Gorge Fanviews Nite One 7/22 Here

ReaneyPark · July 2006

Here's the deal I think with the not-so-good service.

First, there is a pretty small labor pool to draw from anyway (only about 10,000 people live within a half hour of the Gorge).

And this year there are only about half the number of shows at the Gorge that there has been in previous years, so many people aren't interested in committing to work out there for only a handful of weekends.

Plus, the extreme weather (it was hailing and raining for Sasquatch in May and now it was 100-plus for Pearl Jam) have also kept people from wanting to work out there.

I think things might change when Live Nation takes over next year.

The blanket thing kinda pissed me off. I just wish that if there are changes that are different from the regular rules, those signs should be posted in the parking lot, so people don't have to walk back to their cars.

Zoso · July 2006

so good to see everyone had a great time and enjoyed the amazing intense show/s.... Its ok tag was maybe my highlight from the weekend as the sun was going down.. Its hard to compute right now that I witnessed all that I did hehe.

aNiMaL · July 2006

RiotAct wrote:

The Gorge has no clue how to run a show. The 10C line was a mile long and so unorganized. There was still tons of ppl in line when PJ took the stage. My friend waited over 1.5 hrs in line before he got his tickets. Luckily we parked in the VIP and the gait we walked in was right by the 10C line so we just snuck in and got our tickets in 2 minutes. We still missed the first 5 songs b/c they were only letting so many ppl in the gates at one time...even well after PJ took the stage.

I hate for this to be my fist post in 5 days....I will post my reviews in a while...

What??? i had absolutely no issues getting tickets....getting in the venue....nothing. Both shows the 10C line wasn't that long....got fantastic seats booth shows.....not one issues at all. And The Gorge was great!!!! Not sure what they did wrong at all. As far as me and my friends and the people all around me (in the parking lot, in the 10c line, and in the seats) all had the most fan friendly experience.

What time were you people who had 10c ticket problems in line to get your tickets? 7/22 & 7/23 I was probably getting my tickets about 4:15 and it couldn't have been a more positive experience.

I Am Gone · July 2006

Just listening to the boot - possibly one of, if not the greatest show Pearl Jam has ever played?

Zoso · July 2006

I'm Gone wrote:

Just listening to the boot - possibly one of, if not the greatest show Pearl Jam has ever played?

it has to be the best from 2006 and maybe one of the best of all time??? thoughts anyone else it was a magical event.

Milestone · July 2006

aNiMaL wrote:

What??? i had absolutely no issues getting tickets....getting in the venue....nothing. Both shows the 10C line wasn't that long....got fantastic seats booth shows.....not one issues at all. And The Gorge was great!!!! Not sure what they did wrong at all. As far as me and my friends and the people all around me (in the parking lot, in the 10c line, and in the seats) all had the most fan friendly experience.

I got in the 10Club line at 6pm and didn't have my tickets in hand until 7:30. Then, as someone else said, the venue stopped letting us in, and had to wait again. Then walk the last 1/2 mile.

After all is said and done, I missed the first 6 songs (INCLUDING WASH, WHICH I'VE WANTED TO SEE FOR YEARS AND YEARS). I was crushed because of this....but thankfully I got Crown of Thorns and that was enough for me.

Milestone · July 2006

Zoso wrote:

it has to be the best from 2006 and maybe one of the best of all time??? thoughts anyone else it was a magical event.

Of course, I haven't heard every single show of the tour....but I'd have to think this was one of the best, if not the #1 greatest of 2006.

I Am Gone · July 2006

Milestone wrote:

Of course, I haven't heard every single show of the tour....but I'd have to think this was one of the best, if not the #1 greatest of 2006.

I have them all - this is the best.

breath_girl · July 2006

I have to say the debt we will be paying off for a while was totally worth it! When we walked up the hill to see the venue for the first time I got chills on such a brutally hot day. How amazing!

Hi-lights for me were the rarities and of course Ed on the roof of Front of House. Our seats were a few seats over so we had an awesome view.

This was my fourth show and after every single one I think how can it get better? But they manage. What a band!

To be honest I am glad we only went to night 1. Although the set list for night 2 was equally amazing, I can live with this memory until next time when they somehow manage to upstage themselves again.

Thanks go out to my husband for putting up with my obsession.

Gimli Mudfest 93
Calgary 05
Winnipeg 05
The Gorge Night 1 06

Bwalker545 · July 2006

Finnaly back home and clean... Friday at 2pm till monday at noon at the campground! Was an awsome weekend! No 10C problems for me, got in early cause I know the Gorge, AMAZING shows. Night one was great! I was standing next to the sound board...Too close to see Eddie on top unfortunatly, but I was right in the middle of the group chanting Dirty Frank! We were all goin nuts when they started playin!! That version of Baba has to sound AWSOME the Band and all of us in the crowd sounded like we nailed it! Cant wait to get the bootleg! Awsome show, awsome camping thanks to EVERYONE~!~!

wurldtraveler · July 2006

and it brings me right back....

"....the sun goes down...the sun goes down.............it's okay....it's okay-ay-ay.....it's okay...it's okay-ay-ay....you don't have to run and hide away...."

if you've just downloaded it or are going to, skip to about 5:40 of daughter/it's okay for the it's okay tag.

wurldtraveler · July 2006

Zoso · July 2006

omg cheers for the pics!

fanforlife · July 2006

daryl jam wrote:

J i think all you lazy fuckers should be ashamed of yourselves for the mess that was left behind...my GF and I waded through a sea of garbage on our way out to the parking lot...(with our garbage in my backpack).....show the venue, yourselves, each other and the band some respect and pick up after yourselves...think about the wages for the poor cleanup staff the next time you bitch about a $6 slice of pizza.....

THANK YOU for bringing this up. As I walked out, my friend, who had never even listened to pj before, said, "Didn't they hear the message in the music?" FUCK! That place was trashed! Embarrassing...

fanforlife · July 2006

daryl jam wrote:

i think all you lazy fuckers should be ashamed of yourselves for the mess that was left behind...my GF and I waded through a sea of garbage on our way out to the parking lot...(with our garbage in my backpack).....show the venue, yourselves, each other and the band some respect and pick up after yourselves...think about the wages for the poor cleanup staff the next time you bitch about a $6 slice of pizza.....

THANK YOU for bringing this up. As I walked out, my friend, who had never even listened to pj before, said, "Didn't they hear the message in the music?" FUCK! That place was trashed! Embarrassing...

Jason P · July 2006

lucehifener wrote:

Tonight's show at The Gorge was reason for celebration. Highlights (for me,) included Wash, Footsteps, Dirty Frank and a seemingly spontaneous full-band version of Little Wing towards the end of Yellow Ledbetter.

Having never been to a show at The Gorge, (regretfully due to my residence in Texas,) I was blown away, far beyond the pictures and fanviews I've seen and read before walking into this place. "Holy fucking shit," is about the only phrase I could think of all evening long.

I was at all three San Francisco shows, the Portland benefit, and this first night at The Gorge, and I must say, wow. Perhaps my reviewing capability would be more advanced tomorrow. Oh, no, I'll be at the next Gorge show tomorrow. Wow.

Pics of today:

http://picasaweb.google.com/lesheifner/072206WestCoastDay9

Thanks to everyone who's posting the pictures!

aNiMaL · July 2006

I mean really.....where do I start? These two shows were some of the most amazing shit i have ever witnessed.

We had no problems at all pre-partying in the parking lot before the show. We drank beers out of Gatorade bottle (from the point on called Gatorbeers) for a long while before heading in.

Opening with WASH was brilliant!!!! Totally was not expecting that!! It sounded fantastic too!! The It's Okay tag......Mike throwing in Little Wing in his YL solo.....then to have the fucking band join him was I thought as cool as it would get for that (little did I know then).

The new songs sounded awesome!!! Inside job was amazing!! One of my favorite versions of Black for sure!!! God's Dice was also great!!

DIRTY FRANK....SURPRISE OF THE NIGHT!!!!! i was blown away!!!

Just so many great songs in such sweltering conditions. i was under prepared for hydration on night 1 for sure. I kept sending my buddy for beers and he kept coming back empty handed...saying the lines were atrocious....then I sent him (he was willing to go as i was buying) for just water.....but again he came back with my money and no water. So by the end of this show I was THISRTY....so dehydrated. THANK YOU big time to the really nice vendor lady who gave my friend and I each a large hand full of ice as we were staggering up the hill after the show. That ice FOR SURE got me to the car where I had multiple large Gatorades on ice waiting for me.

Anyhow….great fucking show!!!! A+!!!!

The end of this show really felt more like an intermission…..as we were to be back there again the next night!!!

tattoo · July 2006

It was a good show.
The first *real* concert I've ever been to, and it was amazing.
Somebody threw up before the music even started, I thought was pretty funny. Then the music, with no introduction or anything. The crowd was more diverse than I had thought it would be, probably from the new album. While half of us were singing along with Vedder, the rest of them sat quietly on the grass. The crowd interaction wasn't as epic as last year's Evenflow, but it was nice to see a new generation of fans being made. I couldn't believe that the people on the stage were really there- it was a great dream that actually came true. The Gorge people could have been a little bit more organized; those poor 10c people! Grass-Ass seats seemed like a good idea, in hindview. It was a gorgeous concert. Those clouds have never looked so damn beautiful

kwalkersv · July 2006

OK FIRST OF ALL AWESOME SHOWS> BOTH NIGHTS. Now to the guy who posted that the Gyros stand had awesome Gyros let me just say NOT!!!!! That was the worst supposed Gyros I have ever attempted to eat. ( I did not finish it it was so disgusting) Second I just want you to know that I had Diarrhea from about 1 am to 3 am and had to do it in a sand pile in a field where I was camping! NASTY NASTY!!!!!!!!!! They put somw sort of ceasar dressing that was suppsed to be cucumber sauce and then I don't think the meat was meat if you know what I mean. Anyway it came out faster than it went in! So next I would like to warn everyone next time about the Gyros. B A D B A D S H I T ! ! ! ! !

Commy · July 2006

The greatest show ever. Period. There is no way describe the energy at that show, impossibe .I didn't think they could top last septembers show, but somehow...oh man.

The energy was flowing...everyone around us -center, 20th row, was just slamming, despite the chairs. The security guards were trying to keep us out of the aile...no chance in hell. We were rocking to every song...screaming..holy shit it was raging around us...but cool, everyone was looking out for eachother. There was this old couple from tennessee-kinda out of place, probably used to front row seats, nice relaxing show- so they were surprised I'm sure when the entire crowd was erupting all around them. The bailed after a few songs...haha.

I can't even describe the show...the band is so much better than they've ever been in their careers...every song they played was perfect...every line eddie sang perfectly. And yeah it was over 100 degrees, and yeah we were basically slamming for 3 straight hours....but it was the single greatest 3 hours I've ever experienced. There's no way to describe the crowd energy and the bands energy...playing off eachother...and the performance...there's no way it could've been better. The setlist...everything about it rocked. Ed tipped his wine to me even during Mike's solo on ledbetter, while everyone was watching Mike...that was cool.

We went in hoping they'd play 2 specific songs, and kinda hoping they'd play a few others. They played SOLT like we'd hoped, as well as inside job, which I fricken loved. And Leash...and surprise, they played Dirty Frank. Eddie opened it with...we wrote a lot of shitty songs early on in our carreer...something like that....like this one...and they played Dirty Frank. That was cool...

For Last Kiss Eddie got on top of a shed that's actually inthe middle of the arena, so basically the lawn people had front row seats all of a sudden. It was cool for them, and cool to see eddie up there...and they didnt' leave us wanting more, that's for sure. Still recovering...

The walk back to the campground was hell...imagine running through the desert for 3 hours and then walking a mile down a gravel road that had so much dry dust you couldn't see 5 feet. We could barely breath...

But the show...ahhhhhh...I hope they make a DVD so someone else can see it. Pearl Jam is back in full force...and ROCKING.

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