And I waved to wease!

So did they play well?

Yeah, was really good through Vs. They seem to go through the motions with lightning bolt songs, I don't know why they play so many. But everything else was great.

How was future days?

Boring. But they dedicated it to a guy who survived cancer, so that's nice

And Wease waved back!

My wife is scolding me for hating Future Days. She says all the girls like it

The guy had gone through enough.

Heh.

i literally lol'd.

because they're good songs, you jerks!

Not all of them. By any stretch.

Holy CRAP!!

OMG

Corduroy is a top 3 pearl jam song...

VS IS MY FAVORITE ALBUM!!!

WHY WAS I NOT AT THIS SHOW

WHY DID THEY NOT DO THIS AT MSG


WHYYYYYYYYYYYYY

That is so amazing

AND breath too?! Wow

They also got Do the Evolution, Nothingman, Present Tense, Comfortably Numb, Given to Fly.....

Seriously I am so INCREDIBLY jealous of this setlist AND OPENING WITH CORDUROY FOR A BONUS

Wow

I SO wish this was a setlist at MSG. I even like Last Kiss

Mikejasond is gonna blow his RM wad before this tour even winds down.

Did they not do a sit down set last night?

So here it goes:

Spent a couple hours and had dinner with Doc and Chloe before the show. We've become friends outside of RM and they are just great people.

Got to my seat and it was on the side of the stage on mike's side. Only thing between me and the stage was the floor where some techs were and mike's wife and kids. The seat alone made the show great for me because not only did I get to see the band, but a majority of the crowd too. See pic in spoiler.

Spoiler: show

Opening with Corduroy was fun, then the whole album was just amazing. That record has some great runs and it really translated well to a live show. Go->Animal is fantastic and I was surprised at how much I enjoyed Glorified G and Dissent. W.M.A. was just incredible. I thought they nailed it. Leash was good, Ed went into the crowd right by Doc and Chloe.

The Lightning Bolt songs that came next were what they were. Band didn't seem into them as much but the crowd seemed to like them. Sirens got a big cheer (ugh).

After Future Days, The 1st encore was the most intense of the show, and the most fun. Porch had the place absolutely rocking.

Second encore was great too. I love Comatose live, and I finally got to see Baba instead of The Real Me.

The crowd was nuts. Was really surprised at how a crowd in Greenville, SC was all in for all the songs, even the more obscure ones.

This was probably the most unique Pearl Jam experience I've ever had, because of the seats, the setlist, and the crowd. Also probably one of my favorite. I don't think Raleigh and Columbia later this week will live up to this one.

Also, two different people had signs requesting Inside Job. Ed called them out and said they need to practice that a little more before they play it.

Ed also mentioned TotD being 25 then said "this song is as old as that" and played Breath.

This is my write-up of the show that I posted to the Official PJ Forum this morning amongst the uniformly rave reviews from other people who attended the Greenville show --

Disclaimer: Turd in the Punchbowl alert. Buzzkill Central. Pleading guilty now. My girlfriend and I flew from San Francisco for the Greenville and Hampton shows, and while we had a pretty good time last night, I can't say we were blown away. First and foremost, we were surrounded by some pretty challenging fans -- equal parts obnoxious, indifferent and clueless. Drunk bros talking to each other the entire time, dipping and knocking over their spit cups, asking people for weed, etc. Dude next to me was a stone cold monolith. Tried to engage him in conversation, and he was as matter of fact as a fucking tax return. He didn't move, cheer, clap or even say one word to his lady friend who probably struggled to see the stage over his hulking frame. Dude behind me brushed the back of my head every time he clapped and never noticed. Lady next to my girl couldn't manage to stay in front of her seat and kept bumping into her while basically having no reaction to the show until "Better Man." Btw, this was in the Ten Club section -- not even halfway back and about 14 rows up -- really good seats. Anyway, it was my 10th show and the first one that was affected so significantly by other fans. I usually find PJ fans to be friendly and passionate, but I don't know what was up with these folks. It made enjoying the show pretty tough. Hearing "Vs." in order was cool, but more like a novelty for me, personally. Once "Daughter" kicked in, I realized what they were doing. Again, cool, but I think they play most of the Vs. songs pretty frequently, and knowing what they were going to play next took the surprise element out of the show, which is one of the best parts of attending PJ shows for me. Plus, the sound was pretty underwhelming for a good portion of the show. I'm really particular about this kind of thing, so I should probably just STFU, but I do think the mix was a bit muddy for awhile; hard to hear some of the individual parts.

(I know. Shut up already.)

And now for the positive: Highlights of the "Vs" set: 'RVM" was insane, and hearing "W.M.A." in its entirety rather than as a tag on "Daughter" was awesome. Ed really brought it on "Blood" -- I'm shocked he can still push his voice that hard. "Present Tense" was absolutely fantastic. Definitely the highlight for me. "Swallowed Whole" was a treat. Excellent version of "Comfortably Numb" -- surprised how much I enjoyed that. I'd rank "Future Days" as one of my least favorite PJ songs, but last night's version was really nice. Something about the arrangement and the way Ed changed the vocal melody significantly improved on the original. "Nothingman" and "Spin the Black Circle" were great as well. Overall, (aside from my immediate neighbors, obviously) the crowd was really, really good. Great energy. Totally fired up. I really enjoyed watching the pit and seeing the reactions of some of the folks up front on the big screen. A young lady holding up a sign about the mass shootings at Virginia Tech was absolutely losing it during "Present Tense."

Trying not to have expectations for Hampton regarding the setlists and the fans, but I hope it's just a damn good show with some damn good people. Thanks for enduring this post. Purged.