*** Phoenix Fanviews Here 11/19/13 ***

mca47

seantyhurst wrote:

Anybody else see Kerry Wood last night?

No. Where was he sitting?

joanna4136

My god i love being a part of this fanbase. it's absolutely surreal at times - this whole collective - this giving and receiving from the band and fans. i'm just THANKFUL.

seantyhurst

mca47 wrote:

seantyhurst wrote:

Anybody else see Kerry Wood last night?

No. Where was he sitting?

I saw him standing in the tunnel next to section 120.

PJForceofNature

joanna4136 wrote:

My god i love being a part of this fanbase. it's absolutely surreal at times - this whole collective - this giving and receiving from the band and fans. i'm just THANKFUL.

Me too!!!

TunnelThroughDenial

One thing I loved about last night that no one has noted here is Ed's speech about how where they live in Washington both gay marriage and marijuana are legal. He then said something like "we haven't had any problems with it up there, come on Arizona - hint hint". He has a great way of pointing out something we might need to improve on without being rude about it.

TC82553

I first saw PJ 20 years ago at the Mesa Amphitheatre, smashed up against the fence in the front watching Stone play. I saw them again in 2003 at the pavilion, then again last night. I have been to many concerts over the past 20 years and there is no question that PJ is the last great rock show. If PJ puts out a concert DVD from this tour, Phoenix should be the show. There were so many great moments and PJ played their asses off (no less than 100%, of course). But defying the curfew and playing after the venue turned the lights on has to be a highlight of any tour!

TunnelThroughDenial

AzWicker wrote:

Thanks PJ and Eddie,

My grandson's first concert, drove up to spokane to get him on Friday and we get back this morning... and he gets his favorite song played "Mind your manners", his second fav "Release" gets a tamborine from Eddie and a hung from Ed'd wife Jill. Also Eddie tried to hook him with back stage passes for his daughter... in jest.

We have a story...

My wife and I were along the reserved seats row A near where you and your family were rocking out. That little guy sure seemed to be having fun for a good portion of the show. I want to commend you for standing there holding him for an hour while he was taking a break (sleeping). Somehow the two seats next to us were empty all night. We regretted not having security get you two up there so the little guy could rest more comfortably.

I'll also commend you for trying to let him keep sleeping when Ed summoned the kids to the side of the stage. It sounds like it was a good move to wake him and I hope he was glad to get up there and get a hug.

TC82553

Just out of curiosity, I thought there were quite a lot of cameras there for 2 small screens. Could it be that they are filming it (or their shows) for a DVD?

PJForceofNature

TC82553 wrote:

Just out of curiosity, I thought there were quite a lot of cameras there for 2 small screens. Could it be that they are filming it (or their shows) for a DVD?

Hope so!

shortstack

TC82553 wrote:

Just out of curiosity, I thought there were quite a lot of cameras there for 2 small screens. Could it be that they are filming it (or their shows) for a DVD?

i've seen cameras at every show i've been to

TC82553

shortstack wrote:

TC82553 wrote:

Just out of curiosity, I thought there were quite a lot of cameras there for 2 small screens. Could it be that they are filming it (or their shows) for a DVD?

i've seen cameras at every show i've been to

It just sparked my curiosity. I've seen less cameras at shows with massive video screens.

fivehorizons95

One of the best shows I've seen so far this tour.
Got up at the crack of dawn (who am I kidding, dawn was no where near yet) to get in line for GA. Big thanks to the ten club and the venue for running things so smoothly. After some initial issues and confusion, they finally settled on lining us up at a different, closer gate (good thing we had the list going). We were walked single file, and anyone who tried to hop out or make a run for it was swiftly kicked to the back of the line.
Ended up on the rail in front of Ed with my boyfriend (birthday boy from Philly). It was cool to get looks of recognition and waves from the band members.
Opening with Long Road... I cried like a baby. Eddie saw me and reached down to hand me a pic, unfortunately the security guard ignored Ed's request to pass it over. Oh well, I'm just glad that he saw how important that song was for me. Then, Release. More tears. It was beautiful.
First set was tight. Infallible, Low Light, WMA!!!!!
Then, the first encore. I just... Wow. Bee Girl?? WHAT? I thought that was my treat for the night, but nope, up next: AROUND THE BEND. The song I adore and thought I'd never hear. I cried out of pure happiness. Could it get any better? Apparently! HARD TO IMAGINE AND FOOTSTEPS. Good god. Bawled like a baby again. Down was great, one of my favorites. As soon as I heard the opening chords I regained an enormous amount of energy and jumped like crazy.
Rocked my ass off during the last encore. I had such a good time. Indifference to close, always beautiful.
Thanks to 10C and Pearl Jam for allowing GA in the US. I love it. Great show, great vibes.

mrfrogman

Amazing show and set list. Really happy to see the crowd was into it (at least from where my wife and I were). Really couldn't ask for much more in a set. Heard a bunch of songs I've always wanted to hear live (down, footsteps, hard to imagine, alone, half full). Incredible show. How can they top this in San Diego? Can't wait to see them try!

RD101189

Agree with that.

TunnelThroughDenial wrote:

One thing I loved about last night that no one has noted here is Ed's speech about how where they live in Washington both gay marriage and marijuana are legal. He then said something like "we haven't had any problems with it up there, come on Arizona - hint hint". He has a great way of pointing out something we might need to improve on without being rude about it.

RD101189

The PJ20 screenings included a free video bootleg download of a show from this tour, so I'm assuming that they're going to be selling DVD's and digital video files of the shows later on. A lot more work on editing video and sound than engineering an audio bootleg, so likely why nothing has been released yet. I just wonder if they'll decide to do every single show or only release ones they like.

TC82553 wrote:

shortstack wrote:

TC82553 wrote:

Just out of curiosity, I thought there were quite a lot of cameras there for 2 small screens. Could it be that they are filming it (or their shows) for a DVD?

i've seen cameras at every show i've been to

It just sparked my curiosity. I've seen less cameras at shows with massive video screens.

BF25394

the tiki bomb wrote:

it's hard to imaginnnnne....

PLUS Around the Bend for my boy Brian!

I can only assume that your presence was what inspired the band to play it. Thanks, Jay!

FrankieG

Spags wrote:

First person to post youtube clip of that intro gets a cookie!

Make it 2 cookies! Anyone?!

pray for mojo

Drove in from San Diego for the show last night. I've seen them dozens of times and they never disappoint. The set list was damn near perfect.

Opening with Long Road->Release->Low Light was incredible. By far the best trifecta ever when opening up a show.

Looking forward to San Diego tomorrow night and LA 1 on Saturday!!

beowulf1955

Thanks for playing Release and Bee Girl! Great show, flew down from Denver to see the show! Hope to see you guys play Denver at Red Rocks this summer!

AzWicker

TunnelThroughDenial wrote:

AzWicker wrote:

Thanks PJ and Eddie,

My grandson's first concert, drove up to spokane to get him on Friday and we get back this morning... and he gets his favorite song played "Mind your manners", his second fav "Release" gets a tamborine from Eddie and a hung from Ed'd wife Jill. Also Eddie tried to hook him with back stage passes for his daughter... in jest.

We have a story...

My wife and I were along the reserved seats row A near where you and your family were rocking out. That little guy sure seemed to be having fun for a good portion of the show. I want to commend you for standing there holding him for an hour while he was taking a break (sleeping). Somehow the two seats next to us were empty all night. We regretted not having security get you two up there so the little guy could rest more comfortably.

I'll also commend you for trying to let him keep sleeping when Ed summoned the kids to the side of the stage. It sounds like it was a good move to wake him and I hope he was glad to get up there and get a hug.

Yeah, I was gonna just let him sleep but my daughter basically looked at me like, fuck you, this is a once in a life time chance, don't fuck it up dad, so I did not protest. Funny how much can be said with a look. I am glad he went up...