the fans did not live up to the band

Like Spinning Plates

LeatherMandi wrote:

pjwhore wrote:

I agree, there wasn't much energy from the fans. I had floor seats and tonight probably had the least energy from the crowd out of all four nights. But I rocked my ass off. 4 Epic shows!!! Thanks Pearl Jam for bringing it every night! And thanks 10c!

I really don't understand how people can say that there was no energy .. i was on the floor middle section and i thought Philly really showed up, even with the annoying baseball fans and all.. i guess theirs always a few assholes who don't get their expectations met.. I personally couldn't have asked for more out of all four nights.. epicness! Thank you so much pearl jam

This is pretty much what I was going to say. I was sitting towards the end on 107 on the floor (Thanks TenClub, haha) and I thought the energy level seemed great last night. Or maybe I was just in my own little world...and as a Yankee fan, I had to just grin and bear the whole Phillies thing

dustinpardue

Scott36 wrote:

401A was a shit crowd. Not too happy with the 10C about that placement.

Wait, you got 10C in the rafters?

ragejoe

Maybe some people were sittin... everyone standing around me on Friday and Saturday but as far as the Loudness and singing... THESE CROWDS ROCKED!!! Props to Philly Im from MASS But i thought they were the 2 loudest... and more importantly consistently LOUDEST out of the approx 30 shows ive been too... Amazing experience


HOLD ON rocked! i would love to see that get some setlist time...

Meant to mention earlier, saw a copy of Saturday night setlist... not as many cross outs and changes than i thought would be... However, SOLDIER OF LOVE was on it...

ragejoe

dustinpardue wrote:

Scott36 wrote:

401A was a shit crowd. Not too happy with the 10C about that placement.

Wait, you got 10C in the rafters?

I was fricken pumped, had 10c sec 201 on SATURDAY night... mikes side pretty close to stage... i was expecting worse for saturday

rats21

how come nobody is saying it?

the crowd sucked because the phillies got spanked by the yankees.

there were thousands of obnoxious philly fans overexicted about the possibility of the phillies winning the world series and pearl jam playing an unconscionable show.

once it became apparent that the phillies weren't winning, the crowd took a serious downturn.

the phillies and their fans suck, but pearl jam and what they did this week was extraordinary.

Spags

Pearl Jam have yet to become the nations pastime...

Laddie

Reno1979 wrote:

Wait... so maybe a really "rare" and "weird" setlist does not a good concert make?

Yoda?

From what I could see of the band's faces, they seemed to be pretty impressed with the crowd. Mike was laughing and interacting with people, Jeff smiled a bunch at people in the crowd, and Eddie looked like he was taken aback on several occasion when he scanned the crowd.

Bulldog88

I was in sect. 205, row one - Aside from those on the floor in front of me, I have no idea how the crowd was - I was waaaaaaay too into the show to notice - drenched in sweat and sore all over by the end - I think I did my part and had a great time doing it! It really bothers me that others think the crowd was weak....it bothers me because that's not what I wanted the band to feel by the end of the night...I wanted to give them back what they gave us - an incredible, unbelievable time. I really hope we didn't dissapoint them - b/c they surely surpassed every expectation I had and I felt pretty good about the crowd when I left - reading all this makes me wonder how they (the Band) felt - they did seem to have a good time, though. Lingering on the stage at the end, soaking it all in.

arakias

12345AGNST1 wrote:

the man im quoting has it right.

rebornFixer

Wasn't at the shows, and therefore don't really care what the crowds were like. I will say that these are probably the four best consecutive setlists that the band has ever played (subjective opinion, admittedly). I really appreciate the extent to which the band dug deep and challenged themselves (and us fans) by playing some really rare material. I also appreciate that they played the warhorses as well, and from what I've read, the song execution and performance quality were on point. The youtube videos and such show a band having a lot of fun. Will be a great set of bootlegs. Can't believe people would complain. Actually, I can. Someone will always find something. I can complain with the best of them at times, and sometimes the complaining may even be warranted. Sorry, but if PJ morphed into a band like the Foo Fighters who plays the same stuff every show, yeah, that'd be a problem, given that PJ has always been different that most rock bands in this regard. I don't always like the gimmicks (back-up singers in '08 were the worst, at least the strings had their moments this time around) or the "special guests" or the encores that get a little too predictable at times (they figured out a way to make me a little tired of Red Mosquito, of all songs!) ... This time, though, its pretty darn hard to complain. 103 unique songs over four nights, a bunch of songs they'd never tried before, a bunch they had played but shelved for years, and all the classics as well ... No gimmicks (except maybe the strings), no guests taking up half the show (did anyone really need Bruce Springsteen to show up? Honestly?), just pure unadulterated PJ doing what they do best: Striking that balance between what we know and love and shocking the crap out of everyone (seriously, Sweet Lew?!!). Quit complaining, just this one time, and appreciate things as they are.

JR279671

dustinpardue wrote:

Scott36 wrote:

401A was a shit crowd. Not too happy with the 10C about that placement.

Wait, you got 10C in the rafters?

i got 10 club in the last row of the 300 section - under the stairs. i couldnt even stand up in my seat since the sloped ceiling would hit my head if i went backwards even an inch.

so i stood on the stairs, no big deal - but still, they should not have sold those seats under 10 club.

nfanel

rebornFixer wrote:

Wasn't at the shows, and therefore don't really care what the crowds were like. I will say that these are probably the four best consecutive setlists that the band has ever played (subjective opinion, admittedly). I really appreciate the extent to which the band dug deep and challenged themselves (and us fans) by playing some really rare material. I also appreciate that they played the warhorses as well, and from what I've read, the song execution and performance quality were on point. The youtube videos and such show a band having a lot of fun. Will be a great set of bootlegs. Can't believe people would complain. Actually, I can. Someone will always find something. I can complain with the best of them at times, and sometimes the complaining may even be warranted. Sorry, but if PJ morphed into a band like the Foo Fighters who plays the same stuff every show, yeah, that'd be a problem, given that PJ has always been different that most rock bands in this regard. I don't always like the gimmicks (back-up singers in '08 were the worst, at least the strings had their moments this time around) or the "special guests" or the encores that get a little too predictable at times (they figured out a way to make me a little tired of Red Mosquito, of all songs!) ... This time, though, its pretty darn hard to complain. 103 unique songs over four nights, a bunch of songs they'd never tried before, a bunch they had played but shelved for years, and all the classics as well ... No gimmicks (except maybe the strings), no guests taking up half the show (did anyone really need Bruce Springsteen to show up? Honestly?), just pure unadulterated PJ doing what they do best: Striking that balance between what we know and love and shocking the crap out of everyone (seriously, Sweet Lew?!!). Quit complaining, just this one time, and appreciate things as they are.

your post brings a tear to my eye....but probably because i'm extremely sleep-deprived and emotional. anyhow, well put. i am so grateful for what pj gave us over this past week. they far exceeded my very high expectations and how anyone can complain is beyond me.

acutejam

rats21 wrote:

the crowd sucked because the phillies got spanked by the yankees.

Beat me to it! No doubt this affected the fanbase. No doubt! I stopped going to baseball games on my birthday for exactly this reason -- sucks to watch your team lose and hard to be celebratory afterward!

But as I just posted in "defense of fans" -- we're at a shared-experience, a human phenomena that is the mass gathering, the mob. NOTICING this, watching the crowd for a few moments over a 2-3 hour concert is completely normal, commenting on it is completely legit. The fans, the crowd are PART of the show.

Worrying about it all, yeah ... why?

Demps

rats21 wrote:

how come nobody is saying it?

the crowd sucked because the phillies got spanked by the yankees.

there were thousands of obnoxious philly fans overexicted about the possibility of the phillies winning the world series and pearl jam playing an unconscionable show.

once it became apparent that the phillies weren't winning, the crowd took a serious downturn.

Agreed - the game had a lot to do with it, I think. Plus, the length of the setlist just tired people out. They came back fucking STRONG for Porch, Alive, and Free World, so they were still there at the end. Just not for stuff they didn't know.

Also - the OP is clearly a troll or an attention whore and we've all given him exactly what he wanted. That's the problem with this board - we all (myself included) bite every single time instead of ignoring what should be ignored.