ny post trashes pj

DewieCox

What a great review....Now we know that MSG shows aren't all their cracked up to be.

joebot

BraceYourSelf wrote:

I do agree with the video projection system. They could of used the scoreboard. However, everything else is garbage.

+ 1

on2legs

The New York Times seems to be a bit more into Pearl Jam based on their review...

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DewieCox

on2legs wrote:

The New York Times seems to be a bit more into Pearl Jam based on their review...

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What a bunch of racist fucks at the Times. How could they give a band of white guys, and one hawaiian such a positive review? The band sounded like crap at MSG. It's been established. :arrow:

That's about how ridiculous some of you people sound when slaggin the post review.

gunda

holy shit what the ny post can do to some people is amazing

elevation622

That guy just didn't like his seats. I've been reading that guy for years and he's always talked highly of Pearl Jam from albums to shows. Peeps need to chillax!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

camaros

i saw that crap too... crap

MoonTurtle

dude that drawing is super scary

did u draw it?

camaros wrote:

i saw that crap too... crap

HollisBrown

Hi, I'm Rupert Murdoch and I approve this review.

Limp show could have been Vedder

Had Pearl Jam played Thursday's Madison Square Garden concert at a smaller hall, the band's energy -- and the dynamic stage presence of frontman Eddie Vedder -- might have saved the day. But they played the arena as if it were a club -- and the fans who filled the Garden paid the price.

First, there was no video projection system. From the back wall of the Garden to the lip of the stage, it's almost a quarter-mile, so the majority of the audience was denied any real visual detail. Did Vedder contort his kisser into the ugly face when he sang "Severed Hand" early in the set? You'd have to ask somebody who sat up front; even the eagle-eyed would have a hard time confirming it was actually Vedder up there.



"Eddie Vedder didn't speak up for Pearl Jam!"

The band's sound system was another problem. The acoustics weren't just a little muddy, they were the Mississippi. Lyrics were mostly indiscernible during the set, which ran for more than 30 songs.

It wasn't so bad on tunes such as "Jeremy" and "Leash," two of the band's best-known numbers. On those, what we couldn't hear with our ears we heard in our heads. But on the less familiar, deep-vault cuts, Vedder's lyrics were little more than garbled jibber-jabber, more noise than poetry.

Other than the shirtless, drunk, fat guy in my far-back section who broke a seat by jumping on it, the fan reaction cooled the farther you were from the stage.

The exceptions came during the night's two brightest songs: a cover of The Who's "Love Reign O'er Me" and Pearl Jam's own anthem "Alive," which was played in the show's last breaths. These two songs illustrated why Pearl Jam still matters -- but for the most part, Pearl Jam and Vedder coulda been better.

qcrete

this writer is a HACK & his review sucked

also what is the deal with taking a shot at this fan -- "the shirtless, drunk, fat guy in my far-back section who broke a seat by jumping on it" ?

neilybabes86

he always gives the albums and the shows great reviews..must of woke up on the wrong side of the bed

Spiritual_Chaos

And god forbid someone didn't enjoy the show. Now they, and their publication, are suddenly absolute garbage I love watching people get worked up around here.

Yeah, it's allways a blast

Nittany1bn

i like how he said "they played the arena like it was a club show" as if that's a bad thing...one of the reasons they're the best live band in the world is their ability to make 20,000 seat arenas seem intimate

PJGirl321

And this is a recent comment to Dan's review:


Van

05/28/2010 1:02 AM

Dan - I hope you realize that when it comes to PJ fans, you absolutely cannot criticize anything the band says or does. Every single song is flawless; every verse is priceless; every performance incredible; every word out of Eddies mouth may as well have come from god himself. I'm curious if PJ came out one night and only sang Barry Manilow songs and nursery rhymes in falsetto if the fans would criticize it or just scream and pander about how the amazing interpretation and cadence.

Kind of ironic considering Vedder is hardly one to show blind devotion to anything. I wonder what he thinks of all this mindless conformity.



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jwagner

I LOVE that they don't have video monitors...screw that. We came to see a concert, not watch TV. It's distracting, and even if I was in the way back I'd rather just take in the vibe than watch TV. Serious. You can tell this wasn't written by any sort of discerning Pearl Jam fan, or a PJ fan of any kind...