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zentraedi

Los agradecimientos, no se como expresarlos tanto como el día 25 y 26 fuero único en mi historia y la de muchos jóvenes argentinos, a los cuales le pasara como a mi esperando, que Pearl Jam venga desde hace años, Creo que Supero mi expectativa Ampliamente estoy agradecido de corazón hasta la eternidad.
un abrazo muy especial para el gordo que ahora es flaco y toca la guitarra la rompio tanto como todo el grupo.
Un Abrazo muy grande Espero poder volverlos a ver en la Argentina.

Buru

that's all I'm going to say......

Saw the show upfront with 2 buddies (fede and John) and we stuck together and protected ourselves, so i did not feel like i would die and could enjoy the show even more than the first night. It was just too special.......

The band in fire and being really happy, the crowd just wild and full of energy, coming up with Pearl Jam chants on more than one ocassion. Most memorable one the:

Ole ole ole ole ole ole ola
soy de pearl Jam, es un sentimiento
no puedo paraaaaaaaaaaar

that seemed to go on for ages, and the guys just stood there and watched, amazed, happy and thankfull. Ed talked more this time, and dedicated LBC to the victims lost in Cromagnon last year (saying how we had lost friends there, and they had also lost friends in Roskilde). He had a "rock for choice" t-shirt which was really cool too.

The show kicked of with Last kiss in spanish, and PJ then coming on stage, Eddie singing the oh oho ohhhho ooooh part with us, it was just TOO loud!
and they started with MFC, what a great song!!
As yesterday, it was a really upbeat show full of classics, with some nice surprises thrown in.

After MFC, came Save You (just wild) - band was on fire the whole show!
then we got a bit of No Code, which had not been played yesterday (Hail Hail), Animal, Given to Fly (yes!!!!), Small Town (yes!!!) and i think around this time we were waving this flag we had made. Ed pointed at it and asked us to show him the flag, so we raised it real high and he kinda nodded at us! We then threw the flag onstage.

Then came whipping, even flow (just crazy!) During Mike's solo, or maybe it was later on, he located the flag, procedeed to unknot it, showed it to the public and placed it on a speaker/monitor could not really tell, and it stayed there the whole show!!! We were so happy (oh and they did get our presents, Pete (security) confirmed this to Romy, a friend and fan, so in the presents was a bottle of wine, some mafalda books, and a note explaining how we were a group of 15 or so people, who had met thanks to them and that we were giving them some good argentine wine, the reason for the choice of the Mafalda books (they are a comic way of learning about argentina and its politics in general) and that we had a flag that said "Your light made us stars" and "thank you". I'm sure Ed and the guys got the presents, because other flag got thrown onstage but he just picked them up and discarded it, as if he was looking for OUR flag, and he found it!!! It was just too cool.

Love Boat captain had a great intro! He spoke in spanish and said how they knew we had lost so many people last year at Cromagnon (almost 200 died in an indoor concert, due to somoeone lighting a flare that caught fire with the cloths hanging in the ceiling of the place) and that they had also lost people, so that the next song was for them. And after that they went into LBC (Ed fucked the lyrics a bit, but it did not matter)

the show continued to rock the whole way through, half full was a nice surprise. as was Daughter tagged with WMA. Insignificance was just too great, i love that song.

The explosion for me also came with SOLAT; i just went completely crazy with that one, what a way to start the first encore!! then came Black which was absolutely special too, with us singing the turu rur ru part for ages it seemed and Ed touching his heart. Betterman, a classic. Then Porch which started kinda slow and funky and was a great version too.

For the second encore: last kiss, i believe in miracles, alive, rocking in the free world (fuck yeah!! that was so cool) and the Yellow Ledbetter i was so sad to hear that song. Mike did a great solo too, they all got together to say goodbye, and clapped and waved, they were amazed and happy of the crowd, that's for sure. As Eddie was leaving, he returned, picked up OUR flag, put it on his shoulders and left!! I could not believe it and could not stop hugging my friends. Too special........

I think we were an awesome crowd, and the band felt this. Ed also said there would be a next time, and sooner.
They thanked us more than once for our cheering, chanting and the love we were showing them. I still can't believe it, it was sooo special.

marie

a los q estuvieron....el 26/11...q bien me la hicieron pasar...fui sola al campo pense q iba a ser imposible...pero la pase genial....me parecieron todos los chicos super ubicados...cero disturbio todos fuimos a lo mismo.....ver a Vedder cantando ....q voz flaco.....q bien sono.... vi muchos chicos con digitales si tienen fotos please manden.....
Saludos a todosssssssssssss y me mori con la carita de Eddie con el cantito...de es un sentimiento no puedo parar....el flaco nos miraba con una dulzura......chicos...quiero compartir con todos los q fueron y con los q no pudieron mi felicidad de haber visto a PEARL JAM....en ferro....

machacha

Escucho pearl Jam desde el 91 , cuando salio ten y nadie lo escuchaba , todos a full con nirvana, despues versus y vitalogy y ahi quede, me oriente a otros gustos musicales y no me gusto mucho lo que hicieron despues de eso (Aunque ahora , que escuche algunos temas, me dieron ganas de pispear un poco ) ,una de las cosas que estaba medio dudando era si iban a tocar temas viejos porque realmente no conozco casi nada despues de vitalogy , y aparte al no hacer videos y yo no tener mucho contactos con ellos, revistas, etc, mi ultima imagen de ellos es del 94!!!.

Cuando los vi en la foto de promocion de la gira no lo podia creer, todos pelados, el tipo de ropa, ay dios, IGUAL QUE YO! :( , supongo que uno con las bandas se piensa que no envejecen, etc y las quiere tener siempre iguals haciendo lo mismo , simplemente eso es imposible, pensando en mi me doy cuenta de lo que cambie desde el 92 (tengo 29).

Pero ayer....ayer...cuando aparecieron, y lo vi a EDDIE VEDER, CON EL PELO LARGO , BARBA DESPROLIJA, REMERA Y ARRIBA CAMISA SUELTA...UFFFFFF CASI ME PONGO A LLORAR AHI NOMAS, LES JURO, era como un FUUUM!!! y viaje en el tiempo, los demas posta me re costaba reconocerlos, Jeff si y Mike pero por los intrumentos que tocaban , si me los cruzo por la calle ni en pp.pero Eddie Eddie.....me mando 12 años para atras , es muy dificil explicarle como se sintio eso...

Ahora el show:
Increible supero por muchisimo mis expectativas, el sonido , la gente, y la lista de temas!!!! I believe in miracles de los ramones (siendo un viejo fan de ellos) me partio al medio llore mal mientras gritaba hasta lo que me daba la garganta

Eddie hablando en castellano , cuando hizo alusion a lo de cromañon me emociono muchiismo

Evenflow, Jeremy, Black....ufff dios jamas voy a olvidar "la sensacion" de escuchsar esos temas

y, no se si me avuerdo bien, cerraron con ALIVE, I?M STILL ALIVE!!! era como un gritio: Seguimos vivos!!!!!! , bueno , la verdad que SI

minogusti

I did actually see a bunch of more cameras than friday, so I woudn't exclude the posbility of a DVD. I think it's most likeable that they will make some DVD of the latinamerica tour, that woud be so great!
Besides we could compare audiences to see wich one is more crazy!! (joke)
I'm not gonna talk 'bout the show because it's not necesary, you've been great doing that, i'm not that good at reviews.
If if the gods want to, and someone from PJ reads this, thank you guys, just thank you

Federico

Buru wrote:

that's all I'm going to say......

Saw the show upfront with 2 buddies (fede and John) and we stuck together and protected ourselves, so i did not feel like i would die and could enjoy the show even more than the first night. It was just too special.......

The band in fire and being really happy, the crowd just wild and full of energy, coming up with Pearl Jam chants on more than one ocassion. Most memorable one the:

Ole ole ole ole ole ole ola
soy de pearl Jam, es un sentimiento
no puedo paraaaaaaaaaaar

that seemed to go on for ages, and the guys just stood there and watched, amazed, happy and thankfull. Ed talked more this time, and dedicated LBC to the victims lost in Cromagnon last year (saying how we had lost friends there, and they had also lost friends in Roskilde). He had a "rock for choice" t-shirt which was really cool too.

The show kicked of with Last kiss in spanish, and PJ then coming on stage, Eddie singing the oh oho ohhhho ooooh part with us, it was just TOO loud!
and they started with MFC, what a great song!!
As yesterday, it was a really upbeat show full of classics, with some nice surprises thrown in.

After MFC, came Save You (just wild) - band was on fire the whole show!
then we got a bit of No Code, which had not been played yesterday (Hail Hail), Animal, Given to Fly (yes!!!!), Small Town (yes!!!) and i think around this time we were waving this flag we had made. Ed pointed at it and asked us to show him the flag, so we raised it real high and he kinda nodded at us! We then threw the flag onstage.

Then came whipping, even flow (just crazy!) During Mike's solo, or maybe it was later on, he located the flag, procedeed to unknot it, showed it to the public and placed it on a speaker/monitor could not really tell, and it stayed there the whole show!!! We were so happy (oh and they did get our presents, Pete (security) confirmed this to Romy, a friend and fan, so in the presents was a bottle of wine, some mafalda books, and a note explaining how we were a group of 15 or so people, who had met thanks to them and that we were giving them some good argentine wine, the reason for the choice of the Mafalda books (they are a comic way of learning about argentina and its politics in general) and that we had a flag that said "Your light made us stars" and "thank you". I'm sure Ed and the guys got the presents, because other flag got thrown onstage but he just picked them up and discarded it, as if he was looking for OUR flag, and he found it!!! It was just too cool.

Love Boat captain had a great intro! He spoke in spanish and said how they knew we had lost so many people last year at Cromagnon (almost 200 died in an indoor concert, due to somoeone lighting a flare that caught fire with the cloths hanging in the ceiling of the place) and that they had also lost people, so that the next song was for them. And after that they went into LBC (Ed fucked the lyrics a bit, but it did not matter)

the show continued to rock the whole way through, half full was a nice surprise. as was Daughter tagged with WMA. Insignificance was just too great, i love that song.

The explosion for me also came with SOLAT; i just went completely crazy with that one, what a way to start the first encore!! then came Black which was absolutely special too, with us singing the turu rur ru part for ages it seemed and Ed touching his heart. Betterman, a classic. Then Porch which started kinda slow and funky and was a great version too.

For the second encore: last kiss, i believe in miracles, alive, rocking in the free world (fuck yeah!! that was so cool) and the Yellow Ledbetter i was so sad to hear that song. Mike did a great solo too, they all got together to say goodbye, and clapped and waved, they were amazed and happy of the crowd, that's for sure. As Eddie was leaving, he returned, picked up OUR flag, put it on his shoulders and left!! I could not believe it and could not stop hugging my friends. Too special........

I think we were an awesome crowd, and the band felt this. Ed also said there would be a next time, and sooner.
They thanked us more than once for our cheering, chanting and the love we were showing them. I still can't believe it, it was sooo special.

If I just could ask for the administrators to close this thread after this review....is there anything more to say?....pleeease, thanks

fede

Ewank

f3d3z wrote:

soundcheck:

i got shit
breakerfall
habit
light years
Dont gimme no lip (we asked Stone to sing the day before in the hotel, and we got our present)
Love boat captain
and one more that i dont remember

GOD DAMM ME!!!!! I got Shit Dios....i can´t believe it...how come i wasn´t there?? ( well, I had things to do) I got Shit is one of my favorite songs!! And I missed it. So is Light years....and Don´t give me no lip!!!! At least they played LBC last night

Anyways, I met Eddie and that has got to count for somethin :D:D

Ewank

Hitchiker wrote:

Maybe because Pearl jam have never played there before they are playing a real radio friendly set list. I know that if had never seen them live before, I would want to hear jeremy, Evenflow, Daughter, Alive, SOLAT, Betterman, GIven to Fly regardless of whether they had been played the night before. People are turning up to seee these songs played live, not B-sides and rarities.

I totally understand your point, and I agree with it. It just that in Mexico 2003, where they had NEVER played before, they did some nice extras, like Mankind, Present Tense, Wash, Hunger Strike...... I was expecting some surprises....

Still, AMAZING SHOW!!! My favorites were Wishlist, Given to fly, Love boat captain, Small Town, I believe in Miracles, and Yellow ledbetter ( my girlfriend listened to it via my cellphone :D:D!!! She´s never gonna forget that )

Oh, did anyone notice how Eddie kind of f---- up durin Love boat Captain in the first chorus nd in Lukin??? .....ehehehe.....I still loved them.....

Now, I HOPE THEY COME SOON!!! like in 2006?? :P

I was so close to the stage that I could really see they facial expressions....man, I still can´t believe it!!

Buru

I have so many good memories, it just fills my heart

we group of fans that became friends acomplished so much in these months and last few days......

we designed a t-shirt for ourselves
we got together and bought presents (the guys got them)
we made a flag, that now Ed has
we got pics from the band, autographs, a setlist for night 2
I shook hands with Mike, have a pic and his autograph in my benaroya cd, he also was interplaying with us dring the show, too great!!
Met/saw most of PJ members
we got to see two kick ass shows, and a kickass soundcheck the first day which included I got shit and Don't gimme no lip.
we got to see the expressions of joy and amazement in all Pearl Jam members, due to the energy of the crowd
Pearl jam clapped for us and we did for them
i got some really cool tshirts and stickers too
We got killer versions of Black, I believe in Miracles, RVM, Porch and just in general, band was on fire!
i got bruises all over my arms, but i really don't care, i made it and it was wonderful and i'd do it all over again, today tomorrow and every day of my life.
That's how special these days were to me....

It's over, but not really, just for now, for Pearl Jam will return. As Ed clearly said on more than one ocassion.

Now... it's bootleg time!! And waiting and hoping for a dvd or some sort of video....

Federico

hey, hey, hey Buru.....I asked the adm. to close this thread and you keep on writing....thats not serious!!!.....

whats serious is that you been there in some of the three most emotive days of my life and I´ll never forget that....

Thanks god your mind is clearer than mine and you wrote this two excelents, overwhelming posts....I wish my mind and my heart never let me forget your sweet words, little PJ rockin girl princess !......

machacha

Maybe because Pearl jam have never played there before they are playing a real radio friendly set list. I know that if had never seen them live before, I would want to hear jeremy, Evenflow, Daughter, Alive, SOLAT, Betterman, GIven to Fly regardless of whether they had been played the night before. People are turning up to seee these songs played live, not B-sides and rarities.

Coull'nt agree more, I was one of them

Federico

Buru wrote:

Now... it's bootleg time!!

bootleg time its about to come!!!!


my god this Java thing is fuckin quick!!!..cool

Buru

f3d3z wrote:

bootleg time its about to come!!!!


my god this Java thing is fuckin quick!!!..cool

Excelente!!!

Federico

Buru wrote:

Excelente!!!

In english, desacatada!

Federico

mmm....like you can hear some people singing in the background in the bootleg...isn it?:D:D:D

Pery

I've just registered, only to say this: THANKS, FOR THE BEST NIGHTS OF MY LIFETIME...

I was waiting for you since Ten...a long, long time ago, in a galaxy far far away.
But the Force finally brought you down here.

Now I know that you will come back, and I'll be waiting.

SDT

As everyone here... Last night's was a show that brought me 10+ years back ..in fever, fanatism and good rock..

Happy to see Pearl Jam at last!
Happy to feel as happy as I do!

The only sad thing was not to be able to listen to it on radio as well

Turco-MdQ

esto va para los grossos del thread argentino: (Uds. Saben quienes son)

no escribo en el thread por que nos lo coparon con un monton de mensajes de gente nueva (y encima acabo de leer que un idiota habla de los "Los niñitos del ten club", se llama Epicpj, un estupido..andate a tu casa a escuchar a creed)...me revienta, porque los que hablan al pedo son tipos que tienen como mucho 5 posts y bardean a gente que esta desde el primer dia del thread...respeten a los que estaban primero e iniciamos este thread, sino vayanse

pero lo que me pidieron del setlist esta listo, porque los quiero...asi que me mandan por pm las direcciones y el correo argentino se los hara llegar a la brevedad...

lo mismo con las fotos, estoy trabajando para subirlas...increible lo de las pizzas de ayer a la noche...se disfruto tanto como el show...

||Release_Me||

I listened to the radio broadcast last night. I don't know if it was just because i was hearing it live but Ed's voice was fuckin' POWERFUL!!! He screwed up the lyrics quite a bit but his voice soared!

Standard setlist but awesome crowd and awesome performances by the whole band. Amazing show.

The Platypus

Hey people. I'm new here. I'm Colombian but I'm currently living in Buenos Aires and attended last night's show. Here's my review I wrote on my blog for those of you who care to read it:

Anyone who thinks Pearl Jam is dead has obviously never seen them live. (get it?)

Buenos Aires, Argentina. November 26, 2005, one of the most iconic bands from the nineties show up to finally pay back a country for 15 years of continued love and support. The environment in the Ferro Stadium was filled with an overpowering excitement; the day felt heavy and tense, people were shuffling from one place to the other. People shoving, pushing, a crowd of twenty five thousand, willfully packed like sardines in a tin can hoping to see the band they've loved for so long live and direct.

Looking through the crowd you could tell it was gonna be a special concert. There was everything, from mohawked punk rockers who were obviously hoping for something like "Spin the Black Circle" to preppies, to pink-haired, flannel-wearing grungers. The smell of marihuana was as intense as the electricity that filled the environment. And as I stood there, waiting, I could pretty much tell this was gonna be the best concert experience I ever had.

And out came Mudhoney.

Probably the biggest unsung heroes of the early nineties grunge rock scene, Mudhoney had energy and charisma to spare. This is a band that was eclipsed, both musically and commercially, by bands like Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Nirvana and even the band they were opening for last night, the mighty Pearl Jam. Regardless, they went out, grabbed their guitars, greeted the crowd with a simple "hola" and started ripping through song after song, with the intensity of a 1970's punk rock band. I was way up front, so I was pretty much pushed into the mosh pit all the time, at first being a bit reluctant but after a while getting into it. It was hot, it was intense, it was fucking amazing. And as we bounced off each other and were kicked and punched and pushed from one side to the other, there was a feeling of unity. Any person who fell to the floor was immeadiately helped up by the others, anyone who suddenly didn't look like they were doing too hot were helped out of the pit. It was unbelievable to be a part of, and by the end of their setlist, Mudhoney had won the crowd over.

When they were done, everything went dead quiet. The crowd knew what was coming and they couldn't help but feel like they had to absorb every single key in, take in as much of the experience as possible. We waited for a good 30 minutes while the roadies set everything up, and I recognized PJ's bass tech George Webb from his appearance on the video for "Down". It was a long wait that felt like forever, but then, when the lights went out, we knew it was gonna be worth it.

With the spanish version of the song that PJ made so famous in 1999, "Last Kiss", Eddie and the gang came out and sang along with the crowd. Eddie was sporting the beard he featured in the "Touring Band" DVD and Mike McCready, formerly a pudgemeister extraordinaire, looked incredibly slimmed-down and more energetic than usual, having been nearly unrecognizable at first. From the very first few chords of the first song, the Yield hit "MFC", through hard rocking classics like "Save You" and "Hail Hail", the crowd went absolutely insane, pushing me and squeezing me to the point of actually worrying I might fall on the floor and suffocate to death, but after a while the rush subsided and everybody focused on enjoying the performances.

Seeing them in front of us after years and years of live DVDs and official bootlegs was an incredible experience. Even those didn't do the band justice. They were on fire, sounding more vibrant and energetic than I've ever seen, overcoming the crunky production of their post-Vs. albums and playing with an accuracy and enthusiasm that is perhaps a bit absent from their studio work. This band is definitely a live experience. They are trobadours who have perfected their art with time, and their art is definitely delivering the most overwhelming and emotional live shows rock music has ever seen. Eddie's voice was better than I've ever heard it. The crowd was incredible, feeding off the bands energy as much as the band fed off the crowd's unbridled enthusiasm. People sang their hearts out and were content in just letting go of everything. Letting go of whatever problems they have and just connecting emotionally to the beautiful songs that PJ were playing. "Elderly Woman..." seemed particularly poignant for me, as I couldn't help but think of how much I missed my friends and family from back home, and every one of them was in my mind as I, accompanied by a crowd of 20 thousand, sang our hearts out: "Me you wouldn't recall / for I'm not my former / it's hard when you're stuck upon the shelf/ Oh, I just wanna scream Hello!/ Oh my God, it's been so long / I never dreamed you'd return / but now here you are, and here I am / Hearts and thoughts, they fade away". Heartwrenchingly beautiful.

Eddie dedicated the amazing "Love Boat Captain", a brilliant song from Riot Act tainted by sludgy production, to the people who died in the 2004 Cromagnon club tragedy, a nightclub set ablaze by a freak accident, killing 200 people. This resonated with the crowd and when Eddie sang "if our lives became too long, would it add to our regret?" everybody in the crowd felt it. Everybody. It was the same through the majority of the songs. From the mindless good time of "Do the Evolution" to a song that's as emotionally intricate as it is intensely hard-rocking, "Don't Go", with which they finished their first set. When they came back for the first encore, before they even played the first note, they were overwhelmed by a crowd that was literally singing for them. 20 thousand people joined together and singing "Ole ole ole, ole ole ole olá, ole ole ole, cada día te quiero mas". Eddie looked genuinely touched and thanked us before ripping straight into one of the most beloved non-album PJ songs, "State of Love and Trust". Then they played a particularly beautiful rendition of "Black", and I just lost it. In those 8-some minutes, everybody in the crowd felt the same way. When Eddie screamed "All I taught her was everything", everybody felt that heartbreak, that anguish, that feeling of loss and regret that the song expressed so well. And absolute catharsis when we all yelled out "I know someday you'll have a beautiful life / I know you'll be a star / in somebody else's sky / but why? / why? / why can't it be / Oh, can't it be mine?".

After a great "Betterman" and a re-worked version of "Porch", the band left again and minutes later came back for another encore, which they kicked off with a proper version of "Last Kiss". But then came the highlight of the show for me. You all know me well enough to know how much I love the Ramones, and how moved I was last year when The Offspring played "Blitzkrieg Bop" in their Bogota concert. Well, this time it was even better. In spanish, Eddie talked to us about how last year he lost one of his best friends. "You know him too," he said, "his name is Johnny Ramone and I miss him every day". With this, the crowd went insane, and Eddie dedicated the next song to his friend's memory. This song was a cover of the Ramones classic "I Believe in Miracles", which I jumped around and sang my lungs out to like a genuine idiot. But hours of standing up, thirst, overwhelming heat and muscular pain wasn't enough to keep me from totally rocking out to this amazing performance.

Then the guitar ripped into "Alive", and everybody lost it. This arena anthem generated the biggest reaction from the Argentina fans, and it's obvious why. Argentina is a country that's characterized itself with a history of incomformity, political struggles, the fall of their economy, literally rising up against their once-president and bringing him down. And through all of it there remains a spirit of survival, of taking matters into their own hands, of walking straight into the fire and coming out of the other side, burned but stronger. As a Colombian, a country characterized by a history of mediocre comformity, I can't help but admire Argentina in this aspect. This is why "Alive", a song about survival through the most fucked up of situations, resonated that way with the crowd. It's empowering to be able to come out of this and say "fuck it, you know what? I've been through all of this shit, but I'm still alive".

They ended the night with an incredibly rocking version of Neil Young's "Rocking in the Free World" followed by a beautiful "Yellow Ledbetter", one of my favorite songs ever. Mike McCready ended the show with a triumphant guitar solo, and PJ took their time saying goodbye. It was amazing. It was cathartic. It was way better than I ever thought it would be. It had that feeling of release that probably spawned the whole grunge scene back in 91, when Michael Bolton, Janet Jackson and the lot had their collective asses handed to them by a group of flannel-wearing Pixies fans with a voice, a message, muscle and volume. Just like then, in a time when Luis Miguel and Juanes sell out within minutes of tickets going for sale, there was a light cutting through the wave of watered-down shittyness.

Last night, from the very second Mudhoney played that very first chord, to the last lingering note of Mike McCready's final extended solo, 2005 Buenos Aires was transformed into 1991 Seattle. And you know what? It was fucking glorious.