*** Melbourne 2 Fanviews Here 14/11/06 ***

A VERY nice setlist indeed

TroubledSoul wrote:

just arrived back at the hotel after melb2. a way better crowd response and a better vibe than last night.

again ed let the crowd sing the entire first verse and chorus of betterman.
brain of j, glorified g, lowlight, leash and lukin -> not for you were the highlights for me.

thumbing made its first appearnce for the tour. i havent usually been a great fan of this track but tonight somthing clicked and it was really solid.

wash was on the encore setlist but it was replaced with leash. the boys in section 22 had their same massive "drop the leash" sign from 2003. maybe this was the reason for the change of the set? i dunno but whatever it was, leash was fucken sensational. ed introduced it as "a song off our second record... started playing it again at the start of this tour. dont know if you remember it but we'll find out".

for baba tonight, ed has realised that the sing along just unfortunately doesnt work in oz cos not enough people listen to boots! he sang the "dont cry for me...wasteland" part.

bring on melb3. cant wait. gonna be an awesome show. after seeing the encore set from tonight, im hoping for a wash opener.

Yeah remember ed did the intro chords to leash in 2003 hehe... good to see.

...what a night. i think when we think about the nights of pearl jam that are just fucken perfect - tonight was one of them.

setlist was unbelievable, the intensity of the crowd was brilliant, and to make it just the night of nights, met eddie out the back as they were driving out - he got out and spoke to the ten of us who were there for a couple minutes.

perfect night.

melbourne 3 - 44 hours away.

Girlfriend just got back from tonights show and said it was awesome she had front row too, i got to go to the first but so wish i could have been there anyways maybe the 3rd show for me oh and she managed to get one of mikes picks for me YaY!!! anyways she got some great shots can i post em here??? or is that like a crime lol

Good set. The Yield kids must be going nuts over this one.

well i did not expect that!

amazing setlist, amazing crowd. the singing was excellent, and the band were really feeding off of the energy. tonight's baba was redemption for sydney 2!

yield extravaganza!

i was 2nd row directly in front of ed, and he saw me going off, and did this hilarious crazy man face at me while singing evolution.

the band was on fire, as always, but tonight was special. ed called it the best crowd of the Oz tour so far, and while that's debatable (brisbane 1 I hear you say), I was really heartened by the crowd's involvement.

finally, i got a friggin matt chant started. thank god for that. that even flow drum solo is out of this world.

leash was perfect. porch had such a fantastic jam and then great crowd involvement with the "hey, hey, hey" to lead into the final chorus. alive was superb, and it was very moving to see pretty much the whole crowd fist pumping.

ed had tears in his eyes towards the end of indifference, and it seemed like he was choking up and had trouble singing. don't know if it was just stuff weighing on his mind or he was moved by the crowd. either way, magical night.

see all of you thursday. let's bring it home!

omg, I'm buying this boot.

I am absolutely stoked, and a bruised wreck to boot! After seeing Ed on stage with KOL I was in a great mood for another superb night and the band didnt disappoint. The crowd where I was (lower row 0 sectioj 19) stood up but they barely moved, I otoh, couldnt keep still all night and I rocked myself silly. The boys are as tight as they can possibly be and produced another awesome setlist. Great surprises - Brain of J, Glorified G, Leash, Blood and Indifference. Well they were for me anyway cos I'd never heard any of these songs live. I have now heard almost the entire Avocado catalogue, with the exception of Unemployable and Parachutes. Wonder if these will be played tomorrow night? It was great to see the way the boys GET INTO their music. Stone, for instance, is really into it this tour, seemingly a fair bit more than last tour. I'm really enjoying the boys with the added advantage of the big screens this time round, they are super fit (wish I had their energy and athletisism). I know Mike for one has a PT but do the others?

I hope everyone was happy with Leash!!!! One of my favourites was Blood, really got into this song big time. Porch was absolutely magnificent with Mike's solo, sublime stuff!!! I cannot rave on enough about this band. I pity the people who cannot or will not get into them. They dont know what they're missing. Their choice, but also their funeral. Saw a number of signs this time, one had Hitchhiker up the top of it, would love to hear this live! Hope there's some more love for Riot Act tomorrow night.

Yes Brad I heard the Matt chant loud and clear! And Judd, glad to see you happy without complaint! Hopefully see you guys after the after party, looking forward to it.

awesome to see everyone had an amazing tim last night sounded like it kicked absolute arse!

Sounds unbelievably spectacular!!!! My brother was there and his only words were - Awesome in the true sense of the word. I am so enviouse - I knew I should have gone last night. I had a small window of oportunity and missed it....things just didn't go my way :( Oh Well, Bring on Thursday Melb 3 ..... CAN'T WAIT - Hope it tops em all!