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So we're sitting there, watching the roadies do their dirty work when the lights go down, and a white stool was placed centre stage along with an angled mic stand - Ed did a preset!! I looked at my wife - smile ear-to-ear - I wondered what he was going to play, Hide Your Love Away? Dead Man? Don't Be Shy? Last Kiss it was. Admittedly, I'm not a fan of the song, but for some reason it sounded better to me than it ever had before - then Ed introduced MMJ and they did the song It Makes No Difference. I was not very familiar with MMJ before the show, but they won me over. Good set.
So I sat down for the one break I would get to take, while the crew cleared away MMJ's gear. Anticipation. Suddenly, Master/Slave starts droning out of the speakers, and we were up on our feet. We see Boom on stage, and we wonder "what's the opener? LBC?" - Betterman featuring a guest vocalist: the Audience. It was goddamned awesome. Then we get Given to Fly, and then World Wide Suicide - energy out the ass, man. After Life Wasted, the girl next to me thanked me for singing in key. Severed Hand featured the prerecorded intro and was off the hook. Then they followed it with Faithfull - wow. Then Unemployable!! I was so excited to hear this song and they rocked it. Gone was great, and they followed it up with Daughter. Ed warned us before they got Daughter underway that we were going to be helping, then they had a quick conference before starting the song - looked like chords were being worked out. So they did Daughter, and during the end jam Ed gets his guitar, I looked at my wife and pointed at Ed and raised my eyebrows. What would be the tag? IT'S OK!!!!! Holy shit, it was It's OK. Ever since they did this in Jones Beach 2000, I have been itching to hear it, thinking it would never happen. It did. MFC led to Immortality - accentuated by Matt's always wonderful drumming. Lukin set the pace for the rest of the main set as they followed it with Do The Evolution and Spin the Black Circle - keeping the energy at nice high. They ended the main set with Porch, an awesome version with Ed rocking the guitar. At some point during the main set, Ed introduced the band, and it was cool as hell when he announced that Jeff was supporting the Cavaliers (I know you Detroiters will disagree with that), I particularly enjoyed that little bit.
So anyway, they left for the encore, and we see some stools come out to the stage along with Jeff's standup bass - my wife and I got our hopes up for Man Of The Hour (we really wanted to hear this for personal reasons), but we got Wasted Reprise and Thumbing My Way instead - still a damn good start for the encore because Inside Job came next - and my sweet lord did that rock. The lasers and fog set the perfect mood for the song. Black was pretty as always, and Alive provided me with a chance to change the wallpaper on my cell phone as I got a sweet picture of Ed and Mike standing on the PA playing the solo RIGHT IN FRONT OF US!!!!! Then they left the stage again.
Encore 2 - this is where it got out of hand. Go and Comatose started the proceedings, then Ed announced that it was time to honor some requests. So they broke out U!! Afterward, one of my wishes was granted - see, I yelled "let Stone sing" and "Don't Gimme No Lip" as soon as I heard the word "requests". So imagine my elation when Ed announced that they had a guest vocalist with them and Stone stepped forward while Ed grabbed his guitar and they did Don't Gimme No Lip!!! I was out of my mind with joy - here I am, at a Pearl Jam concert, seated in front of my guitar hero, getting to see him do one of my favourite songs!! I don't know if you read these Mr. Gossard, but just in case - Thank you. So after that stellar moment - Stone walks to Jeff's side of the stage, and Jeff walks to Stone's side and Ed announces that they have a special guest guitarist, Mr. Jeff Ament! Smile was played and it was fucking awesome. Then the 12 string bass walked on stage, and they beat the hell out of Why Go. Where could they go from there? Fuckin' Up, that's where. Ed murdered a handful of tambourines, and someone tossed a hat on stage. It was cool. Then when we think they are done, Ed shared with us a dream he had about the moon disintegrating while he and his family were dining at a sidewalk cafe. He connected the dream to democracy and gave us the advice to go out and vote, then Mike played Yellow Ledbetter with his ass. Then we went home. It was a great show.
It was my third time seeing Pearl Jam in concert and it was easily the best concert I've seen in my life - better than Page and Plant at the Gund in 1995 if you'll believe it. Thank you Pearl Jam for giving me and the love of my life something special to have shared.
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Finally to the show!!!
Got Last Kiss pre-set which was nice and more importantly it wouldn’t be in the main set (sorry not a favorite of mine).
Betterman was different as an opener. The wound up crowd took over the first verse with authority as Ed leaned back and strummed the chords. Not the best opener – but it ended up working.
Next – GTF – always great to hear – and to me anything off a Yield is a huge plus – one of my favorite albums (little did I know 3 more Yield tunes were yet to come!)
Then we went into the WWS-Life Wasted-Severed Hand bunch. I was anxious to hear in person for the first time – saw all the recent performances – Letterman, AOL, Jools, etc. and heard some of the recent boots but live it was different. I’m sorry to say I agree with others – they need to break up these songs a little. WWS was great but I felt the momentum dropped greatly after that. Love the tunes but just all too similar or something to play back to back to back like this…
On to Faithfull!!! My first “Holy Shit” moment of the night. 3rd time hearing this live and it never gets old – great performance – great song – just Pearl Jam nirvana here for me.
Next Unemployable – was looking forward to this since the WWS b-side came out. It was good but works better on CD than live for me. Picked up near the end with the “oh,oh,oh’s” but never got going for me. Don’t get me wrong it was by no means bad but didn’t really move me live like the album version.
Gone was just the opposite – I never really fell in love with the album version – but live this song really delivers! Awesome how this song builds up.
Next “Holy shit!” moment was before Daughter with Ed asking us to help out later in the song and him showing Stone some chord progression changes before starting… and there it was “IT’S OK!!!!!” Oh dear – this was just an awesome moment for me. After seeing the Touring Band version when they played it at the first US show after coming back from the tragedy in Roskilde this tag is just so powerful to me… One word - amazing.
MFC!!!! More Yield = me happy! Ed fucked up the lyrics – but didn’t matter to me – loved it still.
Immortality – as soon as it started I was excited about Matt’s solo at the end – and did he deliver – great, powerful song live with explosive finish.
Lukin into DTE – this was a curve ball but they hit a home run with it. I never get tired of DTE live – the place always starts bouncing on this one! Loved Ed’s “…admire Stone!” comment!
STBC – after DTE this was like going into overdrive. Another great live one I never tire of. Great crowd reaction…
What’s that I hear? Slow Porch chords??? Oh yes!!!! Lukin->DTE->STBC now fucking PORCH!!! - This was a “Holy Fucking Shit” moment for me. Before this one Ed went to Mike and I had a feeling since no Even Flow was played yet he told Mike to solo for a while on this one so he could catch a break – which he did.
Encore 1….
Wasted reprise was nice. Not a huge Thumbing My Way fan but it was nice to hear.
Inside Job – one of my favorites on the new album. I was a little nervous after being a little let down on some of the earlier new tunes – but not here. This song just builds and builds. Loved the lasers and double neck SG. They’ve gotten this song to work live. Just need more Boom on the piano intro – other than that perfect. Would make an awesome opener.
Black – I will never, ever tire of this song live. Ed always gets into it and it is always so emotional. The little bit of “We Belong Together” at the end was another Holy Shit moment for me.
Alive – what can you say – I feel like I should be tired of this song but I always get into it live.
Encore 2….
Said to my wife – I feel Animal or Go. A second later GO!!! Awesome encore opener. Loved every second of this one.
Into – COMATOSE! This one falls into the STBC/DTE category live for me. It just rocks live – way better than I thought it would be. Looking forward to this one again.
Next – Ed says it’s time to fulfill some requests!!! We got U which was nice but not too exciting.
Then – oh dear – could it be – is it – yes – Mr. Stone Gossard on vocals!!! DON’T GIMME NO LIP. Real fun to hear live. Complete with Stone chant!!!
What’s this? Stone on bass! SMILE! My wife has been waiting 8 shows to hear this. It was great – the crowd ate it up. This should really be in the rotation more. Great energy – great fun for everyone.
Why Go!!! Odd this late in the set – but it didn’t matter. Crowd really stepped it up. Just a great song and awesome live.
Fuckin Up! Mixed emotions. Glad to hear and always fun. But you know the end is near…
Into Ed’s dream story – which seem to confuse / amuse the rest of the guys and us – but hey it’s Ed. He can read us the phone book and we’d listen.
But Mikey - Yellow Ledbetter BEHIND HIS MOTHER FUCKING BACK the WHOLE FUCKING SONG! After winning the signed book by him early in the day and this performance the evening had come full circle for me.
par mike baroud » Dim Mai 21, 2006 11:45 am 
Jeremy est né le 28.04.06 et Fanny le 17.07.09 
....... et Eddie qui nous fait des double pre-set maintenat et en duo en plus 
