Thank You Ten Club, But D.c......

BeGirl

simpleman wrote:

I don't remember seeing you there, but tell me you saw the Ed look-alike before the show, sitting at a table outside. Same hair cut, same facial hair, same fuckin face!!! We called him out on it, and he said " I don't try to look like Ed..."

BULLSHIT!!!

good to hear the Turtle got you good too. We came down from outside of Boston, and had an unreal time.

Ummmm....I'm not even kidding about this, but you may have been talking to my husband. He gets that all the time. LOL People either tell him he looks like Eddie Vedder or a homeless person. If you're standing in front of the Turtle looking at the front door, we were off to the left side.

OTOTO

I won the lottery, and had front row, Stone's side. I was jumping around and dancing the whole time, yet I will say it was hard at first b/c it's surreal to have front row, plus the security guards are right in your face, haha. Anyway, I didn't waste the opporunity at all and did rock out. However, 2nd row had WAY more people dancing around than the first, and I have a feeling the intimidation factor weighs heavily on that.

andrew the legend

I was in section 121 also and could see around and I too felt the front was dead. I cant wait to see what I get tonight and tomorrow. I may be in the hotel pennsylvania hopefully the ten club will supply binochulars.
Just kidding people!

RockMama

simpleman wrote:

well jimbee, I define how people should conduct themselves at a concert. That's exactly why I started this thread. I now realize I could be wrong!! I also realize that the average PJ fan is now well into their thirties and out of shape. Yes, that is a description of me also, but I always find a way to bring the beginning feeling of Pearl Jam back. I personally just could not imagine standing there, staring at Ed. Now I know, thanks to you and some others, that I should not judge..... Like I said before, I'll wait patiently for MSG and Mansfield, because in the original thread I WAS pointing my finger at the D.C. crowd, not every crowd.....

30!! lol I am 54 (and I did not stand still or sit down). There were people around me older than that.

bearfoot61

If this has been discussed, I apologize I've looked. Does anyone know the story of the young kid who jammed with the band during All Along the Watchtower. I was sitting about 22 rows back on the floor and he appeared to jump on stage from the audience and I saw a security guard on Mike's side who looked like he was ready to go and get him until Eddie starting talking to him, but boy that kid looked like he was floating. What an awesome experience. Anyone know the story?

bearfoot61

Regarding the comments on the fan club seats. My friend has been in 10C since about 1992 and we always do PJ together. I was thrilled with our row V seats, but quite honestly, I couldn't see any of Mike or Jeff. Very little of Stone because of all the tall men in front of us. The good news is I could see Eddie straight on but only from the waist up. Since I doubt if anyone ever relinquishes their fan club membership and thus allow us to move up, I think next time, I will forego 10c seats and get seats on the side. You won't hear me complain because a PJ concert is like nothing else, but I was kinda jealous of the people who, because the seats are staggered upwards could see the entire stage and the entire performances. The comment my friend made was "these are the best seats we've ever had, but the worst view". I still don't understand why a venue like Verizon Center doesn't have jumbotron viewing. Is that a PJ thing? I've never gone to any other concerts there. Regarding fan enthusiasm, I didn't see many people that weren't getting into the music, but there were a few. I know they were moving and jumping enough to obstruct my view. I was able, though, to get some of those tall men to take me some awesome pictures of Eddie over the crowd.

Thanks Guys, you rock as usual. Still one of the only bands I know that has been doing this for so long and gets better and more enthusiastic every time I see them. Back in the day, Eddie rarely raised his eyes to look at the crowd. It's so fun to watch them having fun.

Cosmo

I don't worry about how other people act at shows... All I want is to have a great time. If some people want to stand there and absorb the experience... ain't my business. In fact, I would rather be next to them than some first round 'American Idol' reject flayling his arms and singing all of the songs into my ears.
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For me... having a great times does not mean dancing and screaming out the lyrics at the top of my lungs. I mean, sometimes I dance... but, trust me, you don't want to hear me singing.

mojamom

RockMama wrote:

30!! lol I am 54 (and I did not stand still or sit down). There were people around me older than that.

Finally--- nice to see the 50 & over crowd represented here! This thread reminds me of the first time I saw PJ... people might have thought I wasn't a "real fan" because I wasn't jumping up and down and all around. I was just really into the music and getting to know the band. Now, I know I don't have to excercise on a PJ Concert day--- I get my workout at the show! Still, I don't judge others if they aren't as animated as I am. We all began somewhere. :-)

RockMama

I went to 9 shows and lost 12 pounds!