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

lucehifener

I flew in from Seattle on Friday night at 11:55pm. By the time Pearl Jam took the stage, I had been awake for 42 hours. What followed was 3.5 hours of complete and total amazement. They did it right. They took the Spectrum down with the best Pearl Jam show I've ever seen. It was my 12th show, and the 4th of this tour. What a night.

Flagg

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

Flagg wrote:

Incredible show and I don't really have much more to add except "wow" and this: that may be a crappy, run down, old dump of a building, but that was the best sounding concert I have ever heard anywhere.

loved your reaction to the show outside the spectrum that night..

Which one was that? Me lying flat out on the concrete?

Jearlpam0925

Flagg wrote:

Incredible show and I don't really have much more to add except "wow" and this: that may be a crappy, run down, old dump of a building, but that was the best sounding concert I have ever heard anywhere.

There's a reason I've always said the best concert - and bootleg - I've ever been to/heard was the 4/28/03 Spectrum show. Obviously that's been taken over now, but at least those who didn't believe me when I preached it before sure do now.

mikesbri

Thanks Philly and Pearl Jam.

Flew in from Toronto and had the greatest time. Met some awesome americans, toured the city, went to Flyers game, and definetly watched the greatest shows I probably will ever witness. This was a weekend that I will never forget.
Was lucky enough to meet Boom in our hotel elevator on friday afternoon, said a few words and he told me your coming to see the best 2 shows possible with a big smile on his face. I knew then that this was going to be an unbelievable experience.

I have nothing bad to say about this weekend and the city. PJ/10C and PJ fans are definetly the best.

johnnywhip7

Incredible is all I have to say! The torch has been passed on to Pearl Jam as the best band in the world! I was raised on Led Zeppelin, Lynyrd Skynyrd and The Who. I never thought a band would ever out beat Led Zeppelin as the greatest band ever, but after being present at Wednesday and Saturday night's shows I believe that Pearl Jam has taken over as the best band ever!
It truly was a gift to be there at the last show for the Philadelphia Spectrum. I have seen at least 50 shows there, and they truly saved the best for last! Thank you Pearl Jam for making my last night at the Spectrum so special.

blacknapkins

Jearlpam0925 wrote:

Flagg wrote:

Incredible show and I don't really have much more to add except "wow" and this: that may be a crappy, run down, old dump of a building, but that was the best sounding concert I have ever heard anywhere.

There's a reason I've always said the best concert - and bootleg - I've ever been to/heard was the 4/28/03 Spectrum show. Obviously that's been taken over now, but at least those who didn't believe me when I preached it before sure do now.

I was at that show, feeling all warm and fuzzy and at home in the Spectrum, and I still listen to that boot often. I would never have argued with you.

DeepOceans

Certainly a fantastic send off for the spectrum! Best concert i was ever at. I went to 3 of the 4 - Wendesday, Friday and Saturday. Each night topped the previous night. I loved when they did Footsteps on Friday night. And on Halloween I think the highlight for me was to hear them do the Mother Love Bone "Crown of Thorns", which I guess was a tribute to their old friend Andrew Wood. These are the moments that make a concert special. I also really enjoyed that crazy song "BUGS". Eddie is such a great entertainer. Of course the ending with the SSB and all the tape and balloons falling down was just awesome. Thank you Pearl Jam, I am so glad I went to the final night. I had originally bought the 2 shows that were offered, and had been expecting the final night on Oct 30 Then of course they added 2 shows and the final night was to be Oct 31. Well after the show Friday I decided I had to come back again to see the final show on Saturday so I searched out tickets and couldn't be happier. Unless of course they took me on tour with them!!!

PJPghStlrfan

Hard to say this was the best show ever, because the crowd was DEAD!, after the main set, from section 319A, you could hear a pin drop, the WS def. played it's part in this. However, it was a FUN show, filled with rareities, and 41 songs? 3.5 hrs? Aw heck, it still was a great show.

For me it was what was the signature moment? BUGS? SWEET LEW? OUT OF MY MIND? Or was it WHIP IT?
Ed's glasses? Ed dribbling the basketball before Sweet Lew? ANyhow, very enjoyable and great way to close out the Spectrum. Thanks Pearl Jam for another great experience....

Christopher

Seb77

AMAZING

Great set - great energy. I agree that the crowd was a bit dead after the first set - I think there was a lot of world series distraction. However, after that enthusiasm was back (and how could it not be..)

Definitely my most memorable concert. Fingers crossed for another EU tour in 2010...

Ms. Wes C.addle

Yellow Ledbelly wrote:

Is it just me or does anyone else believe they played Whip It due to the many folks saying The Fixer sounded like it...that is was a rip-off??

It is got some that sounds like it, not the fixer.... And why do you think they immediately followed whip it with got some?---> They are aware...

U R A Crazy Breed

ms. wes c.addle wrote:

Yellow Ledbelly wrote:

Is it just me or does anyone else believe they played Whip It due to the many folks saying The Fixer sounded like it...that is was a rip-off??

It is got some that sounds like it, not the fixer.... And why do you think they immediately followed whip it with got some?---> They are aware...

of course they are aware....i knew that the second i heard about it...and i still don't care that i missed it leaving early...i got HOLD ON on Friday....that shit made my year!!!

Jearlpam0925

Anybody know the approximate time when these things will hit the boots section?

Hinn

ms. wes c.addle wrote:

Yellow Ledbelly wrote:

Is it just me or does anyone else believe they played Whip It due to the many folks saying The Fixer sounded like it...that is was a rip-off??

It is got some that sounds like it, not the fixer.... And why do you think they immediately followed whip it with got some?---> They are aware...

It's not Whip It that sounds like Got some. It's Gut Feeling, but more people know Whip It, so that would make a cooler cover than Gut Feeling to get everyone up and laughing.

81

Jearlpam0925 wrote:

Anybody know the approximate time when these things will hit the boots section?

not soon enough

WWS

Still going through withdrawl.....truley religous experience. Life Changing.

pearljgirl2010

PJPghStlrfan wrote:

Hard to say this was the best show ever, because the crowd was DEAD!, after the main set, from section 319A, you could hear a pin drop, the WS def. played it's part in this. However, it was a FUN show, filled with rareities, and 41 songs? 3.5 hrs? Aw heck, it still was a great show.

For me it was what was the signature moment? BUGS? SWEET LEW? OUT OF MY MIND? Or was it WHIP IT?
Ed's glasses? Ed dribbling the basketball before Sweet Lew? ANyhow, very enjoyable and great way to close out the Spectrum. Thanks Pearl Jam for another great experience....

Christopher

I'm with you on this...while the show was a lot of fun, i didn't think it was the "epic" show of the tour...i enjoyed hearing the random Bugs and Sweet Lew, but was MORE thrilled to hear Ghost, Immortality, No Way, etc during the other nights :-)

WWS

pearljgirl2010 wrote:

PJPghStlrfan wrote:

Hard to say this was the best show ever, because the crowd was DEAD!, after the main set, from section 319A, you could hear a pin drop, the WS def. played it's part in this. However, it was a FUN show, filled with rareities, and 41 songs? 3.5 hrs? Aw heck, it still was a great show.

For me it was what was the signature moment? BUGS? SWEET LEW? OUT OF MY MIND? Or was it WHIP IT?
Ed's glasses? Ed dribbling the basketball before Sweet Lew? ANyhow, very enjoyable and great way to close out the Spectrum. Thanks Pearl Jam for another great experience....

Christopher

I'm with you on this...while the show was a lot of fun, i didn't think it was the "epic" show of the tour...i enjoyed hearing the random Bugs and Sweet Lew, but was MORE thrilled to hear Ghost, Immortality, No Way, etc during the other nights :-)

Disagree...
Forget the crowd. I can't think of another set list that mixed the favorites and rare ones better than this show EVER!! Please find a better set list....good luck

pearljgirl2010

WWS wrote:

pearljgirl2010 wrote:

I'm with you on this...while the show was a lot of fun, i didn't think it was the "epic" show of the tour...i enjoyed hearing the random Bugs and Sweet Lew, but was MORE thrilled to hear Ghost, Immortality, No Way, etc during the other nights :-)

Disagree...
Forget the crowd. I can't think of another set list that mixed the favorites and rare ones better than this show EVER!! Please find a better set list....good luck

um...ok??? Done. I happen to have enjoyed the setlist from night 1 more because i heard songs that I wanted to hear. I really had no desire to hear Bugs. I prefer Ghost to Bugs, and Immortality to Sweet Lew. Oh and for night 3, I got HOLD ON, which was my one song that I never thought I'd hear

walknthecow

who got ledbetter with a jimi national anthem ending?

Tuolumne Mama

Hey Hinn, who in G2 escaped? Hit me Monday and DirtyLittleTom went down for the count today. Everyone I've talked to has been half past dead all week. But it sure as hell was worth it, LOL.