*** Camden 1 Fanviews Here 6/19/2008 ***

spat

Evo2010 wrote:

Great setlist, sounds like you guys had fun .Was this the first show of the tour without Alive and did anybody notice it wasnt played

i noticed! the entire night i cannot put into words as eloquently as some of you did, the setlist, energy from the band to the fans and vice versa, ed's banter, BUT i LOVE alive!! i will never get sick of it, especially with the crowd participation and arms pumping in the air. i figured it would have had to be played, it was on every show this tour and last tour, and i kept waiting for it but didn't get it :( and to see it actually was on the setlist! ah well, it in no way spoiled the night for me, i actually dreamt they played in my backyard last night!

iluvcats

chromiam wrote:

Great set, great show, great time.... it's weird how seeing so many shows you go in expecting things and sometimes just being there. But last night, the energy of the band, the crowd it was something special. And even those old favorites had a new fresh sound and feel to them. The whole show was just incredible and as I sit here at work after 5 hours of sleep, I can't express it into words. Ahhh but in 6 short hours, I'll be in the parking lot getting ready for another amazing experience.

And it was great seeing some old faces as well as some new.

wow I wish I had 5 hours of sleep. I've had 10 hours* of sleep in 4 days.
Where did you sit?

*husband snores and thunderstorms wake me up

Phantom Pain

jamminpearls wrote:

372*** section 102 row A. Words can't describe the show and the seats. 10c U ROCK.

Dude that's awesome !

I was in the same section row J seats 15 & 16 which are dead center !

They were my regular Ten Club seats

spat

one complaint though which i'm sure is shared by everyone who parked in that piece of shit parking lot...$20 to park?!?! are you fucking kidding me?? and what do we get for it? if i pay for tickets with surcharges up the wazoo, filling up my tank to get to the place, then to find out its $20 just to park my car, the least they could do is attempt to clean the place up during the concert so i'm not running over beer bottles (only saw ONE dumpster by the front gate), and god forbid they have section markers all the way back where i was parked.
sheesh! but the boys made up for it with a great show.

satansbedbugs

Just got home from last night being as though I was too intoxicated to drive home...Just some quick thoughts about the show last night that I would like to share with the crew:

I thought that Hard to Imagine was a perfect opener for the Camden crowd and it really seemed to get everyones attention right away.


Some highlights for me were IN HIDING, and LIGHT YEARS ( which was a first for me ) , also ALL NIGHT, U , WHO YOU ARE, and RATS kicked ass as well as LEASH to close the first set.


Cant wait for tonight ....I think tonights set list will be more of a hits set only because its a friday night show and all the "freaks " come out on schoolnights to see the band.

had a blast last night and cant wait to see whats in store for tonight.....

Keep on RITFW!!!!!!!

chromiam

iluvcats wrote:

wow I wish I had 5 hours of sleep. I've had 10 hours* of sleep in 4 days.
Where did you sit?

*husband snores and thunderstorms wake me up

sec 103 row Q... nice seats and a great time

Get_Right

Grievance, Given To Fly, U, Rats, Why Go


that sequence is why I keep going just awesome

the in hiding was a very nice treat as well

just one complaint-please enough with crazy mary it kills the momentum.

waterair

Well, I made a trade for one of my MSG I tickets and the lovely man Spearhead hooked me up in a truly unbelievable way as I ended up with PIT front row directly in front of Mike. All I can say is that my face is killing me from smiling the whole blessed time. At one point I was so overwhelmed I thought I might cry...but they were so tight, and it was just freaking phenomenal!

I think I ended up giving away 3 tickets and bumping up a friend to section one and those things have a way of working themselves out for the best (obviously).

I feel like the luckiest person on the planet right now and I can't wait to get down there today!

JaneNY

Awesome show! I really love that they're mixing it up so much and bringing out lesser played numbers Who You Are, U, Rats, Leash, In Hiding. It really made it fresh. Couldn't believe that Ed went out for a crowd walk. Anyone on here help hold him up? Love Reign O'er Me was a gem, and a first for me. Loved how everyone was singing along.

There were tons of 10 Club people there - to the person a few posts above me, I was 265xxx and section 201 row D. Never a complaint, just be glad you're in the 10C section with people who are into the show. I was next to these 2 guys I've been next to for 2 other shows on other tours who are really nice, so that was fun catching up with them; one told me he was getting married.

The ferry sucked all right, and so did all the line jumpers. Tons of people just went down toward the front of the line, which made others (like us) have to wait for the 3rd go round. Just a heads up on that - go quick after the show if you're taking it. We might try another method tonight.

I'm still drained, but my daughter wants to go out. Back for round two tonight!

satansbedbugs

Get_Right wrote:

Grievance, Given To Fly, U, Rats, Why Go


that sequence is why I keep going just awesome

the in hiding was a very nice treat as well

just one complaint-please enough with crazy mary it kills the momentum.

Man, it got LOUD during In Hiding!!

mammasan

Reading all these reviews has gotten me so damn excited for tonight's show. It's been a few years since I've been able to catch a PJ show. I missed them the last two times they toured.

not4u10

Sea wrote:

Set List: Hard To Imagine, Corduroy, Severed Hand, Do The Evolution, All Night, In Hiding, Small Town, Gone, Who You Are, Unemployable, Even Flow, Light Years, Grievance, Given To Fly, U, Rats, Why Go

Encore 1: Love, Reign O'er Me (by Pete Townshend), Better Man/Save It For Later (by Roger Charlery, Andy Cox, Everett Morton, David Steele, Dave Wakeling), State Of Love And Trust, Black, Leash

Encore 2: No More, Crazy Mary (by Victoria Williams), Porch, Yellow Ledbetter/Star Spangled Banner


Please share your Fanviews of the show here...the Fanview threads are preserved on the board.

Absolutely great show. Best show in Camden since their first in 1998. Highlights were definitely Hard to Imagine, Who You Are, Light Years, Betterman, and Love Reign Over Me. Dedicating Light Years to Tim Russert & his Family was really classy. Liked the little story about the rainbow as well. Grievance, Rats, Given to Fly, and Why Go rocked hard!! Awesome stuff. Thanks for playing Porch, I really wanted to hear that song last night!

Ten Club, thanks for the great seats!! Section 102 Row L almost right in the middle.

Great show put on by a great band!! The set lists this tour have been impressive. I love the flow. They are playing B-sides and rarities for the diehards like myself and many others, but also playing the 'hits' for the casual fans. Thanks Pearl Jam for a great evening in Camden. Can't wait to get the CD!!!

For those of you who are going tonight, have a great show!! Have a $12 beer, on Eddie!

EvolutionBound

While I wanted so despeerately to write about last night as soon as I got home, I was drained. My day yesterday started at 6 A.M. with work so by the time the first encore came around, I was running on pure adrenaline, but adrenaline was more than enough. So, that said, here are my thoughts.

Got to the Tweeter (I'm still calling it the tweeter, fuck corporate changeovers, and to that effect, whats with every major venue in philly now being claimed by a bank? I thought we were in a recession) around 7:15, and got my 10c tix almost without wait. 201, Row H, right on the aisle. (My number is 331XXX). This was the first time I had gotten 10c seats and was really glad with what they gave me. I hope this trend continues. Got my tour t-shirt like I normally do and my buddy and I made it inside in time to catch nearly all of Ted Leo's set. While the band rocked hard and kicked ass, I could have done without the rapid fire repeating of "It's alright" like 50 times in the last song. But that said, I liked them more than MMJ, Sleater-Kinney and almost as much as Death Cab.

Then came the awesome part where you text a little message and it shows up on the video boards. Some of those made for some entertainment. I enjoyed the boos when someone texted Let's Go Giants, Superbowl Champs. But I didn't enjoy the E-A-G-L-E-S chant that started at some point before the show. You guys know our baseball team is in first place, right? And, they're actually playing. Anyway, I enjoy the anticipation for PJ because I realize that as soon as the first note is played, you're one note closer to it being over, so I tried to pump myself up and let it all soak in until the amazing piano intro started around 9:15.

While I was hoping for Sometimes, HTI was a wonderful opener and I wasn't disappointed. My buddy is a step up from a casual fan but he doesnt know all the rarities. That said, this was the most into a concert I'd ever seen him. I go apeshit and jump around and flail my arms in the air and he usually just stands still and nods his head but last night he was moving a good bit and I saw him singing along to a good deal of songs. He told me this was the best concert he'd ever seen.

The crowd was loud and great from the opening note to the last one. Songs like U, All Night, Rats, and In Hiding where I wasnt so sure the crowd would know and get into it I was pleasantly surprised and blown away by the shear sound resonating off of the walls of the place and you could tell that the whole group of 6 on the stage was, as well. Eddie and Mike were just on fire. Ed was running side to side, jumping, conversing with fans and as many have pointed out, we almost saw a vintage porch stage dive. You could tell that he was just feeding off of every single one of us and we left him no room to doubt our energy and excitement. He had some funny comments, notably the one about selfish women and the 12 dollar beer, but some very poignant remarks about Tim Russert and the usual patriotism show before No More, the one song that sounded like no one else knew it but me. Mike did the entire Even Flow solo behind his head and the Crazy Mary banter with Boom as well as the SSB tag after Ledbetter was one of the best i'd ever seen him.

By the time the lights came on and Ledbetter started, there was just this look of joy and satisfaction on everyone's faces as I looked around at the sea of people. I was high fiving all kinds of strangers and it never felt awkward or weird. We are indeed all one big family (jammily) and it was obvious last night that all of us were so happy to be there. The band was reluctant to leave and when Eddie mentioned that there wasnt a curfew, I wouldnt have been surprised if we had another State College on our hands.

I'm extremely jealous of all of you who will be going again tonight. I know that as much as they were on last night, it will be raised tenfold tonight. Enjoy yourselves, soak everything in, and as far as emotions go, leave nothing at your seat. Let everything go and enjoy, sing, dance to every moment. Because, hey, time is fleeting, life is short, and a moment like I had last night may never come around again.

Long live the jam!!!

reachdown12

I'm still in shock from what I witnessed last night.

I'll have to elaborate later, but everything was flawless and as cliche as it is, finally getting Black live was an experience.

I couldn't believe they opened with hard to imagine and it was truly the theme of last nights show.

A purely magical night that reminds me why I fell in love with them in the first place.

jbalicki10

I won the lottery!!!! I got P1 3,4 right in front. It was one of the greatest experiences ever!!!

comebackwoman

chromiam wrote:

Comeback was also on the setlist next to parachutes...

I'm really hoping they play Comeback tonight - I love that song (obviously) I will go absolutely crazy if it's played! I would love to hear In My Tree and the It's OK tag too...and Sad....yeah there's a bunch I would love to hear.

it was really cool hearing All Night and Rats too. I'm so excited for tonight!

MakeMeCry43

over_bends wrote:

Thanks If I brought you a little closer to this concert then it was definitely worth the time out to make that review. Thanks for the beautiful words.

Hehe, your absolute welcome over bends! Yeah any other shows you go to, you better write a review, because I really enjoyed that one hehe....Hope all who's going to Camden 2 have a great time and can't wait to hear the reviews from that show too, it seems like our boys are really raising the bar again, as they always do Keep on RITFW!

HailHailVitalogy

grooveamatic wrote:

were you one of those 5,000 people who left early? YL closed.

no but you know what i mean! i mean rather than alive or ritfw or baba, porch?!

kimani

drove back to new york after the show. got into work at 9:30. i'm here my mind isn't. so sad i'm missing tonight. but i'll be in dc on sunday.

thank you to the girl who gave me a cup of alcohol on the 10 club line. hopefully you get comeback tonight. sold my ticket to a girl on her 40th show.

the show was amazing. so amazing i need to make sure that i get to msg 2. and now i'm going.

scottbird

Here is my experience

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