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ChrissySistrum · July 2006

WOW, those are GREAT! Thanks for sharing!!!!

XXsnapdabble · July 2006

RobynRAZ wrote:

Did any get any picts of that? It was classic and you could almost feel the love (the love of a family that has been through a lot and never gave up on each other)

I did! I did ...and a pretty decent one

http://myspace-459.vo.llnwd.net/00912/95/43/912513459_l.jpg

vmfury · July 2006

hairpants wrote:

what you missed you gained. tenfold.

Uh, no.....I really didn't. Loss was the theme of the night. Lesson learned.

MellowCat · July 2006

The SD show wasn't my favorite by a long shot. For one thing, we barely made in from Vegas in time to get there. Balls to the wall driving and a big gigantic traffic jam on the way. The "four and a half hour" drive took 6 and a half. Not the bands fault, but it made the experience more tiring and frantic to begin with. My poor husband was beat. But here's the biggest issue...

The people around me sucked. Tried to say "hi" to several people around me and got these weird "I'm too good/cool to associate with you" looks. In fact, overall, the people in San Diego just in general seemed too pretentious for my taste. Mr. and Mrs. "Congeniality" to my left skipped out early (after Alive), thank god, and I utilized their space and I was finally able to see a little bit. It's a buzzkiller to not be able to see at all and naturally the tallest people in the world sat right in my line of sight. The guy to my right looked like he would have had more fun at a funeral. I just don't get it. These are supposed to be fans? With decent fan club numbers? Weird.

It was cool to be on Mike's side for the first time. He looked healthy to me, but you never know. He botched up the Star Spangled Banner a little bit, but hey it happens. He rocked everything else and well, I just love the guy. Alive is being touted already as "the best ever." That's a stretch, but if it's the "best" to you, then more power to you. Nothing in SD stood out as being "the best I've ever seen." The giddiness of the band was what was so great about SD.

The band was obviously thrilled to be there; they obviously put forth a very special show for SD, which is one reason I wanted to catch this one. The crowd (except for almost everyone around me) overall was very pumped. A big crowd to my left up in the side seats was totally rocking. Chanting, making racket, having a great time. High-five to you guys!!! A lady two rows up from me seriously head-banged the whole night. I kept thinking "You go, sistuh," but man I bet her neck is sore today. It is so awesome to look around the arena and see the crowd into it. PJ didn't put forth the "love" for LV like they did SD. But...

Las Vegas the night before was a much better experience for me. Our LV seats were EXCELLENT (thanks 10c) and we were surrounded by genuinely cool, friendly, happy and majorly pumped PJ fans. An older couple (mid to upper 50's I'd say) was in front of us with big smiles on their faces the whole night. How cool is THAT?! A shout-out to the guy behind me with the Motorhead shirt and the girl too. You guys rock! The LV show was too short, though. It also didn't have the intimacy, looseness and "specialness" that SD had, but regardless, LV still was better in my book. The sound was better in LV, but wasn't bad at either venue. (Luckily, I've never been to a poor sounding PJ concert.)

The SD setlist was a bit too similar to LV, but getting to hear Comotose both nights doesn't hurt my feelings one bit. Satan's Bed was a highlight. I KNEW they'd play Big Wave in SD and it rocked pretty good. I LOVED whatever the song was that I had never heard before. The more "in the know" PJ fans knew all the words to it and it was cool. I feel kind of stupid not having heard it before, but oh well. I'll have to look up the setlist and investigate that song further; it was really good. I don't own many boots or side projects so am wondering where that "old" song came from. Need me some educating.

Plane landed back in Texas as 5:20 this morning. Slept a few hours today and that post-PJ high hasn't yet waned. Was an exhausting and exhilerating time. Now they need to COME TO THE SOUTH!!! because I'm ready for the next one.

mooseflyn · July 2006

I have seen Pearl Jam play around 12-15 times and this was by far the best show I have ever seen them play!!!! I can't believe they played for almost 3 hours eventhough they had played a show the night before in Vegas!! This was the first of 5 shows I'll be going to this tour and I hope the upcoming shows are just as good, I am sure they will be!!! See you tonight at the Forum!!!

Rhyno · July 2006

hairpants · July 2006

vmfury wrote:

Uh, no.....I really didn't. Loss was the theme of the night. Lesson learned.

well....you're still my favorite.

SDMike · July 2006

MellowCat wrote:

"overall, the people in San Diego just in general seemed too pretentious for my taste."

Being a native, the people you are referring to are most likely some of the MANY transplants here from somewhere else. From my perspective (sec. R, row 26), I saw nothing but very enthusiastic, in some cases hard-core, fans.

As for the show, I admit I may not be as much of a fanatic as some of the other people here. I've only seen the band 4 times, all in S.D. First show I saw was at the old Sports Arena with Ramones opening ('95?), then '98, then at Cox 6/03 and Friday. But I do know from talking to other people that the band without question steps it up a few notches whenever they play here. And this was far and away the best performance I've ever seen from PJ. Plenty of surprises (opening with Oceans, the cool intro to Long Road, the song from Singles) AND playing so much of the new album & playing it so well. It's clear the band feeds off the energy of the crowd here. Best birthday I've ever had (46, yeesh!). The finale with Ledbetter was fun, as that is what they finished with the first time I saw them. They did, understandably, appear to be running out of gas at that point. Hell, I was exhausted & all I did was watch.

I did take a look at some of the other set lists over the last couple of weeks and it does look like the band was a little more inspired here. The only one that looked close to being as good was the second Vegas show, yet Eddie said that crowd wasn't too great. I definitely feel foolish for passing on seeing them so many times, because they are always good, even after so many years. In fact they may be better than ever. Blistering versions of Evenflow & Rearview. I realize it may be blasphemous but Alive was never one of my favorite songs. The way they played it Friday knocked me on my ass. Incredible. Can't wait for the d/l.

I could go on and on but I will make sure never to miss another show here, and will probably make it a point to start taking in stops in other cities.

PJPghStlrfan · July 2006

AndySlash wrote:

First off, there WAS a preset- Ed played Soon Forget then announced Sonic Youth.

Secondly, this was my 11th time seeing this band. Of the 30 or so songs played tonight (including the preset), SIX were songs I had never heard live. SIX! And only one of those was from the new album. Four of the rest were songs I'd heard only once. To put this in perspective, seeing the Petty/PJ shows in St. Paul, in two nights of hearing Petty, I only heard three songs on the second night that I didn't hear on the first night. Yet another reason why this band is fan-fucking-tastic.

And I- just right now- realized they played 10 songs from the new record. It certainly didn't feel like they played 10 songs from Avocado- everything meshed incredibly well.

Oceans was great to hear for the first time. I had hoped that being at this show would yield me some interesting set choices, and hearing this right off the bat got me stoked instantly. I had said from the moment I bought my tickets that this show was going to be something special- I just felt it. And hearing Oceans as the opener gave me hope...

Severed Hand is in a tght battle with Inside Job as my favorite track on Pearl Jam, so I was more than excited to hear this next. There was no pre-recorded intro, either.

I hadn't seen Brain of J since my very first show back in 1998 and I was dying to hear it again. Thank you PJ for making that happen tonight.

LBC featured the 'Let the show begin' lyric, and Boom got a deservedly nice ovation.

If there was a "low" point to this show for me, it was the Gone/EFlow/Unemployable trilogy. The drum solo in EFlow was longer than I'd yet heard and Matt was going crazy. Good stuff, there.

Wasted Reprise into Betterman was a nice segue. The crowd singalong here was the first sign for me that this crowd was something unique. Save It For Later was great.

Satan's Bed! I had been telling my neighbor that in the next three shows I needed to hear this and Rats. He turned to me and gave me a high five at the start. It's always great at shows to share these kind of moments with complete strangers, bonded by appreciation for this band.

After that we were right into an awesome Not For You. The Modern Girl tag was really appreciated by my companion, who is a big S-K fan.

I had figured we were going to get You Are after hearing the guitar tech test the pedals during the break between SY and PJ. And I loved it- one of my favorite songs on Riot Act.

I wouldn't put the improv after Life Wasted- it was more an intro to RVM than a conclusion to LW, Ed repeating "I'll never go back again" over the first notes of RVM before going into the riff. Ed also sang during the first part of the mid-section jam, but I couldn't make out anything he was sayng from where I was. Speaking of, that jam was sick. Just plain sick.

Now, I cannot possibly put into words how moving the introduction to Long Road was. By the time they were starting the song I was choked up. When they came back out for the first encore, they all sat down and Ed said that he'd like to tell us a story. He asked for a show of hands of how many people have had a teacher who has had a large influence on their life. He then said that he too had one and that this was the story he wanted to share. The band and Neil were working on Mirrorball when Ed got the call that this teacher had passed away. He said that even though the band and Neil were in the room, he had to go in another room and sort out his thoughts. He said he needed to have a conversation though, and he was having it through his guitar. He started strumming the first note, stating that hey, it sunds like a school bell. He just kept doing that over and over... At this point Matt quietly started the drum part to the song. Ed continued and said that after a while, eventually the band and Neil came in to check on him, and without any of them saying a word, they all sat down, picked up their instruments, and in that moment....

"We all walk the long road..."

Absolutely. Fucking. Amazing. This was a moment. It wasn't manufactured. It was real. Real emotion. Real love. Simply beautiful.

Come Back was a fitting follow up, and I think they're finding the right groove with it.

Crazy Mary was, well, crazy. Boom got more time to solo and the band stayed around him for the majority of his spotlight moment. Mike's solo wasn't the greatest I've heard from him on this song, but the band built the song up to a magnificent crescendo during it.

Crown of Thorns! What can you say... you know it's a special show when you hear this song. I've been lucky enough to hear it twice now this year- in Chicago and tonight.

Speaking of Chicago- those of you who think the Alive from Chicago II was fantastic- you NEED to hear this one. That's all I'll say. Stage antics saw Ed atop one speaker stack stage left, with Stone soloing right below him, and Mike opposite stage atop his own speaker stack. Visually incredible.

Last Kiss featured Ed climbing a rope ladder at the back of the stage, getting a good 15-10 feet above the ground while singing to the club in the back. Jeff, ever the mother hen, sent a stagehand over to hold the ladder to keep it sturdy.

It was great to hear Leash after all the hype. Ed finished the song on his nees, arms outstretched, flipping everyone off with a big smile on his face.

Speaking of, all of the folks I went to the show with agreed that this is the most fun any of us have ever seen Ed have at a show. He was smiling all night, jumping all around, genuinely seeming to enjoy himself. Even Stone and Jeff were more animated tonight that I've ever seen them.

Up next was the moment I'd been waiting for- you knew it had to happen, and Ed specifically said they were saving it for the west coast- Big Wave! And it was glorious.

After all this, RITFW and YL were almost an afterthought. I say almost because the jamming in RITFW was intense (even with Kelly Slater, whom I think Ed oversold to the crowd), and Mike's Star Spangled Banner tag was inspired, but you knew this was the end. Ed noted what everyone else in the arena had to be thnking by altering the "I don't want to stay" line in YL to "I don't want to leave..."

This WAS a special show. I'll be at the next LA shows, and if they even come anywhere near to this show, those will be considered great shows. This show was twenty kinds of awesomeness, plain and simple. I really think this might be the best Pearl Jam show I've ever seen. When the aftershow hype dies down, I'll reassess, but in the very least, it's top 3, no doubt.

Amazing. A simply amazing evening with an amazing band with amazing fans.

God I love this band.

Your review is spectacular! This was show #8 so far,on this tour and I journeyed to Las Vegas for a few days to see that show and I am glad I decided to go to SD! It was a last minute thing, I was side stage, but behind it, still had a great vantage point!! The thing that will stick out in my mind the most(there were plenty of great moments tonight) was Ed climbing that metal ladder and when he did, he was nearly crawling toward me! I was in RRow N, sec 22 I think, and when he started climbing, I was indicating for him to come over here with us! LOL....

I have seen PJ since almost the start, 1992, it is something like in the low 40's the number of shows(mostly Boston area) but I think this show COULD have been the best show I have ever seen from them!! I got crown of thorns again, (CHICAG0 2), and was leaning toward Toronto 2 as the best I have seen on this tour, but I think the energy, and Ed just being plain old VERY HAPPY the whole show.

Great venue and I like the way the rest rooms etc were outside the place.

Kelly Slater was awesome, and I got misty eyed during that favorite teachers talk. Also, lose it a little every time Ed plays the save it for later, don't let me down tag!!

What a great bunch of human beings PJ!!

Shouts out to Frank, Jeremy, and T.J. whom I met during the CCFA pre part at the Shamrock Shack. Got my Stone and Mike guitar pick tee shirts finally and would have got a Jeff t-shirt, but none in my size.....

LuvPJmom · July 2006

JayStumpf wrote:

This was my 15th time seeing the band, the 3rd time in SD.

The night before while I was waiting in line to get in to the Vegas show, I met a guy named John (THANKS!) who stood in line next to me with an extra ticket at the very end of row 3 on Stone's side. I snatched it up, having never been closer than 20-30 rows on the floor or 5-10 rows up on the side. That show was ridiculous for me, so for San Diego to top it with worse seats (side section on Mike's side, 21 rows up) is saying something. Not only did it top it, it blew it away IMO. From start to finish the band hit their mark on everything, and added in all the little extra's from tags to audience interaction that had me sitting in my seat for 15 mins after the show trying not to wake up from the dream I just witnessed.

Simply amazing!

Here are my pics....I'm partial to #26 What a moment!!
http://webpages.charter.net/forestrat/pics/sandiego070706/

HEY! It's me... the chick in seat 2, next to ya at the Vegas show!!!
Glad you got to experience the great seats we had! Nothing can top that!

yield_sd5 · July 2006

rhyno-

great shots!!!

i had forgotten about ed's destruction of 5 sets of tamboreens.

great work.

LuvPJmom · July 2006

The whole show was surreal to me... Sitting in 3rd row, Stone's side. It was amazing seeing every facial expression, UNREAL. Oceans....need I say more??
Holy shit.
I am still in shock. It's going to take some time to recover from this!!

brain of c · July 2006

go padres

bharQ · July 2006

bootleg purchased! can't wait to hear this.. i wonder if this will be posted tonight?

Gators76 · July 2006

Holy shit! Its ready!! I checked 30 minutes ago.
YEAH

imfaithful · July 2006

well its my turn for my fanview....i just got back from the airport......im from pennsylvania and i flew out to see my girlfriend who is living in san diego for a couple of months and to take her to her first pearl jam show(my 7th) and boy o boy it was worth it......i got ten club tickets transfered and i had the best seats i ever had...20 rows back on stones side....it was perfect...oceans as an opener was amazing......the energy of the whole show was just so high and it seemed like they were going for broke....my girlfriend said i didnt stop smiling the whole show....matts drum solo on evenflow was just killer...it was really cool to hear the story behind long road and the whole first encore was dyNOmite! my favorite part of the show was when ed and mike were on opposite speakers of the stage and it proved to me(not that i needed it) that this band is the greatest of all time.... i wish i could put my feelings of this show into words better but its too hard.....this was ethier the best or 2nd best show i have seen and i am in depression now since i wont be seeing the boys until next tour probally....unless i pull some strings like i have the past 4 shows i been too....download this bootleg b/c its one for the ages....THANK YOU PEARL JAM.......thank you for lettin me lose myself for 2 1/2 hours and to share this with the one i love.....

kwalkersv · July 2006

The crowd at this show was awesome. Everyone singing and totally into it. Even Ed said it was one of the best. So may not be Europe crowd but definitely one of the best crowds and THE BEST SHOW. If you werent there you HAVE TO DOWNLOAD THE BOOTLEG! Unbelievable! I hope the Gorge can come close but I am not sure how.

bharQ · July 2006

Gators76 wrote:

Holy shit! Its ready!! I checked 30 minutes ago.
YEAH

what? did you buy FLAC or MP3?

i'm not getting anything yet

kwalkersv · July 2006

kirkinsd wrote:

Great show.

I've posted some pics I took from section R.

I think I can see some of you guys down on the floor.

http://216.9.34.93/PJSD/Page.htm

Kirk[/QUOT

Hey thanks for those pics. It is so fun seeing those and remebering the GREatest show I have ever seen!

tdlftdaporch · July 2006

There have been so many great reviews so I will keep it short.

This was my ninth Pearl Jam show. This was easily the best I've been to so far. The setlist alone was enough to blow me away. During the first half there were so many songs where the energy was so high that those songs seemed like they were the set closer. I've been to alot of shows by many different bands in my life and this has to be in the top five. I can't wait to get the boot. This was the only Pearl Jam show that I'm going to make it to this time around and I have no complaints. Sure, I wish I could've seen "Marker in the Sand" live ,but I'll catch it on a boot.

I have a bunch of photos to display. Some are pretty good, some not so good. Can someone suggest to me a place to upload for free?

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