*** San José, Costa Rica Fanviews Here 11/20/11 ***

estebanpardo

ooooohhhh!!! PJ IN COSTA RICA!!
where to start?
Eddie coming out to sing with X, that was one of the best crowd reactions I ever seen!!!

The setlist, it was clearly intended to destroy the crowd vocal cords, and cause some heart attacks!!!

I have to admit, I never expected such a great setlist, not even for my FIRST PJ CONCERT, and not for their first (and sadly maybe unique) concert in CR!

They were great! I really felt like going back to the 90's , Eddie said it, they have 20 years playing bur they still YOUNG, his voice is the same as pink pop 92' and his attitude is the same, maybe a little bit more fatherly (when asking the crowd if we felt secure)

I am sorry for all those 10c members that didn't have credentials, or couldn't come first... The organization wasn't bad, you are just new in a country you don't know and wanted to be treated as a special one with some people that didn't care, you could have ask the cr 10c for more info.

For me it was amazing, as it was the first time I see security giving water to anyone who asked for it!!

CONCERT MORE THAN WHAT I COULD EXPECT. I am still dreaming my happiness continues and all I want to do now is having more tour dates so I can pick a location and just GO for it!!

Love PJ! and I have to thank CR 10c as they made this experience more special, cause when you have a fave band and you are alone, and then you find 60 or more people with your same taste and expectations EVERYTHING CHANGE, FOR THE BETTER!!!!

Cheers 10clubbers!!!

The Big Cheese

Congrats C RIca, storming setlist.

Just watched Go, great sound WOW!

Withdrawal has now reached critical, off to docs for some more medication.

Please, Please, Please come to europe, come to europe

JC200630

curly wrote:

great video....thx for the post.....ps...great quality also...never know when its gonna be a crappy cell ph video...so this one is very good...including good sound....so ...thanks again for posting it...

JC200630 wrote:

Go

http://youtu.be/xVYxhoSuwdo

you are welcome! I believe there is another one of animal + half of corduroy that's the same quality, as soon as I get a link I will post it.

chileanmen

JC200630 wrote:

curly wrote:

great video....thx for the post.....ps...great quality also...never know when its gonna be a crappy cell ph video...so this one is very good...including good sound....so ...thanks again for posting it...

JC200630 wrote:

Go

http://youtu.be/xVYxhoSuwdo

you are welcome! I believe there is another one of animal + half of corduroy that's the same quality, as soon as I get a link I will post it.

What a great quality, Ed´s voice reminds me those 94 bootlegs, i know it´s been 17 years and is not THE same voice, but i saw them in Santiago 2005, USA 2006 and Santiago again 2011, and didn´t hear Ed on such a good level, specially on those "don´t go on meeee" before the chorus...

estebanquesada

Simply the GREATEST DAY OF MY LIFE. No matter how much I love their music, their lyrics, their show, I still find that what inspires me the most, is the way THEY feel when the play, their view of the music, their view of love, true success, and true art. One simply can tell what really matters for them, and they certainly don't hide it. I through the years, I've met in my country (CR) seriously devoted hardcore PJ fans that share these emotions too. They had to play here.

With all this PJ20 anniversary, the documentary, the album, it was a perfect year for this to happen.

All I can say is THANK YOU Pearl Jam. You may never read this, but I know you got the message from our crowd. YOU changed our lives. YOUR music is the soundtrack of our lives. We feel you, you feel us. That is success. Your legacy is priceless. I will never forget 11-20-2011.

PearlLucy

Awww guys I'm so happy for you all!

Your comments remind me so much of the first time I saw them live in São Paulo...it was a mix of emotions I didn't know if I was crying, laughing or singing the songs (prolly all three)...thanks for bringing those memories back by posting your reviews...I'm genuinely happy for you amigos...and the fact that it took 20 years just makes it even MORE SPECIAL, don't you agree?

Hugs!

animus

I'm diggin the set list. Go, Oceans and Deep, i couldn't ask for more had I been there.

ladydocNYC

dimitrispearljam wrote:

i said it so many times.
when the show starts like this

01. Go
02. Animal

So glad I finally got to experience this opening pair at my 18th show!

Never thought flying thousands of miles to get whacked in the face could feel so good! Amazing opening. People were losing their fricking minds! I'm disappointed to say it but that level of totally berserk enthusiasm is WAY beyond anything I've been part if in the US.

If the brothers from El Salvador and their friends are reading this, I'm sorry we got separated, I hoped to hang out w/ you after the show! I hope it exceeded your expectations!

Marley05

Came in from Texas to see the show! It was incredible...loved the set list and the more I think about it the more I love it. I would've liked some more stuff from some of the late 90s but they gotta play to their crowd.

What was so amazing were the fans, many knew every word to every song and were so thrilled to see PJ. That to me was almost as amazing as the show!

The Rock

Eddie sounds FEROCIOUS in that video. He absolutely nailed the song, sounded like it was 15 years ago.

bootlegger10

The show was amazing. I think Go and Animal is the best one-two punch of songs they have, and to hear that open the show was awesome. Great crowd reaction to Go. It is neat to see thousands of arms go up in front of you. First GA show for me. I was about halfway back in the Alive section on the floor and there was still some moshing going on beside me, and then quite a few people to the right of me just content listening to Pearl Jam. It was a fun crowd to be a part of. It would have been fun to be up front, but I enjoy sleep and that is what I did all day recovering from the fun on the coast the three days before.

This was my 7th show this year, and to hear 4 songs (especially in a greatest hits setlist) that I had not heard yet this year was amazing! I love this band. I was really, really excited to hear You Are again. Go/Animal - enough said. Mother is a great cover, and has a great McCready solo, but I hope they don't overplay it because it is a great song that unfortunately drags on for a while. Great to hear once in a while.

Costa Rica is such a great country and I enjoyed the 5 days I spent there. I will be back with or without Pearl Jam.

Crowd seemed like it was about half of capacity, but that's still probably 25-30k people.

regobo

Hey!!! Guys!!! Great show!!! I cant wait for my sisxth show. I got a request, songs that never play in mexico.

Nothing as it seems
Tremor christ
Why go
Off he goes

regobo

All those yesterdays
No way

bootlegger10

Oh, and I heard Last Kiss twice this weekend. Once at the Pearl Jam show, and then a Spanish cover by a three piece band at a restaurant in Manuel Antonio. Great covers: A Whiter Shade of Pale, Last Kiss, and Imagine.

mr_mozote

What a GREAT SHOW!!! AW-SO-ME!!!!
The sound was great and the band played beautifully. I was able to see mr. Ament laugh and happy while he played his bass guitar the same way he used to back in the 90's.

This is my first Pearl Jam show. I've been waiting for them for so long and when the time came, it all seemed so unreal. I think most of us, Costa Ricans, felt the same way. That's probably why I heard people saying the crowd was a little cold during some parts. But... we where still assimilating the fact that PEARL JAM was here - playing and having fun. I'm sure many felt the same way as I did - I didn't want it to end. They played my girl's favorite song - made her burst in tears of joy - and rocked the house with a great set-list. I'm still doing the evolution man!

We couldn't ask for more but for them to come back, have fun and play again as soon as they can. Costa Rica has been honored and we are humble and grateful for that.

Thanks!

totto

Just got home to a very cold Wisconsin. Thank you Costa Rica and Pearl Jam. We had a great time.

Wilderness

What a night for me… for us.


I will try to explain what really happened here in CR or at least what I felt… I’m not really good expressing myself but I will give it a try.

For years and years we had numerous rumors of PJ playing in CR, and it was horrible… your heart rushes in excitement and then they announce the tour and surprise… No CR in the list… and then “A wave came crashing like a fist to the jaw” … disappointment and once again such a small country will never get to see PJ in CR… yes maybe some of us are able to fly somewhere else to catch a show but it’s never the same.

2011 will mark us All PJ fans here in CR… Again the Rumors started… PJ CR, PJ CR…. I remember saying to myself “I don’t want to get fooled again, there’s no hope for us to have them here, it is just another rumor”. And guess what… the rumor started to grow stronger and stronger. And then…. Yes it was confirmed this time it was NOT anothe rumor was the real shit.

I remember when I had the ticket in my hands for the first time… I just stared and stood there for 15 minutes… speechless… Was this really happening??

11/20/2011 and here I am… first row… and once again I found myself standing there… speechless… trying to record every second of that show in my head so I will make sure that I won’t forget any part of it… It’s real… they are here…

So maybe that’s why it was so “cold” maybe some us like myself stood there trying to convince themselves that it was really happening…

PS: Every single part of my body hurts and a I have a really sore throat. LOL

heduable

This concert was the best for me, a do not worry about everything else but the P.J. music, i jump, dance, sang, scream, cried, i was so happy. Some people drank and smoke, i don´t understand why, P.J., his music and his presence was good medicine for me. The best part was when Eddy spoke in Spanish it was unreal! "I don´t why we never came before to Costa Rica " he said, then i yield at him "vengan cuando quieran" everybody looked at me, i said it at loud, ja ja ja, but i mean it, P. J. is and always will be welcome in Costa Rica, we love you guys, thank´s for choose our small paradise, i hope you´ll be back soon.

tcarr11

I'm still glowing from this experience. I decided on a last minute whim to join my friends who had planned their trip months ago. I booked a flight on Friday, arrived on Tues.
Costa Rica is a beautiful country full of beautiful people.

I've seen PJ several times, but nothing like this. It was AMAZING to be among a crowd who have never heard the golden voice. That was my first time to hear Oceans and it was awesome

Listening to the youtubes and reading all the comments, I'm still getting chills and a little teary.
It was an unforgettable Pearl Jam experience. I've never cried at a show but almost did when Black came alive. The crowd was so emotional...wow.

I've attended a show once before w/ basically a broken foot, this one I attended w/ a sprained ankle. Well worth the swelling from jumping throughout the show!!!!! Given to Fly is one of my favs and so glad I got to hear it at this show!!!

Thank you Pearl Jam for another amazing show. Thank you Costa Rica for a beautiful country.
Pura Vida!!!!

calvo17

I waited for this show since 1997 when a friend from high school introduced me to PJ. By mid 1998 I had already purchased all four albums and then Yield came out. Perfect timing! So, I dreamed with this show for 14 years and was convinced that it would never happen here in CR. By 2006, after the first Festival Imperial in CR, the rumors of PJ coming for the second Festival Imperial that would take place in 2008 started. And they were just that, rumors. Then, rumors rose again by the beginning of 2010 and once again, we were fooled.

We definitely can say that the waiting drove us mad, but we stood faithful and when the show was finally confirmed I just couldn't believe it. The day tickets went on sale I woke up at 4am in the morning and drove with a friend of mine to the store where they will be selling the tickets. I was determined to get a ticket for the show that very first day. I could not even imagine what it would have been not to get a ticket for the Alive section. We were the first ones in the line and I walk out that place with a ticket that said PJ20 in my hand. I put it in my wallet and checked it like 15 times that day making sure it was still there.

Sunday night was the best night ever. I expected Release as an opener, and what a surprise it was to hear both Go and Animal. When Animal started I just realized I was jumping in circles, like a kid. Incredible mixture of emotions. And such a powerful vibe from the band, even though they are in their late 40's!

Tears running down my face during Elderly Woman. 8 songs out of Ten. Daughter turning into Why Go. I just pulled my camera once to shoot a video of Just Breathe and Oceans together (one of the few moments we had to catch some breath) and then put it back in my pocket in a hurry because DTE was beginning. They did not play my favorite song, Breath, but I don't care, the show was THE show. Something I will never forget and will for sure tell my children and grandchildren about.

What a ride. I just cannot stop thinking about anything else but the show. And I wish I could turn back time and re-live everything again, even the waiting!
I feel so happy for having the chance to be there, but I also feel so sad that it just passed. Today, I feel exactly like when I was a kid and Christmas had just passed.

Hopefully this won't be my only PJ show.
Thanks PJ!