Highway23
12-03-2001, 06:58 PM
I am sitting here listening to an old 10-01-96 Buffalo bootleg and I'm wondering what you think is/are the staple(s) to an amazing Pearl Jam show. It can be the mood of the band, the setlist, certain songs that are played, Ed with the crowd....
I'm just wondering, cuz I know that there are PJ shows that weren't up to par, as with any band, sometimes things just suck that night. Maybe the band didn't feel well, they were tired, or they just wanted to say fuck it cuz they partied the night before a little to hard :)
To me, I think there are so many things that go together to make a great show. Things that if all go together, make the audience leave the show feeling as they have just seen the greatest show that they have ever seen or will ever see. I've done this, I think that we have all done it.
The beginning of a show is what tells alot to the fan who knows about past shows of the band. The guys come out, and here ya go: Do they wave to the crowd, does Ed come out with his bottle of wine and notebook, does Mike go right to his guitar without doing anything...all these you are looking all at once and it's hard to catch it all...but somehow you think you did a good job.
Next thing, you get the opener, setting the mood I suppose...and when the song is playing you're now in Pearl Jam mode. The emotions begin to flow and your heart is pumping even faster than the "my heart is going to explode" shit you were feeling before the band even came out and you heard Baba begin playing.
Now you are settled down and you're trying to take it all in. Closing your eyes as you sing with Ed and play air guitar with Stone and Mike (and you are good enough to play both of course) and you hit all the drums with your feet with Matt, and your heart beats with every note that Jeff plays on bass, perfectly as well...you are at a Pearl Jam show, playing with the band, and they feel you too.
You got tags, rarities, covers...all these play into the greatest show that you have ever seen...and I've had the honor to hear these as well...rock n roll
The four times that I have seen them, I have been lucky enough (I suppose) to see both the good and the bad. Montreal 98 & 00, are hands down the best shows that I have ever seen, Saratoga was great in 2000 as well. Hartford on the other hand was a great show turned bad...rioting in the front rows and the band doing a very angry version of Porch and leaving the show with pepperspray on their minds...
so what you got to say?
If you want to be a hero well just follow me~Lennon
I'm just wondering, cuz I know that there are PJ shows that weren't up to par, as with any band, sometimes things just suck that night. Maybe the band didn't feel well, they were tired, or they just wanted to say fuck it cuz they partied the night before a little to hard :)
To me, I think there are so many things that go together to make a great show. Things that if all go together, make the audience leave the show feeling as they have just seen the greatest show that they have ever seen or will ever see. I've done this, I think that we have all done it.
The beginning of a show is what tells alot to the fan who knows about past shows of the band. The guys come out, and here ya go: Do they wave to the crowd, does Ed come out with his bottle of wine and notebook, does Mike go right to his guitar without doing anything...all these you are looking all at once and it's hard to catch it all...but somehow you think you did a good job.
Next thing, you get the opener, setting the mood I suppose...and when the song is playing you're now in Pearl Jam mode. The emotions begin to flow and your heart is pumping even faster than the "my heart is going to explode" shit you were feeling before the band even came out and you heard Baba begin playing.
Now you are settled down and you're trying to take it all in. Closing your eyes as you sing with Ed and play air guitar with Stone and Mike (and you are good enough to play both of course) and you hit all the drums with your feet with Matt, and your heart beats with every note that Jeff plays on bass, perfectly as well...you are at a Pearl Jam show, playing with the band, and they feel you too.
You got tags, rarities, covers...all these play into the greatest show that you have ever seen...and I've had the honor to hear these as well...rock n roll
The four times that I have seen them, I have been lucky enough (I suppose) to see both the good and the bad. Montreal 98 & 00, are hands down the best shows that I have ever seen, Saratoga was great in 2000 as well. Hartford on the other hand was a great show turned bad...rioting in the front rows and the band doing a very angry version of Porch and leaving the show with pepperspray on their minds...
so what you got to say?
If you want to be a hero well just follow me~Lennon