**10/1 Borgata Fanviews Here**

vitodacat wrote:

TWO AMAZING NIGHTS !!

As for the Leash tease, I was in the elevator after the show with the couple that got called up on stage for Harvest Moon. Supposedly, they saw the setlist and said that Leash WAS on it and then crossed out. Don't know if it was Eddie just messing around more or not, but that is crazy !!!

if it was on the setlist, maybe they changed their mind and are saving it for the Philly show. that crowd is going to be LOUD.

Saturday nights show was beyond belief. I waited in line starting at 1 pm to try and get up close, and was able to pull 2nd row on Stoney's side. I was surrouned by the coolest fans, and there were no drunks to be found on our side. I knew as soon as Ed started Atlantic City that the night was going to be magical. It is by far my favorite Bruce song and Ed more than did it justice. Sleater-Kinney kicked all kinds of ass on their set. The songs off The Woods really rock harder than pretty much anything they have done, and that is saying alot because they have some great albums. The Danzig cover was great, highlighted by Jeff wearing the most fantastic wig I have ever seen in my life, lol. And to have Ed come out right after and do the Promised Land, it was beyond words. Oh, and Matt's tamborine playing is top-notch . So everything is already off to a fantastic start, and once the lights go out, all we see is Mike and Ed. That's when my heart possibly skipped a beat. Present Tense as an opener!!!! I'm suprised it took them this long to realize how good it works to start a show, but I'm glad they finally did. To see Jeff and Stone each come up to the stage right as their parts kick in, it was fantastic. Evolution, Save You, Insignificance all rocked hard. Leatherman sounded good as always. One of the many highlights of the evening was the best performance I've ever seen Matt Cameron give at the end of Immortality. The man is an animal, there are no words. Ed broke a string in Not For You and had to switch guitars in the middle, and the crowd just took over for him while he was switching, clapping and keeping the beat. He adknowledged this afterwards, thanking everybody. The whole Leash tease was cruel, but I knew it wasn't happening anyway. Jeff just kinda shrugged his shoulders and mouthed the words "We don't know it". The 1-2-3 punch of Breath, State and Porch was perhaps the best sequence I've heard at a PJ show so far. The energy in the room was through the roof at that point. Gone sounded great, and it was a treat to hear a song so close to it's inception as that one. Nothingman was another highlight for me. The last encore rocked, and hearing U is always a treat. Ace Frehley got 3 solos in RITFW, and he tore up each and every one of them. Mike looked soooo happy, I was so glad for him. To top off the evening, I got one of Stone's picks, which I've been dying to get forever. It was the perfect end to an incredible night! Sorry for going on so long, but it was truly a special evening!

grace6697 wrote:

...I still can't find the right words to describe it. The band was on, the crowd was on, and it was just utterly amazing- in the true sense of the word.

that's the way i feel. i've been trying to think of how to express how i feel in this thread and i just can't. watching that show last night i just kept thinking of how lucky i was to be in the building. i don't even know where to start. the whole show was incredible. i'm glad there are other people here who can do it so wonderfully in these fanviews.

This show was amazing - im still trying to figure out which was better - this or The Gorge...

wow what a night!!!

PJammin' wrote:

if it was on the setlist, maybe they changed their mind and are saving it for the Philly show. that crowd is going to be LOUD.

PJ's security gave me a copy of the setlist. i have all three pages. songs that were on it and either crossed off or not played were: soon forget, footsteps, corduroy, better man, bu$hleaguer, down, smile, and Yellow ledbetter with a ?.
there is no leash on the copy i have.

the last page seems like they just listed songs that they might want to play, then crossed some off and rearranged them (they have numbers next to the song title)

This show was the biggest letdown.. I have seen PJ almost 20 times including montreal and ottawa....and this show's setlist sucked...most of the people there paid a real lot of money...so they could atleast play some different songs... I am the guy who started the DROP THE LEASH chant after every song... and no it was not on the setlist... I have it if you want to see it.....This show was a big letdown..at least mix it up a little ad some different licks in.. the new song was good but if we all dont know it we cant enjoy it... For a small venue the intensity was hurting... must have been all the high rollers who dont even know who pearl jam is.....

Just back to Chicago after two GREAT Borgata shows.
Personally, I liked Friday nights show a little better than Saturday.
Although, Saturday did feature more surprises to the hardcore fans (plenty of B-sides plus a newly written tune Ed did solo).
The venue was great. The carpeted floors helped provide great acoustics.
The Borgata itself was a real classy joint.

so does anyone have an mp3 of Gone i could score? I don't have enough $$ to buy the boot :(

grace6697 wrote:

It's like 16 hours since we left the show and I still can't find the right words to describe it. The band was on, the crowd was on, and it was just utterly amazing- in the true sense of the word. I was a little nervous after Friday night (lackluster, *in my opinion* setlist, coupled with idiots next to me) but Saturday surpassed my ridiculously high expectations.

My sincerest apologies to those sitting around me- I lost my shit at the start of nearly every song.

I don't know who of you I met down in AC, my roomate and I were the ones in the homemade song request tshirts- I had Soldier of Love for Friday night and Breath for Sat night; she had In Hiding. Thanks for making it so much fun. We'll see you in 06!

i spotted your shirts - when they played breath i thought of you glad you. ths show was truly amazing.

smittyballz wrote:

This show was the biggest letdown.. I have seen PJ almost 20 times including montreal and ottawa....and this show's setlist sucked...most of the people there paid a real lot of money...so they could atleast play some different songs... I am the guy who started the DROP THE LEASH chant after every song... and no it was not on the setlist... I have it if you want to see it.....This show was a big letdown..at least mix it up a little ad some different licks in.. the new song was good but if we all dont know it we cant enjoy it... For a small venue the intensity was hurting... must have been all the high rollers who dont even know who pearl jam is.....

Well, if I went to the show and chanted for 1 song the whole entire night and they didn't play it I'd be pissed too. This isn't MTV Total Request Live just enjoy the concert!!