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Faded Glory

Just caught your first message. Hilarious. My wife is not going to be happy about the high maintenence crack but she'll get over it. You would have had a good shot at the tambourine if you really wanted it but Royals didn't have a prayer.

Anyway I had a blast at the show.

No need to apoligize, I was getting free alcohol at the show that night so I was a bit drunk. I think that had something to do with the bench amount. I am not some stupid meat head that runs around talking about shit like that.

If I knew your wife wanted the tambourine that bad, I would have given it to her, well maybe not. LOL.

Maybe we'll get together in Buckeye country for a beer one day. Have a good one.

Later
Tambourine man

jeffpjfan wrote:

No need to apoligize, I was getting free alcohol at the show that night so I was a bit drunk. I think that had something to do with the bench amount. I am not some stupid meat head that runs around talking about shit like that.

If I knew your wife wanted the tambourine that bad, I would have given it to her, well maybe not. LOL.

Maybe we'll get together in Buckeye country for a beer one day. Have a good one.

Later
Tambourine man

Free beer and margaritas thanks to Gina O. - Who's pitching for the Reds tonight?

grace6697 wrote:

it was a cover. i also can't remember but it was a cover by the ramones.

What a Wonderful World was the Ramones cover Saturday night when we missed a third encore.

Gremmie95 wrote:

Maybe I was just drunk but I thought the sound was spot on.

I'm right there with you....the only bad sound was my singing on the short video clip I took

sherm3000 wrote:

I didn't really notice a problem with the sound either. I thougth it was an awesome show. I enoyed the setlist also.

some people can't take loud rock music, PJ FUCKIN RULES!

vonnegutnaked2 wrote:

Just wanted to throw in my two cents...and my first two cents as a member of this board.

Pre-opener: A great moment. I had been singing the Kids are Alright all day...annoying the hell out of my fiancee. Well, we were sitting waiting for Robert Pollard, drinking a few beers and talking when we saw someone come to the front of the stage (realize we were like 3 rows from the top of the arena so we didn't recognize Eddie at first). Abbey (my girl) says "Hey, it's starting...but wait a minute (as she recognizes Ed)...we both look at each other and start to stand to cheer when he starts into the Kids are Alright. We went nuts...just one of those really great cosmic/karmic moments to open the night.

Show: It was only my second PJ show (other was Chicago II). I was one of those "I love the band but I've never seen them live kinda guys" before...but never again, I'm catching multiple shows on each tour from here until they stop doing shows or die. Anyway, the first set was a lot of fun. I actually liked the mix and they really played up to the crowds energy.

Encores: Here's where the problems came with the "set list" and this is where the Cincy show fell a bit flat as many others have alluded to in various other threads. Again, I enjoyed everything that was played...but what left me with the smallest bitter taste was at the start of the second encore, Eddie says something like "We'll play all night if you keep cheering, we are off tomorrow in Cincinnati".
So, crowd goes wild, I'm expecting a State Collegesque show well into the morning. Instead, just four more songs. It's been repeated over and over, but I do tend to agree: the crowd was great and deserved a bit more. Again, I have no problems with the set list...everybody seemed into it, Eddie was having a great time, everybody was.......I just expected a bit more out of the encores in terms of just sheer number of songs.

Hey, but I'll never complain too much....I love this band and I'm so glad I've finally had/made the chances to see them live. I'll be in Milwaukee for Round 1 on Thursday....stupid wedding keeps me away Friday night.

As mentioned before... "SOMETHING" happened. We saw the techs gettin Jeffs bass ready and others adjusting mic stands and then NOTHING.. What that "SOMETHING" is, we'll never know I guess, but something happened, preventing them from coming out AGAIN. Either the gestapo authorities shut it down "for" them, or there was a major lapse in communication with the techs and the band!
Also what was bizarre, did anyone else notice the consession stands CLOSING around 10??? It was like U.S. bank arena wanted pearl jam and the crowd out of the fucking joint and wanted us out NOW!! They would not even sell water or soda, NOTHING!! Then, you have the OBVIOUS turning off of the AC WAY before the show was over.
It was like the powers that be that control the arena wanted that concert over with as quick as possible. Strangest shit I've ever witnessed at a pearl jam show!!
I truly believe the guys wanted to give more.. But I believe there was truly "SOMETHING" that went down!

think we just found out what that "SOMETHING" was...

see "cincy revisited" thread. DAM!

binauralsounds wrote:

As mentioned before... "SOMETHING" happened. We saw the techs gettin Jeffs bass ready and others adjusting mic stands and then NOTHING.. What that "SOMETHING" is, we'll never know I guess, but something happened, preventing them from coming out AGAIN. Either the gestapo authorities shut it down "for" them, or there was a major lapse in communication with the techs and the band!
Also what was bizarre, did anyone else notice the consession stands CLOSING around 10??? It was like U.S. bank arena wanted pearl jam and the crowd out of the fucking joint and wanted us out NOW!! They would not even sell water or soda, NOTHING!! Then, you have the OBVIOUS turning off of the AC WAY before the show was over.
It was like the powers that be that control the arena wanted that concert over with as quick as possible. Strangest shit I've ever witnessed at a pearl jam show!!
I truly believe the guys wanted to give more.. But I believe there was truly "SOMETHING" that went down!

think we just found out what that "SOMETHING" was...

see "cincy revisited" thread. DAM!

Pearl Jam's policy is to stop selling alcohol at 930. I remember going to concession stands during the Ottawa show around 10 and not even being able to get water- I don't think that's uncommon for them to shut down early.

I did definitely notice something weird about Cincy now that I'm thinking about it- they brought out Jeff's bass at the end of the encore and then the band never came back out. It really seemed like the show was cut short- that was definitely among the shorter of second encores I've seen.

This was my second show of this tour, after Cleveland. I have to say, PJ definitely gave a high energy show here in Cincy. I'll definitely remember this night for a long while. I got to hear an extended version of RVM, which was a lot better than the Tokyo '03 boot I keep listening to lately. Crazy Mary jam at the end was the best I've ever heard. Present Tense was great, Even Flow kicked butt big time. Inside Job, WWS, Save it for Later tag...all memorable for me. I wasn't as familiar with the other songs like Leash or Green Disease, but they rocked for me. I know PJ likes to start off slow with stuff like Long Road, but that's like foreplay for me. I was just busting to rock out and scream, and boy did they deliver.

Some insights...

The sound was fine for me - I was at Sec.114 Row P in the middle. I didnt wear any ear plugs either. It's loud, yet not totally over the top with noise/feedback. Since I was on Stone's side, I got a good look at the mixing board. I did see Ed motion to her to turn something down early in the set (3rd, 4th, 5th song), so the sound might have improved from that point on.

I noticed they did away with the green laser show like they used up in Cleveland. Not that they are going to be mistaken with Pink Floyd, but it's cool to see during WWS. But it does limit where the guys can walk while it's on, so the hell with it.

Something was left out at the end, as everyone is alluding to. I did see Ed shrug to someone on his left on stage after the end of Baba O'Riley (Stone? or possibly a stage tech...whatever)

I'm not going to lose sleep over what could have been. I mean, Ed did give us a Who song on his own before Pollard and Co. Plus, hearing Alive "live" for the first time was my YL for the night. Baba O'Riley with Pollard on vocals was kind of a fitting way to end it, anyway. You can tell Ed likes this guy, I seen him watch all of Pollard's set from the side of the stage. I think Pollard even gave Ed his handwritten set list. So, I really don't think Ed and PJ wanted to steal the spotlight away just to get to play Indifference(??) or YL.

There was so many little extras that people have already mentioned. Matt is an awesome drummer hands down. He reminds me of Larry Mullen from U2 lookswise and energywise from afar. He makes you want to play air drums during the show. All those quick fills he puts into those songs...he's key to PJ's sound live for sure. McCready is a great showman and a great guitar jammer when the opportunity presents itself. His playing off of Boom's B3 jam on Crazy Mary...the two were going insane there. RVM was unbelievable.
But really, everybody gave their all. Jeff was having a blast on his bass for most of the show. Stone was in good spirits. Ed, too. I felt spoiled to be able to witness such a good show from them.

My criticisms... one dude two rows behind us who had to throw up behind us before the start of the show. At least it was just the beer, but still, that's just nasty. I understand the craving for a buzz, but getting blasted before the show...what the hell. Why get all trashed or high before the show? Especiallly for a great band like this! The music should take you "there"...no?

Another dude spilled dumped one of his 4 beers behind us too. So, I just stood in beer. The couple next to me stood in puke and beer. You think we was jumping much during the show? Hell no...but we stood and jammed to the music the best we could. We didn't stand still - that's for sure!

They need to do something with the beer sales. Vendors had signs stating no more beer sales after a 1/2 hour into the show. So what happens? Everybody rushes for their 2 beers after the opening act finishes. The vendors clearly could not handle the long lines. Too slow...really, they need to park beer trucks at all the entrances with the taps on them. I see the strategy somewhat, they won't drive home drunk. But that's just forcing some to hit the bars before the show and come in drunk. So there's nothing to gain there.

I hate to end my post like this, so I'll just say, I'm glad to have seen PJ twice for my first tour of their's...and I look forward to seeing more of them in the future. Oh! I just remembered...I saw the Baba O'Riley part of the show was videotaped by one of the stage techs. You think that will possibly end up on a future live DVD? Kinda like Touring Band 2000? One can only hope!
Alright, take care...

dbrowneville wrote:

Great show--especially for a dad taking his almost five year old daughter to her first concert--she attended as a fan and has wanted to go for a while. Thanks to everyone in the center section of rows 2 and 3 on the floor(especially JH for holding her in the second row for both encores) for making it a safe/fun place to be. I was enjoying being there watching her sing and take everything in--hoping she would get some acknowledgement from the band. When she moved up and row and could be seen, every band member gave her either a smile or a wave (including two from EV). My wife was in non 10C seats on the side watching it all unfold and we were in disbelief when at the end of show Ed pointed her out and passed her his tamborine--it is a night my wife and I will never forget and she will always remember--Thank You Pearl Jam/10 Club/ Fans. P.S. if any one has any photos of this please contact me--thanks.

Hey! Me and my friend were right next to you! We were in seats 11 and 12 in Row 3 (Section 2). My friend was closest to you as I recall and I was on his left.