*** Boston II Fanviews 5/25 Here ***

* At one or two points in the show, after Even Flow (?), I seem to remember the crowd "booing" or something and my friend and I couldn't figure out why. Does anybody know why this happened?
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Kristian Hermansen
kristian.hermansen@gmail.com

first off, thank you 10c for loge 21, row 8 seats. right next to the stage and the tunnel to and from the stage.

maybe it is just me (or pearl jam fans in general), but when a band plays two nights back-to-back in the same city, there are going to be some repeated songs. i'm not going to name names, but when ::cough, cough:: other big bands play multiple boston shows, they almost repeat the same sets, save 2-3 different songs.

for these two shows we got 10 repeated songs from night 1 to night 2: severed hand, wws, life wasted, comatose, inside job, corduroy, even flow, alive, ritfw and dte. i'm not complaining at all. getting to hear inside job twice? awesome. two ridiculous versions of even flow and alive? i'll take them both. double comatose and dte? kick ass. (the only odd repeat for me was corduroy, but what can you do).

pre-set porch was awesome. people came hauling ass into the arena when they heard it.

i was so so so damn happy ed joined mmj for it makes no difference. oh yeah, how many pj fans are now converted mmj fans? mike came out and hung out side stage for one big holiday, rocking out, head bobbing away.

highlights for me was pretty much the whole show, but especially main set from marker in the sand on. rvm was insane with mike on top of the amp and the strobes on full blast.

parachutes was great, even with the little lyric flub. black and alive were both damn near epic...they had to be almost 10 mins long each at least. we got the we belong together tag and i'm pretty sure the crowd did not want alive to end with all the yeahs.

what else can i say about the 2nd encore? even if least wasn't played it would have been kick ass with why go, smile and indifference...BUT...leash was played and it was awesome X 100,000. no introduction, just dove right into it and the place exploded. ritfw with theo (and his wig) and ledbetter couldn't have ended the show any better.

I'm still recovering from the last 2 shows.
I didn't think they could top the first night......but they did.

khermans wrote:

* At one or two points in the show, after Even Flow (?), I seem to remember the crowd "booing" or something and my friend and I couldn't figure out why. Does anybody know why this happened?
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Kristian Hermansen
kristian.hermansen@gmail.com

Not booing....yelling for booom........BOOOOOOOOOM

To all the folks who rocked to PJ. I've seen 3 shows so far in Boston. I travel from Saint John, New Brunswick, get $#)%# over at the boarder everytime, deal with retarded drivers and $#)U% food & I will always keep doing it because PJ is without a doubt the greatest band of all time in my books. I've been a hardcore jammer since I the start.
I just want to say a special thanks to the crew from FREDDY beach who we met at the Econo Lodge, you guys rocked. Glad I could help all ya'll out. The cab ride rocked to!!
Peace All
Jamhead

Wow! Its a couple of days later and I'm still in shock from this show. My husband and I decided last week to go (we have nice parents that watch our daughter for us!) since I needed more of a PJ fix after the Albany show and I couldn't wait for the NJ night 2 show we had already planned to attend.

I found ten club tickets and did a ticket to ticket transfer that worked out great for me. His number was 152xxx and ours is 252xxx so we had floor seats section E row 11. They rocked. Even though I'm really short, I could still see most everthying.

I know everyone has already given their highlights, but for me the set list just rocked. I heard quite a few songs I never heard and some I didn't even consider that I'd hear. Lowlight just brought me to tears, that song is so emotional. State of Love and Trust was amazing, I got Shit blew me away. One of my faves was Indifference. Parachutes was beautiful. The new stuff sounds just so good live. And Black-wow, I really felt like the audience kept that going and Ed just feed off the amazing crowd energy.

I tried hard not to think about Leash. And I just love how they played it, no intro, they just dropped in on us. By that point in the night, my whole body hurt from jumping so much! The last two songs felt like one big party to me.

I didn't think Albany could be topped-but it was. Boston fans know how to rock-the crowd, the seats and the setlist made it a night to remember.

And thanks to the board I got a great hotel on priceline for cheap!!

khermans wrote:

I think this is a shot right before Ed fell backwards on the stage:
http://community.webshots.com/photo/550803849/2942433280091427457BxYedl

This was the less minor fall. The other was when he tripped towards the front of the stage and knocked over the mic stand...

In the big time fall, he was dancing backwards, going from left to right and his heels caught the monitor that's in front of his right foot in that photo.

Whats up PJ Nation!..... This is my first ever post here but I have been a serious PJ fan since early '90's... As with most of you the music has helped me out through the years and for sure, eased some pain....

That said:

I was lucky enough to attend the 5/25 show at the BN Garden. I can't really say anymore that has allready been said but that was AMAZING!!! Ya everyone knows they dropped Leash (which was absolutly NUTS!!), funny thing is they pkayed two nights later at Camden...go figure...But the energy of the rest of the set was just as thrilling. INDIFFERENCE, YB w/anthem was just UNREAL!!! Eddie did an awesome BLACK (we belong together) The new stuff is amazing and it is refreshing!!!

I sat in LOGE 14 r11. they were sick seats. If you buy the boot it comes with photos and the one w/McCready on the amp I can see myself and girlfriend..Just a personal bonus, but I thought i would share...But the point of these seats is I had to pay a SHITLOAD! I know all about 10c but was told if youjoin now seniority kinda puts you inthe back.....Any thoughts on this..

Anyway, the show ROCKED and to the rest of PJ Nation...ROCK ON!!!!

Like the last poster, this is my first time I wrote something for the Message Pit. After getting home from the two Boston shows I wanted to hear what other fans thought. The reviews are just great and I wanted to add my own (unfortunately I had to wait for my account to be activated).

First off, these were the best seats that I've ever had for a Pearl Jam show. I had third row slightly left of center both nights. They were just perfect. It totally blew me away.

So much has been written about this show and I just wanted to describe what made it so special for me. First, Ed's version of Porch was just fantastic. It was so intense. (You lucky guys who are going to Storytellers are in for a treat). I got stuck in traffic for the Vote for Change (Boston #1) show and missed his pre-set. So, this time I was certain to leave myself plenty of time. And it was really worth it.

Next, during Given to Fly I thought to myself that this was the best combo of fast songs that I've ever heard to open a show. Severed Hand, Corduroy, Worldwide Suicide, Do The Evolution, and Given To Fly. It flowed great and it kept the fans in a frenzy.

Army Reserve was another highlight for me. Its one of my favorites from the new album and I missed it so far during the tour.

Another thing that I'll always remember is the ending to Black. The crowd totally took over the song. Everyone was singing the "do do do do do do do" refrain and clapping like mad. The guys kept playing and they looked around at each other to determine how to get out of the situation. Finally Ed fell to the stage to end the song.

Probably my favorite part of the show was Smile -> Indifference. These are two of my all-time favorite songs and I loved having them back-to-back. And I was sitting directly behind the Smile girl so I know the entire story of that. I'll post my observations on that drama later.

Finally Leash. I have to admit that I was very out of the loop on the history of that song. I heard it back in the old Garden in '94 and its not one of my favorites, so the song doesn't have the special place in my heart as it does in other fans. When the band started the opening riffs the crowd exploded so lodud that I couldn't even figure out what the song was. What a great experience to see the faces of everyone up front.

All in all it was an awesome experience. I still have trouble separating this show from Boston #1. I was in about the same seats both nights and I recognized dozens of my "neighbors" Boston #1. So I'll always think of them as one show with a REALLY long intermission.

locked wrote:

Ed played a "killer" accoustic version of "Porch"
and then ..

Ed and MMJ
(by the Band)

» It Makes No Difference

It makes no diff'rence where I turn
I can't get over you and the flame still burns
It makes no diff'rence, night or day
The shadow never seems to fade away
And the sun don't shine anymore
And the rains fall down on my door
Now there's no love
As true as the love
That dies untold
But the clouds never hung so low before
It makes no diff'rence how far I go
Like a scar the hurt will always show
It makes no diff'rence who I meet
They're just a face in the crowd
On a dead-end street
And the sun don't shine anymore
And the rains fall down on my door
These old love letters
Well, I just can't keep
'Cause like the gambler says
Read 'em and weep
And the dawn don't rescue me no more
Without your love I'm nothing at all
Like an empty hall it's a lonely fall
Since you've gone it's a losing battle
Stampeding cattle
They rattle the walls
And the sun don't shine anymore
And the rains fall down on my door
Well, I love you so much
It's all I can do
Just to keep myself from telling you
That I never felt so alone before

i wasnt at this show and am posting in this thread anyways

thank you for posting those lyrics and i was very glad to see that ev and mmj did this again...it was one of the best live concert moments i had ever seen, in cleveland...

people who missed this(and mmj's set)...are BRUTAL...