The Gorge

surfsprite2

It was 4 years ago today and yesterday when Pearl Jam played the Gorge on those blazing hot summer evenings. What a memorable experience in my life:) THANKYOU so much Pearl Jam!!!

youngster

I just listened to the Gorge boxset this week on my way to work. I actually like the Gorge set better than the Philly boxset. Just great on all levels.

ACE10

The Gorge - 7/23/06

LukinFan

youngster wrote:

I actually like the Gorge set better than the Philly boxset. Just great on all levels.

I feel the same way. I'm heading down to south Florida tomorrow - will be jammin The Gorge the whole way there

kenneth

youngster wrote:

I just listened to the Gorge boxset this week on my way to work. I actually like the Gorge set better than the Philly boxset. Just great on all levels.

haha ive been listening to the Gorge boxset to sleep this whole week!!!...i've been wanting to buy the Philly boxset cuz of the range of songs they played...would you recommend it?


BTW...i was at the Gorge shows in '05 and the first day of '06...best concert experience everrrr!!!

potnik

It was a great experience, the heat was a little much but Pearl Jam did not disappoint.

youngster

kenneth wrote:

youngster wrote:

I just listened to the Gorge boxset this week on my way to work. I actually like the Gorge set better than the Philly boxset. Just great on all levels.

haha ive been listening to the Gorge boxset to sleep this whole week!!!...i've been wanting to buy the Philly boxset cuz of the range of songs they played...would you recommend it?


BTW...i was at the Gorge shows in '05 and the first day of '06...best concert experience everrrr!!!

Don't get me wrong, I highly recommend the Philly boxset. It's fantastic. However, if I had to choose I think there is something real special about the Gorge. Everybody makes a big deal that they played Bugs at Philly 4. But don't forget they played Dirty Frank at the Gorge (gotta love that). Also, the first disc at the 05 show with the mellow music dedicated to Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers is probably the greatest opening 9 songs in recent memory. And Mike's closing of both shows in 06 with the Star Spangled Banner gives me chills every time.

Lost In Ohio

youngster wrote:

And Mike's closing of both shows in 06 with the Star Spangled Banner gives me chills every time.

Absolutely right.

The Little Wing tag with the WHOLE BAND followed by SSB on George 1 was fantastic.
The Little Wing (song) with YL's tag of SSB was also great.
The "I Won't Back Down" was also good.

The Daughter tag on Gorge night 1 from 2006 was awesome.
"We've got record heat on the east coast, in the midwest, and in Europe, they're boming the shit out of the Middle East, and when you go to bed at night, you try to tell yourself it's ok... but I was thinking that maybe it's not. It's getting harder and harder to say 'it's ok.' So will you help remind me? If I say 'it's ok' will you say 'it's ok?"

Mike's solo in Even Flow from that same night. I SWEAR that I also hear a bit of Matt drumming "Why Go" near the end of that solo.

Ed talking about only wearing shorts not because he wanted to re-start grunge fashion, but only because "it's fucking hot!" -- Actually, that was from the other disc.

Zod

the '06 shows were pretty good, but not as good as '05 I thought.

Then again I showed up for doors opening to get posters, which meant I was probably developing symptoms of sunstroke by the time pj hit the stage.

I think there was an expectation too, about an opening acoustic set like '05 (as there were no opening bands in '06).

great shows, and we got Dirty Frank!

Not quite as legendary as the '05 show though..

Gary Carter

kenneth wrote:

youngster wrote:

I just listened to the Gorge boxset this week on my way to work. I actually like the Gorge set better than the Philly boxset. Just great on all levels.

haha ive been listening to the Gorge boxset to sleep this whole week!!!...i've been wanting to buy the Philly boxset cuz of the range of songs they played...would you recommend it?

def buy the philly boxset. i went to the final 3 nights and the band just got better with every night. it was an event. sorta how like old grateful dead shows were.

youngster wrote:

Don't get me wrong, I highly recommend the Philly boxset. It's fantastic. However, if I had to choose I think there is something real special about the Gorge. Everybody makes a big deal that they played Bugs at Philly 4. But don't forget they played Dirty Frank at the Gorge (gotta love that). Also, the first disc at the 05 show with the mellow music dedicated to Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers is probably the greatest opening 9 songs in recent memory. And Mike's closing of both shows in 06 with the Star Spangled Banner gives me chills every time.

it was more then just bugs it was being apart of closing down one of the most iconic american area's behind msg. the main set was 1 hours and 30 min in itself. everyone makes a big deal bout bugs cause ed fucking nailed it and had the balls to do it infront of 18,000 people.

shep

I have the Gorge boxset and love it to pieces... don't have the Philly set... but I've been thinking about it long and hard....

ACE10 wrote:

The Gorge - 7/23/06

These pictures look so amazing... I really want to see the Gorge Amphitheater, period... several of my friends have gone there for the DMB annual Labor Day weekend thing, and I'm holding out for a Pearl Jam 2-night stand their... after I heard the Gorge boxset for the first time, I said next time they play it, I'm going.... unfortunately here we are 4 years later, and I'm still waiting... Please PJ, go back there soon! I want to make my first pilgrimage ...

thefin190

shep wrote:

I have the Gorge boxset and love it to pieces... don't have the Philly set... but I've been thinking about it long and hard....

ACE10 wrote:

The Gorge - 7/23/06

These pictures look so amazing... I really want to see the Gorge Amphitheater, period... several of my friends have gone there for the DMB annual Labor Day weekend thing, and I'm holding out for a Pearl Jam 2-night stand their... after I heard the Gorge boxset for the first time, I said next time they play it, I'm going.... unfortunately here we are 4 years later, and I'm still waiting... Please PJ, go back there soon! I want to make my first pilgrimage ...

Dave is good and all, but PJ at the Gorge is probably something else. I missed out on the Gorge shows because I was just getting into Pearl Jam right after they happened, and I wouldn't have had the money since I was a teen in high school then anyway. I've watched the whole second show (July 23rd) on YouTube, and I have to say the band sounds like they are at their best in that show. No lyric fuck ups, no rushing through songs, just hours of incredible rock and roll. I am hoping that PJ plans for some Gorge shows later this year or next year. The Key Arena really doesn't do any justice for a band like Pearl Jam. I would much rather do the 2 hour drive to the Gorge and camp out in the heat and smell bad (due to no showers at the campsite) than see them at the Key again.

I went to see Dave Matthews Band at the Gorge last year, and all I could think about was how amazing it would be to have Pearl Jam there instead. The fact that they were playing songs from Vs. in between sets didn't help at all either.

TunnelThroughDenial

I think I just stopped sweating from my two days at the Gorge for those awesome shows.

mcameronrocks

...great boots. I MUST see PJ here.

All the fellas play hard every show...BUT could you imagine being Matt Cameron at those shows. He had sweat coming out of uncommon places I'm sure...

hugepjfan

I missed out on the gorge in '06 because my cousin and I were supposed to fly out there from Philly with his buddy passes but he backed out. I went to 7 shows that tour which made 2006 one of the best years of my life. I met some great people and had the time of my life. I regret not being able to top it all off with a couple of shows at the gorge. At least I got to 3 of the 4 final spectrum shows. If the Phils weren't in the World Series I would have made all 4.

MikeDigs

Really would love to see Pearl Jam return to The Gorge in 2025.
Trying to manifest a "Pearl Jam Week" event:  https://community.pearljam.com/discussion/comment/7868175/#Comment_7868175

demetrios

MikeDigs said:

Really would love to see Pearl Jam return to The Gorge in 2025.
Trying to manifest a "Pearl Jam Week" event:  https://community.pearljam.com/discussion/comment/7868175/#Comment_7868175

I would love to someday see Pearl Jam @ The Gorge. 

candleofthought

Ive never missed a PJ Gorge show. I even saw them with Blind Melon and Neil Young in 93.... They haven't been there since 2006, I think its time!

Zod

I agree.  I went to the 3 PJ shows in 05/06 and they were amazing.  The 2005 show remains the best PJ show I ever saw.  I would love it if they came back to the gorge.

I'm also at a 10 year Gorge drought.  I saw Soundgarden/QoTSA there in 2011, and Tom Petty in 2014.   Could use a reason to go back

YAKIMATSU

I have never been.  It's a bucket list location with Red Rocks and MSG.  I would love a PJ week at the Gorge.

HailHailVitalogy

Zod said:

I agree.  I went to the 3 PJ shows in 05/06 and they were amazing.  The 2005 show remains the best PJ show I ever saw.  I would love it if they came back to the gorge.

I'm also at a 10 year Gorge drought.  I saw Soundgarden/QoTSA there in 2011, and Tom Petty in 2014.   Could use a reason to go back

I went to all 3 as well as a teenager. The ‘05 show is the second best show for me, behind MSG 2 2010. I really wish I got to experience it as a 35 year old instead of 16. Regardless, I remember that show so clearly. The reaction for HTI was so awesome…and then not a single slow song for 3 more hours. 

PB11041

definitely a thing they should be doing every year, 3 shows at the gorge

Zod

I wonder why they played it 3 times over 2 years, then never went back.

Maybe it's the weather? The weather for the 2005 show was perfect.  Sunny.  Not too hot or cold.   The 2006 shows were f'ing hot.  Maybe do the shows late spring or September to not hit the summer desert heat in the future?   The gorge is tough in July/August sun. It has almost no shade :(

PB11041

Zod said:

I wonder why they played it 3 times over 2 years, then never went back.

Maybe it's the weather? The weather for the 2005 show was perfect.  Sunny.  Not too hot or cold.   The 2006 shows were f'ing hot.  Maybe do the shows late spring or September to not hit the summer desert heat in the future?   The gorge is tough in July/August sun. It has almost no shade :(

May, June, September  generally will have near perfect conditions on average.  July is not the greatest month out there after mid august things trend back up.  I have only been out there end of May a couple of times for the former Sasquatch festival.  Weather was perfect.