Get comfortable; it's going to be a long post.
Executive summary for the lazy:
- Awesome show
- I was upgraded to front row center
- Ed commented on my shirt and gave me his pick
Full Story
Background:
Last night I tried getting a single ticket on the floor or first balcony at a reasonable price. Didn't bother paying the high scalper prices because I had 10Club tickets for night 2 and I had just seen a show in Montreal on Saturday night.
I also tried the pre-party fundraiser, but my luck ran out after I won 2 of the prizes in the raffle. (Thanks Mel for donating the Charlotte poster) So I didn't end up going to Toronto night 1.
Instead I went to my ultimate frisbee game late, and with 5 minutes left in the game, I throw a lousy pass behind my girlfriend, who needed to twist while running to try to make the catch. She ended up tearing her MCL. Off we went to the hospital and we were there until almost midnight. She now needs to wear a knee brace to prevent the knee joint from moving until the specialist can take a look at it in 2 weeks. She said it even hurt more than the first time she tore the tendon 8 years ago when skiing.
In short, last night sucked.
Fast forward to tonight. It took almost 40 minutes to make the walk from the pre-party to the venue (I did it yesterday in under 10 minutes) because my girlfriend can't bend that leg and really needs to take it slow. We pick up my fan club tickets and they are 8th row. My intent was to trade with someone 2 rows back on the side aisle (not the center aisle, since I didn't think they would go for it) so that my girlfriend could extend her leg into the aisle. Instead, after we walk in, a very very kind gentleman upgrades us to the front row so that she could just sit forward and not need to worry about it. The seats are directly next to the center aisle, so we are sitting (effectively) front row center.
Before we head inside, I pick up the batman poster and a zippo lighter from the merch table. (They were also selling the other tour poster, but I had already got one in Montreal.) Poster in hand we chill out downstairs trying to make my girlfriends leg as comfortable as possible, because even sitting in a chair isn't great. We were coming up with clever ways to keep it elevated.
Of course we are freaking out a little when we went to our seats part way through Liam's set; and after his set ended I went along the front row, high fiving everyone who got upgraded.
It was remarkable how many people came up to the stage after Liam's set and were taking pictures of the stage setup.
Ed comes out to an extended standing O. There was the standard assortment of irritating people shouting out song requests and chanting Mr. Vedder's name.
At the first 'talking break' between songs, Eddie wants to throw his pick to me but is worried it wont get to me; so he comes to the front of the stage. My girlfriend jumps up and hobbles over to the stage to take the pick. He then proceeds to ask me about my t-shirt which features a stormtrooper mask; I just have to say Mike Watt for it to register that he and Dave Grohl bought these shirts in Toronto when they were touring with Mike Watt on the "Ball-hog or Tugboat" tour and wore the matching stormtrooper shirts on stage for their Toronto Gig. He proceeds to tell the quick story to the crowd, and then continues on with the set.
(I've been wearing this storm-trooper t-shirt to Pearl Jam shows since my first one in '96. All because of that Mike Watt rour)
Musical Highlights:
- Man of the Hour was beautiful and dedicated to Joey Ramone
- Masters of War was very powerful (as always)
- You're True was preambled by a quick story on why he hates getting requests to play peoples weddings. Since he feels like he is letting them down. He said that the only weddings he would play are immediate family and bandmates. Like playing that song at McCready's wedding.
- Let my love open the door singalong was great, splitting the audience into high voices and low voices.
- Helpless was awesome. I thought they were bringing out the second chair for Liam, not EJ.
- Liam and Ed sound really good together on Throw your arms around me.
- He was getting all set for Arc when he heard the request for Patriot and called an audible to get a guitar out there for the song.
- Arc is awesome live.
- I can't believe he played Old Man and Rockin in the Free world after Arc before Hard Sun.
- Leaning on the stage for the entire second encore rocked.
Banter was also good.
- More quips about Liam being high
- Enjoyed seeing the Toronto Skyline from the water - says it looks like Seattle, and our phallic symbol is bigger (but dirtier)
- He was going to get the idiots who shouted out Jeremy and State of Love and Trust to arm wrestle to see which one doesn't get his request (they were both going to lose)
- Nice story about the Neil Young bootleg as well.
All told; amazing, amazing night.
picola a écrit :alors review : c'était sympa
(allez, je développe un tout petit peu - vraiment un peu - : set très péchu, résulatat les chansons sont vraiment différentes de celles des autres dates, meêm si sur la setlist ca ne se voit pas. exemple : sur mes 8 dates, de loin meilleures versions de : i am mine, masters of war et man of the hour, plus porch sans doute. grosse envie pour le 2eme soir de suite, je n'y croyais pas, comme hier c t vraiment quelque chose, impros, patriot en request jouée comme ça, envie de vraiment bien faire sur RITFW, jet de fleurs à la foule en fin de show, vraiment un bon show !!!)
pour Thierry : Liam a quand même tout laché "unplugged" et à la voix seule sans mic, et guitare sèche nous a fait un magnifique Gather To The Chapel !
de toutes façons, le Liam, ses sets n'ont plus rien à voir avec ceux d'avril, tout est beaucoup plus dense, avec au moins une surprise par soir ! 4 soirs là, et à chaque fois la grosse claque ! dédicace par Liam aussi pour ma pomme "for my french mate" clin d'oeil de San Diego où on était voisins de chambre ! (note : là on risquait pas, vu le bouge dans lequel j'ai emmené le Raoul !! )
biz
picola a écrit :alors review : c'était sympa
(allez, je développe un tout petit peu - vraiment un peu - : set très péchu, résulatat les chansons sont vraiment différentes de celles des autres dates, meêm si sur la setlist ca ne se voit pas. exemple : sur mes 8 dates, de loin meilleures versions de : i am mine, masters of war et man of the hour, plus porch sans doute. grosse envie pour le 2eme soir de suite, je n'y croyais pas, comme hier c t vraiment quelque chose, impros, patriot en request jouée comme ça, envie de vraiment bien faire sur RITFW, jet de fleurs à la foule en fin de show, vraiment un bon show !!!)
pour Thierry : Liam a quand même tout laché "unplugged" et à la voix seule sans mic, et guitare sèche nous a fait un magnifique Gather To The Chapel !
de toutes façons, le Liam, ses sets n'ont plus rien à voir avec ceux d'avril, tout est beaucoup plus dense, avec au moins une surprise par soir ! 4 soirs là, et à chaque fois la grosse claque ! dédicace par Liam aussi pour ma pomme "for my french mate" clin d'oeil de San Diego où on était voisins de chambre ! (note : là on risquait pas, vu le bouge dans lequel j'ai emmené le Raoul !! )
biz
myth4343 a écrit :J'ai réservé pour lui
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