Last Chance Power Drive
7/11/2008 9:11:00 AM
On Jul 10, 5:11 pm, Evolution <myn...@rcn.com> wrote:
> John J wrote:
> > On Jun 29, 7:44 pm, sgh3 <s...@aol.com> wrote:
> >> Tomorrow night's show at the shed in Mansfield, MA (call it Great
> >> Woods or Tweeter Center or Comcast Center or whatever) is the closing
> >> night of Pearl Jam's recent mini-tour and promises (I hope) to be a
> >> great concert. I know thatLaurie(Evolution) will be attending and
> >> I'll be there as well.
>
> >> Any other RMAS folks planning to be at the show?
>
> >> SGH
>
> > Fucking insane how good tonite's show was. 3 hours of energy packed
> > into a 2:10 show.
>
> > Even better is getting home in 25 minutes flat.
>
> > Thank youLaurie/Evolution, and nice to meet you Steve.
>
> > JJ
> > (and Eddie did say that tonite was the last night of the mini-tour,
> > that despite the benefit show in NYC tomorrow, they were gonna leave
> > everything they have in Mansfield. And did they ever)
>
> It was a great show... the last of the tour... :p I did go to the
> Beacon show, and it was awful. Only one of 141 PJ shows I didn't enjoy.
> Felt sorry for them, because it was an open bar and half the audience
> was out of the venue getting drinks or on their way to/from getting
> drinks. Only 5 people in the audience knew "Undone". Only 10 raised
> their hands during Wishlist... etc. The girl in front of me spent the
> whole time sitting on the seat in front of her with her back to the
> stage, drinking, talking, laughing, with her friend. Only songs which
> got a reaction were "Last Kiss" and "Alive"... but I'm sure that's
> because the bar closed by then... the band looked bored during the first
> set, and then Ed came out with renewed energy and tried to get the
> audience going, but it was hopeless.
>
> The other 10 shows I saw were fantastic, with Hartford being my personal
> favorite... Both Boston shows were good, and I enjoyed meeting Mary
> Ellen and Steve and John in Boston and Bill in DC. You can buy bootlegs
> at pearljam.com.
>
> At Boston 1, Ed was in a bad mood... as I was walking in, amongst all
> the booths, were some Army recruiters... evidently, Ed got wind of it
> and I suspect he refused to play unless they left or something, but they
> did play and he did mention it twice. At the second show, they were gone.
>
> Both MSG shows just rocked; lots of energy in that place. I think they
> felt they had to live up to those shows in Hartford, because they simply
> rocked the shit out of that place. And the second Boston show was a
> great tour closer...
>
> The experiment with random people in the first and second rows was a
> failure, with even Ed frustrated that his most avid fans and friendly
> faces were back in the third row. Don't know anyone with a low number
> who got up front, it was mostly newer fans, and Ed didn't have his human
> teleprompters up there; they didn't know all the songs except hits, etc.
> It was fine being in third/fourth row, though, no complaints, but I
> think it would have worked better had they put some of the fans who had
> been in the fan club for 10 years, but never have been close, in the
> first 2 rows instead.
>
> Got the tour cold during the last couple shows and have been recovering.
> Off to LA tomorrow to see the Who tribute, then to Ireland and
> England and Wales on the 20th. Catch you all on the flip side... I miss
> you all, but am enjoying not being concerned with politics.
>
> Laurie- Hide quoted text -
>
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So I won't be seeing you under the purple umbrella this weekend>