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PJ at Roo: NY Times almost gets it right
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/16/arts/music/16bonn.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Pearl Jam stopped playing at general-admission festivals after 2000, when fans were killed during a rush to the stage at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark. But it changed its policy for Bonnaroo (?!). Marveling at the crowd during the set, Eddie Vedder was happy that people could “be together and communal and survive and it’s all good.”
Pearl Jam’s set brought supercharged punk momentum to old and recent songs. The music could leap toward hard rock, folk-rock, Eastern modes, even a tinge of country-rock. Some songs went rocketing through their riffs; others turned into exhilarating jams, with psychedelic drones spurring Mike McCready’s spiraling lead guitar lines. Between songs, Mr. Vedder urged the crowd to vote for change and called for an end to the Iraq war.
Pearl Jam stopped playing at general-admission festivals after 2000, when fans were killed during a rush to the stage at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark. But it changed its policy for Bonnaroo (?!). Marveling at the crowd during the set, Eddie Vedder was happy that people could “be together and communal and survive and it’s all good.”
Pearl Jam’s set brought supercharged punk momentum to old and recent songs. The music could leap toward hard rock, folk-rock, Eastern modes, even a tinge of country-rock. Some songs went rocketing through their riffs; others turned into exhilarating jams, with psychedelic drones spurring Mike McCready’s spiraling lead guitar lines. Between songs, Mr. Vedder urged the crowd to vote for change and called for an end to the Iraq war.
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