*** Philadelphia 4 Fanviews Here 10/31/09 ***

Fahka

PhillyPACMG wrote:

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Pictures from Night 4 sitting in sec 213

awesome pics.. ty

armyfan

I_Am_Mike wrote:

Without a doubt a great show, though I must admit that personally it didn't live up to the hype (shocker). Long setlist with some obscurities (that Buckeye dude from this site got his Bugs wish!) but I honestly felt a more intense vibe from the crowd on Friday night. And so much for the hype of special guests. Don't get me wrong, it was a great show but I honestly liked Friday's show better. All that show lacked was the confetti and balloons. But a fine ending to a fine venue.

im with you! while sat nights lengthy performance was amazing....i gotta go with fridays performance as the best of the 3 i saw (missed tuesday's). but who else, aside from us lucky bastards in there, can say they saw bugs, out of my mind and whip it at a pearl jam show??? we all know the answer!!!

DeLukin

What a great show. I won the 9th row lottery (THANK YOU 10C) and loved every second. I was actually glad there weren't any special guests - the more PJ the better. Anyway...

HIGHLIGHTS:
- scoring $95 Flyers tix for $25 before the show (sect 122)
- winning the lottery!!!
- Phillies jersey
- the crowd chanting "Eddie! Eddie!" after he said something to the effect of "Why would you want billy joel and bon jovi when you have me?"
- bringing up Charlie, an 80-some year old member of the spectrum staff who worked there since the beginning (and the resulting "Charlie! Charlie!" chant)
- Whip it into Got Some (such irony)
- Out of My Mind/Sweet Lew/Crown of Thorns/Satans Bed, etc.

LOWLIGHTS
- getting in/out of bathrooms and the douche bags that think that shoving people and acting like ass-hats when nobody can move helps the situation
- running out of cash and finding out the ATM was broken. THEN finding out the nearest one is at the Wachovia Center!

All in all a great show. Can't wait for the boot to relive it. Thanks to 10c and the band for a truly memorable run!

brokenarrow

Last night was unbelievable, I'm still so floored I don't even know what to say about it.


Had 8th row, section 103 on the inner aisle, THANK YOU so much Ten Club for these incredibly amazing seats!
Not really quite sure how many times I said 'Holy Shit' after we sat down before Bad Religion took the stage.
(((side note:: Bad Religion kick so much ass, it was fantastic to get to see them live after all of these years,)

Got to meet decides2dream who happened to be sitting right next to me, it was a fluke. Such a nice person.

Met up with beautiful, beautiful old friends (10 years now thanks to Synergy) before and after the show,
panthergirl, reallygroovn, greendisease, a*fallsinmay.

I'm sore, tired, have a bruise on my left calf from banging it into my chair constantly from dancing, and moving, and am in a bit of a fog today.

::::bliss::::

I feel so lucky to have been able to witness 2 of these shows this week, Wednesday and last night.

Thank you, thank you!


and again I say,



::::::bliss::::::

melva02

landingonwater wrote:

I posted this in another thread, but I couldn't care less if you sat down and texted on your phone the whole time. But if what you're doing distracts me from having a great time, you can go to hell.

Yes, I don't mind people checking scores, but my desire to savor Jeff's vocals on Low Light was spoiled by someone singing really loudly near me, that was kind of a bummer.

I noticed they stopped bringing out the ring girl with the score updates, but it didn't occur to me until after the show that that would mean the Yankees were winning. Sorry Philly, I know it was your night, it would have been nice for the Phillies to win. (Personally as a Yankees fan I was happy.)

Melissa

pkahney

armyfan wrote:

I_Am_Mike wrote:

Without a doubt a great show, though I must admit that personally it didn't live up to the hype (shocker). Long setlist with some obscurities (that Buckeye dude from this site got his Bugs wish!) but I honestly felt a more intense vibe from the crowd on Friday night. And so much for the hype of special guests. Don't get me wrong, it was a great show but I honestly liked Friday's show better. All that show lacked was the confetti and balloons. But a fine ending to a fine venue.

im with you! while sat nights lengthy performance was amazing....i gotta go with fridays performance as the best of the 3 i saw (missed tuesday's). but who else, aside from us lucky bastards in there, can say they saw bugs, out of my mind and whip it at a pearl jam show??? we all know the answer!!!

I can't quantify "why" but I felt the same thing, too. I'll never forget either show, but Friday's crowd seemed to have more energy or something. Glad I'm not the only person that thought this.

kemics

Finally got some time to sit down and write a quick review of last nights show.

1. Setlist was AMAZING. I was at 2, 3 and 4 and by far the setlist was the best. Don't get me wrong, 2 and 3 were amazing, but I think Ed and the guys had something to prove last night, they wanted to bury the spectrum with a few special songs that we will probably NEVER hear live again.

2. The crowd on night 4 was no where NEAR the crowd on night 3. I sat in Sections 320 for night 3 and 321 for night 4. I'm a 10c with 186xxx but I was not around to get 10c tix so I had to do the general sale, and actually had to do stubhub for one night. Night 3, the entire crowd stood for the entire show, my section was jumping, dancing, singing, etc etc etc. There was such an energy on night 3. Eddie even said it himself he was waiting for "that crowd."

For night 4 well, most of my section and the section next to us sat for the majority of the show. After the first 5 songs the couple in front of me sat down and sulked. The girl just used her camera to film the video screen. They stood only for Jeremy. Then sat down and talked the whole time. I danced around behind them, singing every song and they kept looking up at me like I was some maniac. If you don't want people to dance and sing around you, don't go to a concert! Yes I'm talking to you, "Dick in a box" costume guy.
Oh and there was a couple behind me, and to the left of me that were SLEEPING!!!!! how the heck are you sleeping?

It's so hard to feed of the energy of the crowd when people are sitting and not singing and when they are sleeping.


Also, I could see the entire floor from my seats and except for a few pockets of fans, it looked like they were just standing there for the majority of songs. Evenflow, jeremy, rockin, etc got cheers and dancers, but no one was swaying to "Crown of thorns" or bobbing to Rats... SAD

During night 3, that crowd was a large moving wave, it never stopped.

3. For those who say it didn't live up to the "Hype" of special guests and playing till 2am, well maybe they were going to but the crowd wasn't what they expected? Who knows, I will say the show was still awesome, and the crowd wasn't horrible, but not the type of crowd you expect for a closing show of a historic venue with the greatest band in the world playing RARE songs that will never be heard live again...



4. That being said, philly needs to figure out a way to solve the parking problems. Took us 45 minutes to get out of there. There were no cops in the parking lot because they were all busy arresting one drunk guy. So people where pounding on car windows, throwing crap and cars were basically all but hitting people and other cars. If you put more parking guys in there and funnel cars certain ways, this doesn't happen. Also I saw like 3-4 red lights that were run, and it wasnt because cops were directing traffic.


All in all, last night was an amazing show, I can't wait to get the boots, and I can't wait for them to come to philly again. I will never forget this show. For those of you who were there with me, dancing, singing, etc. This post is not about you, its about the people sleeping and complaining that I'm singing and dancing.... Don't go to a concert if you don't want to have a good time because you ruin it for others.

pjaddictsince91

Vedderlicious wrote:

Let me start off by saying... I hit the Lottery! Front row, dead center. My friend got the little rats Eddie had on stage, he got the whip from Whip It, and a pick. We each got set lists, and I got Stone's hat from whip it. Mike gave us a wave during The End, got an up nod from Jeff... oh yea and not to mention Eddie looking at me during Yellow Ledbetter, and seeing my Navy shirt, said "Thank You Man" right to me in the middle of the song. I was floored. Couldnt gauge the crowd based on where we were sitting, but to me they sounded awesome.
The songs they played... INfuckingcredible. I've been praying for some unknown reason to hear Bugs for so long. Never thought I'd hear it. They played it. Couldnt believe it. Rats, Sweet fucking Lew, Crown of Thorns. That show blew my mind. The night to end all nights and I hit the lottery.
I dont know what to say really, usually I see these big long posts after someone hits the lottery. I cant even think straight right now. My throat is sore, I cant speak to save my life. We've got all these goodies i dont even know what to do with. Eddie fucking SPOKE to me... my mind is numb, and I didnt even have any nitrous tonight. I need to sleep or something. Or else I'm gonna go crazy. What a night. Thanks boys.

What the fuck is up with nitrous!!?? :?

zadars

OMG....there has been a "frosted mini wheats" commercial, on all day, that has the, "Rocky Theme" in it, and every time I hear it, it brings me back to these shows! I like knowing that I have a jingle, to bring me back to the BEST week ever!
The Highlights of the week for me:
This was my 45th birthday present, (don't laugh, Ed is the same age. I got him by a month), to myself, and I can't think of a better way to have "gifted" this to myself. WHAT a friggin' week! My body aches, for every pogo bounce, and song belted out! I have danced my ass off, and ''screamed at the top of my lungs" all week long.
I cannot say that last night, was any better or worse, than the other nights. As far as I'm concerned, This was ONE SHOW, that was spaced into four "sets". They were all EPIC. However, by "SET four", we were BEAT! Driving in, and then back home, every night to NJ took a lot out of us, too. Work has a way of doing that to us during the week. To those those that were down on the fans, honestly, I think that the rumors, of the 2AM stop time, may have had something to do with the crowds, energy level for night four. Since we kept hearing, the same thing, about the curfew. Shoot, we have problems handling a NORMAL length show! Ed is my age too, and I do not know where he gets that energy from! He's got the energy of a five year old,,,,hell, they ALL do. Mike, as somebody with an Auto-Immune disease, my hat goes off to you!!!!! You are an inspiration to so MANY others out there! I have Lupus, and it was my GOAL, to make all four shows this week, so, the emotions ran VERY deep this week. I bawled my eyes out, during Unthought known last night! That song,hits my heart heavy!

THANK YOU PEARL JAM,,,,,,,THANK YOU 10CLUB,,,,,,,THANK YOU PHILLY, AND ALL OF THE SPECTRUM EMPLOYEES (who btw, are NOT losing ANY jobs, they circulate between the buildings and events,,,,we were worried that LOTS of folks would be "unemployable", so thankfully, that is not the case here). Thanks also to the fans, that made me and my BFF, feel so safe, and at "Home". It really was an INTIMATE event, believe it or not. EVERY show is special, when I am in the circle of friends, known as 10 clubbers. It was because of YOU folks, that made my 1st to my 29th, shows SO FRIGGIN' SPECIAL!


The Lows:
1.
I have absolutely NO PROBLEMS with ANY of the songs that were played. I have NO PROBLEMS with the crowds, that were at least respectful of others. I did have a huge problem, with the cigarette smoking in the arena, that none of the staff did anything about. We were FORCED out of our section by the smokers, while getting air we missed everything from (ironically), Just Breath to coming in on Bugs, after my inhaler would not give me relief from the smoke. I have no problems with the weed, honestly, it is not as toxic as the regular tobacco. The people that were in section 201, couldn't even share the smokes, they ALL had to light up. I just find, that when you are in THAT large of a crowd, take it EASY on the stuff. I know that is was cold and raining out, but shit, there was a lady that was pregnant behind me, and that had to be really hard for her to deal with as well. The smokes are not allowed for a reason people.

2.
The "herding cattle" shuffle before the shows was truly UNBELIEVABLE. Again, not bitching about the situation, but the guys that took advantage of the crowds by copping feels on the ladies was F**KING DISGUSTING!!! Really? Is this the ONLY way you can cop a feel, is to grab at a lady in a crowd? Your mothers would be so proud, and I say mothers because there were at least 5 different guys that were all touchy feely in that crowd. Now, I walk with a cane,and if these dudes, can only cop a feel, off an "older chick" with a pink cane, then they really have some "life issues".

All in all a memorable week that will go down in infamy as far as shows. The balloons and confetti, put a special final touch, on a venue that I have seen more shows at, than I can remember.

It was worth EVERY second, and now feels that it went by too fast already,,,,,,until next time!

the "chicks with the tootsie pops"

kamikazie66

I came to the show solo from Tennessee and am so glad I made the trip! What a fab show! RITFW will always be one of my fav covers and with the balloons made it a perfect night. Maybe we could get some shows down south next year?? Might not have the same crowd vibes as in Philly - but maybe some of y'all could fly down and help these lame folks out!

Those sleeping fans - just get the DVD next time, stay home. Some true fans probably had shittier seats and would have taken yours. Luckily I had great neighbors in sec 204!

Thanks Pearl Jam and Philly for a great weekend trip!

ironlionzion74

Surely the best PJ show that I've ever witnessed.My tenclub tickets were not that great.I'm honored to have been in the building though.I was in the 309 section.All my neighbors up there were having a great time.A lot of rules being broken all around me,but these were true Pearl Jam Halloween party goers no complainers.A few drunk idiots tried to move me and say I was in the wrong place,that was promptly straightened out.Special thanks to the girl who got my girlfriend out of the bathroom for me.She was having an asthma attack and was in the basement bathrooms,(dungeons),when the show was ending.I couldn't go check on her,since it was the female restroom.Anyway,thank you whoever you were!!!!I owe you one!

elwayvedder

Almost a truly religious experience this week has been and I only say 'almost' so i don't offend my Maker. This band to come here and play such a special event 4 out of 5 nights is precious and I am very grateful out of all the acts in the world, we got PJ to shut down the Spectrum.

For all of those criticizing some of the fans for not keeping up with the band- maybe we are just getting old and the 4th night broke the camel's back? I don't know, just looking for an answer to some of the feedback about the crowd. From where I sat, things were rockin and almost everyone was rocking out, jumping up and down.

Out Of My Mind- thank you Pearl Jam. For 15 years, I have been wishing for this to be brought out somehow, someway, as a tag or something, anything...I'll take all....but we got it in Philly baby. I bought the darn Not For You single import just to get this 1 track back when it came out and taped it to listen to in my car before cd players were the norm in cars. Here we are 15 years later and I dont think the band or EV knows how cool and how precious this little song/improv is to the die hard fanbase and how special it was to be brought back to the mid-90's for that one moment in time.

What a week. What a band. What a life. Thank you Pearl Jam.

jaboodey

Oh man....loved the show, loved the scene, loved the costumes, love the people and growing to love the City of Philly.

I drove down solo from NH and wasn't sure what to expect and got my mind blown up! I drove back about an hour after the show with a grin on my face lighting my way. It was a 23 hour round trip ticket to Awesomeworld. And I got the poster to prove it....

Some random thoughts:
I only know a couple Ten Clubbers and they are cool folks. Thanks to the few I met for being real.

Pearl Jam is the band that the martians (or visitors) when they come to invade may spare and actually keep us safe. Thank you, thank you. This band is so fan friendly and put so much into everything they do.

The Set list was amazing. This was the only show I made for PJ/2009 and thanks to my friend Gregger, an unbelievable show. All the new stuff sounded like they've been playing it for years. The old stuff was amazing again. Eddie and the boys sounded great. I was surprised at the pretty good sound of the Spectrum, but what do I know, being in New England, we've got dumps for sound (except the Garden, which is close to the old Garden sound)
I'm Open into I Got Shit is a personal fave. Out of My Mind sounded great, Life Wasted is a personal anthem for me, the strings were cool, Bugs was very very interesting and I'm so glad it got performed in style. SpinTBCircle and Porch. Good Lord.

Whip It was so unexpected and awesome. The 80's intruments, the whip and the robot dances were hysterical. The whole 2nd encore was amazing and RITFW with the confetti and balloons was super cool to witness, if/any DVD won't do it justice.

Thanks again Philly, I miss it already. Thanks again to my pal Gregger and to the band for everything.

hollow bottle

jonopono wrote:

Brain Of Jeremy wrote:

I am all about various opinions but the people complaining about the fucking crowds this week are just delusional elitists who just need to get there heads checked or just stop going to every single freaking show since they will never live up there unrealistic expectations.

I respectfully disagree. I drove from NY to Philly 3 times this week (missed Friday night) and was blown away each time by Pearl Jam's performance. The crowd, however, left much to be desired. I thought the vibe from the audience on Wed. night was considerably better than Tues. night, and I saw a good number of people tonight rocking out (mostly in the hardcore 10C areas ... front of floor and low 200s close to the stage), but if they were tearing down a historic arena in my hometown and Pearl Jam flew in for the last homestand, I would be going nuts with all my friends and neighbors the entire time. That just wasn't the case here.

But way more importantly, tonight was a fantastic show. I thought the band made the right call dusting off some more rarities but also playing some of the crowd-pleasers they'd gone through over the last 3 nights. I thought "Insignificance" and "Lowlight" were real standouts, and seeing "Jeremy" with the string section was pretty sweet. "Speed of Sound" sounded much better/tighter tonight than it did on Wed. And they thankfully saved "Amongst the Waves" for tonight ... what a fantastic song! I feel like that and "Unthought, Unknown" are going to stand the test of time and end up in the regular live rotation, even though they didn't pop off the album as immediate singles.

Thank you Spectrum for hosting this memorable week. Thank you 10C fans for riding high amongst the waves. Thank you Pearl Jam for a fantastic set of shows. See you in the Spring ... (?)

It's too bad you missed Friday. The most involovement from the fans. 4 nights is tough for us fans. We can't be the best every night.

SprockeTee

inmyrvm wrote:

on2legs wrote:

The crowd zoned out halfway thru because all of the lame Phillies fans were bummed about the score of the baseball game instead of concentrating on the concert.

Philly dropped the ball on this one... never would have happened in NY or Boston.

Let them close Mellon Arena............. we'll show them.

Damn straight.

Well said - c'mon back to the burgh. We're ready for yinz....

SprockeTee

The man & I had an awesome time at the show no issues with anything except for one....

The couple next to us (SECTION 201) kept smoking pot throughout the concert. Have a little fucking consideration for the people around you. Some of us get drug tested at work, could be pregnant, have other health issues or just plain don't like it. And let's not forget to mention those of us who take our kids to enjoy the show.

Next time... you'll be escorted out by security. No more Mrs. Nice Gal. Enough's enough.

You almost ruined the show - and damn it - I have just as much a right to my good seats as you do. You wanna get fucked up than do it where it wont affect the rest of us.

That's all I have to say.

Oh yeah -

thanks for an awesome show guys! Best one I've seen yet! And I'm not sure it can be topped!

curmudgeoness

Philly 4 was a great end to a great set of shows!

Highlights for me:

"Unthought Known" -- played more slowly than they seem to have been playing it live, sounded much, much better (I'm still just crazy about this song)

''I Got Shit" -- One of my favorites; hearing it last night meant I got to hear all of my favorites this week, including "Push Me, Pull Me."

"Bugs" -- The look on Jeff's face during that song was priceless.

"Out of My Mind" -- It's a amazing how a song that Ed said is not even really a song could sound so good. Cool!

"Whip It" -- That was just awesome. I sent a link to one of the videos of this performance to a friend who is from Akron, and she loved it.

Since I have a high number (416 or 417,xxx, I think), I was a little worried that I would get seats in the 400 level. I'm afraid of heights, and it took me a while to adjust to the 11th row of the 300 level Friday night; there is no way I would have been able to go up to 400-level seats. So, I was thrilled to get seats in 310 row 4, thank you 10Club! My son and I sat next to a guy we met at the Tuesday show -- I was feeling pretty rough, so I did not even get the guy's name. (If you're reading this, speak up!) Once again, it was great to meet people who were cool to my ten-year-old.

Yes, I did sit for most of the second half of the show. I was fully loaded with cold medication, but after a night with no sleep following three PJ shows, I had no energy at all. My apologies to people who think I was not into the show. I was dancing and singing on the inside. On the other side of the arena, my husband was jumping and singing enough for both of us; he is even more hoarse today than I am. We are bedraggled and tired, but it was totally worth the effort to pull this off this week.

comebackgirl

What an amazing show! The 41 songs...3.5 hours - WOW. Never thought I would hear Bugs or Sweet Lew live. The rarities made the night that much more special. RITFW with the confetti and balloons was just out of this world! Highlights for me were Smile, Crown of Thorns, Unthought Known and Low Light. Loved the band dressing up as Devo and singing Whip It. Gotta love that they have a sense of humor! I thought the song choices were great considering the occasion (Why Go, Last Exit, etc.).

I did have issues out on the concourse...the crowds were a bit overwhelming...it's hard for a short girl to get air in a crowd like that...had a mini panic attack but managed to push through. Felt a little low on energy this last show...got home and realized I had a 102 fever...got hit hard with the flu...but I am proud to say I rocked out throughout the entire show...didn't sit down once (although I did reel it in a bit during the slower songs). Had the time of my life! Wouldn't have missed it for the world

Heisenberg

Some "fans" never cease to amaze me. What happened on Saturday Night at The Spectrum was legendary. The best band this planet has ever seen gave it everything they had and put on probably the greatest show I have ever seen (and I've seen well over 200) yet people are still bitching. "they played Bugs, Out of My Mind, Sweet Lew, and Whip It but so what, they still didn't play Evil Little Goat or 2000 Mile Blues so it wasn't really an epic show". Unbelievable that people are bitching about this setlist in any way.
"They didn't bring out any special guests so the show really wasn't all that special". I can only speak for myself, but I traveled 7 hours and paid to see Pearl jam, not Pearl Jam and Billy Joel or Dave Matthews or even Bruce Springsteen. If you want to see those bands...go see them. Would you rather hear a duet of Piano Man with Billy Joel (which would be so out of character for PJ anyway), or hear something like Crown of Thorns instead? Besides...Devo showed up and that was pretty special.
Lastly, to say the people up front were "out of it" or "zoned out" because we sat down and rested for a couple minutes during the encore breaks of a 3.5 hour show is ridiculous. It was hot, sweaty, and incredibly intense up front and most of us had been on our feet since the beginning of Bad Religion (while most of you complainers were probably still in the parking lot swilling light beer hoping for dumb shit like a special appearance by Bon Jovi).
People really need to appreciate what this band does for not only their fans but music in general and stop all the incessant whining. There, I've said my peace and will get off my soapbox. Thank you Ed, Mike, Stone, Jeff, Matt, Boom, Greg.G, Jay, Brian, Greg H., Brooks, the crew, the tenclub, the Spectrum, and (most of) the fans for a great show and an unforgettable weekend.

rvk72

good point by the way about getting older. By Sat, my legs where killing me and I like to think I was still holding my own. When I walked out of the building I looked like I worked out for 3 hours.