*** E. Rutherford II Fanviews 6/2 Here ***

Manofthepresenttense wrote:

crowd was fuckin horrible, ed tried everything to get them going, the only songs they were awake for were last kiss and alive, it's a shame they decided to end the tour here, the crowd sucked!

I must've been at a different show, because the crowd was great.

I wonder if the person who said the crowd sucked was in the same section that I was (that is if that person was at the show)... The show starts and everyone stays seated.. im like what the..... so I stand and get into the show... the two girls next to me then stand up about 2 songs later and the three of us just stood for most of the time (sat for a few during the second set)... Mind you we are in the THIRD ROW of the 200's on stones side... and for the entire concert the rows in front of me sat, along with the rest of my row and people in the next few rows behind me - I just don't get it - wish I was in the next section over - the first row was rockin - but overall the crowd was much louder and more into the show than the first night - must have been all those fan club members.. lol...

But I digress. Which show was better I or II? Its hard to compare the 2 - loved the first night for Footsteps, come back and the full rockin first set. The second nights set started out rocking then slowed then rockin, they all looked as if they were having more fun than the first night and just Mike's solos's made the night. So again - it would all depend on your taste to determine which night was better

I am glad that I was able to attend both nights and hope PJ comes back this way before concluding the tour.

During Animal the poere went out. Then they did Go instead...

state of fuckin up wrote:

Great set.. No Black, Daughter, Small counter, & GTF. Good change of pace. Keep the real fans Happy with that set.....

Black was played and it was great as usual.

I am just really glad to have been at this show, there were several songs I didn't think I would get to hear tonight. Whipping, Leash, Rats, Last Exit, Crazy Mary, Don't gimme no lip, SOLAT, In hiding, Hail Hail, Animal, and Garden were all big highlights for me. The new songs are great, esepcially comatose, life wasted, inside job. Gone is really great live. Much better live I think.

The crowd was so loud I struggled to hear Eddie sing, but it was awesome. Very sentimental band tonight, they were hugging and punching each other, Ed carrying Mike on his shoulders, Boom rocking it out on Crazy Mary solo with Mike (they were dualing), it did seem like an MSG kinda night.

Thanks 10 c for the great tickets on, section 108. I think everyone there was 10c and everyone was very nice and into the concert. I really didn't see anyone anywhere acting like drunk jerks, all fans seemed great and the whole crowd seemed into the concert all the way to the top.

Thanks PJ.

twolegsyield wrote:

i've been going to pearl jam concerts for six years and in no way is that depressing...

thats a keeper of a quote.. love that movie btw.

in no way is this a criticism...but after the power went out during animal, did it seem like the band was turned down a lot volume wise? especially eds vocals?

Finally...........I don't want to take shat i cantgjalks;g

I was 10 rows straight up Ed V's Mic and the mix was perfect

jamminpearls wrote:

being a pennsylvania guy and hating new yorkers and jerseyits, i have to give them credit for how loud the crowd was tonight. went to both philly/camden/cuba shows (if u were there u'd understand) and the fans were definitely better than camden1. camden2 was a great crowd(very close) anyway,loved the show. i also agree that the old version of garden is missed dearly. so heres some respect to the damn new yorkers and jerseyits(1st and only time). but we got a eagles chant going so suck on that giant fans u suck.

Maybe one day you and the pricks from Philly & Boston will understand that starting football and baseball chants during a Pearl Jam concert is ghey.

jamminpearls wrote:

/cuba shows .

haha!!!

The Show Last night was fuckig great , the best i have seen this tour,!

I arrived in East rutherford, around 4 . i came there with four of my friends from philly, we left a little before 3, so we got there in good time ! i knew it was going to be a shitty day, but ididnt expect it to be soo cold in ER. when we left philly it was really cloudy and rainy but it was still warm. when we got to ER, it was pretty chilly and damp. i was freezing my ass off.

the first thing i did was get my 10c tix. i got floor 6 , which were pretty decent.we were parked in the California lot 22
Getting there at a little after 4 ,we knew we we going to get to the Continental arena later than the other shows because of things we had to do before hand, so we knew our tailgating was going to be cut short. but we still brought our coolers filled with twisted and miller lite.i had a pretty enjoyable time tailgating. it was a nice crowd there, it was very sedate after being at both tailgating parties in camden the weekend before. i think the weather had a little to do with that though. the portapottie situation was terrible. there was like one for a hundred people. the line kept growing so my firends and I found about 5 togehter around where the box office was so we kept going there!

we stayed in the parking lot until about 8, then we headed inside. i stopped to get a tshirt, i wanted the army green one with the eagle on it, but they were all out of xl's, so i settled for a large thinkign there wouldnt be that much of a difference, well boy was i wrong. this shirt is sooo tight!

we got to our seats and 15 minutes later Master/slave started playing and it Was Show time!!!!!!!
This was one of the best Crowds i have ever seen at a Pearl jam Concert. they were very energized and loud. i loved it !! the arena reminded me so much of the Spectrum in Philly, the size wasnt enormous and wasnt so small, it was just right!!

the Band busted right into Severed Hand, this song is amazing live, its so fast and it has great audience participation!!Corduroy was rocking, its a great follow up, then three more great rockers World Wide Suicide, Hail HAil, and Animal. hail hail only the third time this tour was great hearing live again and the place went nuts when there was tech difficulties during Animal!! it seemed like fixing the problem was taking forever, but eddie responded by saying Nj hasnt paid their electric bill.
A great riot act song came next with LBC, and then a song i have never heard live, In Hiding. i couldnt wait to hear it , and i kinda had a feeling i was going to hear it this tour . it sounded better then ever.
ed commented that the crowd was much better then at thrusdays show, iwasnt there for thursday so i have no place to agree. the singalongs were great, i still think IF the audience from both camden shows were in an indoor arena we would have blown the roof off, but ER was very very loud.
this was my 12th show and the 11th time i have heard evenflow live. i am seriously sick of this song. i think hearing it so many times, it sucked all life out of the song for me , i still sing my lungs out for it everytime but, seriously this song needs to be retired or played alot less.
iam mine came next , love hearing it live . riot act songs werent getting alot of play this tour or in 05 , but pj seemed like they played a few from the album to audiences they knew would like hearing them. Whipping into gone was great. i loved the energy. my friend loves gone and he has now heard it twice, so he was pretty happy. next came a true rock out trifecta!!! Comatose,Solat, Rats. the band was amazing during these songs. and from the three shows i have seen, the audience reaction to the the new record is stellar. i mean comatose gets a n amazing reaction. and rats was the last of the 4 songs i really wanted to hear this tour , and i finally got to hear it on my last show. Rats,Leash,Garden, Satans bed. i can now say i heard the songs i really wanted to hear.
Garden was great . after camden i didnt think i would hear it again but they rocked it out. i love the new version, but i still wanted to hear the original. then Inside Job! AMAZING!!!! with inside job i have heard every song from the new album except bigwave!! it was excellent .
then Porch the closer.WOW the band were on fucking point. the solo jammout was a sight to see.

1st encore was a great mix. ed came back on and talked about how it was west mephis three day and introduced D.Echols wife, she thanked us for our support , andthen the band played the song co-written by her husband. my favorite from the new Album- Army reserve. HTI was a awesome surpise, i heard it at the Wach and thought nothing could top it, the Er version was right up there iwht it. next eddie did the usual last kiss serenade for the people behind the stage, the audience really belted out this song. Great version of black came next with a We belong Together tag. One of the greatest versions of Crazy mary i have ever heard came next . it doesnt beat the Borgata 1 version but it was crazy. for the people who are upset that boom is in the band Fuck You, because he is fucking unbelievable!!. the back and forth with mike and boom rocked my socks off.
then an unusual set closer - last exit, it was kinda fitting though , i love this song one of my favs from vitalogy.

they came back with a great singalong- Wasted Reprise right into Life wasted, this song is sooo fucking good live. these songs from the new album i cant explain enough how good they are!!!

then another rockout session Lukin into Leash :eek:. wow the place went wild !!!!
Dont gimme no lip was a great surprise, didint see that one comming, and stone really got into it , he thanked eddie for being the best before the song . stone acted wildly and got the crowd pumped. one of my favs from TEN came next , WHY GO i love it . it was an awesome version and i love that they include the intro and rock out . next eddie complemented all of the great women he has met over the tour and all of the great women in the builining and then went into leaving Here.
then came and amazing version of Alive. the audience love this song and after hearing eddies story about the song from Storytellers, i think its great that the fans have turned the meaning around for him.
then The Ultimate closer_ Yellow Ledbetter, couldnt have benn a better closer to cap off a spectactular night

although i still havent heard my favorite song ( indifference) live yet, i was still happy with this tour and the shows i have seen

my regards go out to the ER crowd because you guys were amazing, eventhough it was a nic healthy mix of people from all over NJ,NY,PA, the majority were from that immediate area, and you guys rocked