Pearl Jam and Band of Horses

Pearl Jam and Band of Horses
Scottrade Center
May 4, 2010

It has been a while since the show...  busy month.  But!  I have to say I had an awesome time at this show.  I was a big PJ fan for two or three albums but over the years my tastes have branched out.  Given that, I still knew 90% of the songs and was impressed with the energy that came from the stage.  Eddie Vedder knows how to manage the stage.  Although there was no climbing of the stage his presence and aura rocked it.  I sang along the whole show and had one of those 'Back in the Day' kind of nights.  I definitely had a better time at this show than I did at Riverport (I don't care who paid to put their name on it, it will always be Riverport to me) back in the late 90's for the Yield tour.

Drawback?  Asshats in the crowd.  We ultimately ended up moving into the upper levels where there was no one behind us so we could avoid 'sitters' who yelled at us to sit down.  Seriously people!  It's a rock show!  Get your fat ass out of your chair and rock out!  This is not the symphony!  It's Peal Jam!

Honestly, I would not have purchased the ticket to see the show if it hadn't been for the fact that Band of Horses was opening the show.  I *LOVE* Band of Horses.  Mostly because of the fact that I really don't like big venue shows.  Give me a 2000 capacity club any day.  This was my fourth time seeing BoH and although not the best show, still fantastic.  This was the largest venue, besides for outdoors at ACL, and the seats were rather empty.  Ben Bridwell's voice was higher than usual and the lack of intimacy from previous shows definitely mellowed things.  Considering the fact that they had a 45 minute set to give a mix of their 3 releases, they represented them well.  Thank you for playing the General Specific!

I was glad to see that although the seats were less that half full during BoH that the St. Louis fans of the band represented well.  I am apparently not the only person in St. Louis who appreciates The Funeral.  Which is kind of entertaining because the last time I saw BoH in St. Louis was at the Gargoyle Lounge, a venue I despise, at which I was the most obnoxious fan in attendance.  Imagine that.

Back to those jackasses in the crowd.... the guy who yelled 'Band of Cows' needed a swift kick to the head.

I'd probably have a better review if I'd had my sh!t together and wrote this two weeks ago.  But just know this.  Impressed and had a FANTASTIC time!