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Favourite Australian Tour Moment? Nearly One Year On

pjfan31pjfan31 Posts: 7,335
edited October 2007 in Given To Fly (live)
I can't believe that it has nearly been one year since Pearl jam toured this Great Southern Land.


I can't pin-point it down to just one. I went to Sydney 1 & 3, and opening with both Release & Betterman were magical, the "experiment" of Nothingman in Sydney 1, Tagging daughter with Beds are burning and also covering I Got You and this sounds completley strange but the atmosphere during Last kiss which Eddie described as a "camp fire" was pretty special.

What is your favourite moment?
Sydney 11/02/2003
Sydney 14/02/2003
Sydney 07/11/2006
Sydney 18/11/2006
Sydney 22/11/2009
EV Sydney 18/03/2011
EV Sydney 19/03/2011
EV Sydney 20/03/2011
Melbourne 24/01/2014
Sydney 26/01/2014
EV Sydney 13/02/2014
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  • Oz JammerOz Jammer Posts: 9,858
    Sydney 1 & 3 were special shows but nothing beats the greatest musical experience of my life, Newcastle :)
  • pjfan31pjfan31 Posts: 7,335
    Oz Jammer wrote:
    Sydney 1 & 3 were special shows but nothing beats the greatest musical experience of my life, Newcastle :)

    Yeh, i love the boot, but wish i could of been there. I hope they come back soon.
    Sydney 11/02/2003
    Sydney 14/02/2003
    Sydney 07/11/2006
    Sydney 18/11/2006
    Sydney 22/11/2009
    EV Sydney 18/03/2011
    EV Sydney 19/03/2011
    EV Sydney 20/03/2011
    Melbourne 24/01/2014
    Sydney 26/01/2014
    EV Sydney 13/02/2014
  • HinnyHinny Posts: 1,610
    Leaving band encounters in Adelaide and Perth aside... I'm not even sure I really see them as highlights above some of my other experiences.

    It's gotta be the picnic amongst new friends at the Myer Music Bowl, before the 2nd Melbourne show.

    Met the band a bunch of times already in 03, so I'm over the whole ohmygod thing. The shows themselves... I enjoy them as much as anyone else, and Newcastle really was something, the occassion was over and above my latest Europe shows and 03, but this tour was all about feeling part of a wider collective for the first time. Well, one this intense, anyway.

    Sydney 1 was a nice meet and greet. But I was still at work, and wasn't quite in touring mode yet. The catchup at Bridie O'Rileys before Melb 1 was great after missing out on Brissie, and so was the post show madness at the bar at Crown Casino. But the goon and cheese picnic at the Music Bowl... that's when I just FELT it for the first time.

    Not to say the Queensbury (Melb), the Premier (Newy), Gus's place (Adelaide) and the Subi car park weren't tops. They were. But the feeling I got at that picnic. Jeez.

    If I have to nominate a show moment, I want to say it's something to do with Newy, but it's really when Gus did SOLAT on the mic for the first time at Melb 1. And after that it's Ed's shoutout to the 3 Interrogators, the Syd 3 Betterman opening, Ivan's request and Ed's shoutout to the van guys in Adelaide, and the I Got You dedication to the travelling bunch in Perth.
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  • HinnyHinny Posts: 1,610
    Scratch all that. The best moment was the look on this girl's face. She's on a wheelchair. She needed a ticket to get into Adelaide 2, with no money, so she was just hanging around at the car park with a sign, hoping for something to happen.

    I had a spare after making an upgrade. I'd been talking to her for a while that afternoon.

    The look on her face when I offered it to her. Mate. That made the entire tour.

    Met her again after the show. Felt good that she got in and got a tambo, but eh, as much as I'm happy that she's happy, there's mates I needed to say goodbye to :(
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  • threefish10threefish10 Posts: 7,392
    Brissie 2 for me, Ed coming out for Slow Night So Long with KOL, he was just so pumped and jumping round smashing the absolute shit out of those tambourines.

    After Ed finished playing a song coming over to me reaching out and almost falling over to hand me his guitar pic.

    Picture in a Frame was brilliant.

    KICK OUT THE JAMS MOTHERFUCKER!!!!!!!

    stone laughing at me for fucking up the words to Yellow Ledbetter(like anyone knows them anyway)

    and at the end as they were leaving the stage Jeff tossing down his sweatband to me.
    condescending and sarcastic since 1980
  • Bangers_n_mashBangers_n_mash Posts: 1,241
    I wasn't at any of these shows but seeing each setlist the day after was joyous!

    I'll have to get some more of the boots.
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  • pjfan31pjfan31 Posts: 7,335
    Bangers'n'mash wrote:
    I wasn't at any of these shows but seeing each setlist the day after was joyous!

    I'll have to get some more of the boots.

    Yeh i like reading setlists the day after too, but it always makes me so jealous.
    Sydney 11/02/2003
    Sydney 14/02/2003
    Sydney 07/11/2006
    Sydney 18/11/2006
    Sydney 22/11/2009
    EV Sydney 18/03/2011
    EV Sydney 19/03/2011
    EV Sydney 20/03/2011
    Melbourne 24/01/2014
    Sydney 26/01/2014
    EV Sydney 13/02/2014
  • DonJonDonJon Posts: 5,089
    The train ride back from Newy the next morning and realising how many good moments in my life the band have given me and pledging to myself to attend more than 4 concerts next time around and make more of an effort to meet fellow hardcore fans!!

    Oh and Nothingman (S3), betterman opener, I got You. The look on my brothers face when they played Ledbetter at Syd 3.

    THE TUDOR INN PENTHOUSE
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me.
  • i like matt.ci like matt.c Posts: 1,122
    DonJon wrote:
    The look on my brothers face when they played Ledbetter at Syd 3.
    The same thing happened to my sister, she almost cried.
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    As good as all the shows were, it would have to be meeting so many awesome people from all over the world and around Oz..... every single one of them just happened to be as mad flaming crazy about this band as I am!!! Funny that :eek:
  • HinnyHinny Posts: 1,610
    DonJon wrote:
    THE TUDOR INN PENTHOUSE
    Oh, that place was golden. Yup, I've seen you, you, you, you, you, you, you.... jeez, is there a single room in here that's not taken by a concert attendee?
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  • illegal pantsillegal pants Posts: 13,471
    ahhhh too many! 'quality' melb 1 seats and a plane back the next day for an exam :eek: :D

    spending adel 1 with a close friend, great memories!! saw U2 together too but pearl jam won ;)

    adelaide 2 - meeting Mike was up there... Jim's satan's bed pillowcase ;)

    and all the mad crazy fans... ha :)
    wah
  • threefish10threefish10 Posts: 7,392
    illegal_pants wrote:
    adelaide 2 - grabbing Mike on the arse was up there... Jim's satan's bed pillowcase ;)

    and all the mad crazy fans... ha :)

    yeah i wish i coulda grabbed mikes arse too.
    condescending and sarcastic since 1980
  • illegal pantsillegal pants Posts: 13,471
    borderline fishy, BORDERLINE!!! :eek:
    wah
  • einatshauleinatshaul Posts: 2,219
    hahahah! :)

    Fatal in Newcastle

    and a long chain of smiles, shoughts, kebabs, beer & goon I can't really tell apart
    I desire peace where I live
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  • threefish10threefish10 Posts: 7,392
    oh i forgot the whole of the front few rows with their arms round each other just swaying back and forth during Black at brissie 1.

    with ed commenting at the end "I've never seen that before." the whole band where really moved after that song.
    condescending and sarcastic since 1980
  • HinnyHinny Posts: 1,610
    Waking up in my hotel room in Melbourne, looking around, seeing like 8 people packed into this neat little room meant for 2 people.
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  • einatshauleinatshaul Posts: 2,219
    threefish10 wrote:
    oh i forgot the whole of the front few rows with their arms round each other just swaying back and forth during Black at brissie 1.

    with ed commenting at the end "I've never seen that before." the whole band where really moved after that song.

    YES! Yes... that was one of the moments... I remember the guys I put my arms around, that Matt guy with the earing :) ...
    I desire peace where I live
    https://www.facebook.com/Bring.Pearl.Jam.To.Israel
  • SpencerSpencer Posts: 867
    Adelaide 1: Black

    Adelaide: "doo doo doo do doo do doo!"

    Ed: "Amen to that!"

    :)
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