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
Great words, great reviews
Danke, merci, 'efharisto', THANKYOU
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This whole show or experience was like a dream come true for me. Amazing setlist, the kind of setlist I would travel normally to the USA for. Perfect dedicated and passionate crowd, beautiful location.
Push me pull me, in hiding, come back, light years, the end, kick out the jams, low light, spin the black circle, immortality, everything was just as epic about this show!
Let's make this an annual event Pearl Jam!
And why not celebrate your 20th anniversary with a 5 show slot in berlin?
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this time I truly like what YOU are saying here. Thanks big times to bring it so perfectly to the point.
Made me smile today!!! :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.
It was my first PJ Concert but i know this Concert was not my last one
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Haha, Wissel, i knew it before!
my opinion on the show: it was my 7th and, together with the first, the best (all reasons have been stated before).
...and guess where my first show was!
"...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
Must tell you.
Have seen a unoff. bootleg on Usenet and downed it and burned it to CD .
Will buy the off. Boot when its available , but for the time been its okay for in the car , driving to my work.
Its a pretty good recording , i was today 2 times back in Berlin.
This morning on the way to my job , and this evening going home.
Hope to see you people very soon at the next PJ concert in Berlin .
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Utterly amazing. I absolutely love during the Black dodo's, you can see Eddie just looking around at all the people, in the middle, up on the stands and he just looks so... appreciative I think is the best word.
there is one german chick from wiesbaden, one from ??? and three from Heidelberg :-)
...and sixth form must be longer time ago for me... what is a industrialletrabse? sounds kinda naugthy
Unfortunately my efforts to charm the German ladies is doomed to failure I fear, since I only remember about 20 words in German and I used them all up in that post! I do seem to know some words that you Deutschenmaytchen don't though- the ones I made up!
Here is my re-translation of what I was trying to say:
I live in central England in an industrial city. Have you any pets?
Here is my favourite and most used piece of German - which me and my friend use in place of saying 'I'll get my coat'
'Wo ist die nachste haltestelle bitte?'
Anyway Snowfunk , if you keep it on the downlow, I think I might be getting somewhere here!
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Unfortunately my efforts to charm the German ladies is doomed to failure I fear, since I only remember about 20 words in German and I used them all up in that post! I do seem to know some words that you Deutschenmaytchen don't though- the ones I made up!
Here is my re-translation of what I was trying to say:
I live in central England in an industrial city. Have you any pets?
Here is my favourite and most used piece of German - which me and my friend use in place of saying 'I'll get my coat'
'Wo ist die nachste haltestelle bitte?'
Anyway Snowfunk , if you keep it on the downlow, I think I might be getting somewhere here!
good morning, mr charme,
i only have a flat mate, does that count?
and i love your german!
where's the nest bus stop?
...but i'd be quite interested wether you can get something somewhere here!
Anyway Snowfunk , if you keep it on the downlow, I think I might be getting somewhere here!
good morning, mr charme,
i only have a flat mate, does that count?
and i love your german!
where's the nest bus stop?
...but i'd be quite interested wether you can get something somewhere here!
I only have 2 criteria for my charms - i) female, ii) over 16
I'm happy to charm men as well, but we will only get so far. Do you know the Billy Bragg song 'sexuality'? I've always thought it a bit strange when he says 'and just because you're gay I won't turn you away, stick around, I'm sure that we can find some common ground'
I always think - that's very noble of you Billy - I also let gay people 'stick around', but what is the common ground you are trying to find??
I am in danger of painting myself as an obnoxious pig here - I'm not!! (promise! )
In answer to your real question - how about this
t: 'Fier bieren bitte!'
d: 'have you any money?'
t: 'Money? Das ist mir sheisse egal'
edit: [Geld? Gelten? Gelden?] (gold??)
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hahahaaa so because tremors basically blackmailed/bribed me LOL here is my review :P
me, the unorganized degi i am, managed to make it possible that around 15 of us met at the train station that afternoon and nearly all of us stayed at the same hostel which was pretty cool! so after going to the hostel, we went to what seemed to be every food/alcohol store in the area and had a pretty good time (loads of ugly pictures on facebook too )
anni, ed and i arrived at the wuhlheide shortly after midnight, 16 people were there even earlier LOL
so anyway, it was a great night, anni and i slept a few metres away from the others, had a bottle of vodka and a great time talking to one of the security guards and some other folks, i remember stephen from detroit, even though he was sure we wouldnt LOL (still
i couldnt believe how many familiar faces i saw and how many people actually remembered me, it was AMAZING!!!! it was so damn hot, there was some sort of water-fountain in front of the venue, i think i was under it at least 3 times (i think there are pictures of that somewhere on facebook, if not, there will be!!)
i gave everybody a nice wet hug, if they wanted me to or not LOL was pretty fucking hillarious
(btw TRUDI, if you read that, you were right, sth. WAS wrong with that water, i had stains all over my clothes later that day...^^)
i was front row for the first time and i was with my friends, so that was pretty awesome! standing close to paolo, anni, maayan, jess, gordo, sandra, ondrej...
the concert: ben and eddie played under pressure, i fucking loved it, a lot more then in nijmegen!! long road as an opener, well i didnt expected them to play it again (heard it 3 times in 6 shows as opener)...
gonna say a few words about the roskilde-thing, i think it was misplaced in the setlist, they should have said sth. about it at the beginning and then center the whole show about "being alive" and this kinda stuff, they cut quite a few beautiful songs from the setlist, like the triology... i was sure they'd play LBC since they soundchecked it, but insted they played comeback, a song i really wanted to hear!!! one of my favourites, but i couldnt sing along, and i didnt see many people who did, it was very emotional!!! (oh and i couldnt believe it at the beginning, wasnt expecting that one)
afterwards alive, i was about to be annoyed by that one, hearing it basically every show, same with even flow, but it was SO different from the times i heard those songs before... i think i really fell in love with the band wednesday night, none of the 5 shows i've been to before come close to the emotions that night!!!! if anybody would have told me, that my love for that band could become even stronger before june 30th 2010, i would have told that person that this cant be true, but it is!!!!!! sooo ummmm well about the setlist, i also loved STBC, johnny guitar , push me pull me, in hiding, immortality, BLACK (always thought it was overrated, i stand with that, but i like it a lot more now then before)
cant remember any other songs right now, i think they nearly played every backspacer song, will tell you more about the songs when i heard the bootleg
after the concert i met loads of people, had a great time and going to stop writing about it now
LOL yeah blame TREMORS for that boring and badly written review!!!
LOL yeah blame TREMORS for that boring and badly written review!!!
Don't put yourself down degi. Blame yourself for an atmospheric, fun moving and exciting review which is a lifeline for people like me who weren't there!
I listened to come back from the Berlin audience recording a couple of nights ago. Very very emotional, like a completely different song from that on record. Something like a new one-off black. I will never see black as overrated - for me it is one of the greatest songs ever written and sung, and i have been listening to it evolve for 18 years and it still brings tears to my eyes. A static subtly moving object on the horizon. If I get more green vinyl atw - (fingers crossed), you are first on the list degi!!. Don't sell yourself short again. I mean it!! thx lots
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Great words, great reviews
Danke, merci, 'efharisto', THANKYOU
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Push me pull me, in hiding, come back, light years, the end, kick out the jams, low light, spin the black circle, immortality, everything was just as epic about this show!
Let's make this an annual event Pearl Jam!
And why not celebrate your 20th anniversary with a 5 show slot in berlin?
2006 Arnhem, Antwerp
2007 Düsseldorf, Nijmegen
2009 Rotterdam, London
2010 London, Nijmegen, Berlin, Arras, Werchter
2012 Manchester I, Amsterdam I + II, Werchter, Berlin I + II, Stockholm
2013 Brooklyn I + II, Philly I + II
2014 Amsterdam I + II, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin, Werchter, Leeds
2016 Fenway I + II
2018 Amsterdam I + II, Pinkpop, London I + II, Padova, Kraków, Barcelona, Seattle I + II
2022 Pinkpop, Zürich, Frankfurt, London I + II, Prague , Amsterdam I, Amsterdam II
2023 Austin I + II
2024 Manchester, MSG I + II
wissel31
as i said to someone recently
Loving Pearl Jam is the marathon not the sprint!
marathon with hurdles, if you can imagine that!
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this time I truly like what YOU are saying here. Thanks big times
Made me smile today!!! :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.
Haha, Wissel, i knew it before!
my opinion on the show: it was my 7th and, together with the first, the best (all reasons have been stated before).
...and guess where my first show was!
nice to see you here!
2010 - Belfast, London, Berlin, Arras, Werchter
2012 - Manchester 1+2, Berlin 1+2, Stockholm, Oslo
2014 - Berlin, Leeds, Milton Keynes
hahahahaa i know someone who told me the same thing recently :P
there is one german chick from wiesbaden, one from ??? and three from Heidelberg :-)
...and sixth form must be longer time ago for me... what is a industrialletrabse? sounds kinda naugthy
are you talking about me? *confused*
there is one from kiel and one from hamburg, dont forget about them!
Hej Tremors,
i can very imagine enjoying that
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9UiXOB48IU
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
Shot pretty much exactly from where I was standing.. brings back the chills and even the tears :(
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Have seen a unoff. bootleg on Usenet and downed it and burned it to CD .
Will buy the off. Boot when its available , but for the time been its okay for in the car , driving to my work.
Its a pretty good recording , i was today 2 times back in Berlin.
This morning on the way to my job , and this evening going home.
Hope to see you people very soon at the next PJ concert in Berlin .
Thank you so much for sharing this dimitrispearljam! Makes me relive these moments again!
Utterly amazing. I absolutely love during the Black dodo's, you can see Eddie just looking around at all the people, in the middle, up on the stands and he just looks so... appreciative I think is the best word.
Here is my re-translation of what I was trying to say:
I live in central England in an industrial city. Have you any pets?
Here is my favourite and most used piece of German - which me and my friend use in place of saying 'I'll get my coat'
'Wo ist die nachste haltestelle bitte?'
Anyway Snowfunk , if you keep it on the downlow, I think I might be getting somewhere here!
Send my credentials to the house of detention
good morning, mr charme,
i only have a flat mate, does that count?
and i love your german!
where's the nest bus stop?
...but i'd be quite interested wether you can get something somewhere here!
I only have 2 criteria for my charms - i) female, ii) over 16
I'm happy to charm men as well, but we will only get so far. Do you know the Billy Bragg song 'sexuality'? I've always thought it a bit strange when he says 'and just because you're gay I won't turn you away, stick around, I'm sure that we can find some common ground'
I always think - that's very noble of you Billy - I also let gay people 'stick around', but what is the common ground you are trying to find??
I am in danger of painting myself as an obnoxious pig here - I'm not!! (promise!
In answer to your real question - how about this
t: 'Fier bieren bitte!'
d: 'have you any money?'
t: 'Money? Das ist mir sheisse egal'
edit: [Geld? Gelten? Gelden?] (gold??)
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I think it's working snowfunk!!
Are you male or f btw?
You are welcome to join my hareem either way
ps - degi, where's your review you showed me - no slacking at the back there. A for attainment, D- for effort
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LOL i think snowfunk would be a nice addition to your hareem
ahhhhhh its to kitschy (LOL you know which word i mean
where is your answer on that pm you promised? :P
Kitsch - not it's not!
Might have got lost in the post or in translation.
Remind me of the question! (will check the records)
The answer might be: free to you, and free to the 2nd & 3rd best Berlin reviews!!
so snowfunk is gorgeous too??
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Ich habe einen bruder, sie heibt sheissekopf
Ich bin sieben und dreizig jahre alt (zut alors!!)
Ich heibe 'tremors' oder 'kleine bockwurst' (petit zizi)
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me, the unorganized degi i am, managed to make it possible that around 15 of us met at the train station that afternoon and nearly all of us stayed at the same hostel which was pretty cool! so after going to the hostel, we went to what seemed to be every food/alcohol store in the area and had a pretty good time (loads of ugly pictures on facebook too
anni, ed and i arrived at the wuhlheide shortly after midnight, 16 people were there even earlier LOL
so anyway, it was a great night, anni and i slept a few metres away from the others, had a bottle of vodka and a great time talking to one of the security guards and some other folks, i remember stephen from detroit, even though he was sure we wouldnt LOL (still
i couldnt believe how many familiar faces i saw and how many people actually remembered me, it was AMAZING!!!! it was so damn hot, there was some sort of water-fountain in front of the venue, i think i was under it at least 3 times
i gave everybody a nice wet hug, if they wanted me to or not LOL was pretty fucking hillarious
(btw TRUDI, if you read that, you were right, sth. WAS wrong with that water, i had stains all over my clothes later that day...^^)
i was front row for the first time and i was with my friends, so that was pretty awesome! standing close to paolo, anni, maayan, jess, gordo, sandra, ondrej...
the concert: ben and eddie played under pressure, i fucking loved it, a lot more then in nijmegen!! long road as an opener, well i didnt expected them to play it again (heard it 3 times in 6 shows as opener)...
gonna say a few words about the roskilde-thing, i think it was misplaced in the setlist, they should have said sth. about it at the beginning and then center the whole show about "being alive" and this kinda stuff, they cut quite a few beautiful songs from the setlist, like the triology... i was sure they'd play LBC since they soundchecked it, but insted they played comeback, a song i really wanted to hear!!! one of my favourites, but i couldnt sing along, and i didnt see many people who did, it was very emotional!!! (oh and i couldnt believe it at the beginning, wasnt expecting that one)
afterwards alive, i was about to be annoyed by that one, hearing it basically every show, same with even flow, but it was SO different from the times i heard those songs before... i think i really fell in love with the band wednesday night, none of the 5 shows i've been to before come close to the emotions that night!!!! if anybody would have told me, that my love for that band could become even stronger before june 30th 2010, i would have told that person that this cant be true, but it is!!!!!! sooo ummmm well about the setlist, i also loved STBC, johnny guitar
cant remember any other songs right now, i think they nearly played every backspacer song, will tell you more about the songs when i heard the bootleg
after the concert i met loads of people, had a great time and going to stop writing about it now
LOL yeah blame TREMORS for that boring and badly written review!!!
oh lovely, i think you should start writing for german newspapers.. :P
Don't put yourself down degi. Blame yourself for an atmospheric, fun moving and exciting review which is a lifeline for people like me who weren't there!
I listened to come back from the Berlin audience recording a couple of nights ago. Very very emotional, like a completely different song from that on record. Something like a new one-off black. I will never see black as overrated - for me it is one of the greatest songs ever written and sung, and i have been listening to it evolve for 18 years and it still brings tears to my eyes. A static subtly moving object on the horizon. If I get more green vinyl atw - (fingers crossed), you are first on the list degi!!. Don't sell yourself short again. I mean it!! thx lots
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