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

Gern Blansten

UncleSpaggles wrote:

Hold On wrote:

Pearl Jam in Devo costumes, paying Whip It for Halloween.

This is completely lost on me - can some body explain? I watched the youtube clip and was even more confused.

:shock:

skyeriverwinter

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OceansMagnet

UncleSpaggles wrote:

Hold On wrote:

Pearl Jam in Devo costumes, paying Whip It for Halloween.

This is completely lost on me - can some body explain? I watched the youtube clip and was even more confused.

It was Halloween.. They dresses as Devo and played Devo's biggest hit in costume.. What is confusing about that??
Watch this..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbt30UnzRWw

if you are still confused, then you need more help than a message board

realisthis

lol... Not everything has some far out meaning behind it.. It was Halloween and they came out dressed as Devo.. Ed even hinted earlier by wearing a Devo shirt. It was a goof, hilarious as hell to watch, and if people dont "get it" they need to get a sense of humor. lol.. Review to come in a few.. I'm still recovering from the travel. I tried to find the Italian Market they went to on Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia and my GPS put me in a very rough neighborhood. Glad to be back home!

Spags

I think the confusion is born more out of never hearing of Devo or that song before in my life. :shock:

DeLukin

It was a joke designed to make fun of themselves - they played Got Some right after Whip it, which bears a striking resemblance to Devo's gut feeling. Classic moment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qcw67KL ... re=related
(seek to 1:44)

dimitrispearljam

DeLukin wrote:

It was a joke designed to make fun of themselves - they played Got Some right after Whip it, which bears a striking resemblance to Devo's gut feeling. Classic moment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qcw67KL ... re=related
(seek to 1:44)

thanks for that..

OceansMagnet

Where to begin?? Well, I arrived at the venue around 5:15 and picked up my tickets.. SEC 107 Row 9.. OUCH!! I have a pretty decent number (272XXX) So needless to say I was not happy with BACK of the floor.. I didn't get upset.. I figured I'd go in and have a look.. It was even worse than I thought.. In the past I probably would have pitched a fit.. I've finally learned to take the high road.. I simply went back to the 10club window and asked if there was a mistake.. The guy (sorry, didn't catch his name.. beard/phillies shirt) checked the ledger and assured me no mistake was made, told me they were great seats.. I explained to him that me being 5'8 (barely) 3 rows from the very back of the arena floor was not "great" seats.. I told him that I realized how many 10clubbers were here and that I was thankful to even be in the building. I then let him know that I did not expect front and center and asked if he had anything up top.. even nose bleeds.. He then handed me SEC 311 Row 8 and I graciously thanked him... See.. Tenclub ALWAYS comes through for us!! My friend and I then re-entered the arena and found our NEW upgraded/downgraded seats.. This show was not about Pearl Jam or Tenclub.. It was about The Spectrum.. And from my new position it was the perfect vantage point to see her in all her splendor.. The band came out and played Why Go and Last Exit for her.. Then with our help she sang back to them Corduroy.. Let me tell you fellow fans.. You looked and sounded beautiful.. We did the old girl proud.. Forget all the "lame crowd" threads.. from where I stood the place was packed and dripping with love. This was to be my only visit to this beautiful rock and roll artifact before she is no more.. I'm with Ed.. Rome and Greece kept theirs.. Why shouldn't we keep ours?? But alas.. We are America.. We want to be SAFE, COMFORTABLE, and CONVENIENCED.. We are willing to sacrifice Intimacy, History, and Resources so we can get out of a building a little faster and get around a little easier.. Can't stop "progress" so here we were rallying around a campfire singing a few songs to send her off this mortal coil.. No rumoured special guests.. can't say I was disappointed. All in all a very special night at a very special place we all will miss dearly.. Goodbye Spectrum.. You truly were "America's Showplace"

Mr. Chubby

incredible show. i think its hilarious that there are people here bashing the crowd.

realisthis

Ok.. At least you didn't break into a complaint on how the cover was lame or some other nonsense - so your post is understandable. The complaints online and off about how there was no special guests or this, that and the next are really starting to get nauseating considering all the thought and hard work the band put into that last show, all week long in philly, and really each every show they play. And.. Who do they do this for? Us! Love you Pearl Jam!

Spags

DeLukin wrote:

It was a joke designed to make fun of themselves - they played Got Some right after Whip it, which bears a striking resemblance to Devo's gut feeling. Classic moment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qcw67KL ... re=related
(seek to 1:44)

Finally the shades are raised! Thanks that was awesome.

AmyMoore

Video: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p ... 04D037FD64

T-Bone 82

Mr. Chubby wrote:

incredible show. i think its hilarious that there are people here bashing the crowd.

Agreed. I don't know what people are talking about. I thought the crowd was GREAT! Look, there are going to be a couple lulls here and there in a 3.5 hour concert but overall the crowd was awesome.

phungi

went to all 4 shows, still recuperating from a 6-day Pearl Jam/Phillies bender...

I have tried hard to understand all the negative talk, which was not my experience at all... this was the most amazing week for me, growing up in Philly, and having attended hundreds of events at the Spectrum over the decades... ending this with 4 amazing concerts from the greatest band alive... it is hard to tease apart the 4 shows, as each had a different personality, and seat location, set lists, crowd intensity, and expectations changed from show-to-show.

for me, Night 3 was epic... I had been at the previous Spectrum show (2003), and nothing had ever approached the madness of MSG (2008 - which was my barometer for the greatest, loudest, most intense crowd/setting/band experience ever) until the 3rd night. This may have been the greatest concert I have ever been to, and my concert-going history started in 1978 in the Spectrum.

So, cut to Night 4... there were expectations (special guests, play until 2, try to play every song in the catalog), there was a definite let-down in crowd intensity from Night 3 (almost like people were waiting around to see what was going to happen, rather than making it happen), and the Phillies definitely played a part (lack of ring-card updates was telling). In this regard, there was sadness that it was all coming to an end, exhaustion from the week, and a bit of stupidity for believing all the hype... I felt a small suck-out compared to Night 3 when they played songs like Jeremy, which were just played the night before.

HOWEVER, this band played 4 nights of what they wanted to play... they combined old/new, popular/obscure, fast/slow, traditional/creative (Devo?!) over 4 nights of madness. I do not think I sat down once (other than encore breaks) and danced and sang my head off... regardless of seat location (226, 102, 105, 203) there were tons of people into the show, and some people just there to see what all the Pearl Jam/ending the Spectrum hype was all about. While I would have "given back" a few repeated songs in exchange for Oceans or Release, every song was: what the band wanted to play, what they wanted us to hear, what made the celebration, and what made this 4-day run so incredible... every show stood on its own, and combined to create a unique 5-day 4-concert historical run.

realisthis

Can we get an amen?!

blacknapkins

Sure ... AMEN!

Laddie

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Thank you 10C for great seats. Thank you Bad Religion for a great set. Thank you to all the great people I met along the way, and thank you Pearl Jam for delivering an unforgettable performance. Thank you!

soop

Don't blow this "negative talk" thing out of proportion... there are a VERY small number of people saying anything negative. Like 2 or 3. Ignore them and move on... the more we talk about "negative talk" the more weight is given to the stupid arguments of a few.

It is almost universally accepted that these shows were off-the-charts amazing.

cheech721

Mr. Chubby wrote:

incredible show. i think its hilarious that there are people here bashing the crowd.

I did mention that the crowd in my section seemed a bit lackluster, there were about 6 or 7 people in my row or row in front of me that were really not into most of the show, sitting down for songs and texting/checking the Phillies score. The crowd as a whole was great, especially with songs like small town and betterman and the crowd's collective voice sent shivers through my body. I didn't mean to bash the crowd, but maybe just a few people in my immediate area...

decides2dream

Hold On wrote:

Night 4 stands apart from the other three shows in that it contained something for everyone. For those have never seen Pearl Jam before, it contained just about all of their biggest songs (Even Flow, Alive, Black, Jeremy, Porch, Daughter, Small Town, Corduroy, Better Man, Evolution, The Fixer, etc.) and for those who are long time Pearl Jam fans, you got to see some real rarities (Bugs, Sweet Lew, Out of My Mind, Pilate, Crown of Thorns, Smile). Old songs (20 songs from 1995 or earlier), new fresh songs (8 songs from Backspacer). Pearl Jam in Devo costumes, paying Whip It for Halloween. 3 and ½ hour set with 40+ songs. Appropriate send off songs (Why Go, and Last Exit to begin the show and Smile (I miss you already) and Alive late in the show. Streamers, confetti and balloons during RITFW. Finally and most appropriately, the show ended with Yellow Ledbetter/The Star Spangled Banner. I can’t think of a better ending than playing the Star Spangled Banner at the end in Philadelphia, the cradle of liberty.

For those of you who went to all four shows, it may not have been the perfect follow-on show to the other 3 because of all the hits played, but if you had to pick only one Pearl Jam show to see for your entire life, this would be the one.

well said!
i went to the 10.30 and 10.31 shows, thought both were stellar but i thought the halloween show in particular was spectacular! i really do feel like they truly thought long and hard to want to please all their fanbase and send the spectrum out with a bang! i looooovvvvvvveeeeddddddd this show, start to finish! was the setlist my ideal, dream pearl jam setlist - hell no. however, that don't mean shit. :P the show was GREAT! EVERYthing they did was such a pleasure to me. i am so, so, sooo thankful i was a part of this show. i initially wanted/preferred the idea of heading out for the seattle or cali shows. couldn't b/c of my work schedulat, and "settled" for the 2 philly shows b/c - close to home and worked schedule-wise. i now know it was faaaarrrrr better for me to have been in philly than any other shows this year - tho of course, could always do/want more - so i am just thankful all conspired that i did ultimately end up in philly. i also think where you are at a show does make a big difference as to your perception of the crowd. i thought halloween the crowd was great start to finish - such energy! i also was 8th row stone's side (thank you again my dear friend tony for sharing your fabe 10c seats with me). i LOVE looking over the crowd and seeing the energy, and it sure appeared to me that no matter where i looked, it was so evident people were having a blast and the crowd volume seemed pretty consisentently LOUD, start to finsh. the devo costumes were BRILLIANT...the confetti and blaoon drops just soooo touching.....jeff singing! :shock: ....just every little thing......what a special, special night...


THANK YOU pearl jam for an amazing memory, a brilliant show.....a great way to celebrate my 30th show....




(and sure, keep sound-checking/practicing other side, and break it out next time you visit NYC