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  • Ron The Shelf
    Ron The Shelf London Posts: 80
    scottewing wrote:
    Ron The Shelf wrote:
    What a fucking week. SBE, Berlin and the O2. Incredibly last night came very close to eclipsing Berlin. A close call but I think the venue in Berlin tips the balance. The band seems in perfect harmony, the interplay between Mike and Boom during Crazy Mary was fantastic. Stone is bouncing around and looking as happy onstage as I have ever seen him and Ed's voice just gets better and better (think I might take up a diet of red wine and ciggies if that's the result lol). Miles better than SBE where I felt they were a bit off the pace (and got slaughtered for suggesting it) but I think anyone at all 3 would say that SBE was outdone by the other 2 gigs.

    The only questions right now are 1) when will they be back? and 2) how the hell do they top those performances?

    Best live band in the world right now and probably the best live band of the last 30 years.

    Agreed on the Berlin venue - truly, a special place and all round experience. The '06 gig there remains my favourite, but the set-list and performance of the band made last night just as unique.

    Was there in 06 too. Do you think 06 was better? Close call but I think Saturday just shaded it. I get the feeling the band really enjoy playing there and I have to say that I think the German crowds are fantastic.
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  • heather_goo
    heather_goo Posts: 1
    Amazing show - I am new to PJ live (having seen my first three shows during the course of the last week!) and have to say they really blew me away. Loved the level of improv live which although you get on the bootlegs feels so much more intense first person. Highlights for me were Porch and Crazy Mary. Immense. Was sad when Eddie made the 'no Europe for a while' comment, but just noticed they are playing in LA when I'm over so show #4 isn't too far away :D .
    solace23 wrote:
    This is why I continue to see the band. my 12th show last night and it blew me away. We were on the floor (Mike Side) and a girld proposed to her boyfriend during Black. Quite a cool moment.

    Who was the guy that died they were talking about. Cause it is pretty obvious the set was written around that.

    Not sure if someone has answered this yet... I *think* it might be the guy that Into The Wild is about. I defintely heard Eddie say "Johnson" and something about today/anniversary. The guy Christopher Johnson McCandless died on August 18th '92... so would tally with the date. But it could very well be someone else - that was for Light Years. Rats was Jacko.
  • Red-Man
    Red-Man Posts: 62
    Ron The Shelf wrote:
    scottewing wrote:
    Ron The Shelf wrote:
    What a fucking week. SBE, Berlin and the O2. Incredibly last night came very close to eclipsing Berlin. A close call but I think the venue in Berlin tips the balance. The band seems in perfect harmony, the interplay between Mike and Boom during Crazy Mary was fantastic. Stone is bouncing around and looking as happy onstage as I have ever seen him and Ed's voice just gets better and better (think I might take up a diet of red wine and ciggies if that's the result lol). Miles better than SBE where I felt they were a bit off the pace (and got slaughtered for suggesting it) but I think anyone at all 3 would say that SBE was outdone by the other 2 gigs.

    The only questions right now are 1) when will they be back? and 2) how the hell do they top those performances?

    Best live band in the world right now and probably the best live band of the last 30 years.

    Agreed on the Berlin venue - truly, a special place and all round experience. The '06 gig there remains my favourite, but the set-list and performance of the band made last night just as unique.



    Was there in 06 too. Do you think 06 was better? Close call but I think Saturday just shaded it. I get the feeling the band really enjoy playing there and I have to say that I think the German crowds are fantastic.

    I can't vouch for Saturday, but yes, '06 was my favourite gig 'experience' ever.
    That's not too belittle last night in way though, as it was a class act.
  • UKDave
    UKDave Posts: 5,557
    Holy crap that was something else!! :shock:

    Great to see so many familiar (and new) faces before, during and after:

    Dunk, Pip, V, Al (& Mrs), Helen, Jenny, Emmi, Wolf, jrd, Karim, Keith, Sian, Audio, Scratchin, harmless, Urbanhippie, Jo and Chris (sorry didn't catch pit names!!) - makes it that much more special :)

    If I forgot anyone sorry!! :oops:

    Pajo - we waved when Eddie was talking about the flags but your eyes were fixed on the stage ;) Saw the Zagreb banner at Manchester, I hope they remember too and come back to see you soon 8-)
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    Troubled souls unite, we got ourselves tonight...
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  • Alive 79
    Alive 79 Posts: 100
    heather_goo wrote:
    Amazing show - I am new to PJ live (having seen my first three shows during the course of the last week!) and have to say they really blew me away. Loved the level of improv live which although you get on the bootlegs feels so much more intense first person. Highlights for me were Porch and Crazy Mary. Immense. Was sad when Eddie made the 'no Europe for a while' comment, but just noticed they are playing in LA when I'm over so show #4 isn't too far away :D .
    solace23 wrote:
    This is why I continue to see the band. my 12th show last night and it blew me away. We were on the floor (Mike Side) and a girld proposed to her boyfriend during Black. Quite a cool moment.

    Who was the guy that died they were talking about. Cause it is pretty obvious the set was written around that.

    Not sure if someone has answered this yet... I *think* it might be the guy that Into The Wild is about. I defintely heard Eddie say "Johnson" and something about today/anniversary. The guy Christopher Johnson McCandless died on August 18th '92... so would tally with the date. But it could very well be someone else - that was for Light Years. Rats was Jacko.


    Didnt he say Jeff Johnson? If so, he's a surfer
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  • jrd
    jrd Posts: 3,060
    UKDave wrote:
    Holy crap that was something else!! :shock:

    Great to see so many familiar (and new) faces before, during and after:

    Dunk, Pip, V, Al (& Mrs), Helen, Jenny, Emmi, Wolf, jrd, Karim, Keith, Sian, Audio, Scratchin, harmless, Urbanhippie, Jo and Chris (sorry didn't catch pit names!!) - makes it that much more special :)

    If I forgot anyone sorry!! :oops:

    ditto. :shock:
    ditto.
    ditto.
    and ditto...!

    shows aside ( ;) ) it was great to meet up with everyone before, after and during!
    Oh yeah? Well, I've had about enough of morons and halfwits, dolts, dunces, dullards and dumbbells - and you chowderhead yokel, you blithering hayseed, you - you've had enough of me?
  • yeehare
    yeehare Posts: 15
    You wait 17 years and 8 months for a Pearl Jam gig, and then two come along at once! And then you realise that, whilst they were worth the wait, with a band as sh*t hot as this you really should have made more of an effort to see them over the preceeding 17 years.

    But I shan't cry over spilt milk - and it's impossible to cry when you're feeling as elated as I am after seeing them at the O2 last night. SBE was awesome and will always live in my heart as that special time that I saw my favourite band in one of my favourite venues, but last night brought a totally diferent dimension to things. They were so on, and they filled that venue and made it feel like it was half the size (as evidenced by UncleSpaggles experience from the top row!)

    When I saw the setlist from Manchester my heart sank a bit cos there were a few in there that they didn't play at SBE that I was dying to hear and thought they might not pull them out again - but they didn't disappoint. Black, Rats, Porch, Release, Light Years, Rats, Crazy Mary, I Got ID, Blood ... God, the list goes on and on. I suppose it was too much to ask to repeat the change-up of closing with Indifference, but who cares when Yellow Ledbetter sounds that good!

    So Ed says they won't be back for a while? I will not be repeating the mistakes of my "youth" and letting the mere matter of a few thousand miles and a couple of oceans stop me from seeing this band. If they are not coming here then I'm sure as hell going wherever they are. You can't put a price on feeling this good the day after a gig - and for me there is only one band in the world that can do that. Thank you PJ for doing what you do - you make my world a happy place!
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  • icemanap
    icemanap Posts: 406
    Dr Emmett Brown wrote:
    Was an amazing night, and one that will always hold a special significance for me - during Insignificance I got a text from my mum to let me know my granddad had passed away (he'd been terminally ill for a long time and we'd all accepted what was coming a few weeks ago when he went into hospital for the last time). Then Black came on and I burst into tears.

    So so sorry to hear about your grandad Dr Emmett. It's awful when that happens. Same thing happened to me after a football game, we (Sheff Weds) had just won in the last minute to secure our spot in the playoffs, by beating Hull at their ground a few years ago. I was euphoric until I got a text minutes after to say my gran had passed away - we saw it coming a day or two before but still doesn't stop the hurt, sort of mixed feelings about that day.

    But it's amazing how powerful music can be. Black is a fantastic tune and holds very special meanings to me for the same reason. So does Alive, due to family reasons. Great that you can be touched by this song and hopefully you and your family are all ok at this horrible time. I hope the gig was everything what you could have asked for and more.
    :D Rock on!!!! :D
    Seen Pearl Jam 4 times in London, once in Manchester, as well as an Eddie show at Hammersmith.
  • Alive 79
    Alive 79 Posts: 100
    So Ed says they wont be back for a while. How about a 20th anniversary tour???
    Underneath this smile lies everything........... all my hopes, anger, pride and shame
  • icemanap
    icemanap Posts: 406
    Alive 79 wrote:
    So Ed says they wont be back for a while. How about a 20th anniversary tour???

    That will be a US tour then I expect!
    :D Rock on!!!! :D
    Seen Pearl Jam 4 times in London, once in Manchester, as well as an Eddie show at Hammersmith.
  • wookieboy
    wookieboy Posts: 25
    Alive 79 wrote:
    heather_goo wrote:
    Amazing show - I am new to PJ live (having seen my first three shows during the course of the last week!) and have to say they really blew me away. Loved the level of improv live which although you get on the bootlegs feels so much more intense first person. Highlights for me were Porch and Crazy Mary. Immense. Was sad when Eddie made the 'no Europe for a while' comment, but just noticed they are playing in LA when I'm over so show #4 isn't too far away :D .
    solace23 wrote:
    This is why I continue to see the band. my 12th show last night and it blew me away. We were on the floor (Mike Side) and a girld proposed to her boyfriend during Black. Quite a cool moment.

    Who was the guy that died they were talking about. Cause it is pretty obvious the set was written around that.

    Not sure if someone has answered this yet... I *think* it might be the guy that Into The Wild is about. I defintely heard Eddie say "Johnson" and something about today/anniversary. The guy Christopher Johnson McCandless died on August 18th '92... so would tally with the date. But it could very well be someone else - that was for Light Years. Rats was Jacko.


    Didnt he say Jeff Johnson? If so, he's a surfer

    Yeah, Eddie said Jeff Johnson and when he talked about him he said he was a great surfer. Just tried to Google him, there is a surfer from Hawaii called Jeff Johnson, who is Jack Johnson's father.
  • Julien
    Julien Posts: 2,457
    awesome show, awesome setlist. The crowd and the band were on fire. i'll post pics later
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  • Rossum20
    Rossum20 Posts: 910
    wow...what energy!! I must have sweat half my body weight because there was almost no slow tunes...my kind of show!!

    I turned around after it ended and just looked at the 10 clubbers behind me...we didn't have much of anything to say...we just basically shook our heads and said "wow"...what else was there to say? Blown away.

    I got footsteps for the first time and this was my 18th show...this show has to crack my top 3 all-time...really a stunning performance.


    And two thumbs up for Supersonic! The Bridge was awesome...I would love to hear a nice long extended bridge jam on that tune!

    Just got back to Istanbul...it was a long night...simply fantastic...and there was not a single empty seat in the place...not 1!

    I took some videos...not sure how they turned out...this is most certainly a show that needs to be their next DVD!
  • Spags
    Spags Leigh-on-Sea, UK Posts: 3,057
    wookieboy wrote:
    Yeah, Eddie said Jeff Johnson and when he talked about him he said he was a great surfer. Just tried to Google him, there is a surfer from Hawaii called Jeff Johnson, who is Jack Johnson's father.

    http://www.surfertoday.com/surfing-celebrities?start=6
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  • Olivavu
    Olivavu England Posts: 1,683
    Fantastic. I've had a great week and can't wait to see them again.

    Seven times is not enough... :?
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  • Pauk
    Pauk Posts: 1,084
    Rossum20 wrote:
    there was not a single empty seat in the place...not 1!
    There probably was...
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  • wash_
    wash_ Posts: 1,073
    I ache this morning...errr...afternoon!

    They pulled it out of the bag...all of them in great great GREAT moods!!!

    If there is a dvd of this show...I need it!!!
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    2007 ░▒▓ London, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
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    2010 ░▒▓ Hyde Park

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  • Olivavu
    Olivavu England Posts: 1,683
    wash_ wrote:
    I ache this morning...errr...afternoon!

    They pulled it out of the bag...all of them in great great GREAT moods!!!

    If there is a dvd of this show...I need it!!!

    Yeah, I heard there would be bootleg dvd's of Manchester and London...
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  • wash_
    wash_ Posts: 1,073
    Olivavu wrote:
    wash_ wrote:
    I ache this morning...errr...afternoon!

    They pulled it out of the bag...all of them in great great GREAT moods!!!

    If there is a dvd of this show...I need it!!!

    Yeah, I heard there would be bootleg dvd's of Manchester and London...
    Good, coz I was told my a number of people that I was on the screens singing and staring at Eddie...feeling slightly embarrassed so I need to see what I was doing!!!!
    2006 ░▒▓ Astoria, Dublin, Leeds, Reading, Lisbon, Paris, Verona, Athens
    2007 ░▒▓ London, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
    2009 ░▒▓ Manchester, London
    2010 ░▒▓ Hyde Park

    *§* Music is all the juice i'll need *§*
  • nuffingman
    nuffingman Posts: 3,014
    Rossum20 wrote:
    wow...what energy!! I must have sweat half my body weight because there was almost no slow tunes...my kind of show!!

    I turned around after it ended and just looked at the 10 clubbers behind me...we didn't have much of anything to say...we just basically shook our heads and said "wow"...what else was there to say? Blown away.

    I got footsteps for the first time and this was my 18th show...this show has to crack my top 3 all-time...really a stunning performance.


    And two thumbs up for Supersonic! The Bridge was awesome...I would love to hear a nice long extended bridge jam on that tune!

    Just got back to Istanbul...it was a long night...simply fantastic...and there was not a single empty seat in the place...not 1!

    I took some videos...not sure how they turned out...this is most certainly a show that needs to be their next DVD!
    Glad you enjoyed it. Can't believe how many overseas fans there were last night. Outside it was a mass of foreign languages... excellent! How many other bands have this kind of support.

    Are you the guy that asked me for a light about 4pm? He was from Istanbul too.

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