*** Toronto Fanviews Here 8/21/09 ***

Phild44

Bill Dempsey wrote:

nevmiles wrote:

Champagne Breakfast wrote:

I had great seats, around great people. I had forgotten how great the sound is at the Ampitheatre.

Maybe it was just me and my old ears, but were the vocals a bit muffled last night? When Eddie sopke to the crowd it seems a bit muffled . . . maybe I'm just going deaf and have damaged my hearing so much over the years

The mix was awful at the venue. We were in section 203 and all you could really hear was Mike, the bass drum and Ed's vocals. Boom might as well not have been there and Stone was completely drowned out too. I hate to sound jaded, but the more I go to amphitheatre shows the more I realize that the lawn is probably a better place to be if you really want to hear the music. Under the roof is just so poorly mixed most of the time. Noticed the same thing last time I saw them outdoors in Mansfield, MA last June.

That combined with the hassle getting in, the beer lines, the chaos of leaving and the crappy public transport made this less enjoyable than it should have been. Still love seeing the band and when they are on stage I still get into a zone and let everything else fall away - just getting too old for the rest of it sometimes.

All that said - Faithful, Brain of J and Down made the night.

EDIT: Not For You was great to hear as well. Porch and RITFW more than saved the second half of the show.

Lawn was great, fans around we're cool, even had our own little mosh-pits on some of the heavier tunes like Lukin and Do The Evolution. I personnaly prefer this to being assigned a place to stand. We easily found friends from out of town. Sound was great to me and it's not that far for the view, only problem we had people in front of us blocking it at some time.

demetrios

sharptoe wrote:

I had AWESOME seats. Sec 102 Row F.

Amazing sound. Amazing Energy. Amazing night. I cannopt wait for Chicago.

Here are some pics:

Amazing shots! :shock:

hinx

Ryan_WFC wrote:

Terrific show! For me the highlights were "The Fixer," especially, and "Got Some." Ed seemed to really enjoy playing those, and appreciate how the fans got into them.

I noticed that too. He seemed a surprised/excited to see how into the new songs the crowd got. It was awesome to see.

Great show!

demetrios

Ridin The Wave wrote:

And to Demetrios - super crazy that we met how we did, but awesome! How did the buttons go over?

They sold out fast. They loved them. I will never forget that Thursday Night. What are the chances of meeting you, after 12am downtown Toronto? Out of the blue like that? Hope you guy's had a great time @ the show.

Two Birds

Great night ..thanks 10C section 202 row P. Highlights and Lowlights start with the low...missing Sugar Mountain and Needle and the Damage Done, line ups :evil: Highlights - Stone solo, Jeff and Eddie - Bee Girl, Of the Girl, Brain of J., Faithful, Got Some, Fixer, Porch and Lukin-Not for You. The energy was insane loved being outside again and what a beautiful night. Looking forward to Seattle - can't wait!!!!!!!

Cinnamon Girl

I also missed the preset...and am pretty sick of hearing how amazing it was FYI! :evil:

The show was fantastic! Section 201, Row O, Seats 25,26. Some guy came up with identical tickets as me and jetted off quickly. So either his tix were fake and he knew it....or he got a sweet upgrade! :?

Me and my "date" rocked out all night....really enjoyed ourselves. Hoping the folks around us understood our enthusiasm. Enjoyed every single song....it was over too damn fast!!

Couldn't get up to the Preparty....but hung out downstairs and had a few pitchers.

Turned out to be a gorgeous night....(I'm having a bit of withdrawal)

Two Birds

Forgot...thanks for DOWN as well...and lots of love to the Church of Pearl Jam (as stated in the TO Star) love it!!!

And thanks for all the kind souls that are posting vids and pics keep'm coming.


Namaste!!!!

Karenthevedder

Torontonian wrote:

Speaking of crazy people...

I was near the back of section 103... this woman kept coming down to the front of section 203 and leaned over the railing and screamed in a high pitch voice NON STOP and was annoying the hell out of everyone around her. People were turning around in 103 and looking up to her in the aisle between 203 and 202 and telling her to shut up (seriously, she was embarrassing and the high pitch was incredibly annoying and all she did was scream at the highest pitch she could and then scream again)... eventually her voice went out and she would go away... but alas, no, she would come back when her voice recovered and do it all again.

Someone out there had to be around front row 202/203 or back of 102/103 like me and hear this craziness?

Omg I was in your section and totally heard this girl! We decided she sounded like a dying cat!!! It was pretty brutal!
And the guy with the sunglasses was stoned out of his head waaaay before the show even started! too funny!!

Great Vid of Sugar Mountian, you must have been right behind my friend and I, the back of her head was in the whole video (and me too a couple times..)

Amazing show though! Thanks to PJ and the 10C for everything!
Can't wait to see the boys back in TO soon!!!

jmacd

polaris_x wrote:

agreed about the sound ... even from the front ...

anyhoo - maybe they'll do a fan club only show at massey hall!

sweet jebus!! that would be awesome.....

bobby dazzlers

a show at massey hall would be a scalpers shangra-la. even if it was 10c only. considering the way those fuckers were going aboot themselves on friday....

Renee33

mikeyb46 wrote:

That show was amazing , the opening for me was a huge highlight , i really liked mike's song & ed & jeff playing bee girl , the iggy pop cover was tight too ,

i really wished they would have put the real me & love regin over me in the set , but im not complaning it was a amazing night & the old classic's like black , alive & porch where the best i've ever herd them played

Know what you mean - after absorbing the memories of the show for a couple days I can't get over how the band still feeds off the crowd, and the crowd pumps em back up even more. Porch reminded me of the Cornice dvd with Ed starting it out. The Who tunes wouldve been great - pulled em both out in Chi!!?? We couldve used at least one - I thought they may have closed it out with Baba or Love Reign O'er Me...but no such luck..seemed to end suddenly. I dont even remember the band giving a group bow at this one?

All in all a super show - start planning for '10 tour. Unless I can pull of one of the Philly shows -that would be awesome to see them wrap up the spectrum!

Minou

Toronto, August 21st ,was my very first Pearl Jam concert. I've been a fan for about 16 years and never saw them live until Friday night. I practically ran home to join this club so that I can get better seats next time and the time after that. It was an amazing, amazing show. 'Danced for 2.5 hours and it felt like 15 minutes.

Help, I'm obsessed with Pearl Jam and I can't get enough!

Cinnamon Girl

Minou wrote:

Toronto, August 21st ,was my very first Pearl Jam concert. I've been a fan for about 16 years and never saw them live until Friday night. I practically ran home to join this club so that I can get better seats next time and the time after that. It was an amazing, amazing show. 'Danced for 2.5 hours and it felt like 15 minutes.

Help, I'm obsessed with Pearl Jam and I can't get enough!

ah shit! you're in trouble now!

welcome to the crazy bin.

Minou

Cinnamon Girl wrote:

ah shit! you're in trouble now!

welcome to the crazy bin.

Thank you.

I've been obsessed with Nirvana for the past several years and it's SO GREAT to be in love with a band I can actually see live! Imagine that!

RightSaidVed

the show was good, but thats it in my opinion...just good... i've seen sooo many better shows than this by these guys. I'm not sure if it was the seats, the crowd, or the band. I love these guys so much, but the energy wasn't there. I have a feeling it was the 10c section we were placed in. As far right in the 200's as you can get, I think I prefer a more interior seat so the crowd is all around us to give a full effect. I'm just used to almost not being able to even hear the band play cause the crowd is so loud, but It wasn't like that tonight. I have to blame it on the seats, cause I really don't want it to be that 10clubbers are mellowing out, or the band for that matter either. They played soo amazing though, but maybe cause we were on Stone's side, it just seemed pretty slow paced up on stage too. Ed jumped a couple of times but stayed pretty attached to the stand all night, and just seemed tired or something. The set list was great, probably the best set I've seen, but as far as stage and crowd I just hope It's better next time. You can flame away, I'm just stating how I felt. It seems like everyone else really loved it though, which is great I'm very happy for those who loved it. So like I said I'm just going to blame it on where we were sitting. :?

peace

MayDay10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsLKy0kq-Uc

Someone put Porch up on youtube

tsarax

RightSaidVed wrote:

the show was good, but thats it in my opinion...just good... i've seen sooo many better shows than this by these guys. I'm not sure if it was the seats, the crowd, or the band. I love these guys so much, but the energy wasn't there. I have a feeling it was the 10c section we were placed in. As far right in the 200's as you can get, I think I prefer a more interior seat so the crowd is all around us to give a full effect. I'm just used to almost not being able to even hear the band play cause the crowd is so loud, but It wasn't like that tonight. I have to blame it on the seats, cause I really don't want it to be that 10clubbers are mellowing out, or the band for that matter either. They played soo amazing though, but maybe cause we were on Stone's side, it just seemed pretty slow paced up on stage too. Ed jumped a couple of times but stayed pretty attached to the stand all night, and just seemed tired or something. The set list was great, probably the best set I've seen, but as far as stage and crowd I just hope It's better next time. You can flame away, I'm just stating how I felt. It seems like everyone else really loved it though, which is great I'm very happy for those who loved it. So like I said I'm just going to blame it on where we were sitting. :?

peace

It had to be your seats. Although this show certainly wasn't my favorite (I was at Buffalo '03 and Hartford '08), I don't think I have ever heard the crowd as loud as they were on Friday. Crazy loud. So loud I could barely hear Eddie singing. I was in section 202 (more in the interior), so I do think it must have been your seats.

nevmiles

tsarax wrote:

RightSaidVed wrote:

the show was good, but thats it in my opinion...just good... i've seen sooo many better shows than this by these guys. I'm not sure if it was the seats, the crowd, or the band. I love these guys so much, but the energy wasn't there. I have a feeling it was the 10c section we were placed in. As far right in the 200's as you can get, I think I prefer a more interior seat so the crowd is all around us to give a full effect. I'm just used to almost not being able to even hear the band play cause the crowd is so loud, but It wasn't like that tonight. I have to blame it on the seats, cause I really don't want it to be that 10clubbers are mellowing out, or the band for that matter either. They played soo amazing though, but maybe cause we were on Stone's side, it just seemed pretty slow paced up on stage too. Ed jumped a couple of times but stayed pretty attached to the stand all night, and just seemed tired or something. The set list was great, probably the best set I've seen, but as far as stage and crowd I just hope It's better next time. You can flame away, I'm just stating how I felt. It seems like everyone else really loved it though, which is great I'm very happy for those who loved it. So like I said I'm just going to blame it on where we were sitting. :?

peace

It had to be your seats. Although this show certainly wasn't my favorite (I was at Buffalo '03 and Hartford '08), I don't think I have ever heard the crowd as loud as they were on Friday. Crazy loud. So loud I could barely hear Eddie singing. I was in section 202 (more in the interior), so I do think it must have been your seats.

I agree that it must have been your seats . . and I strongly disagree that the band didn't have energy . . . did you watch the same show as us Mikey was an animal ALL NIGHT LONG, all over the stage, Eddie couldn't stop moving either . . . Stone had is usual "reserved" energy, and Jeff and Matt were crazy all night too . . .

I do feel that the venue and seats have a huge impact on how much you'll enjoy the show, so perhaps, unfortunately, it was your seats and the combination of fans around you that detracted from your enjoyment . . . I was in 202 as well, row N on the aisle closer to Stone's side . . . and I had an amazing time.

Sorry it wasn't all it could have been, but that's the way it goes with randomly assigned seats sometimes. Hopefully you'll have better luck at the next show. Keep believin'!!!!

nevmiles

MayDay10 wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsLKy0kq-Uc

Someone put Porch up on youtube

Amazing version . . .

Hawk123

Not sure if this person is on the board but thanks for posting these:

Sugar Mountain - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIC5I20a7XA
Needle and the Damage Done - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_A6N0AUvE4

Quality of these is so good.