Best And Worst Of European Tour 2006
MANCHESTER 2000
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for me the best show was pistoia and the worst was leeds
MANCHESTER 2000
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WEMBLEY 2007
MANCHESTER 2009
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AGREED!!
Pistoia is one of the most amazing shows I have ever heard! :eek:
I've been raving about it so much
Not For You, State of Love and Trust, 1/2 Full, and Spin The Black Circle are all the best versions I have ever heard!
The setlist was just unreal...I Got Shit, Breath, Last Exit, the songs listed above...jesus...EVERY SONG SOUNDED FLAWLESS!!
Black was fuckin beautiful, like I said in another thread, it just keeps getting better
The Milan show was fuckin specacular too but only for the crowd (IMO)...the crowd was just rediculous but the band was so much better in Pistoia, plus Pistoia only had about 9,000 people there, imagine if there was the regular 20-25,000? :eek:
how was leeds the worst? im feelin a bit dumb here but have you looked at the setlist? that is a proper oldschool setlist for what i reckon would be hardcore fans(to coin a phrase),the reading gig they did two days later was nearly a repeat of the L@TG dvd.
if you listen to the leeds boot you will understand my young apprentice.............
00: 7/2 (cancelled...)
05: 9/11,9/12,9/13,9/15,9/16,9/19
06: 8/23,8/30, 9/9, 9/11
07: 6/26, 6/29
*****
LEEDS 2006
WEMBLEY 2007
MANCHESTER 2009
LEEDS was just EXCELLENT, ok???!!!! in some moments i literally has tears in my eyes!
LEEDS 2006
WEMBLEY 2007
MANCHESTER 2009
Best - I still haven't heard them all, but Arnhem was such a pleasant surprise. The No Woman, No Cry tag/into of Better Man was a great change of pace ... especially for a tour that RARELY had any changes of pace.
No That Great - Of course the band still sounds great and the shows are solid. But these setlists were incredibly rote and more repetitive than usual. Someone has to explain to me why the mediocre Evolution gets played at every single show, while neither Immortality, Deep, or Nothing As It Seems even show up once. And why You Are and Bushleaguer are in heavy rotation while Present Tense and Red Mosquito are basically rarities.
Hey, I'm going to love this band and love the shows no matter what. But one of the things that makes Pearl Jam special is mixing up what they play, and of every leg since at least 1998, this one seemed the most cosistently repetitive, with the only real differences being the language Ed spoke from venue to venue. I'm not gonna say you Euros got rooked, but I think anyone saying this was a better leg than either US leg is off their rocker.
You do have a point here my man. I went to 6 shows this year and I was really hoping to at least see them open with Long Road, Release, or something that they haven't opened with before. I must have heard Intersteller Overdrive/Corduroy about 5 times.
Still, despite this, I still loved every show. I can't say that I experienced a poor show at any time.
I'd say that Pistoia was probably my favourite, although Dublin and Reading both come a joint second. I think Pistoia tops the bill simply due to the fact that I shouldn't have been there. I blagged it with work by spinning them a line about not being able to go in on the Wednesday because my boiler had blown - bullshit - and flew out to Pisa on the Wednesday morning. I was back at work the next day, albeit the afternoon. The location was great aswell. A lovely little town, and town square. Lot's of red wine and a great atmosphere. I hope they return to italy again next year.
The Marseille bootleg doesn't do the show justice. Really.
Other than that, you have a very very good point. Next time, I'm off to Canada again.
00: 7/2 (cancelled...)
05: 9/11,9/12,9/13,9/15,9/16,9/19
06: 8/23,8/30, 9/9, 9/11
07: 6/26, 6/29
*****
PEACE
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Dublin 08/06
Katowice 06/07 London 06/07 Dusseldorf 06/07 Nijgemen 06/07
Worst: Verona
Only one I've seen this tour
Worst: Verona- not a bad show, but a pretty big letdown. The crowd was awful, the rain a bummer and the setlist fairly ordinary. Plus, it didn't feel or look as cool being in the Roman arena as I thought it would. Though it probably looked really cool from above. The city itself was amazing and I had a blast the night before the show.
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Next best - Dublin. What can I say, awesome opening to an awesome tour. Played the crowd favourites, great energy from the crowd and being my first show, absolutely brilliant.
Third best (and by default, worst) - Paris. The crowd was mental and kinda rough, which i didn't mind too much. But the band just didn't seem as energetic or into it as they did at the other shows. Or maybe I was a little jaded after seeing them for the 3rd time in a couple of weeks. Either way, just think it was the worst of the 3.
I was vacationing in Europe but caught the Marseille and Paris show. Marseille was the superior show of the two. Cool setlist, after seeing a lot of shows it was awesome hearing a few songs I never heard live before.
The Paris crowd was pretty rough at the beginning and the show was average for PJ. My fanclub number is mediocre, so I don't get too close in the States. Hence, I got in line around 4:30 (non-ten club) and was about five people deep from where Mike would be. As soon as Instellar Overdrive/Corduroy started I was soon pulled towards Ed, the back towards Mike and then back towards Ed and out. Before I knew it I couldn't breathe and was about 20-25 people back from the stage. I could never get up close again. Later, I decided to try to get a water but you had to walk all the way back out of the floor. Then I was about 50 people deep, dehydrated, tired and pissed off. I kept telling myself I am seeing Pearl Jam in France! But it was kinda hard to get back in the show.
If I smart I would have gotten to the Marseille show earlier since it was a smaller crowd, but fuck I was only about 12-15 people deep there from the stage. So it was cool.
Anyway...even though I got my nuts handed to me (and I'm not a sissy)on the floor, the energy from the fans was something I will remember.
WHAT?? The Marseille Boot sounded a little light on crowd noise cos there were only about 5,000 people there! The show was INCREDIBLE!! Really intimate and groovy...
My Order:
Marseille
Barcelona (this show was intense people!)
Reading (amazing but I was soooo drunk!!)
OK - so I didnt see them that many times and I havent heard the other Boots yet (although I bought Lisbon 2 for Footsteps
And plus - I got Marseille... and that was just the most amazing 'fans' show I could have asked for.
:-)
I agree with all of this. They had Red Mosquito on the setlist a few times but unfortunately skipped it at the concerts I was.
groetjes,
Mirella
Barca killed both lisbon shows! It was a really intense and rocking concert. I had so much fun. Lisbon was more relaxed.
Finsbury Park London 6/6/1992
Cardiff 6/6/2000
Berlin 23/9/2006
hearing about 40,000 people singing betterman....
you f*ckin what?, who were you watchin?lol, listen to the boot, if thats goin through the motions i will eat my own head!, the energy was electric, i was near the front and the guys were giving it 200%.I don't get why people are under rating leeds, its pissin me off really.
i know people who stood near the back screens didn't feel any atmosphere but it was defintly there down in the pit
leeds 26/08/06....electric
paris 11/09/06.....crushed...but estatic
wembley 18/06/07.....oh yes
'listen...you can hear the sustain...you just hold that note and you can go get a bite whilst its still going'
the legend , nigel tufnell
1: Berlin
2: Pistoia
3: Arnhem
Worst:
1: None (Every Pearl Jam show is something special, some shows are just more special than others in my opinion)
Dublins opener (Inside Job) was extended and moody, crowd sang their hearts out in the sweaty venue, got lots of rarites/crowd favourites(Indifference, Leash, Boys Back In Town, Education, Fuckin Up), Ed & the guys were spot on and were really enjoying themselves!
the crowd atmosphere in Berlin was incredible, really good tempered - singing, dancing, mexican waves for 10 mins before the opener etc, the "oooh" soccer chant thing, the gorgeous venue and great encores and more crowd favourites (Present Tense, Footsteps, Lukin, Baba, Porch, Come Back, Miracles)
as much as they can mix up the sets they cant avoid playing songs they want to play! there were some songs that didnt appear in europe that were played in the US 2006 tour - (eg: Rats, Hard To Imagine, Of The Girl, Oceans, NAIS, Sometimes, Habit) and many that didnt appear often in europe : (In My Tree, Crownof thorns, Nothingman, All Or None, Low Light, I Am Mine, Brain Of J, Release, Long Road, I Got ID, You Are, etc etc)
im not complaining though!! 2 shows and roughly 50 different songs - thank u pearl jam!!!
And the boot is great as well, even if a gig is always greater than a boot.
Spin, spin !!
Marseille + Paris 2006
London + Werchter 2007
Arras + Belfast 2010
Arras 2012
Paris Lollapalooza 2022
Watched that again at the weekend, it happens at the start AND end of the first encore, great to see him moved so much
Troubled souls unite, we got ourselves tonight...
Astoria, Dublin, Reading 06
Katowice, Wembley 07
SBE, Manchester, O2 09
Hyde Park 10
Manchester 1&2 12
This is just g'bye for now...