*** Nijmegen Fanviews Here 6/27/10 ***

einatshaul

haven't heard the ok tag either in so long... that was all i was asking for!

Rueb

I just got back and can't help but feel a little disappointed. The band was great and they played In My Tree and Whipping, but the show was too short. They ended so suddenly.

There was definitely a disagreement near the end. After Better Man, Ed went over to Jeff and Mike to discus something. The outcome of the discussion definitely wasn't what Ed wanted (he sighed or something to that effect) and the band delved into Rockin' In The Free World before Ed had even put his guitar away. It seemed to me and everyone around me Ed wanted to keep on playing, as they could've gone on until eleven. When Rockin' did start as the last song, Ed was running around frantically to please the crowd, shake hands etc, but it felt a bit apologetic.

Better was that in the beginning Ed read a note in Dutch ("I can't believe I'm about to do this...") saying how great the weather and the people were. They also called upon the stage one of their crew who celebrated 20 years on the road, or something to that effect.

Ed fucked up the beginning of Small Town, after which he took a big sig of whine saying: "I fucked up. Sometimes more of this makes me do better." Hilarious, but Mike looked quite pissed. He didn't really seem too happy during the show, keeping to himself on stage while the other were jamming together, etc.

Stone got a tambourine in the back of the head thrown at Ed by a roadie. He looked annoyed, but Ed made up for it by stroking his head with the other tambourine.

The sound was great, the weather spectacular, the crowd ok, but the show was waaaaay too short and I've seen the band get along with each other better than tonight.

gecko

Rueb wrote:

I just got back and can't help but feel a little disappointed. The band was great and they played In My Tree and Whipping, but the show was too short. They ended so suddenly.

There was definitely a disagreement near the end. After Better Man, Ed went over to Jeff and Mike to discus something. The outcome of the discussion definitely wasn't what Ed wanted (he sighed or something to that effect) and the band delved into Rockin' In The Free World before Ed had even put his guitar away. It seemed to me and everyone around me Ed wanted to keep on playing, as they could've gone on until eleven. When Rockin' did start as the last song, Ed was running around frantically to please the crowd, shake hands etc, but it felt a bit apologetic.

Better was that in the beginning Ed read a note in Dutch ("I can't believe I'm about to do this...") saying how great the weather and the people were. They also called upon the stage one of their crew who celebrated 20 years on the road, or something to that effect.

Ed fucked up the beginning of Small Town, after which he took a big sig of whine saying: "I fucked up. Sometimes more of this makes me do better." Hilarious, but Mike looked quite pissed. He didn't really seem too happy during the show, keeping to himself on stage while the other were jamming together, etc.

Stone got a tambourine in the back of the head thrown at Ed by a roadie. He looked annoyed, but Ed made up for it by stroking his head with the other tambourine.

The sound was great, the weather spectacular, the crowd ok, but the show was waaaaay too short and I've seen the band get along with each other better than tonight.

It seems that this whole day is the day of misunderstanding. Still, very envious of people who could be there.

Syl

Yeah short but great!
Love the Park, loved the gig, for the first time EVER I didn't get pushed in second row, how amazing is that!
Met some dear friends and had a great time! The duet with Ben Harper "Under Pressure" was so great!
It just was a wonderful evening. I didn't expect anything special, especially after the superb Belfast gig, but it turned out to be a great show.. and... remember.. the guys are always so happy when playing in Holland That's the place where you can see Stone smiling all the time and really making contact with the public!
Short but the guys had really great fun, me too!

rb115565

At festivals most bands play to the schedule. Whatever is on the schedule thats what people should expect, So spend the whole day at the festival and see some other bands as well !!!

meme

Rueb wrote:

I just got back and can't help but feel a little disappointed. The band was great and they played In My Tree and Whipping, but the show was too short. They ended so suddenly.

There was definitely a disagreement near the end. After Better Man, Ed went over to Jeff and Mike to discus something. The outcome of the discussion definitely wasn't what Ed wanted (he sighed or something to that effect) and the band delved into Rockin' In The Free World before Ed had even put his guitar away. It seemed to me and everyone around me Ed wanted to keep on playing, as they could've gone on until eleven. When Rockin' did start as the last song, Ed was running around frantically to please the crowd, shake hands etc, but it felt a bit apologetic.

Better was that in the beginning Ed read a note in Dutch ("I can't believe I'm about to do this...") saying how great the weather and the people were. They also called upon the stage one of their crew who celebrated 20 years on the road, or something to that effect.

Ed fucked up the beginning of Small Town, after which he took a big sig of whine saying: "I fucked up. Sometimes more of this makes me do better." Hilarious, but Mike looked quite pissed. He didn't really seem too happy during the show, keeping to himself on stage while the other were jamming together, etc.

Stone got a tambourine in the back of the head thrown at Ed by a roadie. He looked annoyed, but Ed made up for it by stroking his head with the other tambourine.

The sound was great, the weather spectacular, the crowd ok, but the show was waaaaay too short and I've seen the band get along with each other better than tonight.

I just hope they don't pull an Oasis on us before July 6th. Group hug, boys!

pdalowsky

I would have paid the fee to see In my tree alone

RR25479

please please please don't go to this festival (?) again!!! :twisted:
When a great band like Pearl Jam is summoned to stop playing after 1 1/2 hours and the festival organisation promised a full set (they know Pearl Jam, don't you think, and with PJ it's a lot longer most of the time) , it's time to avoid the festival.
Pearl Jam should be allowed to do their thing, and that is to play a always great setlist and do that as long as THEY want!!

ItsOKaye

ScottandPearlJam wrote:

OMG THEY PLAYED ITS OK
I TRIED ALL 4 IN PHILLY NEWARK HARTFORD AND BOTH MSG I HAD MY SIGN AND THEY PLAYING NOW WTF!!!!
WAS IT THE WHOLE SONG???? DOES ANYONE KNOW ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

SCOTT

Hey Scott....its this your sign? I found this picture somewhere and I wanted to use it as my avatar. My user name is 'ItsOKaye" (and has been for a couple of years). If it is your picture I hope you dont mind me using it.
Thanks Kaye

i_lov_it

pumpkinhead wrote:

Stop your bitching. Great show. Where you even there?

Wish I was there!...:)

Spencer

The consensus seems to be that it wasn't the "It's OK" tag (Dead Moon cover), but rather the more common "hey hey it's okay" tag, which is a portion of Androgynous Mind by Sonic Youth.

Can anyone confirm?

Here's the "It's OK" (Dead Moon) tag:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW1ovyAJiMk

Karley

I'm all for the "It's okkkkkkkkkkkkk" tag (R.E.M. - Wrong Child). Bring THAT back!

gecko

Daughter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yatbldGM4oc

RITFW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yatbldGM4oc

Speach
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5UMdisHr_M&feature=youtu.be

Just Breathe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GrQ1VAzKOs&feature=youtu.be

Ashkorsair

ok, it was a bit short perhaps, but i didnt really expect otherwise this being a festival and all.
for some reason it appeared to me eddie had a bit of throat problems in the beginning but perhaps its just the person smoking pot behind me that warped things
in other words it can be best described as this:
THEY DID IN MY TREE
THEY DID IN MY TREE
THEY DID IN MY TREE
THEY DID IN ME TREE
rince repeat.

the thing with ben harper under pressure was nice enough i guess, but i hate the song though.

ow and i like how ordinary stone looks compared to the others:) just long hair a plain black t-shirt and a pair of jeans. u rock stone!

all in all it was kick ass to see them again.
now pearl jam if u reading this:

please please please please headline the pinkpop festival off 2011!!
we need u!

fortyshades

vedderman wrote:

Only one encore and total of 19 songs?

Maybe someone else already said this, but I think the festival was only licensed until 10.30pm. I know that Ed Vedder seemed quite surprised about it when he had to shorten the setlist.

Let me also state, being on the wrong side of the crowd in London; that this was a nice and safe concert for everyone; left/ right and in the middle...

fortyshades

Perforator wrote:

Yeah wtf was going on? I saw them for the fourth time now, and the first three times I saw them the gigs all lasted at least two hours. It also seemed like Eddie wasn't agreeing with the rest of the band at all when they started playing RITFW. Maybe some issues with the organization or something (after all it's Mojo).
Well, very strange anyhow, totally not Pearl Jam-like to quit after 1,5 hours of playing .

I'm from Holland and I have friends living in Nijmegen. I know for a fact that there were lots of complaints two years ago, because they stopped after eleven. I already heard, through the grapevine, that the organization/festival was keeping a close eye on the curfew for they didn't want to loose their license. They were even willing to "pull the plug". So my take on it, is that not the band disagreed with each other but that someone told Jeff to "wrap it up", Jeff told Ed and everyone was equally surprised. I know that Ed turned, to what I presumed was his manager, and lifted his arms in amazement.

In the end; it is all small town politics...

alfro_j

Alive was on the setlist as closer, with Rockin between brackets, so I don't think they were surprised they had to stop. The Rockin Park website stated that curfew was around 11 pm, so I was a little dissapointed too when they left the stage, but yeah, In My Tree was absolutely fantastic great show

Indifference10

Great show, little short but I had a great time!

Great to hear In my tree and Unthought known. Goosebumps during Just breathe!

We met some cool fellow Belgians. Girls and guys, I don't know whether you're ever on this board, but I just wanted te say: enjoy Arras and see you all at Werchter!!!

Thanks PJ, see you next week!

Muriel

Hi all,

Quick introduction, as this is my firts post. Knew some music of Pearl Jam and went to see them live for the first time in Nijmegen (Holland) in 2007, because this was a band I had to see live once (I thought). I WAS BLOWN AWAY! 1 month after I had every studio album, found the fanclubsites and was hooked! Got tickets to Rotterdam 2009 (which was FANTASTIC) and seeing the early entrance for fanclub members made me decide to join last year when rumours about a European tour came up. Have been reading posts, but just did not have anything meaningfull to say before, except that I love this band!

Yesterday they were again FANTASTIC and I enjoyed every minute of it! Can't believe the energy they spread every time! A Pearl Jam concert is truly the best live experience ever!

And I don't want to bith, but have to say that normally the 1,5 hours would not have been such a big problem IF it had been communicated by the orginisation beforehand and properly. That was not the case. They promised a full Pearl jam gig on the website and that made me decide (with time and money being a bit tight at this moment with trying to set up my own company) not to go for Dublin, Belfast or Berlin. The organisation did not meet their obligation and (having my own legal firm - starting up) I have sent them an e-mail. Not that it will bring anything, but they should know that you cannot mess with people like that. Especially not when they're Pearl Jam fans!

Anyway, going to Rock Werchter next Sunday, so still got 2 more hours of Pearl Jam to go and I'm sure I will again enjoy every minute of it! See you there!

Muriel

Margo

Short but sweet