**Calgary Fanviews Here**

Kat

Did you see the show?

Set List: Oceans, Last Exit, Corduroy, Whipping, Hail Hail, Do The Evolution, Given To Fly, Red Mosquito, Even Flow, MFC, Daughter, Alone, Insignificance, Not For You, Black, Save You, Rearviewmirror

1st encore: Small Town, Thumbing My Way, Sleight Of Hand, Hard To Imagine, Alive

2nd encore: Betterman/(I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" by the Ramones), Last Kiss, Rockin' in the Free World, Yellow Ledbetter

ThreeBigFish

nah.
i'm condemned to reading the views here so please guys post post post POST!

chain

I'll just say something here...

I bringing one off my old buddies at Quebec... a guy that loves old PJ songs...
Don't think he knows alot of the recent stuff... he's about 13 hours from me since '98 (he's at Sept-Iles, i'm near Montreal). So i couldn't educate him properly on all new PJ stuff... hehehe

From what i've seen from Vancouver and Calgary, he will be blown away!!!!
Its a kick ass old setlist!!!!
For is sake i hope it will be like that at Quebec city! Calgary is not that old setlist wise... but all classics....

For me well... the rarest... the juiciest!!!!

Can't spit on old classics dough..... this is great...

edwouldgo

Before we get to the music, we have to talk about the crowd. Wow. Having been to nearly every rock show in town for the last 10 years, I can say without hesitation that last night's crowd was AMAZING. Loud, energetic, and courteous! They were as in to Alone, Hard to Imagine and Oceans as they were Daughter, Evenflow and Alive.

Had 3rd row seats courtesy 10 club. Nice. Mike M's side. Oceans as an opener blew me away. Incredible. Never thought I'd see Oceans, Alone, Hard to Imagine, Sleight of Hand and Whipping in the same set EVER! Setlist speaks for itself. I think they were making sure the crowd they haven't seen for 12 years saw what they had missed.

Couple quick notes:
- Band came out an looked shy but intense. The crowd's energy picked them up.
- Ed referenced the ongoing crisis in New Orleans as being difficult for the band as they had recorded there, leading to a song that was recorded there, Red Mosquito
- Ed said after the encore break that the crowd was, "Makin' it awful hard for guys to be depressed!"
- Ed again referenced their surprise at the energy "out there" for the band.
- As the show progressed, the band looked so into it, and really, really happy to be there. Ed changed the lyrics in Yellow Ledbetter to, "... to be honest, I would love to stayyyy..." after the crowd gave him an obvious response before he could sing the first "I don't wanna stay".
- During RITFW and YL, Ed and the band kind of stood there in amazement of the crowd, with Ed kinda leaning back and smiling, with the rest of the band grinning like madmen!!
- Some woman's 100th show down in the first row. Each member of the band gave her a pick personally, as well as the setlist. Ed referenced it in the second encore, saying, "There's a woman down front who's at her 100th show. I don't think she wanted to show-off, but seeing as I've only been to 101, that's pretty good." Big smiles from the band.
- But highlight of the night? Goes to Ed double fisting his wine AND Heineken near the end of the show.
- Throughout the last 10 songs the band touched their hearts numerous times, as if to say, "Thanks."

No, no! Thank YOU.

Tons of other highlights, but that's about the best. They RAWKED. Ed's voice was great, Mike LOVED grabbing the spotlight, Stone was dancing, and Jeff was moving all around the stage.

Great show. Can't wait for tonight.

illegal pants

AMAZING review, ty very much!!!

100 shows? wow

NewfiePJNut

Awesome report. Thanks for posting it.

Does anybody have an image of the Calgary poster? I'd love to see it.

Buru

we want more!!

Goatboy

thanks for that post edwouldgo....sounds like it was an amazing evening:)

Love_Boat_Capn

FlameHead wrote:

Does anybody have an image of the Calgary poster? I'd love to see it.

The poster was a goalie, all white cartoonish, on a green back ground. His stick said Pearl Jam, Calgary 2005 on it in red. Would have bought for sure if it was in a T shirt, but I didn't want that on my wall

*GVN2FLY*

edwouldgo wrote:

Before we get to the music, we have to talk about the crowd. Wow. Having been to nearly every rock show in town for the last 10 years, I can say without hesitation that last night's crowd was AMAZING. Loud, energetic, and courteous! They were as in to Alone, Hard to Imagine and Oceans as they were Daughter, Evenflow and Alive.

Had 3rd row seats courtesy 10 club. Nice. Mike M's side. Oceans as an opener blew me away. Incredible. Never thought I'd see Oceans, Alone, Hard to Imagine, Sleight of Hand and Whipping in the same set EVER! Setlist speaks for itself. I think they were making sure the crowd they haven't seen for 12 years saw what they had missed.

Couple quick notes:
- Band came out an looked shy but intense. The crowd's energy picked them up.
- Ed referenced the ongoing crisis in New Orleans as being difficult for the band as they had recorded there, leading to a song that was recorded there, Red Mosquito
- Ed said after the encore break that the crowd was, "Makin' it awful hard for guys to be depressed!"
- Ed again referenced their surprise at the energy "out there" for the band.
- As the show progressed, the band looked so into it, and really, really happy to be there. Ed changed the lyrics in Yellow Ledbetter to, "... to be honest, I would love to stayyyy..." after the crowd gave him an obvious response before he could sing the first "I don't wanna stay".
- During RITFW and YL, Ed and the band kind of stood there in amazement of the crowd, with Ed kinda leaning back and smiling, with the rest of the band grinning like madmen!!
- Some woman's 100th show down in the first row. Each member of the band gave her a pick personally, as well as the setlist. Ed referenced it in the second encore, saying, "There's a woman down front who's at her 100th show. I don't think she wanted to show-off, but seeing as I've only been to 101, that's pretty good." Big smiles from the band.
- But highlight of the night? Goes to Ed double fisting his wine AND Heineken near the end of the show.
- Throughout the last 10 songs the band touched their hearts numerous times, as if to say, "Thanks."

No, no! Thank YOU.

Tons of other highlights, but that's about the best. They RAWKED. Ed's voice was great, Mike LOVED grabbing the spotlight, Stone was dancing, and Jeff was moving all around the stage.

Great show. Can't wait for tonight.

Awesome review Scott! You said it all

Did you see the big Canada flag hanging from the balcony on Stone's side? It said "THANK YOU PJ".......That was my flag, I was in row 17 on the floor but my sis was up on the 2nd level first row so I had her hang it up there.
Ed saw it during yellow ledbetter and gave a salute. My sister's buddy gave the peace sign and Ed did it right back to him.......totally awesome!


What a show!

One Song Glory

Holy OCEANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow is all I can say. That sounds like such an awesome show, and I'm wishing right about now that I could have popped in for a visit with my stepsister in Calgary right about now. Also, I know it's not too rare, but I love that little Betterman tag by the Ramones.

Mrs_Vedder78

Edwouldgo,
Im glad you enjoyed your show and that you had such a great time.
Your review was awesome, sometimes i cant read through a whole fanview because I get bored but yours got me hooked from the beginning to the end.
Thumbs up!!!!

You made me want to buy that show, it sounds like the crowd took the songs to a different level.

Cheers
Urs,

Stitchface

This is was my third show, I was in Boise 2000 and Vancouver 2002 and by far and away this was the best crowd of all of them. Not the best setlist, but it was more than made up with the energy of the crowd. To all the haters that were on the board claiming low ticket sales, all I can say is No Fucking way, the place was as packed as I have ever seen it, save Game Six of the Flames/Wings last year.

I felt the main set was awesome, the Save You, Corduroy, Last Exit string was intense. I think they addressed the crowd a total of 4 times, they just came out and played, which I really appreciated.

My personal highlight was the start of Betterman, the band played the intro and Ed was about to kick in with the lyrics, but the crowd was so loudm, so he just leaned back smiled and waited for us to die down and told us to take over. Incredible feeling.

When a band doesn't come to a city for 10 years, you never know how they are going to be received and all I can say is that they were received with open arms and seemed touched to be here, even mentioning that they can't wait to be back. I am holding them to that......... Hopefully in less than 10 years though.

Off to Edmonton this afternoon, where I hope to have a setlist with Some Crazy Mary, State of Love and Trust and Nothingman.

One other thing, RVM was incredibly intense as a main set ender.

WashMyLove

Oh OMG! I hope they the play this song at one of these shows.. Kitchner,Hamilton or London...I'll be a happy little Girl!!!

sherpahigh

This was my second show, first being in Van 03'. I thought the crowd was into it at that show, but this just blew it away. Unreal. I've been to a lot of shows at the dome in the past 10 or so years and this was easily the loudest I've seen the place at a rock show.

The setlist was amazing and the band ate up all the energy. They looked like they were having a blast. I'm fairly new to the 10C and even with such a high 10C number I ended up with great seats. I like the way they put us up on the sides a bit instead of way back on the floor. I had a great view and the sound was awesome.

Great, great show.

FartsMakeMeGiggle

This is the last fanview thread I'm reading.

I am SO looking forward to the Philly show on my birthday that reading these fanviews is just gonna make it seem like 10 years before that show gets here.

Thanks for the great little stories you guys have, they're friggen awesome!

Glad you Canadians are getting good shows so far!

Truthmonger

Come on, you're not gonna stop readin' 'em.....!!!!!! You better hope Ed and the boys don't take up citizenship while they're here. From the sounds of it, they're really taking a shine to the place..... You may never see 'em again !!!

DriftingAway

Long time lurking, first time posting.

I am a huge fan, and I'm embarassed to say that even though Pearl Jam are my favorite band I have only had to opportunity to see them play live once (Toronto, 2000). I'm very much looking forward to the St. John's shows and after reading this thread I don't think I can wait until the 24th and 25th. My brother saw this show last night and I can't wait to talk to him about it.

I downloaded the show this morning and was blown away by how intense it sounded. I was amazed when I saw the setlist and I can easily say that this would be very close to what my "dream" show's set-list would look like. Seems like the band really fed off the crowd, I just hope we can do the same for them when they arrive on the Rock.

Listening to the show, I thought the coolest quote was when Ed said, "Thanks for bringing your Saturday night game on a Sunday night." An obvious Hockey Night in Canada reference.

sherpahigh

DriftingAway wrote:

Listening to the show, I thought the coolest quote was when Ed said, "Thanks for bringing your Saturday night game on a Sunday night." An obvious Hockey Night in Canada reference.

Ya I loved that lst night. I wonder if the guys knew that it was a holiday for us up here today. Everyone brought their Saturday night game cause that's pretty much what it was for us. Loooong weekend!!

Fantastic show. Having a listen to it again right now.

jimmy jazz

i've seen them in barrie, toronto and cinci and this was by far the best i've seen them. although that last toronto show was pretty close just cause of the baba encoure but RITFW for neil tops that one. listening to show and i've very pleased with the quality and speed of download. havn't listened to these guys in a while but i have to say this show brought me back as a fan. looking forward to hearing the rest of the tour.

Kaddikat

Damn another PJ love fest...

Seriously Glitter Twins I think your glitter has rubbed off on me! hahahahaahah!! Lydia- please tell your boyfriend (lil Vin!) sorry about rubbing his head like a genie bottle.. really I am sorry... just a spur of teh moment thing.. ya know how that goes

Boom's Organ - DAMN!!! next time I'll take it off umkay? hahaha Oh yeah tell that trapeeze n/s to get off at the next stop..... *hahah*

to the guys in row 3 that participated in the YellowLedBetter hug it out bitch session - seriously.. It was a great show. Thanks for your energy and for rocking out.. and you give great hugs...hahahaah

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH! THE JEFF TWIRLS! JEFF DANCES!! JEFF JEFF JEFF (cmon jeff fans where are you at?) *WATCHOUT FOR THE STUCK T SHIRT*