***Official Please Play The South Petition***

04/03/03 - Ford Center: Oklahoma City, OK
support act: Sleater-Kinney
set: Long Road, Grievance, Jools and Jim (Pete Townshend), Corduroy, Save You, Given To Fly, Dissident, Even Flow, I Am Mine, Love Boat Captain, 1/2 Full, Not For You, Off He Goes, Elderly Woman, Untitled/MFC, Happy Birthday, Drifting, Get Right, Deep!, Blood
enc 1: Better Man, Daughter/(War), Do The Evolution, Rearviewmirror
enc 2: Alive, Yellow Ledbetter
notes: The ending of the Pete Townshend song 'Jools and Jim' (from the Empty Glass glass album, where Pete sings "Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, O-K") is played before 'Corduroy.' After 'Save You,' Ed speaks:

"Glad you could all be with us tonight. There's a lot of "fucks" in that last song. And it's fucking great to be here. And "fuck" is a great fucking word. And it seems like ten years ago, freedom of speech, it all had to do with whether you could say "fuck" or not. Cuz it is, it's a word that's worth fighting for, ya know, ya say fuck him, fuck her, fuck me, fuck! Then great ways to say it: "That's fuckin' beautiful." Fuck. I personally can't say I ever said it this way, but I'm sure you could say, "Let's fuck." But now freedom of speech it has, uh, it has a lot to do with much bigger issues. And uh, somehow, we played a show last night and it's been misconstrued. They said, uh, 24 people left because they were upset at a, uh, anti-Bush administration remark. [crowd boos] You're booing the story, right, not me? Let's clarify that. You know you could have written that story differently and you could have said 11,972 people cheered and applauded at what the singer said ... we pledged our support and love to the troops. Ya know, how could we not be for the military? Look at this fuckin' haircut. [cheers] So, uh, no matter what it is, no matter how you feel, I think it's important for people to be able to protest, say what they feel, and put public pressure, put pressure on politicians and government just so that they will do a better job. There's nothing anti-patriotic about that. Because their job affects our families, our safety, our security, our relatives who are in the military, our friends, it affects everyone, so we have a right to be a voice and be part of that, I would think, as part of a democracy. That's all we wanted to say, this is 'Given to Fly'."

Due to technical problems ("Mike apparently blew up one of his guitar amps"), we get the uke early for 'Happy Birthday' to Chris (Ed's brother) and again for Kille instead of 'Soon Forget,' followed by a little guitar and uke noodling (including Jeff doing a 'Satan's Bed' riff). Ed says 'Drifting' was written while flying over Oklahoma. 'Deep' is a surprise; hasn't been played at a show in more than seven years. Mike's solo during '1/2 Full' is amazing. 'Elderly Woman' is dedicated to the folks in Chickasaw, which isn't that small of a town, but still a nice sentiment. Tons of windmills by Ed throughout the show and jumping up and down with Jeff. Before the 'Daughter' tag, Ed speaks of how Edwin Starr (who wrote 'War') passed away the previous day. After 'Alive,' Ed asks that the light be brought up to make sure that no one has "stormed out of the exits ... for the record." The band is very on, minus the technical problems.

"there's an open door....for you....to come back to Texas!"

North Carolina Representing. Please play here! I want to spend more money on PJ Concerts.

Signed,


Joe Consumer

SmilinSkullRing wrote:

Missouri here. I wish they would come to MO or TN. I haven't even seen them live yet...ever.

Same here :( except that I'm in Florida.

We need to lose our PJ virginity soon!

come on Pearl Jam Florida needs some love! I'm starting to lose faith! Please!!!

Pearl jam please play Texas.

Bump for VA/NC!!!!
In case you haven't heard, the Leash has been dropped!!!

Pearl Jam please play the SOUTH!

Bump for the south!!!

lets make a push for 2000 post we must be heard