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  • Knish
    Knish Posts: 53
    what time did the band hit the stage?
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  • Varzinczak
    Varzinczak Curitiba, Brazil Posts: 71
    Nice set. Almost mamasan was played. I couldn't believe when I listened it in Curitiba (Brazil) 2011.
    My friend was in the crowd and sent me a text by 2 am here in Brazil to tell me that Eddie cheered with him and his fiance sharing some wine. (They decided to spent their honeymoon watching 5 PJ shows in USA) : :D

    Here a pic of some wine (I cannot upload the image because it's too large). http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9kXhjn9qHVA/U ... 000131.jpg
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  • curmudgeoness
    curmudgeoness Brigadoon, foodie capital Posts: 4,130
    I got home at 3:00 [my kids are still in bed, but I am awake?!?].

    So, I had a blast. Being so close to the stage was great, I finally got to see up-close what people mean about Mike. :D

    Highlights were Cropduster and I Am Mine, Down and Gone, and Smile. Yeah, I am in the minority, but I LOVE Gone, and these songs all sounded great. Most of us, myself included, rank Riot Act pretty low in the list of PJ albums, but when I actually hear the songs I am reminded that they are, in my opinion at least, some of Ed's best lyrics.

    The new songs were great, too. Sirens is, like, 100 times better live, and it and Lightning Bolt clearly are the sing-alongs of the future.

    Speaking of sing-alongs, as I noted in the setlist thread, I think this show's setlist had something of a greatest hits feel because Ed was struggling. If his voice gave out, there was no question that the crowd could handle the vocals, especially in the second half.

    Oh, and to the dude who decided to rush the stage and tackle Ed during Yellow Ledbetter -- not cool, dude, not cool. :nono:
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  • curmudgeoness
    curmudgeoness Brigadoon, foodie capital Posts: 4,130
    Knish wrote:
    what time did the band hit the stage?

    8:25, I think (it's in the setllist thread) -- done around 10:55. Footsteps would have been great, letting Mike tear into an impromptu Little Wing actually might have been better. :)
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  • silver39
    silver39 Columbus, Ohio Posts: 1,346
    curmudgeoness wrote:

    Oh, and to the dude who decided to rush the stage and tackle Ed during Yellow Ledbetter -- not cool, dude, not cool. :nono:


    Yeah what was this about? I saw something about it on facebook??
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  • curmudgeoness
    curmudgeoness Brigadoon, foodie capital Posts: 4,130
    silver39 wrote:
    curmudgeoness wrote:

    Oh, and to the dude who decided to rush the stage and tackle Ed during Yellow Ledbetter -- not cool, dude, not cool. :nono:


    Yeah what was this about? I saw something about it on facebook??

    Some guy in section 111, I think. He dashed across the open side stage area, up the stairs, a couple of guys from the crew in hot pursuit. Ed had has back to the guy, Mike was playing, dude decided to put his arms around Ed and -- tell him they are soulmates, I guess. :roll: He was removed from the building, of course. What appeared to be his girlfriend was laughing and cheering down at the bottom of 111. Nice.

    I get being excited, but forgetting that these guys are human beings with their own sense of personal space -- really uncool. I mean, Ed got down on the floor and shook hands and sang to people on the rail in the pit, Mike got down there and played for them, what more do people want? I felt like it was cool but also pretty risky for Mike and Ed to get down there so close to everyone.
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  • mikescg
    mikescg Posts: 2
    I considered night 2 a great show and I witnessed something really cool, my wife and I were sitting in section 108 2nd row up off the floor, and there was a father and his young son in front of us, a security guy from the band walked in front of us a few times and about 5 or 6 songs in, he came back and made it a point to hand the young kid a pick that mike had thrown out in the crowd, the kid was obviously psyched! At the end of the show the kid and the dad made it a point to wade through the crowd to thank the security guy, It was really nice to see! Kudos to whoever the security guy was! He definitely made the young kids night!
  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 18,025
    Another great show. They never fail to deliver. GA seemed more tightly packed than night 1. Was in the same area (I've dubbed it McCreadyville) and there was significantly less space between folks than the night before. Like Pendulum as an opener, it fits right in as one of the classic PJ slow build openers. Shocked and stoked to hear Other Side. Can't wait for Hartford, gonna be tough to sit in reserved seats after taking up residence in McCreadyville the past 2 nights, the mayor was on fire.
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  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 18,025
    Merkin Baller wrote:
    (glad I'm not a 3 year old!).
    :lol:
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  • Javahere10
    Javahere10 Posts: 1
    Amazing setlist, my wife and I were GA on the left 15 ft or so right in front of Mike...Wow to see him so close was mind blowing. We met some great people, this one guy Rich who was there with his wife celebrating his 40'th B day..All he wanted was a guitar pick...well don't you know I get one and made his night.....turned to him and said happy f@#kin birthday bro......great people, music......had a blast.
  • Release Me
    Release Me Posts: 342
    Ed had a pile of tissues and a big mug of what I assume was tea, and I bet one of the bottles he had up there had gatorade or something in it and not wine. Saw him cough a couple times, so he definitely seemed a little under the weather. Or maybe just really hungover. I will say though he gave 110% as usual and toughed it out. Felt like they played a lot of the big sing-a-longs so that he had plenty of crowd help. Lots of Stone solos which was good to see.

    Other Side was awesome. Part of the sit down portion. Black was done sit down as well and they stood at the end.

    Noticed that Mike plays Pendulum with his big white guitar (I am not a tech guy, no clue what it is) and a bow (like what you play a violin with). Really fun to see!!
  • mkdevo
    mkdevo Posts: 33
    curmudgeoness wrote:
    Oh, and to the dude who decided to rush the stage and tackle Ed during Yellow Ledbetter -- not cool, dude, not cool. :nono:

    While I certainly don't condone fans jumping on stage, no one was tackled at all. He hugged Ed and said "thank you", followed by something else (have vid).
  • Given2Fly-Fish
    Given2Fly-Fish Posts: 826
    Varzinczak wrote:
    Nice set. Almost mamasan was played. I couldn't believe when I listened it in Curitiba (Brazil) 2011.
    My friend was in the crowd and sent me a text by 2 am here in Brazil to tell me that Eddie cheered with him and his fiance sharing some wine. (They decided to spent their honeymoon watching 5 PJ shows in USA) : :D

    Here a pic of some wine (I cannot upload the image because it's too large). http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9kXhjn9qHVA/U ... 000131.jpg

    I was right next to your friends and got some wine as well. Nice couple and I great way to spend your honeymoon! If anyone happens to have a picture of Ed giving out wine in the corner, I would love a copy...
  • mkdevo
    mkdevo Posts: 33
    Watch this space: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... zmuom_b8y4
  • reedrothchild
    reedrothchild Posts: 637
    edited October 2013
    Solid show tonight, but nothing spectacular. I really dug the main set. It flowed really well and the Yield trifecta to start was nice. Nothing too rare in the first set, but everything was played well which is all that really matters, It was cool to see Cropduster since i hadn't seen it in 10 years, but it's definitely one of the weaker songs from the album. Ed's voice was pretty rough most of the night which meant there wasn't much banter (a good thing if you ask me). Otherside was a nice surprise, but it was pretty rough. It started off a little out of key and Ed's vocals were shaky throughout. I appreciate the effort though. The rest of the encores were pretty standard ten and vs. songs. Ed and Stone got into a little bit of a squabble about what to play before daughter and Stone looked pissed. Whatever Ed wanted to audible to Stone was not feeling. This led to a pretty meh Daughter. Smile and Baba in the second encore was cool, but there was nothing too memorable about this one. A fun time as always, but nothing mind blowing. The previous night's setlist was looked much mroe thought out even if it didn't always flow well. Looking forward to Hartford next week.
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  • Mrs_Eddie_Vedder
    Mrs_Eddie_Vedder Boston, MA Posts: 80
    Merkin Baller wrote:
    Awesome show, the band sounded great. Matt was killing it all night, particularly on SOLAT and Mike as usual was masterful. Eddie sounded pretty damn good from where I was standing; he cracked /strained a couple of times that I noticed, but I don't think it was anything out of the ordinary.
    "My Father's son" sounded sick, the bass was loud & heavy as f*@&. That song translates really well live, and is my favorite off the new album.
    "Baba O'Reilly" was also a personal favorite from tonight as that's my first time hearing it live in 10 shows. And "Smile" is always a treat; while it wasn't the first time I heard it live, that's one of my all time favorites.

    Great night in GA (1st time ever with GA floor tickets!); I had to move because of a few drunk a-holes getting / dancing too obnoxiously close, but it's a small complaint, the night was overall awesome (glad I'm not a 3 year old!).

    Bring on Brooklyn 2!

    (I'll be happy to have reserved seats for Brooklyn 2 & Hartford, my legs & feet couldn't take another 2-1/2 hour show like that!)

    Agreed- after two nights in the pit my seats for Brooklyn 2 are looking pretty good! I was three rows from the barricade in front of Stone both nights but I gotta say night 2 didn't hold a candle to night one. Eddie was struggling with a cold (and/or hangover?) and just didn't have the energy as the night before. That being said, he still gave 110% and I still loved every word that came out of his mouth! Highlight for me, being from Boston, was "I Am Mine" after talking about the marathon bombings. Really moving. Missed getting Eddie's wine in my cup by mere centimeters during porch :cry: I'm sure I'll get over it someday! haha
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  • nevmiles
    nevmiles Ottawa, ON Posts: 1,363
    Sea wrote:
    07. Cropduster
    08. Wishlist
    09. Sirens
    10. I Am Mine

    This stretch of songs (minus Sirens) would have killed the flow of the show and the setlist for me...

    But they made up for it from SOLAT through to the end!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:
    Sea wrote:
    14. State Of Love And Trust
    15. Lightning Bolt
    16. Porch
    Encore Break 1
    17. Other Side
    18. Future Days
    19. Gone
    20. Black
    21. Jeremy
    22. Daughter (no tag)
    23. Even Flow
    24. Rearviewmirror
    Encore Break 2
    25. Smile
    26. Once
    27. Alive
    28. Baba O’Riley
    29. Yellow Ledbetter
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  • mkdevo
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  • FenwayFaithful
    FenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    Still great, but not anywhere close to night one
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