*** Hartford Fanviews Here 6/27/2008 ***

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  • Benzor
    Benzor Posts: 886
    lol i completely forgot about ed rapping...that was great.
  • ricardofurriel
    ricardofurriel Posts: 265
    Everything started on my way from NYC to Hartford: the bus just broke in the middle of the highway and smoke started to come in and ppl kind of started to freak out... I thought it was one of those days where you should just stay at home... :) Not at all :) a great fabolous day followed :)

    Arrived at Hartford around 2pm, got in a cab to the venue. There were about 50 ppl picking up tickets and didn't take me more than 10m. I had AAA seats which were great and can't really complain. Not having anyone in front of you is a real plus :)

    The setlist was probably the best I've ever seen in 10 years of PJ concerts. It was electric, powerful, sick. Sad, Immortaliy, Garden, Blood and Fuckin' Up were just amazing.

    Now the down part. Coming from NYC where in both shows we had 25.000 fans jumping, screaming, singing, rocking, everytime you would look up you would see a bunge of dudes with their sleevless shirts (showing their middle finger to Eddie when he mentioned the urgency of ppl start to think GREEN and stuff) with their pick up trucks parked outside. More than that, couples who probably came in for the show as they go for a date.. I mean... It's sad that after one of the songs I feel a hand in my shoulder and a nice 45 year old lady asks me "Excuse me, are u sober?" I said yeah (I had 3 beers 2 hours before...) and she said "Well, congratulations. You were living and enjoying the concert like it was your first! You were very entertaining!"

    Now, what are u gonna say to this nice lady? Am I a clown? lol
    Severed Hand
  • ricardofurriel
    ricardofurriel Posts: 265
    Anyway :) On the floor ppl were rocking. Up there ppl wanted Alive, Jeremy and Even Flow. I would risk to say that half of the ppl hated the first 20m of the show, while other half of the ppl like me absolutly loved it.

    Two shows to go :)

    See ya all at the pre-party.
    Severed Hand
  • momofglynn
    momofglynn Posts: 849
    jacquirenee wrote:
    About how Hartford fans of Pearl Jam evidently can't follow any rules, must destroy property, and love breaking glass everywhere for fun? I wonder how many people popped their tires last night and are just now realizing it.

    I don't want to be a bitch, but some people act like douchebags, and then we all whine about the cops afterwards. There's something a little wrong with that picture.

    I thought last night's show was the most amazing I've been to so far, and I was really surprised the setlist was so incredible. It was a transcendent experience for me, and it looked like it was for all the 10C people around me, and I'm sure 99% of the fans were cool, but there's always this 1% in Hartford that fucks everything up and acts the fool. I'd hate for people who haven't been to Hartford to read this thread and think the cops were authoritarian SS officers or something. Maybe they're dicks, too, but the fans in Hartford suck sometimes.

    Anyway, I just wanted to throw that out there. It's not like people were being unduly persecuted. Most of them were WMA's after all. (just a little jokey to lighten the mood)


    Cops I spoke to were fucking great. They were like "I don't blame you for drinking now. Who wants to pay $8 a beer inside. " I brought a trash bag to bring what I brought out with me. I stood my ground too. People I were with wanted me to leave the empties in the parking lot. I said no, I am not adding to the problem. If we got pulled over I would say that I refuse to litter.
    Let's Go Red Sox!
  • rival420
    rival420 Massachusetts Posts: 58
    Reverb wrote:
    No, the Hartford crew was not lucky: the 10c will call line for tickets was a frickin disaster. There had to be 1,000 10c'ers still in line to pick up their tickets at 9:30pm, while PJ went on around 9:15. There were 5 windows that were totally overloaded and they were sooo slow.

    I expect to hear gripes here as more of these guys get home.


    It would have also helped if you had picked up your tickets earlier. So don't place the blame on 10c. I picked mine up about 6:30 then went back to the parking lot to tailgate.

    But man, what a great show! Can't wait for tonight :)
  • Stone Is God
    Stone Is God Posts: 1,331
    Great show with great energy from the band. The sound of the band live is just so incredible. Looking forward to Mansfield on Monday. Also met some very cool guys at the pre-party. UNH1995 (the OP of the Boston 2 Puke), Free the 3, and Meistereder, great to have met you guys.

    My girl thanks you again, UNH, for the T-shirt.
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me.
  • joshua3800
    joshua3800 Posts: 46
    This was #26 for me and before In Hiding, it was one of the worst starts ever. You can't play 2 songs from Binaural in first 5. thats's awful.

    But man did they bring the classics to pound it home. No bullshit, all rock.

    Lookin forward to Mansfield I
  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,882
    ragejoe wrote:

    10 club line sucked and my seats were better at MSG which makes no sense... no big deal tho
    Hartford has a lot of season/VIP tickets in that venue so the front is a mix of 10clubbers and local season ticket holders(actually mostly folks who bought someone's season tix from a broker, like the guys behind me did).
    Its weird, but in 06 I had 6th row in Hartford followed by 3rd and 2nd in Boston, I think last time someone said every other row in the front was non 10 club.
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • jimlives
    jimlives Posts: 48
    To Pearl Jam and 10clubers,

    Boycott Dodge Music Center!!!!Boycott Dodge Music Center!!!!

    I'm soo friggin broke and saved up money to go to some shows this tour and that was a disgrace. I didn't get in until Not For You. That sucked. Obviously, it wasnt Pearl Jam's fault, although all couple hundred of us sort of felt slapped in the face when we heard the first couple of notes and the crowd screaming. But they did have to play regardless. Simply...for future reference!!!!! BOYCOTT DODGE MUSIC CENTER! BOYCOTT DODGE MUSIC CENTER!!! It was obviously someone's fault and I think that fault lies in the hands of the asshole running the show at that damned place.

    Anyway, love you all.
    Emily Goodrich

    PS You know what the worst part of it was (and I'm sure the rest of you could relate)? Standing in line with hundreds in front of me and hundreds behind me and these assholes walking by asking us "Whats this line for?...Oh, what's the ten club?" and then they laugh at us. And then the hell of it is...they get in right away and get to see the whole goddamn show and they don't even care the way we do.
  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,882
    I missed out on the cops/pepper spray stuff...being in section 100 was close to the exit and made a quick departure when the band left the stage, was parked in thhe Mercedes dealership acrosss the street which provided quick, easy access to 91.
    I have to wonder if the cops got miffed when Ed thanked them at the end for "not hassling us" and that led to a quick trigger on the pepper spray as people exited. How awful that people trying to leave get sprayed. WTF is wrong with those cops?

    Otherwise, fantastic show, got my 10c tix early enough (like 7:15) to avoid missing anything, but the line was long and slow at that point, really poor execution by the folks at the box office there.

    Man what a great show though, sorry for those who missed some of it, and thanks to 10club again for some damn good seats.
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • Drop The Leash 10
    Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    what a ridicolous show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    had a blast. BREAKERFALLL!!!! IMMORTALITY!!!!! LEASH!!! SMILE!!!!!!!!!! F'N UP!!!
    I will be what i could be
    Once I get out of this town


    9/29/04;6/27/08;6/30/08;8/23/09;08/24/09;5/17/10
  • UNH1995
    UNH1995 Worcester Posts: 356
    The intensity was amazing.

    It was a mix of 2008 maturity/skill and 1998 setlist and energy

    Wow.

    These boys are athletes. It was freakin hot and muggy and they blasted shit.
    Lalapalooza 1992, Orphium Boston 1994, Hartford 1998, Mansfield 1998, Mansfield 2000, Mansfield 2003(1&3), West Palm 2003, State College 2003, Boston 2004, Albany 2006, Hartford 2006, Chicago 2006, Boston 2006, Mansfield 2008(1&2), Hartford 2008, Hartford 2010, Boston 2010, Worcester 2013 (1&2), All Four Fenway shows 2016 & 2018.
  • locked
    locked Boston Posts: 4,048
    i have never seen this band have a better "take no prisoners" performance than last nights show...

    and I have been going to every show since 1994..

    Eddie's voice is even better than 2006 & 2003 tours..

    He is having fun and smiling, acting out all the lyrics with his hands..

    first time I ever saw him run along the edge of the stage and shake hands with fans mid-song (during porch!)

    this man is re-newed I tell you..

    and watch out becuase Master McCready is ON FIRE!

    see you guys tonight at Boston #1
    "This here's a REQUEST!"
    EV intro to Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns
    10/25/13 Hartford
  • rival420
    rival420 Massachusetts Posts: 58
    If there is anyone to blame for not getting in on time, it's yourselves! I know that it is much easier to place blame on others for your mis-fortune, but what did you expect when you went to get your tickets at 9pm?

    I always pick up my tickets early and have never had any problems. Granted I always go in for the opening band, cause I want to see if Ed does a pre-set (Don't think he has this tour though). But still I'm there from the opening note, until they kick me out. So instead of blaming the venue or the 10c, just except the fact that you messed up, take responsibility for yourselves!

    Emily, yes the "Frat Boy" that show up just because it's a concert do piss me off too!
  • UNH1995
    UNH1995 Worcester Posts: 356
    I'm sick of the bitching, but everyone is entitled to bitch and moan like my grandmother.

    Ed did not "sing" certain parts of the harder rock songs from the 90's, he fuckin ripped them apart and tore them down in the most amazing screams and yells that I have heard since 1992. It was so hot and so muggy, he seemed to be wiped out at times, but still managed to blast parts of songs that only 25 years olds should be able to sing.

    I wish I could describe this better....maybe during DEEP or GARDEN...where in recent years he has scaled back certain screams in favor of singing the parts...well last night nothing was scaled back or tempered down...wow
    Lalapalooza 1992, Orphium Boston 1994, Hartford 1998, Mansfield 1998, Mansfield 2000, Mansfield 2003(1&3), West Palm 2003, State College 2003, Boston 2004, Albany 2006, Hartford 2006, Chicago 2006, Boston 2006, Mansfield 2008(1&2), Hartford 2008, Hartford 2010, Boston 2010, Worcester 2013 (1&2), All Four Fenway shows 2016 & 2018.
  • locked
    locked Boston Posts: 4,048
    Flannel Shirt wrote:
    you have no idea.

    insane energy, set, SOUND. this was the best I have ever heard them. i cannot explain how awesome the sound was. fucking sick.

    mike is a god by the way. get the boot. HARTFORD 08....it was the mike mccready show.

    wow.

    what he said..
    sound system was the clearest i have ever experienced with this band..

    nice mixing!
    "This here's a REQUEST!"
    EV intro to Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns
    10/25/13 Hartford
  • rival420
    rival420 Massachusetts Posts: 58
    I wonder if that Katie girl that was brought out on stage was the representative the Dodge Center sent out to inform the band that they had played past curfew?

    I hope the band has that same kind of energy for the Boston shows! I think they will since it is the last shows of the tour..
  • jecica
    jecica Posts: 954
    ricardofurriel wrote:
    I mean... It's sad that after one of the songs I feel a hand in my shoulder and a nice 45 year old lady asks me "Excuse me, are u sober?" I said yeah (I had 3 beers 2 hours before...) and she said "Well, congratulations. You were living and enjoying the concert like it was your first! You were very entertaining!"

    Now, what are u gonna say to this nice lady? Am I a clown? lol

    I saw you jamming out the whole time. (Ronaldo shirt?) Where do you find the energy? I found it beautiful to watch someone so taken by the music. I have to agree with you, our section was a little blah....
    Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.... (Voltaire)
  • acoustic guy
    acoustic guy Posts: 3,770
    WTF????\
    This set list rocks. Way better the MSG, WTF???
    Why didn't they do sets like this on the rest of the tour?
    Get em a Body Bag Yeeeeeaaaaa!
    Sweep the Leg Johnny.
  • Pinstrps
    Pinstrps Posts: 109
    Hey all those people who had to wait in that long line for the 10C tickets have nobody to blame but themselves! Get your tickets before you decide to party in the parking lot! I mean why wait till 9 or so to get your damn tickets>> That's just stupid if you ask me. And then when all these people show up all at once they expect the people at the ticket windows not to be overwhelmed?

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