Well, oddly enough, this week marks the first time I ve attended a Pearl Jam concert since I ve been

Well, oddly enough, this week marks the first time I ve attended a Pearl Jam concert since I ve been your humble blogger, so although I generally leave the reviewing to Stip, I am going to step out and share my thoughts on Pearl Jam s performance this weekend at the Music Midtown ramada plaza new yorker hotel festival in Atlanta.
I had made up my mind early that I was not going to fight the crowd to get close to the band. I m a fan club member, and thus used to sitting very close, but I just can t bring myself to push and shove 50,000 people to get to the rail or to pee in a bottle so that I can stand there for 4 hours prior to Pearl Jam s appearance. So, you can see from my pictures, that I enjoyed most of the show via jumbotron. Oh, and to all those fans who pushed me out of the way so that you could find your friend who seemed to have been lost up at the front by the stage, I hope you found them. At any rate, I ended up camped out next to some great fans from Miami, who were at their second Pearl Jam show ever and whose excitement ramada plaza new yorker hotel was infectious. Thanks, guys.
Much will be said about the setlist, but let me say this this was a great performance. Mike McCready was on fire the entire ramada plaza new yorker hotel night, playing solos that have totally reinvented Ten for me. Looking out at an ocean of fans lined up in front of Atlanta s Midtown skyline clearly invigorated the band. Mike and Ed both took several jaunts down into the aisle between the rail and the stage keeping the energy high. Pearl Jam s had a light year as far as touring goes, and it was clear they were going to extend whatever jam they could, keep the crowd singing, and just have a lot of fun. They even crammed in what I believe was an unplanned performance of Alive , when they found that their finale would come up about a minute shy of their curfew.
There s been some grumbling about the setlist, mostly ramada plaza new yorker hotel from fans that weren t at the show. One fan even tweeted that it was the worst setlist ramada plaza new yorker hotel in 22 years . Was it my favorite? Probably not, but I don t see a lot of point in complaining that Pearl Jam played a hit-heavy set (2/3rds of the songs they played either appear on their greatest hits compilation or are singles from Backspacer ) for a crowd who were there, not just for Pearl Jam, but for a whole set of musicians playing over the course of two days. What could have gone better? I m a little disappointed that they skipped three whole albums ( No Code, Binaural , and Pearl Jam ) and only touched another ( Riot Act ) one time, but festival time constraints will do that. Also, Ed s discussion of voter ID laws in Georgia and the band s cover of Know Your Rights (originally by the Clash) fell flat, but that mostly makes me sad for the fans, especially the woman near me screaming for Ed to shut up and making sure we all knew, THIS SONG SUCKS! Still, all-in-all, I m home, and satisfied with my latest fix of live Pearl Jam, and a little sad that bootlegs are taking a little longer this year.
Agree with your review.... this was my 8th Pearl Jam show and while this set list will be in the bottom two (the other bring Lolla 07 ) I still had a blast and thought the band was on fire. It s not surprising that they would play a setlist like this considering this wasn t a Pearl Jam crowd filled with only fans there to see them. Reply Delete Chris September 23, 2012 at 5:59 PM
Speaking ramada plaza new yorker hotel of the bootlegs, how long do they typically take to come out? I want to buy one for the girl I was with, it being her first show and all. Reply Delete Brandon Rector ramada plaza new yorker hotel September ramada plaza new yorker hotel 24, 2012 at 9:26 AM
This song sucks! reminds me of another bright guy who waved his middle finger and shouted similar things at marilyn manson during his headlining show at hurricane festival in 1999. STUPID! would love to hear know your rights once again. besides, that was a great festival set list all in all. Reply Delete SummitTechnology December 10, 2012 at 4:23 AM