*** Stockholm Fanviews Here 7/7/12 ***

The Big Cheese

Wow Great setlist

Just watched all those yesterdays, sounded pretty fucking good

You lucky lucky bastards

Black Diamond

Sitting at the airport waiting to fly out of Stockholm... One of the great experiences I will never forget... the circle of friends during YL was a drea´m come true... now i know why people come to see PJ in Europe...

Great seeing all my friends and can't wait to do it again...

Tak

cmuler

anyone happen to get an extra stockholm shirt, really hopeful I can still find one

jlj_swe

I have no words...

Here's a great review from swedish paper Aftonbladet. Translated w/ Google:

Everything degenerates into a crazy giant party

Pearl Jam play like demons and make the audience feel like a big family
The Globe, Stockholm, July 7, 2012.
Something happened there.
Something really big.
Go past one of the restaurants outside the arena before the concert begins.
Sing to "Alive" both indoors and outside on the terrace almost gets the windows to explode.
And it is about a paltry 50 or 60 people who scream themselves red in the face.
Add over 13 000 like-minded fools and push them in the Globe and see what happens.
This hands. It is here.
Twelve years ago occurred Pearl Jam at the Maritime Museum in Stockholm. They have not been in Sweden since then.
I saw and reviewed the show. It was, whatever you say two plus.
But Pearl Jam at the Globe is one of those concerts that one for years could only read about in American music magazines.
Feels sincerely
Now I understand really why "Almost famous" - and "Singles"-director Cameron Crowe made a long and loving documentary about the band for their 20th anniversary.
I think I could also begin to understand why Cameron loves them unconditionally and contraception.
And then I still called Pearl Jam for the world's most boring band. You should as well make it as a critic. It belongs to.
Many artists have devoted fans. But few others have cared for their audience with the same enduring respect and warmth that Pearl Jam. And for nearly three hours, it feels like a big family welcomes a bunch of lost siblings and relatives who have been missing in the battle for over a decade.
I understand that the stage lights lit more on the audience than on the band. This is as much their concert, well, guitarist Stone Gossards.
When other artists pay tribute to specific fans or receiving requests sometimes it appears that a well directed ploy. But when Eddie Vedder applaud the insistence of the example Johan from Finland in the first encore, it feels sincere and from the heart.
Emotional climax
The dark cloud of the disaster in Roskilde are still there. The Eddie Vedder dedicates "Just breathe" to the band's Swedish friends Ebbe and Bridget who lost her son on that awful night in Denmark ... it is an emotional climax that can not be measured in petty things like ratings and decibels.
Pearl Jam deserves the gigantic - gigantic - response.
They play like demons. It is both furious and soul-charged appearance foam at the mouth and spitting blood. Deathly pale album tracks turn into powerserenader, empty minor riff on the album resurrected from the dead. The group will even get away with a Kinks-cover ("Better things").
Everything is not perfect. Certainly there are tepid numbers with a beginning, a middle and an end and not much more. And yes, Pearl Jam jams sometimes the most long-haired sleeping pills from the 70's (hey, Deep Purple!).
But that's not what you remember.
You remember "Jeremy" and all the amazing encore that follow - arenakillern "Alive" is among the absolute best I've seen. And you remember how it all turns into a giant house party at the "Rockin 'in the free world."
Can not stop laughing
All lights in the stadium lights. Eddie Vedder invites the audience to wine and smoke and break two tambourines. Guitarist Mike McCready released the instrument and filming the riots in the stands instead. Bassist Jeff Ament and drummer Matt Cameron can not stop laughing.
These kinds of concerts can never be captured on Youtube or reproduced on various bootlegs. These kinds of nights will never come again.
Markus Larsson

ladydocNYC

Some random thoughts:

The crowd was indeed exceptionally energetic

Ed's dance during the Fixer: was that choreography? Those arms-- almost like Madonna

There are a LOT of tall stocky bald guys in Sweden.

Being mushed between those guys when they're jumping up and down is not the best way for me to enjoy a show. No more GA for me after this tour. (Thank God-- I mean, the 10c-- that I got seats for Missoula!)

The crowd went totally ape shit during Comatose.

Great to hear ATY!! Terrific gift!


Who did they bring up at the end? Stone's daughter??

PeArLgOoNeR

did Ed mention anything about it being the 1.000th show? or did he realizy that it wasn't

Kompja

For a fan from Finland after a long twelve year wait this was something exceptional .

Newer seen a crowd so energetic and the set list for a nineties fanboy was special to say the least.

I was one of the balky bold guys but still even for me the going got a bit tough at times.

All the songs from Ten and Crazy Mary plus State of Love and Trust these I will cherish to the end of times.

Copenhagen here we come!

jondu003

The show is getting excellent reviews in the swedish papers, and the critics are correct. It was an amazing show they delivered yesterday. The setlist wasn't really special, except for ATY, which was, as someone already mentioned, a beautiful gift to receive. But the energy in the room, very special, a bit reminiscent of last year's gig in Hamilton.

This was my 18th show and the first time I ever saw them in my hometown. Having been to a lot of other shows in Stockholm, me and my PJ-travelling buddy was a bit worried that the crowd would be below par, which is often the case in Stockholm. But there was no reason to worry, amazing crowd. It felt like the songs from Ten was especially well received, something the band seemed to pick up, playing 8 songs from the album.

I'm going to Oslo and Copenhagen also, let's see if the energy of Stockholm will be matched.

dnajammer

AnarionKing wrote:

CM238471 wrote:

My wife and I went to our first show in Europe today in Stockholm -- It was amazing! So much energy!

Anyone know what Eddie said in Swedish?

"I can't believe it's been 12 years. You should have called us". Something like that :-)

Amazing show and the people on the floor were spectacular. It must have been exhausting for those close to the stage :-)

Was exhausting, we were 3rd row right in front of Ed, started out with a great group of people but a handful of true A-holes really messed it up for us. Cant imagine they are Tenclub members...no wrist bands. I ended up being trampled and hauled out of there. Otherwise, it was a great night, so glad we came here, but wont be doing front row in Oslo!!

dwhite76

They played 8 out of 11 songs off Ten. Only left off Oceans,Deep,Release.

8 Ten
5 Backspacer
5 Yield
2 Vitalogy
2 Riot Act
1 Vs
1 Self Titled
000 No Code
000 Binaural
3 B Sides
3 Covers
2 Tags (save it for latter and Little wing)

Is this about right?

Staffan

Another great review in Swedish newspaper, (translated by bing, I just changed the worst translations)

Translation:

Pearl Jam has not been in Sweden for twelve years.During an enchanted concert promises they will soon come back.The wine bottle is half full when a half drunk Eddie Vedder halfway through "1/2 full" lift his arms in the air and look straight up on the strength of the headlamp, as if he is in contact with a higher power.He grips a guitar, captures the light, dazzling enough every conifer Cone in the globe arena during a fantastic jam and get out of the same emotional "uh, uh, uh" sounds as in the subsequent "Jeremy".A small matter to let each one classics, but ask me not to choose the best of this enchanted evening. It is a pattern that repeats over and over. "Just breathe" from the last album cut straight into the heart just as much as "Black", the world's perhaps the best song.This concert is the result of 12 years of loss, with an audience that both redirects resulting in a 30 songs and two hours and 45 minutes long appearance that is so unpredictable that rock 'n' roll can be at its most vibrant. Vedder speaking in Swedish and talking in English, but the message is the same: Pearl Jam is completely taken by the audience's response.It is said that alcohol dries out the vocal cords, but someone forgot to tell Eddie Vedder. The more he drinks the better singing he and urladdningarna are just more and more.In a completely redesigned "Porch", with an organ-and gitarrjamparti as taken from Deep Purple "Made in Japan", he bounces around with a basketball and then give the fans at the front of their version of the last supper.It is one of countless moments that make this one of the most unforgettable concerts in I don't know how many years. Another is the close, when the globe is illuminated and Neil Young's "rockin' in the free world" never seems to run out.Faith fan that Eddie Vedder repeated promises that there will be twelve years until the next visit..

Original:

Pearl jam har inte varit i Sverige på 12 år.
Under en förtrollad konsert lovar de att snart komma tillbaka.

Mejla Rödvinspavan är halvfull när en halvfull Eddie Vedder halvvägs in i "1/2 full" lyfter armarna i vädret och tittar rakt upp på den starka strålkastaren, som om han står i kontakt med en högre makt.

Han greppar en gitarr, fångar upp ljuset, bländar nog varenda kotte i Globen under ett fantastiskt jam och får ur sig samma känsloladdade "uh, uh, uh"-läten som i efterföljande "Jeremy".

En bagatell till låt respektive en klassiker, men be mig inte välja vilken som är bäst denna förtrollade kväll. Det är ett mönster som går igen om och om igen. "Just breathe" från det senaste albumet skär rakt in i hjärtat minst lika mycket som "Black", världens kanske bästa låt.

Den här konserten är resultatet av tolv års saknad, med en publik som lika mycket dirigerar som följer med i ett 30 låtar och två timmar och 45 minuter långt framträdande som är så oförutsägbart som rock'n'roll kan vara när den är som allra mest levande. Vedder håller tal på svenska och snackar på engelska, men budskapet är detsamma: Pearl Jam är helt tagna av publikens gensvar.

Det sägs att alkohol torkar ut stämbanden, men någon glömde att säga det till Eddie Vedder. Ju mer han dricker desto bättre sjunger han och urladdningarna blir bara fler och större.

I en helt omgjord "Porch", med ett orgel- och gitarrjamparti som taget från Deep Purples "Made in Japan", studsar han runt med en basketboll för att sedan ge fansen längst fram sin version av nattvarden.

Det är ett av oräkneliga ögonblick som gör detta till en av de mest oförglömliga konserterna på jag vet inte hur många år. Ett annat är avslutningen, när Globen är upplyst och Neil Youngs "Rockin' in the free world" aldrig tycks vilja ta slut.

Tro fan att Eddie Vedder gång på gång lovar att det inte ska dröja tolv år till nästa besök.

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eMMI

What a great show! The only one for me this tour but I am not complaining. From the night before to after the show it was alllll goooooood.

I can only repeat what others have said, the athmosphere and crowd were amazing. We were standing at the end of the 10C area - dancing, singing and every now and then looking out at the rest of the venue = awesomesauce.

Definite highlights for me were Garden, All Those Yesterdays and Love Reign O'er Me, which the band absolutely nailed.

(Also, I'd like to add that I all but called the opener. Before the show I said "They should open with Elderly Woman". That's a win, right?

PS. To the guy who thought people were booing Boom (if you're reading this): We weren't. :thumbup:

its_ok

First time I saw PJ in my hometown, was amazing!

I think the show as a couple have already said was not about the coolest set list, but the fantastic atmosphere! I felt like all the songs where just a bit better played than they usually are. Im not a huge fan of Small Town, but it was perfect as the opener!

Of course Corduroy can never go wrong, the bands best song imo, and luckily for me it seems to always be the song that is first added to every set list.

Things that stood out during the evening where the large number of songs from Ten; Why Go, Garden, Jeremy, Porch, Once, Black and Alive. Those are obvious fan favorites for a crowd that havent seen the band for 12 years.

For me the most special moment was seeing Off He Goes as its one of my favorites, and I havent seen it in my previous 10 shows.

All Those Yesterdays is obviously special for all the PJ junkies like me, not everyone gets to hear it. This was just one of many songs from Yield tonight which I loved (Wishlist, Given to Fly, Do the Evolution, All Those Yesterdays)

The finish was all classic PJ, but again with just a little bit better or more than many other shows. Last songs included almost all the fan favorite covers; Crazy Mary, Love Reign O'er Me and RITFW. I would have preferred Baba O'Riley instead of Love Reign Oer Me, but still awesome!

All in all, this was a big casual fan pleaser in terms of set list, and a great show for the long time fans because of the energy tonight from the band and the audience.

Best imo: Off He Goes, Corduroy, All Those Yesterdays, SOLAT, Jeremy, Small Town...And the atmosphere, both band and crowd had amasing energy!!
Would have wanted more off: Some hard rockers; Leash, Blood, STBC, Lukin and some more No Code (In My Tree, Smile, Red Mosquito, Present Tense, list goes on and on)

Hope everyone enjoyed it and keeping fingers crossed for a return in a not too distant future

Suziemay

ladydocNYC wrote:

Ed's dance during the Fixer: was that choreography? Those arms-- almost like Madonna

That was awesome to witness live. Definitely reminded me of Madonna (Vogue?) but not the first time Ed's done it. I seem to recall him doing this during Got Some at some point. It was in the Ed best dance moves thread

Security was stellar. Crowd was pretty controlled but the security guys were nipping things in the bud before they got out of control. Such a contrast from Berlin. And they were digging the music too.

All Those Yesterday's was awesome. Mike's side amazing, as always. I could pretty much only see Mike from where I standing which was perfectly fine with me!

Bluette

You are all right, it was an incredible concert, the vibe coming from the audience full of love and appreciation and the same feeling coming from the band. Music so full of life, Mike as great as he can be.

But still I got kind of a sour aftertaste. Eddie is absolutely amazing, but he forgot lyrics twice (Just Breathe and Black) and towards the end of the show it was difficult not to notice that he was drunk. His voice is not getting better with age and all this smoking while singing is not helping either...
I got a feeling that in a few years he will sing like Bob Dylan does nowadays.

its_ok

Bluette wrote:

You are all right, it was an incredible concert, the vibe coming from the audience full of love and appreciation and the same feeling coming from the band. Music so full of life, Mike as great as he can be.

But still I got kind of a sour aftertaste. Eddie is absolutely amazing, but he forgot lyrics twice (Just Breathe and Black) and towards the end of the show it was difficult not to notice that he was drunk. His voice is not getting better with age and all this smoking while singing is not helping either...
I got a feeling that in a few years he will sing like Bob Dylan does nowadays.

Ed forgetting lyrics is nothing new. I prefer to see it as a side effect of the band always shifting setlists, improvising and changing songs between shows...that is something I would never want to be without!

wishlisa76

This was my first Pearl Jam concert ever. I am still blown away and my body is full of energy from last night. One of the best nights of my life. I had very high expectations, but it turned out even better than my expectations! This is it. Something has changed for me. I am very grateful to have been there, to have seen them FINALLY and that the crowd was out of their mind last night!!! God ... I need to do this again ... and again ... Proud to be a fan of this great band.

Anders

The Stockholm show was GREAT... The band was ón fire, It was O'Neill of the Best showsi have seen. I can mit wait til the Copenhagen show

prodacake

Better things my favourite Kinks song, you lucky lucky devils, i love pj and everything they

LedbetterIsMyName

We had very good seats. Next to the stage so we saw the setlist before the show with the camera

We took a picture and looked at it later. If you had the change would you look or dont you want to know what they'll play before the show? We didn't look, that would have been so weird!

The setlist showed that they didn't play Sonic Reducer!