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    Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,486
    Without sounding like a total idiot, I feel like they skimmed a bit on how great the fans have been like travelling everywhere they go etc.

    Wonderful though, so weird to see these guys like Stone on TV giving speeches.
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    Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,486
    schapp said:

    Blredyellow said:

    Letterman was perfect

    I think Letterman was just "ok". A shame Neil Young got sick; I was expecting a moving speech like Eddie for Neil, Flea for Metallica or Grohl for Rush.

    The band speeches were really good, and they cared to bring Krusen, who was ready to play, to say a few words and stay.

    The band was solid, great performance!
    Yeah would much have rather had that kind of speech.
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    SmellymanSmellyman Asia Posts: 4,519
    JG216198 said:

    Get over yourself Pearl Jam. This would have been a great opportunity to have Dave play one more time. (Sigh)

    Somebody needs to get over it for sure.
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    dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam NINUNINOPRO Posts: 139,158
    Smellyman said:

    JG216198 said:

    Get over yourself Pearl Jam. This would have been a great opportunity to have Dave play one more time. (Sigh)

    Somebody needs to get over it for sure.
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    dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam NINUNINOPRO Posts: 139,158
    how the hell stone,remembered all the names of tour crew and 10c crew??unreal!!
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    Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 28,971
    I enjoyed Lettermans speech. It was great.

    But I will always wonder what Neils would have been like.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
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    dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam NINUNINOPRO Posts: 139,158
    Spiritual_Chaos said:

    I enjoyed Lettermans speech. It was great.

    But I will always wonder what Neils would have been like.

    this is true
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    Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 28,971
    Matt got to play on two Pearl jam songs he didn't help write. Just thought about it. Doesn't matter ofc. But yeah.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
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    on2legson2legs Standing in the Jersey rain… Posts: 14,425
    dimitrispearljam said:

    how the hell stone,remembered all the names of tour crew and 10c crew??unreal!!

    He read them off the teleprompter.
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    RideTheWave93RideTheWave93 UK Posts: 210
    edited April 2017
    Disappointed Not for You wasn't played, if it is true it was on soundcheck. Really thought they'd throw something different into the set, but on the flipside I'm not surprised they played Alive, Betterman, Given to Fly and Rockin' In the Freeworld. All those songs have reason to be there and awesome anyway, and glad to hear the speeches were great and performance was spot on. Can't wait to catch the broadcast!
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    erocshiftyerocshifty Posts: 1,170
    Awesome seeing this and can't wait for the HBO broadcast. Thoroughly enjoyed Letterman. He kept the beard!! Great speeches from everyone, I especially loved Stone's. Good stuff and congrats again!
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    PJNBPJNB Posts: 12,754
    SVRDhand13 said:

    Amazing night. So happy and honored to have been there in section 118 which were great seats. Betterman was an incredible version. Speeches were great, especially Stone. The rest of the night was fun too. Going to sleep very happy.

    What was the crowd like? Seemed fairly loud for an induction ceremony.
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    nicknyr15nicknyr15 Posts: 7,752
    JG216198 said:

    Get over yourself Pearl Jam. This would have been a great opportunity to have Dave play one more time. (Sigh)

    Dave A? Is that you?
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    Daron OshayDaron Oshay Middletown, NJ Posts: 2,492
    JG216198 said:

    Bottom line...Dave Abbruzzese should have been there. Recognize his contributions. I love PJ but I don't understand why they can't acknowledge how he contributed to their legend.

    He was there. The band invited him. Eddie said how great of a drummer he was in his speech.

    Can we now move on and enjoy this again
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    jdesantis1983jdesantis1983 Posts: 411
    PJNB said:

    SVRDhand13 said:

    Amazing night. So happy and honored to have been there in section 118 which were great seats. Betterman was an incredible version. Speeches were great, especially Stone. The rest of the night was fun too. Going to sleep very happy.

    What was the crowd like? Seemed fairly loud for an induction ceremony.
    The crowd was pretty great for this kind of event, when PJ was introduced in the opening by Jann Wenner they got a huge ovation, went on for over a minute. And when they came on for their induction the place was really loud. Steve Perry got a pretty big ovation too.
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    JP218404JP218404 NJ Posts: 1,374
    Amazing night. Was special to be there and watch the band get this honor

    We took over that place last night. Singing Betterman was awesome
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    nicknyr15nicknyr15 Posts: 7,752
    Incredible. Our boys blew the roof off. The crowd was insane fir an event like this. So grateful to be there. Thank you so much to ANDREW68
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    dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam NINUNINOPRO Posts: 139,158
    "A million points of light for the refugee clan,
    You'd better be careful of the orange man..."

    E P I C...!!!!!
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
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    dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam NINUNINOPRO Posts: 139,158
    dimitrispearljam said:

    "A million points of light for the refugee clan,
    You'd better be careful of the orange man..."

    E P I C...!!!!!

    4:44 MARK

    https://youtu.be/ivURhBWHmGw?t=4m45s
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
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    Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 28,971
    dimitrispearljam said:

    "A million points of light for the refugee clan,
    You'd better be careful of the orange man..."

    E P I C...!!!!!

    These changes to the RITFW lyrics has never worked except for the "police man..." one at Pinkpop with Dave A doing the "gunshot" thing with the drums, but gonna try this one out now.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
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    Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 28,971
    Whats up with the guy lurking behind the kit? haha
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
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    Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 28,971
    All songs sounded great. Will be nice to see the HBO footage later!
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
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    NewJPageNewJPage Posts: 3,300
    Daron Oshay said:

    JG216198 said:

    Bottom line...Dave Abbruzzese should have been there. Recognize his contributions. I love PJ but I don't understand why they can't acknowledge how he contributed to their legend.

    He was there. The band invited him. Eddie said how great of a drummer he was in his speech.

    Can we now move on and enjoy this again
    He was not there
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    NewJPageNewJPage Posts: 3,300
    Spiritual_Chaos said:

    Whats up with the guy lurking behind the kit? haha

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    mrk2mrk2 Finland Posts: 2,025
    No, the other guy, see the Alive clip for example. A drum tech most likely.
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    bigjilmbigjilm Sea Posts: 184
    edited April 2017
    Pearl Jam was on fire. I don't believe Dave A was in attendance but I may be wrong.  I didn't see him get on stage at any point. Being in the nosebleeds (section 213) we couldn't hear any of the speeches toward the beginning of the show. It wasn't until Journey (5th one inducted?) that we could hear them.  Couple that with some meatheads that kept pounding beers and getting loud, the first 3 hours were pretty rough. Horrible sound, tight seats (for this 6'3" frame), and asshats that didn't care that people were there to see anyone other than PJ. Again, the first 3 hours were rough. I asked politely for a couple guys on my row to tone it down since we were TRYING to enjoy the entire show, but all I got was a sarcastic remark (thanks douche!)

    All in all, the back half of the show was phenomenal. Just wish we could have heard the front half as well.
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    bigjilmbigjilm Sea Posts: 184
    edited April 2017
    Spiritual_Chaos said:

    Whats up with the guy lurking behind the kit? haha

    Jack?

    Edit: sorry didn't refresh
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    treestrees Columbus OHIO Posts: 1,808
    dimitrispearljam said:

    dimitrispearljam said:

    "A million points of light for the refugee clan,
    You'd better be careful of the orange man..."

    E P I C...!!!!!

    4:44 MARK

    https://youtu.be/ivURhBWHmGw?t=4m45s
    That was fucking neat they took to calling the orange man out.i love those guys thanks Dimitri


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    Merkin BallerMerkin Baller Posts: 10,481
    Smellyman said:

    JG216198 said:

    Get over yourself Pearl Jam. This would have been a great opportunity to have Dave play one more time. (Sigh)

    Somebody needs to get over it for sure.
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    nycratsnycrats Posts: 1,348
    Eds story about being stoned and having letterman talk to him thru the tv was hilarious. All the guys speeches were just great to be a part of. Historic night, great second encore basically. Letterman did what he does best and killed it. I woulda liked to see tom petty fill in but he's probably too stoned in California to be bothered on such short notice. Although Bruce is pretty local hmm. I loved elo and wished Jeff woulda popped out for the superjam. While I appreciate her historical importance that was a little too much Joan Baez for my tastes. I sat respectfully quiet for what seemed like an eternity at 9pm on a Friday night. Yes -holy crap don't do (too much) drugs kids! Look at what happens when you get old! Kidding. The lead singer was in space though, hilarious. The cape guy was funnier than letterman. And I enjoyed hearing them, and seeing geddy lee on bass with them. I'm aware of both those groups but wouldn't necessarily go see them, so very cool. And who doesn't love roundabout? Snoop was cool, heartfelt stories were told and you can tell he meant a lot to snoop as a person. and while the hof likes to mix it up by genres I think Tupac is way overrated, especially compared to other rappers in the early 90s that were nasty. He definitely wasn't the greatest rapper of all time, sorry snoop. Not even the top 5 rappers from California. I'm not a particular fan but Alicia keys is awesome, so talented. But Tupac was a face and an image, and rolling stone/hof needs that street cred, still cool to see. The journey thing was weird, I don't know enough about their situation but you could hear disappointment in the arena that Steve perry didn't perform. I think a lot thought he would.

    But you knew everyone was there for pj. They didn't disappoint. It was light, it was serious, it was gracious. They are superheroes. It was pretty much a lock to hear those songs and I saw even people clad head to toe in yes gear getting down. Can't wait to rewatch.

    One last thing did stone say "jamily" at one point? Ugh maybe I misheard. Hope so! Kidding (sort of)
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