2008-06-19 - Susquehanna Bank Center; Camden, NJ
I: Hard To Imagine, Corduroy, Severed Hand, Do The Evolution, All Night, In Hiding, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Gone, Who You Are, Unemployable, Even Flow, Light Years, Grievance, Given To Fly, U, Rats, Why Go
E1: Love Reign O\'er Me, Better Man(Save it for Later), State Of Love And Trust, Black, Leash
E2: No More, Crazy Mary, Porch, Yellow Ledbetter
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my 21st pearl jam show.
instant classic.
easily top 3. quite possibly best.
miserable traffic most of the way down. miserable line to wait for $15 parking. miserable line for 10c tickets well after the 7:30 time on the ticket.
and we were rewarded greatly.
i knew as soon as they opened with HTI (my first!) that it was going to be a special night. well, that\'s certainly an understatement. don\'t know if they\'ve ditched the recorded intro to SH, but they did for this show. LOVE the early DTE. i liked All Night on first listen, but will definitely have to hear it more (sure i will over the next 6 shows). IN HIDING! WHO YOU ARE!! Light Years dedicated to Tim Russert actually brought a tear to my eye. the rest of the set from there on is just "wow", especially the last 3 - U, RATS!, and Why Go. incredible set.
loved that they opened E1 with LROM - my first time hearing it. Better Man was certainly made better with the SIFL tag at the end, though it was just the "don\'t run away" (x infinity) and "don\'t let me down" parts, still very cool. SOLAT?!?! this show just keeps getting better! Black was Black, but then to close E1 with LEASH (the first of the tour)!!! WOW.
E2 was also fantastic, and not really standard. No More was Ed solo. i love it, and i\'ve only seen it at the Ed solo show in April. wasn\'t expecting a CM at this point, but it was awesome. only the 2nd of the tour, and jammed out heavily with some ser trade-offs between mike and boom at the end. it had a climax that might make you think it was the last song of the night, but low and behold, they go into PORCH afterwards!! this placement was fantastic, and obviously made for a HUGE surprise. during it, the boys were going well over curfew, and the house lights came up (and not per Ed\'s request like he sometimes does). they didn\'t seem to give a shit though, and after a rockin\' long Porch, they closed it with YB.
wow.
i think i called Pitchie something like 8 times during the show to report what i was seeing. that\'s the first of 7 on this run for me, and honestly, it\'s gonna be hard to top. but with 2 MSG shows and 2 "great woods" shows still coming up, anything can happen.
this is the greatest band in the universe, and i am psyched.
