South American crowds

2-feign-reluctance

Downright amazing. Never seen a thing like it. Now there is a group of people that could give a shit about posters & merch.

chinobaeza

Stove wrote:

Viva Pearl Jam! Viva Chile!

Viva!

dimitrispearljam

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lcq3JwZWD0

UKpearljammer

I'm gutted I couldnt attend these shows but I had a choice and chose a trip to the US to see some friends and coincide it with PJ20. I defo don't regret that but wish this SA tour could've been next year. Oh well next time!

solace23

I was there last year and they are massive pearl jam fans. So glad PJ finally made it back

texasistheSTEVEN

2-feign-reluctance wrote:

Downright amazing. Never seen a thing like it. Now there is a group of people that could give a shit about posters & merch.

Damn straight
That is a true collection of music fans right there.

Anyone ever seen the Iron maiden flight 666 film? Those SA shows there for them are just utterly insane and is what I thought of when watching the PJ SA Youtube vids.

dimitrispearljam

texasistheSTEVEN wrote:

2-feign-reluctance wrote:

Downright amazing. Never seen a thing like it. Now there is a group of people that could give a shit about posters & merch.

Damn straight
That is a true collection of music fans right there.

Anyone ever seen the Iron maiden flight 666 film? Those SA shows there for them are just utterly insane and is what I thought of when watching the PJ SA Youtube vids.

yep..maiden 666 is a great exable of this

and i love those 2 videos as well..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dN0ntf-pn8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1NU34un ... re=related

boyo79

pineapplesandwaves. wrote:

Jerome230 wrote:

Seriously, I have never seen anything like it. Watching these YouTube videos, I've never seen the entire crowd sing along to the guitar riffs. Such an amazing spectacle, now I know why Dimitris wanted to go to Argentina so bad. Before I die, I need to see a big show in South America (preferably Pearl Jam). All of you in South America, keep on rockin'!!

Yes, keep on rockin'! It's awesome to see just how passionate these fans are. It's incredible.

dimitrispearljam wrote:

and the piss break...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lKzR6Nq9kg

5:25 to the end....

That is amazing! At the shows I've been to, the 10C seats are half empty during Evenflow. Meanwhile, in SA, the entire floor is filled with jumping, singing fans. The guys must be totally psyched to play in front of a crowd like that.

To be honest, I don't know why PJ doesn't play South America more often.

Yeah but the East Coast gets to see PJ pretty much every year so they'll be bored of Even Flow

JimNastics

I don't want to start a "best fans" flaming war here, but I just wanted to say that these SA shows just emphasise my belief that USA fans have, somewhere down the line, lost their true love for the band. It's like they've forgotten why they love the band, and what's most important. They seem to care more about merchandise, posters, hearing rare songs, the 10c lottery, getting Mike picks, setlists, their status amongst their peers etc. etc. I think it's probably born from the ever-growing materialistic culture of the USA. It's so refreshing seeing these SA crowds (and, to an extent, Euro crowds) who just so obviously love the music. Everything else comes a distant second.

boyo79

JimNastics wrote:

I don't want to start a "best fans" flaming war here, but I just wanted to say that these SA shows just emphasise my belief that USA fans have, somewhere down the line, lost their true love for the band. It's like they've forgotten why they love the band, and what's most important. They seem to care more about merchandise, posters, hearing rare songs, the 10c lottery, getting Mike picks, setlists, their status amongst their peers etc. etc. I think it's probably born from the ever-growing materialistic culture of the USA. It's so refreshing seeing these SA crowds (and, to an extent, Euro crowds) who just so obviously love the music. Everything else comes a distant second.

I hear what your saying. Reading posts on here after PJ20 and people saying cos they couldn't get hold of a Klausen poster ruined their weekend....c'mon now!

Or that a certain song didn't get played. Just enjoy the show!

The Oracle

boyo79 wrote:

JimNastics wrote:

I don't want to start a "best fans" flaming war here, but I just wanted to say that these SA shows just emphasise my belief that USA fans have, somewhere down the line, lost their true love for the band. It's like they've forgotten why they love the band, and what's most important. They seem to care more about merchandise, posters, hearing rare songs, the 10c lottery, getting Mike picks, setlists, their status amongst their peers etc. etc. I think it's probably born from the ever-growing materialistic culture of the USA. It's so refreshing seeing these SA crowds (and, to an extent, Euro crowds) who just so obviously love the music. Everything else comes a distant second.

I hear what your saying. Reading posts on here after PJ20 and people saying cos they couldn't get hold of a Klausen poster ruined their weekend....c'mon now!

Or that a certain song didn't get played. Just enjoy the show!

100% agree, (2 of my favourite boots are Santiago, Chile 2005 and Oeiras, Portugal 2010) but it may also be that the US fans have had the opportunity to see the band so regularly over the years that the saying 'familiarity breeds contempt' may subconciously affect them. Mind you I remember at the last Sydney show in 2009, the merchandise stand was 15 deep as I walked by. Not interested in that stuff either, give me the music any day, all day.

-Buru-

dimitrispearljam

Eddie face says it all..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6qZmeKdlC0

drinkbigredinstead

SA was always on my bucket list, today it moved much closer to the top

Hinn

Well done to this thread.

Paulina87

oona left wrote:

I'll never get tired of watching these videos.

Unreal enthusiasm!! I love it.

100% agree. Love those videos!

Leezestarr313

dimitrispearljam wrote:

Eddie face says it all..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6qZmeKdlC0

Love, love, love

GD274660

Wonder how the crowds in the US would be if they only played there 2 times every 10 years?

polaris_x

GD274660 wrote:

Wonder how the crowds in the US would be if they only played there 2 times every 10 years?

non-existent

anyhoo - north americans shouldn't get defensive ... it's pretty obvious - south american fans have more energy to give at a rock concert ...

dimitrispearljam

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=176144

This was posted about an hour ago in the official PJ Facebook Page.

"From the stage, the best crowd/show of all time, an acid trip of Argentinian passion. Hard to explain not only what we were seeing but what we were feeling....first time in a long time that I couldn't sleep after a show.
Still processing it....
--Jeff Ament

Desde el escenario, el mejor show y público de todos los tiempos. Un viaje ácido de pasión Argentina. Es díficil de explicar no sólo lo que estábamos viendo, si no lo que estábamos sintiendo. Es la primera vez en mucho tiempo que no puedo dormir después de un show. Todavia lo estoy procesando…