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  1. That's right, Ed. I gotta pace myself!

    I can't believe the number of times that I'm about to listen to "Marker in the Sand" and "Unemployable!" Ugh. Heck, I just may begin to hate "Severed Hand" and "World Wide Suicide!"

    Hope not.
  2. I doubt it..those are solid tunes..its the average/to below average tunes that get me.

    Unemployable,Marker,Supersonic,Got Some..I cant listen to them anymore....and it seems they are on every boot from 2006- present...
  3. 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

    my picks


    Pearl Jam Interplanetary Tour
    PRIORITY DATE CITY PRICE/PAIR
    1st choice 01/22/2013 Mars Standing Floor $1.00
    2nd choice 01/21/2013 Uranus $1.00

    Eddie Vedder Tour To Nowhere
    PRIORITY DATE CITY PRICE/PAIR
    1st choice 01/31/2013 Sin City $1.00

    hehe
  4. Originally posted by RUMMY:That's right, Ed. I gotta pace myself!

    I can't believe the number of times that I'm about to listen to "Marker in the Sand" and "Unemployable!" Ugh. Heck, I just may begin to hate "Severed Hand" and "World Wide Suicide!"

    Hope not.

    you both also have Soungarden coming ... don't forget!!!! hehe

    (a little reminder here too in case you don't go in the Garden (topic) )
  5. finally back from Albany hehe

    2006-05-12 Albany, NY - Pepsi Arena

    With the usual notes of Master-Slave over the PA PJ cross the border, 3rd gig of the tour and 3rd opening. After the classic way of releasing emotions of T.O. N2, they go back throwing new songs since the first moments.
    Boom starts the show with his B3 introducing Eddie sweetly singing the verses of Wasted Reprise. I always love this few notes and lyrics that makes way for another tune. This time what seems its natural sequel Life Wasted, little uncertain onset by Stoney; he seems like he were not ready yet.
    World Wide Suicide, Severed Hand to complete the, by now, usual pack of 3 songs. Nice they put them out in another different order compared to the previous dates. Very little thing some other band should learn to avoid photocopies concerts, a bit at least … each reference is NOT accidental hehe.

    Evolution comes next giving another little demonstration of what stated above. It raises from the encore to close the first rocking set early in the show.
    of the songs played till now, I haven’t found anything in particular to say; quite anonymous performances of each. Nothing bad but it seems to me the band is going with the handbrake pulled.

    Impression confirmed by Small Town .. a good test in this song is the “I just wanna scream … hello” part .. very restrained here. Eddie seems to hold back his voice not forcing it like he knows to do.
    Almost the same thing when they’re a strange spot in the sky human beings that were Given to Fly. Great great classic song, lovely arpeggio and all but this time it doesn’t fly to its top level.
    Very nice entry next with a not-so-often-played Red Mosquito; little crack at one point by Eddie’s voice .. giving evidence that he’s not forcing due to some kind of throat problem maybe,
    Mike counting 1-2-3-4 to introduce what is one of his spotlights -> Even Flow; last night it was simply great, this time it flows without any particular tremor.

    Army Reserve debuts at this point .. I like the groove of this song, Jeff made a great job for this song; good first performance with a cool Boom near the end and a very nice job by Stone and Matt on backing vocals .. “I love Matt Cameron” said Stoney a while before and I 100% agree with him hehe.
    Daughter goes away in line with the trend of this show .. Eddie trying to involve a little more the audience with the Another Brick tag but nothing spectacular sorts out.

    Eddie launches the first chords of Off He Goes .. always a certain dreaming atmosphere all over the number for me; I’d say it emerges from the standard of the show; loved Mike’s pinches.
    other number and other debut, aside of the pre-tour appearances, Gone. I likeit quite a lot and nice version this one. Soon Grievance is thrown and Eddie shows once again that his voice is not in top form; he doesn’t tackle the lyrics, stops the verses and so on.
    Pretty the same for Jeremy even though it’s always a huge pleasure listening to any version. Love it as it comes.

    Of course it cannot be Marker in the Sand to mark a u-turn for the show and of course it doesn’t.
    Comatose and Why Go are a double punch to close the main set and both need other kind of strength on them .. Stone, Jeff and Matt did quite good over Why Go anyway.

    Eddie retuns on stage for the 1st encore doing a very nice cover of the great Beatles song Hide Your Love Away that will become a stable during his solo tours.
    I had to wait almost 20 songs and second encore for a Vitalogy number and .. wait .. it’s not Better Man? Cool!!!! Hehe … Last Exit? Black Circle? Nooo .. it’s Satan’s Bed .. I really love these bad boys doing this kind of things 
    The list of wishes then and Eddie seems to forget some .. one of those of someone is to have Rats in the Porch.. the rats don’t come out so often, on the contrary .. first time with Matt like Eddie said? I’m pretty sure they did it back in 1998 when he joined touring with the band. Anyway it’s been for sure since a while and you can see it from the false start of the song hehe.
    Coming to Porch I’m not completely agree with Ed this time  .. it’s a veeery long jam yes true, but I love the Mike and Stoney rave all over Albany and impressive Matt covering them

    Second encore starts in the same way of the first one .. meaning with a cover even though definetaly more PJish than the other .. Last Kiss .. easy song that don’t bother me when they play it but I wouldn’t miss it anyway. Different drumkit used here.
    Come Back pretty nice but, like I said, it lacks that special deep passion when performed in particular days/events.

    Very cool start for Sad with the riff hint before the 1-2 count; Mike seems to experiment some special effects in there, aside of that better having been sad in Toronto.
    Sad-Crazy Mary-Alive could easily be a first part of an encore, but no they shift them to close the show. I sincerely don’t like that much Alive as last song even though it has its why(s). however it shows, if it were necessary, once again how awesome they are.. they try and do everything they want as it should always be at a rock concert.

    In conclusion I’ve found it a sub-standard PJ gig with a couple of “surprise” here and there; not a wonderful setlist and songs played without that something extra they easily can put.

    Highlights: Off he Goes - Porch - Army Reserve – Satan’s Bed

    Rating: 3- (or 2 1/2 maybe)
  6. would you mind if i copy and save each review and keep trace of the rankings in a sort of report?
  7. It's expected, Ron.

    As a matter of fact, I was thinking that I might make a compilation (just two or three CD's long as opposed to my usual four-disc compilations) from our reviews - in fact, maybe I'll a mix for each leg.

    For the record, the first leg is 16 shows long. Starts in Toronto and ends in East Rutherford (pretty much NYC).
  8. Great review Ron,it was worth the wait....I like how you started,with the songs playing over the PA,and the band "crossing the border"..nice touch......in complete agreement with your review....this show was weak,by PJs high standards...IMO,that might be the worst encore by this band..period.....I was wondering why my cd case had a bit of dust on it...this will happen again,but with alot more dust on it...I have placed it back on the shelf,not to be heard from again....

    On to Hartford !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  9. I'm already there - and gone!

    Hartford (2006-05-13)

    This one starts out the same way as Toronto 1 – “Severed Hand,” “World Wide Suicide,” “Life Wasted” (all three are solid) and “Marker in The Sand” (not as good). Once again, I think the intro to “Severed Hand” works very well to open a show. Unfortunately, when they play this one first there’s is almost no chance you’ll be hearing songs like “Oceans” or “Long Road” that night.

    A usually upbeat version of “Hail, Hail” follows but it’s “Animal” that is the highlight so far. Omitted from the two Toronto shows as well as Albany, it makes a grand entrance to the tour - LOTS of energy on this one. “Dissident” is the second of two straight Vs songs and as good/classic a song as it is, it doesn’t follow the pulsating “Animal” very well. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great song but I just think that it works better after something a bit more subdued.

    “Unemployable” is played next. No further comment.

    Now...let’s go.....the two big ones from Vitalogy make an appearance – very solid performances in both “Corduroy” and “Better Man.” I’m sure many fans (both casual and hardcore) really appreciate hearing these numbers at this point.

    The two “returnees” from Ten, “Garden” and “Why Go” are next and they are placed very well in the set. However, one thing I’ve realized is that as great as “Garden” is, I don’t really like the pounding 2006 intro to it. I prefer the quiet start is gets nowadays.

    An awesome version of “I Got Id” follows and really keeps the momentum going while changing the style of the music at the same time. The obligatory “Even Flow” is next – I like EV’s call out, “Red Rover, Red Rover, let Michael McCready take over” before MM’s solo. MM continues to show off his skills (both as a guitar player AND as a song writer) with “Inside Job.” I like the position of this song in the setlist.

    With the main set winding down, you can’t go wrong with “Black” and “RVM” to close. It’s always great to hear these two and I didn’t realize how long they were actually played – I just let myself listen to and enjoy the band members work together as a unit.

    The main set ends and at this point, it’s the best of the four shows so far. Unfortunately, the encores did quite maintain the same standard.

    EV picks away at his guitar until he remembers how to play “I’m Open.” I can’t say that I was “excited” to hear this one but it is in line with them trying to play more of their back catalogue in this tour and it’s nice they brought it, I suppose.

    The somewhat subdued mood continues with “Sleight of Hand,” one of the lesser known tracks from Binaural. I would gather only (some/many) of the diehard fans would have enjoyed this one. Casual fans would likely find this one a bit dull, as do I. I’ll say no more a I know that you like this one, Ed.

    EV announces that they are moving from “first to fifth gear” and they rip into ... “Comatose.” Not the song that I was hoping for. Maybe if they had played “Do the Evolution” instead (which is played next), the show would have regained some of the earlier momentum.

    EV begins the second encore by i) stating that the band didn’t play enough songs during the first encore and ii) introducing the band. He assigns various political positions to each member (Bono tends to do this kind of thing quite frequently with the members of U2 – the Rose Bowl DVD comes to mind). Oddly enough, it’s only 2006 (and they’re not in Chicago) but he states that Boom is the band’s Barack Obama - interesting, if anything.

    When they get around to playing music again, they rip into “Go” – awesome! That’s four of the heavy hitters from Vs on this night and I like it.

    Unfortunately, the curfew or something must be coming into effect soon as they don’t seem to play any longer than normal and finish with a rather “typical” finish of “Alive,” “RITFW” and “Yellow Ledbetter.” Great tunes, ho hum positioning. The crowd eats it up anyway – I’m sure I would have too if I was in attendance.

    Highlights: Animal, Corduroy, Better Man, Black, RVM, and Go (I’m stuck in the 1990’s)

    Overall Rating: Four Stars
  11. Interesting article Matt,and that was a solid review of Hartford.......looks as if U2 have been in the studio since 360 ended..say Aug/Sept '11 ?..I was not aware of them being in the studio for that length of time.Kinda nervous about Danger Mouse producing my boys....this month is my 30th anniversary as a fan of U2.I still have my New Years Day 45 single..must getting old huh..lol

    As far as PJ...I wont even go into one of my rants..it is what it is...I will hope for the best,but prepare for no new material....
  12. i come some months after for the 30th anniversary hehe
    about the producer of U2 .. i think that among all the names made in the last years (will i am .. redone.. guetta..) the mouse should be the less danger hehe ... he already produced some interesting stuff.
    my dream for Butch Vig, Jack Endino, Brendan O'Brien or Steve Albini to produce the boys is going to remain in my bedroom hehehe

    (like i said i'll read the review after i write mine : )
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