* WINNER * 20th ANNIVERSARY GIVEAWAY - PJ Poster LA 2009 SET

FrankBauer

in honor of 20th Ann, Bridge, and Dimitris...lottery style poster giveaway....

have the 4 LA posters (Maxx, Taka, Acorn, and Munk1) from 2009 for grabs...



to enter, just post your favorite PJ moment in the past 20 years...could be about the band itself, experiences at concert, experiences with family, forum member, whatever....

one entry per member, give it about a week say next saturday 12pm EST. winner takes all...

WINNER: MOOKIE9999

Thanks for playing!

dimitrispearljam

what a great offer!!!!!amazing!!!thank you Chris ...

as for the question of the thread....

"Eimaste banta gia 15 xronia.Pantote thelame na paiksoume stin Ellada,kano proposi sto oti epitelous ftasame stin Athina,tora,mporoume na aposirthoume"

"We are a 15 years old band,we always wanna play in Greece.im make a toast that we finally arrive in Athens...Now we can quit..."

wflava8

Wow great contest - always love the PJ fans that this thoughtful and generous.

My favorite Pearl Jam moment came before a show in Mansfield, Ma in 2003, during PJ's epic 3 night stand where they played what seemed like 95% of their known catalog. I was with my cousin and my best friend in the parking lot before the show, and as we each said and agreed that we would love to hear them play Low Light - we heard them sound checking it as the song poured out into the parking lot. Coincidentally, at this point, the sun had begun setting over the venue. It was one of those special moments that sticks with you forever.

Thanks again for the contest!!!

jshin

Very cool of you!

For me its meeting the Love of my life and seeing my first PJ show...all in 1998.

PNuttyJam

Wow!

Chicago - United Center 98 - Baba O'Reily - Ed singing to the back of the stage and pointing at my dumbass jumping up and down like a maniac. House lights up. The entire arena going bonkers. Will never forget that scene.

samjam

The 2 MSGs were my first PJ shows- words can't even describe how amazing those were! Honestly the happiest 2 nights of my life!

thanks for the opportunity!

thefixer9

One of my favorite Pearl Jam moments of all time is when they tagged War onto Daughter during the show at the Showbox, Awesome!!!!! Thank you!!!!

veddertown

Another great piece of generosity on the forum! My favourite PJ moment was a collective one, that being the Euro tour this year. I can't believe it took me all that time to see a PJ show but in the end I saw 4 great ones in 8 days and it eclipsed my entire gig going life just like that! I met so many great people who I now regard as friends and experienced hearing so many songs I once thought I might never hear. From the opening chords of Long Road in Dublin, my favourite song Sometimes opening in Belfast, the huge sing-a-longs during Nothingman, Small Town and Betterman in Hyde Park and the emotions felt during an amazing show in Berlin which I felt really privileged to be a part of. Impossible to pick out one moment from it all as a favourite but I now understand the community that follows the band and feel part of something really special after all I felt this summer..... Nice thread!!

JzP

Great offer! I guess what stands out in my mind was buying the tape of ten when I was younger not knowing a thing about the band. It took maybe 2 years later for me to pick up the tape again and my infatuation began..
Thanks for the opportunity my friend.

maynardsux

Hey thanx!!

For me, it would have to be winning tickets to c their sold-out show back in '94 on the radio the day of.....was pretty well reserved in the fact that i wasn't going to c them when luck intervened that afternoon......sitting in a 4,000 seat venue and just looking around as Ed's voice filled the hall during "Release" is still one of my favourite concert going moments of all time!!

FrankieG

Favorite Moment has to be the 4 Philly Shows in 2009. Best Week of my life!

Thanks for the offer!

ahill721

My experience is sharing 8/24/09 with my wife. Her first show, my first brother. She was also 8 months pregnant at the time and was a trooper! Standing through the show. I also hope my son got some vibes in utero

elwayvedder

Holding Yield in my hand on 2.3.98 and meeting my friend who saw it and asked if i liked PJ. we became buds, and 3 years later he intro'd me to the woman now my wife of almost 8 years and mother of my 2 boys. All because of this band!!

EZ1221C

My favorite PJ moment was YL at Philly 4 last year. It was a surreal moment, with the confetti raining down and I will never forget it as long as I live. Quite a first show.

Empty Glass

Nice Lottery!!

Favorite moment has to be my first. Seeing Ed take the stage in Austin Texas, 1995 in a long trench coat on what had to be a 100 degree day. My first show, which has lead to many more.

YoullseeDragons

GREAT contest!!

My best Pearl Jam moment would be the Spectrum shows. The energy of the 4-day celebration that was the end of the Spectrum was an Amazing one. I met so many PJ fans from all over the WORLD, put faces to board names, and helped out at the Wishlist fund raisers. Then, after requesting that Sweet Lew be played for the 1st time, they did it. WOW, almost a year has past........let's do it all over again!!

jamminpearls

My favorite PJ memory/moment is by far the 4 shows at the spectrum. The greatest 4 shows at my favorite and 1st sporting venue ever.

RW8297

i remember being a kid in early 90's and listening to some poor sound quality audience recordings and having lots of thrills. each show was a huge experience. still have a few tapes that gave me so much joy. those were the days i never forget...
...and nothing has changed. simply amazing.

gndcd402

Awesome offer!!! My favorite moment was when Ed came out and sang "Don't Be Shy" in DC '06...my first PJ show ever and first time hearing PJ live!

theserialthrilla

going into a record store and buying a few 7" get home play one or two then this song called alive comes on..

my life has been changed for 20 years thanks to that stickman on the cover that made me buy it .

emjot

My favourite PJ moment....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joxraL34vWE

Do i have to say more?
Honestly,standing there,waiting for "unknown" to come,being so close to the stage,then seeing Pearl Jam for the very first time in my life,so many emotions,i was like "Wooooooooow,i'm seeing PEARL JAM right now,holy shit!"
This moment will stay with me forever.

Another thing i remember,very important moment.... i don't exactly know how many years ago,probably about 15 or sooo... i was watching some "Idol" style programme and there was a guy who was singing THE SONG.... i didn't know that song yet,i didn't know the band yet... but straight after the show i started to search because the song was amazing.... And then i've found a guy who owned a cd of that band... He made a copy for me,i took it home and it became one of the the most important albums in my life.... The album is called Ten... THE SONG is called Alive.... The band is called PEARL JAM

mfc2006

my favorite moment has to be going to ACL with my wife last year. it was her first show & i hadn't seen them since 2003. sure, it was muddy and the stench of sewage was strong....but it was AWESOME!!!

blenderman69

my favorite moment...watching pearl jam play at 1:30 in the morning at the last show ever at philadelphia's famous spectrum arena on holloween...ed was worn out but mike just had to play yellow ledbetter and the complete star spangeled banner as millions of pieces of streaming confetti fell on everyone...still gives me goosebumps

pjfan31

My favourite Pearl Jam moment would have to be meeting Eddie after a concert, and him putting his arm around me. I swear to god, my knees were shaking...

Thanks for the opportunity my friend...

ryph raph

I was fortunate enough to be turned on to this band before "Ten" was ever released.And was able to see them 3 times between Oct of 1991 and July of 1992. The first time in a hall that sat 3000, the second in a bar with about 600 other people, and the third time at Lollapalooza where I met Dave Abruze and partied with him on the lawn at Blossom Music Center.

mickeyrat

well, been a fan since Ten was released. Have only seen them twice, the last being this past May. The highlight was taking a friend to HER firsat PJ show and seeing the joy on her face as the show played out.the show and setlist was highly emotional for me on a personal level and to be able to share that with a good friend who's seen me through some hard times , well, it was priceless.

lastchild11

Thanks for the contest!


I guess i'll go with my 1st PJ show. Dallas 2000

Mike's Side

For me it was taking my dad to Boston 3 in 2003 at 63 years old. Scored my best seats to date in the 7th row

CantKeepMeHere

my son is a "country music" mostly kinda kid - but he had his license for about a week and asked if he could use my truck one saturday and of course I said yes
He came back and said "Wow! Pearl Jam is great when you are driving!"
He was so right, the power of this band in a moving car is beyond words...

Gardenparty

wow, i was at all 4 of these shows but tight on cash at the time. Would love these!

favorite ever probably
MSG night one '03

Thanks!

Given to...

That would be Cinci 03.

They stayed dry and wrote songs into the wee hours...