Sleeper show of the Tour?

WM31482

RiotZact wrote:

therk17 wrote:

Newark. Crowd was disappointing, but the set list was dynamite.

Yeah this would be my 2nd pick, not only was this show not talked up, it was talked DOWN after the bosten show and having the msg shows coming up, was very suprised and excited for you guys when I saw how great the setlist was.

yeah seriously, Newark gets no love

obviously i enjoyed MSG, but this show blew it out of the water if you ask me...

WM31482

and hartford, i loved that one too!!!
who didn't like hartford??

LoveBoatAdmiral

FenwayFaithful wrote:

LoveBoatAdmiral wrote:

FenwayFaithful wrote:

Definitely, without question, Hartford.

Of the Bristow>Hartford>Boston>Newark run I did, Boston was by far the best show. Second was Newark. I wasn't feeling Hartford like a lot of others were.

No? Maybe that's cuz you were in your plan B seats, rather than plan A.

Really though, you weren't feelin Hartford? We loved it. My only problem with Hartford, and I've bitched about it before, was you couldn't hear Mike's guitar on our entire side. Most notably during Low Light and Severed Hand. They got it all fixed by the time I Got Shit was played.

Nah, the seats were great, I honestly think was just a little burned out from the drive to Virginia, back to Boston, and down to Hartford in 2 days. The day off after Hartford was my first real "rest" day in over a week.

davidtrios

Sawyer wrote:

Indy was just incredible....highly underrated.

1000% +1

elevation622

Newark was great. The setlist was awesome, and the band was tight. Even the sound to me was crystal clear. Maybe that's because the crowd thought they were at a library?

MayDay10

I dont know what "sleeper show" means after the fact.

Judging by chatter....

I would say that Cleveland, Hartford, Newark, and probably MSG I are held in high regard....

Boston and MSG II are the highest rated.

New Orleans, KC, St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville, Buffalo, Bristow are the shows that are kid of "forgotten". So I guess if one of those are worthy of the "high regard" level, that show would be the "underrated" show.

Dark Energy

Cleveland was an absolutely fantastic show-despite the crowd-.
This was show # 15 for me, and I would have to say it was the quietest crowd of all of them. Somehow, the guys made for their own vibe, rather than feeding off the crowd, and proceeded to put on a great show, with a really good setlist. I was really surprised to not see more people singing along to even the big hits, I kind of understand about the new songs, but you would figure to have quite a few singing to "Smile", "In Hiding". Even Corduroy, a song which even the most casual fans know, did not get much audience feedback. Although I did see one of the craziest things: the guy in front of me actually bawled like a baby during "Just Breathe".

CServant

Of the 6 I saw (KC - BUF), Cleveland was 1A followed closely by Columbus 1B. Buffalo is 1C. Indy was the bottom IMHO. I think that was more due to the venue than the show though.

badbrains

NEWARK forsure!!!! Why u ask, because it was my 58th show and I finally got to hear BROTHER!!!! The crowd was asleep but the boys rocked the rock that nite!!! Sound was incredible, set list was sick and my seats were unreal!!! I did Hartford, Newark and both MSG shows, Newark was my sleeper forsure...

Slap upside the head

It's difficult to say, I fall asleep at so many of them.

ski4

cleveland indeed
best show i have seen locally yet
followed by c bus

Get_Right

cleveland or newark-hartford was a great time, but cleveland and newark had better setlists

boston and msg are disqualified from any sleeper conversations

skyeriverwinter

Get_Right wrote:

cleveland or newark-hartford was a great time, but cleveland and newark had better setlists

boston and msg are disqualified from any sleeper conversations

I agree with this...it was fantastic!

sd150448

sleeper show?.....no such thing.....only sleeper crowds.....pj always delivers
they give it their all so the crowd should too.....if I have to punch (friendly like) one more person to get them moving....so help me!.....I've always got bruises on my bruises....a great time everytime

En La Clandestinidad

Far and away Newark, that set lest was unbelievable. Loved the Of the Girl opener, then Brain of J, an amazing playing of Brother and Alone, Inside Job, my first Go! But the #1 highlight for me had to be the Immortality into In Hiding. I had never heard either of those songs and then to get two of my favorites back to back!!!! Woohoo!!

Can't wait to relive this one again.

rlaidepeas

What makes a show a sleeper show? Are we just going by setlist? Are we going by the crowd and energy? The problem is people can't really know how well a show went over unless they were there. But at the same time, that brings up another problem - People only seem to vote for shows they were at. Ok, I realize i'm contradicting myself, but they are both legit points that have to be considered. Let's take a poll - how many of you went to more than 2 or 3 shows this mini-tour? Ok - some of you - Now, out of those people, how many of you saw shows in the Midwest? How many of you only saw shows on the east coast? How many of you saw both? Of the shows you saw, why did you prefer one over the other?

For the record, I only saw Kansas City and St Louis. Both shows had their moments. I had floor seats 24 rows back, dead center in KC, and I did enjoy the show, but in St Louis, I had wing seats on Stone's side, only 5 rows up and that was more fun. I also dug the St Louis setlist a bit more. But Am I qualified enough to say St Louis is a sleeper show on the tour - No, because I didn't see any of the other shows besides these two. Both shows rocked, and I"m sure if some of you were there, you'd dig them just as much as the Ohio shows, but who knows? It's so subjective. There's no right or wrong answer.

ski4

sd150448 wrote:

sleeper show?.....no such thing.....only sleeper crowds.....pj always delivers
they give it their all so the crowd should too.....if I have to punch (friendly like) one more person to get them moving....so help me!.....I've always got bruises on my bruises....a great time everytime

this kills me
what someone decides to do at a show is really no concern of anyone?
they paid to get in . they can enjoy the show however they feel like it.
if they aren't running around screaming during a song, it does not make them a hinderance to a concert.
shit .... maybe they have a broken foot or are sick or what ever. maybe they are so in awe they just want to take it all in. to each their own.

as long as between songs they show approval and applaud that is all that is required in my book.

if people need the surrounding audience to be spastic for a show to be good.?? maybe they should join a support group or something. i think the band can appreciate that . i don't think they will perform less inspite of it.

they are infact professionals that get paid a lot to perform. pearl jam doesn't choke unlike our own lebron


that being said a sleeper show should be based on band performance.
and with this band that would almost entirely be dependant on songs played.
it's a close call this tour indeed. i still go with cleveland

Vedder_Girl77

Out of the 5 shows that I saw on this tour...Boston was the best...setlist wise and crowd wise.

smanchac

Newark - sleeper show

Why? everyone thought it would suck, the crowd was asleep (except for me!) but the setlist was amazing.

I also went to msg 1-2. While i thought msg1 was the best concert ive ever seen (by any band) msg2 was also great with the rarities and awesome crowd and setlist.

But newark was great for the setlist. No one thought it would be good (ALOT of negative talk about it before hand) and it was an amazing show (minus the crowd)

So my answer is - Newark New Jersey May 18th 2010.

Msg 1 was amazing... the best unthought known ive ever seen, and then the Ypu are - Crazy mary was a truly epic experience for me (and the other parts were awesome too!)

RiotZact

smanchac wrote:

Newark - sleeper show

Why? everyone thought it would suck, the crowd was asleep (except for me!) but the setlist was amazing.

I also went to msg 1-2. While i thought msg1 was the best concert ive ever seen (by any band) msg2 was also great with the rarities and awesome crowd and setlist.

But newark was great for the setlist. No one thought it would be good (ALOT of negative talk about it before hand) and it was an amazing show (minus the crowd)

So my answer is - Newark New Jersey May 18th 2010.

Msg 1 was amazing... the best unthought known ive ever seen, and then the Ypu are - Crazy mary was a truly epic experience for me (and the other parts were awesome too!)

This is exactly what I thought when I saw the setlist.