My buddy had an interesting take on the Leash bustout. He told me afterwards that when the song kicked in, all of the people in the 10C seats (me included) were going bananas. But everyone else (where he was) just sort of went "oh cool, Leash". Only the hardcores knew what a special moment it was.
Bright eyed kid: "Wow Typo Man, you're the best!"
Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
"thru extensive negotiations we managed to get the curfew moved back..... we still don't have any time to fu&k around...."
LA II 06, SB 06, SF III 06, Kokua 07 Ed and Jack, Grant Park 07, EV Berk1 & LA 1 (nice job 10c), 08 DC, MSG1 &2, VH1 rocks, EV Bos II, EV NYC I & II, Milwaukee, EV Maui, EV Hono I & II, Chicago 09 I & II, LA 09 I & II & IV, SD 09 (my girlfriend hit the lottery, best concert of my life 10C rocks)KC 2010, STL 2010, Hartford. Boston, and MSG I & II "who goes around skinning cats anyway", PJ 20 2011 , Portland, Spokane, Seattle LA 2013, Home Shows + Missoula (fatal 👌)
MSG 2 2010 and Hartford 2013, loudest crowds I've ever been a part of for just about anything
"Sometimes you find yourself having to put all your faith in no faith."
~not a dude~
2010: MSGx2
2012: Made In America
2013: Pittsburgh, Brooklynx2, Hartford, Baltimore
2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes, Detroit
2015: Global Citizen Festival
2016: Phillyx2, MSGx2, Fenwayx2 2018: Barcelona, Wrigleyx2
Been to Brazil. Pj20. Toronto. Many others. But nothing compares to MSG for volume or crowd participation. Every song sung all the way through. And with floor beneath your feet bouncing wow!
Release from PJ20. It was deafening. Ed was pretty much drowned out by the crowd the entire song.
Yup pretty loud.. Then you could hear crickets on the next song Arms Aloft..
I don't know what the fuck they were thinking there. That spot needed Last Exit, Save You, Animal, or something like that.
Save you?
Why not? It rocks and people clap along with it. also, if used to appear often in those 2nd and 3rd spots in the set. You get my point; that spot needed a PJ song that rocks (don't like Save You? Fine. Switch it to Hail Hail or Go or something)
its been said a few times, but in 25 years of loud concerts, nothing comes close to HARTFORD 2013.. ( though MSG 2010 night 2 was loud as well... " and away we go .. " )
One that stands out for me is that Pearl Jam stopped playing Alive after Roskilde. They didn't play it for the entire North American tour..... until the last night. They played it in Seattle and the crowd went insane.
Encore break at State College (maybe the first break? not sure) Go listen to the boot and you can hear about 20 of us kicking the front crowd-rail in unison (it was incredibly loud in person). Spectrum '03 loudest show I've seen in general ... and that stands to this day (for shows I've seen).
Probably some other loud-as-fuck moments ... but that encore screaming and banging at State ... the only one that really comes to mind right now.
If I was to smile and I held out my hand
If I opened it now would you not understand?
its been said a few times, but in 25 years of loud concerts, nothing comes close to HARTFORD 2013.. ( though MSG 2010 night 2 was loud as well... " and away we go .. " )
I'd go first and second place on these two with MSG taking the cake. I was in the rafters for MSG and GA for Hartford so probably your position in the building makes a difference.
One that stands out for me is that Pearl Jam stopped playing Alive after Roskilde. They didn't play it for the entire North American tour..... until the last night. They played it in Seattle and the crowd went insane.
Makes perfect sense why they'd be reluctant to play that song after Roskilde, but didn't know that happened. Interesting. Must've been very emotional to hear that in Seattle for both the band and crowd.
"Sometimes you find yourself having to put all your faith in no faith."
~not a dude~
2010: MSGx2
2012: Made In America
2013: Pittsburgh, Brooklynx2, Hartford, Baltimore
2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes, Detroit
2015: Global Citizen Festival
2016: Phillyx2, MSGx2, Fenwayx2 2018: Barcelona, Wrigleyx2
For me it was before the band played better man in Manchester, uk on 21st June 2012, the crowd just sensed what was coming really intuitive and moving. The whole gig was amazing and being up in the rafters never expected to be part of a universal celebration , also alive in Milton Keynes really resonated with me and with what I've been through in the last year, felt everyone was releasing there emotion at that moment, special.
Hartford 2013 takes the cake for me. The crowd was really into it before the band came out, the cheers got louder every time they shut the lights off (3 times, I believe, before they actually came out).
A few instances of when the crowd was absolutely deafening: - In between Last Exit and Immortality, when Eddie greets the crowd, there is probably a good solid 30-40 seconds of nothing but the crowd cheering and not letting up. Eddie and the band were blown away by it and Eddie said they would have to work hard to deserve that. - Do the Evolution: "like fucking South America!" - First verse and chorus of Better Man. Again, Eddie and the band were amazed by it. Even the call-and-respond part after Mike's solo was amazing. - Singing every word to Elderly Woman, you can hear the entire arena singing it. - During the last chorus of Alive and into the solo, Eddie saying, "This is fucking unbelievable!" and the crowd chanting "Yeah!" during the solo.
As the band started to play Indifference, Ed commented, "This is not normal" about the crowd.
God, what a night that was. I may have to give the boot another listen. It's one I will never get tired of.
Shows: 6.27.08 Hartford, CT/5.15.10 Hartford, CT/6.18.2011 Hartford, CT (EV Solo)/10.19.13 Brooklyn/10.25.13 Hartford
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
Release -Amsterdam 2 at encore Rockin with neil young - Toronto 1 Sirens - Trieste 14 Breath - Venice 10 BLack - Berlin 10 Chloe Dancer/Crown of thorns - toronto 1
And Not for you at Milan 14 with 65.000 behind me and the wave of sing along sounds like echo
"...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
Oh, and there was something going on last year in Philly. I think night two. At one point I was screaming so loud that my diapraghm started to vibrate and I felt like I was molding into one piece with the sound in the venue. I don't remember what song it was, but my diaphragm hurt the next day. I am not talking about the contraception device :P
I think it was night 1 in Philly because I remember how loud it was and was telling my friends that night 2 is gonna be loud but it didn't compare. I think it was just the music as much as it was the crowd.
Walks on his own... With thoughts he can't help thinking...
Alright, old guy chiming in...I was at every MSG show, every Spectrum show, and the most recent Toronto shows in 11, and they were all amazing, but when I tell you they are NOT EVEN CLOSE to 94, you have to believe me.
On 4/10/94 I was 19 years old and bought tickets for the old Boston Garden from a scalper for $210. We trekked from NJ to Boston and stayed with friends at college. This was about a week after Kurt died.
During blood, I remember the floor (I was 15th row center) chairs being tied together with Zip Ties, and everyone in the rows lifting in unison and throwing the rows of chairs out of the way, while ed put the mic stand clean thru the stage. That was the loudest, best concert moment of my life, and ive given up on anything ever coming close. Id love to be able to see some of this show again. It was like being in a Rock and Roll riot.
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"...I changed by not changing at all..."
Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
- San Jose 11/4/95
- PJ20 Night 1&2
- Wrigley Field
- Milan 2014
LA II 06, SB 06, SF III 06, Kokua 07 Ed and Jack, Grant Park 07, EV Berk1 & LA 1 (nice job 10c), 08 DC, MSG1 &2, VH1 rocks, EV Bos II, EV NYC I & II, Milwaukee, EV Maui, EV Hono I & II, Chicago 09 I & II, LA 09 I & II & IV, SD 09 (my girlfriend hit the lottery, best concert of my life 10C rocks)KC 2010, STL 2010, Hartford. Boston, and MSG I & II "who goes around skinning cats anyway", PJ 20 2011 , Portland, Spokane, Seattle LA 2013, Home Shows + Missoula (fatal 👌)
~not a dude~
2010: MSGx2
2012: Made In America
2013: Pittsburgh, Brooklynx2, Hartford, Baltimore
2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes, Detroit
2015: Global Citizen Festival
2016: Phillyx2, MSGx2, Fenwayx2
2018: Barcelona, Wrigleyx2
DEGENERATE FUK
This place is dead
"THERE ARE NO CLIQUES, ONLY THOSE WHO DON'T JOIN THE FUN" - Empty circa 2015
"Kfsbho&$thncds" - F Me In the Brain - circa 2015
DEGENERATE FUK
This place is dead
"THERE ARE NO CLIQUES, ONLY THOSE WHO DON'T JOIN THE FUN" - Empty circa 2015
"Kfsbho&$thncds" - F Me In the Brain - circa 2015
2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
2017: RRHoF 4/7 2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4 2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18
2022: MSG 9/11 2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
Great thread for coping with Post tour blues.
Pearl Jam bootlegs:
http://wegotshit.blogspot.com
Go listen to the boot and you can hear about 20 of us kicking the front crowd-rail in unison (it was incredibly loud in person).
Spectrum '03 loudest show I've seen in general ... and that stands to this day (for shows I've seen).
Probably some other loud-as-fuck moments ... but that encore screaming and banging at State ... the only one that really comes to mind right now.
If I opened it now would you not understand?
2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
2017: RRHoF 4/7 2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4 2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18
2022: MSG 9/11 2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
~not a dude~
2010: MSGx2
2012: Made In America
2013: Pittsburgh, Brooklynx2, Hartford, Baltimore
2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes, Detroit
2015: Global Citizen Festival
2016: Phillyx2, MSGx2, Fenwayx2
2018: Barcelona, Wrigleyx2
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A few instances of when the crowd was absolutely deafening:
- In between Last Exit and Immortality, when Eddie greets the crowd, there is probably a good solid 30-40 seconds of nothing but the crowd cheering and not letting up. Eddie and the band were blown away by it and Eddie said they would have to work hard to deserve that.
- Do the Evolution: "like fucking South America!"
- First verse and chorus of Better Man. Again, Eddie and the band were amazed by it. Even the call-and-respond part after Mike's solo was amazing.
- Singing every word to Elderly Woman, you can hear the entire arena singing it.
- During the last chorus of Alive and into the solo, Eddie saying, "This is fucking unbelievable!" and the crowd chanting "Yeah!" during the solo.
As the band started to play Indifference, Ed commented, "This is not normal" about the crowd.
God, what a night that was. I may have to give the boot another listen. It's one I will never get tired of.
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
As for the crowd dancing and jumping and the band feeding on it, would have to throw out MSG 2008 night 1... at least the first half of the show.
Rockin with neil young - Toronto 1
Sirens - Trieste 14
Breath - Venice 10
BLack - Berlin 10
Chloe Dancer/Crown of thorns - toronto 1
And Not for you at Milan 14 with 65.000 behind me and the wave of sing along sounds like echo
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
On 4/10/94 I was 19 years old and bought tickets for the old Boston Garden from a scalper for $210. We trekked from NJ to Boston and stayed with friends at college. This was about a week after Kurt died.
During blood, I remember the floor (I was 15th row center) chairs being tied together with Zip Ties, and everyone in the rows lifting in unison and throwing the rows of chairs out of the way, while ed put the mic stand clean thru the stage. That was the loudest, best concert moment of my life, and ive given up on anything ever coming close. Id love to be able to see some of this show again. It was like being in a Rock and Roll riot.