Boston, le 24 mai 2006 – Topic officiel

[Invité]

LOL TERRIBLE !!

[Olikatie]

excellente l'affiche !!

[Olikatie]

http://theedge.bostonherald.com/musicNe ... eid=140746

Pearl Jam comes alive again as better band



For most of us, Pearl Jam left the pop culture consciousness in the late ’90s. For the 17,000 strong packing the TD Banknorth Garden last night, they never left.

Calling their recent resurgence a comeback won’t fly with these die-hards, but the sheer energy and spirit commanded by this veteran Seattle rock quintet couldn’t be called anything but a career renaissance.

Despite Pearl Jam’s raucous and aggressive live reputation, the band began the night on a meditative note, starting with the gradual build of the grunge-era classic “Release,” as singer Eddie Vedder’s much-imitated and dearly beloved baritone welcomed the crowd in swaths of melancholy.

The mellow mood didn’t last long, as Vedder and company then stormed through a pair of muscular tunes from their new self-titled record. After unleashing the fury of “Severed Hand,” Vedder’s brawny roar tore through the righteous rage of their new single “World Wide Suicide.” Because of the band’s refusal to court MTV, and their curmudgeonly attitude about releasing radio-ready singles, Pearl Jam’s fan base has become a concentrated pulp of devotees. Throughout the marathon set,fans seemed intent on competing with the band’s amplifiers, all savaging their larynxes at every song break and every utterance from Vedder.

The crowd’s utter devotion allowed the band to sample liberally from their back catalog, with lesser-known tracks such as “Red Mosquito” and “Love Boat Captain” gaining equal footing among more recognizable singalongs including the blistering “Animal” and the visceral blast of “Even Flow.”

The band’s return to the public eye has to do with the ferocity and focus of their newest material, exemplified last night in tunes such as the neoclassic “Unemployable” and the hard-core “Comatose,” both imbedded with infectious hooks that were, frankly, lacking on their past few records. Two overstuffed encore sets ended the night, Vedder mixing in Dylan’s “Forever Young” with their own grunge-defining “Alive.” An extended and typically ferocious cover of Neil Young’s “Rockin’ In the Free World” closed out the nearly three-hour show. Like it or not, these publicity-shedding rock vets are again part of the cultural conversation.

The pride of Louisville, Ky., My Morning Jacket, opened the show, delivering an explosive set of reverb-drenched Americana. They’ll return next month to do an intriguing show with the Boston Pops.

Pearl Jam, with My Morning Jacket at the TD Banknorth Garden, last night.

[Palavas]

...from Québec Fan

[mike baroud]

j'adoooooooooore le poster

et la set list esst bien, avec enfin YL qui saute

[Olikatie]

excellent

[mike baroud]

...from Québec Fan

il assure le fred

mais on a tjs pas de vu de tof de lui avec son t shirt pjforum

[fredbab]

ouah le rappel 2 dechire !!! une fin de show guerriere !!!

[Jezus]

ouah le rappel 2 dechire !!! une fin de show guerriere !!!

J'avais pas fait gaffe. Bien vu !

[El Nino]

j'adoooooooooore le poster

et la set list esst bien, avec enfin YL qui saute

Ah toi aussi t'en as marre de YL à la fin

[mike baroud]

j'adoooooooooore le poster

et la set list esst bien, avec enfin YL qui saute

Ah toi aussi t'en as marre de YL à la fin

on va pas dire marre. juste que changer de temps en temps ca fait du bien et y'a tellement de bonnes chansons pour fini un pijishow ...

[Spark]

Ahhhh enfin plus de Yellow Ledbetter à la fin......!!!

[Olikatie]

il y aurait dû avoir encore + de titres dans les rappels 2:



elle est vraiment géniale cette affiche

[alex]

elle est vraiment géniale cette affiche

...en vente aujourd'hui via BP????

[Palavas]

...logiquement oui...

[El Nino]

Pourquoi ils n'ont pas joué toutes les chansons prévues ? Fatigués ? Ce sera pour ce soir alors

[thefrenchconnection]

...from Québec Fan

enorme !!!

[Olikatie]

http://toddiet123.blogspot.com/2006/05/ ... n-may.html

Pearl Jam - TD Banknorth Garden, May 24,2006



Pearl Jam w/My Morning Jacket
Wednesday May 24, 2006
TD Bank North Garden, Boston MA

Last night I made my way to Boston to see Pearl Jam for the 8th time. The affair started back in November of 1991 when I saw a then "who the hell are Pearl Jam" open a show for The Smashing Pumpkins and the Red Hot Chili Peppers at Boston University's Walter Brown Arena. Over the course of years the band has exploded worldwide and become household names. After all these years they still can pack quite a punch.

Arrived at the Garden just about 730. I had to get my tickets from the will call window. For fan club members this was the only route so it was not until that very moment did I know where I was sitting. I opened the envelope and read the top of the ticket. FloorA, Row 4, Seat 11 and 12. That's right..fourth row. We hurried up to the floor seats as I really REALLY wanted to see My Morning Jacket. They were on their second song when we settled in and they proceeded to absolutley kill. Given 45 minutes they did their very best and come the end of the set a few people rose to their feet to show the band appreciation.

At 9pm the music started over the PA. Up to this point there was very little and if there was it was hardly turned up. It was the opening instrumental parts to "Release" off the the Ten album. The band arrived to a dark/blue light stage and sang the song almost in silhouette. The way I faced the stage the band was a such (working left to right) Mike McCready (lead guitar), Jeff Ament (bass), Matt Cameron, (drums), Eddie Vedder (vocals/guitar) and Stone Gossard (guitar) and they have a touring keyboardist Ken "Boom" Gaspar that was behind Stone.

The band seemed in good spirts as this leg of the tour is working down (ends June 3 in New Jersey). Technically the band was spot on, there was little time wasted between songs and Vedder, known to sometimes be "chatty" kept it, for the most part, with regard to a song they were getting ready to play. Before "Unemployable" for example he dedicated the song to the recent, or soon to be, graduates. World Wide Suicide went off really well from the latest cd and Animal had hands waving above doing the count off of 1-2-3-4-5 against one. Even Flow is always a treat and one of the most recognizable songs. I wonder if the band seems bored playing it and its seemed a tad sluggish, but the solo at the end by McCready was worth the wait.. Why Go closed out the main "set" on a very high note. The band left the stage to return 5 or so minutes later for the "1st" encore. Forever Young, a Bob Dylan cover was just Ed and Jeff sitting and playing the song. Eddie thanked Boston before the start for its years of support and also gave a shout out to Bob Dylan who turned 65. The rest of the band came out for the Victoria Williams cover "Crazy Mary". I never understood the "popularity" of this song. I find it slow and almost taxing to listen to. Two songs later we were treated to another classic with "Alive". This started off feeling like it was about 1/2 the tempo it usually is, as in it was slower than you are used to. The band turned and played a full verse to the back of the arena and McCready, who had been at it all night, was very animated indeed. The second encore started with "Spin the Black Circle". Its a ripping song, but so hard really follow I find. Not sure what it is. Do the Evolution was almost explosive, but this point the band was really firing on all cylinders. Vedder introduced "rats" as something we haven't played in a while, that was a nice treat. During Comatose and Neil Youngs Rockin in the Free World the band really took off. The interaction between band and audience was really stepped up. Vedder smashed two tambourines together for a bit then tossed them in to the audience. He took 2 more and worked the people behind the stage. The rest of the guys threw out more guitar picks and towels and you name it. One a final few rumbling notes we were done. 1130pm we were done. 2hrs 30 Min (prolly 2:20 of music) and 25+ songs, not too bad.

I'll be first to admit that my passion for the bands studio stuff has been in decline the last few years. Granted I still buy the cds when they come out and give them the occasional spin, its nice to see them live to get me back to re-discovering what made me like them in the first place, even on the newer, less popular stuff.

The full set:
Release, Severed Hand, World Wide Suicide, Corduroy, Animal, Red Mosquito, Love Boat Captain, Better Man, Unemployable, Even Flow, Sad, Wishlist, Gone, Green Disease, Down, Jeremy, Life Wasted, Why Go
1st encore: Forever Young by Bob Dylan (Ed & Jeff), Masters Of War by Bob Dylan, Crazy Mary by Victoria Williams, Inside Job, Alive
2nd encore: Spin The Black Circle, Do The Evolution, Whipping, Rats, Comatose, Rockin' In The Free World by Neil Young

Here are some pictures I took at the show. Just as a note I am by no means a photography whiz. These were taken on a Sony Digi Camera 3.2 MP. I tried to wait for the lights to come up (or be up) before snapping off the shot(s). Anyhow..click on em for bigger images.. I also don't really have any set order to them..that would take to long.

[Olikatie]

http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles ... d_purpose/

Pearl Jam rocks with power and purpose

Remember alternative rock? Intricate arrangements of grungy guitar chords, fuzzily worded but zealously delivered meditations on big problems, acres of corduroy? Such earnest and roiling pleasures have been all but subsumed in the stylish post-punk din, but Pearl Jam is here to remind us just how heady it can be.

Tiring, too. The band's set for a near-capacity Garden audience last night was front-loaded, energy-wise. That's a nice way of saying Pearl Jam seemed to grow weary by the time mid-set rolled around. Frontman Eddie Vedder had consumed much of his bottle of wine, thanks to copious toastings. He swigged and sang for the fans (``Red Mosquito"), the college graduates (``Unemployable"), and Howard Zinn (``Down"), and conceived a clever combination slug in honor of birthday boy Bob Dylan and the ubiquitous grads (``Forever Young").

They found the spark later, then lost it, and found it again, big-time. But pacing isn't everything, especially with a band renowned for confounding expectations. Pearl Jam began pensively and illogically with ``Release," a veritable dirge, and closed 2 1/2 hours later with Neil Young's ``Rockin' in the Free World." That both were made into anthems is testament to the devotional fervor of the group's ecstatic followers.

How ecstatic are Pearl Jam's followers? Suffice it to say every song was the night's crowd-pleaser -- from ``Cannibal" and ``Love Boat Captain" to ``Jeremy" and ``Better Man." Even the new songs inspired fits, as well they should: politically charged tracks such as ``Life Wasted," ``Comatose," and ``World Wide Suicide" are among Pearl Jam's most powerful work.

Still more compelling than Pearl Jam's brawny tuneage, though, is the band's chemistry. Vedder, guitarists Mike McCready and Stone Gossard, bassist Jeff Ament, and drummer Matt Cameron are in a constant state of interaction. After 15 years they seem to intuitively sense when it's time to pad across the stage and go toe-to-toe with someone, locking eyes and synching axes in the rock 'n' roll equivalent of a jump-start.

An epic version of ``Even Flow" brought Vedder to his knees, literally and figuratively, eventually requiring him to exit for a smoke break. That's when McCready stepped in with an exceptionally long guitar solo and Ament (the secret weapon in this band) spread slabs of soul upon the stiff-riffed arena-rocker, inspiring Vedder to return to the stage with a few dance moves.

Call it old-school, or the new classic rock, or a band resurfacing -- purposefully -- after a decade of artistic and commercial retreat. Pearl Jam is all of the above, and a pleasure to behold.

My Morning Jacket treated early arrivals to a loose-limbed set of hard, haunted rock that was anchored to the planet by frontman Jim James's desert wind of a voice. The songs, too, are giant, howling things of beauty -- even the pop-minded tunes from last year's ``Z," the Kentucky band's latest gem.

[Olikatie]

http://www.thephoenix.com/article_ektid13365.aspx

Pearl Jam at the Garden

Less is still more


THE PEOPLE'S BAND: Pearl Jam is for you, if you'll have them

After a dozen or more years of taking crap from friends for insisting that Pearl Jam are always great live, I was ready to call bullshit on Wednesday, at the first of two shows at the Whoever’s-Sponsoring-It-Now Garden. With hordes of big guys in baseball hats bustling past me on the way in, hooting and hollering for no particular purpose, I was off to a good start. “Woo-hoo.” That’s right, you’re at the Garden. Shut the hell up and find your seats.

And then, with little fanfare — no explosions or giant video screens — five guys sauntered on a stage and, well, just started playing. You could argue that Pearl Jam take the theater out of the arena. But there’s so much drama down there in the songs — in the performances, too, in the obvious pleasure guitarist Stone Gossard and bassist Jeff Ament take in laying down a solid, supple foundation with drummer Matt Cameron, and in Vedder’s tight-fisted, full-throated delivery. Anything more than some sparingly used green lasers would be too much. Pearl Jam have become the people’s band for those who are willing to have them. It’s an enviable position: no image is the image, no change the expectation. Their overly intense attention to squeezing every last drop of emotion out of every last song — an ailment that once seemed destined to bring Pearl Jam crashing down — has been replaced by a more easygoing atmosphere. The arrival of keyboardist Kenneth "Boom" Gaspar, the long-haired giant from Hawaii who’s insinuated himself into the band as Vedder’s mellowing agent over the past several years, has helped. Vedder didn’t make any over political statements (unless you count dedicating the new “Unemployable” to graduating college students), not even when playing the war-torn rockers “Severed Hand” and “World Wide Suicide” (which came early enough in the set for 11-year-old Jimmy, sitting next to me with his dad, to hear them — and “Evenflow”! — before his first nap.)

Vedder, wine bottle in hand, did make a suspect comment about Boston being special to Pearl Jam. It’s the kind of thing you’d write off as showbizzing, except that there’s some actual history: their first show after Kurt Cobain’s suicide was here, local academic icon Howard Zinn joined them on stage a couple years later, and during one infamous three-night stand they played the entire Pearl Jam songbook. And once again, Pearl Jam struck paydirt in Boston: it happened to be Bob Dylan’s 65th birthday. Vedder saluted him in the first encore with a shaky “Forever Young” and slightly stronger “Masters of War.” An inspired “Crazy Mary” that climaxed with an epic Hammond organ solo (replete with cries of “BOOM” from the crowd) finally got the band rolling again. Jimmy was back on his feet. And, as usual, Pearl Jam had been great. Damn them.