Not to gloat, but I was lucky enough to be "Found" by one of the staff and upgraded to front row from my Mezz seats. The experience was unreal.... I have to say that I didn't even realize there was an audience there until the end, it was like a show just for me.
Being upfront, you could barely hear the hecklers. So I would assume he doesn't hear them as much as you think.
He started out the show like he just wanted to get it done, not smiles, just song after song. He then started to loosen up a bit. The other reviews are very accurate so I won't bore you with mine.
My highlights: Goodbye, Broken Heart and Man of the Hour, I never heard them live and it gave me goosebumps...
Low lights: No pics or set lists to be given out up front and the giant obnoxious red head that came up for the encore.
Can't wait for tonight!
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Loved the show last night. The amount of douchebaggery from the crowd was pretty bad, but eddie was good enough that the show was still good. I must say I panicked for a minute when ed abandoned Guaranteed- I was like "he's not gonna play it!" but then he came back to it .
The absolute BEST part about this is that this is the Opera House. It's a theater built for optimal accoustics. Hearing eddie's voice in that place last night was a spine-tingling, goose-bumping, holding back tears experience. I just wished some of those songs were longer!!!
not really. he just told us he had "something going on with his health this week...so basically I'm on drugs." That was about the extent of his chatting!
I will admit that my buddy Jack was the one who "requested" Lukin and got his request granted, but that was his only shouting of the night, he wasn't one of the constant shouters.
Got me an EV Evel Kneveil pick, nice souvy.
Beautiflul work restoring the Opera House. Great place for that style of show.
Liam Finn was quite impressive.
the whole ukulele thing was really funny too he like lead on the crowd by saying "can you say uke" and the crowd goes ukeeeeeeeee and ed "its a fucking mandolin"
I will admit that my buddy Jack was the one who "requested" Lukin and got his request granted, but that was his only shouting of the night, he wasn't one of the constant shouters.
Got me an EV Evel Kneveil pick, nice souvy.
Beautiflul work restoring the Opera House. Great place for that style of show.
Liam Finn was quite impressive.
Way to go Jack...sounds like he has mastered the art of knowing when to express his desires & when to just go with the flow
My husband and I had a nice present waiting for us when we got to our seats...a red, white & blue EV pick with lots of evidence of some guitar picking. :eek: My heart is racing even now as I write this.
My guest tonight will be my daughter...she's already called dibs on my Mansfield hoodie & my blue Canada Leaf shirt. She's so excited. She has grown up listening to Pearl Jam & finally gets to hear Eddie's voice LIVE.
I lucked out last Sunday night & got Mezzanine Left Box seats for both nights. There are only 6 seats in each box & we couldn't have asked for better box-mates than we had last night. We were sheltered from the fuckheads & I can only hope the luck continues tonight for my 12-year-old daughter's first EV show. I know she's going to love Liam Finn as well.
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Wow, my heart sank when I saw that he played Untitled, but I feel a little better it was not "the Untitled." Maybe he'll play that for PJ next time on the west coast. Also, sounds like it was a great show, despite the yellers. Get used to that. On the west coast, they were quite common.
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I really hope that people chill out for the Montreal dates, it sounds like a bunch of people have been distracted by the shouting. It's surprising how disrespectful some people are, pisses me off.
Most of all, I cannot believe the "Play PJ songs" comment. I would punch him in the balls, discretely.
Glad to hear Ed got in better spirits as the show went on!
The entire crowd is seated and enjoying the show. During the first few chords of "Small Town" 4 guys in the front of the mezzanine decide to stand up. Then they never sit down. The crowd behind them start asking them to sit and are greeted with ignorance. Girls come out of their seats, walk down and implore the guys to sit, they are greeted with FU it's a concert. The 60ish year old female usher asks them to sit and is told where she can go-real nice fellas we have here. "Society" comes on, apparently these guys don't know the song and use this opportunity to confront the crowd. One of the neanderthals proceeds to walk up the stairs and starts challenging a couple guys to a fight. He then starts smacking his hands in the seated guys' faces. The slobbering idiots buddies see what's going on and proceed to join him in making bigger asses of themselves (if that was possible.) One of the idiots rips off his shirt and starts to mimic a special needs kid holding a sparkler (WE ARE AT THE OPERA HOUSE!).
Finally 6 male ushers come down and ask the guys to leave. They refuse. A cop is then brought on the scene and asks the same. "After this song" they say and return to their seats. Mind you during all this, hundreds of people are yelling "Throw them out" and cheered wildly when they saw the cop. But NOTHING happened. WTF-no security!!!!
Please Opera House, tonight have a few more police officers in the building to handle these types of meatheads. I know you're not used to this type of crowd so I implore you to be more prepared. A great experience was severely tarnished.
Anyone else see this debacle going down??
Stone & Jeff were just pissed off that there so called band member didn't play Jeremy, please forgive them
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So many of the fanviews have focused on the yellers. Let's not let it bring down the entire experience of these amazing shows.
I'd love to hear more about the music. Any different arrangements from the west coast shows? Someone said he switched up which instrument he used, more details please. Anyone bring a guest who has never seen Pearl Jam and gain a new convert? Sneek in for the soundcheck? Meet Ed after the show or see him around town?
Thanks for sharing your stories. It helps the new wave of solo tour withdrawal I'm going through.
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I was in the Mezz, and those meat heads were a few rows behind me. "Security" actually tried to kick the loud mouths in the Mezz out a number of times, but security consisted of two older gentlemen, who told them if they didn't sit down (they were blocking the view of numerous people behind them), and stop being beligerent, they would be forced to leave. They didn't comply, despite security repeatedly visiting them with the same threat.
It was actually a little embarrassing for the security guys, as they were unable to control the situation.
Finally a Boston cop swung by, said somthing to the offfenders, and they were quiet as church mice from then on.
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It's growing up, just like me."
Wife and I scored row dead center CC (about 6th or 7th row). Had a fantastic time.. gotta say, the acoustics for the venue was amazing.
Liam Finn was great (we knew zero of his stuff before we went and really enjoyed his set).
Arc was amazing... the improv song about the East Coast put a smile on our faces.. and Into the Wild stuff sounded fantastic. I am Mine was a great treat.. song brings my wife and I back to our Dublin trip (for reasons too long to go into here), so we were thrilled. I'm One was very cool by the way!
Also, his Manny dig was appreciated by us locals
Thanks for a wonderful night!!
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I dont mean to offend anyone but for me personally going to shows is an excape from all the crap that goes on in everyday life. So I think that if you pay $80 dollars or whatever a ticket price is you should have the right to stand up, sit down, roll over, whatever you choose to do. I think Pete Townsend said it best once when he said "this is a fucking rock & roll concert not a fucking tea party..."
Im the one is a Who/Townsend tune, the other I beleive is an original.... How do we go about getting the messsage out there to, enjoy the show rather than scream every time between song, do they think hes going to change his set list?
The song is called I'm One, not I'm the One, it's on the Quadrophenia LP, it's the first song on side two of the LP. Pearl Jam has played it a handful of times, I was LUCKY enough to see them play it in St. Louis in 1994, I can't remember if it was the 1st night or the 2nd night, I just know it has only been played a few times.
As far as the four "meatheads" goes, I was sitting right behind them, and talking to them. Were they cock suckers? Yes. Was it wrong for them to be standing? No!! Since when do any of you decide when to stand and when not too??? As a matter of fact, when everyone in the Opera House was standing for the last couple of songs, they won their night long battle. My issue with them, as I told them, was the yelling at everyone. If they stood there and enjoyed the show, and not responded to the complainers, they would have been much better off. They did completely ruin Society for anyone in the area. It was a great show to close your eyes too, and just take it in. sorry for the ramble
Ed was trying his damnedest to get into the 'zone' for each particular song.
I enjoyed every second of his performance despite the screaming douchebag next to me.
@ the first false start for "Guaranteed" he yelled,
"That's why you didn't get the Oscar for it!"
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This bothers me to no end that someone would say that. Mostly because tickets are so hard to come by for these shows and they get wasted on people like this. To think that somebody who really cares about the music may have missed out on the show and a douche like this (who obviously doesn't care) gets tickets makes me pretty peeved.
why is everyone so mad that people stand up at a concert? rock and roll is still about not conforming to the norm our has that changed?
Because when the performer asks everyone to have a seat, maybe everybody should have a seat.
He didn't have a problem with it during the encore (first night) when everyone stood, but it was pretty clear, during both nights, that he preferred the crowd sitting.
after reading some of these as how some people behaved i feel a little guilty about having such an amazing night
my friend and i drove up from the philadelphia area and with some traffic it took us a little over 7 hours but, it was well worth it.
i went and got my tickets as the ticket window opened and got 8 th row - between this and winning the lottery at Camden II my 10c number has been awesome - my friend convinced me to go in for Liam Finn and man am i grateful, the man is ridiculously talented and is a fantastic drummer - the double-loop of guitar and drums at the end was amazing
and then eddie came out and flat out rocked the opera house - the guy is great, the songs were nailed for the most part (guaranteed the first time was a struggle but he showed perseverance and got through it later) - i thought the songs from "into the wild" were great, the pearl jam songs were perfect, and "I'm One" by 'The Who' was my highlight of the night - eddie was also hilarious with his imitation of manny, the making fun of the people yelling, and the difference between a uke and a mandolin
all in all i loved this show and cant wait for whatever he/them have in store for us
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i actually went to the august 2nd show, it was amazing! eddies voice sounded exactly as it did on every recorded song. I loved his jokes, and when he played i am mine. Also, when liam finn and him played hard sun at the end, i think the crowd together was a whole. I also loved when he played rise and elderly women behind the counter in a small town. That was great! Eddie vedder is awesome! i love him!!
also, the crowd was less yelly, but there was still some shouting haha eddie said a funny joke./...
" i dont know what it is in this opera house, it must be the science or something, but you all in the crowd hear people screaming things, but when the screaming comes to me on stage all i hear is im and idiot"
haha it was hilarious!
and then this guy in the crowd screams " im and idiot" near the end of the show
and eddie says " see there it is!"
hahahaha it was hilarious
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Being upfront, you could barely hear the hecklers. So I would assume he doesn't hear them as much as you think.
He started out the show like he just wanted to get it done, not smiles, just song after song. He then started to loosen up a bit. The other reviews are very accurate so I won't bore you with mine.
My highlights: Goodbye, Broken Heart and Man of the Hour, I never heard them live and it gave me goosebumps...
Low lights: No pics or set lists to be given out up front and the giant obnoxious red head that came up for the encore.
Can't wait for tonight!
The absolute BEST part about this is that this is the Opera House. It's a theater built for optimal accoustics. Hearing eddie's voice in that place last night was a spine-tingling, goose-bumping, holding back tears experience. I just wished some of those songs were longer!!!
Liam Finn is awesome too. Don't skip it.
not really. he just told us he had "something going on with his health this week...so basically I'm on drugs." That was about the extent of his chatting!
I will admit that my buddy Jack was the one who "requested" Lukin and got his request granted, but that was his only shouting of the night, he wasn't one of the constant shouters.
Got me an EV Evel Kneveil pick, nice souvy.
Beautiflul work restoring the Opera House. Great place for that style of show.
Liam Finn was quite impressive.
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Way to go Jack...sounds like he has mastered the art of knowing when to express his desires & when to just go with the flow
My husband and I had a nice present waiting for us when we got to our seats...a red, white & blue EV pick with lots of evidence of some guitar picking. :eek: My heart is racing even now as I write this.
My guest tonight will be my daughter...she's already called dibs on my Mansfield hoodie & my blue Canada Leaf shirt. She's so excited. She has grown up listening to Pearl Jam & finally gets to hear Eddie's voice LIVE.
I lucked out last Sunday night & got Mezzanine Left Box seats for both nights. There are only 6 seats in each box & we couldn't have asked for better box-mates than we had last night. We were sheltered from the fuckheads & I can only hope the luck continues tonight for my 12-year-old daughter's first EV show. I know she's going to love Liam Finn as well.
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Most of all, I cannot believe the "Play PJ songs" comment. I would punch him in the balls, discretely.
Glad to hear Ed got in better spirits as the show went on!
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Stone & Jeff were just pissed off that there so called band member didn't play Jeremy, please forgive them
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Throw down my ace in the hole~~~~~~
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I'd love to hear more about the music. Any different arrangements from the west coast shows? Someone said he switched up which instrument he used, more details please. Anyone bring a guest who has never seen Pearl Jam and gain a new convert? Sneek in for the soundcheck? Meet Ed after the show or see him around town?
Thanks for sharing your stories. It helps the new wave of solo tour withdrawal I'm going through.
Late at night I hear the trees, they're singing with the dead...overhead...”
people know whats expected of them now, NY/NJ should be great!
It was actually a little embarrassing for the security guys, as they were unable to control the situation.
Finally a Boston cop swung by, said somthing to the offfenders, and they were quiet as church mice from then on.
Eric V
"Let's say knowledge is a tree...
It's growing up, just like me."
Wife and I scored row dead center CC (about 6th or 7th row). Had a fantastic time.. gotta say, the acoustics for the venue was amazing.
Liam Finn was great (we knew zero of his stuff before we went and really enjoyed his set).
Arc was amazing... the improv song about the East Coast put a smile on our faces.. and Into the Wild stuff sounded fantastic. I am Mine was a great treat.. song brings my wife and I back to our Dublin trip (for reasons too long to go into here), so we were thrilled. I'm One was very cool by the way!
Also, his Manny dig was appreciated by us locals
Thanks for a wonderful night!!
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People used to sit down at rock concerts in the 60's and 70's. I've seen videos of The Who where you can see the first 2-3 rows of people, all seated.
That said, solo acoustic shows are not stand-up affairs in seated theatres ... barring encores at times.
The song is called I'm One, not I'm the One, it's on the Quadrophenia LP, it's the first song on side two of the LP. Pearl Jam has played it a handful of times, I was LUCKY enough to see them play it in St. Louis in 1994, I can't remember if it was the 1st night or the 2nd night, I just know it has only been played a few times.
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This bothers me to no end that someone would say that. Mostly because tickets are so hard to come by for these shows and they get wasted on people like this. To think that somebody who really cares about the music may have missed out on the show and a douche like this (who obviously doesn't care) gets tickets makes me pretty peeved.
Because when the performer asks everyone to have a seat, maybe everybody should have a seat.
He didn't have a problem with it during the encore (first night) when everyone stood, but it was pretty clear, during both nights, that he preferred the crowd sitting.
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my friend and i drove up from the philadelphia area and with some traffic it took us a little over 7 hours but, it was well worth it.
i went and got my tickets as the ticket window opened and got 8 th row - between this and winning the lottery at Camden II my 10c number has been awesome - my friend convinced me to go in for Liam Finn and man am i grateful, the man is ridiculously talented and is a fantastic drummer - the double-loop of guitar and drums at the end was amazing
and then eddie came out and flat out rocked the opera house - the guy is great, the songs were nailed for the most part (guaranteed the first time was a struggle but he showed perseverance and got through it later) - i thought the songs from "into the wild" were great, the pearl jam songs were perfect, and "I'm One" by 'The Who' was my highlight of the night - eddie was also hilarious with his imitation of manny, the making fun of the people yelling, and the difference between a uke and a mandolin
all in all i loved this show and cant wait for whatever he/them have in store for us
i taped and know of one other source for night 1...and night 2..i know of 2 sources..one is rumored to be a little "botched" though.
nights 1 and 2 were done on a sheops (sp) rig and the taper said it is great.
Mine sounds decent and I'll put out there if nothing pops up..i just dont' have the methods to upload as my PC BLOWS
Rest assured..it has been taped.
" i dont know what it is in this opera house, it must be the science or something, but you all in the crowd hear people screaming things, but when the screaming comes to me on stage all i hear is im and idiot"
haha it was hilarious!
and then this guy in the crowd screams " im and idiot" near the end of the show
and eddie says " see there it is!"
hahahaha it was hilarious
http://www.jambase.com/Articles/14721/Eddie-Vedder-08.01.08-Boston
I actually thought there would have been more comments....
I apologize there are a lot of idiots on there that post stupid comments...its kind of sad...but I thought they did a nice little write up.
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