*** Hartford Fanviews Here 6/27/2008 ***

Reverb wrote:

No, the Hartford crew was not lucky: the 10c will call line for tickets was a frickin disaster. There had to be 1,000 10c'ers still in line to pick up their tickets at 9:30pm, while PJ went on around 9:15. There were 5 windows that were totally overloaded and they were sooo slow.

I expect to hear gripes here as more of these guys get home.

The line was horrible. We got on the line at 8:30 and I was worried we would miss them take the stage...luckily, we made it in...but what a freakin mess! When I got my tix, the line was still about 300 people DEEP.

PS The show was great.

Zoso wrote:

There were people in the 10c sections telling Ed to shut up and get back to the music when he was talking about that email thing to the white house... Also a few people around us sat down when he was doing the usual political talk. Personally I love that Ed and the bend have gone more obviously political the last 8 or so years and don't understand why talking and debating is a bad thing.

I mean is Hartford less liberal than NY or NJ? I almost told him to shut up but he didn't even act like a 10c fan... He knew know songs I let him off. Overall I thought the crowd didn't react greatly to the political part of the show which I found disappointing. Nowhere near as much energy as Camden or DC but the set kicked so much arse. They seem to always pull something out like that for the smaller shows... Loved hearing Breakerfall, Fucking Up, Big Wave, Smile and Immortality

Apart from the crowd not being as into it it was a great great show.

hey, what did this dude look like, i might have been right near you.

first time seeing pearl jam. they had always been on my list and i expected greatness, but wow, really blown away. the band rocked, the songs were great, the audience was really into it. love eddie's notebook, the wine, the "giveaways" wish i'd gotten a tambourine! great show; would recommend to anyone!

newedhead wrote:

true. i noticed too. thought the behavior didn't match the message we were getting from the band.

To the tailgaters credit we walked over at about 3-3:30 and there was a TON of broken glass on the ground already. That's the venues fault for not keeping their parking lots clean and safe.

trebmal wrote:

I don't think the city of Hartford really keeps its streets clean & safe, but sorry I'm in Hartford hate mode right now I think I'll stop.

Oh trust me, I know! Motel 6 decided to have our car towed in middle of the night because we didn't have a parking pass (because they forgot to give it to us so I didn't know we needed one although I did leave the half sheet of paper they gave me with my receipt with all my info on it in the car window....but that's a story for another day) and we had the great pleasure of walking (yes walking) the slums of Hartford to get to the tow company, then to an ATM, then back to the tow company first thing Saturday morning. So I am definitely in Hartford/Motel 6 hate mode. I will NEVER go back to Hartford, not even for PJ. The place is a hellhole. I'd go back to Camden before I'd step foot in that city again.

On a positive note the show was absolutely amazing Definitely the sleeper show of the tour!

Tangerine wrote:

Oh trust me, I know! Motel 6 decided to have our car towed in middle of the night because we didn't have a parking pass (because they forgot to give it to us so I didn't know we needed one although I did leave the half sheet of paper they gave me with my receipt with all my info on it in the car window....but that's a story for another day) and we had the great pleasure of walking (yes walking) the slums of Hartford to get to the tow company, then to an ATM, then back to the tow company first thing Saturday morning. So I am definitely in Hartford/Motel 6 hate mode. I will NEVER go back to Hartford, not even for PJ. The place is a hellhole. I'd go back to Camden before I'd step foot in that city again.

On a positive note the show was absolutely amazing Definitely the sleeper show of the tour!

Oh no! I ran into a couple last night, that had that same experience at that Motel 6. That does stink... my car almost broke down getting out of hartford....so yeah. I didn't drive and im not driving tomorrow night cos of it.

Am I the only one who thinks this show was legendary?

Flannel Shirt wrote:

Am I the only one who thinks this show was legendary?

BUMP!

Great setlist ! I will definitely buy the cd bootleg . The band was solid as usual ! Heard some songs not played in a long time !!

man it's hot. it's like africa hot. tarzan couldn't take this kind of hot.

the band was fucking rocking. harder than usual. multiple 3-4 song stretches where it seemed like they were just trying to kick our collective ass.

the crowd was cool. kinda culty. like everything was an anthem. singalongs and pumping fists in unison all night, didn't matter what song. no standout incidents like boston's betterman but you'll hear it on the boot.

best in hiding ever.

not the best smile ever.

i think modern girl was it's own song. just the chorus, like it would've been as a tag, but i'm pretty sure not for you ended first.

10club tickets took me no more than 10 minutes around 7pm. kenny mayne was on his way out. couldn't tell if he was in the ticketmaster line or the good one. i'm not from ct, so espn sightings are noteworthy to me.

wasn't wild about being directly above a police substation at the motel 6. wtf? do a lot of hotels do this? why not put my parents in the next room while you're at it?