How Great Was Bridge School 1999 Featuring Pearl Jam, The Who, Neil Young, etc. 20th Anniversary!?!

YourDirtisMyfood
YourDirtisMyfood Boston Posts: 4,668
edited September 2019 in The Porch
I mean come on!

Neil Young
Pearl Jam
The Who
Smashing Pumpkins
Green Day
Lucinda Williams
Tom Waits
Sheryl Crow
Brian Wilson
Emmylou Harris

Just wow!  Who here on the Ten Club went to this fantastic lineup nearly twenty years ago?

https://www.setlist.fm/search?query=1999+Bridge+School

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Thirteenth-Annual-Bridge-School-Benefit-1999-shirt-Neil-Young-Pearl-Jam-The-Who/264457426824?hash=item3d92e41788:g:ZQwAAOSw3YxdcazV:sc:USPSFirstClass!02740!US!-1




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  • mr bungle
    mr bungle Posts: 1,425
    Yes!! Wife and I drove down from Seattle for those shows. My first Bridge show and first time seeing The Who.  I still maintain it's the best top to bottom lineup that fest ever had.  We had a blast and met many cool fans.  Awesome memories!  Also the debut of NAIS and Thin air if I recall.
  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    edited September 2019
    Great lineup. Awful shirt. 

    Brian Wilson is the biggest legend on that bill and he probably played early on. 
    Post edited by cp3iverson on
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,598
    cp3iverson said:
    Brian Wilson is the biggest legend on that bill and he probably played early on. 


    (Neil Young is)
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    edited September 2019
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    cp3iverson said:
    Brian Wilson is the biggest legend on that bill and he probably played early on. 


    (Neil Young is)

    When Paul McCartney and Tom Petty state that the only musician you can compare Brian Wilson to is Beethoven im going to tend to choose him in this debate :lol:
  • BH87446
    BH87446 Posts: 113
    Dude. It was f**king AMAZING. Severely, disturbingly, unbelievably amazing. I’m so glad I got to be there.
  • Steverthebeliever
    Steverthebeliever Posts: 164
    I was there for night 2...green day arguably stole the show, brian wilson  was great...i believe the who played real early
  • YourDirtisMyfood
    YourDirtisMyfood Boston Posts: 4,668
    mr bungle said:
    Yes!! Wife and I drove down from Seattle for those shows. My first Bridge show and first time seeing The Who.  I still maintain it's the best top to bottom lineup that fest ever had.  We had a blast and met many cool fans.  Awesome memories!  Also the debut of NAIS and Thin air if I recall.
    awesome story and yes for NAIS and Thin Air per FM Setlist.  Must have been amazing.  If only I could sub Tom Petty in there or add him in somehow.
  • YourDirtisMyfood
    YourDirtisMyfood Boston Posts: 4,668
    BH87446 said:
    Dude. It was f**king AMAZING. Severely, disturbingly, unbelievably amazing. I’m so glad I got to be there.

    That is awesome.  Thanks for sharing.
  • YourDirtisMyfood
    YourDirtisMyfood Boston Posts: 4,668
    Steverthebeliever said:
    I was there for night 2...green day arguably stole the show, brian wilson  was great...i believe the who played real early
    I can see Green Day being kickass.  Would've loved to see the Pumpkins acoustic live.  I have some acoustic stuff from them including Landslide where they are quite good.

  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    My local record store has PJ Bridge 99 on vinyl.  Both shows
  • BH87446
    BH87446 Posts: 113
    cp3iverson said:
    My local record store has PJ Bridge 99 on vinyl.  Both shows
    No way! How much are they asking?
  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    BH87446 said:
    cp3iverson said:
    My local record store has PJ Bridge 99 on vinyl.  Both shows
    No way! How much are they asking?
    $32. Its a well known boot.  Never bought it because its sourced from mp3s im sure
  • BH87446
    BH87446 Posts: 113
    Huh, I’ve seen it on cd, just never on vinyl. Too bad if it’s the same mediocre quality boot I’ve already heard...
  • raindog80
    raindog80 Reggio Emilia, Italy Posts: 1,193
    PJ and Tom Waits on the same line up: stellar. 
    "I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things" - Tom Waits
    pearljamonline.it
  • PB11041
    PB11041 Earth Posts: 2,845
    Was Great. Flew in from NYC, was living there at the time.  First time to San Fran (actually now only time).  The only bummer was, my wife was paranoid we would miss our flight how and we had to leave night 2 early.  I am not bitter, only twenty years later.  FUCK!  So missed debut of NAIS.  But overall I saw the Who acoustic twice, when they were still a core band with Ents.  Debut of Thin Air, Footsteps with harmonica, shortest appearances by PJ other than 1992 I think.

    Waits was amazing, Who amazing, Lucinda Williams amazing, and it was a huge treat to hear Brian Wilson. This was Neil to me at the tail end of his second peak.  Nothing can beat Neil solo and Horse in the 1969 to 1978 period, but 1990 to 2000 was damn good and I was fortunate to see him do these shows, a solo show in NYC the next spring and a few shows with the Horse in 1996 and 1997.

    They freaking soundchecked In Hiding! didnt play it sadly.  The betterman from night 2 and footsteps where on the b-side ot the NAIS international release.  The 12 inch is great for those.  I was a stubborn prick back then and did not care for betterman as much but listening back to it in these later years, exceptionally beautiful version.
    His eminence has yet to show. 
    http://www.hi5sports.org/ (Sports Program for Kids with Disabilities)
    http://www.livefootsteps.org/user/?usr=3652

  • YourDirtisMyfood
    YourDirtisMyfood Boston Posts: 4,668
    awesome stories, folks.  Great memories.  I have to keep an eye out for the boot.  Maybe 10C can release a professional sounding vinyl somehow commemorating 20 years with proceeds going to Bridge Benefit?  That'd be cool.
  • PB11041
    PB11041 Earth Posts: 2,845
    YourDirtisMyfood said:
    awesome stories, folks.  Great memories.  I have to keep an eye out for the boot.  Maybe 10C can release a professional sounding vinyl somehow commemorating 20 years with proceeds going to Bridge Benefit?  That'd be cool.
    shoot me a pm, I can get you the board+audience mix 
    His eminence has yet to show. 
    http://www.hi5sports.org/ (Sports Program for Kids with Disabilities)
    http://www.livefootsteps.org/user/?usr=3652

  • shecky
    shecky San Francisco Posts: 2,812
    1999 looks like a great lineup! 2014 stands out in my memory as possibly the best ever, though; Neil Young, Pegi Young and her band, Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys, Tom Jones, Florence + The Machine, Norah Jones and Puss N Boots and Band of Horses. Oh yeah, plus Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and the highly anticipated reunion of Temple of The Dog! The excitement in the air was palpable and when the members all finally began assembling on stage the roof about blew off the place! (even though it was an outdoor amphitheatre and there was no roof...) Remember, this was two years before the 2016 reunion tour so it was very fresh and magical. People really went ape.
  • Steverthebeliever
    Steverthebeliever Posts: 164
    I went to over 20 bridge benefits, some were better than others but all were special shows,  there was nothing like them...an entire collection of pearl jam at the bridge benefit would be a great idea
  • YourDirtisMyfood
    YourDirtisMyfood Boston Posts: 4,668
    Steverthebeliever said:
    I went to over 20 bridge benefits, some were better than others but all were special shows,  there was nothing like them...an entire collection of pearl jam at the bridge benefit would be a great idea
    Great Idea, I'd listen to it.

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