**** Toronto 2 Fanviews Here 9/12/11 ****

noahm

quentin0 wrote:

as a side note, did anyone else notice that eddie cut his thumb open pretty bad during baba but played through it?

It was bleeding pretty bad.
It happened on the tambourine toss.

smarchee

oh yeah, how about Ed wearing that Mexican wrestling mask lol

why would someone bring that to a show lol

JC29856

from a philly guy thats been to a bunch of shows since 1994, im so glad i came to toronto, great city, great people and an overall great experience. im so grateful to everyone i met here, simply awesome. im definitely leaving with the fondest memories.
thank you toronto (and pj)

Leezestarr313

PK1115 wrote:

Ok im gunna say it, Ole fkn rocked live!!!
Wow.... Forget tv performance forget mp3. Live is where its at!

Thought so too

Torontonian

I missed this show but had Ten Club tickets. Thanks to the best fan club in the world for allowing me an exception to give my 18th row seats to my good friends. She loves Pearl Jam and have never seen them live. She and her husband love the show.

I can rarely say I would rather be anywhere other than a Pearl Jam concert in my hometown of Toronto but last night I had the pleasure of welcoming my first child, Emily, into this world at 8:22 pm just before Pearl Jam took the stage :-)

My daughter waited so I could see Toronto Night 1 and Uncle Neil.

Thanks Ten Club :-)

polaris_x

last night felt more like part 2 of one concert ... a continuation of sorts ...

i was never a big fan of just breathe live until last nite for some reason ... i guess the lyrics hit me more last nite especially with eds banter the last couple of nites and the sentimentality of having his loved ones there and mike's dad being there, etc ... it really is a beautiful song ...

highlights for me were light years, sad and rats ... also, liked eds tag for wishlist too ...

comments from other posts:

* kudos to the pick guy ... sometimes it is way better to give than receive
* ed cut his hand catching a tambourine at the end during alive
* fuck me - oceans is the one song i am desperate to hear live which i haven't ... i'm hoping they play it in the hammer
* those security guards were definitely being dicks ... they should really put the experienced ones at the front where they are most needed ... i have a loathing for mlse and this shit just makes me loathe them more ...

edit:

i'm pretty sure the fuckers who bitched about totd and chris at PJ20 had an influence on him not coming on stage in toronto ...

ragejoe

Indifference71 wrote:

ragejoe wrote:

foodboy wrote:

i agree the repeats did kill the vibe. whats with the fixation with the the fixer, alive, and the three others that were repeated. surely they could have done others,its not like a new album is out.

why are they obligated to not repeat songs? Most bands repeat EVERY SONG... you complain about a few repeats out of 30? WHy do they repeat ALIVE? Its one of the greatest rock songs of all time and the feeling of 20,000 people chanting in unison during the jam probably gives them a feeling of euphoria that most people wont have the chance to experie nce... ive been to 30 shows , i hope i never go to a show where they dont Play Alive... Is it also lame to hear the whole crowd sing the first verse of betterman to if they played it the night before? Not to mention songs like alive and porch and betterman and daughter always have some sort of twist or unique jam or the tag or what not... in my experiences i never feel like a hear a carbon copy version of any of those songs...

we are one spoiled group of music fans...

haha thanks for havin my back on that... i hate to post anything negative on here but sometimes it really drives me nuts when i hear people complaining...


Great post. Unbeleivable that people complain about a few repeats when a majority of bands play the same exact set every night. I couldn't agree w/ you mroe on Alive...I get mad if they don't play it at a show!

Dead Man Walking

What a show, what a show...To come out with that intensity and maintain it throughout the entire show (saufe Last Kiss and Just Breathe) was phenomenal. I am really looking forward to Hamilton...it's going to be fantastic.

Here are my videos from last night (8 Songs total): http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFA6ABE5C7FFD84D3

PJammin'

polaris_x wrote:

i'm pretty sure the fuckers who bitched about totd and chris at PJ20 had an influence on him not coming on stage in toronto ...

you're probably right and that is just a bummer to me. :thumbdown:

themessenger

I'm jealous...great opening 6 songs and overall an awesome setlist! I can't wait to hear Olé live...

01. Go
02. Animal
03. Olé
04. Hail Hail
05. In My Tree
06. Sad

pineapplesandwaves.

smarchee wrote:

100 Pacer wrote:

When the 2nd mic was brought up everyone around me was sold on Cornell walking on stage, and it was actually funny to hear a collective sigh of disappointment when Mark Arm and Steve Turner took the stage to help out on Kick Out The Jams.

I was one of the ones letting out a sign of disappointment lol

I was one of those fans, too. I turned to my friend and said, "Well, that's not Chris Cornell or Bono."

Blgarden wrote:

Just for me I would have taken out a repeat (Alive, Porch...) and replaced it with Life Wasted.

They could play Porch every night and I'd be happy. I didn't hear it my first four concerts and have now heard it 4 of my last 5 and it pumps me up every time!

Kevin Wilson

PJammin' wrote:

polaris_x wrote:

i'm pretty sure the fuckers who bitched about totd and chris at PJ20 had an influence on him not coming on stage in toronto ...

you're probably right and that is just a bummer to me. :thumbdown:

Likewise was hoping for that as well

polaris_x

there needs to be a night 3!!!!

Blgarden

pineapplesandwaves. wrote:

smarchee wrote:

100 Pacer wrote:

When the 2nd mic was brought up everyone around me was sold on Cornell walking on stage, and it was actually funny to hear a collective sigh of disappointment when Mark Arm and Steve Turner took the stage to help out on Kick Out The Jams.

I was one of the ones letting out a sign of disappointment lol

I was one of those fans, too. I turned to my friend and said, "Well, that's not Chris Cornell or Bono."

Blgarden wrote:

Just for me I would have taken out a repeat (Alive, Porch...) and replaced it with Life Wasted.

They could play Porch every night and I'd be happy. I didn't hear it my first four concerts and have now heard it 4 of my last 5 and it pumps me up every time!

I should really take that Porch comment back because it was really one of the highlights... even on the second night where they had already performed it the night before it was awesome. One of the best moments that my wife and I immediately talked about after the show was how Jeff, Stone and Mike just jammed with each other during the solo section of Porch as if they were the only three guys in the room just having fun playing with each other. Magical moment.

I disagree with everyone about Kick out the Jams! Way better than a Chris Cornell or Bono cameo (but not better than Neil...)! It was awesome. I'm also biased because back in the early nineties when Grunge was at it's peak I was in a band that closed a lot of show with Kick out the Jams.

smarchee

there is only one other time that I felt an overwhelming feeling of sadness at a PJ show, and that was in 2006 when I heard the opening bar of Man of The Hour and I realized how beautifully sad that song was, all of a sudden I just got choked up and felt my eyes get all misty. It was uncontrollable, really overwhelming.

Well shit, if that didn't happen last night during Light Years. I was fine until the chorus and then boom, I thought of my friend who passed away in July and I just stood there with that overwhelming sense of sadness, my eyes welling up, wow, couldn't move had to look away from the band, such a powerful feeling. Felt better in the second chrous but still couldn't sign the chorus or rock out.

Listening to Light Years from Buffalo this morning and it reminded me of this.

Those are some strong lyrics Ed wrote

lednuke

Have they been going on stage at their usual just before 9:00pm?

smarchee

lednuke wrote:

Have they been going on stage at their usual just before 9:00pm?

yeah between 8:45 and 8:50

brunobell

lednuke wrote:

Have they been going on stage at their usual just before 9:00pm?

Montreal: 8:53pm
TO1: 8:53pm
TO2: 8:47pm

Mamasan80

PJammin' wrote:

polaris_x wrote:

i'm pretty sure the fuckers who bitched about totd and chris at PJ20 had an influence on him not coming on stage in toronto ...

you're probably right and that is just a bummer to me. :thumbdown:

That is almost definitely NOT true. You guys can't actually believe the band reads the message board closely enough, especially while on tour, for this stuff to have an impact.

Mamasan80

Blgarden wrote:

I should really take that Porch comment back because it was really one of the highlights... even on the second night where they had already performed it the night before it was awesome. One of the best moments that my wife and I immediately talked about after the show was how Jeff, Stone and Mike just jammed with each other during the solo section of Porch as if they were the only three guys in the room just having fun playing with each other. Magical moment.

I disagree with everyone about Kick out the Jams! Way better than a Chris Cornell or Bono cameo (but not better than Neil...)! It was awesome. I'm also biased because back in the early nineties when Grunge was at it's peak I was in a band that closed a lot of show with Kick out the Jams.

The thing about Mark Arm is that he's got a great voice for singing fast, thrash punk songs. EV, Bono, and CC do not. Hence why Kick Out the Jams with Arm is BADASS.