First show: San Antonio 2003
First song: Of the Girl
Last show: Boston 2010
Last song: Rockin' In the Free World
Favorite show: MSG 1 2003/Boston 2010
Song I most want to hear live: Light Years
Tour the south!
"Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them." - Thoreau
No time to be void, or save up on life, you've got to spend it all
Once, there was this kid who got into an accident and couldn't come to school. But when he finally came back, his hair had turned from black into bright white. He said that it was from when the cars had smashed so hard.
mmm mmm mmm mmm
"Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them." - Thoreau
No time to be void, or save up on life, you've got to spend it all
The first time I heard "Alive" in 1991, I felt like I was hearing a painful chapter of my life story set to the awesome music for which I had been waiting. (I mean, acts such as Wilson Phillips, Amy Grant, Nelson, New Kids on the Block, Extreme, Color Me Badd, and so on were dominating the airwaves; it was truly a dark time for rock and roll.)
I'll explain. I was told at a very young age that my biological father had died while I was still a newborn. (He and my mother had already split up.) As the years went by, I learned that my mother received this news from a less-than-reliable source -- namely, a rival for her affection -- so I became more skeptical of the story and more hopeful that he was still alive. The story was still somewhat believable because he had a severe form of Type 1 diabetes as a juvenile and wasn’t supposed to live past age 18, but I had this shred of circumstance on which to hang my faith. So, when I first heard Eddie Vedder sing the chorus, the 16-year-old me always imagined it as my dead/missing father singing/pleading to me that he was still alive. (A misinterpretation, I know, but that’s how I heard it.)
We tried searching for him and his family members a few times in the early 1990s but always hit a wall. Then, in 1998, I got a call from my mother -- she and my grandmother had found him. Not only had they found him but he was living 45 minutes away from where I was living at the time (Sarasota, Florida) in the town of my birth/conception (St. Petersburg, Florida), no less!
He was still alive!
There is so much more to the story, but I have bored y'all for long enough.
Wow, what a story! They really write soundtracks to our lives.
Not sure if this is what you are looking for but here it goes . . . .
I went to hawaii in 2006 to see the last 2 shows of the avocado tour, the shows were a week apart so between the two shows my buddy and i went to the north shore to watch kelly slater surf on sunset for the world surfing competition. It was so unreal, the waves, the weather, the people, just a great place to be. After kelly had finished his set my buddy and i got up and decided to walk around a bit. Maybe 30 seconds after we got up my buddy taps me on the shoulder and says eddie is walking towards us down the beach, i looked up and there was ed with his daughter and wife(then gf) and no bodyguards. We calmly walked over to him and extended our hands to give him a friendly shake. He was really cool and laidback and you could tell he appreciated the gesture of shaking his hand and not snapping pics like idiots etc. We talked about the first show and what to expect from the second show(they opened for U2) we said we came here from winnipeg and he smiled and liked that but the thing that stuck with me the most was when i asked if we could get some pics with him he looked at me and said so genuinely and cool, yes for sure, im just going to go say hi to some friends and ill come back.
It was like a wave hit me of how cool and down to earth and powerful this guy eddie vedder really is!! His eyes looked right into mine and was so calm and genuine, really cool guy. We waited for ten minutes and most artists you would expect not to come back but he ran over to me and my buddy and took several pics on the beach with us, gave us hugs and shook our hands goodbye!! Surreal experience and hope you enjoyed my long winded story hahaha i have several more from that trip.
Not sure if this is what you are looking for but here it goes . . . .
I went to hawaii in 2006 to see the last 2 shows of the avocado tour, the shows were a week apart so between the two shows my buddy and i went to the north shore to watch kelly slater surf on sunset for the world surfing competition. It was so unreal, the waves, the weather, the people, just a great place to be. After kelly had finished his set my buddy and i got up and decided to walk around a bit. Maybe 30 seconds after we got up my buddy taps me on the shoulder and says eddie is walking towards us down the beach, i looked up and there was ed with his daughter and wife(then gf) and no bodyguards. We calmly walked over to him and extended our hands to give him a friendly shake. He was really cool and laidback and you could tell he appreciated the gesture of shaking his hand and not snapping pics like idiots etc. We talked about the first show and what to expect from the second show(they opened for U2) we said we came here from winnipeg and he smiled and liked that but the thing that stuck with me the most was when i asked if we could get some pics with him he looked at me and said so genuinely and cool, yes for sure, im just going to go say hi to some friends and ill come back.
It was like a wave hit me of how cool and down to earth and powerful this guy eddie vedder really is!! His eyes looked right into mine and was so calm and genuine, really cool guy. We waited for ten minutes and most artists you would expect not to come back but he ran over to me and my buddy and took several pics on the beach with us, gave us hugs and shook our hands goodbye!! Surreal experience and hope you enjoyed my long winded story hahaha i have several more from that trip.
alistair
Awesome :thumbup:
"Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them." - Thoreau
No time to be void, or save up on life, you've got to spend it all
Who is this man? One moment he's strumming a ukulele and softly serenading us, the next he's soaked in sweat, blood pouring from a bad tambourine accident and forcefully screaming lyrics at a couple of less than ecstatic dudes in the front rows....
He has been quoted with the definitive description of what it is to be a taper, a bootlegger, revelling in that first Who show he captured ... and then denies that same experience to those who see his solo shows (or has he? Perhaps he wants people to experience the paranoia of a stealth taping job!)
All stories relate of casual meetings that are genuine and heart-felt, a big show of love for his fans and fellow humans ... but hopes he can show enough anger and derision to drive young republicans out of his shows.
He wrote, "I'm Open" and "Around the Bend" ... and "Blood" and "Leash."
He surfs ... and enjoys ax throwing.
He mocks industry awards ... and displays his Golden Globe onstage.
But let's just back up a moment -- he plays a mean telecaster ... and a ukulele!
It is normal to give away a little of one's life in order not to lose it all.
Albert Camus
The worst enemies of music? Money and Mathematics. Combined with music, they both do the exact opposite of what they're supposed to do. Money makes music cheap, mathematics makes it stupid and predictable.
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Zagreb 2006/ Munich 2007/ Venice 2007/ Berlin 2009 / Venice 2010 / 2 x Berlin 2012 / Stockholm 2012 / Milan 2014 / Trieste 2014 / Vienna 2014 / Florence (EV) 2019 / Padova 2018 / Prague 2018 / Imola 2022 / Budapest 2022 / Vienna 2022 / Prague 2022
My brother and I, we flew from Switzerland to Wisconsin just for PJ20.
We had 4 days to make it all fit. We booked a tent site in a campground. We booked the flight, and even a tiny car to drive from Chicago to AVMT.
All good so far. We got ready, decided to split the risk.
I packed the sleeping bags, he packed the tent and the camping stuff.
I got my luggage in Chicago, he didn't. It got lost somewhere in Amsterdam.
The tiny car turned into our house. Add up the crazy heat of the first day, the storm, the temperature drop, the jet lag... We barely slept at all.
But it made everything even more special. More clear. The emotions were intensified.
You know what?
The tiredness would last 2 days at most. The memory of the best weekend in my life will last forever.
I'd love to win a PJ20 poster, I couldn't make it to the big weekend and I would have given anything to have been there. Pearl Jam is my religion and my family xoxo
I attended PJ 20 by taking a 13 hour car ride with three total strangers I met here on pearljam.com. We were all strangers to one another. How fuckin' cool is that ... No one knew anyone
1996: Toronto 1998: Barrie 2000: Montreal, Toronto, Auburn Hills 2003: Cleveland, Buffalo, Toronto, Montreal 2004: Boston X2, Grand Rapids 2005: Kitchener, London, Hamilton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto 2006: Toronto X2 2009: Toronto 2011: PJ20, Montreal, Toronto X2, Hamilton 2012: Manchester X2, Amsterdam X2, Prague, Berlin X2, Philadelphia, Missoula 2013: Pittsburg, Buffalo 2014: Milan, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin, Stockholm, Oslo, Detroit 2016: Ottawa, Toronto X2 2018: Padova, Rome, Prague, Krakow, Berlin, Barcelona
2022: Ottawa, Hamilton, Toronto 2023: Chicago X2 2024: New York X2
My name is Ian and I'm a Pearl Jam addict. I need my next fix.......
2000: Manchester
2006: Dublin; Leeds; Arnhem
2007: London
2009: Manchester
2012: Manchester I & II : EV Manchester : Soundgarden Shepherds Bush
2013: Brad Manchester : Soundgarden Manchester
2014: Amsterdam I & II; Berlin; Leeds; Milton Keynes 2018: Berlin; London II; Boston II
Because of an addiction known as pearlcessive jambulsive disorder I get to tour the world following a band I love with all my being....as part of this life long trip I got to meet a Saint from Greece....hes gives us things....he posts us things....he makes us smile....hail hail the lucky ones....hail hail dimi.
It's No coincidence. Jesus greets me...looks just like me. Hands pointed skywards, faces beaming, voices raised as one. But the higher power this crowd was bowing down to was one man, on a stool, surrounded by a few guitars.
This man, of course, has been the frontman of one of the world's biggest rock bands, Pearl Jam, for 20-odd years, so he probably deserves a bit of praise. Happy Birthday Eddie Vedder♥♥
Surely I’m not the only person who has done this. Maybe the only one willing to admit it.. HAHA!!
Alone...listless...breakfast table in an otherwise empty room
Young girl...violins(ence)...center of her own attentions
In another room a Mother tells a story..
**** BRUIN** of family center
Brother takes her hand…next of Kin…shuts the door and locks him
Don’t call me Brother
Don’t call me
Don’t call me♥
Cheers Dimi, thanks for the opportunity mate,
I'm just a 35 yr old PJ fanatic from a small town in Australia (Albury), with a wife and two kids working hard to make a living!
I really appreciate the chance
I'm so happy that Pearl Jam is playing in Swedenso you can give the posters to someone else!
-95, Stockholm (MirrorBall Tour)
-00, Stockholm
-07, Copenhagen
-09, Berlin
-10, Berlin
-11, East Troy 1+2
-12, Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen, EV London 2
-13, London, Chicago
-14, Amsterdam 1+2, Berlin, Stockholm, Oslo -16, TOTD San Francisco 1+2 -17, EV Amsterdam 2+3 -18, Amsterdam 1+2, London 1+(2), Barcelona, London 2 -19, EV Brussels
Comments
First show: San Antonio 2003
First song: Of the Girl
Last show: Boston 2010
Last song: Rockin' In the Free World
Favorite show: MSG 1 2003/Boston 2010
Song I most want to hear live: Light Years
Tour the south!
No time to be void, or save up on life, you've got to spend it all
mmm mmm mmm mmm
No time to be void, or save up on life, you've got to spend it all
Thanks for the chance!
It's growing up just like me
Gorge 9/1/05
Gorge 7/22/06
Seattle 9/22/09
Portland 7/14/11 (Ed Solo)
Seattle 7/15/11 (Ed Solo)
Bridge School 10/23/11 (Ed Solo)
Las Vegas 10/31/12 (Ed Solo)
Las Vegas 11/1/12 (Ed Solo)
Side Projects/Solo Shows: Brad 10/27/02, Eddie Vedder: 8/2/08, 6/8 & 6/9/09, 6/16/11 & 6/18/11.
Not sure if this is what you are looking for but here it goes . . . .
I went to hawaii in 2006 to see the last 2 shows of the avocado tour, the shows were a week apart so between the two shows my buddy and i went to the north shore to watch kelly slater surf on sunset for the world surfing competition. It was so unreal, the waves, the weather, the people, just a great place to be. After kelly had finished his set my buddy and i got up and decided to walk around a bit. Maybe 30 seconds after we got up my buddy taps me on the shoulder and says eddie is walking towards us down the beach, i looked up and there was ed with his daughter and wife(then gf) and no bodyguards. We calmly walked over to him and extended our hands to give him a friendly shake. He was really cool and laidback and you could tell he appreciated the gesture of shaking his hand and not snapping pics like idiots etc. We talked about the first show and what to expect from the second show(they opened for U2) we said we came here from winnipeg and he smiled and liked that but the thing that stuck with me the most was when i asked if we could get some pics with him he looked at me and said so genuinely and cool, yes for sure, im just going to go say hi to some friends and ill come back.
It was like a wave hit me of how cool and down to earth and powerful this guy eddie vedder really is!! His eyes looked right into mine and was so calm and genuine, really cool guy. We waited for ten minutes and most artists you would expect not to come back but he ran over to me and my buddy and took several pics on the beach with us, gave us hugs and shook our hands goodbye!! Surreal experience and hope you enjoyed my long winded story hahaha i have several more from that trip.
alistair
Awesome :thumbup:
No time to be void, or save up on life, you've got to spend it all
Who is this man? One moment he's strumming a ukulele and softly serenading us, the next he's soaked in sweat, blood pouring from a bad tambourine accident and forcefully screaming lyrics at a couple of less than ecstatic dudes in the front rows....
He has been quoted with the definitive description of what it is to be a taper, a bootlegger, revelling in that first Who show he captured ... and then denies that same experience to those who see his solo shows (or has he? Perhaps he wants people to experience the paranoia of a stealth taping job!)
All stories relate of casual meetings that are genuine and heart-felt, a big show of love for his fans and fellow humans ... but hopes he can show enough anger and derision to drive young republicans out of his shows.
He wrote, "I'm Open" and "Around the Bend" ... and "Blood" and "Leash."
He surfs ... and enjoys ax throwing.
He mocks industry awards ... and displays his Golden Globe onstage.
But let's just back up a moment -- he plays a mean telecaster ... and a ukulele!
There must be some kind of serum for this.
Calgary 21/09/11
Edmonton 23/09/11
Cinz
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Verona, Arena _ Sep 16, 2006
Berlin, Wuhlheide _ Aug 15, 2009
Venice, HJF _ Jul 6, 2010
Manchester, MEN Arena _ Jun 20, 2012
Manchester, MEN Arena _ Jun 21, 2012
Trieste, Stadio Nereo Rocco _ Jun 22, 2014
Firenze, Firenze Rocks _ Jun 24, 2017 (EV solo)
It is normal to give away a little of one's life in order not to lose it all.
Albert Camus
____
Zagreb 2006/ Munich 2007/ Venice 2007/ Berlin 2009 / Venice 2010 / 2 x Berlin 2012 / Stockholm 2012 / Milan 2014 / Trieste 2014 / Vienna 2014 / Florence (EV) 2019 / Padova 2018 / Prague 2018 / Imola 2022 / Budapest 2022 / Vienna 2022 / Prague 2022
We had 4 days to make it all fit. We booked a tent site in a campground. We booked the flight, and even a tiny car to drive from Chicago to AVMT.
All good so far. We got ready, decided to split the risk.
I packed the sleeping bags, he packed the tent and the camping stuff.
I got my luggage in Chicago, he didn't. It got lost somewhere in Amsterdam.
The tiny car turned into our house. Add up the crazy heat of the first day, the storm, the temperature drop, the jet lag... We barely slept at all.
But it made everything even more special. More clear. The emotions were intensified.
You know what?
The tiredness would last 2 days at most. The memory of the best weekend in my life will last forever.
That's devotion!
See you around Europe!
1998: Barrie
2000: Montreal, Toronto, Auburn Hills
2003: Cleveland, Buffalo, Toronto, Montreal
2004: Boston X2, Grand Rapids
2005: Kitchener, London, Hamilton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto
2006: Toronto X2
2009: Toronto
2011: PJ20, Montreal, Toronto X2, Hamilton
2012: Manchester X2, Amsterdam X2, Prague, Berlin X2, Philadelphia, Missoula
2013: Pittsburg, Buffalo
2014: Milan, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin, Stockholm, Oslo, Detroit
2016: Ottawa, Toronto X2
2018: Padova, Rome, Prague, Krakow, Berlin, Barcelona
2023: Chicago X2
2024: New York X2
2006: Dublin; Leeds; Arnhem
2007: London
2009: Manchester
2012: Manchester I & II : EV Manchester : Soundgarden Shepherds Bush
2013: Brad Manchester : Soundgarden Manchester
2014: Amsterdam I & II; Berlin; Leeds; Milton Keynes
2018: Berlin; London II; Boston II
Bootleg Reviews: http://pjbootlegreviews.blogspot.com/
This man, of course, has been the frontman of one of the world's biggest rock bands, Pearl Jam, for 20-odd years, so he probably deserves a bit of praise. Happy Birthday Eddie Vedder♥♥
~Omaha
Alone...listless...breakfast table in an otherwise empty room
Young girl...violins(ence)...center of her own attentions
In another room a Mother tells a story..
**** BRUIN** of family center
Brother takes her hand…next of Kin…shuts the door and locks him
Don’t call me Brother
Don’t call me
Don’t call me♥
I'm just a 35 yr old PJ fanatic from a small town in Australia (Albury), with a wife and two kids working hard to make a living!
I really appreciate the chance
2011 ~ Canberra (EV)
2011 ~ Melbourne 2 (EV)
2014 ~ Melbourne BDO
2014 ~ Melbourne 1 (EV)
"Pearl jam are not just a band, they are a choice, and if you make that choice, you become one of the few lucky people on this planet to have your life enriched by the greatest gift that music ever gave" -- substitute
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Thanks!
-00, Stockholm
-07, Copenhagen
-09, Berlin
-10, Berlin
-11, East Troy 1+2
-12, Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen, EV London 2
-13, London, Chicago
-14, Amsterdam 1+2, Berlin, Stockholm, Oslo
-16, TOTD San Francisco 1+2
-17, EV Amsterdam 2+3
-18, Amsterdam 1+2, London 1+(2), Barcelona, London 2
-19, EV Brussels
Generous as always.
Thank you man...
Becki