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  1. Albany (May 12, 2006)
    (I don't think I can keep up with these length reviews!!!!!)

    Don’t get me wrong, I love the classic openers like “Release,” “Sometimes,” “Long Road,” and “Oceans” but I think it’s great that they used “Wasted Reprise” (followed by what I now consider to be the “big three” from Avocado) to open a show in 2006. I know that it isn’t PJ’s style, but I think they could have done this much more often during their 2006 tour. Once again, this made for a stellar start to this Albany show.

    The momentum continued right into “Do the Evolution.” I don’t know if I was in a good mood at the time, but this version really got me going – that sounds a bit weird but whatever. EV gets the crowd singing with a nice version of “Small Town” and then picks things back up again with “Given to Fly.” A very, very good start to this show.

    Now EV states that they will be playing some rarer songs this evening and they start with a very solid version of “Red Mosquito.” Now I have admitted in the past that this isn’t one of my favourite PJ songs (I like it but it doesn’t rank in my top 50 – even top 70) but this rendition sounded quite good. If there were people in the audience that weren’t fans of this relatively unknown track, they must have been pleased with the band ripping into “Even Flow.” Classic PJ song (played too much, I guess) but I state this because I probably listen to too many PJ bootlegs.

    Next is one from the new album that they didn’t play in Toronto, “Army Reserve.” I like this song – I put it just below the great tunes “Gone” and “Inside Job” from that album.

    A nice pairing of “Daughter” and “Off He Goes” (although a similar pairing was done, more effectively, at the 2011-09-11 Toronto show) is now played. I love both of these songs and they fit relatively well here. May have been better immediately after “Even Flow” however, and then they could have played “Army Reserve.”

    “Gone” (also not played at the previous Toronto shows) comes next. Nice version. I just mentioned that it could/should have followed “Army Reserve.” Maybe they wouldn’t have worked too well together, however.

    Now they decide to bring out something from Binaural and play “Grievance,” a song EV seems to play when he’s upset about something (?). I do like this song – lots of energy/rage – but they have better ones of the same vein. I would suspect that a number of people in the crowd wouldn’t be that familiar with this one but they would have been with what came next – “Jeremy.” I am pleasantly surprised that they played this song all three times (so far) during this tour.

    As they near the end of the main set, out comes “Marker in the Sand” and “Comatose.” I respect them for playing as much as they are from the new album but I am not a huge fan of either one of these songs. They finish the set with “Why Go,” a GREAT tune (although one of my least favourite on Ten – but that doesn’t really say anything, does it?)

    Encore 1 is quite interesting: “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away” is one of my favourite songs by The Beatles and EV does a very nice job with it. Then comes “Satan’s Bed” which I believe hadn’t been played (well) since the 1990’s. They attempted it once early in the 2003 tour but they completely blew it. It’s probably my least favourite of the ten “normal” songs of Vitalogy but it’s still nice to hear. Next is “Sad,” one of their best non-albums tracks (although every rendition sounds the same to me), and then the wonderful return of “Rats” (if history serves me correctly). Like “Satan’s Bed,” “Rats” might be one of my least favourite songs from the album it is off of but it’s still great. The hardcore fans in Albany really got spoiled on this night. The set closes with a solid version of “Porch.” I feel they play this song just the right amount – not too often but often enough.

    Encore 2 starts with “Last Kiss” which isn’t one of my favourite PJ covers. That said I did like some of the slower, more acoustic versions from the 2003 tour, so this one pales in comparison. I’m sure the crowd enjoyed it, however. “Come Back” is next to continue with the “fifties” feel and, in my opinion, this is not a good spot for this song. I won’t restate this in any more posts.

    They end with “Crazy Mary” and “Alive” (what else can I say about the songs themselves that hasn’t already been said. I would guess the crowd was expecting more (YLB? RITFW?) to close the show but it ended there. “Alive” is a strong enough song to end a show on but maybe the crowd might have too much energy to usually finish with this one – kind of like U2 and “Streets.”

    Highlights: The first five songs, Off He Goes, plus the return of Satan’s Bed and Rats

    Overall Rating: 3.5 Stars
  2. ^I forgot to mention "Wishlist." I guess it wasn't that memorable. I still wish they'd go back to performing it like they did in 2000 with the "radio song" lyrics at the end.
  3. Hartford is next!
  4. What do you think of the new and "improved" PJ ticketing system ????
  5. I'm not a 10c member so I haven't really looked at it - aside from your own posts, of course.
  6. Originally posted by clover68:you wanted a world wide tour and you got an interplanetary mini-tour hehehe
    cool the double dates of Eddie in Twin Peaks!!! .. i would love Sin City too hehe


    Hahaha,that is true.My wife said that WITHOUT QUESTION,I should attend the Uranus show......LOL
  7. Here is my email proof :

    Thank you for entering the drawing for the following shows.

    Pearl Jam Interplanetary Tour
    PRIORITY DATE CITY PRICE/PAIR
    1st choice 01/21/2013 Uranus $1.00
    TOTAL $1.00


    wish me luck guys !!!!!!

    you cant make this shit up...LOL
  8. azzzz my friends you are too fast .. or i'm too slow
    haven't listened to Albany yet

  9. it was the same procedure used for the Eddie concerts last summer.
    well taking 10c tickets was such a "lottery" even when there wasn't a lottery hehe
    i hope the drawing system is in such a way democratic .. meaning that if you are drawn for a show you should have less probability for another one .. this if every dates were announced all at once
  10. Originally posted by EDDMB:Here is my email proof :

    Thank you for entering the drawing for the following shows.

    Pearl Jam Interplanetary Tour
    PRIORITY DATE CITY PRICE/PAIR
    1st choice 01/21/2013 Uranus $1.00
    TOTAL $1.00


    wish me luck guys !!!!!!

    you cant make this shit up...LOL

    uhm still have to pick mine hehe


  11. I promise I won't post a review of Hartford until you post yours of Albany.

    That said, I've already listened to Hartford's main set - quite solid, by the way.

  12. Hmmm..ok..try to get a listen in soon Ron...can you get your review in by say.... tomorrow night your time ?

    If not,we will of course wait for you.....there is no mad rush..the shows arent going anywhere...
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