East Rutherford 6/3/06

vitodacat

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.

I agree with this....what should of been done during the power outage then ??

jamminpearls

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.

guess we were at different shows,even though i was there! were u?

bones0138

no, no, no, this guy is totally right. around the 5th or 6th song of the set, the band gets together and judges the crowd. if we're not loud enough or dancing like crazy, they switch over to the "generic" setlist they use for the lame crowds. fuckin retard.

MayDay10

I think I am unbiased for the most part. The Hartford crowd was sort of lame... and thats my 'home field' for now. I hate the NYC area and always find ways to discredit the area, especially when it comes to sports fans and things like that. I actually love the city of Boston on the other hand.

Anyways I think to say the crowd was crappy at ER2 is ludicrous. That was the best crowd I have experienced at a PJ show which includes 2 shows in Boston (also good crowds).

when 80% of the people in attendance are bellowing out 'In Hiding', its tough to say the crowd was crappy. I was in a pretty so-so section too.... but the energy overall in the arena was overwhelming. when the power went out the place went nuts.... but people arent going to waste their voices for 5-10 minutes while a crew fixes things.

Ms. Haiku

bones0138 wrote:

around the 5th or 6th song of the set, the band gets together and judges the crowd. if we're not loud enough or dancing like crazy, they switch over to the "generic" setlist they use for the lame crowds.

Why does that make me sad. It's a good business practice, I guess, but it makes me sad boo hoo. So if I hear a generic set list then I'm part of "us" that's not up to par, I guess, eh?

SpinMeRound

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Originally Posted by MayDay10

"I think I am unbiased for the most part. The Hartford crowd was sort of lame... and thats my 'home field' for now. I hate the NYC area and always find ways to discredit the area, especially when it comes to sports fans and things like that. I actually love the city of Boston on the other hand."


So you live in Fairfield, love Boston, hate NYC and consider Hartford your 'home field'. Isn't NYC about the same distance from Fairfield as Hartford is...if not closer?

And while this certainly isn't the forum for a sports discussion, since you brought it up I'd be interested in your views on NYC sports fans -- especially since you appear to be a Bills fan. I've been to Ralph Wilson stadium and let's just say "classy" isn't the first word that comes to mind when describing their fanbase.

Mookie Vedder

I was at ER2 and the ironic part of this post is that Eddie decided to mention that the crowd was better for nite 2 and that it was a special nite. Now this dude is sayin the band had plans and shit and scrapped them because of the lame crowd. I don't know man, seems like you're just trying to stir shit up. I thought the first set was one of their best on this leg.

MayDay10

SpinMeRound wrote:

Quote:
Originally Posted by MayDay10

"I think I am unbiased for the most part. The Hartford crowd was sort of lame... and thats my 'home field' for now. I hate the NYC area and always find ways to discredit the area, especially when it comes to sports fans and things like that. I actually love the city of Boston on the other hand."


So you live in Fairfield, love Boston, hate NYC and consider Hartford your 'home field'. Isn't NYC about the same distance from Fairfield as Hartford is...if not closer?

And while this certainly isn't the forum for a sports discussion, since you brought it up I'd be interested in your views on NYC sports fans -- especially since you appear to be a Bills fan. I've been to Ralph Wilson stadium and let's just say "classy" isn't the first word that comes to mind when describing their fanbase.

I just moved from New Haven recently which is about equidistant from Boston and NYC (i think)... i didnt even live there very long either though. and yes, the Ralph is sometimes over the top... But growing up in Buffalo and going to college in central NY, I encountered a ton of fairweather/bandwagon NYC sports fans who only watched the Yanks in the world series, if the Giants suck root for the Jets, and hate hockey when the Rangers suck, but when they look good, they suddenly wore jerseys and talked a lot of trash. (i think i respect islanders/Mets fans). But anyways all those people just ruined those teams for me.

I was just trying to convey that I have no reason to want to give props to an NYC based crowd... But admitting that the crowd was pretty awesome.

Manofthepresenttense

maybe it was my seats, there was no one behind me , i was in section 104 , last row, only time i heard the crowd was during last kiss, alive and yl, i enjoyed the show , liked the set, maybe my expectations were too high for the last show of the leg.

pintabone

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.

So you think they had some special stuff planned but changed it eh? Rats and Don't Gimme no Lip. Best show out of the five I saw this tour.