Sunday I had a date with Ed, Mike, Stone, Jeff, Matt, and Boom...and about 15,000 others who were there to see Pearl Jam. As some of you may know, I am a big fan. Some would even say obsessed. No matter how you label it, I have been looking forward to the show, my 11th, for several months.The band did not disappoint. They played 31 songs and nearly three hours. Because I have pretty good seniority in the fan club - a dues paying member for over ten years - our seats were great, 19th row just off center. This was the third show Nathan and I have hit together. In 2006 we saw them in DC and in Pittsburgh.
As usual they played a good mix of old an new, fast and slow. They opened with Hard to Imagine, a nice opening song that starts slow and lets everyone ease into the night. It was the first time I had heard it. The next few songs increased in tempo leading up to a stellar Do the Evolution with the lights up and entire crowd having their hands up chanting 'hallelujah' at the right time. Ed had a few political rants, about the need for the people/shareholders to take the country back, the bullshit arguments big oil is using to try to promote offshore drilling, how we should "put some color in the White House" which led into Green Disease, and another about the story of wounded Iraq War vet Thomas Young (who is from KC) before No More.
Other highlights included I God Id, Who You Are - they brought it back this tour after not playing it for ten years, and All Along the Watchtower. For Watchtower, they brought a 13 year old kid up and Eddie gave him his guitar. The kid, who we found out is named Jake, looked kind of nervous at first but then seemed to be loving every minute of it. Just like the rest of us.
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Hey Chris! We'll have to compare Pearl Jam concert notes. Although...that might be a bad idea because I only know their "hits" and when I say hits, I mean, songs I listened to from my high school/college days. I know, I know...I'm a crappy fan :-)
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