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Pearl Jam
Fenway Park
Boston, MA
Show One
September 02, 2018
Set List
Walk On Music: Aye Davanita (from Vitalogy album)
Band Onstage: 7:56
Band Offstage: 10:36
01. Sometimes
02. Release
03. Low Light
(Ed wants to take a second to say something about Bono who recently lost his voice. Ed notes that he is on the mend. Ed wants to remind everyone how much important charity work that Bono does as well as working incredibly hard with U2. He asks the crowd to show some love from an Irish city to one Irish man.)
04. Elderly Woman Behind the Counter In A Small Town
05. Why Go
06. Corduroy
Ed wants to toast the the people of Fenway Park that asked the band if they would like to come back and play. Ed talks about the weather and gives a grammar lesson on ways the word ‘fuck’ can be used. This segues into a talk about regulations being reduced on emissions. “Use your vote as verb and say Fuck You”
07. Mind Your Manners
08. Down
(Ed talks about Dick, a guy who has worked many Pearl Jam shows as local security. Ed didn’t see Dick when he showed and asked about him. Dick had some health issues but is home recovering. Dick’s wife sent a picture of Dick holding a sign that Ed had shown on the video screens.)
09. Given To Fly
(This is a request by a friend of ours. This is for people who are soldiers, were soldiers. He mentions John McCain. We know his story but there are a lot of other stories. With love and respect we play this one)
10. Army Reserve
11. Even Flow
(Introduces Matt Cameron. This is for the brothers Steve and Joe (Calgano) and the Krasinski’s too.)
12. Amongst The Waves
13. Daughter / WMA (1 min tag)- /It's OK-(Cole) (2:25 cover) (WMA lyric - “dirties his hand, pays them off, police man, president)
14. Got Some
15. Do The Evolution
16. I Am A Patriot-(Van Zandt) [slow intro Ed solo. Band comes in on “I Was Walking…” ]
17. Lukin (changes chorus to “I’m going to Fenway..”)
18. Porch (Ed walks the stage wings wearing a Red Sox jersey. He also walks along the top of the barricade)
Encore Break 1
(Ed checks in with people in various parts of the park. Ed says it is a shame that the players never get to see this place with fans all on the field and jokingly suggests that if the Red Sox win they should trash the field. Ed says he is joking because Sam Kennedy invited them to come and he notes that one person that regrets music shows is David Mellor the head groundskeeper. Ed plays a Tom Petty song for John. Ed pulls out his Red Telecaster that he got from Tom Petty. Ed ask everyone to light some lights. Ed breaks down a little at the end of the dedication)
19. I Won't Back Down-(Lynne, Petty)
20. Just Breathe
21. Present Tense
22. Once
23. State Of Love And Trust
(Ed wants to talk to the fellas to play something they don’t normally play. If we fuck it up it will be my fault. It won’t be the first time. My wife is here and she can attest to that)
24. Tremor Christ
25. Black (improv lyric “can you let us know your out there”)-Time Heals-Todd Rundgren :35 sec. Tag / Waiting On A Friend-(Jaggar/Richards) -30 second tag
(Ed talks about sharing a room with Jeff in the old days. Putting sarongs on the lamps. It was so romantic. Listening to Aretha Franklin, Belly (other bands..) Ed snuck into Fenway Park. Ed gets around to saying we are very grateful to this city. It is a great rock and roll city. He introduces Bill Janovitz from Buffalo Tom to play one of Ed’s favorite songs)
27. Blood / Atomic Dog-(Clinton, Shider, Spradley) 10 sec tag.
(Ed lists off all the choices of marijuana they had available to them. They chose something called “Green Monster”. I don’t have lyrics for this so I am gonna make it up like I did the first time.)
28. Out Of My Mind (b-side from “Not For You” single)
29. Alive
30. Rockin' In The Free World-(Young)
(Mike goes to the barricade to melt some faces. Ed lobs tambourines. There is supposed to be a hard curfew at 10:30 but the band plays past it.)
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Fenway Park
Boston, MA
Show One
September 02, 2018
Set List
Walk On Music: Aye Davanita (from Vitalogy album)
Band Onstage: 7:56
Band Offstage: 10:36
01. Sometimes
02. Release
03. Low Light
(Ed wants to take a second to say something about Bono who recently lost his voice. Ed notes that he is on the mend. Ed wants to remind everyone how much important charity work that Bono does as well as working incredibly hard with U2. He asks the crowd to show some love from an Irish city to one Irish man.)
04. Elderly Woman Behind the Counter In A Small Town
05. Why Go
06. Corduroy
Ed wants to toast the the people of Fenway Park that asked the band if they would like to come back and play. Ed talks about the weather and gives a grammar lesson on ways the word ‘fuck’ can be used. This segues into a talk about regulations being reduced on emissions. “Use your vote as verb and say Fuck You”
07. Mind Your Manners
08. Down
(Ed talks about Dick, a guy who has worked many Pearl Jam shows as local security. Ed didn’t see Dick when he showed and asked about him. Dick had some health issues but is home recovering. Dick’s wife sent a picture of Dick holding a sign that Ed had shown on the video screens.)
09. Given To Fly
(This is a request by a friend of ours. This is for people who are soldiers, were soldiers. He mentions John McCain. We know his story but there are a lot of other stories. With love and respect we play this one)
10. Army Reserve
11. Even Flow
(Introduces Matt Cameron. This is for the brothers Steve and Joe (Calgano) and the Krasinski’s too.)
12. Amongst The Waves
13. Daughter / WMA (1 min tag)- /It's OK-(Cole) (2:25 cover) (WMA lyric - “dirties his hand, pays them off, police man, president)
14. Got Some
15. Do The Evolution
16. I Am A Patriot-(Van Zandt) [slow intro Ed solo. Band comes in on “I Was Walking…” ]
17. Lukin (changes chorus to “I’m going to Fenway..”)
18. Porch (Ed walks the stage wings wearing a Red Sox jersey. He also walks along the top of the barricade)
Encore Break 1
(Ed checks in with people in various parts of the park. Ed says it is a shame that the players never get to see this place with fans all on the field and jokingly suggests that if the Red Sox win they should trash the field. Ed says he is joking because Sam Kennedy invited them to come and he notes that one person that regrets music shows is David Mellor the head groundskeeper. Ed plays a Tom Petty song for John. Ed pulls out his Red Telecaster that he got from Tom Petty. Ed ask everyone to light some lights. Ed breaks down a little at the end of the dedication)
19. I Won't Back Down-(Lynne, Petty)
20. Just Breathe
21. Present Tense
22. Once
23. State Of Love And Trust
(Ed wants to talk to the fellas to play something they don’t normally play. If we fuck it up it will be my fault. It won’t be the first time. My wife is here and she can attest to that)
24. Tremor Christ
25. Black (improv lyric “can you let us know your out there”)-Time Heals-Todd Rundgren :35 sec. Tag / Waiting On A Friend-(Jaggar/Richards) -30 second tag
(Ed talks about sharing a room with Jeff in the old days. Putting sarongs on the lamps. It was so romantic. Listening to Aretha Franklin, Belly (other bands..) Ed snuck into Fenway Park. Ed gets around to saying we are very grateful to this city. It is a great rock and roll city. He introduces Bill Janovitz from Buffalo Tom to play one of Ed’s favorite songs)
26. Taillights Fade-(Buffalo Tom) with Bill Janovitz from Buffalo Tom. Bill sings V1. Ed sings Ch1 and V2. Bill sings Ch2 and V3. both guys sing outro chorus.
(After the song Ed introduces the band and asks his “old roomie Jeff what he is doing tomorrow?”
27. Blood / Atomic Dog-(Clinton, Shider, Spradley) 10 sec tag.
(Ed lists off all the choices of marijuana they had available to them. They chose something called “Green Monster”. I don’t have lyrics for this so I am gonna make it up like I did the first time.)
28. Out Of My Mind (b-side from “Not For You” single)
29. Alive
30. Rockin' In The Free World-(Young)
(Mike goes to the barricade to melt some faces. Ed lobs tambourines. There is supposed to be a hard curfew at 10:30 but the band plays past it.)
Please share your experiences of the show here...the Fanview threads are preserved on the board.
Please keep the Fanview threads for Fanviews. It's ok to begin another thread on discussions of other topics and/or debates.
Thank you!
Thank you, John for the set list & notes.
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Probably the best opening run of songs this tour (Sometimes/Release/Low Light/Elderly Woman). Just outstanding.
I also really like the flow of I Won’t Back Down into Just Breathe into Present Tense.
And finally, you just gotta love any show with Given to Fly and State of Love and Trust.
Another special night. Hope it was as great in person as it looks on paper.
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c2 tonight
b5 tuesday
i enjoyed it...but obviously wished for 3-5 more songs
play Marker in the Sand Tuesday!!!! Please
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Unbelievable night that flew right by. Love the start of this show and Release sounded amazing in the number 2 spot. Lots of songs that have not been played much lately thrown in the mix and some great versions of the staples that we all love. Can't wait now to see what Tuesday brings.
Couple of negatives that I need to mention. Crowd in my area was lame and took away from the show a bit. People sitting the whole show not singing along and just standing there. People can do what they want at a concert and it is their show to enjoy it how they want but holy shit at all the stiffs in my section. Second thing is why did the band come on so late? I appreciate them playing past the curfew of course but still unsure why they started as late as they did. Seemed to me a lot of people were in their seats early.
Agree with curmudgeoness about the sound being off in spots. There were times during the main set where the guitars were buried in the mix and it was very low end. DTE and Corduroy didn't have their usual punch. Thought maybe it was seats or stadium acoustics, but Mike's solos sounded fine.
And after a 5 minute english lesson on "fuck," how was Fuckin' Up not on the setlist? It was right in front of you, fellas!
Anyway, great night and bring on Tuesday.
Where were the ppl rocking out?? Grandstand looked more bumping.
Either way had an amazing time but had to chime in bc I felt the same. Sec C8.
show seemed to get squeezed out at the end though. Energy drained a bit because no one knew the two songs around Blood and for once were dead (I was the only one thing excited by Out of My Mind but honestly only because of hearing it at the Spectrum before). Then things ran up against the curfew and felt a bit underwhelmingly rushed.
grwat show overall. Especially loved the whole opening with Release, present tense, tremor Christ, amongst the waves, this version of I am a patriot, and the new corduroy
The "fuck" monologue was an old George Carlin routine.
Great show, got one of Ed's picks during "Got Some".
Present Tense - Once - SOLAT - Tremor Christ is one hell of a 4 song run.
See You Next Tuesday!
Boston 10/17/10, East Troy 9/3/11, East Troy 9/4/11, Missoula 9/30/12, Worcester 10/15/13, Hartford 10/25/13, Charlottesville 10/29/13,
St. Paul 10/19/14, New York 9/26/15, Quebec City 5/5/16, Boston 8/5/16, Boston 9/2/18, Boston 9/4/18, Quebec City 9/1/22, Camden 9/14/22, Oklahoma City 9/20/22
MTL 9/15/05
HRTFD 5/13/06
BOS 5/24/06, 5/25/06
VEGAS 7/6/06
CHI 8/5/07
NJ 6/19/08
NYC 6/25/08
HRTFD 6/27/08
MANSFLD 6/28/08, 6/30/08
E.V. BOS 8/1/08
CHI 8/23/09, 8/24/09
PHILLY 10/30/09, 10/31/09
BOS 5/17/10
CHI 7/19/13
WOOSTA 10/15/13, 10/16/13
HRTFD 10/25/13
BOS 8/5/16, 8/7/16
BOS 9/2/18, 9/4/18
Although because they added Tremor Christ and Reprise is only like a minute, in terms of amount of time cut it probably wasn't a substantial amount
-Great opening (Sometimes!) and first set
-Encore #1 was amazing (Won’t Back Down>Just Breathe>Present Tense)!
-Tremor Christ was special and sounded great
-Down and Patriot could have been left for Fenway #1 2016...didn’t see the need to repeat it this year
-I felt like the second encore didn’t live up to the rest of the great, solid set and left something to be desired.
Of course, a few more songs would have been awesome (but we shouldn’t just be greedy and expect the band to go all out 35 songs/3 hours every single night)... I’d much rather see a Sonic Reducer, Indifference closing too than the usual Alive>RITFW>Ledbetter combo for example
Great looking set list!
Who is wrong and who’s right
Lastly, I noticed lots of folks near us spending more time on their phones/social media than digging the music and the fact that Pearl Jam was in the House. With us!! And yes....Brookline is awesome!
It it was also neat to see Ed’s wife watching some of the show from 3 rows behind me.