**Ottawa Fanviews Here**

askimanear

Anyone remember to tape the news last night? There was nothing on CHRO, but CTV had about a 30 second clip of "Animal", and the anchorwoman talking about how they're "godfathers of grunge", surviving the Pacific NW scene, blah blah.

nothingman44

just got in the door from going to montreal and ottawa and all i can say is...


amazing

bubbamackdaddy69

WOW..
Just downloaded the Ottawa show bootleg.... amazing even the second time listening to it.....especially not for you and crazy mary

dignin

this band just gets better and better, lucky for everyone who has got to see them on this tour so far. Amazing sets night after night, all i have to say is wow!

moloko21

hi,

i love Ottawa.

love,

joe
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long road walker

absolutely amazing, first time in Canada was for Montreal & Ottawa & wow amazing, great country., treated us like gold, Ottawa was better than MOntreal for me but both were amazing, you canadiens fuckin rock. cant wait til next years tour

bubbamackdaddy69

long road walker wrote:

absolutely amazing, first time in Canada was for Montreal & Ottawa & wow amazing, great country., treated us like gold, Ottawa was better than MOntreal for me but both were amazing, you canadiens fuckin rock. cant wait til next years tour

We do what we can man !...we do what we can !!

babagigu

JUst returned from the Lucky Ron show...
Drunk! Can't type.

I went to Ottawa and Montreal...

The Ottawa show/setlist....whatever...was far more amazing for me. No big heads in front of me...

What a show.

I can't believe I was there...

They just kept on giving, giving...

How do I get closer?
I'm 212%%%

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presenttense70

OK that's it, I'm going AWOL from the Army and moving to Canada!!! You people are so cool, and it just makes me look forward to the US tour (for which I will be HOME), and hopefully the trend of great shows will continue...

Canada rocks!

Quarterman98

I think I made the right choice when deciding which show in Canada to go to. Drove up from Boston on Friday, got to the show just in time to see the preset, get blown out of the arena by Sleater-Kinney (that's not a compliment), and get rocked by Pearl Jam for close to 3 hours (you'll note that the download of the show made for 3 CD's of enjoyment). I was sitting in section 115 which provided an adequate location for the show.

All shows I've seen of the band have been Boston shows 98, both 2000's, all 2003's, both 2004 VFC shows, so I am used to a place that really gets into the band and enjoys the shows. I've read in some of these fanviews that the crowd in Ottawa sucked...I think that's an unfair and innacurate characterization of the 13000+ people who got to witness one of the best shows of this tour. What is your criteria for such a judgement?? I was at the show and many times looked around to see people, most people were really into it and having fun...I listened to the bootleg and I can hear tons of crowd participation...yeah, you'll get a few people sitting down at shows, but that happens everywhere...from what I saw, people were having a blast...just because a crowd isn't the loudest doesn't make it a shitty audience. Lastly, I don't really care if I've got someone next to me sitting down or whatever, not everybody has to rock out like myself...nobody is gonna bring me down at the show.

Anyway, the energy from the band at this show is like none other that I've witnessed...I'd only been to 8 shows before this, but I'm telling you, they are bouncing around that stage like it's 1992, especially Jeff...it was great to see. The energy at shows begins with the band and they really lifted this concert to superior levels. It's a great time to be a fan of this band.

Highlights for me: Wash as an opener (never even considered it when trying to guess the opener), In Hiding, Stone singing (absolutely hilarious, the band was loving it and I think Stone really nailed it), Bee Girl was great, Harvest Moon was pretty damn good. Black and Crazy Mary went on forever, and Ed had some great improvs (maybe even tags from other songs) on Black, Not For You, and even some added lyrics during the Rearviewmirror breakdown. All in all a great set, and it was pretty random from my point of view...no Save You, DTE, Porch, which to me are all very predictable songs at a show these days. I feel they really mixed it up, oh, and did I mention the show was almost 3 hours long?? The band brought it and brought it big...made my trip well worth it. I hope they never lose whatever they had for this canadian tour, I hope they bring it to Boston!!
Hope everyone had fun...Ottawa, don't take the naysayers personally, the crowd was just fine!!

MacTopher

If you want video of Don't Gimme No Lip, go onto Emule.

BEST CONCERT EVER!!!!!

MacTopher

Yeah I was in section 115 as well and our section was rocking out. I did notice some sections up high sitting down but from where we were if you weren't rocking out there was something wrong with you.

Yellwldbettr

just got back in pa from ottawa. had the time of my life for the montreal and ottawa shows. worth every penny and every mile of driving. thanks pearl jam

babagigu

some other tidbits...

In my opinion, the suggestion that the Ottawa crowd sucked is not accurate.
I've been to other PJ shows and this one was fine. There were a lot of first timers at this show. BTW, all of the first timers I have spoken with are in awe.
I don't believe that the crowd drowning out Ed on Betterman is the only indication of much they're into it.

Then again, I was in 10C seats so my perspective is a little distorted.

I posted several messages before the tour telling fans to stay downtown. Ottawa is decent place, but the location of that arena is absolutely brutal. The Market is a fun place to hang out at night. Next time, stay downtown.

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PJaholic

I got back form Montreal & Ottwaw shows last night but was too damn tired from 9 hours on the road to post.
What a great fucking show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The crowd by me (Section C 12th row on Mike's side) was pretty damn awesome.
I consider myself pretty damn luck cause This was only my 6th show and already I have seen 2 3hour show (Ottawa & MSG1) & Stone singing twice (Ottawa & Mankind@Jones Beach 2000).
I was a bit dissappointed with no Daughter tag, I was hoping to maybe here "It's OK" But it was great none the less.
When I saw Jeff come out with Ed for the first encore I knew Bee Girl was coming. That kicked ass.
This was my cousin's second show (Montreal on thursday was his 1st) and he is pissed he didn't get philly tix now!!

Unfortunately I got to O'Conner's late (Traffic sucked ass) and didn't get to meet most of you. I did run into Schlitz & her boyfriend. Hope you guys have a great show in Toronto & enjoy the falls
I was hoping to say hi to more pople from here but oh well. There's always Philly

Great show, Great weekend, Great band.
Thanks boys for never dissappointing & thanx 10c for everything.

Tara

Kaddikat

MeddleDeal wrote:

OMG Kaddi!! I can't believe it!! How I wish we were both there w/you too...that is TOO insane?!!!! But happy nevertheless, that you guys got Stoney to FINALLY sing!! Hell, he must have glanced over my LET STONE SING sign at the Gorge! hahaha

*HUGS* miss you Kaddi!

hahaha ok so ill call you next time he sings since lydia has multiple callers! hahaahah OMG!!!!!!!!!!!! i was SCREAMING for you guys!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHAHA

Stone - seriously you have started a new trend... a random jump in the air with one arm raised *screams* DONT GIMME NO LIP! HAHAHAAHHHHAHAHAHA Western sky sorry for that *stoney pony* moment I had. (oooh did all of the U2 fans in toronto see that as well? omg!) ahhahahahaah Im all about the JASS and you know it.. Jeff look for the sign tomorrow.. PLAY SONIC REDUCER!!!!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!

THANK YOU EDDIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!! *shakes tambourine* *SCREAMS* Do you realize how much you mean to a lot of people? thank you.

FRANK BLACK! YOU ARE A RIOT!!! AAAHHHh Tell your cousin that umm next time dont leave messages like "COME DOWNSTAIRS THIS IS URGENT" or whatever he said to you guys hahahahahahahaha hopefully your picture came out ok. hehehehahahh!!

OMG JACK SHITTT IN DA HOUSE!! Dude you are a pimp and a 1/2.. glad I could help you guys with the hotel and helllll yeah its on tomorrow.. or later today hahah Dude you are a fucking riot. lol. I so was not expecting to see you again until another tour. HAHAHAHAH!!

Western SKy - oh yeah thats GOOD TIMES RIGHT THERE *Points* and yeah hahahaha! ;p let the games begin... watchout for the flying guitar picks ok? HAHAHAHAHAHA!!

SENROCK WHERE ARE YOU? I WANNA KNOW IF YOU'VE RECOVERED FROM THE MASTER MCCREADY'S VISIT INTO THE CROWD!! HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!! GO MIKE!! SERIOUSLY OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY!!! OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Break out some heartbreaker next time.. lol.. just kiddin..

lets see.. BOOOOOM!!! *BOOM FAN CLUB * serious representation at these shows..

MATT! FUCKKKKKK YEAH!!!! WHOOOOOOOO!! *air drums*

Jeff - WHOO HOOO!! THE JUMPS! THE TWIRLS!! LOVE IT ALLLL!! FUCKIN GETTIN FUNKY ON THOSE JAMS!!!!! Yeah *get low*

everyone at the show- the crowd was insane.. who cares if section 103 was rocking out and section 210 was not.. the band was ON and fucking if you wanted to have a good time thats what you got.. a fucking ass kickin good time... Thank you Pearl Jam!!

*ramble on!*

colorsblend

Unfuckingbelievable show! Killer seats, terrific crowd, magnificent setlist, I'm still unable to comprehend what I saw. I can not wait for Philly!

peachykeen

thank you 10c for my amazing seats section A row 19 best seats yet!

thank you to the fellow 10c's that were also jumping around with me making me not feel alone that i was so into it.

we were totally spoiled with the set list. love every minute of it. sorry for my boyfriend who sat down the majority of the time but i more than made up for it.

thank you to the friendly ottawa people and the nice desk man @ the holiday inn, those people were super nice. they kept me calm bc i lost one of my 10c tickets right before the show~! not even kidding came back from oconnors pub to get some shit together and realized i was missing one of my tickets i went back to walmart where i had purchased a disposable camera and sure enough it was on the fucking floor on the line i was at how fucking lucky am i holy shit only that kinda of things happen to me. i should travel around more often ill never get seats like those in nyc haha. i love this band and their fans too!!!

<3dee

nevmiles

moloko21 wrote:

hi,

i love Ottawa.

love,

joe
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HEY! JOE!

Glad to hear you love the city . . . oh! and I never got to thank you personally for organising the night at the Walper in Kitchener (were you at the pre-party? I was). So yeah, thanks for the Walper deal (even though we got moved to the Delta down the street 'cause they overbooked!), but the party at the Rum Runner was great! Thanks agin,

Steve

Pips_Queek

Hey,

First time seeing PJ was the ottawa show...3 hrs of pure adrenaline...but does anyone have pics of the show?? other than the ones posted??

just a thought,

Thanks