*** Charlottesville Fanviews Here 10/29/13 ***

maj4e

Pics from the show
http://www.flickr.com/photos/109100537@ ... 816092996/

mrussel1

kladkins wrote:

If anyone is interested, I have many videos from the show, including when Ed first mentions the boys and their dad in the front row. I would be happy to post any/all of the videos.

Do you have the full show and what kind of quality are the videos? The reason I ask is that I will probably take the time to overdub videos with the soundboard release when it is time and make the full show. A guy named Justin posted basically the whole show on Youtube, but it would be cool to add in different angles.

AmyMoore

Big Wave

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyVdJhGb ... e=youtu.be

rvapete

alphawolf wrote:

ive got the flu after the tour and finally got around to trying to sum up this night into words.

surreal. can anyone say 'surreal?!?!'

35 pj shows since 1996 and this show...

this show...

it was on another level.

this about sums up my experience in cville.

me and my tour partner, 5'3" annie, walked onto the floor of jpj arena at 730 and were stunned and amazed to see how few people were on the floor and in the teeny tiny ga area. like seriously, maybe 30 people. the rail was full from end to end, but maybe only 5 people deep in front of center stage. my jaw dropped. annie looked at me with a beaming smile standing right at center stage and she said 'lets get closer!' i was still feeling like wed already won some sort of lottery and i said 'no darling... lets go over this way <<<< a bit'. she obliged with a sigh of 'ohhhkayyyy' and we got in front of jeffs setup about 4 people deep. i looked at my watch. i looked at the upper rafters. 745. upper rafters 90% empty still. annie said 'u think thats a good thing or a bad thing?' i said 'dont worry... itll fill up' we stood there for a few minutes. no one was really even filling in the ga. i said to her 'i cannot believe we are 4th row'. i said 'we cant move'. she said 'ok'. i was worried thered be a flood of people and wed lose our epic spot as showtime grew closer. i heard a voice behind me and to my left, and i turned and looked and it was a familar looking dude. i said to him 'can u believe how close we are right now?!' he was dazed at his position on the floor. huge smile from him and completely nodding and agreeing with me. then annie looked over and said 'hey... we met u in the merch line in bmore!' and he looked at us and was like 'ohhh yeaaah!...we all struck out on the posters!' i said 'my name is jake. this is annie. he said 'im ryland'. so a few min later, a few of his buddys showed up. we all introduced ourselves. i was telling them my concerns for annie not being able to see. so it was nice to have a group of people looking out for my short touring companion. annie also made friends with a few other girls/women who were relatively short also and they were all talking about getting closer. being blocked by big guys. not being able to see etc. they totally took care of each other all night long. it was great to meet all the people around us. we really had no clue what to expect when the lights went down.
annie delcared 'i going to get a drink'
time blurred.
pit never really 'filled' in.
she cruised back in with wine and water.
i dont think she even had to say 'pardon me...or excuse me' to get back to our spot. THATS how mellow the pit was. she just WALKED back into 4th row between mike and jeff!!!
i had some water. gave the rest to ryland. who difinately needed it.
i saw a stage hand lay down the setlist on jeffs equipment and i said to annie, 'here we go!'
lights went down.
place goes balistic!
sorry to everyone who hates loud whistlers... but i didnt hold back during this show.
we knew pendulum would open...
the rest of the show was just a magical wonderful dream. it was absolutely perfect.
im not going to anyalyze every song, because they were flawless.
song after song was a 'oh my god!! no wayyy!' kind of feeling the entire night. we had an amazing group of people around us the whole night. everyone singing and screaming and yelling and jumping and dancing the entire show. it was absolutely surreal. ive never been apart of something like this. it felt special right out of the gate. any time someone blocked annie, there were people all around who were kind enough to move and keep her from having her view blocked.
annie is a documentary film artist and shes got some of the most amazing photos and videos from the entire night.
i couldnt blame her for wanting to capture all these epic moments because it may be the only time we'll ever be 4th row, so i never even told her to cool it with the camera. i will upload a link to all these pix and vids when i can. no one in the band, or around us looked even slightly irritated by our camera action either. which i was kind of expecting, but from our vantage, there wasnt THAT many people shooting, so i dont think anyone cared.
crowd was out of this world. setlist looks great on paper, but the feeling of joy and love and happiness was just emminatting from the pit. i was soaked with sweat after the first set so i was happy to see the chairs come out for the first encore. i could finally stop jumping, dancing, and screaming to cool off a bit.
so many many highlights on this night.
'the end' had me welling up with tears as ive got an all too familiar tragic story of losing a dog with cancer.
still rips me apart to this day.
impossible to remember all the highlights because it just felt like an unbelieveable dream.
i loved seeing the wheelchair dude cruise by us and get on the rail.
it was awesome to see him and mike exchanging gifts.
it was cool to see eddie switch out lightning bolt hats with the dude on the rail to our left.
i loved seeing the kids on stage...getting wine...learning they all met the band...what a dream!
stories for a lifetime from charlottesville!
my highlight of the night no doubt...
ive worn my Montana State shirt to several shows hoping to get jeff to acknowldege it and it finally happened.
during alive, after mike walked right next to us in the pit, he got back on the stage to finish the jam with jeff. they were jamming out and i was watching their fingers and hands destroying their guitars and i noticed jeff was staring at me in the eyes. i held up my tshirt a little bit off my chest and jeffs eyes got big. he got a big smile on his face. he tilted his head a bit. raised his eyebrows. and gave me a shrug and a huge smile. sort of like a 'wellll... okayyy'. i couldnt believe it. i turned to annie and said 'did u see ? did u see? did u see that??! jeff saw my shirt!' she said 'i know!!! i saw!' with a huge brimming smile. the rest of the show, i was in another world.
it was like a dream. i swear. it couldnt have been any better. unless we got to shake eds hand and drink some of his wine and say 'thank you' personally, of course. the amount of eye contact was so cool to see from ed mike and jeff. by the looks on their faces, they were all blown away by the crowd. they looked super suprised and impressed by us. it was THE perfect crowd.
once little wing started, i looked to my buddy behind me and said 'if they play the whole thing, u better get me some tp!' he just laughed at me. ive heard pj do little wing clips before live, but never the whole thing in person. needless to say, i did not need any tp. i just had to remember to keep picking up my jaw from off the floor for the first few minutes of the song. then i had to snap back and realize what was happening in front of me and savor every second of this magical experience. i knew it was going to be immpossible to top this song. or anything else to top this night.
this was the best show for me ive ever seen. ive seen many unbelievable shows, but this one pushed its way into the top tier. every song flowed so well into each other and just got on top of the last one. perfectly mixed setlist. it was rediculous. i never thought id witness them THIS good....from ten feet away!

thank you pj for still ripping peoples faces off on a nightly basis. im extremely lucky to have see this show from the viewpoint i had and i did not take one second for granted! we represented the pit sooo fucking hard! thanks to all the cool people in the pit by jeff and mike. it was an unforgettable experience. even the strangers were all nice wonderful happy faces. there was no bumping into anybody. no pushing. no shoving. no arguments. no accidental elbows to the eyes. everyone had plenty of space to express them selves, which was remarkable. no unwanted sweaty idiots acting like fools. no self entitled attitudes of 'lets push our way up front' from anyone. no obliterated drunks acting like jerks... i loved every second of this show...except the small problem during the start of Down, which we really couldnt see, and it seemed to end quickly and calmly. even the fuck up at the end of Whipping was funny. i didnt even realize what went wrong....

'stories and memories for a lifetime'

thanks,
jake

Jake,

This is Pete (one of Ryland's buddies, VCU Final Four shirt/backwards Nationals hat, Maryland 2002 National Championship shirt in B-More). First off thanks for the water! I got a swig or 2 and it was much needed. That gave me a second wind and given that show I didn't want to leave to go get some of my own. Second I had totally forgot since the two shows meeting you in Baltimore in the merch line. Funny how things work out (still haven't been able to acquire a Baltimore poster )

Glad you guys enjoyed the show and enjoyed reading you kind words for our little section of heaven in GA. None of us have ever been a part of an experience like that and I have been to 14 shows and Ryland even more. The other 2 with us were his brother Kyle (my freshman/junior/senior/super senior roommate from college) and our good friend and roommate from college Andrew. Ryland may be the only bigger PJ fan I know than myself and he and I were just speechless on the ride back to Richmond (fortunately Kyle drove).

Back to your comments about the people around us, I couldn't agree more. EV goes to Cubs "Fantasy Camp" and walking down and surveying the GA upon arrival I instantly thought, "hell this is my PJ fantasy camp". The energy, setlist, music, being between Mike playing and the stage when he was in GA, etc were all great but what made the evening truly special for me personally was the way people treated each other. I tend to become really angry about the way people behave these days and seeing the kindness exuded amongst everyone I came across in that GA section was the biggest breath of fresh air I've had in a while. It truly made me proud to be a member of the family of thoughtful people who take to heart what this band preaches through their music. I tend to be observant of what is going on around me and I cannot count the amount of amazing exchanges I saw between people in those 3 hours. The band saw it too and I think it had a huge factor in getting the amazing show we were fortunate enough to witness.

Once again great to have met you (twice) and see you at the next one.

Pete

Well I guess this counts as my Fanview as well since while I could go into detail about specifics, this sums my thoughts up pretty succinctly.

mcrok

I gotta say...and I'm not saying it just bc I was there (or maybe I am), but this setlist just has the best flow of the tour so far still...1-2,1-2-3 punches...just a great job...if stone did it they really need to have more band members write the set...eddie has developed the classic pattern but this setlist flow was a huge part of the evening...along with everything else:)

toblerusse

Holy crap
They played these songs in order????

Sad
Porch
[Encore Break 2]
Breath
State Of Love And Trust
Alive

Someone colour me jealous. Wow.
And Grievance was played??? c'mon. Not fair.

Pearl Jam, if you are listening, please replicate this in Vancouver next week. Grassyass

toblerusse

also, since im a bit late to this thread and might be asking a duplicate question......

What did the kids' shirts say?

bbrinke

They said "i saw pearl jam in the womb" on the front and listed the tour dates on the back (or something like that)

ikiT

Those shirts listed ALOT of dates!

binauralsounds182

bbrinke wrote:

They said "i saw pearl jam in the womb" on the front and listed the tour dates on the back (or something like that)

the back said "and out of the womb" and had a bunch of dates on it

PearlJamAdam

How about getting Breathe and State of Love and Trust back to back. Could not have been a better show. Thanks a whole hell of alot Pearl Jam.

mcrok

PearlJamAdam wrote:

How about getting Breathe and State of Love and Trust back to back. Could not have been a better show. Thanks a whole hell of alot Pearl Jam.

exactly, and right out of the second encore...pretty sweet stuff.

Choccoloccotide

I still can't get over how awesome this show was! Can't wait for the boot to be released so I can relive it over and over again!

aspoonfulweighsaton

I'll admit that some of the second leg shows have looked and sounded insane on paper, but for me the kicker with C-ville wasn't just that they played 35 songs, it was what they DIDN'T play in those 35 songs that stands out most. It was my 20th show so to NOT get Even Flow, Elderly Woman, Better Man, Do the Evolution, and Daughter was a real treat and just ridiculous. Ed wasn't just feeding us the usual BS when he said they made the setlist for an "intelligent" crowd.

JH6056

aspoonfulweighsaton wrote:

I'll admit that some of the second leg shows have looked and sounded insane on paper, but for me the kicker with C-ville wasn't just that they played 35 songs, it was what they DIDN'T play in those 35 songs that stands out most. It was my 20th show so to NOT get Even Flow, Elderly Woman, Better Man, Do the Evolution, and Daughter was a real treat and just ridiculous. Ed wasn't just feeding us the usual BS when he said they made the setlist for an "intelligent" crowd.

Even though as far as I know it's still not been officially "acknowledged", I'm still going with the theory that Stone made the setlist and that's why it was so unusual in a few ways.

Because, as always, we know... it's all Stone's fault! Thank goodness!!!

buck502000

A download code will definitely be utilized for what I think was the best show of the tour.

binauralsounds182

JH6056 wrote:

aspoonfulweighsaton wrote:

I'll admit that some of the second leg shows have looked and sounded insane on paper, but for me the kicker with C-ville wasn't just that they played 35 songs, it was what they DIDN'T play in those 35 songs that stands out most. It was my 20th show so to NOT get Even Flow, Elderly Woman, Better Man, Do the Evolution, and Daughter was a real treat and just ridiculous. Ed wasn't just feeding us the usual BS when he said they made the setlist for an "intelligent" crowd.

Even though as far as I know it's still not been officially "acknowledged", I'm still going with the theory that Stone made the setlist and that's why it was so unusual in a few ways.

Because, as always, we know... it's all Stone's fault! Thank goodness!!!

Does any one know from where that rumor stems?

JH6056

binauralsounds182 wrote:

JH6056 wrote:

aspoonfulweighsaton wrote:

I'll admit that some of the second leg shows have looked and sounded insane on paper, but for me the kicker with C-ville wasn't just that they played 35 songs, it was what they DIDN'T play in those 35 songs that stands out most. It was my 20th show so to NOT get Even Flow, Elderly Woman, Better Man, Do the Evolution, and Daughter was a real treat and just ridiculous. Ed wasn't just feeding us the usual BS when he said they made the setlist for an "intelligent" crowd.

Even though as far as I know it's still not been officially "acknowledged", I'm still going with the theory that Stone made the setlist and that's why it was so unusual in a few ways.

Because, as always, we know... it's all Stone's fault! Thank goodness!!!

Does any one know from where that rumor stems?

I heard it at the show from someone I would consider a very reliable source (but you don't have to take my word for it), but I didn't post it. Then on the early fanviews in this thread someone said it, or maybe 2 people said it. The "rumor ball" kept rolling from there.

One of the other best setlists in the last 5 yrs that I've been lucky to see, Hartford '08, was written by Jeff, and was amazing! This C'ville one does stand out mainly because of the missing beloved heavy rotation songs, as the person above points out. No one ever confirmed publicly that the Hartford '08 one was by Jeff, and it definitely was, so I'm good with believing this C'ville one was Stone. Because.. why not?

mcrok

I can't wait to hear this boot in HD

southernmanfan

mcrok wrote:

I can't wait to hear this boot in HD

Yeah me too.

Forgive me but I am a little behind the times here. Do I need a special programme/software for Flac/HD?