*** Memphis Fanviews Here 10/14/14 ***

I drove to Nashville from Bluffton SC the day before the show to catch some Z's at my cousin's house before we left for Memphis the next morning... We got into town around 7AM and found that there were people who ad camped out over night so there were probably 40 people in line ahead of us at the time we got there. No worries though... My 15th PJ show (and my birthday show this year) Turned out to be one of the best experiences of my life... A little bit of back-story here... Last week my 91 year old grandmother was in the hospital and had to have surgery because of some bleeding issues... After the surgery things got a little scary when she got back into her room in ICU and they called the family back in... She was not breathing normally and so the doctor had to give her some medicine to counteract the anesthesia while the family members, we tried our best to get her breathing right by coaching her... It worked and her breathing was restored to normal levels so we got out of the scare, but she remained in ICU for about a week after that to recover and will need home health assistance for a while now.. On top of all this, I totaled my car on the way home from the hospital one day, so needless to say I REALLY needed this show... As Eddie said at one point, music can heal us, and for me Pearl Jam was the best medicine I've ever taken... AS we all know, each PJ show is a different experience...We all have our hopes and dreams, but we can't complain too much when they actually hit the stage and rock your socks off like they did last night with a set that perfectly balanced the hits and the rarities... First things first- Mike and Matt were on fire in this show... IDK if it was because Eddie told them to pick up the slack because he was feeling guilty for being sick (which no one would have noticed had he not said anything) or what, but it was great... I mean mike had ample opportunities to shred on Even Flow, Half Full, Back, Alone, Crazy Mary, Nothing As It Seems, Porch, Alive, Breath, Rocking In The Free World, Yellow Ledbetter, and a few others... Black and RVM from this show were pretty epic. But the highlight for me had to be Porch... I ended up holding Eddie up for a good minute or two while he sang in the crowd... Wash these hands? I think not.. Besides that little slice of heaven, other highlights included Wash (it had been raining off and on all day in Memphis,) All Night, RITFW with Eddie playing on Matts drums and Mike and Jeff switching instruments in the middle of the song... Spin the Black Circle with Mike doing his usual circling of the stage never gets old, Let the Records Play sounded good live, Alone, Breath, and Crazy Mary which had a great Mike and Boom Jam on it... Matt was really hitting hard on Black and RVM... Got a few pics from Mike... The crowd was fantastic in the pit... No pushing at all and it felt like I had a lot of room to just enjoy the evening... Eddie mentioned how much he appreciated the crowd at the end of the night and he sincerely meant it because we had all been trying to help him out a little since he told us he was having a little trouble with his voice... I may have only gotten 1 song I had not heard live before, but that doesn't matter because I had an amazing time watching my favorite band of all time as they took my pain and cares away with the power of music.... We met some really cool people at the show and Beale St. was pretty sweet, got some vinyl and checked out the Gibson guitar facilities in town... I can't thank Eddie and the fellas enough for the effort that they put into doing this rock n roll thing night in night out for us, they are truly a special group of amazing and talented people who make music that means something, that has a purpose and lifts us up when we need it most... I know I will never forget last night, I hope anyone who was in the building says the same...

Have they opened every show with Pendulum?

KC138045 said:

joseph33 said:

I think Cincinatti was a better show as well as setlist,but thats just my opinion.

Just looking at it on paper I was thinking the same thing but I wasn't there last night. Garden and breath are the two that stand out to me.

Lincoln killed it.

Amazing show. Thanks to the band and especially to Ed for belting it out despite being so sick. Amazing setlist. Love Mikey's new "Heisenberg" hat

Couple more quick videos of Ed's between song chatter:

Ed Joking about his cold being Ebola that he contracted in Austin

Tribute to "Ikey" Owens : Lead in to "Come Back"

VIDEO : "Black"
Good example of Mike going off. Agreed he was dialed in last night. I hate that we didn't get to see him jam out Yellow Ledbetter due to house lights / timing... but there were some gems.

MIke & Boom jamming at the end of Crazy Mary may have been the highlight for me....

I think that's my last decent video. Will upload HD versions later, just uploading from iPhone now and our network is slow.

They killed it. Ed was an absolute champion for giving it his all even though he had a cold. Great, great show.

Threw my Elvis sun glasses on stage Ed wore for a bit during Let The Records Play. Note how he whirled his arms like a windmill wailing on the guitar at the end of Betterman. . Thanks for a great show! Nice to meet Fabrizio from Italy, guys from Nashville! Let's do it again soon.

I thought the set list was great and the band had great energy. Super fun show. We waited in line for merch for 35 minutes around 4p and got everything but stickers. Later inside the merch tables were fully stocked and the line took 5 minutes.

I'm at Sun Studios now and the staff are still laughing about yesterday when they told Matt Cameron that PJ's drummer had been there the day before. Lots of jammers here today for the tour today.

It's impressive that even with a bad cold Ed still gave it his all. Mike was on fire all night, Jeff and Stone seemed to be having a blast, and they delivered. This was my 1 show of this leg of the tour and I am happy with how it turned out. What an amazing setlist.