For Mel. Temple of the Dog highlights.
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Inigo (aka Inigo)
Nov 9 '16, 06:29
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It was at the Tower Theater in Philly. I went with my gf, and surprisingly, a friend bought an orchestra ticket at the last minute.
I prepared myself beforehand that they weren't going to play any Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, and Eddie Vedder wouldn't be there.
As the opening act played (which I don't even remember the name anymore), we drank, and tried to get T-shirts for the show. Seems they only had two people working the T-shirt both for at least 300 people standing in line. So, it understandably took forever. As we're waiting patiently, we met and bought drinks for two guys from Toronto who had driven all the way from Canadia just for TotD.
Of course, they were polite, funny and knew more about our country then we did about theirs. One of them even bought our t-shirts for us, and we paid him back later. Who trusts strangers like that? Canucks.
After drinking, smoking, and making fun of our money, the Canadians left, and we all went to our seats.
We were in the upper balcony, row M. Packed house, obviously. It was a little tough to see (AKA I refuse to get the glasses I need), but as soon as Chris Cornell came out, the crowd went nuts.
They immediately went into Say Hello To Heaven. If there was any doubt that Cornell could still belt out those notes with the same raspy tone, it was gone in seconds. He sounds amazing still. One of my favorite rock voices ever, and it sounded just like the album did.
From there, they moved back and forth between Mother Love Bone songs and Temple of the Dog for most of the show. The show really shined when it was just Cornell, his voice and an acoustic guitar. Not to say that Mike McCready wasn't amazing to hear live again, but the show belonged to CC.
He mentioned that opening the show at the Tower Theater was on purpose, but never really explained the reasoning behind it. Was it a favorite of Andrew Wood? Not really sure.
They did covers of Fascination Street, War Pigs and Comfortably Numb, but the best was River of Deceit. That one just felt right.
Looking around at the theater, it struck me that a 25 year old Eddie Vedder would have loved to climb the balconies. I missed seeing him there.
Here's a couple of the best songs.
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