*** MSG 2 Fanviews Here 5/21/10 ***

AboveTheWaves

This show was absolutely stunning.

I was kind of bummed because the songs I wanted most out of this tour (sad, crown of thorns, release) were played in Boston and i was at Hartford and both MSGs, but tonight was perfect. Exactily what I need and my favorite of the 4 garden shows I've ween.

I wasn't impressed with last night because it basically felt like Hartford & Newark in one show (wayy too many repeats. You Are, Insignificance and once 2 shows in a row? Indifference 3 shows in a row?) but I have a smile on my face that nothing can take off after tonight

The classics were performed in top form, the rarities were placed perfectly and played well, the band was firing on all cylanders and the crowd 100% matched the bands intensity.

Have fun in Europe, boys (I wish i could go so bad..)

osvalsan

A HUGE fan from Puerto Rico...just got i was waiting for!!!!!!!!!!!!! Liked MSG 1 a bit more- maybe it was cause i had first row @ end stage. Highlights were Hunger strike..Lukin, Given to fly (lot of energy). Will be taking my flight back hoping for an MSG 3! See you soon!!!! and please play Footsteps and Man of the Hour!

yem986

props to section 218 with the puff puff pass awesome fucking show!

JMcDowell3636

There is one word to describe this show. EPIC. I brought a friend who never saw them. He said it was the best concert he has ever seen. He knew none of the songs. This show was amazing from the start. They came out firing on all cylinders. I couldnt even hear eddie singing in some songs the crowd was so loud. The set list was awesome. The crowd was godly. This band is so good becuase they go all out every show. The connection with the band and the crowd is amazing. During betterman i think ed started to tear up. The crowd was singing so loud. Just an amazing show. I was at philly 4. This show def had more juice and energy. I think this show was better than philly 4 and philly 4 was a fucking great concert.

harley

I have seen at least ten shows, and I have never heard anything as wonderful as tonight. The crowd was one with the band, the setlist was perfect, the vibe was amazing, Hunger Strike was special. New York fans should be way proud of tonight. Eddy and the band had to appreciate the love they received and most deserving I must say. Crowd at Garden is best in the world period. Cannot be topped.

GiventoFall

I hate you all for getting to see what sounds like one of their best shows ever. I cant wait to check out the bootleg!

over bends

bsbplyr wrote:

There is one word to describe this show. EPIC. I brought a friend who never saw them. He said it was the best concert he has ever seen. He knew none of the songs. This show was amazing from the start. They came out firing on all cylinders. I couldnt even hear eddie singing in some songs the crowd was so loud. The set list was awesome. The crowd was godly. This band is so good becuase they go all out every show. The connection with the band and the crowd is amazing. During betterman i think ed started to tear up.

Yeah, maybe I'm wrong but Eddie seemed really emotional during the 2nd encore.

releasemedc

I guess this isn't really a fan view, technically, because I got scammed and bought a counterfeit ticket. Never made it in. My unlucky 13th show, apparently. Happy for everyone who was there to see this amazing set.

Fuck. Never been so disappointed. Hope to catch them later this year to make up for it. Maybe I will finally hear Breath.

Meh.

Qui Gon Vin

I wore my "OOPS! You ripped our face off! We'll be right back." T-shirt and wound up with winning the 10c. lotto. 10th row aisle seats, Mikes side. My wife smiled all night...at Mike. Good Times

ccs56

2010 MSG1, while very good, did not do the Big Apple justice. No offense, but no one expects to hear that the crowd in Columbus was the loudest ever. Certain things are expected of MSG and of New Yorker’s in general. The crowd for night one was dead until they starting playing songs from Ten. Night two was AMAZING! The energy of this show was almost on a Philly 10/31/09 level, and I was stuck in the 400s with a bunch of people that didn’t know Rats. I can only imagine what it was like to have a good seat for this show. It is hard to please the newbie and the diehard, but that is exactly what they did this weekend. It was a great mix (17 shows and that was my first Hunger Strike). We can all hope for another 3:40+ show, but it’s not coming anytime soon. This is one very happy fan. Tomorrow I go back to hoping for the next one.

AlltheWay23

Having been to countless shows but never a show at MSG I have to say that the place is something special. You really can't describe it to people who haven't been there. I felt like I was at a college football environment the past two nights. Thank you to everyone who was there that took it to the next level...I'm still in shock.

Fat man sitting on a little st

WOW!!! Just got home from an EPIC show. Here is a great point of reference on how much energy there was tonight. In '03 i remember the floor did not start bouncing until Evolution, which was 20+ songs into the show. Tonight the floor was bouncing for Corduroy.......song 1!!!! Tonight was special without a doubt! Thank you PJ!!!!! More to come after i sleeeeeeeeeep

eeriepadave

I just home from the show. Took over 2 1/2 hours to get there (damn PA turnpike and Lincoln Bridge traffic :x ) Totally missed Band Of Horses :( we got to our seats and less than a minute Pearl Jam was playing Great show crowd was really into it. Highlights for me were Hunger Strike, Hail Hail, Do The Evolution, Given To Fly, and Better Man (Crowd was really into it).

10club seats were pretty good. Section222

uploading videos and pics now.

Spoken

Cool poster tonight!

En La Clandestinidad

5 shows in 7 days is SO amazing!!!!

I gotta say starting the show with Corduroy was odd, but WOW did that get the crowd psyched up or not??!?!

Let's start with the crowd. The place was ELECTRIC!!!!!!!!!!!! Brought back memories from Philly 4. What a great crowd the Garden brings out. The only issue i had was that the entire section I was in was like the smoking section. So I just moved closer to the stage!

My only song complaint is that Sweet Lew sucks! I have heard it both times though.

Breath made me so happy! After I heard all of the songs I was dying for in Newark, Breath was really the only song I was dying to hear and we got it tonight. I cannot wait to relive the slow Lukin I was changing seats then and couldn't really soak that one in.

Grievance is so good, really I will take anything from Binaural any night!

It was the second time I had heard Present Tense, but MY GOODNESS how awesome the outro jam was tonight!!! They let Stone put on his Mike "Face Melt" face on that one, so amazing.

Couldn't believe they actually played BRY, haha esp. after what Eddie said (jokingly, apparently) in Hartford. That was super cool.

From Given to Fly through the end of the show, I still can't believe how into the concert EVERYONE was. It was louder than I have ever heard a concert be before. INSANITY. It is funny because Given to Fly and Spin the Black Circle were two of the reason I really grew to love this band when I started listening in October of 2008.

Words cannot describe Betterman and Black from tonight. They were powerful to say the least. Man, I don't know what else to say.

Hunger Strike was not quite as good as the first time I saw it (with Chris Cornell!) but Ben and Eddie did such an amazing version of that song!!! I absolutely love it. Its funny how I have heard that song at my first and last show. LA 3 was the first time seeing PJ, so that was cool to hear such a rare song again tonight!

Amazing, amazing night and I really love the poster as well. The best Ames one of the tour! I love the Pearl Jam MSG writing at the bottom of it.

The big disappointment of the evening is that a few really great people that I met before the show probably weren't able to get a ticket tonight and missed an amazing night, but I was super glad that I could help a fella from DC get into the show. He had a blast.

Many thanks to Adam, aka Get_Right for setting him up with tonights ticket and for enjoying a week's worth of PJ with me a couple different nights. It truly was an epic run of shows. Hard to decide the best of the group. For me, it would be Newark based on the set list and MSG 2 for the overall package, though that could change as it all sinks in!

Off to rest, thanks again Eddie and the guys for one amazing, amazing week on the east coast!!!!!

Many thanks also to every single awesome PJ fan I met along the way, you are what help make this band great!

over bends

I love how much the crowd digs Unthought Known live. It has such a great buildup and release point.

Spot In The Sky

Best of my 33rd shows.
RVM was the best version of any song ive ever seen.
Sweet Lew and BRY were amazing to hear.
But i REALLY thought they were gonna play Education when they were talking about schooling. Maybe next MSG!

Fifthelement

Slow Lukin aka Lukin II :shock:

Awesome!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCNHb-XW1PI

iamloco724

ccs56 wrote:

2010 MSG1, while very good, did not do the Big Apple justice. No offense, but no one expects to hear that the crowd in Columbus was the loudest ever. Certain things are expected of MSG and of New Yorker’s in general. The crowd for night one was dead until they starting playing songs from Ten. Night two was AMAZING! The energy of this show was almost on a Philly 10/31/09 level, and I was stuck in the 400s with a bunch of people that didn’t know Rats. I can only imagine what it was like to have a good seat for this show. It is hard to please the newbie and the diehard, but that is exactly what they did this weekend. It was a great mix (17 shows and that was my first Hunger Strike). We can all hope for another 3:40+ show, but it’s not coming anytime soon. This is one very happy fan. Tomorrow I go back to hoping for the next one.

night one was far from dead newark that was a dead crowd night 1 and 2 at msg were very loud and very into everything..tonight was definitely loudest out those 3

eeriepadave

JR49823 wrote:

Cool poster tonight!

that's another thing, I never even got to see the poster cause we got there too late :x