*** Vancouver Fanviews Here 9/25/09 ***
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Portland will be lucky today because the band is coming off a great high from last night.
I've been to many shows and until tonight, the best show I have ever seen was by Pearl Jam in 1998 (Barrie). This was the best show I've ever been to. The band was absolutely on fire tonight. The band and crowd totally fed off each other.
In My Tree was a great opener and Johnny Guitar just rocked out. Clearly my fave tune off the new album.
Eddie was very "local" referencing the crowd in front of him cheering and feeling like he won the Stanley Cup and he referred to the crowd in the seats behind the stage as feeling like the local Commodore Ballroom. He threw in a Chelios reference too. The Terry Fox "light years" dedication and $$ donation was great. Ed's story of how inspiring his story was considering Fox trekked across Canada on a wooden leg compared to them flying across Canada for the coast to coast tour and tiring them out in 2005 was great. Also mentioned how he knew the Terry Fox story when he was a teen in California.
Ed flubbed a verse in MFC, but that was a great song to hear. Before "Small Town", Ed told a story about flying over Canada and how Stone pointed out the window and saw a small town and he went into the "1,2,3,4..." before the song and started laughing. They had to redo it.
Stone was rocking out and gave proverbial head to Mike's guitar at one point when they were jamming.
The Seattle story was mentioned already and I have to agree, this crowd kicked the ass of the crowd at the Monday show I saw.
Last Kiss was dedicated to the crowd behind the stage.
Ben Harper was wonderful, I selfishly wish they played Under Pressure with him though instead.
Amongst the Waves was described as a song about "Love being good for a change" or something to that extent after saying most love songs were about when things went wrong.
Thanks 10C for great seats by the way. I had 9th row centre (200xxx) and based on the conversations around me, that might not have even been a lottery ticket even though it was clearly the best seats I've ever had. Could have been the lack of Seattle crowd that didn't show up b/c of shows there that bumped a bunch of us up so far.
So much more I forgot, but I'll have to listen again on the bootleg to forever remember.0 -
Let me first say:
THANK YOU TEN CLUB!!!!
Here's a crazy story: At 3:00 I went to pick up my tickets. I see my new friends from Calgary, Supersara and Jay123123 who I met at the Chicago shows... Sara tells me she has 3rd row and her touring mate Jay is in line to get his. (His friends had bailed and couldn't make it) He comes over and he gets the lottery Row 1!!!! I say hey can I buy your 3rd row tickets? Its pretty much a done deal I just had to get my 358XXX tickets. I go to the ticket booth and no lie Front Row too! Beside Jay and Sara, Center!!! What an amazing coincidence...We were freaking out!
It gets better...
I just have to say Sara and Jay are the classiest PJ fans... they donated their 3rd row tickets to Wishlist at the Pre-party and it raised a ton of cash!
The show itself was the best of my 12 shows and I have been to some Epic shows. Personally for me hearing Breath for the first time was an outer body experience! I cried!!! That song has meant so much to me for so long.
Another hi-light was Ed pointing at me and throwing me his pic early in the show! Amazing!
There are just too many moments to put in to words!
Thank you Pearl Jam for such an incredible experience. The best concert night of my life!!!Post edited by breath_girl on0 -
that is one of the best sets ive seen in a long time."The world is dangerous, feel safe here tonight..." EV 9/17/06
38+6 shows at the age of 27 and counting...but still no Undone
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maybe the best setlist so far in 2010...1st encore..O.M.G"...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.....”0 -
dimitrispearljam wrote:maybe the best setlist so far in 2010...1st encore..O.M.G
Well, it may turn out to be the best setlist of 2010...definitely THIS year already !!
There's a lot to be said for nowhere...0 -
All set to get a boot for this show....In My Tree as opener meant I had to.
Then...
Oh....
No....
Last Kiss. Last....bloody....kiss!!!!! Why? Why in the name of all that's good do they play this utterly tiresome dirge. Truly, truly awful.
One day I'll be subjected to this live. I've got away with 8 shows without it....can my good fortune last? I doubt it.
Am I the only person who can't stand this song and knows the world would be a better place for PJ not playing it? Surely not!Given To Live -
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Inspired by Pearl Jam, making live music dreams come true.0 -
Wow- nice set- and In my tree to open? Very nice....got a mind full of questions and a teacher in my soul...0
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breath_gal wrote:Let me first say:
THANK YOU TEN CLUB!!!!
Here's a crazy story: At 3:00 I went to pick up my tickets. I see my new friends from Calgary, Supersara and Jay123123 who I met at the Chicago shows... Sara tells me she has 3rd row and her touring mate Jay is in line to get his. (His friends had bailed and couldn't make it) He comes over and he gets the lottery Row 1!!!! I say hey can I buy your 3rd row tickets? Its pretty much a done deal I just had to get my 365XXX tickets. I go to the ticket booth and no lie Front Row too! Beside Jay and Sara, Center!!! What an amazing coincidence...We were freaking out!
It gets better...
I just have to say Sara and Jay are the classiest PJ fans... they donated their 3rd row tickets to Wishlist at the Pre-party and it raised a ton of cash!
The show itself was the best of my 12 shows and I have been to some Epic shows. Personally for me hearing Breath for the first time was an outer body experience! I cried!!! That song has meant so much to me for so long.
Another hi-light was Ed pointing at me and throwing me his pic early in the show! Amazing!
There are just too many moments to put in to words!
Thank you Pearl Jam for such an incredible experience. The best concert night of my life!!!
Jen, congrats!!!! They played your song and you were first row! Must have been amazing!!!! So jealous of the setlist, too.
One man stands alone awaiting
for her to come home
eyes upon the horizon
in the dark before the
darkness leaves the dawn0 -
congratulations. That is awesomerestlesssoul wrote:bruce wrote:Best Pearl Jam show I have ever been too. Amazing set and crowd. More on this later, speachless.
i gotta say, out of 26 shows, gorge, MSG, boston, seattle,
This was the best pearl jam show I have ever been to.
i won front row in the lottery, i held up a 1982 Who Hankerchief during Reign, Ed saw it and liked it. Gave me a nod. During YL while mike was soloing and ed was resting, i threw it up to Ed. he didn't even have to move to catch it. Just hit him, he used it stuck it in his back pocket and ran and got me a pick, handed it to me personally and we shook hands.
This interaction had nothing to do with this being the best show I've ever been to. i was thinking that LONG before this happened. Terry Fox song - Light Years. HUGE ovation for this. The crowd was unreal, the setlist was off the charts. Just look at it. The band knew they had something special going. The first encore was just blistering, i mean listen to the boot.. In seattle, we got sit down slow songs BOTH nights, on this night? FUCKIN i got shit, Regin, BREATH, SOLAT, ALIVE. MY GOD....No way was wicked tonight too, nasty jam at the end. officially dissed the seattle crowds. said he wanted to move to vancouver, but then the downside, after five years, we would turn into a SHIT CROWD TOO.!!!! hahahhahah
unreal, epic, mind blowing. best concert ever for myself. Absolutely stunning.
Im too tired to give a full review. Gotta sleep. portland drive starts in 7 hours. ouch
pre Party = massive success. THANK YOU ALL.
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Amazing first encore
I hope to here Love, Reign O'er Me in Philly for my first time.Shows attended: 39
7/5/98 Dallas, 10/17/00 Dallas, 4/30/03 Uniondale, 7/8/03 MSG 1, 7/9/03 MSG 2, 9/28/04 Boston 1, 9/29/04 Boston 2, 10/03/05 Philly, 4/15/06 SNL, 5/5/06 Irving Plaza, 5/13/06 Hartford, 6/1/06 NJ 1, 6/3/06 NJ 2, 6/20/08 Camden, 6/27/08 Hartford, 7/1/08 The Beacon, 10/27/09 Philly, 10/28/09 Philly, 10/30/09 Philly, 10/31/09 Philly, 5/20/10 MSG, 5/21/10 MSG, 10/18/13 Brooklyn, 10/19/13, Brooklyn, 10/25/13 Hartford, 11/15/13 Dallas, 10/12/14 Austin 2, 5/1/16 MSG 1, 5/2/16 MSG 2, 8/5/15 Fenway 1, 4/7/17 RRHOF Induction, 8/8/18 Seattle 1, 8/10/18 Seattle 2, 9/2/18 Fenway 1, 9/13/23 Ft. Worth 1, 9/15/23 Ft. Worth 2, 5/16/24 Vegas 1, 5/18/24 Vegas 2, 9/17/24 Fenway 2, 4/29/25 ATL 1, 5/1/2025 ATL 20 -
wow best setlist I've seen in the last few shows..Ten Club # 433608, when I am 80 I will be in the front row!0
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Damm great set list this a must have boot and like it allways has been everytime Breath is in the set it makes for a really special night and to top it off it was played right after SOLAT that is the best two song combo for me at least i have only seen that once out of 31+ shows ,really happy for RESTLESSOUL ..
jesus greets me looks just like me ....0 -
they are bringing it so far
another great show on paper0 -
I will post a review of Given to Fly, as this was the only song I heard via a cross country phone call waking me up at 1:30am.
It was so fucking fantastic, absolutely great!!! you fuckers who actually were there I'm so jealous. I've seen em 12 including last vancouver show and my friend who I sat with last time was kind enough to call me from GM Place because I was pretty jealous of him last night. The crowd was super loud and the band was killin GTF. God what a great song. I hope you realise how amazing this band is.....!
I await his details when he gets outta bed.0 -
Breath :shock: :shock:
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In my tree to open as well?
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Great set list! I'm happy to see them pull out Breath ... wish they'd do it more often.
In My Tree must have been such a pleasant surprise as an opener!1996: Toronto 1998: Barrie 2000: Saratoga Springs 2003: Buffalo, Toronto 2005: Kitchener, London, Hamilton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto 2006: Toronto x2, Cleveland, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Gorge #1 2007: London, Dusseldorf, Vic, Lolla 2008: WPB, Tampa, DC, MSG x2, Hartford, Boston x2, Beacon 2009: Toronto, Chicago x2, Seattle x2, LA #3&4, San Diego, Philly x4 2010: Cleveland, Buffalo, Hartford 2011: Montreal, Toronto x2, Hamilton 2012: Missoula 2013: London, Wrigley, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Hartford, Dallas, OKC0 -
IamTom wrote:All set to get a boot for this show....In My Tree as opener meant I had to.
Then...
Oh....
No....
Last Kiss. Last....bloody....kiss!!!!! Why? Why in the name of all that's good do they play this utterly tiresome dirge. Truly, truly awful.
One day I'll be subjected to this live. I've got away with 8 shows without it....can my good fortune last? I doubt it.
Am I the only person who can't stand this song and knows the world would be a better place for PJ not playing it? Surely not!
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Are they still playing old-school "In My Tree"?0
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I heard that Eddie wished Sam (LukinTimer) a Happy Birthday :-)Need a tour Travel Agent??? Pick me :-)
Whatever you are, be a good one --Lincoln0 -
I go to the ticket booth and no lie Front Row too! Beside Jay and Sara, Center!!! What an amazing coincidence...We were freaking out!
It gets better...
I just have to say Sara and Jay are the classiest PJ fans... they donated their 3rd row tickets to Wishlist at the Pre-party and it raised a ton of cash!
This is a great story. I'm sure that whatever I was doing at that moment was probably waaaay less exciting then what you were up to.
You are very lucky, but unfortunatley you have hit a ceiling. You'll never see a better show.90 shows and counting...some of my favs: Randall's Island night 2, Milwaukee '95 night 2, Hawaii '06, St Johns '05, PJ20!0
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