*** San Francisco III Fanviews 7/18 Here ***

Smithy

kalikat wrote:

um no

i am a girl with dark hair.

nevermind then

Anon

SOLAT... you KY Fillie! You and Brandtley and Mike's balcony kicked it! What a night of utter euphoria! Great to hook up with you guys and thanks again for time in line before the show...

can you say enough about our PJ community of instantaneous friends?

Peace...

PS --
and here's to a Southern tour including your home state, but also Charlotte, Ft. Lauderdale, Dallas, and Phoenix! And hopefully, all days when I'm traveling there for work!

SOLAT319 wrote:

San Fran III was the end of this tour for me.
I have to say, the level of dedication that this band has to their fans....It is unbelieveable. The level of dedication that the fans have to the band and to each other brings a tear to my eyes.
I have met some pretty awesome people this tour, with whom I hope to keep in touch. (You all ROCK!! You know who you are ;-)

Last night had one of the coolest setlists I have ever watched the band play. I just wish that SMILE had not been scratched out from the list....
Best version of SAD, best version of Evenflow, certainly one of the greatest versions of DOWN. And how can we forget the sweet sweet version of MFC!! As for SOLAT, I don't ever remember hearing a bad version. So, last night's was good enough for me to shred my vocal chords over it.
Now it is time to visit the bootlegtown and have a few drinks with the locals.

Little Note to the band, though I know they won't even know that it was posted:
I know you will do another leg for your fans in the South. I know that those stupid rumors are just that: RUMORS. You are not punishing them for anything. I know that you love them and that you know that they love you. And boy, do they ever LOVE you!!!
So don't forget to come and knock our door next Spring down South. How sweet would it be to give New Orleans a rocking show??

slug420

brought my mini-dv camcorder into the show and was able to tape a few songs inclusing evenflow i am mine and ledbetter

still on the road headed to the gorge but when i finally get home next week ill post the high res videos if they came out well...

ACCBootlegGoddess

wow what a phenomenal (sp) show!! I don't have time for a full review right now as I gotta get some sleep before my flight to Portland in the morning. I had front row on the rail, on Stoneys side next to my girls Vedhead27 and Yahamita (girl I hope u found and got yer car back ok). We taped our Stone sign on the rail. He gave us all kinds of love. I got a Jeff Smile and some Ed looks too. Vedhead27 was given the setlist out of nowhere after the show too. She'll tell u all about that when she does her review. Stone was loving me off last night. Every time I looked over he was smiling or staring at me. At the end of the show Stone came out and passed a pick to someone on the rail to my left...then started throwing pick after pick out RIGHT AT ME. The bugger was using me for target practice...just laughing his ass off the whole time. I caught 2 picks...the rest of the time I had my arms up protecting my self from the onslaught while laughing and yelling STOP! STOP! haha. After Stone ran out of picks he looked down at me and apologized before walking offstage. That little shit distruber. Wait till I get to the Portland or the Gorge. I'm gonna make him laugh. I wanna get him back for that but not sure how to do it as of yet.

Anyways...great show. Great 3 shows actually. Wow what setlist. I'm sooooo happy my girl Vedhead27 got Light Years....FINALLY!! I'll try to write more when I get back to Toronto.

heusen

setlist scan...? anyone?

LeftThePorch315

spintheblack37 wrote:

three songs- Crazy Mary Red Mosquito All Along the Watchtower.

My two buddies and I were sitting on the floor arguing about what they would play that and I made the bold prediction of Red Mosquito after some research during my lunch break at work. Needless to say I got a few jeers pointed my way. We will of course come back to this.

I am Mine- WOW, Eddie is amazing.

Release- Some guy said he always wanted to see Release played and not yet. I hope he enjoyed, I had the same feelings a few songs later.

I had also said they would play a lot of Yield and No Code, and Pearl Jam man you came through. Hail Hail, Holy Shit! Untitled, MFC, In Hiding, Do the Evolution, Present Tense, Low Light and of course Red Mosquito!

Red Mosquito- killed, wow. I almost fainted when they started playing this. My friends just looked at me with complete shock. I did not think they could top this moment, HA!

EVEN FLOW, was even better then the nights before.

I was so happy they played Do The Evolution again, it is one of my favorite songs and always remind of this girl so its a perfect jam.

Man of the Hour was a treat for me, it was one of the songs you want them to play but in the jamming set they had I didn't think it was going to happen. But BOOM, thank you Tim Burton, you combined one of my favorite movies with one of my favorite bands.

Crazy Mary, I had a feeling it was going to special. Boom was used the other two days but not to the extent we all knew Boom can be used. I was going to be so dissapointed if they had not played this, instead of playing it they killed it. KUDOS

Last Exit WOW, State of Love and Trust and Leash again WOW WOW

Then the show stopper! Quoting Eddie- We are going to play a song and I believe we are to play the shit of out it. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, that is all I can say. I knew they were going to play a cover but All Along the Watchtower, man oh man. Then the McCready/Eddie antics was even better then the Jim Morrisoon antics of Eddie on Sunday.

Fades to the end of three Pearl Jam concerts in four days and I am really glad they played Yellow Ledbetter one more time. Great way to leave SF.

Thank You Pearl Jam, I am truly blessed for the rest of my life. I am right now listening to SF 1 with a bottle of red wine to honor Eddie so sorry if some shit doesn't make sense.

You make great sense man!!!

Man oh man are we on the same page! Check post #24 in this thread, it's pretty much right on with what you said. My top five (5) Release (4) Red Mosquito (3) Watchtower (2) Crazy Mary (1) Evenflow. With a strong honoarble mention to Presentense.

I can't believe more people aren't talking about Tuesday's Evenflow. I think because it was earlier on before some other awesome moments that might cloud the vision...Crazy Mary, Watchtower and the post-watchtower smashing+surfing... but mark my words, when you all hear the bootleg, you're going to be blown away... BECAUSE THE BAND WAS.

Maybe we were standing on the same spot on the floor? Centerstage, two -three bodies back from the little penninsula jetting out into the audience????

also agree with you on Big Fish. One hell of a film.

AND ALSO with you on the bootleg kick. I downloaded the second show last night, and once I hit play I was very hard to leave the room. Is it a bad thing that I was dancing around the room with my four month old to "F'ing Up" ? ? ?

ds
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Berkeley Halloween 93
SF GG Park 95
San Diego Sports Arena 95
Oakland Coliseum 97
LA Forum 98
Bridge School 2001
Shoreline 2003
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LeftThePorch315

And others...

Ample Jar wrote:

Here are some videos I took during the 3rd SF show. The video quality isn't the best, but there are some good clips...

- the entire "I Am Mine" opener, Ed solo
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDl8QpzbHak

- Stone and the guys getting down during the Crazy Mary jam
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiAwgYhqQOw

- the whole Mike guitar smashing incident and Ed trying to surf it
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5KE2a1m8vg

it's my first time posting on youtube, so let me know if they aren't working.
thanks

Thanks to Ample Jar. She posted this on another thread. I may have some more from friends in a little bit here...

spintheblack37

LeftThePorch315 wrote:

You make great sense man!!!

Man oh man are we on the same page! Check post #24 in this thread, it's pretty much right on with what you said. My top five (5) Release (4) Red Mosquito (3) Watchtower (2) Crazy Mary (1) Evenflow. With a strong honoarble mention to Presentense.

I can't believe more people aren't talking about Tuesday's Evenflow. I think because it was earlier on before some other awesome moments that might cloud the vision...Crazy Mary, Watchtower and the post-watchtower smashing+surfing... but mark my words, when you all hear the bootleg, you're going to be blown away... BECAUSE THE BAND WAS.

Maybe we were standing on the same spot on the floor? Centerstage, two -three bodies back from the little penninsula jetting out into the audience????

also agree with you on Big Fish. One hell of a film.

AND ALSO with you on the bootleg kick. I downloaded the second show last night, and once I hit play I was very hard to leave the room. Is it a bad thing that I was dancing around the room with my four month old to "F'ing Up" ? ? ?

ds
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I was McCready side, stage right probably 15 people back. I think your kid will love F'ing up when they are older you should be fine and proud. Yeah I feel like my life is complete after my four days of bliss. Monday I went to this bar called Dirty Nellys on 25 and Irving and the bartender lets pour our own drinks. So yeah life is pretty good and bootleg for SF 3 is up now, I can't wait to finish work and drink more wine and jam harder.

musicismylife78

just got back from san fran night III. First show ever. I am absolutely stunned. I had fan club tickets and got around 13th row or so, but being that my cousin and I are short we had trouble seeing over the crowd of tall people. We moved to the balcony. Great view and sound. I couldn't have asked for a better setlist. The bad seemed flawless. The drum and extended guitar part in even flow was breathtaking. Hearing Leash was great. All along the watchtower was a real treat. I applaud the ten club. They made the best situation possible, allowing fan club members in early. Very cool. The show was the best concert I have ever seen, and was the best experience of my life. I want to see them next leg, hopefully at the long rumored seattle show late this year or early next year. I was worried about how the band would seem, if I would end up attending show where they were just mediocre, or tired from playing two other nights in san fran. The show was great. Crowd was great. We werent in the main floor crowd but it looked insane down on the floor. Ed and Stone both made mention of taking care of one another. I dont know if they will do another GA show in the future but this was great.

I had no idea their were so many fan club members. The lines for fan club members at the show was insane. But somehow it all worked out.

I have to see them again. This show was transcendent.

dannyschmanny

well this capped out the 4 shows i went to this tour (san diego and all 3 sf shows). this was the third tour i have been a fan club member but the first time ive actually been able to get fanclub tickets. i had been looking forward to all these shows for obvious reasons but at the end of june i had a variety of very negative and BIG things happen to me and these shows all ended up being very positive releases and pick me ups that have brought my spirits back up. this was the best crowd of the 3 sf shows. hard to pick what sf show was best, because they were all specially in their own way. finally getting to hear untitled and red mosquito were highlights. this was definitley a good way to end my viewing of this tour. thank you to all those who attended, although i didnt officially meet anyone through the 4 shows these were the best live crowds i have ever been a part of. and ofcourse a thank you to the band for continuing to be a source of happiness and inspiration. there is no one better. if someone were to write a guideline to be an ideal band/live act...all they would need to write is two words...

pearl jam.

JorBull

I knew we were all part of something really special Tuesday night, but.....WOW!!.......MAN!!......I downloaded the boot this morning, burned it to disc and......FUCK!!......I am one big goosebump right now as I listen to the playback for the first time!! Hearing the coda at the end of "Crazy Mary" again, with Boom and Mike going off, is simply transcendent!! If you weren't at the show and you're looking for that one special boot to burn - trust me - this is it!!!!!!

Zebra10

I wasn't sure what to expect going into this show because after looking at the setlists from the previous two nights the band had played almost everything I had wanted to hear except Glorified G, Brain of J, and Deep. The show was much better than I expected after having compared it to their mediocre and lackluster performance at Shoreline in '03 when they last played the Bay Area. The sound at the Bill Graham Civic is a little funky though and General Admission eliminated seniority seating, the reason why I stay in the fan club and pay now $20 a year. Still an awesome show nonetheless, Sonic Youth was amazing too. Maybe next time PJ comes to the Bay Area they can play a seated or GA show at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley. That place has awesome sound and a much better suited environment for concerts than the Bill Graham Civic. There really isn't too much I should complain out though because PJ rocked my face off at the only show I can attend this tour due to time and money constraints.

acutejam

Just left of the center security tongue, maybe 6 people back, I was the anchor of about four or five six-foot dudes and folks jammed their girls in behind us, poor lassies!

There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief!

Are goat horns really in the PJ vein? I've just naturally gravitated away from the goathorns to the good ol' Hang Loose!

Totally crackin up looking over the set list -- kinda remember singing most of 'em (ya i was that guy too -- totally shredded vocal chords two days later) but was having waaay too much fun to actually remember the songs. Can't wait for the download.

YA! The download is up! I think you're right in that top five (Release, Mosquito, Tower, Mary, Even Flow) -- I just have to give the Crazy Mary the nudge over Evenflow though. Drum solo verse that monster key/guitar jam! CM wins. BOOM!

Those are all fun rocking songs, people connect in different ways (Pearl Jam is Like WoW -- everyone plays for different reasons, finds their own fun, and makes friends) and that's why I love 'em so much -- here in the Bay you can hear PJ on 105.5, 104.7, 107.7 and I've even heard 'em on 103.7 -- full spectrum baby!

But yeah, there's something about the heart-string pullers -- Light Years, Man of the Hour. Yeah that was me sobbing like a baby. Man if they had played All or None, BLACK, Elderly Woman I woulda had to go sit down...You find these songs (or they find you) at points in your life, they resonate. They remind, they remember for you.... And now Parachute, neh?

That which you fear the most, will meet you halfway....

Each and every freakin album they've put out over the last 15 years has just found me at the right point, with the right sentiment, the right punch, the right pat on the shoulder. AVOCADO!

And as I learn more and more songs jamming with my friends, I still come back to my favs, Crazy Mary, Elderly -- which is also why I was so amazed they played Tower, you all are most welcome. THEY PLAYED THAT FOR ME!!!!! Zen, Karmic, Cosmic Alignment thang in extreme! Un-bee-leave-able!

I've been going to shows for 22 years now, seen hundreds of concerts -- all kinds. From James Taylor and Jackson Browne to King Diamond, Sabbath, Stones, Floyd. Seen some amazing Dead shows (Greek, Frost), Bridge shows, seen all the old metal acts in their heydey (And '85 Fastway/Saxon/Iron Maiden at Cow Palace is still one of the reverential ones) -- saw Pearl Jam at Sacto Cal Expo in '95 and that instantly launched up into my Top 5 Shows ever. My first KISS show was at the Civic Center, Motley Crue opened for 'em. Easter sunday I recall...

But Tuesday night, Civic Center, man. Man oh man.
Better than the Dead on NEW YEARS EVE!

Yap, only one way to top that one -- PJ at the Greek, say Summer Solstice time! Can't get more mojo than that!

IT'S RIGHT BEHIND YOU!

kalikat

acutejam wrote:

But Tuesday night, Civic Center, man. Man oh man.
Better than the Dead on NEW YEARS EVE!

LOL!
All they need is balloons tied to the ceiling!!
Its funny, I didn't realize the fans were so connected. It is kind of similar to deadheads (except folks aren't tripping out on LSD all night long - at least none of the folks I saw). Are people doing drugs at these shows? I saw a little bit of green being smoked, but that was about it.

I agree - PJ at the Greek. Lets flood the fanclub with emails begging for it.

They played there once, I think in 95 - is that right? The pit was a mess that night, I couldn't get anywhere near the front. Got a picture, its up in living room, nowhere near the quality that these digital prints are now tho.

Thanks to everyone who is posting their pictures. It is so great to see them.

jammingecono

Some more photos

NY PJ1

also awesome

Anon

Anybody got a pic of Mike sans shirt? I want to check out his Tats and we couldn't see with clarity from the balcony.

Also, according to the sheer # of posts, it looks like Night 2 was the winner of the SF trilogy?

Agreed? I'm personally voting for Tuesday night...

I love the debate, but they were both outstanding : )

acutejam

I dunno, i dunno, now I was only there on Tues, but looking over the Sun set list is sick, lots of other songs I'd have liked to heard, some of my favs - Dissident, Animal, RVM, In My Tree, Blood, aw jeez Last Kiss right there...

And Driftin, just click that, FOUR times played...

But nope ... we got ya! TOWER WITH THREE!!!
TUES FOR THE WIN!

C'mon -- Have you ever seen a cooler pic? THAT'S Tuesday!
http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?p=3531429#post3531429

LeftThePorch315

Sunday's show was heavy with the first three albums (only one song, "Indifference", from albums 5-7).

Tuesday's show had more from albums four through seven.

Great compliments to eachother if you ask me. I don't seperate the two shows. I put them together as one experience.

Download both shows and you'll be very happy.

LeftThePorch315

kalikat wrote:

LOL!
All they need is balloons tied to the ceiling!!
Its funny, I didn't realize the fans were so connected. It is kind of similar to deadheads (except folks aren't tripping out on LSD all night long - at least none of the folks I saw). Are people doing drugs at these shows? I saw a little bit of green being smoked, but that was about it.

I agree - PJ at the Greek. Lets flood the fanclub with emails begging for it.

They played there once, I think in 95 - is that right? The pit was a mess that night, I couldn't get anywhere near the front. Got a picture, its up in living room, nowhere near the quality that these digital prints are now tho.

Thanks to everyone who is posting their pictures. It is so great to see them.

For any of you looking for ammo in your argument as to why Pearl Jam is the greatest rock in roll band of all time:

http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=207245

Inspired by SF 7/16/06 and SF 7/18/06.