Joined: Thu Feb 23, 2006 5:10 am Posts: 459 Location: milwaukee
still the greatest concert i've ever witnessed. the most perfect day you'll ever see weather-wise, the boys were coming off a couple days rest and were very fresh, and the place was filled up with about 35,000. the result was a 30-song performance, including a 13 songs between the two encores.
so many memories...pj hitting the stage at 8:15, no intro music or anything, and sometimes as the opener; the drunk-ass running up on stage during crazy mary, w/ed letting him sing and then dancing with him; little wing tagged onto yellow ledbetter, which for that time was very rare; eddie's rant at the beginning of the 2nd encore (followed by an outstanding version of hide your love away)...the list goes on and on. an epic.
set: Sometimes, Corduroy, Green Disease, Save You, Gods' Dice, Faithfull, Immortality, Love Boat Captain, Insignificance, Deep, I Believe In Miracles, You Are, Better Man/(Why Can't I Touch It?), Jeremy, Even Flow, Daughter, Rearviewmirror
enc 1: Go, Animal, Elderly Woman, Glorified G, Bushleaguer, Do The Evolution
enc 2: You've Got To Hide Your Love Away (Ed solo), Breath, Crazy Mary, Know Your Rights, Fortunate Son, Baba O'Riley
enc 3: Yellow Ledbetter/(Little Wing)
notes: PJ takes the stage early (while it is still light) to a deafening ovation. Jeff has the standup bass out and the whole fan club section goes wild as soon as Ed hits the first note of 'Sometimes.' After 'Immortality,' Ed greets the crowd and recalls how cold it was last time they played Alpine, and how that crowd must be the "toughest audience in rock and roll history." "We made a pact after the show never to play that fucking place again." He jokes about the smoke and introduces Boom as coming from the land of the best smoke, leading to 'LBC.' During the break in the middle of 'Insignificance', the band stops but Mike keeps playing. He holds his hand up, laughing, as if to say "Yes, that was me that fucked up." 'I Believe In Miracles' is dedicated to Johnny Ramone. 'Jeremy' (introduced as "Here's a new one for you") and 'Even Flow' are both loaded with energy. Soothing 'Daughter' tag: "Hush my baby, don't you cry. Sing yourself your own lullaby. Hush my angel, go to sleep. You have your own soul to keep." On returning for the encore Ed says they can't go yet as it just got dark. 'Go' and 'Animal' keep the crowd frenzied. Ed says they want to make sure the show is longer than the drive for those who came from Chicago and anywhere else while 'Elderly Woman' is for those who didn't have to drive far. Ed holds back the band and has them repeat the final "hearts and thoughts" to let the crowd continue singing along. Introduced as the "president's favorite song," 'Glorified G' is a big crowd pleaser and has modified lyrics: "Got an army; in fact I've got two. That's OK man 'cause I love money. He reminds people about voting and to "stand up and be counted," leading to 'DTE,' which includes "Admire me, admire my home, admire my son, he looks like Stone." To quell the screams when Ed returns for the second encore wearing the silver jacket, he says, "Don't be seduced by the jacket," and he tells about getting the jacket from The Frogs. He begins speaking about voting and being active and goes off on a big tirade:
"Power to the people man.... The real people, the people that work, not the people that sit in their towers, and try to run the whole thing, thinking that we're too stupid to notice what they're doing! They get us in our little holes, and our boxes, and our cages and they show us American Idol and American Gladiators and American .... blowjob, buttfuck, whatever. And everyone watches with baited breath. Oh, who's going to get a blowjob tonight? What American's going to get a blowjob tonight? When in reality, you could be getting one yourself instead of watching the fucking TV, I don't know. I digress. I'm going to get a guitar. But we were just talking in the back, and we were thinking that maybe uh, on the strength of a night like this, and uh, really, uh, so you understand how much we appreciate it, we were thinking that instead of uh, waiting 2 years or even, uh, after we finish the next record, maybe just next summer, we could come back and play, just a few places that we've been to and this would be one of them. And hopefully even in a year, the world will be a little more straightened out."
Then he talks about how his Uncle's friend and how Ed used to steal his Beatles' records and sometimes kept them, He taught Ed how to cuss at age 4 and he dedicates 'You've Got To Hide Your Love Away' to him saying, "Thanks, you did a great fuckin' job." Just before Boom's 'Crazy Mary' solo, a big, drunk guy makes it onstage with security hot on his heels. Ed calmly shoos away security and lets the guy mumble a couple of things (including "God bless Eddie Vedder") into the mic and Ed he dances a bit with the man, then spins him off into the arms of the security. The the conclusion, he says "Boom Gaspar," to big cheers, "and some drunk idiot!" which gets laughs from crowd, band, and crew. Kerry Wood from the Cubs was there and Ed got mixed up and thought it was him for a second and Ed goes to Kerry's side of the stage and laughs with him. With the house lights up, 'Baba' seems to be the show closer with Ed tossing tambourines to Kerry Wood and others, but after Ed says the goodnights, Mike stays onstage with guitar leading to a brief huddle and the 'YL' close, Mike adding a nice 'Little Wing' tag. Great intensity, beautiful night, awesome crowd with Ed obviously feeling better and the band rested, ready to play and having fun after a two-day break.
Joined: Tue Jan 11, 2005 10:33 pm Posts: 366 Location: Venice, CA
no, this was not onyl a good show, but the most rowdy crowd in the US in the last 10 years. It was like a rage against the machine show. the ENTIRE crowd (not just a few people) was pogoing during Go, Baba, etc. It was like a moving sea of people! Also, during the encores people were pounding on the seats of the ampitheater creating this absolutely thunderous roar. It started slow, but halfway through the main set it picked up steam, probably because everyone was getting boozed, but still. The crowd was ridiculous and it was a beautiful day!
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Joined: Thu Feb 23, 2006 5:10 am Posts: 459 Location: milwaukee
BlkFlg2 wrote:
no, this was not onyl a good show, but the most rowdy crowd in the US in the last 10 years. It was like a rage against the machine show. the ENTIRE crowd (not just a few people) was pogoing during Go, Baba, etc. It was like a moving sea of people! Also, during the encores people were pounding on the seats of the ampitheater creating this absolutely thunderous roar. It started slow, but halfway through the main set it picked up steam, probably because everyone was getting boozed, but still. The crowd was ridiculous and it was a beautiful day!
i was in the first row of the lawn and it was probably the most intense experience of my life. that's what happens when you open up the parking lot at 2 and people have nothing to do but drink all day - on a saturday i might add.
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sergeant wrote:
BlkFlg2 wrote:
no, this was not onyl a good show, but the most rowdy crowd in the US in the last 10 years. It was like a rage against the machine show. the ENTIRE crowd (not just a few people) was pogoing during Go, Baba, etc. It was like a moving sea of people! Also, during the encores people were pounding on the seats of the ampitheater creating this absolutely thunderous roar. It started slow, but halfway through the main set it picked up steam, probably because everyone was getting boozed, but still. The crowd was ridiculous and it was a beautiful day!
i was in the first row of the lawn and it was probably the most intense experience of my life. that's what happens when you open up the parking lot at 2 and people have nothing to do but drink all day - on a saturday i might add.
Serioously, if i was in a fucking band that could pack alpine...id do this at least 5 times a summer. fuck.
Joined: Sun Jan 09, 2005 12:28 am Posts: 331 Location: St. Paul, MN Gender: Male
I was there too, and it was probably the best of the 40 shows I've seen from 96 to 06. The show just kept going. All throughout the second encore I remember thinking, "well they probably won't end the show on Crazy Mary, or Know Your Rights, or Fortunate Son, ... " and they didn't. After Baba everyone left the stage, but Mike stayed out there fiddling with his amp and then noodling til the band came back out. I listened to it again today and enjoyed the memory. I still think it's the best Immortality I've ever seen. Just perfect note selection by Mike without devolving into generic shredding. Eddie's little speech before Do the Evolution... And of course the big one before Hide Yr Love Away. I'm not a huge fan of You Are or Bushleaguer, but both were just fantastic that night. Also, Cincinnati had been canceled and Eddie had been sick, so it was the perfect follow up to what I thought had been an underwhelming Chicago show on the 18th. I'd love to see them at Alpine again...
Joined: Thu Dec 29, 2005 10:21 am Posts: 1909 Location: The Jungle
Was indeed a GREAT night...
I totally forgot it was in JUNE too damn it Im normally all up for listening to the shows i was at on the day i was at... and actually had out the June 29th / 30th PJ / Petty sets ready to go for next week LOL
And now that I think about it, I think i missed my Sleater-Kinney show too from 05 that I have on boot UGH!!!!!
But that was a great set, I was up on the lawn, and couldnt believe how much singing along there was...
I think, we possible had THE BEST Betterman and Baba O sing-a-long of anywhere... (yeah yeah i know you cant say that if you were there) but being as far up on the lawn as i was... useally most times the back of the lawn loses focus and isnt as loud... well not that night... I would be 90% of the crowd was singing along on those 2 songs espcially... I remember looking around during Baba when the house lights were up, just in awe at how that crowd was totally eating PJ up that night...
of the 7 PJ shows ive been too... this is probably the best Pearl Jam show... BUT oddly enough... its not the best concert Ive been to with Pearl Jam (Toledo 04 easily tops because of NY's suprise apperance... and those Petty shows, although short PJ sets... were pretty special too)
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Im normally all up for listening to the shows i was at on the day i was at... and actually had out the June 29th / 30th PJ / Petty sets ready to go for next week LOL
