E. Rutherford, le 1er juin 2006 – Topic officiel

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Salle: Continental Airlines Arena
Première partie: My Morning Jacket
Nbre de spectateurs:
Membre(s) du PJforum présent(s): -

Pre-set: You've Got To Hide Your Love Away, It Makes No Difference (Ed avec MMJ)

Setlist: Severed Hand, Corduroy, World Wide Suicide, Do The Evolution, Marker In The Sand, Given To Fly, Dissident, Even Flow, Army Reserve, Immortality, Green Disease, Not For You/(Modern Girl), Alone, Jeremy, Why Go, Life Wasted, Rearviewmirror

Rappels 1: Wasted Reprise, Man Of The Hour, Come Back, Footsteps, Once, Alive

Rappels 2: Last Exit, Comatose, Leatherman, Glorified G, Leash, Baba O'Riley, Indifference

TFT Notes: "Alone" is played "for the connoisseurs" but the song breaks down half-way through. Not giving up, the band restarts at the second chorus and finishes it up. "Jeremy" then starts with Ed saying "we know this one". The "Rearviewmirror" jam includes Ed singing "I thought I'd never forget (repeated) / but I forget (repeated)". Ed has some call/response from the crowd asking them that if they played "Bushleaguer" would they "boo" or "cheer". Some booing occurs, but it seemed the crowd didn't understand the question. He asks again and draws big cheers. Ed says that he wants to "continue the dialogue" from the last time they were here, but the crowd is puzzled, because it seems Ed is thinking of the April 30, 2003 Uniondale, NY show in which there was booing during "Bushleaguer". "Footsteps" is played for the second time this tour and played sitting down. "Footsteps" is well received by the crowd, who even sing the third verse early, but it doesn't throw the band off. The mamasan trilogy of "Alive", "Once", "Footsteps" is played backwards. During "Leatherman" Ed remarks that he went on a hike nearby in New York where he learned of the "Leatherman" story, and hiked that day with a young man who had just graduated today, dedicating the song to him. Prior to "Leash", Ed remarks that the band is pretty good to fans for playing "Leash" since the last time they were there a fan held up a sign that said "Play 'Leash' You Pussies" (but this was July 8, 2003 NY, NY show and not NJ). Celebrity spottings included the Olsen twins (yes, both this time) and Chris Daughtry (American Idol).


Message pit: http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=196809

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Suite à l’ajout des topics officiels du leg2 et des dates européennes, je post pour remettre en avant les topics officiels du leg 1

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article pre-concert

http://www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dl ... 2/SPORTS08

Pearl Jam charts own course with antiwar hit single

Pearl Jam has never aspired to rock stardom. The Seattle group stopped making videos long ago, consistently refuses endorsements and shies away from self-promotion.

Yet its dated legacy as one of the important bands to emerge from the early 1990s grunge movement hasn't prevented the quintet from resurfacing 15 years later amid a media blitz in an age when Gen-X has grown up and is now primarily concerned with gasoline shortages, home mortgages, family life and the Iraq war.

Lead singer Eddie Vedder, 41, is now a family man in Seattle, where he continues to air his political convictions and ideals in his songwriting. He recently expressed his antipathy toward the Bush administration and his concern over the growing disparity between rich and poor in the United States in an interview with Newsweek.

Pearl Jam and New Jersey's My Morning Jacket will perform at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford tonight and Saturday.

The band is touring in support of its new self-titled CD, which features the hit single "World Wide Suicide," a thunderous antiwar song that mourns a soldier's death and rails against endless war in obvious reference to the Bush administration and the ongoing conflict in Iraq.

"Pearl Jam" is the band's eighth recording overall and its first for Clive Davis' J Records. The songs range from ragged hard rocking wails with unrepentant energy to soft, reflective acoustic ballads.

"Life Wasted" suggests an anti-imperialist stance toward nationalistic global aggression. "Army Reserve" depicts familial loss at the hands of war, serving as an elegy to the wives and children left alone to worry about their husbands and fathers who are away from home at war. "Unemployable" is a melancholic story of a man who can't find a new job.

In recent years, Pearl Jam has released hundreds of authorized "bootleg" recordings of its live shows through its fan service, Ten Club. The band's new CD is its first studio recording in four years, since 2002's "Riot Act" ended the band's relationship with Epic Records.

Pearl Jam has never really fit squarely into the musical identity of the grunge movement set forth by Nirvana. Its shotgun guitars and raging bass and drums have been more akin to classic rock on classic recordings such as its 1991 debut, "Ten," and 1994's "Vitalogy." The former secured the group's financial independence by selling 10 million copies. The latter sealed the band's reputation as one of the best rock bands to emerge in the last decade of the 20th century.

Pearl Jam's core group of singer Eddie Vedder, lead guitarist Mike McCready, rhythm guitarist Stone Gossard, bassist Jeff Ament and drummer Matt Cameron (formerly of Soundgarden) has moved restlessly in its live shows and recent recordings from its old metal weight to a new neo-psychedelic mesh of political idealism and classic rock.

[patnancy]

p'tain j'ai un pote qui y sera ce soir ou demain, je sais plus lequel des 2 soirs.
Sa soeur habite au state et il y va une fois par an et comme par hasard il y va kan PJ est à New york !!!!!!!!!!!
J'suis dég mais content pour lui..........
Allez bon concert mamolo .............

PS : j'lui est demandé d'acheter un poster à tous les membres du forum
et si il le fait pas j'vous filerai son phone quand il sera de retour la semaine prochaine !!!!!!!!!!!!
LOL

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Severed Hand, Corduroy, WWS, DTE, Marker in the Sand, GTF, Dissident, Even Flow, Army Reserve

[Québec fan]

Mamasan Trilogie renversée !!

SOLIDE !!

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ainsi que Leatherman et surtout Alone

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ainsi que Leatherman et surtout Alone

Alone stopped when Eddie's mic cut out, then restarted halfway through...

Ed a son micro sans fil ce soir ?

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Indifference

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Show closed with Indifference !!

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très bonne setlist, j'aime quand ils interprètent Dissident et Glorified G lors du même concert; sans oublier Alone, Leatherman, Immortality, Marker In The Sand, etc.

je ne comprendrai jamais certains fans: ils ne cessaient depuis des années de demander à PJ de rejouer Leash (ils n'avaient que ce mot à la bouche) et à présent, il y a des posts sur la message pit leur demandant d'arrêter de jouer ce titre; certains ne sont jamais contents!

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un article déjà en ligne:



Concert review: Pearl Jam



Nothing could stop Pearl Jam.

Not the curfew at East Rutherford’s Continental Arena. Not the glaring house lights. Not even an injured lead singer.

Pearl Jam played and played. Then they played some more.

Altogether, the band performed 30 songs Thursday night. Eddie Vedder and crew played everything from classics such as “Even Flow” — off the band’s 1991 debut “Ten” — to songs from their month-old self-titled release.

“There’s a lot of you and if you’re staying, we’re staying,” Vedder announced to the packed house, well after the clock had struck 11 p.m.

And stay they did.

The band performed seven songs after leaving the stage for the second time, despite the fact that Vedder appeared to be limping after singing “Alive,” the band’s 23rd song of the night.

Physical injury may have explained why Vedder didn’t jump around the stage more during the show.

The band started out with high energy, working the crowd, dancing and improvising endings to songs. (“Even Flow” ended with a long, rocking solo by Mike McCready, and Matt Cameron was a fury of snare hits at the end of “Immortality”).

But by the middle of the concert, the group mellowed for a more intimate set, performing a piano version of “Life Wasted” and two other gentle ballads, “Come Back” and “Footsteps.”

Whatever energy the band displayed, the crowd was right with them. At times, the fans sang louder than the band.

“Going to a Pearl Jam concert is like going to church for a lot of fans,” said Richard Troost, a 38-year-old fan from New York. “There is a synergy with Pearl Jam for fans.”

For many of the thirty-somethings in the crowd, Pearl Jam was the soundtrack to their biggest memories: the songs playing in the background when they graduated from college and, for Troost, got married. (His wedding song was a cover of Elvis’ “Can’t Help Falling in Love” sung by Vedder.) The fans love Pearl Jam for being there. Also, for being the only ones left.

Most of the ’90s grunge gods are dead or have long ceased to tour. Nirvana is gone, though Dave Grohl is still rocking with the Foo Fighters. Soundgarden has broken up. Alice in Chains ended.

Only Pearl Jam remains.

After the previous two albums, some wondered whether they had strayed too far from their grunge roots to be considered the last band standing from the era. But their latest release has allayed such concerns. Critics have hailed it as a return to the sound that the Pearl Jam fans first fell in love with.

Almost all the songs played Thursday were from early albums such as “Ten,” “Vs.” and “Vitalogy” and the latest release.

Despite being 15 years old, the band sounds today just as they did when they released those early works. Vedder’s voice was as deep, rumbling and resonant as ever. Mike McCready showed he still had his chops, playing behind his head, Hendrix-style, and wailing on guitar solos.

They showed that age hadn’t made them wimps.

“You boo us and we come back,” Vedder said, referencing being booed by some audience members the last time he played the arena. “We come back every [expletive] time.”

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Excellent show tonight ladies & gents. Ten Club #138xxx got me seats in the 14th row on the floor on Mike's side.

Pearl Jam came out fast and furious and hardly gave us a moment to breathe during the main set. There was little talking during the main set. About four songs in Ed said hello and had a swig from his wine bottle. Before Army Reserve he taunted us by saying the Boston crowd was louder. We booed loudly at that point although I'd have to agree with him and say it wasn't the best crowd I'd ever been a part of. The Army Reserve --> Immortality --> Green Disease combo was great although it didn't look like many people knew the latter. Ed introduced Alone by saying this is for the connoisseur. Stone's guitar died during the song and they halted it midway through. Stone got a new guitar and they restarted it from where they left off. Why Go, Jeremy, and RVM got loud cheers.

The first encore was fantastic. The crowd sang along loudy to the somewhat obscure set. Footsteps was a huge crowd pleaser and Ed mentioned that the next three songs would go together and introduced Once as Act 2 and Alive as Act 3 to complete the reverse Mamasan. Ed also totally botched the second verse of Once but no one cared. Alive was played with the lights on.

Ed began the second encore by saying "if you're staying we are staying" and they busted into Last Exit. Before Leash Ed asked the crowd if they remembered the incident in 2003 where they played Bushleaguer and were booed loudly at the time. (Note: This actually occurred at Nassau Coliseum in 2003, not E. Rutherford. Not sure if Ed was confused or grouping the nearby areas together.) He said he wanted to continue the conversation but they weren't going to play it. He asked if it would be ok to play it and the crowd kind of booed. He then said the last time we were here there was a sign that said "Play Leash You Pussies." (Note: This was actually MSG. Again, not sure if he was confused or grouping the areas.) He then said "you boo us, you call us pussies, and we keep coming back" and they started Leash. After Leash Ed said "Pussies no more."

Baba & Indifference were nice closers with the crowd singing loudly during both. Can't wait to see how they top this one Saturday.

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Divers photos:
http://community.webshots.com/album/550980407PnvLlD

[Blue, Red,Yellow]

Super set list encore une fois...

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http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.p ... 56&page=22

Excellent show tonight ladies & gents. Ten Club #138xxx got me seats in the 14th row on the floor on Mike's side.

Pearl Jam came out fast and furious and hardly gave us a moment to breathe during the main set. There was little talking during the main set. About four songs in Ed said hello and had a swig from his wine bottle. Before Army Reserve he taunted us by saying the Boston crowd was louder. We booed loudly at that point although I'd have to agree with him and say it wasn't the best crowd I'd ever been a part of. The Army Reserve --> Immortality --> Green Disease combo was great although it didn't look like many people knew the latter. Ed introduced Alone by saying this is for the connoisseur. Stone's guitar died during the song and they halted it midway through. Stone got a new guitar and they restarted it from where they left off. Why Go, Jeremy, and RVM got loud cheers.

The first encore was fantastic. The crowd sang along loudy to the somewhat obscure set. Footsteps was a huge crowd pleaser and Ed mentioned that the next three songs would go together and introduced Once as Act 2 and Alive as Act 3 to complete the reverse Mamasan. Ed also totally botched the second verse of Once but no one cared. Alive was played with the lights on.

Ed began the second encore by saying "if you're staying we are staying" and they busted into Last Exit. Before Leash Ed asked the crowd if they remembered the incident in 2003 where they played Bushleaguer and were booed loudly at the time. (Note: This actually occurred at Nassau Coliseum in 2003, not E. Rutherford. Not sure if Ed was confused or grouping the nearby areas together.) He said he wanted to continue the conversation but they weren't going to play it. He asked if it would be ok to play it and the crowd kind of booed. He then said the last time we were here there was a sign that said "Play Leash You Pussies." (Note: This was actually MSG. Again, not sure if he was confused or grouping the areas.) He then said "you boo us, you call us pussies, and we keep coming back" and they started Leash. After Leash Ed said "Pussies no more."

Baba & Indifference were nice closers with the crowd singing loudly during both. Can't wait to see how they top this one Saturday.

[GreenDisease]

Bonne stelist.... Immortality, Green Disease, Not For You/(Modern Girl), Alone, Jeremy, Why Go, Footsteps, Once, Alive....

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Rock still alive in Pearl Jam

Near the end of Pearl Jam's show Thursday night, singer Eddie Vedder announced that he wanted to "exchange" words with the audience. He recalled his 2003 show at Nassau Coliseum, when fans booed loudly after he appeared wearing a mask of President George W. Bush and played the protest song "Bushleaguer."

"We're not gonna play it," Vedder promised. But he wanted to know: How would people react if he did? This time, the boos were drowned out by roars of approval.

Vedder and his band have always had a bit of the 1960s in them, espousing left-wing politics and famously fighting to loosen Ticketmaster's stranglehold on the concert industry. Musically, too, the band sounds like it ought to date back much further than the grunge era of the 1990s.

A shorthand description of grunge might be classic rock played with punk intensity, but there always seemed to be more Cream than The Clash in Pearl Jam. The band has a strong psychedelic undercurrent, with swirling melodies and dense arrangements. Its grandiose songs seemed better suited to the cavernous spaces of arenas than the close confines of a club.

All the hallmarks of arena-rock were on display during Pearl Jam's two-hour, 15-minute concert. The band indulged in long jam sessions, with guitarist Mike McCready unleashing dramatic solos that recalled those of Eric Clapton. (He even stood like the guitar legend, legs together, head back, fingers doing the work.) A rumbling drum solo from Matt Cameron punctuated the grunge-era hit "Even Flow." Jeff Ament got fancy by switching to an upright bass. Meantime, Vedder stomped around the stage, swinging his mop of hair and taking the occasional awkward spill. A little mud and we could have re-created Woodstock.

Despite its shaggy tendencies, Pearl Jam remains a versatile rock band capable of surprises. One such surprise is its latest, self-titled album on J Records, which happens to be one of its best. The disc is raw and abrasive, a departure from the thick, chewy sound that sustained the band through the 1990s. Many songs are economical, even streamlined, like the sharp bursts of noise that defined early punk. Yet the band never forgets the hooks, which may explain why it could play the new single "World Wide Suicide" and seven other new tracks and still hear the crowd sing (and scream) along.

There were plenty of hits, of course, including the dark narrative "Jeremy" and the over-the-top anthem "Alive." But the new songs provided some of the more electrifying moments. "Life Wasted" steamed ahead on Stone Gossard's simple, jagged guitar chords; a few minutes later "Wasted Reprise" turned that same song into a pensive ballad.

The show closed with a string of energetic rockers, including the jagged new "Comatose," the fan favorite "Leash" and a cover of The Who's "Baba O'Riley." There's a reason Pearl Jam can still fill arenas by playing latter-day grunge and old-school rock: When it gets down to it, they're pretty much the same thing.

PEARL JAM. Grunge may have faded, but the band remains timeless. Thursday and today at Continental Airlines Arena. Seen Thursday.

Copyright 2006 Newsday Inc.

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ALL-NIGHT JAM

By DAN AQUILANTE

June 3, 2006 -- BY the 30th song - well- past the 11 p.m. curfew at the Meadowlands Arena - Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder won a battle of wills with the hall's management, which attempted to tell the Seattle band when its concert was over by turning on the house lights.

Vedder, a rebel always looking for a cause, embraced the insulting lights meant to snuff out his show after the second encore. He went on to play a bonus concert with seven extra numbers, including "Leatherman," "Leash," a cover of The Who's "Baba O'Riley," and concluding with the very apropos "Indifference."

In the band's 15 years as a top concert draw, Pearl Jam has never sounded better.

Seriously.

When they played Irving Plaza last month it was certainly special, and they sounded every bit as good then as they did at Thursday's concert. But in the club space, the band was unable to squeeze the concert spectacle onto a 20-by-15-foot stage.

At the Meadowlands, there was room to move, room to be playful.

The lighting was fantastic. Every song was illuminated differently, and no effects were repeated throughout the night. In a way, every song was displayed in its own room.

Pearl Jam's open admiration of Pete Townshend was evident not only when Vedder sang, "it's only teenage wasteland," but also in the Who-worthy visual effects.

With light and sound, smoke and mirrors, Pearl Jam created a visceral, heart-pounding production where nothing felt forced - not even the staging of "Alive," where Vedder sang from atop a speaker-stack pulpit. The rock congregation basked in the power and glory, sang along and pumped fists under the spinning reflections of the mirror-ball sky.

If you happened to be a Pearl Jam fan, this was the show of a lifetime. The band tackled their oldest, choicest tunes, including "Jeremy" and "Even Flow," side by side with nearly all the songs from their just-released, self-titled disc.

Not every Jersey-side Pearl Jam show has been as successful as this one.

Vedder recalled how a couple of years ago he and the band were booed at the Meadowlands for doing a song critical of President Bush. He asked, "If we were to play that one again - not that we are - would you boo us?" He added that instead of doing "Bushleaguer" back then, they should have taken the advice of a fan with a placard that read "Play 'Leash,' you p - - - - - s."

It's was a couple of years late, but Pearl Jam honored that song request and did a terrific version. Manhood intact, Vedder eyeballed the crowd for a moment and said, "P - - - - - s no more."

Vedder was funny, totally at ease and assured in the musicianship of his band. This show sparkled from the unwavering confidence of a band at the top of its game.

Pearl Jam concludes its Meadowlands engagement tonight.

dan.aquilante@nypost.com

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Pearl Jam: Still Alive, Very Alive

In late November of 1991, Pearl Jam, on the cusp of becoming one of the world's most popular bands, used an off-night from their run at Detroit's Joe Louis Arena, where they were opening for Nirvana and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, to come to the modestly-sized Blind Pig in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Pearl Jam's revelatory debut album, Ten, had recently been released and their first single "Alive" had just broke onto MTV. Playing to mostly University of Michigan students, the couple hundred people in attendance knew that Pearl Jam would quickly be going on to larger venues and extraordinary heights. Confirming all expectations, the young grunge-rock quintet blew the figurative doors off of the venerable college-town blues club. Even though Eddie Vedder shyly hid behind a mane of hair that nearly obscured his face, he gave urgency to then-new songs like "Even Flow" and "Once." Stone Gossard and Mike McCready hardly moved an inch; with visages of stern concentration, they belted out one soon-to-be famous guitar riff after another. All the while, the awestruck audience passed beers up to the band while soaking everything in with self-congratulatory glee.

Since that night: Pearl Jam followed up Ten with many more critically acclaimed albums; flirted with "best band in the world" status; fought a nasty battle with corporate giant Ticketmaster and sidestepped a potential slide into irrelevance. In 1991, eager to shed the unavoidable "another Seattle grunge band" label, Pearl Jam had everything to prove to the world, wrapping themselves up within the mantra of "five against one."



Fifteen years later, the Pearl Jam that came to New Jersey's Continental Airlines Arena for a pair of shows concluding the first leg of the American tour unsurprisingly bore little resemblance to the one that took the stage years ago in Ann Arbor. Eddie Vedder displayed not one iota of the stage fright that seemed to beset him in the early days of the band, perfectly comfortable fronting the band while playing an energetic rhythm guitar. The once stoic McCready now walks circles around stage-left with a near obsessive-compulsive fervor, tossing the guitar behind his head to play his "Even Flow" guitar solo. Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament roamed the stage, exhibiting a level of comfort and excitement developed over the years. Drummer Matt Cameron, well, in 1991, he was playing with Soundgarden. One thing hasn't changed though; they still can't dance.

Pearl Jam's ability to instantly connect with their audience also hasn't changed. The band's empathy with their fans has been a motivating factor behind many of the band’s public fights, especially their nasty spat with Ticketmaster. Their history of dealing honestly and forthrightly with their fans has created a bond similar to that fostered by the Grateful Dead and their loyal followers. On their first night in New Jersey, Vedder continued a dialogue with the audience that he started with the Garden Staters a couple years ago. Pointing out that a large portion of the crowd booed their performance of the anti-Dubya song "Bushleaguer" on their last show there, Vedder asked if the song would get a similar reaction were they to play it now. Based on the reaction of the Continental Airlines Arena crowd, the politics of the song might have found a more accepting audience this time around. Vedder also noted that the last time they were in town, he saw a sign that said, "Play 'Leatherman,' you pussies." While it may not have been the most traditional form of requesting a song, it did get them to play an impassioned version of the tune.



Vedder still has the shamanistic, charismatic stage persona that has served him well over the years. Numerous songs from Ten worked their way into the set list but the passion and zeal with which Vedder once sang those songs has been transferred to newer songs like "World Wide Suicide" and "Life Wasted." Vedder's excitement can often get the better of him; at the close of the first encore, Vedder misjudged his leap concluding "Alive," taking a nasty spill onto his hip that caused him to limp offstage. In the second encore, Vedder once again went to ground, misjudging the sturdiness of one of the monitors fronting the stage and landing on his butt during the second verse of "Baba O'Riley," their lone cover of the evening. Vedder's recklessness is emblematic of the band's desire to put their all into their performance. After all, who can't get into a show where the lead singer consistently threatens to injure himself in his effort to entertain?

Even though the set list changes nightly, Pearl Jam consistently dips into their back catalogue, mixing in beloved classics with those from their recently released self-titled album. Even though the songs may differ, Pearl Jam always offers something special each night. On Thursday night, they performed the first three songs the band wrote when Vedder joined the band after Mother Love Bone singer Andrew Wood died of a heroin overdose. Playing the trilogy in reverse order as they came out of the extended acoustic set that kicked off the first encore, Pearl Jam ran through "Footsteps," "Once" and "Alive." Although Vedder announced that they were the first three songs they wrote together, he never commented on the thematic connection running through them. Like most things Pearl Jam, it worked on different levels. Those unaware enjoyed the songs on their merit; those in the know were given a small gift from a band that seems to enjoy giving such things to their fans.