*** DC Fanviews Here 6/22/2008 ***
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i was about 6 rows back directly behind the stage...i had no complaints at all.
-each of the band members kept acknowledging us in the back...at one point jeff looked up at the packed sections behind the stage and just shook his head laughing in disbelief. of course Mike made his way back towards us alot and Stone even spent a few moments just staring up at all the people behind the stage
-it was really cool getting an up-close look at what goes on behind and beside the stage, those guitar techs (esp. eddie's) are all over the place
-also got a really good look at the band communicating during and between songs, that always facinates me
-the kid who got to play on stage was a really cool moment. it's amazing how cool Pearl Jam is with their fans. i dont know the story behind that kid, but he'll have one heck of a story to tell his friends. he's probably still smiling!
-i guess i can say that i had 6th row seats front and center for atleast one song (last kiss) which was really awesome and very cool of the band to do..it looked like matt was playing the opening band's drumkit which was behind the stage..haha jeff and mike were together doing some 1950's side to side dance together while they played..it was cool to see them all having fun
-Crazy Mary blew me away...boom was ripping his solo then made the signal to mike to get his solo started but Mike just started walking over to Boom with the hawaii hand greeting kinda saluting Boom and told him to keep going...haha Boom seemed confused at first but kept soloing...then Boom and Mike were soloing off and on together..it was really amazing
-the Daughter interlude was unreal...haha i think we surprised eddie when we were hitting all those HIGH NOTES!..haha i couldnt help but laugh..i think he was challenging us and it sounded like we met his expectations..haha
-overall it was a very great show. High energy from the band. great choice of songs and a great crowd. i couldnt believe how many people were there. even the upper sections were packed. hopefully last nights show will bring them back to the Capital very soon.
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oneof10 wrote:One thing no one mentioned was the poor-poor sound. I was up in section 400 so, not the best seats at all. You could not understand Ed when he was talking, it echoed badly. Also the solos were muffled. Sounded like they were playing in a tin can.
Im sure the sound was much better down below, but of my 3 shows Ive been to, this had the worst sound.
Yeah, it's much better lower. I won't got to a show with 400 level seats there. Has to be 200 or lower--I wasn't going to go as I'd missed the 10C pre-sale, but I lucked into seats in 220 off Stub Hub for less than they would have cost through ticketmaster. Damn glad I got them! Would be kicking myself today if I'd missed it!2000: Pittsburgh
2006: Camden I & II, DC
2008: DC, Ed DC II0 -
Great show, had a blast and thought it was much better than 2006. First show of tour without Betterman, so down to only 4 songs they have played every show, and now 3 that they have played all but one.
So 4 songs they played for the first time of tour last night? Comback, Last Kiss, You Are, and I'm Open.
So many highlights, everything was played well. The sound was good, but Mike did sound a little muddied. I was in Sec 111 right in the middle.
That whole 7 song first encore was just smoking. I really enjoyed the second encore too.
Hopefully it won't be two more years before I see em again.1994-4-08 Fairfax, VA GMU Patriot Center
1996-9-24 Columbia Maryland Merriweather Post Pavilion
1998-9-18 Columbia Maryland Merriweather Post Pavilion
2006-5-30 Washington, DC Verizon Center
2008-6-22 Washington, DC Verizon Center
2010-5-13 Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube Live
2013-10-29 Charlottesville, VA John Paul Jones Arena
2022-9-14 Camden, NJ0 -
i guess you didnt go to tampaSpot In The Sky wrote:Setlist wise-probably the least exciting of the tour. Too few rarities for me, and still no In My Tree or Smile.
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give me a fucking break You are......Green disease who you are watchtower?Let's not be negative now. Thumper has spoken0 -
i guess the few negatives first
that was the worst acoustics i've ever heard in a building. i hope most arenas aren't like that, especially in pittsburgh when lemieux garden is done (that's what i'm calling it, tough shit). worst 10c seats i've had too, way far back on the floor. it seemed like they sold more fanclub seats than normal. glad i was there though.
but what a kick ass show. not gonna lie, i kinda hate that kid for playing on stage with them, might be a dream of mine, just saying. rvm was balls to the wall nuts. didn't expect watchtower. i laughed my ass off during evacuation, especially after stone ripped his plug out of his guitar. 10 songs i never heard live last night during my 8th show. strange spots for songs too, but it was solid. i've seen some better crowds, and some worse crowds, could've been where i was though. saw some old friends, met some new people waiting in line/in the crowd. always a good time. kick ass poster. glad i drove there and back yesterday."Fuck the talkin' let's start rockin" - Eddie Vedder 9-5-00 Pittsburgh
4/26/03 Pittsburgh 5/3/03 State College 7/12/03 Hershey 10/1/04 Reading 9/28/05 Pittsburgh 5/20/06 Cleveland 6/23/06 Pittsburgh 6/22/08 DC
friends don't let friends listen to good charlotte0 -
i forgot i noticed sound problems when i saw them messing with the boards during crazy mary. i thought mike sounded the worst of all, unfortunately."Fuck the talkin' let's start rockin" - Eddie Vedder 9-5-00 Pittsburgh
4/26/03 Pittsburgh 5/3/03 State College 7/12/03 Hershey 10/1/04 Reading 9/28/05 Pittsburgh 5/20/06 Cleveland 6/23/06 Pittsburgh 6/22/08 DC
friends don't let friends listen to good charlotte0 -
Incredible show.
First and foremost, I go to pick up my tickets and see that I won the 10club lottery!! My number is 407xxx, so I was expecting some shitty seats. Then I see it's 1st row RIGHT IN FRONT OF ED. This was my brother's first Pearl Jam show, he's not really a fan or anything, but doesn't dislike them. But when he goes and sees his first show in FRONT ROW, you know he's a big fan now!
The setlist was pretty great, I saw lots of these songs at WPB/Tampa, but some of them were still really new like You Are, U, I Am Mine, I'm Open, Hail Hail, Green Disease, Comatose, Come Back, All Along the Watchtower, etc...
oh and RVM was KICKASS!! Way better than the version at WPB!! At one point of the show, Ed tossed my brother his almost-empty water bottle, then later, Ed got ON HIS KNEES and extended his hand as far as he could to hand me a pick! It was insane, the security guard ended up giving me the pick after I still couldn't reach it... I was still hoping to catch other picks and stuff, but I couldn't. I'm still happy with what I got though, not to mention how amazing the show looked from the front. Thanks 10c!
As far as the crowd goes, much better than WPB and Tampa. This was only my 3rd PJ show, but it was the best one I've been to yet (the MSG shows will definitely be great... but this was front row.. don't know if they'll beat this one, I'll have to see for myself...)
BTW, that kid also got to go backstage with the band... saw him waiting with his mom during YLB, so that's really cool of the band to do that!
Amazing show altogether... anyone who says otherwise really has no clue what the fuck he's talking about!0 -
Only my 4th PJ show and I'd rate it my second worst! Not saying it was bad in any way, got to experience a ton of new songs (HTI, Hail Hail, Evacuation, I am mine, Light Years, and like 6 more!).
Evacuation was one of my highlights as I have never seen them screw up that bad haha. Mike just stood over there the entire time not playing a chord and then Eddie just screams EVACUATIOOOOOOOOON!
Loved the You trilogy. Cheers to DC and PJ for putting on the usual great show!0 -
did they use the "crazy lights" during YOU ARE???"This here's a REQUEST!"
EV intro to Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns
10/25/13 Hartford0 -
17 Hours since the show started. After careful thought, definitely the best PJ show I've experienced out of
six. Started off great, but got off track when Evolution broke down. Still the crowd went crazy when it did
break down, as if they planned it to be so.(was it Stone's guitar or Mike's forgetting the song?) Eddie
turned around and asked if everything was ok back there, it turned out not to be ok back there, but
eventually was. It says a lot that this band was able to pick it back up in a hot arena and stun first timers
and long timers with a show that will probably never be forgotten by all in attendance. Last Kiss is now
one of my live favorites after being one of my least favorites. I thought that RVM couldn't be as good as
the VS. version after hearing it 3 times previously but as the other posts said, it was. I agree that the
black solo was like none that I had ever heard before. The $70 ticket broke down to around $2.40 per song
which is definitely not unreasonable. I didn't expect to hear 13 more songs after Why Go ended the first
set. I didn't expect to hear 6 more songs after a 7 song first encore. And definitely didn't expect this
large DC crowd to stick around for almost 3 hours on a worknight but, those in attendance knew that the
outcome of this show could not be assumed, only watched until the end.0 -
Hail Hail to the band for going over curfew too. The f-ers at the VC brought up the house lights around 11:15 and they still played two more songs. I'm sure they were pretty amused when Mike played a much extended version of "Ledbetter".
Someone mentioned sound issues, I swear you couldn't hear Boom during the "Crazy Mary" solo til the bitter end. Was very loud and somewhat distorted, especially on the heavier songs. I have 60% of my hearing back.San Fran 92, San Fran 93, Berkeley 93, Indio 93, Fairfax 94, DC 95, San Fran 95, DC 95, Va Beach 98, Columbia 98, Dc 98, Va Beach 00, Columbia 00, Philly 03, Bristow 03, Chicago 06, Chicago 06, Dc 06, DC 080 -
You Are, U, Who You Are
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obiwon76 wrote:Hail Hail to the band for going over curfew too. The f-ers at the VC brought up the house lights around 11:15 and they still played two more songs. I'm sure they were pretty amused when Mike played a much extended version of "Ledbetter".
Someone mentioned sound issues, I swear you couldn't hear Boom during the "Crazy Mary" solo til the bitter end. Was very loud and somewhat distorted, especially on the heavier songs. I have 60% of my hearing back.
I wear ear plugs to concerts and it really helps!9/98, 9/00 - DC, 4/03 - Pitt., 7/03 - Bristow, 10/04 - Reading, 10/05 - Philly, 5/06 - DC, 6/06 - Pitt., 6/08 - Va Beach, 6/08 - DC, 5/10 - Bristow, 10/13 B'more
8/08 - Ed solo in DC, 6/09 Ed in B'more,
10/10 - Brad in B'more0 -
Loved the show despite the sound issues. Boom's solo on CM was way too low. Mike seemed frustrated more than once. I base this on watching him point to his guitar and go thumbs up or thumbs down several times."Buy the ticket,take the ride"
Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
"If I wanted you to understand, I would have explained it better"
Johan Cruijff0 -
awesome.
truly awesome.
I was SHOCKED as to how good this show was, we never get this lucky in DC for shows... no matter who it is, we are always the guys stuck in a date inbetween truly great sets in Philly/NJ and New York... this time, this time PJ delivered the goods, and unpacked them right in front of us.
loved it.
Cant wait for the bootleg*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"lying sideways atop crumpled sheets and no covers
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second pj show both at dc, had my two sons this time 19 and 17, unbelievable night black, crazy mary, and ledbetter with the anthem although it did piss me off when some aholes didnt take off their hats, most did. we saw buffett in philly last week, much better tailgating, but eddie and the boys kicked the old parrotheads ass on stage.0
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Such a fun show last night. Got a chance to go to the Nationals new ballpark which was awesome too. Scored a poster at pretty much 9 o clock right as the band started HTI, its ok that i was late cuz the beer line was so long. The only negative was that it was so damn slippery inside. i literally fell 3 times from my flip flops.98- 9/8.9/10.9/11
00- 8/3, 8/4, 9/1.9/2
03- 4/28. 7/8. 7/9. 7/14
04- 10/1
05- 10/3
06- 5/4!!!!, 5/12. 5/13. 5/27, 5/28, 6/1, 6/3
08- 6/19, 6/20, 6/22, 6/25, 6/27, 8/40 -
Everybody has recapped this amazing show perfectly.
Just wanted to say...I've been a PJ fan for years and seen them live 10+ times but only recently did I renew my 10c membership. This show is the first I've actually bought 10c tickets. And Holy crap am I glad I did!
Thank you so much 10c, my 414,xxx number got me on the floor, row 10, stone's side. WOW.0
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