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Is the GA SF show gonna be rough?

iamadonutiamadonut Posts: 43
edited July 2006 in Given To Fly (live)
So it's been like 8 years since I've been to a GA floor PJ show (Seattle 98) and I don't know what to expect for the GA SF shows that are coming up.

Are people gonna be acting stupid, throwing elbows and crowd surfing or have people mellowed down a bit? I'm not quite as limber and spritely as I used to be but I really want to be on the floor to get as close as possible.

When's the last GA show they've played and what was the crowd like?

Thanks for any insights!
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  • MasterFramerMasterFramer Posts: 2,268
    I dont think there will be any of that going on "en mass" There might be some idiots but for the most part it will be 10c up front... its gonna be tight but i think it will stay friendly... see ya there!
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  • InsaneSoupInsaneSoup Posts: 37
    In North Charleston (96), I was way up on Stone's side...there were 2 barriers on the floor and two pits...the crowd looked like a boiling pot of people...it looked so surreal from way up high...
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  • ECMECM Posts: 1,687
    just multiply Atlanic City by 2..... that should give you an estimate.....
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  • iamadonutiamadonut Posts: 43
    How was Atlantic city? (I wasn't at teh show and haven't heard any specifics about it...")
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  • gmcabralgmcabral Posts: 50
    yeah.. i'm still not sure if i'm going up front or just grabbing a seat. i think they have balcony seats around right? never been there.
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  • stonesgstringstonesgstring Posts: 4,613
    Didn't think you guys had the pit anymore in America. Thought it was just us Europeans that did that ;):D
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  • NY PJ1NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    Evil Closet Monkey wrote:
    just multiply Atlanic City by 2..... that should give you an estimate.....


    yep sounds right,, maybe the floor itself is bigger? or goes further back?
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    pj aren't even a heavy/hard band... they barely "rock"

    the crowd will be easy
  • brainofPJbrainofPJ Posts: 2,361
    iamadonut wrote:
    So it's been like 8 years since I've been to a GA floor PJ show (Seattle 98) and I don't know what to expect for the GA SF shows that are coming up.

    Are people gonna be acting stupid, throwing elbows and crowd surfing or have people mellowed down a bit? I'm not quite as limber and spritely as I used to be but I really want to be on the floor to get as close as possible.

    When's the last GA show they've played and what was the crowd like?

    Thanks for any insights!


    if people act like that i look forward to reading about how Ed kicked the fuck out of somebody...


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  • CantKeepmedownCantKeepmedown Posts: 3,024
    please disregard......was talking about the Fonda
  • rollingstone423rollingstone423 Posts: 485
    stonesgstring wrote:
    Didn't think you guys had the pit anymore in America. Thought it was just us Europeans that did that ;):D
    Really?- it usually depends on venue- but tons of GA spots here in the good ol still fuckin standin US of Assholes- Especially in NYC! cheers Matey
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  • HailHailVitalogyHailHailVitalogy Posts: 5,198
    I was at Atlantic City 2...it was rough for a few songs but not that bad...i heard AC1 was rough
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  • pjmc320pjmc320 Posts: 32
    SonicReducr wrote:
    pj aren't even a heavy/hard band... they barely "rock"

    So...do you listen to Pearl Jam at all?
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  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    pjmc320 wrote:
    So...do you listen to Pearl Jam at all?

    Uhh yes... and they would be the lightest band I listen to.
  • brainofPJbrainofPJ Posts: 2,361
    SonicReducr wrote:
    Uhh yes... and they would be the lightest band I listen to.


    so you listen to slipknot and linkin park, huh?


    Esther's here and she's sick?

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  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    brainofPJ wrote:
    so you listen to slipknot and linkin park, huh?

    wow, that was a good response.
  • Red MosquitoRed Mosquito Posts: 71
    I was at both Atlantic City shows in October. At the beginning of the first show, some guy was crowd surfing and Eddie asked between songs for us not to do that. "We don't need to recreate any videos from the early '90s," he said.

    However, I was in the crowd and was jumping up and down (totally vertical, not hitting anybody) and people around me were not happy. I barely even weigh 150. I cannot help it, when the emotion and climax of certain songs hit me I have to jump up and down. It's really cool if everybody jumps together, and the whole floor becomes one organism. This is not moshing. It's unity.

    Nonethless, people did not like me and I decided to go to the risers in the back.

    So, no, the crowd was not even close to being rough. It was actually very calm.
  • pjmc320pjmc320 Posts: 32
    SonicReducr wrote:
    Uhh yes... and they would be the lightest band I listen to.

    Oh, alright...well obviously I was just messin' around because I can see all the shows you've been to. (lucky!) And I understand now that you were just talking in the context of what you listen to...but personally, I wouldn't say they 'barely rock' no matter what I listened to.
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  • brainofPJbrainofPJ Posts: 2,361
    SonicReducr wrote:
    wow, that was a good response.


    i was right...

    :)


    Esther's here and she's sick?

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  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    pjmc320 wrote:
    Oh, alright...well obviously I was just messin' around because I can see all the shows you've been to. (lucky!) And I understand now that you were just talking in the context of what you listen to...but personally, I wouldn't say they 'barely rock' no matter what I listened to.


    Fair enough... but my taste are mostly punk and hardcore (PJ just happen to be the first band I ever got into way back when... honestly if I first heard them now... I'd laugh... but that's just me.)

    the shows will be mellow, they always are... if you get pushed around some, an elbow here or there... who cares... no one is going to start a circle pit or anything
  • huffaluffahuffaluffa Posts: 38
    SonicReducr wrote:
    Fair enough... but my taste are mostly punk and hardcore (PJ just happen to be the first band I ever got into way back when... honestly if I first heard them now... I'd laugh... but that's just me.)

    the shows will be mellow, they always are... if you get pushed around some, an elbow here or there... who cares... no one is going to start a circle pit or anything

    You seem to be talking them down somewhat, and that is surprising since you've been to so many of their shows.
  • snipes824snipes824 Posts: 870
    if irving was any indication, watch your head and bring some bengay for afterwards. also please use deoderant.
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Red Mosquito wrote:
    I was at both Atlantic City shows in October. At the beginning of the first show, some guy was crowd surfing and Eddie asked between songs for us not to do that. "We don't need to recreate any videos from the early '90s," he said.

    However, I was in the crowd and was jumping up and down (totally vertical, not hitting anybody) and people around me were not happy. I barely even weigh 150. I cannot help it, when the emotion and climax of certain songs hit me I have to jump up and down. It's really cool if everybody jumps together, and the whole floor becomes one organism. This is not moshing. It's unity.

    Nonethless, people did not like me and I decided to go to the risers in the back.

    So, no, the crowd was not even close to being rough. It was actually very calm.


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  • motherlovebonemotherlovebone Posts: 24
    Northern Ca. G.A. show with The Mighty P.J ?.....Write this down or remember it......There will be a pit and there will be idiots in it (I will be one of them). It will not be a calm crowd what so ever. Buckle up.
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  • StrangestTribeStrangestTribe Posts: 23
    I do think it might get a little crazy.

    This may be pearl jams last tour for awhile...
    They are playing not one, not two, but three GA shows in SF!

    It is three days away from the concert, and I kind of am already getting a sense that things will be a little crazy. A lot of emotion and energy is in pearl jams music, and Im sure there will be a lot of the same in the audience.
  • PegasusPegasus Posts: 3,754
    Astoria was packed and very intimate with your neighbours; a bit hard breathing, especially if you're short, but not rough.
    And it was such a small venue and had been so long..I think the GAs in Arenas will be ok.

    You can always move to the back if you find it too hard going.
  • redrockredrock Posts: 18,341
    GA is great. Go where you want. Shouldn't be rough - PJ isn't really a 'moshing' band. May be a bit crazy and you may get hot and squished, but that's what it's all about! Lots of dancing, jumping up and down, etc... fun....

    If it gets too much, just move to the back!

    Enjoy your gig!! :D:D
  • offwegooffwego Posts: 27
    When you have long time PJ fans with really high club numbers seeing the crap thats going on with some of the lucky people who are on the front row not really into the show, this is their opportunity to be up there. All I have to say is put your boots on and get ready for a war, I personally would like to see some stage and balcony diving.
  • CosmoCosmo Posts: 12,225
    Moshing is soooo last millineum. It's about as lame as doing the Wave at a ball game.
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  • NY PJ1NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    iam gonna have jetlag...so DON'T fuck w/ me
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