East Rutherford 6/3/06

Manofthepresenttense

I was there and have the boot, after the crowd at this show and the first one in jersey , I think this will be the last time they end the tour in jersey, it's embarassing how quiet the crowd gets during the animal fiasco, it wasn't til matt starting thumping his drum that we made some noise and still it was nothing.

The singing was ok at best, lame crowd overall , band knew it. I think they had some special stuff planned but changed it up after the first set, he was not going to reward a lame crowd. He says they got in a minor beef over what they were going to play, with a better crowd I think we would have had a one of a kind show , instead it was just a damn good show.

CaptainSpaz91

I was there too I dont know 6/3 seemed to be a great time, 6/1 was the weak crowd hey thats just me.

gregkitefan

I thought it was a very good show.
I was thinking it would be more like Penn State.
I figured they would have played for at least 3 hours plus.
Still a great time.

GhostBoy

I thought the crowd was pretty awesome for the Saturday show. Thursdays crowd, on the other hand...different story.

As for the disagreement on the song, someone here suggested that they were arguing about playing Army Reserve. Thursday night, a lot of people left their seats during this song. The poster suggested that the rest of the band was kind of leaning towards playing something else, especially after the ridiculously awesome finish of the 1st set.

Wasn't the best crowd ever, but I thought it was defnitely up there.

josevolution

maybe the answer is for smaller venues .

WindNoSail

Manofthepresenttense wrote:

I was there and have the boot, after the crowd at this show and the first one in jersey , I think this will be the last time they end the tour in jersey, it's embarassing how quiet the crowd gets during the animal fiasco, it wasn't til matt starting thumping his drum that we made some noise and still it was nothing.

The singing was ok at best, lame crowd overall , band knew it. I think they had some special stuff planned but changed it up after the first set, he was not going to reward a lame crowd. He says they got in a minor beef over what they were going to play, with a better crowd I think we would have had a one of a kind show , instead it was just a damn good show.

youve tried this before - I guess it is a Boston thing.

Tom Berenger

This crowd was not the greatest, but not nearly as bad as the DC crowd.

DocChicago

I'm a Mass native, went to both Boston shows and the 6/3 show. I really thought the crowd was great, and I have no stake at all in saying that. The pause during the Animal power outage lasted several minutes. No North American crowd would have gone apeshit for the entire 5 minutes. It just doesn't happen.

Maybe it was where you were sitting, MOTPT. I didn't think the crowd was lame at all.

a5pj

The crowd behind the stage where i was sucked, then all of a sudden came to life during last kiss when they turned around which kinda upset me for some reason, if you arent gonna cheer the whole time why cheer when they turn around... but anyway most ppl were sitting down ya know blah blah. That was fine tho gave me a better view... fan club seats are way better if your around other 10c members the show is 100x better!

good show overall tho i thought with my 6 shows in leg 1

Manofthepresenttense

WindNoSail wrote:

youve tried this before - I guess it is a Boston thing.

No it's not a Boston thing, I'm a huge fan , was really disappointed with this crowd, guess my expectations are set to high, I expected a better crowd from such a large demographics as the NY/NJ metro area and the last show of the leg. Crowd was sub par, maybe they should stick with NYC and stop going to Jersey.

CaptainSpaz91

easy killer, jersey shows are fine too haha

NOCODE#1

Manofthepresenttense wrote:

The singing was ok at best, lame crowd overall , band knew it. I think they had some special stuff planned but changed it up after the first set, he was not going to reward a lame crowd.

ladies and gentlemen, this douchebag thinks he knows what's in the bands head! He also thinks he has a feel for the crowd from his one seat.


you sir, are a tool.

lukins fridge

a5pj wrote:

The crowd behind the stage where i was sucked, then all of a sudden came to life during last kiss when they turned around which kinda upset me for some reason, if you arent gonna cheer the whole time why cheer when they turn around... but anyway most ppl were sitting down ya know blah blah. That was fine tho gave me a better view... fan club seats are way better if your around other 10c members the show is 100x better!

good show overall tho i thought with my 6 shows in leg 1

this is case in point why these crowd opinions are tough to judge...i was directly behind the stage, second row and everyone around me was crazy - which is the whole reason they turned around to play last kiss in the first place.

i also had a good view of the floor and i thought the crowd was very good. it's impossible to tell from the boots sometimes because of the different venues. and it's tough to tell from where you are sitting how the rest of the crowd is.

rhcpjam1029

i was also in attendance at the show and i thought that the audience was amazing. they practically would not stop screaming and yelling. from section 217, the fans one the floor looked pretty happy to be there. when i bought the boot, i did notice that the crowd sounded a little quiet, but thats obviously due to the company probably lowering the crowd volume so you can hear eddie better. they probably had to do that because continental is not a very great place to have concerts, as it was obviously shown in the first five songs of the concert. eddie even said he had a great time. he was very interactive with the crowd and sounded ecstatic to be there. he also mentions how he felt that the crowd was better the 2nd night rather than the first. "fuck it, i stayed" --- eddie during yellow ledbetter.

rollingstone423

sat show rocked- crowd was on point- stay in massachusetts next time- douchebag.

SpinMeRound

Manofthepresenttense wrote:

I was there and have the boot, after the crowd at this show and the first one in jersey , I think this will be the last time they end the tour in jersey, it's embarassing how quiet the crowd gets during the animal fiasco, it wasn't til matt starting thumping his drum that we made some noise and still it was nothing.

The singing was ok at best, lame crowd overall , band knew it. I think they had some special stuff planned but changed it up after the first set, he was not going to reward a lame crowd. He says they got in a minor beef over what they were going to play, with a better crowd I think we would have had a one of a kind show , instead it was just a damn good show.

This is one of the dumber posts I've ever read. What was the crowd suppossed to do -- cheer a power outage!?!? "YEEEAHHH, WOOOHOOO! POWER OUTAGE!!! ROCK ON!!!" I guess a Boston crowd would've cheered this, right? Ed complimented the crowd, but according to you the crowd was lame and the band knew it and that Ed didn't want to reward a lame crowd. You're pretty impressive. Tell us...what is Eddie thinking right now???

Do us all a favor, instead of starting a thread trashing a show that a lot of people had fun at, start another of the 1,000 threads already out there about how "wicked awesome" the Boston shows were.

Manofthepresenttense

SpinMeRound wrote:

This is one of the dumber posts I've ever read. What was the crowd suppossed to do -- cheer a power outage!?!? "YEEEAHHH, WOOOHOOO! POWER OUTAGE!!! ROCK ON!!!" I guess a Boston crowd would've cheered this, right? Ed complimented the crowd, but according to you the crowd was lame and the band knew it and that Ed didn't want to reward a lame crowd. You're pretty impressive. Tell us...what is Eddie thinking right now???

Do us all a favor, instead of starting a thread trashing a show that a lot of people had fun at, start another of the 1,000 threads already out there about how "wicked awesome" the Boston shows were.

If I had to guess I would say ed is thinking about their return to boston in 2007, and how great the crowd was there this year.

||Release_Me||

I was talking to HailHailVitalogy a few days ago about the crowds on the boots. He actually emailed 10c asking why the crowds were so quiet on the bootlegs. 10c replied saying Basecamp had been mixing the crowds for every bootleg lower than usual for this leg of the tour because the crowds were drowning out the band and they wanted us to be able to hear the music on the bootlegs.

Just relaying the message...

p.s. the boston shows were great, blah blah blah. Apart from the re-emergence of Leash during night 2, they weren't the most special shows of the tour so far. I've heard all the boots so far, and Grand Rapids is the best-sounding show for great crowd energy and great band performance.

pghas

Crowd energy, shmenergy. Pearl Jam comes out and melts everyone's face every night, and every night everyone in the building is totally amped up to see them. In some sections, people sit for periods of time, in other sections, nobody ever sits. I'd venture to say the energy level is pretty high coming from the crowd. He tells every crowd they're great in one way or another because they all are. I was at ER1 this year, I was on the floor, it was insane down there, and I specifically looked around at times to see what the rest of the building was doing, and as far as I could tell, going nuts. The momentum did not let up the entire show, 30 songs, insanely good setlist, the band sounds awesome on the bootleg as well. Everyone wants to think they were at some special show that was much better than the others. They're all amazing. Some people like some songs, some people like others. I can definitely understand why shows with fewer songs get a bad rap. But come on, its not like these guys are a jamband who clearly have good and bad nights. Version to version, most songs sound pretty much the same every night - almost always awesome. PJ brings their A game every night, your experioence at a show is largely subjective based on where you're sitting, who you're with, how much you drank, smoked, whatever, and whether or not some slob pukes on you.

elevation622

pghas wrote:

Crowd energy, shmenergy. Pearl Jam comes out and melts everyone's face every night, and every night everyone in the building is totally amped up to see them. In some sections, people sit for periods of time, in other sections, nobody ever sits. I'd venture to say the energy level is pretty high coming from the crowd. He tells every crowd they're great in one way or another because they all are. I was at ER1 this year, I was on the floor, it was insane down there, and I specifically looked around at times to see what the rest of the building was doing, and as far as I could tell, going nuts. The momentum did not let up the entire show, 30 songs, insanely good setlist, the band sounds awesome on the bootleg as well. Everyone wants to think they were at some special show that was much better than the others. They're all amazing. Some people like some songs, some people like others. I can definitely understand why shows with fewer songs get a bad rap. But come on, its not like these guys are a jamband who clearly have good and bad nights. Version to version, most songs sound pretty much the same every night - almost always awesome. PJ brings their A game every night, your experioence at a show is largely subjective based on where you're sitting, who you're with, how much you drank, smoked, whatever, and whether or not some slob pukes on you.

AMEN!!!

nothingman44

||Release_Me|| wrote:

p.s. the boston shows were great, blah blah blah. Apart from the re-emergence of Leash during night 2, they weren't the most special shows of the tour so far. I've heard all the boots so far, and Grand Rapids is the best-sounding show for great crowd energy and great band performance.

even if leash wasnt played, i still think boston wins out. i guess ya had to be there those 2 nights to know what i mean. there was this vibe throughout the building those 2 nights that was unexplainable. i was ER2 and it was an amazing show, but it just didnt have the same feeling as i did at the boston gigs.