*** Grand Rapids Fanviews 5/19 Here ***
edwho
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Ed preset: Dead Man Walking and Can’t Explain
My Morning Jacket set list: It Makes No Difference (w/ Ed Vedder), What a Wonderful Man, Off the Record, Lowdown, Master Plan, Wordless Chorus, Anytime, O is the One That is Real, Lay Low, I will Sing You Songs, One Big Holiday
Pearl Jam set list: Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Given To Fly, World Wide Suicide, Life Wasted, Severed Hand, Sad, Marker In The Sand, Red Mosquito, Even Flow, Love Boat Captain, Corduroy, Daughter/(Blitzkrieg Bop)/(I Believe In Miracles), Army Reserve, Green Disease, Why Go, Inside Job, Rearviewmirror
1st encore: Sleight Of Hand, Off He Goes, Around The Bend, Parting Ways, Hard To Imagine, Crazy Mary, Alive
2nd encore: Do The Evolution, Comatose, Satan's Bed, Leatherman, Blood, Baba O'Riley, Yellow Ledbetter
Please post your Fanview if you were in attendance.
Set list source tenclub.net and mymorningjacket.com
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Ed preset: Dead Man Walking and Can’t Explain
My Morning Jacket set list: It Makes No Difference (w/ Ed Vedder), What a Wonderful Man, Off the Record, Lowdown, Master Plan, Wordless Chorus, Anytime, O is the One That is Real, Lay Low, I will Sing You Songs, One Big Holiday
Pearl Jam set list: Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Given To Fly, World Wide Suicide, Life Wasted, Severed Hand, Sad, Marker In The Sand, Red Mosquito, Even Flow, Love Boat Captain, Corduroy, Daughter/(Blitzkrieg Bop)/(I Believe In Miracles), Army Reserve, Green Disease, Why Go, Inside Job, Rearviewmirror
1st encore: Sleight Of Hand, Off He Goes, Around The Bend, Parting Ways, Hard To Imagine, Crazy Mary, Alive
2nd encore: Do The Evolution, Comatose, Satan's Bed, Leatherman, Blood, Baba O'Riley, Yellow Ledbetter
Please post your Fanview if you were in attendance.
Set list source tenclub.net and mymorningjacket.com
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Three Fish
July 1996 San Francisco
June 1999 Chicago
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A FanView is an exclusive Message Pit thread for fans that attend a concert and want to share their experience with fans that could not.
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I have a couple incredibly interesting comments on the show -- but I wasn’t there -- should I go ahead and post them here anyway?
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I need to ask a question about the concert -- but I wasn’t there. Should I ask it here?
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Three Fish
July 1996 San Francisco
June 1999 Chicago
The seat mix up,whether on purpose or not put a little more jump into the crowd and the band fed off this.
All the main floor and sides stood the entire (almost) 3 hours.
Just before Daughter,E.V. says,"this is called the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald".Pretty good.Do they read the message pit? Either that or someone keeps them informed.
After the first encore Ed said,"What else is there?".Van Andel went wild.
He then states,"fasten your seat belts"and the band took off for the final assault on our ever appreciative eardrums.
How he could get through Blood after singing all night is amazing.
Strength.
Still have many mental images.
Will for a long time.
is that exactly what I thought I read?"
How I choose to feel,...Is how I am.
What a great show...
I wasn't sure about Elderly woman as an opener... but when Ed sang I just want to say... and everyone yelled HELLOOOOOOOOOO I saw the light
in all honesty, it seemed to me that the band had serious sound problems during the main set. I'm taking a newbie with me in Cincinnati, and I thought if this were the show she had attended she would not have had that much fun. Clearly I loved it because I know all the songs, but a lot of it just sounded like noise....(maybe this was just because I was in the middle of the floor?) I think that's the reason behind the long and absolutely fantastic two encores... especially the second one. After the first I told the person beside me that I hoped they'd have another acoustic set because I had no energy left... and then just literally jumped and yelled throughout the second one. I positively lost it at Comatose and during my first (finally!) Baba. I was keeping my fingers crossed when eddie said it was both Johnny Ramone and Pete Townsend's birthday
Wow. Best show I've ever been to. Eddie was really jacked, he just seemed to be possessed at times and he changed the set quite a bit on the fly. The new songs sounded amazing. The first encore was very special and completely unique from any I've ever seen. Ed said that this crowd seemed really great and he really meant it and that they were going to try something different and "experiment with you, that's not to say that we're going to fuck with you just experiment". When Sleight of Hand ended Ed strummed a little of Around the Bend and then stopped. The rest of the guys were getting ready for another song but some people in the crowd wanted ATB, so Eddie said that he was messing around with another song there and everyone started yelling for ATB again so he said, do you want ATB? Of course we all said yes and they decided to play it. ED said "O.K. we'll give it a try but we havn't rehearsed it or played it quite sometime so now we're actually fucking with ourselves at this point." Awesome set and show, I was in the 6th row and I am now the proud owner of an orange STONE guitar pick...fuck, what a night. Crazy Mary was awesome. Ed poured some of his wine in a coffee mug and then gave his bottle to the crowd to pass around. During the jam Ed grabbed Mike's arm and pushed him over toward Boom. The back in forth soloing insued and when Mike was finished he returned to the left side of the stage only to have Jeff push him back over. After more serious mind blowing jamming he came back and Jeff pushed him over to Boom again. He returned again and this time as the song was ending Ed set up in a football stance to block McCready if he tried to return. Of course Mike was up to the challenge and tried to get by Ed. They ran into each other and Mike got by just as the song was ending. Hilarious stuff from a very spirited set. I hope this one was video taped.
Let me say that Van Andel was a great arena for the show. New, good acoustics, smaller (12,000). It was a great atmosphere in there.
First off, the crowd was one of the best that I've been a part of. For some reason, Grand Rapids has had two incredible shows and the energy and connection between the band and the fans is evident.
The setlist was the best I've been a part of. They were able to blend in the hits with some real rarities that aren't played very often. Even the casual fans were getting into all of the songs. Red Mosquito, Satan's Bed, Leatherman, and the whole stretch of songs during the first encore were mind blowing.
Cleveland was a fine show, but a letdown compared to this gem. It is going to stand as one of the best of the North American shows. I would definately encourage picking up this bootleg to hear for yourself an absolutely incredible performance.
Grand Rapids '04
Winnipeg, Thunder Bay '05
Grand Rapids, Cleveland, St. Paul 1 & 2 '06
On the comparison with Cleveland... I think the encores in GR were the best PJ time I've ever had, but the main set was better in Cleveland. But maybe the main set in GR just sounded subpar from where I was...
He said that repeatedly during YL
And Mike was on fire... running around like a maniac much more than usual
Times played:
Around the Bend (7), Dead Man Walking (4), Hard to Imagine (22), Leatherman (52), Parting Ways (18), Red Mosquito (44), Sleight of Hand (33), Satan's Bed (12), Can't Explain (3)
Grand Rapids '04
Winnipeg, Thunder Bay '05
Grand Rapids, Cleveland, St. Paul 1 & 2 '06
someone please let me know, thanks
That's when MMJ goes on. PJ goes on approx 8:50.
Can go out to conquer a crown,
But three, with a new song's measure
Can crumble an Empire down.
From "Ode" by Arthur O'Shaunessy (d. 1889)
Awesome!!! Grand Rapids was spectacular.
Grand Rapids '04
Winnipeg, Thunder Bay '05
Grand Rapids, Cleveland, St. Paul 1 & 2 '06
It's growing up just like me
San Diego 2003
Grand Rapids 2004
Grand Rapids 2006
Detroit 2006
Columbus 2010
"With my own two hands I can change the world."
Dude I totally forgot about that it was the most casual version of Ledbetter I have ever heard or seen. It was a laid back big huge sing a long. They coulda played another hour.
Amazing. I don't think I will ever see a better show in my life, not even by Pearl Jam. And who would have thought in my little hometown, Grand Rapids!?!? The crowd was amazing. I had awesome seats too, first row wing Mike side. The first 4 or maybe 5 songs I could hardly hear Ed singing cuz the crowd was singing along so loud. Amazing crowd. So much energy and everything. The band had fun playing and talking to us. Everyone was on their feet yelling every word the entire concert. I almost threw up during the first encore break because I was so tired.
Daughter, Crazy Mary, and Rearview Mirror were the best versions of those songs i have ever heard. Every song had more intensity than it ever has. And the news songs are amazing! Especially WWS! I couldn't believe how it sounded live. This song, for those of you who haven't heard it live, sounds like one of their hardest songs when played live. I will never overlook it again after Friday night.
Sat by some awesome 10C members. We were screaming, high fiving, and catching those who had to much to drink the whole night. It was amazing. I even made eye contact with Ed, Jeff, and Mike. Mike pointed me out, nodded his head, and sent a pic flying my way, but it veered off. In YLB, I was pointing at Jeff and slipped on some spilled beverages and almost fell off the wing seat section, which Jeff proceeded to laugh at me. It was awesome. It's 3 days later and I still can't help but ramble, so I suppose I'll comment more later! I love the new lighting on the new songs too!
Thanks Pearl Jam! I think after this show GR is going to become a regular visit, I really do.
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9/22/1996 Toledo
8/18/2000 Indianapolis
6/22/2003 Indianapolis
5/19/2006 Grand Rapids
8/22/2008 Chicago
And yes, for those wondering, "Can't Explain" was AMAZING. You had to be there...Ed picking up the harmonica, then the guy next to me shouting, "Happy Birthday Pete!", then Ed looking at him, putting down the harm, and going straight into "Can't Explain"...PRICELESS!
Simply put, best show i've ever seen...
As I write this, the radio is playing the concert in it's entirety. Right now it is on Hard to Imagine. If you weren't there...pick up the bootleg (3 discs) because you may be able to imagine it from the messages your five senses will be experiencing. Six if your skin tingles! I listened to my boot download today and my daughter walks in the house 5 minutes after it finished and said,
"Mom, why is the radio turned off? I told you they were going to play the entire concert earlier this afternoon."
She's hooked! Now she gets it...my love for this band is instilled in her as it has always has been and moreso because of this live concert experience in her 19 year old life.
Amanda called to get the tickets the day they went on sale here. I didn't renew my membership in time. I was so happy to hear we were in section 110, a corner section Amanda told me, bottom tier. The map of the VanAndel said that it was a center floor stage.
Well, on Mother's Day, we were looking up the seating chart and she told me we had Floor seats. She grinned. I freaked! "Do you know what this means?" I had said. I was so excited! She shrugged and then smiled. I am a huge fan relating to these guys so much...same age, same a lot of things for instance, I sing and play instruments and know what hard work goes into practicing the music let alone putting on such a high energy show like we saw Friday.
Anyhow, with all of the dancing and singing and smiles and renewed attitude and drunk lady in the parking lot walking up to a bus after the show with water because "Ed needs water" LOL..........It was all so awesome as I laid back getting the biggest kick out of her and laughing between cigarette puffs looking for stars. We were blown away...all of there...transformed into Pearl Jam fans of yesteryear. Renewed in mind body and soul over this band because of the intense connection that was made inside that arena. That Night. Here in Grand Rapids, MI. there was music, laughter, goofing off between songs, during songs...all that taking place up on stage. The energy rose and it didn't seem as though Ed wanted it to stop. I was with my daughter, he and the rest of the guys may have been thinking of their families. Anyways, it was all good!
The stage changed places too so this had put us back in the left corner of the floor. Well, I have been to over 70 concerts in my lifetime and there are usually no shows so I led Amanda up to about the middle and watched from there. We were lucky to have seats where 4 (!) people didn't show. HA! I took a ton of pictures and my girl just went wild along with me, singing and dancing and enjoying every minute of everything going on!
I ended up wearing my Boundless tshirt designed by Jeff A., and she wore the One Hot Minute shirt from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, also a vintage I picked up omany, many years ago now. She quickly put her new PJ shirt over the top of the other right after the first song! I sang songs to her that she didn't know, christ I sang songs to the guy in front of me in his ear with my arms rapped around his neck. He was so cool singing back with me too. We played pretend boyfriend/girlfriend the rest of the night whenever slow songs came up.
ANYHOW, I don't think there will be many people saying they "aren't into PJ that much" around here no more. Finally!
(Closier for me on that point).
Oh anddddd...
When Matt C. threw his sticks, one landed in front of my daughter and the other hit my ankle lightly but I didn't get it from the floor next to my foot because I was standing on my seat, suddenly holding on for dear life! It was like rocking in a boat for me but I'll say now like I shouted then:
"Us Michigan girls Rule!" ,*Flexin My Arms*, "When the boat Rocks, we don't fall off!"
(This very minute) How appropriate...Leatherman is playing! I am still so geeked.
BTW, this was my third PJ concert -Lansing, GR, GR again!
My daughter's first. We want to see another one and cannot afford it....But,...Optimism will get us everywhere so who knows....!
Behind the building as we left we spotted a Vault drink truck....YOU GUYS ROCKED! Handing out nummy, citrisy, fizzy, cold 20 ouncers off the back of your truck behind the place gotta tell ya...that was sooo great for all of our dry throats...THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
Oh and Yayyyyy!!!! We got the Edmond Fitzgerald as PJ Boot artwork....cool!
Now if My daughter and I can just SEE how to fold it all up...that would be even better!
That's a pretty sweet 1st encore........
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Ed was right when he said that "when they listen to the tapes, they'll think we're bullshittin', but you had to be there." The band may not have been spot on the entire night, but it didn't matter. The encore sets made up for anything and everything. Sleight of Hand, Off he Goes, ATB!, Parting Ways, HTI, Crazy Mary (10 mins!), Alive...DTE, Comatose, Satan's Bed, Leatherman, Blood, Baba...are you kidding me?!? I'm still tired from last night, so I'll expand later possibly.
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I sat right next to the soundboard, I apologized in advance to the girl behind me for being tall, I told her to let me know if I was in her way. Anyway, from time to time I would just let my eyes circle around the arena and marvel at the energy coming from every corner of that place. This was my 4th show, and although I thought nothing could top the Vote for Change experience at the DeltaPlex, I was proven wrong. I've never been to a show where the energy given back and forth from the band to the audience has been so evident.
On the bootleg you can hear some guy yell after they played "Life Wasted" (at 3:52 to be exact) "THAT WAS FUCKING AWESOME!" That pretty much sums it up... I could go on and on but I don't think any words could describe the total bliss this show put me in.