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  • schwank
    schwank Posts: 32
    I'm sure I'll get called out on this but I felt it was a bit forced. Maybe it was just the new material but it kinda felt too 'produced' I guess and the flow didn't feel there. We got some cool tunes... love Indifference and Off He Goes always, and I dug the horns and strings even though the horns were not super audible over on Mike's side. I enjoyed the show but just didn't get as into it as normal. My +1 had a good time and thought the energy was good though, so maybe I just had an off night.

    I will chalk it up to first show of tour edginess ( for me or them? :) ), and look forward to going back tonite. I was at the two Key Arena shows in 2000 when Ed bashed the crowd night one then came back and rocked out night two. We'll see what tonite holds!
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  • CaliBigWave
    CaliBigWave California Posts: 88
    My first time finally seeing them in Seattle, been waiting years for this night and it didn't disappoint. Loved the setlist, loved the energy, and Gonna See My Friend sounded like a freight train passing by. My favorite of the night. Very happy to see Just Breathe and The End. Knew it was gonna be a great night no matter what when I picked up my tix and was one of the lucky ones in row 9 with my 217xxx number. Can't wait for night two! :D
  • WildChildRose
    WildChildRose Posts: 568
    Hah i know, I'm 1/2 dead here at work too... on 2nd cup of coffee...

    I'm not very good at taking pics at shows, they never come out right. I have a few videos on my FB, they're nothing spectacular though. :)

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    Oohhh yes, I remember 2000! I went to both shows and night 2 was def better. :-)
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  • PearlJamPatriot
    PearlJamPatriot Posts: 2,426
    Enjoyed the show. I thought the new songs sounded awesome live. I gotta tell you though, The fucking crowd sucked. Lets pick it up tonight people. Thats all. See you later.
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  • ejb770
    ejb770 Posts: 88
    From where I was sitting the crowd was very much into it. The band was AWESOME! I think Got Some was probably my favorite, that song just rocks live! Evolution was awesome too, so much energy! I was a little annoyed when Ed brought up how he went and bought the new record at "Target". Overall it was a fantastic show, top 3 in the 11 that I've been to.
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  • sennin
    sennin Posts: 2,146
    anyone have a pic of the PJ Seahawks shirt?
  • Crazy Marcus
    Crazy Marcus Posts: 1,823
    pdalowsky wrote:
    Crazy Marcus wrote:
    Heard the soundcheck with my ear against the door:

    Just Breathe
    The End X 2 (twice)
    The Real Me

    If you want to add it to the set list on the front page. :)

    are you sure about this?

    I heard it was very different thats all.

    a friend was there and the soundcheck he reported back was

    i am mine, off he goes, unthought known, and the real me and a tiny bit of inside job 15 mins later
    I am positive. I was walking by the lower North side of the Key and heard the beginning of Just Breathe and stood there with my ear to the door and listened to it with board member "A satellite forever orbiting" He can verify what we heard. We could hear the string arrangements and I believe that why they did The End twice is so they could make sure everyone was on the same page. ;)
  • bmwweirdoguy
    bmwweirdoguy Right of Seattle Posts: 228
    sennin wrote:
    anyone have a pic of the PJ Seahawks shirt?
    Check the merch thread - http://forums.pearljam.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=106209
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  • anakin_pdx
    anakin_pdx Posts: 396
    I thought the crowd was fine. Not the best I've seen, but not horrible. I think for me anyways, I wasn't real energetic during the new songs because I wanted to focus on the guys and take the songs in for the first time. You don't get too many opportunities to see something played live for the first time, and we saw 5 of them last night!
  • bmwweirdoguy
    bmwweirdoguy Right of Seattle Posts: 228
    http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/musicnightlife/2009920028_pearljam23.html

    Review of the show written by Charles Cross...good stuff!
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  • aNiMaL
    aNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    http://blog.thenewstribune.com/tacomaro ... /#more-718

    Another review with pictures from Ernest Jasmin at the TNT in Tacoma.
  • i am a target
    i am a target Posts: 808
    the S/N version of the poster is up at amesbrosshop.com
  • KevinZed
    KevinZed Posts: 26
    So was the Seahawks shirt a one off? I got to the front of the Merch table just as it sold out there. After 2 posters and a "special event shirt", I did not have time to stand in another line for one.
  • -decodified-
    -decodified- mobile device Posts: 2,689
    first time in seattle... awesome show...
    off he goes, inside job, just breathe... eddie's voice perfect not like @ the Outside Lands Festival... enjoy the part about the phone calls (ed thanks stone for calling mike before he dropped his guitar career, and then he thanks matt for pick up the phone when they called him, and finally he thanks jeff, stone and mike for called him... awesome, mike goes and hug stone and jeff...) that's friendship and that's a f***ing band
    thanks for an excellent night at the beutiful seattle... unfortunately can't go tonite (job obligation... no money-no concerts :lol: ) but I bet is going to be better... anyway I'll see them again @LA4 and SD
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  • aNiMaL
    aNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    -decodified- wrote:
    first time in seattle... awesome show...
    off he goes, inside job, just breathe... eddie's voice perfect not like @ the Outside Lands Festival... enjoy the part about the phone calls (ed thanks stone for calling mike before he dropped his guitar career, and then he thanks matt for pick up the phone when they called him, and finally he thanks jeff, stone and mike for called him... awesome, mike goes and hug stone and jeff...) that's friendship and that's a f***ing band
    thanks for an excellent night at the beutiful seattle... unfortunately can't go tonite (job obligation... no money-no concerts :lol: ) but I bet is going to be better... anyway I'll see them again @LA4 and SD
    "All it took was four phone calls!" :lol: That was a neat moment though.
  • JonTurner
    JonTurner Posts: 89
    edited September 2009
    This was my 22nd show, but my first in Seattle. I haven't seen them in 3 years, and all except for Vegas 2006 (when I moved there) were on the east coast. That said, I thought the crowd last night was one of the worst at a Pearl Jam show that I've been to. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't horrible by any means, but around me at least (and I was 31st row, floor), most people were just standing there or, in the case of one couple, doing drunk dances slapping each others asses all night - drove my g/f nuts lol. They were distracting, but at least I prefer that to people just standing there. The crowd as a whole just didn't seem to be that into the new songs which was really frustrating - I thought Gonna See My Friend, Amongst the Waves, and Unthought Known would be huge and anthemetic (word?) live, and I loved them, but it didn't help that the crowd didn't seem to be into them at all...

    Hopefully it'll be better tonight... all that said, the band itself was amazing as always. Eddie flubbed a decent number of lyrics, but I never mind that too much - he had a funny improv or two b/c of it. The Kanye comment was hilarious too, and the band had some other good non-musical moments like the "thank you" speech already talked about in the thread. I wish the string quartet was a little louder - it was cool having them on stage for Just Breathe and The End, but I had to strain to make them out in the songs at all (same with the Saxes during The Real Me).

    So overall, the music was sick of course, maybe I just expected too much from a Seattle crowd... I expect it'll be better tonight! I'm really looking forward to tonight's set, last night seemed to be a little too much a greatest hits show aside from the new stuff... songs I'm hoping for tonight: In Hiding, Faithful, In My Tree, Present Tense, I Got Shit (my 5 favorites), SOLAT, Brother, Tremor Christ, Last Exit, Army Reserve, Marker in the Sand, Go, Animal, Rats, Release, Why Go, Black... I expect we'll get a lot of those too, really looking forward to tonight!!!
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  • dissident31
    dissident31 Posts: 92
    Looks like a great set, but I gotta ask, why are they playing The Real Me in like every show? I've never really liked that song, Baba O'Reilly or any other of their covers is so much better.
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  • xavier mcdaniel
    xavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,435
    JonTurner wrote:
    This was my 22nd show, but my first in Seattle. I haven't seen them in 3 years, and all except for Vegas 2006 (when I moved there) were on the east coast. That said, I thought the crowd last night was one of the worst at a Pearl Jam show that I've been to. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't horrible by any means, but around me at least (and I was 31st row, floor), most people were just standing there or, in the case of one couple, doing drunk dances slapping each others asses all night - drove my g/f nuts lol. They were distracting, but at least I prefer that to people just standing there. The crowd as a whole just didn't seem to be that into the new songs which was really frustrating - I thought Gonna See My Friend, Amongst the Waves, and Unthought Known would be huge and anthemetic (word?) live, and I loved them, but it didn't help that the crowd didn't seem to be into them at all...

    Hopefully it'll be better tonight... all that said, the band itself was amazing as always. Eddie flubbed a decent number of lyrics, but I never mind that too much - he had a funny improv or two b/c of it. The Kanye comment was hilarious too, and the band had some other good non-musical moments like the "thank you" speech already talked about in the thread. I wish the string quartet was a little louder - it was cool having them on stage for Just Breathe and The End, but I had to strain to make them out in the songs at all (same with the Saxes during The Real Me).

    So overall, the music was sick of course, maybe I just expected too much from a Seattle crowd... I expect it'll be better tonight! I'm really looking forward to tonight's set, last night seemed to be a little too much a greatest hits show aside from the new stuff... songs I'm hoping for tonight: In Hiding, Faithful, In My Tree, Present Tense, I Got Shit (my 5 favorites), SOLAT, Brother, Tremor Christ, Last Exit, Army Reserve, Marker in the Sand, Go, Animal, Rats, Release, Why Go, Black... I expect we'll get a lot of those too, really looking forward to tonight!!!

    I noticed that about some of further rows on the floor. I was sitting in 128, which is about center court and that section was rocking.
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  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    bmwweirdoguy wrote:
    http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/musicnightlife/2009920028_pearljam23.html

    Review of the show written by Charles Cross...good stuff!
    Funny comment about Even Flow. It was better than most EF's I'd seen :lol:

    The crowd was good on my side "Stone"

    Stoked for tonight!
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  • aNiMaL
    aNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    Funny, you people are complaining about last nights crowd not rocking out to the new stuff....the new stuff that was just released THE DAY BEFORE THE SHOW. Could it be, that a lot of fans didn't KNOW the new material yet and were soaking it in?

    Again, from my perspective (row 12 floor AA), the whole place seemed to be having the time of their lives and really rocking out/enjoying the show.

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