**Calgary Fanviews Here**
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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
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
Falling down,...not staying down
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i'm condemned to reading the views here so please guys post post post POST!
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...
Barrie 98-08-22 / Montreal 00-10-04 / Montreal 03-06-29
Montreal 05-09-15 / Quebec 05-09-20 / Montreal 11-09-07
Worcester 13-10-15 / Denver 14-10-22 / Quebec 16-05-05
Ottawa 16-05-08 / Ottawa 20-03-20 / Quebec 20-03-22
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.
100 shows? wow
Does anybody have an image of the Calgary poster? I'd love to see it.
http://eliharris.blogspot.com
>>St. John's, Newfoundland, 09/24/05 & 09/25/05<<
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
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!
2005: Kitchener/Hamilton/Toronto
2006: Toronto 1 & 2
2008: Hartford/EV Toronto 1 & 2
2009: Toronto/Philadelphia 3 & 4
2010: Buffalo
2011: Montreal/Toronto 1 & 2/Hamilton
2013: London/Buffalo/Vancouver/Seattle
2016: Toronto 1 & 2
2022: Hamilton/Toronto
2023: EV Seattle 1&2
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,
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.
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.
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!
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.
***Soon to add***
9/24/2005 - St. John's
9/25/2005 - St. John's
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.
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
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?)
You make me feel uncalm and I think I like it - 311
JEFF ROX MY SOX!
"Jeff is just a badass all the way across the board" ~aNiMaL~
"Chill out Kaddikat"
Walking in to the saddledome and having my ticket not work in the scanner. I was devastated. I was so worried that I would not be able to get in because for some reason my ticket was wrong or something. I go to the customer services booth and they tell me that the band needed my seat for some special guest so they gave me a new ticket in row 5 side stage on Mike's side! Awsome seat great luck for me!
The first set was such a blur after oceans. The band came out like they were on a mission. Every song was played and sung with such intensity it was unbelievable. You kept waiting for them to slow it down but it just never happened.
The crowd drowning out Eddie during Alive. You could see him singing into the microphone but you could barely hear him over the crowd.
RITFW!!!! Insanity!
Guy jumping off a 20 ft drop behind the stage during the encore. All you could were was a thud. At first I though Matt had whacked his drumkit but then you could see the security dragging him out. I guess he was ok.
Mike trying to throw picks out to us but only hitting the security guy in the head.
The look on the guys face when eddie handed him his wine bottle after the show! Talk about a souvenier. I think eddie had written something on it in gold pen but I'm not sure. He was ten seats down but he left on the other side of the section so I couldnt catch him.
Edmonton crowd has it's work cut out for it because Calgary will be a tough act to follow. Can't wait for tonight!
PS Supersuckers rocked! great openers really got the crowd going. Mike sat and watched part of the set. Red spiked hair and a cardigan vest . Rad. Totally Rad.
The same guy caught one of the Tambourines... Talk about a lucky f--ker!
-I noticed Eddie at one point squinting way up to the last seats in the arena and the amazed look on his face when I think he realized that every nook and cranny was filled.
-Rockin in thr Free World and Yellow Leadbetter to end it with all the lights up in the place was awesome... I felt so close to the band and all the other 17 500 people in there.
-I laughed my ass off when Eddie slammed the wine and beer at the same time... There is a killer pic of this if you get the bootleg!
-The multiple bows and waves from the band at the end, it didn't seem like they wanted to leave... For a moment I didn't think Eddie was going to when he walked up to the mic to say goodnight.
-The sound in the biulding was really really good for an arena and that really came through on Alive and Black.
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THE BEST FUCKING CROWD I HAVE SEEN.......PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!!
for any show.........
Calgary was a fucking experience...........
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
The calgary show was amazing.
I adore Pearl Jam, they're my absolute favorite band, but this was the first time i saw them.
And oh my. I couldn't speak coherently for a while after the show.
I was so happy they played Black. That was the first PJ song I ever liked and when they played, it was just so amazing. And the lighters? Crazy.
I loved having the lights on for RITFW and Ledbetter. it was so awesome seeing everyone else there. and the band's look of awe at every seat being filled.
Alright, im just babling now and repeating what everyone else has. Just to say though. I love the show. yay.
In Calgary, not only did PJ put on a great show, but they were playing to the best crowd that I have ever seen in my life. The reactions from the audience and the energy that was in the saddledome was absolutely insane. The last two songs (RITFW, Yellow Ledbetter) were played with the lights on and it really gave an awesome impression of how into the show everyone was in all decks of the dome. Congrats Calgary!
09/04/05 Calgary
09/07/05 Saskatoon
oceans, last fucking exit, corduroy, whipping, hail hail...are you fucking kidding me??? i might punch my mom in the face because of this.
you lucky bastards.
This concert is in my top 3! Totally awesome. (other 2 being Big Sugar's last gig and U2's Pop Mart)
The crowd was insane, the band sounded amazing, they seemed to be into the show too.
When the house lights came up and they played for 2 more songs, that was amazing. Soooo many people having a good time...
People going insane with the tamborines, and that guy on the stairway who Ed handed the bottle too....the look on his face was awesome.
I was right by the crazy bugger who jumped off the stairway behind the stage during the accoustic set. What a nut job. I don't think he expected to hurt that much when he landed, he wasn't moving anywhere very fast and then security scrapped him up. Probalby taking him to see the EMS guys.
I also wanted to mention that I was so impressed with my seats. I've always heard that Pearl Jam was really good about not selling people crappy seats that weren't worth the money. It's totally true. I was worried because my tickets arrived with "Behind Stage" written on them. But it was awesome. All the band members addressed the rear lots of times, even Matt. We could see everything fine.
Totally awesome show. I'm dling the bootleg now, which is an incredibly amazing thing for a band to do for people. Offering the audio from every show in a fast, easy and cheap way is amazing. It's a really great demonstration of how a band can use the internet for it's own fair gain and the fan's continued enjoyment of an incredible show. Worth every penny to have some photos, cover art and the complete show.