ON!
the band sounded absolutely perfect once again. ed was more talkative in hartford, but tonight it was clear that he knew he had some serious business to attend to: nailing all the crazy ridiculous shit they played and keeping the crowd super engaged. GREAT SUCCESS. the crowd was apeshit all night and the band was just on fire annihilating every single song they took on.
this show feels like an amazing dream. if anything can compete with philly, this is it. mark it in the books kids.
i don't know if i were told to design my own setlist, how much better it would come out then this. pearl jam, thank you for a life changing performance. and FUCK YEA BOSTON! bring on the msgs!
2008: MSG 1, Hartford, Mansfield 2, Ed Solo NYC 1
2009: London (O2), Philly 1, 2, 3, & 4
2010: Hartford, Boston, MSG 1 & 2
2011: Ed Solo Hartford
2012: Philly (MIA Fest)
2013: Worcester 2, Brooklyn 1 & 2, Hartford
Nassau Col., NY 03',MSG I and II, NY 03',Hershey, PA 03',Holmdel, NJ 03',Philadelphia, PA 05'
Boston I, 06', East Rutherford I, II 06',MSG I, II 08', Philadelphia, PA III 09', Newark, NJ 10', MSG II 10'
2009 - Toronto
2010 - Buffalo
2011 - Toronto 1&2
2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
2014 - Cincinnati, St. Louis, Detroit
2016 - Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Ottawa, Toronto 1
2018 - Fenway 1&2
2022 - Hamilton, Toronto
2023 - Chicago 1&2
DrDeal
"You need the patience of like a National Geographic photographer sitting underneath the bush in a tent, trying to get a picture of zebras fucking or something for the first time." -Eddie Vedder
i love the people that say this is the best set of the tour so far.... ya think?