The crowd were amazing - they were extremely vocal throughout and every person there was participating - it was the 'definition' of an energy exchange. At one stage during Black I looked around to see every single person at the venue (top to bottom) clapping in time. The band were very visably moved by the crowd response and as others have noted after Black Eddie started to say something about the Roskilde anniversary and promptly broke down in tears and couldn't continue.
I have been seeing PJ play since 1995 and have been to many. many concerts by different artists and no-one comes as close to connecting with an audience as they do but hey I'm preaching to the choir here aren't I?
Great post!
First of all, let me say this (again). I fucking love this band. Everytime I see the guys live, I feel that instant connection with the band, with the people in the crowd and between the crowd as a whole and the band. And I've picked out a few passages of your post that I feel says it all. The connection between the guys on stage and the people in the crowd I feel is unique. I have never seen that kind of emotion at any other rock show. I've never seen the kind of humble and genuine appreciation Eddie always not only expresses, but pretty much oozes, for the love we throw the bands way. It makes for a complete sense of unity, a kind of symbiosis between the band and their fans which means that everytime is a deeply personal experience. It's amazing.
Yesterday I travelled with my wife from Berlin to Prague to see Aerosmith perform. My wife is a massive Aerosmith fan and since she goes with me to PJ shows I thought it only fair that I go with her to Aerosmith. Those old guys throw on a good show - with emphasis on show - they have a lot of energy and are good at what they do. But they are miles away from having that personal connection with the fans. The energy exchange was no where near what it's been in all the PJ shows I've been to. My wife had a megaton of a time though and that was the most important thing
But Pearl Jam is just something in a class of its own. Time and again they exceed my expectations and my love for their music and the integrity with which they handle their status is something that continues to impress the hell out of me!
Oh, did any of you Irish girls out there reading this wear a Mrs Eddie Vedder shirt? You missed the first handful of songs from being to late and mistook me for a German on the train ride back to the hotel? You asked to see the poster I was lugging around with me since apparently they sold out of the thing at the show. Just wanted to say thanks for the chat
My first ever Pearl Jam concert was at Roskilde in the mosh pit infront of the main stage. 10 years and 11 PJ concerts later and wiser I had found my way to Berlin and Wuhlheide. And what a night! - First of all, a Berlin that bathed in sun and 30 degrees and happy people everywhere. Very glad it was not in-door, but rather the most beautiful venue I have been to (ties with Arena in Verona) in the green outskirts of Berlin.
The last set was heart-wrecking, sad and beautiful at the same time. The Eddie speech and the whole last set is something you gotta hear/see yourself, and I guess his speech kind of continues in Come Back, a very emotional version that is where he has a hard time singing it.
Thanks Pearl Jam for being the best live band ever to exist in the Universe, and I hope I will see you in the next couple of Light Years.
You wouldn't happen to be from Sweden, would you? If so you talked a bit with my wife a few hours before the show. I was off taking a leak but she told me about three swedish brothers who'd been at Roskilde (as I was with the wife). If so, glad to hear you had a good show .
Can't agree enough with you on that last section. Black is my favorite song and this version was the most beautiful I've ever seen it. That ending with the whole crowd clapping and do-do'ing even after the band stopped, complete with Ed breaking down, knowing what he was about to talk about it. Makes me choke up a bit still.
Black is one of those early songs that for many, many, many people (myself very, very, very much included) got under their skin and released an emotion that they/I was feeling at the time (and no doubt people felt after that time and are still coming across to this day). But, that version went from being some sort of sorrowful longing lost love song to being a return of feelings and love for a band that has been so very important to us for many, many, many years now. We turned that around and for me that was the reason Ed felt able to bring up the tragedy, we made him feel how he has always made us feel through all those years. Connection is such a beautiful thing, the whole of that bowl in the wood in Berlin felt it and I doubt any of us will ever forget it. Tributes have rarely been so powerful, and so important. I am forever moved. I'll stop commenting on this gig now, looking forward to seeing what the next 20 years bring!
Ok, after a few days at home, back from Berlin, i'm trying to find the right words for the best night in my whole life! Not easy to get on with normal life but you don't have the choice!
Berlin 2009 was absolutely fantastic and i thought that it will be almost impossible to top that...well, we all know that it happened!! Thanks to PJ who brought me to tears, gave me goosebumps all over my body, made me smile/laugh and thought-provoking!! Thanks to the crowd...i will never forget Unthought Known (I'm sure that we will all have a Video "Unthought Known - Live in Berlin" very soon!!!!), 18.000 people clapping from the first note to the end of the song!!!
Nothing more to say/write! Hope to see all my friends soon (hopefully in 2011!!)!
up here in my tree in Vienna 2006: Vienna 2009: Berlin 2010: London ~ Berlin 2012: Amsterdam 1+2 ~ Werchter ~ Arras ~ Berlin 1+2 2014: Milano ~ Trieste ~ Vienna ~ Berlin 2018: Padova ~ Rome 2022: Budapest ~ Vienna EV London/Hammersmith 2012 EV Berlin/Zitadelle 2017
And of course thank you-Pearl Jam-for a wonderful night again!
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Just got back from Berlin this morning. I read through the whole thread and I don't think I have much to add except THANK YOU FOR THIS AMAZING NIGHT!!!
Watching the Come Back vid made me cry all over again. So emotional!
PS: thanks to the fan at the merch stand who rolled my posters for me !
This show is impossible to describe.
Guess you just had to be there!
I went through almost all feelings a human being can possibly contain.
All in one night!
And of course Roskilde being my first PJ show, it was a very very emotional night that PJ handled in a very very respectful way.
And I was so happy to finally hear Low light!!!!
I´m in awe and out of words....
Roskilde 2000, Berlin 2006,
Athens 2006, Dusseldorf 2007, Copenhagen 2007, New York NY 1 + 2 2008, Berlin
2009, London 2009, London 2010, Berlin 2010, Manchester 2 2012, Berlin 1 2012,
Stockholm 2012, Oslo 2012, Copenhagen 2012, Amsterdam 1 + 2 (EV solo) 2012,
Amsterdam 1 + 2 2014, Stockholm 2014, Oslo 2014, Leeds 2014, Milton Keynes
2014, Heartland Festival DK (EV solo) 2017, Berlin 2018, Barcelona 2018, Copenhagen 2022, Prague 2022 (Cancelled)
Beautiful gig, as always at Wuhlheide. I was expecting it to be special and it certainly was.
Met some wonderful people lika always! Thank you Pearl Jam, thank all of you who attended and organised..
So emotional, and respectful way to remember our lost friends.
Amazing gig, amazing arena, ...amazed...
Hope to see you soon,
Joachim
Stockholm 1992-06-25
Stockholm 2000-06-28
Boston 2004-09-28
Arnhem 2006-08-29
Berlin 2006-09-23
Copenhagen 2007-06-26
Dublin 2010-06-22
Berlin 2010-06-30
Copenhagen 2012-07-10
Stockholm 2012-07-07
Stockholm 2014-06-28
What a magical show! Met some cool Norwegian fans too!
29th May 2000 London, 30th May 2000 London, 8th July 2003 MSG
9th July 2003 MSG, 1st June 2006 East Rutherford
3rd June 2006 East Rutherford, 29th August 2006 Arnhem
28th June 2007 Nijmegan, 24th June 2008 MSG, 25th June 2008 MSG, 23rd August 2009 Chicago, 24th August 2009 Chicago.
May 17th 2010 Boston, May 20th 2010 MSG, May 21st 2010 MSG.
June 28th Berlin, July 9th Bilbao
EV solo: 22nd June NYC, 25th June Philly 2011
Alpine Valley 3rd & 4th September 2011, Montreal 7th September 2011
it was my fifth and definitely the best pj show i've ever been to.....that was epic!!!a show to be remembered for ages..thank u all..thank u pearl jam!
''walk the bridges before you burn them down...''
and always remember ''it's no crime to escape!!!"
Anyone remember what we heard to the soundcheck? LBC and SAD and PUSH ME / PULL ME... But what else?
*****BERLIN 6/30 Setlist Thread*****
by Drop The Leash 10 » 30 Jun 2010 16:30
June 30th, 2010
Berlin, Germany
Relayer: Jennytree
Soundcheck: Love Boat Capitan, Lukin II, Push Me Pull Me, Sad, Unthought Known, Gonna See My Friend, and Public Image Limited
Main Set: Long Road, Got Some, Why Go, Given To Fly, Small Town, Push Me Pull Me, Immortality, In Hiding, Even Flow, Johnny Guitar, Corduroy, Light Years, Gonna See My Friend, World Wide Suicide, Low Light, Comatose, Do The Evolution
Encore: The End, Just Breathe, Spin The Black Circle, Public Image, The Fixer, Kick Out The Jams (with Peter Buck and someone else from REM)
Show Notes: Ed joined Ben Harper for "Under Pressure"
-Pearl Jam debuted a new cover, "Public Image", PIL
-Peter Buck and Michael Stipe joined the band for Kick Out The Jams
-Ed broke down in between Black and Come Back "This is the hardest day in our lives"
-A moment of silence was observed
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London could stand to take lessons from Berlin in how to behave for a concert. Might have been the best crowd (energy, behavior, overall vibe) since Chicago Soldier Field in 95.
I agree London had loads of first-timers that hadn't a clue! moshing to Nothingman(twats!!)
Glasgow 00, Dublin 06, Lisbon 06, Lisbon 06, Munich 07, London 07, New York 08, New York 08, Manchester 09, London 09, Dublin 10, Belfast 10, London 10, Berlin 10, Manchester 12, Manchester 12, Berlin 12, Berlin 12, Amsterdam 14, Amsterdam 14, Berlin 14, Leeds 14,
Lets just say we were very lucky to have been there for the show, it's certainly one i'll always remember and it's up there with the best of them.
The venue, crowd, band, setlist, sun, the city...
Perfect!!
Glasgow 00, Dublin 06, Lisbon 06, Lisbon 06, Munich 07, London 07, New York 08, New York 08, Manchester 09, London 09, Dublin 10, Belfast 10, London 10, Berlin 10, Manchester 12, Manchester 12, Berlin 12, Berlin 12, Amsterdam 14, Amsterdam 14, Berlin 14, Leeds 14,
Lets just say we were very lucky to have been there for the show, it's certainly one i'll always remember and it's up there with the best of them.
The venue, crowd, band, setlist, sun, the city...
Perfect!!
I absolutely agree - first show for my girlfriend - couldn't have been better! Fan-F5^&îng-tastic...My fifth and best so far..
Nijmegen 2007 Rotterdam 2009 Philadelphia 4 2009 Nijmegen 2010 Berlin 2010 Amsterdam 1&2 2012 Arras 2012 Amsterdam 1&2 2014 Amsterdam 1&2 Pinkpop Berlin 2018
Thank You for Long Road as an opening.
Push me, pull me... wow!
And Just breathe... but unexpectedly Black was the most emmotionally song. These words fits so much to my life now. I was ashamed but I cried. I can't listened this song now (in Gdynia too) and I am not sure how long this will last. Almost the same like Sad. Sometimes it's not good that Pearl Jam lyrics are so close to real life. It's like reopening wounds.
But the show was great. Like always with Pearl Jam.
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Ok, after a few days at home, back from Berlin, i'm trying to find the right words for the best night in my whole life! Not easy to get on with normal life but you don't have the choice!
Berlin 2009 was absolutely fantastic and i thought that it will be almost impossible to top that...well, we all know that it happened!! Thanks to PJ who brought me to tears, gave me goosebumps all over my body, made me smile/laugh and thought-provoking!! Thanks to the crowd...i will never forget Unthought Known (I'm sure that we will all have a Video "Unthought Known - Live in Berlin" very soon!!!!), 18.000 people clapping from the first note to the end of the song!!!
Nothing more to say/write! Hope to see all my friends soon (hopefully in 2011!!)!
Finally I am back from Berlin, too.
And finally I could read through the whole post ... all so wonderfully said,
great descriptions and points of view, all very good to read about,
So there is nothing to add, nearly
A lot is said about the 2nd encore and I got very emotional, too. Who didn't except of the 1 or 2 within so many thousands?
However, when I did my first post in an internet café at Prenzlauer Berg, all that was left was the pure positive energy of ALIVE. We got “the gone” involved but were aware to be alive!
and I guess, we were all so happy to be alive and dancing along to this magical music.
What a positive feeling!
So, but as said before, my personal best moments in songs -I thought- were in WWS and DTE.
But now I’ve read through all these great stories to tell, and there are so many good and intense moments rising up my memory, too.
So thanks dear writers here!
And if there is just one thing I regret, it is that I missed my favourite song these times:
Unthought known, somehow my song to dance along, and how I wished to dance one more time to it!
(I heard it live first in Nijmegen and there, they played it just fantastic, but Berlin was even better, I guess)
Well, but I stood in line for getting my survival: water.
and I am getting old, not being able to get through a whole concert without a break in form of water... mhmmm. so I took pictures of the beautiful sky and watched all the people clapping... so wonderful. So, yes, lets hope for a Unthought known video… they did some live connection to somewhere, right?
To me this show offered the whole variety of life, emotions all over, from the best rock music being balm for your soul to critical songs about our fucked up world, further along to the memories to all the loved ones you are now so missing! Or those that had to go just too early,
but above all there was only love spreading all around. And to me it seemed that we celebrated this love in Alive very extremely and actually during the whole concert.
Big words for a concert, but well... it was a big concert I know now!!!
and one thank you is missing: Danke Berlin... it makes it all so easy and it is such a nice and friendly and cool place to be, especially for a Pearl Jam gig… and I am talking here not only about the most beautiful venue ever heard and seen: Wuhlheide.
My friends and I are still dreaming of the Kastanien Lane…
so yes, hopefully to Berlin 2011.
and to all the lucky ones out there: enjoy the rest of the tour and spread out the PJam!
peace and love and viva Pearl Jam!
nicki :P
there is no way to peace, peace is the way!
...the world is come undone, I like to change it everyday but change don't come at once, it's a wave, building before it breaks.
How cool was the little jam before Comatose when they messed up?
This was a really special show. Lots of amazing moments. Black and Come Back are the obvious highlights but I also loved hearing a few more Backspacer songs with Gonna See My Friend, Johnny Guitar (Matt Cameron you are the bomb on those two!) and a personal favourite, The End, which was stunning.
I also loved Push Me Pull Me, couldn't believe we got to here that. The soundcheck was incredible too!
Thank you - they're not the best, but they're not too bad! Would love to get my 'proper' camera into one of their gigs one day!!
great pics indeed! love them!
Hello and thank you! Was great to meet you before the gig!!
Berlin was great, I though Mike was very much rocking a Strummer-esque look when he first came on. I loved it!
As some of you may know a very good friend is currently fighting what he has been told is a terminal illness. So the gig very much had highs and lows for me. It's probably the first time I'd really taken in the lyrics to The End so hearing it live was really tough, but cathartic at the same time. The night was a bit of an emotional rollercoaster to say the least! So glad I was there though!
Hello and thank you! Was great to meet you before the gig!!
Berlin was great, I though Mike was very much rocking a Strummer-esque look when he first came on. I loved it!
As some of you may know a very good friend is currently fighting what he has been told is a terminal illness. So the gig very much had highs and lows for me. It's probably the first time I'd really taken in the lyrics to The End so hearing it live was really tough, but cathartic at the same time. The night was a bit of an emotional rollercoaster to say the least! So glad I was there though!
hey strummers, was great meeting you too, say hi to chris!
you're absolutely right about mike's strummer-esque look, suits him too, he looked gorgeous! hadn't even noticed though he changed shirts between sets... :P
Comments
Great post!
First of all, let me say this (again). I fucking love this band. Everytime I see the guys live, I feel that instant connection with the band, with the people in the crowd and between the crowd as a whole and the band. And I've picked out a few passages of your post that I feel says it all. The connection between the guys on stage and the people in the crowd I feel is unique. I have never seen that kind of emotion at any other rock show. I've never seen the kind of humble and genuine appreciation Eddie always not only expresses, but pretty much oozes, for the love we throw the bands way. It makes for a complete sense of unity, a kind of symbiosis between the band and their fans which means that everytime is a deeply personal experience. It's amazing.
Yesterday I travelled with my wife from Berlin to Prague to see Aerosmith perform. My wife is a massive Aerosmith fan and since she goes with me to PJ shows I thought it only fair that I go with her to Aerosmith. Those old guys throw on a good show - with emphasis on show - they have a lot of energy and are good at what they do. But they are miles away from having that personal connection with the fans. The energy exchange was no where near what it's been in all the PJ shows I've been to. My wife had a megaton of a time though and that was the most important thing
But Pearl Jam is just something in a class of its own. Time and again they exceed my expectations and my love for their music and the integrity with which they handle their status is something that continues to impress the hell out of me!
Oh, did any of you Irish girls out there reading this wear a Mrs Eddie Vedder shirt? You missed the first handful of songs from being to late and mistook me for a German on the train ride back to the hotel? You asked to see the poster I was lugging around with me since apparently they sold out of the thing at the show. Just wanted to say thanks for the chat
You wouldn't happen to be from Sweden, would you? If so you talked a bit with my wife a few hours before the show. I was off taking a leak but she told me about three swedish brothers who'd been at Roskilde (as I was with the wife). If so, glad to hear you had a good show
Can't agree enough with you on that last section. Black is my favorite song and this version was the most beautiful I've ever seen it. That ending with the whole crowd clapping and do-do'ing even after the band stopped, complete with Ed breaking down, knowing what he was about to talk about it. Makes me choke up a bit still.
Berlin 2009 was absolutely fantastic and i thought that it will be almost impossible to top that...well, we all know that it happened!! Thanks to PJ who brought me to tears, gave me goosebumps all over my body, made me smile/laugh and thought-provoking!! Thanks to the crowd...i will never forget Unthought Known (I'm sure that we will all have a Video "Unthought Known - Live in Berlin" very soon!!!!), 18.000 people clapping from the first note to the end of the song!!!
Nothing more to say/write! Hope to see all my friends soon (hopefully in 2011!!)!
2006: Vienna 2009: Berlin 2010: London ~ Berlin 2012: Amsterdam 1+2 ~ Werchter ~ Arras ~ Berlin 1+2
2014: Milano ~ Trieste ~ Vienna ~ Berlin 2018: Padova ~ Rome 2022: Budapest ~ Vienna
EV London/Hammersmith 2012
EV Berlin/Zitadelle 2017
Thank you so much for that review!!!
And of course thank you-Pearl Jam-for a wonderful night again!
Sporthalle - Jun 26, 2000* Wuhlheide - Sep 23, 2006* Wuhlheide - Aug 15, 2009* Wuhlheide - Jun 30, 2010* O2 Arena Berlin - July 04.+05.2012* Ericsson Globe Stockholm - July 07.2012* Spektrum Oslo - July 09.2012* Forum Kopenhagen - July 10.2012*
Watching the Come Back vid made me cry all over again. So emotional!
PS: thanks to the fan at the merch stand who rolled my posters for me
Guess you just had to be there!
I went through almost all feelings a human being can possibly contain.
All in one night!
And of course Roskilde being my first PJ show, it was a very very emotional night that PJ handled in a very very respectful way.
And I was so happy to finally hear Low light!!!!
I´m in awe and out of words....
Roskilde 2000, Berlin 2006, Athens 2006, Dusseldorf 2007, Copenhagen 2007, New York NY 1 + 2 2008, Berlin 2009, London 2009, London 2010, Berlin 2010, Manchester 2 2012, Berlin 1 2012, Stockholm 2012, Oslo 2012, Copenhagen 2012, Amsterdam 1 + 2 (EV solo) 2012, Amsterdam 1 + 2 2014, Stockholm 2014, Oslo 2014, Leeds 2014, Milton Keynes 2014, Heartland Festival DK (EV solo) 2017, Berlin 2018, Barcelona 2018, Copenhagen 2022, Prague 2022 (Cancelled)
Met some wonderful people lika always! Thank you Pearl Jam, thank all of you who attended and organised..
So emotional, and respectful way to remember our lost friends.
Amazing gig, amazing arena, ...amazed...
Hope to see you soon,
Joachim
Stockholm 2000-06-28
Boston 2004-09-28
Arnhem 2006-08-29
Berlin 2006-09-23
Copenhagen 2007-06-26
Dublin 2010-06-22
Berlin 2010-06-30
Copenhagen 2012-07-10
Stockholm 2012-07-07
Stockholm 2014-06-28
Katowice 15.06.00,Praga 22.09.06,Berlin 23.09.06,Monachium 12.06.07,Chorzów 13.06.07,Kopenhaga 26.06.07,Rotterdam 13.08.09,Berlin 15.08.09, Londyn 25.06.10, Berlin 30.06.10, Gdynia 01.07.10
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Thank you - they're not the best, but they're not too bad! Would love to get my 'proper' camera into one of their gigs one day!!
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9th July 2003 MSG, 1st June 2006 East Rutherford
3rd June 2006 East Rutherford, 29th August 2006 Arnhem
28th June 2007 Nijmegan, 24th June 2008 MSG, 25th June 2008 MSG, 23rd August 2009 Chicago, 24th August 2009 Chicago.
May 17th 2010 Boston, May 20th 2010 MSG, May 21st 2010 MSG.
June 28th Berlin, July 9th Bilbao
EV solo: 22nd June NYC, 25th June Philly 2011
Alpine Valley 3rd & 4th September 2011, Montreal 7th September 2011
and always remember ''it's no crime to escape!!!"
The end of Slow Lukin!!
*****BERLIN 6/30 Setlist Thread*****
by Drop The Leash 10 » 30 Jun 2010 16:30
June 30th, 2010
Berlin, Germany
Relayer: Jennytree
Soundcheck: Love Boat Capitan, Lukin II, Push Me Pull Me, Sad, Unthought Known, Gonna See My Friend, and Public Image Limited
Main Set: Long Road, Got Some, Why Go, Given To Fly, Small Town, Push Me Pull Me, Immortality, In Hiding, Even Flow, Johnny Guitar, Corduroy, Light Years, Gonna See My Friend, World Wide Suicide, Low Light, Comatose, Do The Evolution
Encore: The End, Just Breathe, Spin The Black Circle, Public Image, The Fixer, Kick Out The Jams (with Peter Buck and someone else from REM)
Encore: Unthought Known, Black, Come Back, Alive, Yellow Ledbetter
Poster: http://yfrog.com/jxh2hj
Show Notes: Ed joined Ben Harper for "Under Pressure"
-Pearl Jam debuted a new cover, "Public Image", PIL
-Peter Buck and Michael Stipe joined the band for Kick Out The Jams
-Ed broke down in between Black and Come Back "This is the hardest day in our lives"
-A moment of silence was observed
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I agree London had loads of first-timers that hadn't a clue! moshing to Nothingman(twats!!)
The venue, crowd, band, setlist, sun, the city...
Perfect!!
I absolutely agree - first show for my girlfriend - couldn't have been better! Fan-F5^&îng-tastic...My fifth and best so far..
Amsterdam 1&2 Pinkpop Berlin 2018
Push me, pull me... wow!
And Just breathe... but unexpectedly Black was the most emmotionally song. These words fits so much to my life now. I was ashamed but I cried. I can't listened this song now (in Gdynia too) and I am not sure how long this will last. Almost the same like Sad. Sometimes it's not good that Pearl Jam lyrics are so close to real life. It's like reopening wounds.
But the show was great. Like always with Pearl Jam.
halszka123@op.pl
Finally I am back from Berlin, too.
And finally I could read through the whole post ... all so wonderfully said,
great descriptions and points of view, all very good to read about,
So there is nothing to add, nearly
A lot is said about the 2nd encore and I got very emotional, too. Who didn't except of the 1 or 2 within so many thousands?
However, when I did my first post in an internet café at Prenzlauer Berg, all that was left was the pure positive energy of ALIVE. We got “the gone” involved but were aware to be alive!
and I guess, we were all so happy to be alive and dancing along to this magical music.
What a positive feeling!
So, but as said before, my personal best moments in songs -I thought- were in WWS and DTE.
But now I’ve read through all these great stories to tell, and there are so many good and intense moments rising up my memory, too.
So thanks dear writers here!
And if there is just one thing I regret, it is that I missed my favourite song these times:
Unthought known, somehow my song to dance along, and how I wished to dance one more time to it!
(I heard it live first in Nijmegen and there, they played it just fantastic, but Berlin was even better, I guess)
Well, but I stood in line for getting my survival: water.
and I am getting old, not being able to get through a whole concert without a break in form of water... mhmmm. so I took pictures of the beautiful sky and watched all the people clapping... so wonderful. So, yes, lets hope for a Unthought known video… they did some live connection to somewhere, right?
To me this show offered the whole variety of life, emotions all over, from the best rock music being balm for your soul to critical songs about our fucked up world, further along to the memories to all the loved ones you are now so missing! Or those that had to go just too early,
but above all there was only love spreading all around. And to me it seemed that we celebrated this love in Alive very extremely and actually during the whole concert.
Big words for a concert, but well... it was a big concert I know now!!!
and one thank you is missing: Danke Berlin... it makes it all so easy and it is such a nice and friendly and cool place to be, especially for a Pearl Jam gig… and I am talking here not only about the most beautiful venue ever heard and seen: Wuhlheide.
My friends and I are still dreaming of the Kastanien Lane…
so yes, hopefully to Berlin 2011.
and to all the lucky ones out there: enjoy the rest of the tour and spread out the PJam!
peace and love and viva Pearl Jam!
nicki :P
...the world is come undone, I like to change it everyday but change don't come at once, it's a wave, building before it breaks.
great pics indeed! love them!
This was a really special show. Lots of amazing moments. Black and Come Back are the obvious highlights but I also loved hearing a few more Backspacer songs with Gonna See My Friend, Johnny Guitar (Matt Cameron you are the bomb on those two!) and a personal favourite, The End, which was stunning.
I also loved Push Me Pull Me, couldn't believe we got to here that. The soundcheck was incredible too!
Hello and thank you! Was great to meet you before the gig!!
Berlin was great, I though Mike was very much rocking a Strummer-esque look when he first came on. I loved it!
As some of you may know a very good friend is currently fighting what he has been told is a terminal illness. So the gig very much had highs and lows for me. It's probably the first time I'd really taken in the lyrics to The End so hearing it live was really tough, but cathartic at the same time. The night was a bit of an emotional rollercoaster to say the least! So glad I was there though!
http://www.strummersphotography.com
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2007 Dusseldorf, Germany - Copenhagen, Denmark - Nijmegen, Netherlands
2009 Rotterdam, Netherlands
2010 Nijmegen, Netherlands - Berlin, Germany
2011 East Troy 1 & 2, Wisconsin
2012 Amsterdam 2, Netherlands
2014 Amsterdam 1, Netherlands - Berlin, Germany
hey strummers, was great meeting you too, say hi to chris!
you're absolutely right about mike's strummer-esque look, suits him too, he looked gorgeous! hadn't even noticed though he changed shirts between sets... :P
I know exactly what you mean - he floored me a little when he first came out!
http://www.strummersphotography.com
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OUTSIDE MY LOCAL CAFE
FEELS LIKE MOLTEN TARMAC 1975
LATTE CIGARETTES AND VINTAGE IPOD SHUFFLE
IS ALL I NEED
FOR BERLIN 2010
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