We got there about half way through Luda's set and I have to admit, he had a much better rapport with the crowd than TI. So, we weaved our way through the much denser crowd than the previous night to get closer to the closers, Pearl Jam. But we had to stand through Florence + the Machine, first. She eventually came out to the technical difficulties of a silent mic. She was obviously a little frazzled from the misfire and once it started working she tried going backstage and coming out again, and again, something went wrong which flustered her further. Once everything was operating correctly, she apologized, made some jokes and begged for a drink. She had split stage presence, one minute she was thrashing with her fire red hair going everywhere, then she would be very still in these spiritual poses. Never thought I would have seen her live, anyway.
After hours and hours of standing very close to a lot of people at once, the lights went out and it was all worth it. Its been 9+ years since PJ has been in Atlanta. I've enjoyed traveling to several different cities to see them since then, but damn, its about time they were back. They revved on stage opening with "Why Go" and charged through many more before stopping to say hello. Making up for lost time; I like it. They jammed on plenty of hits, not surprising for a festival, but mixed in some deeper tracks for the devotees. Eddie was only political once and it was all about voting, in general, and not about who to vote for, which was nice. They slayed on "Do The Evolution" and "Amongst the Waves," a couple of my favorites, and just kept going until the curfew would eventually take precedent. Eddie seemed like he really didn't want to leave. He kept checking with someone on the side-stage to see how much time was left and kept adding more songs to take up every second they could. The others had to strap their instruments back on a couple of times. The last time he came out and said "We only have 2 minutes left so we're going to rush through this one!" and played "Rockin' in the Free World" to end the night and abruptly fled the stage. Loved the efficient use of time, boys!
We got there about half way through Luda's set and I have to admit, he had a much better rapport with the crowd than TI. So, we weaved our way through the much denser crowd than the previous night to get closer to the closers, Pearl Jam. But we had to stand through Florence + the Machine, first. She eventually came out to the technical difficulties of a silent mic. She was obviously a little frazzled from the misfire and once it started working she tried going backstage and coming out again, and again, something went wrong which flustered her further. Once everything was operating correctly, she apologized, made some jokes and begged for a drink. She had split stage presence, one minute she was thrashing with her fire red hair going everywhere, then she would be very still in these spiritual poses. Never thought I would have seen her live, anyway.
After hours and hours of standing very close to a lot of people at once, the lights went out and it was all worth it. Its been 9+ years since PJ has been in Atlanta. I've enjoyed traveling to several different cities to see them since then, but damn, its about time they were back. They revved on stage opening with "Why Go" and charged through many more before stopping to say hello. Making up for lost time; I like it. They jammed on plenty of hits, not surprising for a festival, but mixed in some deeper tracks for the devotees. Eddie was only political once and it was all about voting, in general, and not about who to vote for, which was nice. They slayed on "Do The Evolution" and "Amongst the Waves," a couple of my favorites, and just kept going until the curfew would eventually take precedent. Eddie seemed like he really didn't want to leave. He kept checking with someone on the side-stage to see how much time was left and kept adding more songs to take up every second they could. The others had to strap their instruments back on a couple of times. The last time he came out and said "We only have 2 minutes left so we're going to rush through this one!" and played "Rockin' in the Free World" to end the night and abruptly fled the stage. Loved the efficient use of time, boys!
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