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Hey Eddie
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Its nice to see some things dont change with the 10 C...even during a mock ticket draw I get denied....just amazing.13 year member and I'd say over 90% if the time, I cant get tickets....pretty sad.As I mentioned last week,they should try and get a clue as to how things are done from the Warehouse.

clover68

12 years

i wasn't either .. i think nobody, aside of who won the prizes, was drawn; probably to let go the procedure of releasing the card of the amount that was hold .. just me guessing

RUMMY

12 years

Good morning, Ron.

Have you reviewed Hartford, yet?

clover68

12 years

hot off the press ..

2006-05-13 New England Dodge Music Arena - Hartford, CT

Pearl Jam stop over Hartford this time and they return to move on stage on the notes of Severed Hand intro. I like the way it starts the concert.
To follow the other two that seem to form an inseparable block in which the parts rotate. As the concerts go by they’re growing in performance quality and intensity; well done here in Connecticut.

Eddie says they want to keep crowd warm, but jeez what the hell with Marker in the Sand??? A little bit pretentious I say. There has been quite a lot of talking about Marker, I am one who think that every single song should be played during a tour and I like it a lot in this way but .. we’re at concert #4 and making it a stable it’s way too much for me. If it must be I prefer it later in the set when a calm down could be useful.

Hail Hail to make temperature go to a proper level and it works with a quite heavy beat with crowd waiting to get involved with few quick handclapping after the bridge.
People need another hard punch now and Animal is definitely a good way to throw it; audience response is quite good when it should enter into the song. I have to admit i’m used to other kind of participation by the crowd. However the song is played well enough. Same speech for Dissident coming next.

At this point I think it’s not needed another let down moment. For me the same things I’ve said for Marker count for Unemployable too. I add to those that the songs should be alternate, or one or the other.

Up and down the first part and Corduroy is made to draw the line upside for sure. Like it happens next with Better Man with Eddie wanting a little break in singing and of course crowd take the ball for the first verses; nothing more than a decent sing along though. Loved the job by Boom behind final guitar solo.
Time for Matt to take the lead with the unmistakable beat that introduces Why Go in the middle of the main set and not closing it this time. Great Stoney in designing the rhythmic line. This one never miss to throw energy all around.

Garden next and it’s always a great releasing moment when it comes but like I said for the other appearance it had, this version lacks a bit of the usual biting.
Passing through I Got Shit, better in Toronto with the Cinnamon Girl “joke”, Even Flow and Mike spotlight come a little bit late tonight. Standard execution I’d say; again Toronto N2 was up to another level.
Mike spotlight goes on with one of his creation this time, Inside Job; once again loved the echoing job by Stone while I expect a little bit more by Mike instead here.

One of the best live moment by any band come … Black! .. and Matt Jeff Mike Stone and Eddie don’t fail at all .. not at the top but a very good one indeed .. great the suffering solo by Mike, eyes closed face to the sky I imagine, intense as it must be. We belong together hint to give conclusion.
I’m sorry to say but who miss almost completely is the audience; again probably I’m used too much well but I think the song, the moment deserve another kind of participation.
Time to close the main set; Why Go is already gone so Rearviewmirror to make the work. My impression is that the break comes at the right point .. this, for me, is dragging itself along with a bit of weariness.

A surprising, never played, I’m Open to … open the first encore; I love this kind of thing, not much the song itself, nice sweet song nothing more, but the way they surprise with such rarities during the tours. As said never played before and in fact Eddie doesn’t remember how to start it hehe.
After a dive into a “hidden” side of No Code, one of the best Binaural moment comes next; I love Sleight Of Hand and its atmosphere .. Jeff made a great job on this little jem.
Encore has to turn into a more rocking mood and Comatose and Evolution have surely their sense at it. The first is not a great song but it makes its dirty work in certain live moment; the second .. well it’s evolution baby!!! No need to say other!

Band come back onto stage with the same energy they left going on Go! Torrential guitar-bass-drums lines as usual .. performance quite explosive.
Stoney launches the more classical tune of a PJ show and encore … Alive .. solid version this one and solid Mikey too

A pretty pulled Rocking and Yellow Ledbetter to let down the curtain to a concert that has its solidity with the band in a quite good form. Nonetheless something is missing to elevates it from standard; in part because of the involment of the crowd .. a bit disappointed by the guys there in some key points.
Encores quite poor I’ve to say but I’m always willing for a double 5 hehe

Highlights: Black (head and shoulders above all) – Sleight Of Hand – Why Go

Rating: 3 1/2

RUMMY

12 years

Nice review, Ron. I apologize of I put any added pressure on you to get it done. Admittedly, I have four reviews in queue.

clover68

12 years

no problem Matt at all

i'm always late sigh .. i was already writing it
please wait for tomorrow at least for the next hehe .. kidding do as you wish of course
uh uh uh Chicago coming ...

EDDMB

12 years

Nice review Ron....I was on the ledge with a 3 1/2 as well....but the main set was very very good..so I went with a 4,meaning a very good gig...5 meaning an epic show,for me at least....besides the 2 clunkers from off PJ in the main set,I enjoyed it....a Present Tense would have elevated this show.. ... I felt as if the main set was a 4....the encore an average 3 .....but still wasn't with a 4....maybe because of Black ?????

EDDMB

12 years

On a slightly serious note......we do need to pick up the pace (if possible) gentlemen...today is Jan 15....as of today, we have only completed 4 shows....

clover68

12 years

it seems to me like if an index is pointing at me hehe
you're definetely right though

however we're in delay of one if the pace was 2 per week ...

clover68

12 years

Originally posted by EDDMB:Nice review Ron....I was on the ledge with a 3 1/2 as well....but the main set was very very good..so I went with a 4,meaning a very good gig...5 meaning an epic show,for me at least....besides the 2 clunkers from off PJ in the main set,I enjoyed it....a Present Tense would have elevated this show.. ... I felt as if the main set was a 4....the encore an average 3 .....but still wasn't with a 4....maybe because of Black ?????

Black is always a solid factor and in Hartford was good although my bitterness

RUMMY

12 years

Originally posted by EDDMB:On a slightly serious note......we do need to pick up the pace (if possible) gentlemen...today is Jan 15....as of today, we have only completed 4 shows....

Chicago 1 (2006-05-16)

Often we save are “overall” rating of a show to the end of the review but I think I’ll start by saying that this show warrants five-star consideration.

We start off with the beautifully epic (or epically beautiful) “Release” – still my favourite opening songs and one of my favourite PJ songs altogether. Off the top of my head, I don’t think I’ve ever heard a performance of this song that I didn’t like. No, I don’t think they should open with it every night but I do hope they play it at the next PJ show that I attend.

As per “usual” for this 2006 tour, the band promote the biggest three songs (WWS, LW, and SH) on the new album early in the show and I still enjoy the sequence very much. They follow the trio with “Comatose” (which isn’t the greatest) but I do think it works relatively well in this position. In previous shows, they’ve played it much later in the setlist and it kind of killed the momentum of the barrage of PJ classics. I think they we wise to check it off early on.

Now on to some 1990’s stuff...

Like “Release,” I rarely hear a bad version of “Given to Fly” and this was no exception. “Low Light” follows and, surprisingly, I really enjoyed this night’s performance. It seemed less subdued than usual and I really enjoyed. No matter how many times they play it, you’ll never hear me complain about “Corduroy.” It’s a “top three PJ song” for me. I love it. There’s something so mystic about the lyric, “Everything has changed, absolutely nothing’s changed” that I’ve never been able to get out of my mind.

For the second time, “I’m Open” is played on the tour – much cleaner this time around – which segues nicely into “I Got Id/Shit,” which I love. I’ve always appreciate the emotion that EV pours into the song, lyrics like “I fight back with my mind” have always struck a chord with me – and I love how it seems to end quietly but then the band jumps in with a powerful finally. It’s just a great tune.

“Even Flow” is played. Classic. I’ve always felt that the group can pretty much play anything after this song – you can be rather revved up when it ends so it’d be okay to keep the energy flying but it’d also be appropriate to play something slower or even something new. Just not “Unemployable.” I’ll move on.

Thankfully a very strong “Daughter” follows (still “It’s Okay” – yet) but they do include an excellent “W.M.A.” tag so that (almost) makes up for it. The crowd eats this one up.

Even though I find it quite silly how they relate Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls to the theme of “Present Tense” (much like they did with the Maple Leafs when they played Toronto), the performance is outstanding. The crowd does a great job singing “back up” vocals.

The band doesn’t waste any time when PT ends and they burst into a full on version of “Do the Evolution” - a very nice build up with these last three songs. Good selection, Eddie.

After talking to/about a long-time fan in the crowd, “Jeremy” begins. Nice version, although I prefer it when EV sings the first chorus as opposed to moaning it.

“Save You” provides a jolt to this show (not that it needs it). It’s one of those high-octane songs that (for just a brief moment) makes me want to get into a mosh pit. Admittedly, it’s not as strong as similarly paced songs like “Spin the Black Circle” or “Brain of J” but I still like it.

Mike McCready shows off his stuff to close out the main set with “Porch.” This was one of those Led Zeppelin-esque versions that clocks in at over ten minutes. Sometimes I’m not in the mood for it but this time around it worked for me.

Encore 1 opens with a good version of “Better Man. Once again, no tag but I suppose a song as good as this one should be able to hold its own. “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away” follows. Great song but it was just played the other night so it may have been nice if they opted for something else, be it a cover or one of their own songs. “Come Back” follows. I’m trying to appreciate this song but it might be a bit too late in the set for it. At least they got it out of the way as opposed to interrupting a wonderful sequence of “State of Love and Trust,” “Black,” and “Alive” – a great way to close the first encore. I prefer “Alive” here as opposed to preceding “RITFW” (or some other cover) and “YLB” to end the entire show. Anyway, it ain’t over yet!

“So this is how you beg and plead when you don’t want to leave, EV states and then the band bursts into “Go” – a stunning version. Need more from Vs? How about an intense version of “blood” to nearly close out the show? PJ would never end it now and they break into a beautiful version of “Indifference.” Thanks for a great show guys. We can go home now...right?

Wrong.

“Baba O’Riley” immediately breaks out (yeah, this is better than RITFW.) The crowd erupts. Admittedly, EV’s scream at the end of the first chorus isn’t as good as it often is but you can really fault him too much – he had sung “Blood” not too long ago.

They could have ended it there but, what the heck, why not play “Yellow Ledbetter” to close out the show? I enjoyed this version, if only because they had already played so much!

Highlights: Release, (surprisingly) Low Light, Corduroy, I Got Id, Daughter, Present Tense, SOLAT, Black, Alive, Go, Indifference.

Rating: Once in a while you have to give a show five stars. This concert is one of them.

EDDMB

12 years

Solid review Matt...listening to it again now....no question a very good show...

you can always count on PJ playing great gigs in Chicago and San Diego...they have their roots !!!...lol

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