"End Of Leg I For Me"
September 2nd, 2000
Entertainment Center:
Camden, New Jersey
Ed
Solo Pre-Set...
Dead Man, Parting Ways
Main
Set...
Of The Girl, Breakerfall, State of Love and Trust, Hail, Hail, Do The Evolution,
Faithfull, Nothing As It Seems, Corduroy, Untitled, MFC, Habit, I Got Shit,
Off He Goes, God's Dice, Even Flow, Rival, Animal, Nothingman, Insignificance,
Rearviewmirror
First
Encore...
Soon Forget, Better
Man, Last Exit, Given To Fly, Footsteps, Last Kiss, Porch
Second
Encore...
Baba O'Riley
Everyone
rose on the late side at Chris' Pearl Jam Crashing Pad. I am weird and
like to wake up early regardless, so I think I was up around 9...so I hopped
in the shower...first dibs! Chris was up, but chilling in his room with
his dogs...then Luke and Ed woke and showered...so then the four of us
headed off to K-Mart to pick up some healthy treats. LOL.
We hit
the road eventually...Scott Kaufman and his wife arrived...and so we had
a nice caravan of cars going (was it three or four cars? regardless, it
was nutty). The whole caravan followed Chris' Jeep to pick up Chris' old
best friend from high school. It would be his first show. I think we were
all kind of tired still from the night before so the ride to the venue
was kind of uneventful.
We all
had seats...so we didn't need to worry about the box office game that day...but
since my seat was not so great, I ended up getting a NICE seat from Ed
(thanks Ed!) and got to sit next to Luke. No one was really there before
Sonic Youth's set...like it was way emptier than the night prior. I had
a feeling...and that feeling was right...
Luke
and I spotted Ed scoping things out backstage...looking into the crowd...we
were just crossing our fingers that all our pals got to their places in
time to see this pre-show deal.
Ed came
out and people rushed to the front...I stayed in my row, but went more
central. It was perfect! I probably looked like a doofus, b/c I was the
only one in my area...everyone was at least six or ten rows ahead of me...but
I stayed in my spot...perfectly eye-level with the Edster.
I had
the fortune of...prior to this show...listening to Ed's solo pre-sets from
06.18.00 and 06.28.00...so I did get to hear how Ed's solo version of Parting
Ways sounded...yeah...I'm a cheater. But nothing...as we all know...can
compare to seeing/hearing these songs in realtime...Parting Ways just was
so incredible and awesome! I mean, Dead Man was great, but I was over the
magnificence of it since I got to see it in Jones Beach...so Parting Ways
really impacted me that night.
Typical Binaural opener, Of The Girl...which...to me...is making some of
these shows. Of the Girl is a great opener...and I really like getting
it as one.
The guys
put a seal on their Singles performance by playing State of Love and Trust.
Of course, it's no Breath, but kickass nevertheless. We finally got a little
FAITHFULL. Woo hoo! It was good to hear Rival as well...I wish they would
throw it into the mix a little more than they have been...
Now...Soon
Forget...hard to forget! Ed fucked it up for a record THREE times:-) He
eventually blamed it on all the boobies...breaking his concentration. Seriously
gals...this is Pearl Jam...the nerdiest band around;-)
Footsteps!
Porch! Baba! What else can be said?!? This was a great show to be my 20th...as
well as my last for Leg One...
