###~~Dusseldorf Fanviews 21-6-07~~###

Kushikushun

Mirella wrote:

It was Uru from Portugal. Actual his name is Ishmael and he got his nickname from Uruguay where he originates from. Designer of the Bugs shirt for the last tour and one very happy fan indeed from the looks of it!

groetjes,
Mirella

I was standing just one person behinf Uru (third row) and saw the whole thing happening. F-ing BRILLIANT! Nice guy too.
During the support acts Eddie was sitting next to the stage. People started waving at him and Uru pointed at his Ramones shirt. Eddie smiled and gave him the thumbs up. Later during the show Eddie came to our site and told the security to get Uru on stage. He ran to the stage and Eddie asked him to sing "miracles"...the crowd was chanting "Hey Ho, Lets go" at the same time. Uru didnt know the song or was to humble to sing
So he shouted "Hey ho, Let's Go" and then was 'seated' on stage by Ed
He just sat there a bit out of the world smiling! It was so great to see. Then at the end he got up and danced around with Ed and they both jumped by the microphone. They hugged and he then left the stage probably the happiest man ever! He came back at the first row, kissed his girlie and was congratulated by us. I taped part of him being on stage, but did something really stupid: I taped it vertically :rolleyes:. I am now converting it and will put it online tomorrow!

I will mail you tomorrow Uru!!

Greetz, the Dutchie who spoke Spanish

Kushikushun

Ok, and now my view of it all.

FUCKING BRILLIANT!!!!! Was standing in the rain for three hours, but was happy to be in front of the line. Didnt have 10c tix for this one unfortunately, but we were able to get to the front part. I stood on Stone's site on third row behind a gigantic German. The stage looked really small and was quite low and close. I already felt this was going to be special as it all seemed very small and had a great atmosphere. I loved the waves on the background btw!

During the support acts Eddie was sitting on our site next to the stage and we could clearly see him. He smiled at the public and saw Uru with his Ramones shirt on.
When the gig started people started pushing hard to the front, but I was happy to hold on to my giant German who was really friendly. He allowed me to hang on to him during all the pushing and shoving and was quite unmovable himself DANKE SCHON!!!

Great fun in the pit and what a setlist...I am so happy I went!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ed was clearly having fun. The crowd was wonderful, clapping, shouting, rocking, singing... just great!!
I loved the low sound of "ohhhhhhh" the crowd made during the waiting and when this happened after Black as well Ed seemed moved by it!
He told the crowd how good we were and really seemed amazed by it all.

So many great moments like Rats....congrats Sandra! Also the guy that was crowdsurfing and then catched Eds tambourine when he landed on his feet. Saw the little girl with the tambourine when we left too, she was sweet! Uru on stage was the best moment! Caught a Mike pic at the end too.

Chills through "I am Open"!
Well, too much thoughts so I will let others fill in the gaps.

Just wanna say thanks to the band AND the crowd!! I NEED THIS BOOTLEG!

I am sooo happy I still have two gigs to go. This was a very hard to beat first gig for me in 2007!

Will be in the 10c line at Nijmegen woohoooooo!

p.s. Made some pics and vids that I will put online tomorrow!!

targa

Kushikushun wrote:

I loved the low sound of "ohhhhhhh" the crowd made during the waiting and when this happened after Black as well Ed seemed moved by it!

But the missed to start "the WAVE"...

London_Jam

lastexitlondon wrote:

holy fuckin fuck.
that was the best show that i have been to , i know that sounds a big call but everything was right-must start by the biggest thanks to LONDON JAM for hooking us up with 10c tixs as we were second row on mikes side.set list blew my tiny mind-so many priceless moments ,to many to mention but if i was the dude that got taken on stage by ed to sing i believe in miricles i would have died on the spot the happiest man in the solar system

No worries man - glad u had a great time!

Dagnamit

Nickrand

This was a special show. Personally, I rank it right with MSG II, Boston III, Berlin '06, and London '07.

First, the Ten Club organization was better than people have posted. The only problem is we were let into the arena later than normal. But it was nice that security brought people in by groups of three. That made it less of a race to find a spot.

I thought Interpol was a fantastic opening band. Up there with Wolfmother and Sleater-Kinney in my book. Futureheads were the first opener and were good too.

The concert was very similar to London in terms of the uniqueness of the setlist. But I think this one had a more somber, sensitive, reflective mood. Brain of J, In Hiding, Sad, Breath, I'm Open were definite highlights. I'll also remember Jeff going completely wild during Life Wasted, which was the first set closer.

I Believe in Miracles was cool because of the guy from Uruguay who was brought on stage. It was funny because Ed said the band had never been to Duesseldorf before, so he wanted to meet a local. Then it turns out the guy who was brought on stage was far from a local. But he seemed to enjoy himself and got to sing with Ed a little bit.

Ed also mentioned that Matt had played in Dresden, Germany with Soundgarden and made a funny joke that the set must have been dark (reference Dresden's history).

Regarding the mood of the show, Ed started crying during between Baba O'Riley and Yellow Ledbetter. He seemed to be really caught up in the response that the crowd gave the band all night. In general, his mood seemed to be really reflective and somber, which was reflected in the songs that were played. But his energy was still great.

The crowd seemed to be really good. Not sure if it was as good as London, since I couldn't see behind me. But the energy up front was good. And it was nice that people didn't seem to be pushing each other just to release aggression. Everyone seemed to be enjoying the music. It was great meeting even more nice Ten Club people, such as Krista, who was so friendly and helped to protect the little people in the front row from getting squished.

I took two videos that turned out pretty well. One is the Rats video that has already been mentioned elsewhere:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdMsnWr52dc

I also have a video of Elderly Woman, which should show up on YouTube soon at this link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUn3iha19LY

After this show, I can't imagine how emotional Copenhagen will be. Ed did mention that for those people going to PJ's festival shows over the next few days, they should take care of each other. So perhaps getting close to the Copenhagen date is starting to hit home with the band. Either way, I hope the crowd in Copenhagen will give extra love back to the band. See you there!

luxpjamer

I think all of us who were there yesterday should be really lucky. That was the best gig ever. The setlist was fantastic, eddie was in a very good mood and the crowd was incredible, to not release a bootleg would be a motherfucking SIN.

The show started with 300km per hours after the 6 first songs I thought I'll gonna die

They opened with sometimes, we had brain of, breath, not for you, believe in miracles ( Hey ho let's go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!),.... I really had the impression that the band enjoyed every minute, fuck, evey second they shared with us. I was so tired at the end of the show that I needed few minutes to sit down to breath again normally.

Did I heard right that even if the sound was shit we were better than London :D

trammeus

Nickrand wrote:

I also have a video of Elderly Woman, which should show up on YouTube soon at this link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUn3iha19LY

Oh, you had a senior position, really!

Edit: the crowd was surely in but a bit OUT of tone :-) (grin)

lastexitlondon

look i am an idiot when it comes to computers as i only just got a digital camara i am gonna try and upload my vid of ledbetter,may need help bare with me

LuthienTinuviel

what a show!!

the organisation really was not that good...we missed the futureheads, but i don't know if this is that bad ...but we still got a good place...not at the floor but on the right side of the stage so we had a great view...

the setlist really was incredible...breath and a highspeed version of solat...rats, sad, not for you, i am mine, why go, in hiding...and a really good crowd (Black!)

the only thing that was not good was the sound...especially during the first songs...we hardly understood what song eddie was singing...but it got better at the end...and some guys from scotland told us that in london the sound was even worse...

can't think of something intelligent now...still pretty tired...because of the after show party

Pearl Jam and toast

that's so fucking weird, I was thinking about how awesome I'm Open would be fully live YESTERDAY probably about the time the show started.

O_O

lastexitlondon

how the hell do i seperate my video into two ,cos its 215mb and 100mb is the upload limit for youtube

moho

lastexitlondon wrote:

how the hell do i seperate my video into two ,cos its 215mb and 100mb is the upload limit for youtube

You might want to slpit it into three then!

lastexitlondon

i dont know how can anyone advise

Obi Once

Even tho my mind is still processing a really great show and I can not think or describe the experience decently, I was extremely happy to talk myself in to the front area after returning from the toilet and getting drinks and my mate all of a sudden managed to get passed the barrier. While waiting to get in I enjoyed the 1st couple of songs with a fellow Dutchman, jumping and singing along. Actually it was a friendly atmosphere the entire evening. After ranting to the security guy that he HAD to let me in, he actually did!

It was great to hear Sometimes as an opener, I've really got into the song just recently.. The songs that followed were intense, loved hearing Brain Of J and completely amazed to hear In Hiding again, after hearing it for the 1st time last year in Antwerp. I was really hoping to hear Sad and got it! I can write about almost every song played, it was an amazing setlist and completely what I had hoped for. Hearing Breathe and SOLAT back to back was amazing and closing 1st the set with my favorite of the last album put a huge smile on my face!

The crowd was really enthusiastic and the band really seemed to have a great time. There was a lot of singing along the whole show, making Miracles, Black, Small Town and Baba a great experience.

That's it for now, my mind is almost shutting down, thanks Pearl Jam for another great show and all the friendly people I met sharing the concert with me and the Germans for being great hosts.

Next stop Nijmegen!

Terri

HI,

this is my first post here, so first of all:

Hello everybody ! I'm from Germany, 35 years old, being a PJ fan right from the beginning.

Well, what can I say. Düsseldorf was my 3rd PJ concert, before I only managed to see them in Berlin 1996 and 2000.

The whole thing started not very well. We (me and a friend) hit the road later than planned and we were stuck in traffic jams all the way. Instead of 2,5 hours we needed about 5 hours (more than 1 hour for the last 2 km, mainly because of the "briliant" organization from the ISS Dome people and the very limited parking spaces).
Anyways, after we found an illegal parking space we approached the venue, grabbing a beer at the gas station and seeing this unbelievable mess outside (all the people standing there in line, waiting to get in). I've never seen s.th. similar ... since it was about 8:40 pm by then already, we thought it was impossible to get in by time to see PJ from the beginning. I have to admit that we walked right to the front doors and sneaked in and we also got tags for the ground floor (?!) and were lucky to make it to the very front part of it, so my mood got better rapidly and I was ready for the show.

There's been everything said about the set list and I rocked the whole show right in front of Eddie, somewhere between the 3rd and the 6th row, depending on the action going on - it was a lot of fun !!! I enjoyed the mood and energy of the band and the crowd really surprised me - and I think PJ as well. So this ended up to be very, very special for everyone and I'll never forget it, hopefully there'll be a bootleg.

On hour way home we were stopped by the police for whatever reason. It turned out to be just a regular control (at three in the morning !!!) - at least one of the officers knew PJ ...

Greetings,
Andreas

PJKnopf

lastexitlondon wrote:

how the hell do i seperate my video into two ,cos its 215mb and 100mb is the upload limit for youtube

...215mb only for YL? In which format did you record?

seagoat2

Don't know if this has been posted yet, don't have time to read the whole thread - a nice review in the L.A. Weekly of Dusseldorf - wish I was there!
(Hope the link works)....

http://blogs.laweekly.com/play/?p=132

bovy_j

I never attended the concert...so my apologies for writing in this thread. But, I looked at the set list and actually said out loud, "HOLY FUCK".

Amazing set list! I hope everyone that attended had an AMAZING time!

Mirella

I had! Still smiling

groetjes,
Mirella

cropdustress

Mirella wrote:

I had! Still smiling

groetjes,
Mirella

Youre always smiling, Mirella
It was great to see you again in London.

Oh, I was gonna say. Im glad the scenography is back. The waves in the back looked amazing in Munich and Poland. So did the surfoboard logos. I assumed they were damaged in the storm in Italy, and missed them in Austria and London. too bad. but now i see thats back up. were the surfboards also there last night?