**Philadelphia Fanviews Here**

adaverio

I want to share my experience.
I'm from Buenos Aires, Argentina. I get the ticket in August and i went to Philadelphia only to see the concert (first show ever). I took two free days at work, and travelled only to see the show. After the show, went back. Too tired, little crazy, but happy !!!

Now, i'm waiting for the SouthAmerica tour. Two days in Boca Juniors's stadium in Argentina. You will have to see the crowd !! There is no seat at the field. Will be shocking. I promised.

LOVEBOATCAPT0226

quasi wrote:

When I saw the setlist for this show, it was an instant buy for me in terms of the bootleg.

The only thing that kind of seemed off was Sleater Kinney backing the band on "Harvest Moon". Was it me, or did the girls sound off-key on their background "oooohs"? I kept cringing everytime they came in. It kind of threw off what was a great cover of a great Neil Young song (one of my favorites in fact).

Don't get me wrong...I love Sleater Kinney...in fact I've seen them 4 times live and their music is extremely strong on their own and Corin's voice suits them perfect. However, when they duet with Pearl Jam, it doesn't really mesh really well in my opinion. (though opening is perfectly fine).

I dont know if it was Sleater Kinney or the sound but it was hard to understand any lyrics from them . just my 2 cents

warrior2

adaverio wrote:

I want to share my experience.
I'm from Buenos Aires, Argentina. I get the ticket in August and i went to Philadelphia only to see the concert (first show ever). I took two free days at work, and travelled only to see the show. After the show, went back. Too tired, little crazy, but happy !!!

Now, i'm waiting for the SouthAmerica tour. Two days in Boca Juniors's stadium in Argentina. You will have to see the crowd !! There is no seat at the field. Will be shocking. I promised.

i am glad you had fun!!!! What a great first show for you! I am jealous because you get to see them in BA!

blacknapkins

LOVEBOATCAPT0226 wrote:

I dont know if it was Sleater Kinney or the sound but it was hard to understand any lyrics from them . just my 2 cents

I have to agree with you, but I think it was the sound at the Wachovia. I listen to their records, so I had an idea of the lyrics. In a venue like that, I don't think you can afford to be a stickler without sacrificing just having a good time.

blacknapkins

... and another thing ...

I just have to say that I think it's very cool that this thread is still going. I think it might just indicate that we were participants in a great show ... one that the general public might just benefit from.

likepilateihaveadog

blacknapkins wrote:

... and another thing ...

I just have to say that I think it's very cool that this thread is still going. I think it might just indicate that we were participants in a great show ... one that the general public might just benefit from.

what could you ever be talking about?

alkadee

hi, this is my first post on this board but i've been a fan for like 12 or 13 years now.
i was at the wachovia center show and am curious if anyone knows the story behind the girl from hershey, pa and her "mosquito bites"? before the 2nd encore ed was talking about that night feeling like the last night of the tour, and playing philly and said something like '...and it was all on the strength of this one little girl from hershey, pa. i just had to play this state so that she could show us her mosquito bites one more time..." or something like that.
the reason i ask, is because when they played the spectrum in 2003, they mentioned one of their fans named pete that i later read was a little boy that had cerebral palsey.
i just wondered what the deal was with this little girl. they are so great to their fans, and these kind of things warm my heart.

i really think he must not have said "mosquito bites" because that makes no sense...but that's what i got from it. i am totally not trying to be nosey, but i guess i am. if it's in bad form to post a response here, maybe you could message me? thanks in advance.

p.s. best show ever!

thatgirl

LOVEBOATCAPT0226 wrote:

I dont know if it was Sleater Kinney or the sound but it was hard to understand any lyrics from them . just my 2 cents

no i think thats how they are, we were right upfront at the borgata and i still coudnt understand anything they said...very painful...

alkadee

i'm sorry. i just finished reading the entire thread (it is long!). so, apparently the mosquito bite girl isn't a sob story...just a girl with mosquito bite boobs? well, i'm glad she's not sick anyway.

i wasn't at state college, but if anyone feels like re-telling that story, it'd be cool.

pearltenjam

Does anyone have Bruce's cover with Vedder and Sleater Kinney? That was amazing!

Fahka

pearltenjam wrote:

Does anyone have Bruce's cover with Vedder and Sleater Kinney? That was amazing!

really was amazing.... more mazing that i caught the harp that ed was using during it lmao

ill have it tomorrow ....


if you have aol... id be glad to send it to you:)


just pm me yer name

hahnzer

Does anybody know of a way to get Ed singing Promised Land with Sleater Kinney to open up the show? I would love to get a copy of that somehow. I don't believe they include that with the mp3 or CD release (or do they?)

Sea wrote:

Set list: Wash, Hail Hail, Brain of J., Spin The Black Circle, Given To Fly, Sad, Alone, Even Flow, Green Disease, Faithfull, Whipping, Not For You, Leatherman, Better Man, Nothingman, Once, Bleed For Me, Blood

1st encore: Around the Bend, Harvest Moon w/Sleater Kinney, Hard to Imagine, Crown Of Thorns, Crazy Mary, Alive

2nd encore: Last Kiss, In My Tree, Do The Evolution, Sonic Reducer, Little Sister, Leaving Here, Rocking in the Free World w/Sleater Kinney, Yellow Ledbetter

blacknapkins

A late review from the DelCo Daily Times:

http://www.delcotimes.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1675&dept_id=18179&newsid=15361028&PAG=461&rfi=9

Rock Music Menu Spotlight

Eddie Vedder has always regarded Philadelphia a favorite city to play, and some memorable live highlights were made here. Monday was no exception, as Pearl Jam saved its best show of the tour for the sold-out Wachovia Center.

The energy was nearly tangible, with an audience on their feet for 2½ hours as far into the upper decks as could be seen. Vedder was gracious in his commandeering of the show, bringing the pace from wildly frenetic to a subdued whisper. At times he was drowned out by the sheer volume of the masses, overpowering the sound on some of the well-known hits.

For the casual fan, there was the requisite "Betterman," "Even Flow" and "Last Kiss," but for the hardcore, tour tracking nut, there wasn't much more you could ask for (except the white elephant of "Leash"). You got the "man" trilogy, "Sonic Reducer" and "Around the Bend."

More than half a dozen covers dotted the set, most strikingly the always emotional "Crown of Thorns," by Mother Love Bone, the band from which Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard were in before Pearl Jam, dissolving it after the tragic death of singer Andrew Wood.

The girls from opening act Sleater Kinney joined in for a faithful rendition of Neil Young's "Harvest Moon," and later on what has become a Pearl Jam staple, Young's "Rockin' in the Free World." For the latter, the houselights were brought completely up, daylight bright, as Vedder banged on and destroyed multiple tambourines before ending the song in a somersault at mid-stage.

Guitarist Mike McCready looked like a coalesced Pete Townshend, Jimmy Page and Eddie Van Halen, flying around the stage, pointing theatrically into the audience before almost every strike on the strings and bounding off of monitors.

He ended the night quietly and artfully with "Yellow Ledbetter," the best way to calm the amped crowd before buzzing into the night about where this show ranked in the slate of renowned Pearl Jam shows.

The consensus must put it somewhere near the top.

likepilateihaveadog

Nice review, thanks.

spat

its our one week aniversary kids. *sighhhhh* the memories.

JD Sal

alkadee wrote:

i'm sorry. i just finished reading the entire thread (it is long!). so, apparently the mosquito bite girl isn't a sob story...just a girl with mosquito bite boobs? well, i'm glad she's not sick anyway.

i wasn't at state college, but if anyone feels like re-telling that story, it'd be cool.

The show was actually Hershey, PA 7/12/03 - I was there, and it was funny as hell. Ed went off.

Here's the exact quote from Five Horizons.
http://www.fivehorizons.com/tour/cc/t2003p3.shtml

Throughout much of the show, a female fan up front is flashing the band. Ed comments, "You know there's some little coquette up here who thinks she's getting us excited by pulling her top up and showing me absolutely nothing. Hey look guys ... look at my mosquito bites from this summer. It's all fucking girls gone wild bullshit. If every girl who pulled her top up educated herself and voted! And by the way, little lady, I'm just not turned on by that little thing. I'm into much harder core stuff. I actually like to shit on little girls heads just like you; that's what turns me on," leading to 'Whipping

The Thirsty Creative

spat wrote:

uhhhh haha care to clue us in what your making them? how are you gonna be sure it gets there? and thats really cool about your daughter!

I won't make them something because that can come across as a little creepy (don't know what's been put in the ingrediants! and no, I won't send pot brownies!!!) I live in NYC and there are a ton of great 'treat' shops, so I'll buy something and send it along. If it gets there, great. If not, maybe someone at the post office will enjoy

likepilateihaveadog

spat wrote:

its our one week aniversary kids. *sighhhhh* the memories.

yeah, PJ-day plus 8, I guess

Steig

I was spoiled as my first PJ experience was State College 5/3/03. I don't think any show can ever top that. Extraordinary. Those who were there know what I'm saying. However, Philly was fun, Ed was animated, and they opened up an old trunk of songs.

docwoo812

Dude,
I've been going to P.Jam shows since the beginning (see below) and finally got to check a bunch of songs off my own "songs I haven't seen live" during the 2005 North American Tour.

First time songs for me live included:
Trouble
Bee Girl
Don't Gimme No Lip
Gimme Some Truth
Crown of Thorns (I'm a H-U-G-E Mother Love Bone fan!)
Hard to Imagine
Man Trilogy (Leatherman, Betterman & Nothingman)
Around the Bend

Still waiting for: Bugs, Satan's Bed, I'm Open, No Way, Push Me Pull Me and Pilate...


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andydick8 wrote:

I wish I was at this show, I would have been able to cross off a few songs on the "songs I haven't seen live" list.

Wash
Sonic Reducer
Around the Bend
Sad
Brain of J
FAITHFUL!!!

Kinda jealous right now.