*** TOTD Los Angeles, CA Fanviews Here 11/14/16 ***

goat

First off, damn what a great show. But why a Monday night? My ass has been dragging all week. By the time I got a bacon wrapped hot dog in the parking lot and got out of the venue it was after 12. Thank God I got the TJ dog instead of going to Randy’s Donuts like I planned, the line was ridiculous when I drove by. I didn’t get back home to San Diego until 2:30. I went to bed around 3 with my ears still ringing and was up at 6:15 for work.

Pre-show chicken and waffles at Roscoe’s was great. Had a couple of beers in the parking lot but thankfully my small bladder had me in the venue in time to catch the opener which was great. His cover of “Where did you sleep last night” was my favorite.

10C seats were great. At first I was not happy with them. Section 112 row 13. Was on Stones side even with the front of the stage, my view was under the speaker stack completely from the side. I was hoping for Mikes side so that was a bummer, but what a great vantage point to watch Matt.

Best song by far was Reach Down followed closely by Achilles and War Pigs. Chris sounded amazing. What an incredible range he has, to go from primal wails to melodic and back again. I am one of those who was somewhat hopeful that Eddie would show and maybe we would hear Crown of Thorns, but that would have only been a bonus. I didn’t feel the LA crowd did his part justice on Hunger Strike. I saw the east coast shows on youtube and it sounded good on the recordings, and maybe LA does too on recordings, but in the venue I couldn’t hear the crowd well and I’m not sure everyone even knew the words. Really the only disappointment of the night. Tom Morello and Serj Tankian were one row in front of me and I was hopeful Tom would show up on stage during the encore for some Audioslave.

Times of Trouble was good, it made me hope there is a DJ somewhere working on a Footsteps/Times of Trouble mash up. That would be interesting.

River of Deceit got me thinking of how many great artists have died from drug use and how much great music we have all missed out on due to it. I have empathy for those who deal with addiction but for the life of me I can’t figure out why such wildly talented people engage in such self destructive behavior.

I will say that this tour has brought me back to the Temple songs as well as Apple and I’m glad for it. The Mother Love Bone songs are great, definitely a glam feel to them, but I’m okay with that. They belong in an arena. I think Stargazer is my favorite. Man of Golden Words was great too. Great night, and I’m still paying the price. I can’t wait for Friday, I need sleep.

The poster is awesome, cant wait to see Seattle's and how the 3 fit together. I also appreciated the vendor booth outside the venue so I could put my poster in the car and not have to deal with it all night.

Bring on a 2017 Pearl Jam tour with west coast dates, it's been 3 years. Its our turn.

goat

walkunafraid said:

Agreed that the shirts left something to be desired but I rationalized buying one by reminding myself that fashion in the 90s as a whole left something to be desired so maybe that was the intent?

Shirts weren't great but I got one anyway. I really wanted a hoodie but just didn't like the tree on the back.

goat

Spartanacus said:

PJ in San Diego 2017 please!!!!

Yes please

goat

PJammer4life said:

$25 parking was ridiculous though,..

for real

Pearlgardn

Let's see, the last time I had tickets for anything at the Forum, it was called The Great Western Forum and the Lakers still played there. Needless to say, parking was not $25 back then. Seems that the owners are taking advantage of the fact that the parking lot next door at Hollywood Park is a pile of dirt, but that's on them.
Thank you to the Club for the floor seats; my daughter and I had the experience of a lifetime, not one we'll soon forget. Chris was amazing, as always and the boys did every note justice, but Mike and Matt played like two men possessed...to say they were "great" is embarrassingly inadequate. We were blown away.

Laurelhurst

Fantabulous show!! The guys were absolutely amazing!! Loved every minute!! Especially Achilles Last Stand, River of Deceit, Call Me a Dog, Times of Trouble and War Pigs. God Bless Andy! I'm sure he enjoyed the show from the "sky" box seat... Thank you Mike and 10C for the awesome floor seats (section E, row 6, inside aisle 1 & 2).

Chris1401

Very good show. We were sitting on Mike's side of the stage. He was absolutely on fire. Highlights for me were Seasons, Stardog Champion, Holy Roller, Man of Golden Words and Reach Down. Everyone seemed to be really enjoying themselves. Stone especially looked like he was having a great time. Cornell sounded really good. All of the guys were sitting side stage when Cornell played MAGW/Comfortably Numb and they were absolutely into it - very cool to see. I've now seen a few shows at the refurbished Forum and it's one of my favorite large arena venues.

gjvanmcamp

goat said:

PJammer4life said:

$25 parking was ridiculous though,..

for real

Yeah...just did some simple math. I believe there were about 18K people there. Assuming everyone came in pairs (which is a stretch being a Monday night show. I know a few people who met up there) that is 9K cars at $25 each. Plus, the "premiere parking" was sold out which was 40. So even at everyone paying $25, that is $225,000 just in parking. The Forum definitely made some money off of us.

goat

goat said:

Pre-show chicken and waffles at Roscoe’s was great. Had a couple of beers in the parking lot but thankfully my small bladder had me in the venue in time to catch the opener which was great. His cover of “Where did you sleep last night” was my favorite.

For the record Fantastic Negrito's version is titled "In the Pines".

green mountain man

Worst shirt I ever saw in 45 years of attending concerts

gjvanmcamp said:

Great show last night. Very nice floor seats thanks to Ten Club! Cornell was fantastic. Pretty funny tonight with his ramblings about how they have been practicing for 25 years now and finally think they got it right. Like many have already mentioned, the highlight of the show was McCready. He was in the zone last night and channeling some good stuff! Not sure if it was just my seats, but the sound was not great. Not sure how well the soundcheck went but was hard at times to hear Cornell. They seemed to clean it up though after the 1st set.

The crowd "sing along" for Hunger Strike was fantastic. Times of Trouble was beautiful. And to see them go from Zeppelin, to Bowie, then to The Cure showed just how talented these guys are.

I know it is a small gripe, but that was the best tour shirt they could come up with? The album cover on a black shirt or simple purple text on a grey shirt? At least I saved myself $35 there.

matt.watt

So I'm going to be the guy to break the trend of glowing reviews.

I was so excited for this show. Ended up literally on the right (stone) side on the floor, many rows back. 14th in my section. The energy in the LA Forum on Monday just felt flat to me. It never felt like many of the numerous PJ shows I've been to. The band sounded great however. Chris' voice is amazing, all of them sounded great, and Mike way over on the other side looked like he was really enjoying himself. Maybe they were feeling a different energy, but I wasn't getting any of it from my section or when I would look into the upper sections. Mike seemed like he took a while to get into the solo on Reach down. Not feeling it either?

A large chunk of my show was being distracted by the wall of phones videoing the entire fucking concert. One guy even had his light set to come on every time he'd record video. That's the worst I've seen at a concert in a long time. PUT YOUR FUCKING PHONES AWAY. I'd be fine if venues would take your fucking phone from you. Several times someone in security would come by to shine a light at someone's phone, but they seemed to be totally inconsistent on who they picked on. I had to encounter too many people who were too drunk to function. Someone who tried to crawl over seats to bust his ass and spill his full beer, not on me luckily. No one who knew the words. FLAT ENERGY FLAT ENERGY FLAT ENERGY.

Sounded good. Looked good. But there was no energy and just annoying fans around me. Brought my fiance with me for the first time to a fan club show and that's not the experience I wanted to give her.

LA, you suck as a city and as fans. Sorry to break the trend.
P.S. I hate reserve seating on the floor.

acost016

Hey Matt.Watt I learned that about LA audiences when living in North Hollywood for a few years. Rarely ever have I been at a rock concert in LA and have the crowd be even half as excited as I am. It was the worse at a solo Cornell show at the Roxy some years ago. Cornell was sounding amazing, performing in this tiny venue, and yet the majority of those around me were talking and not even paying attention to the magic on stage. Some wouldn't even clap, no one knew the lyrics, it was a pathetic display. Ever since that show I've avoided seeing my favorite bands in "LA." Vedder at Ohana didn't have that feel thankfully couple months ago.

sandraiscool09

I have a fun story from that night:

I went to the show by myself and got there super early. I had a floor seat at the end of the row on the outside. I was on my phone when I saw a tiny grey kitten scurry past me. I saw it run into the curtains behind me (not ones that led backstage, dang it) next to a security guard. I went searching behind the curtains and grabbed the kitten. She was feisty and understandably terrified so she bit me a few times before I was able to grab her.

When I finally had her I held her inside my jacket and was relieved when the security guard said," Oh you found her!" Apparently, the staff at the coliseum had been searching for her because they have the mother and the other kittens and they wanted to take them all to a no kill shelter. As a cat person, this warmed my heart. The security lady called other guards to escort me and the kitten to part of the venue where they had a roomy cage for her. As I passed the ushers at their posts, they were all so excited that the kitten was safe.

Once the kitten was in the cage, I asked the staff what they planned on doing and they told me they'd take her to a vet with her family. One of the managers and the paramedic that bandaged my fingers were interested in adopting her which made me so happy because a 5 hour drive back to Las Vegas with a scared kitten wouldn't have been ideal.

I was so impressed with the staff at The Coliseum and their big hearts. Best part of all, this whole saga happened before the show and once I got back to my seat, I still had time to spare before the opening act. And one of security guards hooked me up with a setlist! Score!



I'm a nail tech so I did this set for the show!



Setlist!