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PJ: Footsteps! Best story of my life

JimBerkellJimBerkell Posts: 579
edited June 2008 in The Porch
The Columbia show was soo amazing. Best PJ show I have been to hands down. Sad! Red Mosquito! Indifference! Footsteps! F'n WMA!!!!!!!! Winning the lottery and getting second row seats with a 315xxx was just unbelievable! Thank you so much Ten Club!

The coolest thing happened during Footsteps. After Ed finished using his harmonica, he kept pointing at my girfriend and got the ground crew to get her his harmonica!!!! I was frozen in sheer amazement!(Maybe a little jealous too!.... ;) ) He was in just such an amazing mood and I'll never forget it. It just shows how much the band cares about it's fans!

Sidenote: There was this pregnant lady in the front row and Mike kept checking on her, giving her water bottles and even the setlist from their first set.

This has to be the greatest band on the planet hands down!!

Thank you PJ for the best night of my life and having the music that's kept me going through all the good and hard times!

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"You could have licked the lips of God, but you chose the pavement..." ~ These Arms Are Snakes
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  • InHiding19InHiding19 Posts: 2,385
    man that's pretty cool she got his harmonica..........man fucken footsteps is the shit
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  • JimBerkellJimBerkell Posts: 579
    After they played Alive I was almost hoping for Once. Knew it wouldn't happen but I hoped. Hahaha
    "You could have licked the lips of God, but you chose the pavement..." ~ These Arms Are Snakes
  • decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,977
    awesome...awesome...awesome!
    i keep posting that today :p...but it's just soooo true! fantastic for you! what a show, 2nd row, AND your GF got ed's harmonica? beautiful!





    i remember boston 2004....night 2...me and jamainiac were 2nd row dead center behind the stage - first/only time for that - pretty cool perspective. ed gave his tamborine to this couple *right* next to us.......:( they weren't even fans, were like wtf?! :o damnnnnnn. however, matt's tech gave me his setlist, so that was damn cool. :)
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  • JimBerkellJimBerkell Posts: 579
    Mike threw out so many picks at us. I have 5. Which is exactly how many shows I've been to. We tried to give out picks to all the people around us who were really into the music, aka the true fans. They are yellow picks that have a dog face on front with MIKE above it, and then another version of the same dog w/ McCREADY below on the backside.

    It was such a smaller stage than I'm used to seeing, so being in front of Mike was like being a few feet from Ed and Jeff. It was awesome. I was front row at Kissimmee, FL on the '04 tour and in front of Mike and it seemed like Ed and stone were much further away.
    "You could have licked the lips of God, but you chose the pavement..." ~ These Arms Are Snakes
  • upina2001upina2001 Indiana Posts: 764
    were you also at Tampa & WPB?

    If so, I saw your sign.

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  • finnanniefinnannie Posts: 1,186
    beautiful :) PJ Rocks. the best band in the world.
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  • ?ing my education?ing my education Posts: 313
    JimBerkell wrote:
    The show was soo amazing. Best PJ show I have been to hands down. Sad! Red Mosquito! Indifference! Footsteps! F'n WMA!!!!!!!! Winning the lottery and getting second row seats with a 315xxx was just unbelievable! Thank you so much Ten Club!

    The coolest thing happened during Footsteps. After Ed finished using his harmonica, he kept pointing at my girfriend and got the ground crew to get her his harmonica!!!! I was frozen in sheer amazement!(Maybe a little jealous too!.... ;) ) He was in just such an amazing mood and I'll never forget it. It just shows how much the band cares about it's fans!

    Sidenote: There was this pregnant lady in the front row and Mike kept checking on her, giving her water bottles and even the setlist from their first set.

    This has to be the greatest band on the planet hands down!!

    Thank you PJ for the best night of my life and having the music that's kept me going through all the good and hard times!


    I remember seeing that! Congrats to your girlfriend! I did notice that Mike kept giving water bottles to someone in front of him but couldn't tell that it was a pregnant lady. That so fkn cool.
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  • JimBerkellJimBerkell Posts: 579
    upina2001 wrote:
    were you also at Tampa & WPB?

    If so, I saw your sign.

    Wish I could have been there. I'm too poor. :(
    "You could have licked the lips of God, but you chose the pavement..." ~ These Arms Are Snakes
  • boogiemanboogieman Posts: 49
    I was there - and it was special. Ed was vibing something heavy for sure- he was emotional - much more than ususal- and finding solace in the smiling faces of the crowd and he mentioned it a few times.

    Flying into a place you've never been and being welcomed at Will Call with 4th row center did not suck either!

    Kudos to the "stowaways" next to me - a great couple who snuck down the floor with their daughter and rocked out all night. How cool would it be to have your parents do that for you?! They scored a pick as well.

    Great vibe, great crowd and another evening courtesy of a band that cares for its fans.

    We are the lucky ones....thanks for sharing your story!
    Perfect lefts come rolling in...loyal believer since '92
  • JimBerkellJimBerkell Posts: 579
    Here's a pic of the harmonica and pic, with the stickers from the tour.. I'll post it in my main post.

    http://img395.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pj08090smallzu4.jpg
    "You could have licked the lips of God, but you chose the pavement..." ~ These Arms Are Snakes
  • JimBerkellJimBerkell Posts: 579
    boogieman wrote:
    I was there - and it was special. Ed was vibing something heavy for sure- he was emotional - much more than ususal- and finding solace in the smiling faces of the crowd and he mentioned it a few times.

    Flying into a place you've never been and being welcomed at Will Call with 4th row center did not suck either!

    Kudos to the "stowaways" next to me - a great couple who snuck down the floor with their daughter and rocked out all night. How cool would it be to have your parents do that for you?! They scored a pick as well.

    Great vibe, great crowd and another evening courtesy of a band that cares for its fans.

    We are the lucky ones....thanks for sharing your story!

    I bet those stowaways will never forget it! I had friends in row 119, they were so jealous of my floor seats. :P
    "You could have licked the lips of God, but you chose the pavement..." ~ These Arms Are Snakes
  • U R A Crazy BreedU R A Crazy Breed Posts: 8,370
    holy fucking shit!!! these set lists make me wish i was rich enough to see every show!!

    (not that i didn't already feel that way, it just hurts more now)

    congrats on a night you will remember for ever!!

    10c is the shiznit!!
  • JimBerkellJimBerkell Posts: 579
    Crazy Breed wrote:
    holy fucking shit!!! these set lists make me wish i was rich enough to see every show!!

    (not that i didn't already feel that way, it just hurts more now)

    congrats on a night you will remember for ever!!

    10c is the shiznit!!

    Me too! Man I wish I had the money to do that....
    "You could have licked the lips of God, but you chose the pavement..." ~ These Arms Are Snakes
  • red0dotred0dot Posts: 5
    boogieman wrote:
    Flying into a place you've never been and being welcomed at Will Call with 4th row center did not suck either!

    I was in row 5 behind you! I had a yellow Binaural shirt on.
    "Northwest meets Southeast. I hope you've enjoyed the altercation". -Atlanta, 09/01/98
  • DirtyGin NYDirtyGin NY Posts: 11
    Eddie did seem to be in a great mood. Saw mike give out the water, wasnt sure to who. It always nice to see Mike so animated and Stone so reserved.
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  • JimBerkellJimBerkell Posts: 579
    DirtyGin NY wrote:
    Eddie did seem to be in a great mood. Saw mike give out the water, wasnt sure to who. It always nice to see Mike so animated and Stone so reserved.

    But damn if Stone doesn't jam the hell out on DTE!!!!
    "You could have licked the lips of God, but you chose the pavement..." ~ These Arms Are Snakes
  • DirtyGin NYDirtyGin NY Posts: 11
    Hey where abouts in GA are you?? I just moved down 8 months ago.
    SPAC 8/4/92
    Rochester 4/7/94
    Mansfield 9/15/98
    SPAC 8/27/00
    Albany 4/29/03
    Mansfield 7/3/03
    Mansfield 7/11/03
    Hershey 7/12/03
    Albany 5/12/06
    Columbia 6/16/08
  • JimBerkellJimBerkell Posts: 579
    DirtyGin NY wrote:
    Hey where abouts in GA are you?? I just moved down 8 months ago.

    Downtown Augusta, Ga.... it was too awesome to be only an hour away from Columbia.
    "You could have licked the lips of God, but you chose the pavement..." ~ These Arms Are Snakes
  • spinDrAtlspinDrAtl Posts: 109
    I saw the harmonica deal - very cool. I was in row 4, just to the right.

    I caught the wristband Matt threw out - has 'Pearl Jam' on one side and 'MC' on the other.
    So this is what it's like to be an adult.

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  • cuyler41cuyler41 Posts: 387
    Awsome story, this is why the lottery thing is so freakin cool!
  • JimBerkellJimBerkell Posts: 579
    spinDrAtl wrote:
    I saw the harmonica deal - very cool. I was in row 4, just to the right.

    I caught the wristband Matt threw out - has 'Pearl Jam' on one side and 'MC' on the other.

    So awesome! I saw you catch that! Hahaha... I loved it; as Matt was running off stage he pretended to take his shoe off to throw to the crowd.
    "You could have licked the lips of God, but you chose the pavement..." ~ These Arms Are Snakes
  • JimBerkellJimBerkell Posts: 579
    DirtyGin NY wrote:
    Hey where abouts in GA are you?? I just moved down 8 months ago.

    Oh I remembered after read where you're from in NY..., and after Camden 1 '06 I drove up through NY to spend a week in Canada... the mountains in NY were gorgeous!!! It was surreal. We kept wanting to stop and take pictures of the scenery but we didn't get the chance.
    "You could have licked the lips of God, but you chose the pavement..." ~ These Arms Are Snakes
  • i am a targeti am a target Posts: 808
    mike did give a signed setlist to a pregnant lady (she was in the seat next to mine)...she and her husband were really cool btw. mike also gave her a bottle of water.

    someone asked her when she was due. her response:

    this week.

    now that, my friends, is commitment.
  • JimBerkellJimBerkell Posts: 579
    hobbes wrote:
    mike did give a signed setlist to a pregnant lady (she was in the seat next to mine)...she and her husband were really cool btw. mike also gave her a bottle of water.

    someone asked her when she was due. her response:

    this week.

    now that, my friends, is commitment.

    I had no idea he signed it. I just saw him give her his setlist. That is so damn awesome of him!! And she was due in a week?!?... that is some PJ dedication!
    "You could have licked the lips of God, but you chose the pavement..." ~ These Arms Are Snakes
  • DirtyGin NYDirtyGin NY Posts: 11
    JimBerkell wrote:
    Oh I remembered after read where you're from in NY..., and after Camden 1 '06 I drove up through NY to spend a week in Canada... the mountains in NY were gorgeous!!! It was surreal. We kept wanting to stop and take pictures of the scenery but we didn't get the chance.

    I lived in Saratoga Springs...just outside the Adirondack Park. Yeah it is beautiful country. I'm now outside of Atlanta, very near Marietta.
    SPAC 8/4/92
    Rochester 4/7/94
    Mansfield 9/15/98
    SPAC 8/27/00
    Albany 4/29/03
    Mansfield 7/3/03
    Mansfield 7/11/03
    Hershey 7/12/03
    Albany 5/12/06
    Columbia 6/16/08
  • JimBerkellJimBerkell Posts: 579
    DirtyGin NY wrote:
    I lived in Saratoga Springs...just outside the Adirondack Park. Yeah it is beautiful country. I'm now outside of Atlanta, very near Marietta.

    Not exactly the most exciting change of scenery. Hah! But Marietta is much nicer than Atlanta(no offense to the Atl fans), and a million times better than Augusta. Savannah is a gorgeous place though, probably the only one in GA. It just gets worse as you go south, atleast til you hit the Florida border.
    "You could have licked the lips of God, but you chose the pavement..." ~ These Arms Are Snakes
  • DirtyGin NYDirtyGin NY Posts: 11
    JimBerkell wrote:
    Not exactly the most exciting change of scenery. Hah! But Marietta is much nicer than Atlanta(no offense to the Atl fans), and a million times better than Augusta. Savannah is a gorgeous place though, probably the only one in GA. It just gets worse as you go south, atleast til you hit the Florida border.

    uhhh...thanks BTW the pizza absolutely sucks in this entire state. Just wrappin things up around the house, moving sucks. I was hoping for a surprise show in ATL somewhere around Roo and Columbia. I will miss living in the Northeast becasue they get way more shows. I could go to PA, Boston or NYC easy. Although I never got to a MSG show.
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    Rochester 4/7/94
    Mansfield 9/15/98
    SPAC 8/27/00
    Albany 4/29/03
    Mansfield 7/3/03
    Mansfield 7/11/03
    Hershey 7/12/03
    Albany 5/12/06
    Columbia 6/16/08
  • High Fidelity 2000High Fidelity 2000 New Mexico USA Posts: 4,435
    Good story, that is awesome. Pretty great set at that show too!!!!
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  • pearljamgirl07pearljamgirl07 Posts: 792
    JimBerkell wrote:
    The Columbia show was soo amazing. Best PJ show I have been to hands down. Sad! Red Mosquito! Indifference! Footsteps! F'n WMA!!!!!!!! Winning the lottery and getting second row seats with a 315xxx was just unbelievable! Thank you so much Ten Club!

    The coolest thing happened during Footsteps. After Ed finished using his harmonica, he kept pointing at my girfriend and got the ground crew to get her his harmonica!!!! I was frozen in sheer amazement!(Maybe a little jealous too!.... ;) ) He was in just such an amazing mood and I'll never forget it. It just shows how much the band cares about it's fans!

    Sidenote: There was this pregnant lady in the front row and Mike kept checking on her, giving her water bottles and even the setlist from their first set.

    This has to be the greatest band on the planet hands down!!

    Thank you PJ for the best night of my life and having the music that's kept me going through all the good and hard times!

    http://img395.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pj08090smallzu4.jpg

    good for you!!!:)I hope they come back to south america and I could start a thread like this anyway I'm glad for you:)
    "You're the eve of my destruction in the garden of fears"
  • JimBerkellJimBerkell Posts: 579
    pearljamgirl07 wrote:
    good for you!!!:)I hope they come back to south america and I could start a thread like this anyway I'm glad for you:)

    They seemed to love it there. I bet they'll be back.. how soon? who knows... So many places, so little band.
    "You could have licked the lips of God, but you chose the pavement..." ~ These Arms Are Snakes
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