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Friday, June 13, 2008
Midnight musings on a great night
Posted by Eric Snider on Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 4:24 AM
Pearl Jam killed. After this long in the biz, I don't often use the word "great" to describe a show, but it fits here. My esteeemed colleague Wade Tatangelo will be writing more about the concert, but let me make a coment on two on on Eddie Vedder. Except for PJ's transcendent Bay area debut at Jannus in the early '90s, this is the best I've ever seen him -- committed, in great voice and, most of all, having fun. Ed seems to have gotten past the rock star angst and is just enjoying it. No longer head-fucked about being the voice of a generation, he seems free to just do what he does: be the best singer/frontman in rock. Like he sings: "I've tasted, I life wasted," and he's never going back again.
Got home and clicked on the NBA finals and saw that Boston had come back from a 24-point lead. They held on to win and go up 3-1 in the series. I never thought I'd be this enthusiastic about the fellas in green -- I was a definite hater growing up, a Knicks fan and then a Sixers fan -- but here I am pulling for them. Yes, a lot of my passion comes from a virulent hatred for the Laker and Bryant, but I'm geniunely enjoying the Boston run for the ring.
Most of all, I'm pulling for Ray Allen. If you grew up a sports fan, you've had this feeling: there are some guys you just like, you don't know why, but you're a fan. That's Ray Allen for me. He's never played on one of my fave teams, but there's something about the way he handles himself on the court -- that sweet release on his jump shot, his straight-faced way of going about his business, just the classy way he carries himself -- that makes me glad he's in a good spot to get a ring. I admire the way he went through a terrible shooting slump in the Cleveland series, got his head straight and started knocking 'em down against L.A. Plus, he's playing better D than I thought he could, a lot of the time on Bryant, of all things.
Three superstars coming together as a team: You gotta love that. Celtics in 5?
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It was a great show. Seeing PJ live for the first time (2000 I think?) totally sold me on the band, as I wasn't really a fan in the early '90s. I have to say though I was a titch disappointed he stayed so far away from being himself politically (and got booed the one time he briefly, vaguely mentions Obama). I know he was working with a non-partisan voting group, and perhaps he was trying to draw more flys with honey, but I really dig the angry-seethy-flag-waving-bush-mask-impaling Eddie Vedder. And that political catalogue is easily my favorite PJ work: World Wide Suicide, Grieveance, Bushleaguer - even the ubiquitous cover of Rockin' in the Free World. The disappointment is small though ...
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Eric and I are in total agreement that we witnessed a special show. Here's the real time (well, sorta) blogging I did from the concert last night. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/tampacalling/2008/06/12/pearl-jam-reviewed-in-real-time/
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