eddie vedder, albany, night 1

so ive never been to an opening night of a tour, ever. when i was able to score a ticket to the opening night of eddie vedder's tour i was pretty stoked. when i only paid half price for the ticket, i was even more stoked.

since im tired and sorta want to go to sleep, ill just make this simple and sweet...

liked: venue (palace theater is intimate, good acoustics, great views everywhere); liam finn and ej (still rock out - like the carpenters on acid, as ed said); watching ed forget lyrics to multiple songs, including the same verse of guaranteed 3 times; ed's voice for all songs including and after far behind; story about girl pissing in the parking lot; quote of the year: i just feel lazy and drunk; song for albany; elderly woman, porch, hide your love away, lukin, forever young; *very* well behaved crowd; guy in a #10 cubs jersey, vedder on the back, not from chicago (let's call him tim).

dislikes: aforementioned tim passing out after liams set, only to wake up during porch, then puke between his legs during the encore break; ed's voice before far behind (see below); lots of chatting and stories ate away at the setlist, sort of.

ed's voice - there has been a lot of chatter on the boards that something is up with his voice. he sounded sorta weird during the tonight show performance, and people were worried his voice was finally being affected by all his smoking and drinking. well for the first 1/3 of the show it really seemed like it - he couldnt hit the notes he usually hits in sometimes and im open and no ceiling. then something happened and he rocked far behind and was fine thereafter. we'll see if the same thing happens tomorrow night, or if he got his voice back for good.

looking forward to tomorrow night, but really looking forward to some sleep.

Set list: Walking the Cow, Sometimes, Around The Bend, I am Mine, I'm Open, Man of the Hour, No Ceiling, Guaranteed, Rise, Far Behind, Mr. State Trooper, Girl from the North Country, Driftin', You've Got to Hide Your Love Away, Soon Forget, You're True, Small Town, NEW Song (Just for Albany), LUKIN, Porch

1st Encore: Society (w/ Liam) , Forever Young, Arc, Hard Sun (w/ Liam & EJ)