*** Zagreb Fanviews Here 26/09 ***

cropdustress

civ_eng_girl wrote:

OH my GOD, Sid !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i've got tears in my eyes, reading this.........

i'm so, so, so, so happy for you.... :D:D:D:D

i can't imagine how exciting that must have been :eek:

Oh Kristin, Im crying right now. I miss them so much.
I am so proud they played in my effing country...even though the venue is crap, haha, but the show was THE BEST of the 6 ive seen this tour. OMG!!!

I gotta talk to you soon. PJ withdrawal, I need ALL my PJ friends NOW. :(

dreadis

Here you go, people.....the two most wanted clips from the Zagreb show:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gutzmTHhrG0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR4dhIgkhcA

Enjoy...

C2V3N

here you go porch-ed climbing on scale 3,5 mins

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR4dhIgkhcA


thanks to dreadis

InMyTreeZgb

the best day of my life;)the atmosphere,eddie&my friends....wanted to never leave that place

striker

can anyone tell me approximately how many people attended this show? the stadium seemed full..

InMyTreeZgb

over 8000 fanatic fans

given to grunge

striker wrote:

can anyone tell me approximately how many people attended this show? the stadium seemed full..

cca 9000 people!


I still can't believe!!!!!!

burtschips

given to grunge wrote:

cca 9000 people!


I still can't believe!!!!!!

freakin amazing!!!!! all or none, thin air.... Porch which was soooo explosive, ed did his monkey tricks and looked pretty crazed up there, was in front of stone and boom... all or none solo, my no 1 highlight perhaps.

Omar_Jam

congratulations croatians... fuckin amazing set list!!... education, all or none, thin air... fuck!

pajo

Well, we promised more posts when we get our thoughts together and even though that has not happened yet , we're ready for new posts!
And if all of the posts about the setlist, the band, the crowd and everything else were not enough, we're gonna give you more by posting some personal stories about us and our new friends, the PJ fans from the 'PJ in Belgrade' thread.
So, most of us got to know each other through this thread and a PJ thread on a Croatian forum, we met on various shows leading up to Zagreb, and also the night before Vienna (a lot of us went to that one too), and spent all day toghether before the show. And these are the fan highlights:
CROPDUSTRESS was on the tour bus for a while, carried the Croatian flag before each show and during the shows. She then gave it to SILJO who threw it to Ed in Vienna and this is the flag Ed put on the stage for all to see during the 2nd encore. SILJO came up with the idea to throw ZAGREB t-shirts to the stage on all the shows from Bologna to Zagreb which we all did and which proved to be successful in Vienna when Mike and Jeff took the t-shirts, Jeff displayed his on his amp and they had the t-shirts on their shoulders when leaving the Vienna concert. SILJO wanted to let Jeff know that we appreciate his Three fish song entitled 'Zagreb' so he mimicked the name of the band to Jeff which included impersonating a fish and made Jeff laugh his ass off! JURASICA and her friend SINTIJA went to the trouble of making a 12 meter long banner (Jurasica also devised a new word in English, transparent - you should ask her for instructions on pronunciation ), which said 'Can't find a better jam' (a line the Zagreb fans came up with during their 1st meeting) and which is one of the more reported details from the show (it was in most of the articles about the show). PAJO and IVA (this is us) prepared a 1 meter wide yellow banner with black letters which we held up from the first row in Vienna and which said 'Zagreb awaits' so that the guys would feel welcome (they all laughed, Ed pointed at us, replied by saying 'me too' and toasted us).
AND last but far away from least, ELCIELO came up with the idea for a present for the band and then went to all the trouble to organise everything (which included several trips across our town to get things done). The pens were chosen because the ball point pen was invented by a Croatian guy so we got them a pen for each band member (Boom also, of course) which had their name engraved and on the other side a text saying 'zagreb, 9/26/2006, come back'. The artwork on the accompanying card was done by a fan from Poland (don't know your nick, sorry). C2V3N kept us constantly updated with all the possible PJ news on both the Croatian forum and the message pit.
And this is just to name a few names of just a few fans who helped Zagreb greet PJ the way you should with such a band! There were a lot of other fans from Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Slovenia, Macedonia and other countries who helped us make PJ fell welcome in Croatia.
A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL THE FANS!

I know this post is way too long and I apologise, but this is truly a fanview!

finalni

Omar_Jam wrote:

congratulations croatians... fuckin amazing set list!!... education, all or none, thin air... fuck!

Thank you. (btw, in English, we're Croats)

I also want to thank to C2V3N, pajo, cropdustress, siljo, sintija, Iva, elcielo and all other fans who helped on making band members feel welcomed in Zagreb.

vedran

This says it all, I guess...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wXmNGA5LVU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjP9CJ4aYv4

Pegasus

vedran wrote:

This says it all, I guess...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wXmNGA5LVU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjP9CJ4aYv4

the most fucked up Betterman of the whole tour!!
at least it made it a bit interesting (sorry, getting tired of it....never thought I'd say that before this tour)

vedran

http://foto.muzika.hr/thumbnails.php?album=113

Pegasus

ok, for my 999 post:

I'm soooo glad I went, despite the huge expense of last minute travel.

It wasn't quite long enough to make it to my birthday, but hell, it was a great Birthday present nonetheless!
the first show in a while that I came out of with the same stupid grin as my first one! (not that I didn't enjoy the others...)

Good atmosphere (we were worried it was going to be really rough at first, but it turned out tight but fair...kind of like Reading..less tight obviously). The fact it was on an ice ring was good in the end...would have been as hot as Bologna otherwise!!
Security was somewhere between Barcelona and Italy :rolleyes:... luckily the crowd was less rough..

Great setlist (as good as Marseille..which I missed..though not as many I REALLY wanted to hear...still missing Red Mosquito, Dirty Frank, Glorified G...and RATS, bloody Rats still not played!!!)....the main set was great but the first encore was absolutely wicked, in an emotional way!!

Talking of emotional: thanks Sid for translating...and for being just so enthusiastic..hope we'll see you next year and I get to know you better!

Thanks a million times to Mike for being such a nice guy...we made little name tags as a joke (thanks Melissa for giving us the idea..didn't seem to tickle them as much as we hoped but still)...'Time to Introduce Ourselves' sign...as it was the last day of the bus and so most of the regular's...Mike asked for his...which I threw him and he wore during the main set...before throwing me the shirt it was pinned on

Great version of Blood..I'm really getting into that song!
Completely messed up version of Betterman..we went in way too early and it took a while to get back on track..fun though.

Eddie going WAY UP the rafters..Pistoia was child's play in comparaison (but then the wife and kid being in attendance there)..a bit scary though.. after the massive splash in Milan, I'm always worried when he does something like that!

Then he coming down in the crowd on RITFW..Gitta had a big sign asking for a tambo..and he gave it to the guy right next to her!!! finally saw the sign when back on stage..with no tambourine left..she got a pick...and cried endlessly after the show...that promises for Athens!! Was hoping someone would be consoling ME then!! looks like we're going to be crying on each other's shoulder!

Great show, great birthday...so sad everyone is gone :(...Stian, Pin, Rob, Carlos, Randall, etc ... hope to see you very soon, Athens won't be the same without you guys and gals!!!

Almost finished but what a send off!!

Anon

vedran wrote:

OK, i'll just copy/paste this from the other Zagreb thread i posted in. hope u don't mind:

What a night, what a night, what a night.
What a show, what a show, what a show.

That's all I can say.

I haven't seen much Pearl Jam shows, this was my third, but I've seen everything, form BB King through ZZ TOP to Franz Ferdinand.This was best show ever. And I'm not even a die hard Peral Jam fan.

Thank you boys. Thank you very much. Please do come back sometime....

P.S
I was SO glad, as a citizen of Croatia, and as a Croat - if you will, to see so many people form all around the world. Scandinavia, New Zealand, Ireland, Britain... USA...
And especially I was happy to see so many ex Yugoslavs at the show. I was in the company of some Bosnians, but I've noticed Serbians to... And I've noticed a Macedonian flag...
Hope you all had a great time! Peace!!!

PhotoGallery:
http://www.vecernji-list.hr/newsroom/scena/640793/showPhotoSerie.do

Thanks for sharing!!

dante76

vedran wrote:

This says it all, I guess...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wXmNGA5LVU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjP9CJ4aYv4

YESSSSS!!!!
One of the numerous highlights from the Zagreb show...I've been waiting for somebody to post this, thank you!!! One of the best Betterman experiences ever! Can't wait for the boot...

given to grunge

been in the 2nd row in front of mike (got his yellow pick) and eddie!
still can't get wake up to reality... I want more, a lot more

GirlOnALedge

It's already been said, but it can't be said enough ... it was unforgettable!
The first time I saw Pearl Jam live, after being a fan for so long! I took my younger brother with me and I hope he'll become so addicted to PJ as I am.

That was one show I wished would have never ended! I am still not back to reality ... Ed was so passionate like back in the 90's. RITFW was out of this world! When they hit the stage, the crowd went nuts. Especially people around me were really crazy, so I fell on the floor, but someone behind me put me back on my feet. Thanx for that!

I had the time of my life! See you next time!

ezekiels_oblivion

it was just overwhelming... the best concert ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Maybe just a cuple of songs missing such as crazy mary, daughter, garden, faithfull but I'm holdin' to Ed's words: ''See you next year!'' I wouldn't miss it for the world!!! That's my guiding thought for this year...