**** Hamilton Fanviews Here 9/15/11 ****

Rick Wooldridge

FIRE!... the band… the crowd.. ON FIRE!!
Sorry TO, but this is 2 Canadian tours that Hamilton has outdone you. If you asked me on Tuesday or Wednesday how these guys could top TO night 2, I would’ve said you’re crazy, but my god… my god. I don’t know if it’s the size difference or the people of Hamilton, but this band at this venue is absolute gold! Even the pre-party was insanely packed. They actually started to turn people away at 5PM because the bar was at maximum capacity.

Anyways, about the show… GTF as an opener is fantastic… so happy to hear Severed Hand… beautiful version of Immortality… love the way Setting Forth fits in with the whole band… Ole live just kicks ass… so so happy I got to hear Cropduster live… Daughter with a cool tag still blows me away every time… the ending jam on Habit showed how much fun this band is having on this tour… the speech about Johnny Ramones death and Ed’s daughter really hit me hard as I’m sure it did to many others… anytime I get to hear State I’m a happy kid… Porch, well I can hear Porch live every day for the rest of my life and never get bored… Brain Of J as a request was a great encore 2 kick-off… Crazy Mary had one of my new favourite PJ moments of all time (Mike and Boom were jamming at the end for like 5 minutes. I can’t believe more people haven’t commented on it)… S&D was a huge surprise, I was expecting Kick Out The Jams, but was very happy with this (even though I had to look it up to see who wrote it)… the “up” of Alive and “down” of Ledbetter was a perfect ending to a perfect concert.

Thank you 10C for row 30 on the floor and thank you Ticketmaster for seating short people in front of me. To anyone who complained and said the crowd wasn’t into it……. you need help, serious help…. Stop going to PJ concerts!

Thank you PJ for a fantastic week, until the next time.

Two Birds

Thanks again for my third but very unfortunate last show of this tour. But I am walking away with a spring in my step and totally recharged. No words can explain what I carry away from these shows. The JAMS tonight were incredible!!!!!! U, Immortality, Ole, Blitzkrieg Bop, Cropduster, Habit, PUSH ME PULL ME , I Remember You - SO SWEET :roll: , I Wanna be Your Boyfriend, Brain of J (thanks to that great sign), Search and Destroy....WOW Ok the whole damn thing... And a very surprise opener of Given to fly :P Great seats again in section 122 thank you 10C Another great shout out to lovely Laura as well!! Enjoy the rest of the PJ20 tour you lucky, lucky people!

Markiemark70

goldenegg wrote:

Markiemark70 wrote:

goldenegg wrote:

[HA! What are the chances? We were two in from the aisle.

So did you see what happened with the guy who got booted? The guy who had his hands in the air like 90% of the time when he wasn't taking pictures or leaving his seat for 3-4 songs at a time?

I sure did, since I'm the one who had to get security

The guy was pretty much wasted from the moment he showed up to his seat (2 - 3 songs in to the show). He kept hugging and bothering the guys sitting next to him in the row and they kept telling him to get lost. Thankfully he kept leaving (giving my wife and I an excellent view!) for 20+ min at a time. The last time he came back (a couple songs before Black) he was really out of it. Apparently he had a friend with tickets at the opposite end of the row and he felt that he should constantly turn and sing to his friend. In doing so, he kept pushing the two guys to his right. Those guys told him to cool it, which is when he snapped and started getting violent. He grabbed one of the guys and tried to start a fight. That's when I was asked to get the attention of security, who promptly escorted him away.

I believe the guy's friend at the end of the row also got escorted out during the encore break, as I was told he was causing trouble after learning his friend was removed from the venue.

Well I say good an ya (or whomever asked you) to get security. I have zero tolerance for people who are so inconsiderate that they diminish the enjoyment of those around them. Those guys in front of us were true fans who were there to rock out. That guy who was removed was a bit of a tool so like I said I definitely enjoyed the second half when he was gone better.

On a related note, did you guys find the girl that he seemed to be with annoying at all? He had his hands in the air right in front of me, but she was constantly taking pictures or even worse videos. I kept wondering if she was right in front of you guys when she was doing that.

spnoone

thank you 10club for the seats! no lottery but 19th row floor stone side was the closest i've been since the GA days. certainly better than i expected at 295xxx. i'll spare everyone the full review because i always sound more critical than thankful on paper. but getting 4 firsts (u, push me pull me, search and destroy, i remember you), after as many shows as i've seen... i don't know how they do it. i just hope they keep doing it.

goldenegg

Zeebarf wrote:

I read what you posted Golden Egg and I was thinking the exact same thing, the crowd in my section seemed pretty cold fish compared to the Toronto shows. I now realize I was in the same row as you, on the other side of MarkieMark, seats 7 and 8, haha.

That's so funny we'd all happen to be posting in this thread

Markiemark70 wrote:

On a related note, did you guys find the girl that he seemed to be with annoying at all? He had his hands in the air right in front of me, but she was constantly taking pictures or even worse videos. I kept wondering if she was right in front of you guys when she was doing that.

While I hate when people hold up cameras as much as she did, the way she held her arms provided a clear view right to the stage Thankfully though she decided she'd rather hang out in the aisle, instead of her seat. So we didn't have to worry about her for long.

ScReaMing LunGs

I will try and keep my review of the Hamilton show brief....

- The crowd sucked. I sat in 10C seats on Stone's side and the majority of people were standing there like a lump of coal. As a Hamiltonian who saw my 20th show last night, I want to apologize on behalf of my city. Toronto, your crowd made us look like losers.

- Ed drank too much tonight. He was in a great mood, but sounded better in Toronto.
- Boom absolutely sucked tonight... which is rare because he is usually on fire. Half the time he wasn't even on stage and during crazy mary his solo was the worst I have ever heard. Thankfully Mike was teasing him and trying his hardest to get Boom going.

- Stone, Jeff and Mike were awesome. Matt didn't blow me away tonight, but he was still very good.

- The beer lines were ridiculous... so bad that I didn't even drink during the show. HECFI, you guys continue to suck at organizing anything.

- I enjoyed the set and loved seeing Immortality, Nothingman and Brain of J!

- To anyone who disagrees with me about the crowd being lame, all you need to do was look around during "Alive" and half the people had no clue about the fist pumping. Too many overnight fans.

- All in all, this show comes nowhere close to Hamilton 2005. Mark my words, PJ will never play in Hamilton again. Never.

- A huge Thank you to the Toronto and Wisconsin crowds, you guys were awesome. Again, to PJ, Management and the road crew, I apologize for Hamilton being lame tonight.

emperpenguin

ScReaMing LunGs wrote:

I will try and keep my review of the Hamilton show brief....

- The crowd sucked. I sat in 10C seats on Stone's side and the majority of people were standing there like a lump of coal. As a Hamiltonian who saw my 20th show last night, I want to apologize on behalf of my city. Toronto, your crowd made us look like losers.

- Ed drank too much tonight. He was in a great mood, but sounded better in Toronto.
- Boom absolutely sucked tonight... which is rare because he is usually on fire. Half the time he wasn't even on stage and during crazy mary his solo was the worst I have ever heard. Thankfully Mike was teasing him and trying his hardest to get Boom going.

- Stone, Jeff and Mike were awesome. Matt didn't blow me away tonight, but he was still very good.

- The beer lines were ridiculous... so bad that I didn't even drink during the show. HECFI, you guys continue to suck at organizing anything.

- I enjoyed the set and loved seeing Immortality, Nothingman and Brain of J!

- To anyone who disagrees with me about the crowd being lame, all you need to do was look around during "Alive" and half the people had no clue about the fist pumping. Too many overnight fans.

- All in all, this show comes nowhere close to Hamilton 2005. Mark my words, PJ will never play in Hamilton again. Never.

- A huge Thank you to the Toronto and Wisconsin crowds, you guys were awesome. Again, to PJ, Management and the road crew, I apologize for Hamilton being lame tonight.

let me be brief...you're wrong

ScReaMing LunGs

Sorry, one more thing: Ed's line during given to fly: "Made it to the Hammer, had a smoke in a tree"... awesome, but the crowd didn't respond well. Listen to the boot when it comes out.

Also I loved the Ramones tributes and speeches tonight... very cool. Thank you Eddie for trying your hardest during the first set.

blueandwhite

pineapplesandwaves. wrote:

It's interesting that they crossed out DTE for Hail Hail. This was my 10th show and it was the first time they didn't play DTE. My consecutive streak has come to an end.

This is also my 10th show, and it also was the first time that I've seen a show without DTE. I hadn't even thought about it until you pointed it out.

Swordo

ScReaMing LunGs wrote:

I will try and keep my review of the Hamilton show brief....

- The crowd sucked. I sat in 10C seats on Stone's side and the majority of people were standing there like a lump of coal. As a Hamiltonian who saw my 20th show last night, I want to apologize on behalf of my city. Toronto, your crowd made us look like losers.

- Ed drank too much tonight. He was in a great mood, but sounded better in Toronto.
- Boom absolutely sucked tonight... which is rare because he is usually on fire. Half the time he wasn't even on stage and during crazy mary his solo was the worst I have ever heard. Thankfully Mike was teasing him and trying his hardest to get Boom going.

- Stone, Jeff and Mike were awesome. Matt didn't blow me away tonight, but he was still very good.

- The beer lines were ridiculous... so bad that I didn't even drink during the show. HECFI, you guys continue to suck at organizing anything.

- I enjoyed the set and loved seeing Immortality, Nothingman and Brain of J!

- To anyone who disagrees with me about the crowd being lame, all you need to do was look around during "Alive" and half the people had no clue about the fist pumping. Too many overnight fans.

- All in all, this show comes nowhere close to Hamilton 2005. Mark my words, PJ will never play in Hamilton again. Never.

- A huge Thank you to the Toronto and Wisconsin crowds, you guys were awesome. Again, to PJ, Management and the road crew, I apologize for Hamilton being lame tonight.

So, so wrong. When (not if) Pearl Jam returns to the Hammer, kindly stay at home so someone else can go and actually enjoy the show.

StevieG

ScReaMing LunGs wrote:

I will try and keep my review of the Hamilton show brief....

- The crowd sucked. I sat in 10C seats on Stone's side and the majority of people were standing there like a lump of coal. As a Hamiltonian who saw my 20th show last night, I want to apologize on behalf of my city. Toronto, your crowd made us look like losers.

- Ed drank too much tonight. He was in a great mood, but sounded better in Toronto.
- Boom absolutely sucked tonight... which is rare because he is usually on fire. Half the time he wasn't even on stage and during crazy mary his solo was the worst I have ever heard. Thankfully Mike was teasing him and trying his hardest to get Boom going.

- Stone, Jeff and Mike were awesome. Matt didn't blow me away tonight, but he was still very good.

- The beer lines were ridiculous... so bad that I didn't even drink during the show. HECFI, you guys continue to suck at organizing anything.

- I enjoyed the set and loved seeing Immortality, Nothingman and Brain of J!

- To anyone who disagrees with me about the crowd being lame, all you need to do was look around during "Alive" and half the people had no clue about the fist pumping. Too many overnight fans.

- All in all, this show comes nowhere close to Hamilton 2005. Mark my words, PJ will never play in Hamilton again. Never.

- A huge Thank you to the Toronto and Wisconsin crowds, you guys were awesome. Again, to PJ, Management and the road crew, I apologize for Hamilton being lame tonight.

Not sure what show you were at, but reading your review leads me to believe that you are completely clueless. So only true fans "fist pump"? I find that very amusing.

I hope you're going to more shows as I am looking forward to more of your insightful reviews.

smarchee

goldenegg wrote:

I believe the guy's friend at the end of the row also got escorted out during the encore break, as I was told he was causing trouble after learning his friend was removed from the venue.

was he in a white shirt? I think I saw some dude get escorted in the encore

maynardsux

Laird Hamilton

dcfaithful

Newch91 wrote:

Search and Destroy. :thumbup:

Yeah! Just saw that myself... that is bad fucking ass!!!

somebodyelsessky2020

Glad to see so many had a great time..I enjoyed some moments of the show but I think it paled in comparison to either Toronto show. The band may have been a bit tired, (justifiably so after the week they've had) there wasn't much spontaneity, seemed a little assembly line.

I've seen them so many times, I personally am a little tired of Alive, Evenflow, Jeremy, Better Man, Black and (don't kill me) but the Yellow ledbetter closing is getting old for me as a regular attendee.
I do love all those songs to death but they are all very well overplayed for me. I do understand the casual fan/first time attendees wan't to hear them but as a multi show road tripper it gets old.
I was praying for an indifference ending just once. I thought since Hamilton was so close to Toronto there wouldn't be so many repeats but there were a bunch, was nice to hear immortality even though I was in the fucking beer line like a dumb ass.
Brain of J was nice, always love Daughter/tags

This was my first time in Hamilton at Copps, the people were great but the beer lines were a clusterfuck of epic proportions. I've been to lots of arena's/stadiums all around the world and never saw anything like it.
If you wanted a beer you had to be prepared to miss at minimum 6 songs. Hand pouring the cans seemed like such a waste of time. It seemed like there were plenty of stands but the way they were moving was pitiful.
They had multi lines of 4 wide at large stands with one guy/girl on one tap.

Then to top off my epic beer journey finally making it to the front of the line, I pull out my 20.00 American dollar bill and am informed they do not accept American cash. WHAT THE FUCK!
I almost lost it until a very nice Canadian guy behind me offered to exchange a Canadian 20 for my American.
Canadians are awesome folks for the most part, just don't talk Hockey with them

All in all this mini tour was great and I'd do it all over again if given the chance. I'm gonna hop off the tour bus for now and hope to see them around the bend sometime soon.

Thanks to all of PJ for making my month of September 2011 memorable!

Motown322

ScReaMing LunGs wrote:

I will try and keep my review of the Hamilton show brief....

- The crowd sucked. I sat in 10C seats on Stone's side and the majority of people were standing there like a lump of coal. As a Hamiltonian who saw my 20th show last night, I want to apologize on behalf of my city. Toronto, your crowd made us look like losers.

- Ed drank too much tonight. He was in a great mood, but sounded better in Toronto.
- Boom absolutely sucked tonight... which is rare because he is usually on fire. Half the time he wasn't even on stage and during crazy mary his solo was the worst I have ever heard. Thankfully Mike was teasing him and trying his hardest to get Boom going.

- Stone, Jeff and Mike were awesome. Matt didn't blow me away tonight, but he was still very good.

- The beer lines were ridiculous... so bad that I didn't even drink during the show. HECFI, you guys continue to suck at organizing anything.

- I enjoyed the set and loved seeing Immortality, Nothingman and Brain of J!

- To anyone who disagrees with me about the crowd being lame, all you need to do was look around during "Alive" and half the people had no clue about the fist pumping. Too many overnight fans.

- All in all, this show comes nowhere close to Hamilton 2005. Mark my words, PJ will never play in Hamilton again. Never.

- A huge Thank you to the Toronto and Wisconsin crowds, you guys were awesome. Again, to PJ, Management and the road crew, I apologize for Hamilton being lame tonight.

The only thing I'll agree with you on this is the part about the beer lines. Last night was my 22nd show and that was a GREAT crowd.

somebodyelsessky2020

ScReaMing LunGs wrote:

I will try and keep my review of the Hamilton show brief....

- The crowd sucked. I sat in 10C seats on Stone's side and the majority of people were standing there like a lump of coal. As a Hamiltonian who saw my 20th show last night, I want to apologize on behalf of my city. Toronto, your crowd made us look like losers.

- Ed drank too much tonight. He was in a great mood, but sounded better in Toronto.
- Boom absolutely sucked tonight... which is rare because he is usually on fire. Half the time he wasn't even on stage and during crazy mary his solo was the worst I have ever heard. Thankfully Mike was teasing him and trying his hardest to get Boom going.

- Stone, Jeff and Mike were awesome. Matt didn't blow me away tonight, but he was still very good.

- The beer lines were ridiculous... so bad that I didn't even drink during the show. HECFI, you guys continue to suck at organizing anything.

- I enjoyed the set and loved seeing Immortality, Nothingman and Brain of J!

- To anyone who disagrees with me about the crowd being lame, all you need to do was look around during "Alive" and half the people had no clue about the fist pumping. Too many overnight fans.

- All in all, this show comes nowhere close to Hamilton 2005. Mark my words, PJ will never play in Hamilton again. Never.

- A huge Thank you to the Toronto and Wisconsin crowds, you guys were awesome. Again, to PJ, Management and the road crew, I apologize for Hamilton being lame tonight.

I agree with a few things, like especially the beer lines, the crowd wasn't at full capacity, Ed's voice/body a little or a lot tired (expected after some hard rocking out the whole week) but Boom doesn't have to be on stage the whole night. He doesn't play on every song so why should he stay on stage, what's he gonna do pretend he's playing something? He was on and off the stage in Toronto as well. Boom can probably play with his eyes closed. I doubt he ever sucks....he was most likely on a time constraint during Crazy Mary. I'm sure if he had the time he would have went off on a long battle with Mike.

The two that have the hardest jobs on stage are Ed and Matt they work their asses off and fatigue will set in sooner or later.

spnoone

anyone else notice ed's slurry dr steve brule moment? "we practiced this earlier but that was 2 bottles of wines ago."

smarchee

spnoone wrote:

anyone else notice ed's slurry dr steve brule moment? "we practiced this earlier but that was 2 bottles of wines ago."

that was pretty funny

tacet

you guys are crazy! - the crowd was amazing - the band was pumped - I've never seen Ed go around the stage like that and go off to the sides and give waves and cheers off stage like that - even sit on mike's side with his legs hanging off the stage - I thought it was a total band-crowd lovefest - like a thank you for the time they've spent up in this neck of the woods and the love we've shown them - they showed it back with every song

it was a great end to a fantastic week and once again I'm knocked off my feet by the feeling I get just being in the room - even all these years later

thank you thank you thank you - from this old broad who gets energized enough to bop my socks off every time!