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*** ACL Festival Fanviews Here 10/04/09 **

SeaSea Posts: 3,108
edited March 2010 in Given To Fly (live)
October 4, 2009 Austin City Limits, Austin, Texas

Set List: Why Go, (Interstellar Overdrive)/Corduroy, Got Some, Not For You/(Modern Girl by Sleater Kinney), Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Given To Fly, World Wide Suicide, Even Flow, Unthought Known, Daughter/(WMA), Hail Hail, Insignificance, Present Tense, State Of Love And Trust, The Fixer, Go

Encore: Jazz Odyssey, Red Mosquito w/Ben Harper, Do The Evolution, The Real Me, Alive, Mountain Song w/Perry Farrell, Rockin' In The Free World




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  • alesekalesek Posts: 809
    MOUNTAIN SONG WITH PERRY FARRELL !!! Tell me more!
    14/6/00 Prague 22/9/06 Prague 12/6/07 Munich 15/8/09 Berlin 22/06/10 Dublin 23/06/10 Belfast 30/06/10 Berlin 26/06/12 Amsterdam 02/07/12 Prague 04/07/12 Berlin 05/07/12 Berlin 07/07/12 Stockholm 09/07/12 Oslo 10/07/12 Copenhagen 25/6/14 Vienna 26/6/14 Berlin 1/7/18 Prague 3/7/18 Krakow 5/7/18 Berlin
  • bigbadbillbigbadbill Posts: 1,758
    Why only three Backspacer songs (Got Some, Unthought Known, The Fixer)? You'd thing with Backspacer being the new album, they would play more from that.
    11/6/95, 11/18/97, 7/13/98, 7/14/98, 10/24/00, 10/25/00, 10/28/00, 6/2/03, 6/3/03, 6/5/03, 7/6/06, 7/7/06, 7/9/06, 7/10/06, 7/13/06, 7/15/06, 7/16/06, 7/18/06, 10/21/06, 4/10/08, 4/13/08, 9/30/09, 10/1/09, 10/6/09, 10/7/09, 10/9/09
  • jodijodi Posts: 183
    bigbadbill wrote:
    Why only three Backspacer songs (Got Some, Unthought Known, The Fixer)? You'd thing with Backspacer being the new album, they would play more from that.

    It was a festival I think..
    There's a light,... when my baby's in my arms...
    And I know she's reached my heart,... in thin air
  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,952
    bring on more of the Neil Young!
    Van '98, Sea I+II '00, Sea '01, Sea II '02, Van '03, Gorge, Van, Cal, Edm '05, Bos I+II, Phi I+II, DC, SF II+III, Port, Gorge I+II '06, DC, NY I+II '08, Sea I+II, Van, Ridge , LA III+IV' 09, Indy '10, Cal, Van '11, Lond, Van, Sea '13, Memphis '14, RRHOF '17, Sea I+II '18, Van I+II, Vegas I+II, Sea I+II '24
  • JL3210JL3210 Posts: 4
    If Pearl Jam wasn't compressed by time, or it was their show only, they would have a normal setlist. Not too many songs, but every night is something different, not many, or if any band does that. Need more dates for TX please!!!
  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,833
    coming down the mountain


    Id love to hear that
  • Hatfield78Hatfield78 Posts: 69
    Get_Right wrote:
    coming down the mountain


    Id love to hear that

    Can't wait to hear how this was. Nice that Pearl Jam is still surprising us. I hope they got Stone's guitar sounding right for this one!
  • MM370MM370 Posts: 3
    edited October 2009
    Why Go, Corduroy, Got Some, Not For You (Modern Girl), Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town, Given to Fly, World Wide Suicide, Even Flow, Unthought Known, Daughter (WMA), Hail Hail, Insignificance, Present Tense, State of Love and Trust, The Fixer, Go, Jazz Odyssey, Red Mosquito (w/ Ben Harper), Do the Evolution, The Real Me, Alive, Mountain Song (w/ Perry Farrell), Rockin in the Free World

    The show was fantastic. Full of raw energy. Very memorable show. Ed spoke several times. The band was tight. Following Red Mosquito, Ed asked the crew member to 'hold up' so he could show the crowd the stool he was sitting on. He said he's been using it since 95, anytime he sits down on stage. He lifted it up to show the crowd it had a UT Longhorn logo on it. The band sounded amazing. Ed mentioned how large the crowd was. He also referenced the burn unit in San Antonio for veterans of Iraq an Afghanistan - he mentioned having 100 service men and women present at the show, who were watching the band on stage left. The band thanked them. Ed said the band had been in Austin over the last 3 days and were thankful for the many gifts they had received while here....he said that he wasn't going home until he was as muddy as the crowd (the festival grounds were completely covered in mud). Ed talked about how good The Dead Weather and Crooked Vultures were. This was our first ACL Festival. It was so well done. Cap Metro did a phenomenal job with the shuttles. Ed talked about how they filmed a session of the Austin City Limits television show while in town.
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  • C MazzC Mazz Posts: 1
    I'm crushed! I had to give up ACL Tickets because of a financial setback. I haven't seen PJ since I moved here from Cali several years ago. Please guys come to Dallas soon. I MISS YOU!
    CMazz
  • Steve DunneSteve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    hoping to catch mountain song on youtube...must have been great!
    I love to turn you on
  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    Had I been following this show online, instead of 50 feet from Mike McCready, I probably would have had the following reaction:

    Ho Hum. Greatest Hits setlist. Yawn.

    But, as we all know, there's just something different about being there. Even the songs you've heard dozens of times before can sound new and fresh, and make you feel like the first time you heard them.

    And sometimes, it's good to go back to your first love, and remember that thing that made us all fall in love with this band so many years ago. It wasn't because we liked "Dirty Frank." It was because we liked "Alive." Greatest hits are hits for a reason, after all.

    So, though I would have loved to hear some rarities (or at least Off He Goes, dammit), and though the set was woefully short on Backspacer songs, I can't say I was disappointed.

    Sometimes, it's better to have 75,000 people scream "Hello" or pump their fists to the "Alive" outro, then to have 74,500 people stare blankly at "Bee Girl."

    All the old songs were just great. And it was nice to be reintroduced to them again. Loved "Not For You." Loved "Hail, Hail." Loved, loved, loved "Present Tense," which is turning into a greatest hit over the last few tours.

    It had been 14 years since Pearl Jam last rocked Austin -- too long, Ed noted ("What the fuck were we thinking?") I couldn't help but approach the show with a little bit of nostalgia, to step back and pretend I was seeing this band for the first time. It was just cool to see Stone and Jeff, practically nose-to-nose, jamming out on Alive -- a song they'd been playing together since before it was even called "Alive."

    Speaking of Stoney ... what has gotten into that guy? It started last year at the Rock Honors ... he actually started to move around while playing. I don't know if it's the longish hairdo, but that dude fuckin' rocks out now. Head banging, hair flying everywhere. Just great.

    It was great to see the band having so much fun. It was great to see the crowd having so much fun. It was great too see Pearl Jam blow the metaphorical roof off of ACL, after three days of other bands had given it a go. And, for one night, it was awesome to see 75,000 people love this band as much as I do. That feeling was worth the "greatest hits" setlist.

    I can hear No Way some other time.
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • Mrs.Vedder78Mrs.Vedder78 Posts: 4,585
    (I'm sorry my spacing looks retarded Im still figuring out my phone and I'm typing while driving to the airport to fly back home)

    Where to start! What an amazing day yesterday was. We got there around 930am
    and when doors opened everyone ran for their lives to get the rail mind you this was
    running over a shit load of mud! We got rail on mike's side and then the almost 9
    hour wait began.
    The show was just amazing! Very festival friendly and that was ok becuase they
    RAWKED our faces off, Why Go got everyone moving and it jsu got better and better,
    Hail Hail and Not for you sounded unbelievable! RM with Ben Harper was just plain awesome.
    The best part was hanging out with my husband and friends at the rail trying to hold our spots
    lol. It was all team work, very strategic plans to protect our area though by the time the Dead
    Weather hit the stage there was no more sitting down. We couldn't see much of mike because
    there was a big ass camera filming the show right in front of Mike he did come over and waved
    at us a couple of times and Ed came over to our side a couple of times as well to sing right next
    to the interpreter. Overall it was just an unbelievable night definitely worth the wait and worth
    the mud!!!
    "Without the album covers, where do you clean your pot?" - EV
  • FlaggFlagg Posts: 5,856
    edited October 2009
    Slightofjeff makes excellent points. Could not have said it better. I was just happy to be there and see the crowd singing along and all those Texas shirts and flags waving and think "Finally!"

    They finally made it back to Texas and we showed them the love.
    Post edited by Flagg on
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    MTL-9/15/05, OTT-9/16/05
    PHL-5/27/06,5/28/06,10/30/09,10/31/09
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  • The Camaros HoodThe Camaros Hood Boston, MA Posts: 481
    slightofjeff wrote:
    Had I been following this show online, instead of 50 feet from Mike McCready, I probably would have had the following reaction:

    Ho Hum. Greatest Hits setlist. Yawn.

    But, as we all know, there's just something different about being there. Even the songs you've heard dozens of times before can sound new and fresh, and make you feel like the first time you heard them.

    And sometimes, it's good to go back to your first love, and remember that thing that made us all fall in love with this band so many years ago. It wasn't because we liked "Dirty Frank." It was because we liked "Alive." Greatest hits are hits for a reason, after all.

    So, though I would have loved to hear some rarities (or at least Off He Goes, dammit), and though the set was woefully short on Backspacer songs, I can't say I was disappointed.

    Sometimes, it's better to have 75,000 people scream "Hello" or pump their fists to the "Alive" outro, then to have 74,500 people stare blankly at "Bee Girl."

    All the old songs were just great. And it was nice to be reintroduced to them again. Loved "Not For You." Loved "Hail, Hail." Loved, loved, loved "Present Tense," which is turning into a greatest hit over the last few tours.

    It had been 14 years since Pearl Jam last rocked Austin -- too long, Ed noted ("What the fuck were we thinking?") I couldn't help but approach the show with a little bit of nostalgia, to step back and pretend I was seeing this band for the first time. It was just cool to see Stone and Jeff, practically nose-to-nose, jamming out on Alive -- a song they'd been playing together since before it was even called "Alive."

    Speaking of Stoney ... what has gotten into that guy? It started last year at the Rock Honors ... he actually started to move around while playing. I don't know if it's the longish hairdo, but that dude fuckin' rocks out now. Head banging, hair flying everywhere. Just great.

    It was great to see the band having so much fun. It was great to see the crowd having so much fun. It was great too see Pearl Jam blow the metaphorical roof off of ACL, after three days of other bands had given it a go. And, for one night, it was awesome to see 75,000 people love this band as much as I do. That feeling was worth the "greatest hits" setlist.

    I can hear No Way some other time.



    You hit the nail right on the head. Well stated.
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  • RiotAct10RiotAct10 Ohio Posts: 1,637
    The Camaros Hood wrote:
    You hit the nail right on the head. Well stated.

    I wasn't there, but I went to Lolla in 07, and I agree, it is a very well written and thought out way of looking at the festival experience.

    Here is Billboards review... "It was a performance that will have Austinites talking for a long time."
    http://www.billboard.com/news/pearl-jam ... 8434.story

    And Here is Rolling Stone's... "the group...delivered a jaw-dropping, white-hot two-hour cavalcade of hits, one that served to aggressively reassert their relevance while casting a clean light on their past. It was — by any measure — the best show of the weekend."
    http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/i ... y-farrell/
    words seem so out of place.

    8.21.00 Columbus | 6.24.03 Columbus | 7.9.03 NYC | 10.2.04 Toledo | 9.11.05 Kitchener | 5.20.06 Cleveland | 8.5.07 Chicago | 5.6.10 Columbus | 5.7.10 Noblesville | 5.9.10 Cleveland | 9.3.11 East Troy | 9.4.11 East Troy | 7.19.13 Chicago | 10.11.13 Pittsburgh | 10.1.14 Cincinnati | 4.8.16 Ft. Lauderdale | 4.9.16 Miami | 8.8.18 Seattle | 8.10.18 Seattle | 9.26.21 Dana Point | 10.1.21 Dana Point | 10.2.21 Dana Point | 9.16.22 Nashville | 9.17.22 Louisville | 9.18.22 St. Louis | 9.2.23 St. Paul | 9.15.23 Ft. Worth | 6.22.24 Dublin | 8.26.24 Noblesville | 9.27.24 Dana Point | 9.29.24 Dana Point
    6.26.11 Detroit (EdVed) | 9.23.17 Louisville (EdVed) | 9.25.21 Dana Point (EdVed) | 10.01.22 Dana Point (EdVed) | 2.6.22 Newark (EdVed)
  • pjsteelerfanpjsteelerfan Maryland Posts: 9,904
    Sounded like the show was awesome, but how was Mountain Song?
    ...got a mind full of questions and a teacher in my soul...
  • kcherubkcherub Posts: 961
    slightofjeff wrote:
    Had I been following this show online, instead of 50 feet from Mike McCready, I probably would have had the following reaction:

    Ho Hum. Greatest Hits setlist. Yawn.

    But, as we all know, there's just something different about being there. Even the songs you've heard dozens of times before can sound new and fresh, and make you feel like the first time you heard them.

    And sometimes, it's good to go back to your first love, and remember that thing that made us all fall in love with this band so many years ago. It wasn't because we liked "Dirty Frank." It was because we liked "Alive." Greatest hits are hits for a reason, after all.

    So, though I would have loved to hear some rarities (or at least Off He Goes, dammit), and though the set was woefully short on Backspacer songs, I can't say I was disappointed.

    Sometimes, it's better to have 75,000 people scream "Hello" or pump their fists to the "Alive" outro, then to have 74,500 people stare blankly at "Bee Girl."

    All the old songs were just great. And it was nice to be reintroduced to them again. Loved "Not For You." Loved "Hail, Hail." Loved, loved, loved "Present Tense," which is turning into a greatest hit over the last few tours.

    It had been 14 years since Pearl Jam last rocked Austin -- too long, Ed noted ("What the fuck were we thinking?") I couldn't help but approach the show with a little bit of nostalgia, to step back and pretend I was seeing this band for the first time. It was just cool to see Stone and Jeff, practically nose-to-nose, jamming out on Alive -- a song they'd been playing together since before it was even called "Alive."

    Speaking of Stoney ... what has gotten into that guy? It started last year at the Rock Honors ... he actually started to move around while playing. I don't know if it's the longish hairdo, but that dude fuckin' rocks out now. Head banging, hair flying everywhere. Just great.

    It was great to see the band having so much fun. It was great to see the crowd having so much fun. It was great too see Pearl Jam blow the metaphorical roof off of ACL, after three days of other bands had given it a go. And, for one night, it was awesome to see 75,000 people love this band as much as I do. That feeling was worth the "greatest hits" setlist.

    I can hear No Way some other time.
    AWESOME post. :)
    I still want you all to "take care"--I am just damn tired of typing it.

    http://www.youtube.com/user/kcherub#p/a/u/0/N-UQprRqSwo
  • CobCob Posts: 858
    bigbadbill wrote:
    Why only three Backspacer songs (Got Some, Unthought Known, The Fixer)? You'd thing with Backspacer being the new album, they would play more from that.

    Maybe because they played almost the whole album at the ACL taping the night before.
    [img][/img]9/5/92, 11/20/93, 3/14,15/94, 9/16/95, 10/14,15/2000
    4/5,6/9/2003, 9/1/05, 12/7/2005, 7/15,16,18/2006, 8/5/2007
    6/24,25/08,6/27/08,6/28/08,6/30/08
    9/21,22/2009, 10/4/2009
    5/6,7,9/2010, 9/3/2011 9/4/2011, 11/15/2013,
    11/16/2013, 12/8/2013, 10/5/2014, 10/12/2014,
    4/23, 5/10, 5/12, 8/20, 8/22 2016,
    8/8, 8/10, 8/18, 8/20 2018, 5/12, 5/13, 9/20 2022



  • CobCob Posts: 858
    When Eddie started talking and it was obvious someone was coming out to join them on stage, I was thinking, Willie Nelson or Alejandro Escovedo, someone from Austin or the Central Texas area. Then Perry Ferrell comes out and they freaked ROCK Mountain Song from Nothings Shocking and I mean ROCK the song and I get to see and hear Mike, Stone, Jeff and Matt play it, it was FREAKING AWESOME, it was a complete surprise and they nailed it, it was kind of like a 90's salute to the people who were at the first Lolla. in 1991 and a 1990's flashback for all of us late 30's early 40's people, that's how it felt to me anyway, I LOVED IT!!!!!!!!!!! :mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:
    [img][/img]9/5/92, 11/20/93, 3/14,15/94, 9/16/95, 10/14,15/2000
    4/5,6/9/2003, 9/1/05, 12/7/2005, 7/15,16,18/2006, 8/5/2007
    6/24,25/08,6/27/08,6/28/08,6/30/08
    9/21,22/2009, 10/4/2009
    5/6,7,9/2010, 9/3/2011 9/4/2011, 11/15/2013,
    11/16/2013, 12/8/2013, 10/5/2014, 10/12/2014,
    4/23, 5/10, 5/12, 8/20, 8/22 2016,
    8/8, 8/10, 8/18, 8/20 2018, 5/12, 5/13, 9/20 2022



  • mmjchainmmjchain Posts: 5
    alesek wrote:
    MOUNTAIN SONG WITH PERRY FARRELL !!! Tell me more!
    It was co crazy! Perry Farrell BOUNCED around the stage.
  • mmjchainmmjchain Posts: 5
    Cob wrote:
    bigbadbill wrote:
    Why only three Backspacer songs (Got Some, Unthought Known, The Fixer)? You'd thing with Backspacer being the new album, they would play more from that.

    Maybe because they played almost the whole album at the ACL taping the night before.
    WOW. Did you get to go to that taping?
  • mmjchainmmjchain Posts: 5
    Off he goes would of been so sweet.
    I was expecting Yellow Ledbetter
  • CobCob Posts: 858
    No I went to the simulcast at Hogg Auditorium, it was real good, they had they sound system cranked up, free beer, sodas and bottled water for everyone. The people that put on the ACL tapings are some of the NICEST people you will ever meet and I would just like to thank them for setting up only the 3rd ever simulcast for an ACL taping (DMB and Coldpaly were the others) they didn't have to do that, much less provide refreshments for us THANK YOU guys.
    [img][/img]9/5/92, 11/20/93, 3/14,15/94, 9/16/95, 10/14,15/2000
    4/5,6/9/2003, 9/1/05, 12/7/2005, 7/15,16,18/2006, 8/5/2007
    6/24,25/08,6/27/08,6/28/08,6/30/08
    9/21,22/2009, 10/4/2009
    5/6,7,9/2010, 9/3/2011 9/4/2011, 11/15/2013,
    11/16/2013, 12/8/2013, 10/5/2014, 10/12/2014,
    4/23, 5/10, 5/12, 8/20, 8/22 2016,
    8/8, 8/10, 8/18, 8/20 2018, 5/12, 5/13, 9/20 2022



  • PJ ColombianPJ Colombian Posts: 113
    AMAZING show.. mostly greatest hits but they touched on every album..except Riot Act? Tons of energy..it was obvious Austin was dying for some PJ.. Unthought Known and Present Tense were the highlights for me..as was Red Mosquito with Benny..Hilarious to see Ed and Ben argue who's fault it was they'd stayed up until 8AM last night..Ed blamed it on the tequila..and somethin else..haha.. Needless to say, Perry's appearance was phenomenal..and they rocked the sh*t out of the Mountain Song.. Eddie's excellent mud slide for the finale..

    Insanely good show! Please come back to Texas soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • EvergreenEvergreen Posts: 492
    I can't even begin to get my review together yet...BUT, it really was fantastic. The band is sooooo tight right now and Eddie sounds FANTASTIC. I had been 3 years since I saw them last. The crowd was HUGE, I don't know...60,000 to 70.000??? It was an amazing moment for the hardcaore fan to hear THOUSAND upon THOUSAND scream HELLLOOOOOOO and I'm still alive. GOOSEBUMPS.

    Crowd went nuts for Mountain Song. Why Go was a GREAT opener for the crowd...EVERYONE was singing like mad.

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  • PJ ColombianPJ Colombian Posts: 113
    Has anyone posted the set list from the ACL show taping??
  • ComeToTXComeToTX Austin Posts: 7,985
    great show. amazing energy. AWESOME to see them back in my hometown!
    This show, another show, a show here and a show there.
  • LukinFanLukinFan Florida Posts: 29,098
    ComeToTX wrote:
    great show. amazing energy. AWESOME to see them back in my hometown!
    hoping that Texas gets some more shows next year!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,489
    sorry...i didn't see the fanviews thread!!

    wow...we just got back home in Waco & i thought i'd post my thoughts while they were fresh. this our (my wife & i) 3rd straight ACL and they keep getting better. this one was memorable for so many reasons...

    Fav Shows: Avett Brothers, Bon Iver, Heartless Bastards, Dead Weather, Them Crooked Vultures, Clutch, Toadies, DMB, Grizzly Bear, Kings of Leon, Mute Math, and of course...to top it all off..PEARL JAM!!!

    this was my wife's 1st PJ show---she's a longtime fan, but had never seen them live. she was BLOWN AWAY. this was my 19th show, but my first in 5 years....they sounded even better than i remembered. the energy was insane. while i was doing the relay, i was trying to figure out where the sets ended & the encores began...it was hard b/c it seemed like they never left the stage!

    i sprained the hell out of my ankle on Friday...we saw the shuttle lines & decided to walk back to our car...bad idea. that only made my ankle worse. when i woke up on Saturday, my ankle was HUGE. after some advil & ice, we headed back downtown from our friends' house. it poured all day Saturday...we had our ponchos on but we were still soaked to the bone. we left after Bon Iver...went back to Melissa's house, changed clothes & re-wrapped & iced my ankle. then we went back for DMB. 8-)

    Sunday arrived & my ankle was not in good shape at all. Advil, Ice, Wrapped....then we departed for Zilker. there were several bands we wanted to see early in the day, but we opted for lunch while listening to the bands in the Wildflower tent. we then had to make a choice...to be close for PJ or not. we decided to be close, of course!! we headed for Mike's side so we could meet up with Urs & enjoy the day. we kept texting eachother back & forth & finally managed to meet. (sorry we had to leave, Urs! nice "meeting" ya! 8-) )
    during the end of the Toadies set, my wife started feeling sick....it must've been something she ate. for me, it was a no-brainer. she still feels horrible about it, but i know she'd do the same for me. so, we left our spot from about 3 rows back. it sucked that we had to leave, but I'd make the same decision any day!!

    we stepped back, got some air/water & after standing for 3 hours straight, it felt so good to sit & take the weight off my ankle. if anyone reads this that was there near us...thanks for being so patient & helping us through the crowd. i could barely walk & several people stepped in & helped me along. THANK YOU! we moved in closer for The Dead Weather. (HOLY SHIT---WHAT A SET!!!!) Laurel then wanted to try to get closer for PJ, so we got to where we were about 25-30 "rows" back on Mike's (extreme) side right near the Bar left of the stage. there were too many drunk people to count & we saw a lot of fighting---it was pretty crazy. i almost decked a guy for pushing Laurel. and if HE reads this...you sir, are an ASSHOLE. it was getting pretty crazy, so we decided to move towards the back of the lawn. and i'm glad we did. the sound was great & there was plenty of room to move.

    the sounded amazing. their energy was infectious & they all seemed to be in great spirits. i was so stoked that we got 3 songs from my favorite record, No Code. Red Mosquito w/ Ben sounded HUGE. Mikes Even Flow solo was fucking awesome. GOT SOME was 10X better than Backspacer. when Ed announced they'd have a special guest, we were both thinking it would be Neil Young....Perry was a huge surprise & they nailed it. it was great to meet Flagg....truly a nice guy & i hope he starts feeling better soon!

    all in all....great weekend. my 19th show will always be my favorite for a few reasons. a lot has happened in my life in the 5 years since i'd last seen them. but the main reason is b/c it was my first PJ show with my beautiful & amazing wife. there's so much more that i could say about this show/festival...but i think that's the proper way to end it.

    THANK YOU PEARL JAM

    My wife & I during Pearl Jam
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    Flagg with his hospital wristbands!!!
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    I LOVE MUSIC.
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  • JK129204JK129204 Posts: 4
    It was amazing!! I think 70,000 people were treated to a show that will always be remembered. Ben Harper, Perry Ferrell are you kidding me? My good friend was with me and was saying pearl jam is too soft for him and only likes the old stuff. He has seen the error of his ways and now understands that they just flat out rock. The backspacer songs were awesome unthought known moved me(it is my favorite on the new disk), red mosquito speechless! Thanks for a great night.

    ps. check out dead weather they were very impressive.
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