*** W. Palm Beach Fanviews Here 6/11/2008 ***

boomhauer wrote:

While my seats were somewhat terrible relatively speaking for others here... (ok lesson learned... don't let membership lapse again!)

The advantage of being there, was that I was behind the sound/light board.
After the show, Keelie (sp?) turned around and handed me her set list.

http://www.boomhauer.net/pics3/PJ/080611-WPB/wpbsetlist1.jpg
http://www.boomhauer.net/pics3/PJ/080611-WPB/wpbsetlist2.jpg

Off to Tampa in a few hours for tonight's show...

Just curious what the numbers are before the songs on the setlist?!? Found that interesting and unknown to my knowledge...

WOW this is a nice shot:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pearljamofficial/2571775353/

AndiM wrote:

I can only guess but I'd say it's for the people doing the lights? I assume they have certain movements of the spotligt etc. programmed in the computer and that's the code for the songs used there?

thats my guess, as I said I got it from the light/soundboard... I saw another list from the stage, and there weren't any #s in front of the songs on that. At first I thought they may have been #'d in the catalog, but then noticed that GTF had a higher # than oceans, so I think the lighting program theory makes the most sense.

weenie wrote:

Hey Pearl Juli - I know you were a stalwart on the Play the South Thread and I'm so glad you finally got to see the guys. Just wanted to say congrats!!

yeah, thanks! I'm SOOOO happy I finally got to see them. And I can say I'm completely hooked again, haha.

Wow....

First off, the crowd was great. Everyone in the venue was rocking. To try to say that Florida crowds don't "bring it" is idiotic.

I thought Ed sounded great. His voice was strong all night, and he seemed to really be enjoying himslef.

The band seemed a bit rusty to me. They started off with a false start on Oceans (Mike didn't even have his guitar on yet when Ed tried to start it) and they took some songs off into these extended jams and seem to get lost in them. RVM was one example, and there was at least one other one.

Ed left the stage for a few minutes during Even Flow, forcing Mike to do an AWESOME extended solo. Maybe the best version of EF I have head in 8+ years.

Boom may as well have stayed home, and I think Ed forgot to even mention him at the end of the show.

I have seen quite a few PJ shows, and this one felt like a "start of the tour" show....a good show...not great...but a band that was knocking a little rust off and still kicking ass!!

I expect tonight to be even better.

For those keeing track...10C #141xxx...14th row, right in front of Ed.


Edited to add: The Star Spangled Banner that Mike played was freaking amazing. I knew he was killing it, and my thoughts were confirmed when the entire band just stood there and watched him...and applauded when he finished.

How do I upload videos to youtube? Mainly what I'm wondering is if I have to make the file size smaller, or just upload the videos as they are?

boomhauer wrote:

While my seats were somewhat terrible relatively speaking for others here... (ok lesson learned... don't let membership lapse again!)

The advantage of being there, was that I was behind the sound/light board.
After the show, Keelie (sp?) turned around and handed me her set list.

http://www.boomhauer.net/pics3/PJ/080611-WPB/wpbsetlist1.jpg
http://www.boomhauer.net/pics3/PJ/080611-WPB/wpbsetlist2.jpg

Off to Tampa in a few hours for tonight's show...

Lucky!!!

http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/crossfade/2008/06/last_night_pearl_jam_at_cruzan.php

And from Rolling Stone:
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/06/12/through-god-has-a-hangover-pearl-jam-shine-at-tour-opener/

From the Sun-Sentinel:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-611pearljam,0,3340362.story

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-611pearljam,0,3340362.story

ScottZeagle wrote:

Wow....

First off, the crowd was great. Everyone in the venue was rocking. To try to say that Florida crowds don't "bring it" is idiotic.

I thought Ed sounded great. His voice was strong all night, and he seemed to really be enjoying himslef.

The band seemed a bit rusty to me. They started off with a false start on Oceans (Mike didn't even have his guitar on yet when Ed tried to start it) and they took some songs off into these extended jams and seem to get lost in them. RVM was one example, and there was at least one other one.

Ed left the stage for a few minutes during Even Flow, forcing Mike to do an AWESOME extended solo. Maybe the best version of EF I have head in 8+ years.

Boom may as well have stayed home, and I think Ed forgot to even mention him at the end of the show.

I have seen quite a few PJ shows, and this one felt like a "start of the tour" show....a good show...not great...but a band that was knocking a little rust off and still kicking ass!!

I expect tonight to be even better.

For those keeing track...10C #141xxx...14th row, right in front of Ed.


Edited to add: The Star Spangled Banner that Mike played was freaking amazing. I knew he was killing it, and my thoughts were confirmed when the entire band just stood there and watched him...and applauded when he finished.

Perhaps you haven't seen that many shows as Ed takes his smoke break during Evenflow, leaving every time as Mike always does a long solo during it. Mike always kills this opportunity with sick guitaring, never being "forced" into it at all. Ed leaves the mic, hides behind Stone or walks off to the side during every EvenFlow and has done this for years (just check any DVD).