*** Boston, MA Fanviews Here 9/2/18 ***

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  • BB6102
    BB6102 Posts: 5
    Gotta say I love this band I made the best of it but flying up from Virginia and laying out for flights and rooms to go to these shows and to be parked right in front of the foul pole and not being able to see unobstructed sucked butt Getting Out of my mind helped but I’d say don’t even sell tickets behind foul pole for ten club members..out whole section couldn’t believe it... night 2 hopefully will be a blow out!

  • brianwilson
    brianwilson Posts: 406
    Outta my mind is the shit; was even better with a tad more tempo. You're all nuts (just kidding, it's your opinion).
  • parintachin73
    parintachin73 Posts: 742
    Last night’s show was tremendous. Yeah it felt a little cut short and from where I was the guitars were real muddy at time, but they still played 30 songs. What other group of guys in their 50s play this long? It’s the 2nd time I’ve gotten to hear Out of my Mind and it was fucking awesome. And I got to cross It’s OK off my bucket list
    And not for nothing, I haven’t been on the forums in a long until the weeks leading up to this show. But it looked to me like a lot of the requests from the forum got played. Army Reserve, Blood, Out of my Mind, Tremor Christ, those are the ones I can remember right now. No one is as good to their fans as these guys imo. And personally I plan on appreciating it until they stop. 
  • nicknyr15
    nicknyr15 Posts: 9,220
    I gotta say, I wouldn’t mind Taillights again. It was way better than I expected and EV was sooooooo into it. Tremendous cover and miles better than Draw the Line 
  • jp307677
    jp307677 Boston Posts: 417
    nycrats said:
    I don’t think anyone really thinks that show wasn’t “good”. It was very good. A lot of treats. 

    However it wasnt “epic”. That doesn’t mean I/we all didn’t have an epic time, but I don’t think it was epic. They can’t all be right?

    ill join in the complaints about the late start. They played plenty of music but when you know 1030 is the end it makes for a bit of an anxiety every minute past 730. Seeing friends and family of the band leisurely stroll by around 745-750 felt like a bit of a kick in the nuts. Seats are in pairs, I too would have liked to enjoy another hour with all my friends before the show. And the stadium was 95% full by 7:15 so it wasn’t a case of “it’s chaos outside people can’t get in we gotta hold out until we fill up.”

    Stadiums are getting played out. It’s time to get back to the intimacy and energy of arenas. 

    Great time. Very interesting setlist, had a ton of fun. 
    Totally agree with getting back to arenas after this tour. The stadium shows since 2013 have been great and being from Boston, I always wanted them to do Fenway...but it’s time to move on after this
  • Luckytwn1
    Luckytwn1 Posts: 517
    parintachin73 said:
    What other group of guys in their 50s play this long? 
    I have no problems with the length of the show but many older acts play that long. Springsteen and the E Street Band averaged 4 hours on the 2016 stadium tour. And that’s not a typo. The shows were four hours long and they’re all in their late 60s. 
  • ski-bum
    ski-bum Boston Posts: 1,024
    nicknyr15 said:
    I gotta say, I wouldn’t mind Taillights again. It was way better than I expected and EV was sooooooo into it. Tremendous cover and miles better than Draw the Line 
    I think Bill Janovitz of Buffalo Tom felt like he was playing the show of his life and it showed. He was amazing. My favorite part of the show. Pearl Jam opened for them back in '91, now PJ brings them on stage at Fenway 27 years later. Now that's complete circle. 
    9/15/98 - Great Woods................9/29/04 - Fleet Center.....................8/02/08 - Opera House (EV)............10/16/13 - DCU Center
    8/29/00 - Tweeter Center............5/24/06 - Banknorth Garden............5/17/10 - Banknorth Garden.............08/05/16 - Fenway Park
    7/11/03 - Tweeter Center............5/25/06 - Banknorth Garden............6/16/11 - Wang Theatre (EV)............08/07/16 - Fenway Park
    9/28/04 - Fleet Center................6/30/08 - Tweeter Center
  • Lerxst1992
    Lerxst1992 Posts: 7,860
    OceansJenny said:
    PJNB said:
    Holy shit! Out of My Mind and it sounded great! They scratched 4 songs in the second encore. Thank you so much Eddie for not scratching that one. I was singing my ass off and completely lost it 

    Unbelievable night that flew right by. Love the start of this show and Release sounded amazing in the number 2 spot. Lots of songs that have not been played much lately thrown in the mix and some great versions of the staples that we all love. Can't wait now to see what Tuesday brings. 

    Couple of negatives that I need to mention. Crowd in my area was lame and took away from the show a bit. People sitting the whole show not singing along and just standing there. People can do what they want at a concert and it is their show to enjoy it how they want but holy shit at all the stiffs in my section. Second thing is why did the band come on so late? I appreciate them playing past the curfew of course but still unsure why they started as late as they did. Seemed to me a lot of people were in their seats early. 
    Same same same!! Amazing show, the boys really brought it and were having a great time, but WTF was up with the 10c crowd?? Agree everyone can enjoy the show in their own way but sooo many stiffs. I had a bit of the opposite in my section too - ppl who went from stiffs/sitting down/walking around to SUDDENLY enthused.

    Where were the ppl rocking out?? Grandstand looked more bumping.

    Either way had an amazing time but had to chime in bc I felt the same. Sec C8.


    Maybe it's time for that grump to point out the band causes complacency at many of their shows...in the oldies section. 

    How excited can those fans be? They get the best seats show after show year after year.
  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    BB6102 said:
    Gotta say I love this band I made the best of it but flying up from Virginia and laying out for flights and rooms to go to these shows and to be parked right in front of the foul pole and not being able to see unobstructed sucked butt Getting Out of my mind helped but I’d say don’t even sell tickets behind foul pole for ten club members..out whole section couldn’t believe it... night 2 hopefully will be a blow out!


    I would agree with you that these seats might actually suck butt.

    What's with the graffiti on the foul pole? Fenway maintenance should clean that up. Looks like a cheap gas station stall wall.
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • vedpunk
    vedpunk Posts: 960
    edited September 2018
    Enough with the Springsteen 4 hr shows comment.  He’s an anomaly, oldie act and far from a hard rock band that is shredding his vocals on most songs.  Nobody does it like Pearl Jam. Period.
  • Shakescky
    Shakescky Posts: 343
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    BB6102 said:
    Gotta say I love this band I made the best of it but flying up from Virginia and laying out for flights and rooms to go to these shows and to be parked right in front of the foul pole and not being able to see unobstructed sucked butt Getting Out of my mind helped but I’d say don’t even sell tickets behind foul pole for ten club members..out whole section couldn’t believe it... night 2 hopefully will be a blow out!


    I would agree with you that these seats might actually suck butt.

    What's with the graffiti on the foul pole? Fenway maintenance should clean that up. Looks like a cheap gas station stall wall.
    It adds to the ballpark's "charm" just like the rest of the city. It's a shame they cannot really do much about cleaning up the town and helping society, yet they'll spend stupid amounts of money on sports team parades.
    i have witnessed some performances. i have soaked up a lot of memories.
  • Luckytwn1
    Luckytwn1 Posts: 517
    vedpunk said:
    Enough with the Springsteen 4 hr shows comment.  He’s an anomaly, oldie act and far from a hard rock band that is shredding his vocals on most songs.  Nobody does it like Pearl Jam. Period.
    I’ve seen almost 1000 rock concerts including almost 350 from just Bruce, Pearl Jam, and U2 alone. I’ve been a 10C member since early 1994. Pearl Jam is amazing, I love them but your statement “nobody does it like Pearl Jam. Period.” is just not accurate. I think even Ed himself would tell you that. 
  • vedpunk
    vedpunk Posts: 960
    U2? Great band but they play almost the same setlist every single night of the tour.  I think we can maybe agree that we often take Pearl Jam for granted.  Very few bands are this consistent, play a very different setlist every night and provide a refreshing amount of sincerity and spontaneity to their live show.
  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    I have absolutely no complaints about the band or set list  last night but honestly the crowd in my section sucked. We were surrounded by people who at best stood there with tepid smiles on their faces, and at worst sat and looked at their Instagram feeds all night. I still danced the whole time, as did my ticket buddy, but no one else in a several row vicinity did. The woman sitting beside me stared daggers at me, even though I was careful not to even brush up against her.  Now I know how much of a vibe-killer a lame crowd is. It sure made me miss the amazing GA experiences I’ve had this year in Europe and just a couple of weeks ago in Seattle. 
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,114
    oftenreading said:
    I have absolutely no complaints about the band or set list  last night but honestly the crowd in my section sucked. We were surrounded by people who at best stood there with tepid smiles on their faces, and at worst sat and looked at their Instagram feeds all night. I still danced the whole time, as did my ticket buddy, but no one else in a several row vicinity did. The woman sitting beside me stared daggers at me, even though I was careful not to even brush up against her.  Now I know how much of a vibe-killer a lame crowd is. It sure made me miss the amazing GA experiences I’ve had this year in Europe and just a couple of weeks ago in Seattle. 
    Were your seats in the front sections on the floor where ga would be?
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • releasemeVT
    releasemeVT Posts: 30
    Sounded incredible. Great show
    Seats were in rightfield roof box 35 which is a great spot for a concert at Fenway. 

  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    mcgruff10 said:
    oftenreading said:
    I have absolutely no complaints about the band or set list  last night but honestly the crowd in my section sucked. We were surrounded by people who at best stood there with tepid smiles on their faces, and at worst sat and looked at their Instagram feeds all night. I still danced the whole time, as did my ticket buddy, but no one else in a several row vicinity did. The woman sitting beside me stared daggers at me, even though I was careful not to even brush up against her.  Now I know how much of a vibe-killer a lame crowd is. It sure made me miss the amazing GA experiences I’ve had this year in Europe and just a couple of weeks ago in Seattle. 
    Were your seats in the front sections on the floor where ga would be?
    Turf B7 
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
  • kmmr1094
    kmmr1094 Posts: 11
    OceansJenny said:
    PJNB said:
    Holy shit! Out of My Mind and it sounded great! They scratched 4 songs in the second encore. Thank you so much Eddie for not scratching that one. I was singing my ass off and completely lost it 

    Unbelievable night that flew right by. Love the start of this show and Release sounded amazing in the number 2 spot. Lots of songs that have not been played much lately thrown in the mix and some great versions of the staples that we all love. Can't wait now to see what Tuesday brings. 

    Couple of negatives that I need to mention. Crowd in my area was lame and took away from the show a bit. People sitting the whole show not singing along and just standing there. People can do what they want at a concert and it is their show to enjoy it how they want but holy shit at all the stiffs in my section. Second thing is why did the band come on so late? I appreciate them playing past the curfew of course but still unsure why they started as late as they did. Seemed to me a lot of people were in their seats early. 
    Same same same!! Amazing show, the boys really brought it and were having a great time, but WTF was up with the 10c crowd?? Agree everyone can enjoy the show in their own way but sooo many stiffs. I had a bit of the opposite in my section too - ppl who went from stiffs/sitting down/walking around to SUDDENLY enthused.

    Where were the ppl rocking out?? Grandstand looked more bumping.

    Either way had an amazing time but had to chime in bc I felt the same. Sec C8.
    Hard to rock out when you have 6 inches of leg room between the rows.....
    ...listening to different videos of the show today you can really hear the sound differences depending on location...
    ...disappointed that we were in the park at 540 and in our seats at 600 only to wait 2 hours for the guys to come on, only to cut 4 songs later
    ...was at 2016 night one and last night was infinitely better....LOVED Tremor, Blood, Once and Present Tense...
  • pjl44
    pjl44 Posts: 10,527
    kmmr1094 said:
    OceansJenny said:
    PJNB said:
    Holy shit! Out of My Mind and it sounded great! They scratched 4 songs in the second encore. Thank you so much Eddie for not scratching that one. I was singing my ass off and completely lost it 

    Unbelievable night that flew right by. Love the start of this show and Release sounded amazing in the number 2 spot. Lots of songs that have not been played much lately thrown in the mix and some great versions of the staples that we all love. Can't wait now to see what Tuesday brings. 

    Couple of negatives that I need to mention. Crowd in my area was lame and took away from the show a bit. People sitting the whole show not singing along and just standing there. People can do what they want at a concert and it is their show to enjoy it how they want but holy shit at all the stiffs in my section. Second thing is why did the band come on so late? I appreciate them playing past the curfew of course but still unsure why they started as late as they did. Seemed to me a lot of people were in their seats early. 
    Same same same!! Amazing show, the boys really brought it and were having a great time, but WTF was up with the 10c crowd?? Agree everyone can enjoy the show in their own way but sooo many stiffs. I had a bit of the opposite in my section too - ppl who went from stiffs/sitting down/walking around to SUDDENLY enthused.

    Where were the ppl rocking out?? Grandstand looked more bumping.

    Either way had an amazing time but had to chime in bc I felt the same. Sec C8.
    Hard to rock out when you have 6 inches of leg room between the rows.....
    We had this problem in 2016. Even zip-tied together, those chairs can slide around a lot and you wind up with the row in front of you in your lap.
  • ikiT
    ikiT USA Posts: 11,059
    Merkin Baller said:
    Great night.... it wasn’t a top 5, but it was an awesome night. 

    The setlist had some nice surprises, this was my first time hearing Sometimes as an opener... Army Reserve was also fantastic. 
    Tremor Christ was a real treat, I heard them play that live once before, 20 years ago almost to the day. What a great performance of it tonight. I was blown away. 
    Mike McCready is a bad bad man... I consider it a great privilege to see him perform live.

    It was a fun fun first night. I’m looking forward to night 2. 
    After AMS2 I reached the same conclusion.  He's filthy really.  I've seen some photos...that Aerosmith t-shirt?  Killer.
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