*** Sydney Fanviews Here 11/22/09 ***

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  • spawnholio666
    spawnholio666 Posts: 13
    E.K wrote:
    spawnholio666 wrote:
    http://s1017.photobucket.com/albums/af294/spawnholio/Pearl Jam 22-11-2009/

    ^^^these are some of my photos from the Sydney show.

    Was Mike shirtless at one stage ... or is that just my perverted mind playing tricks on me. :P

    Just added some more photos to that link. Mike is shirtless in a couple. Sorry for some blurry shots, to be expected from the field though :D
  • Jeremy Dylan
    Jeremy Dylan Posts: 9
    FIRST EVER PJ GIG! Didn't disappoint.
    Love the new tunes live - especially Fixer. Crazy Mary was magic, Why Go was a kickass opener, and Vedder sounded fine to me. The real hero of the gig was Jeff though - leaping about the stage, amazing fretless work on Even Flow. Killer set.
    Great opening acts too - Under Pressure was an obvious highlight.

    Some shots I got:
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    The line just before 10c entry:
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  • djwald
    djwald Posts: 21
    so happy to hear that the sydney show was enjoyed by so many people. For me it was a distant 4th to Melbourne and Adelaide, with Perth only just behind them - Perth at the time was amazing, but the realization set in after Adelaide that they had really loosened up and that set list was one to die for. And then Melbourne.....that was a freakn religious experience, one I will never forget for the rest of my life. Hell I still remember cheering as 5,000 people crashed threw the gates in 1995.....Friday's experience had the same intense feeling. so much f*ckn love in that arena. Every one just smiling, singing, dancing, hugging, the band felt it and gave it back more - was like a living organism building between band and audience until it all pretty much became one by the last few tracks. AMAZING

    Is every concert in Sydney so rediculous about alcohol (couldnt take a freakn beer onto the field, walked to the other side of the stadium during mankind only to find the bar shut) and sound (Sydney sunday night restrictions meant it was about 60% volume than in the other shows)? And do the security guards really need to be as aggressive and unhelpful as they were - is this usual for all sydney shows?

    Eddie and the band did an AMAZING job given the circumstances - that was what I was enjoying more than anything last night - watching the band fight together in the trenches. And they were really in the trenches. Apart from Eddie some JUST making it through the night, the others really stepped up. Mike is my all time hero. Jeff and Matt were monsterous - stone and boom shining. Stone seems more intense this tour and seems to be enjoying himself more than ever - it may or may not be the case, but thats how it appeared.

    Thank you Pearl Jam. In 1991 I was in tower records in New york buying *cough, cough* Use Your Illusion when i asked the guy there whats new to take back to oz that i probably wouldnt have heard of yet. he gave me TEN. A week later I was in my mates house jumping off the kitchen table to 'Once' (the best opening of a debut album EVER) and telling him - "these guys are gonna be bigger than Led Zepplin" hahahaha

    Over the past 18 years I have been to 16 shows in Australia and Europe and you really are vintage drop - you keep getting better with age. Last night was the first time I saw you in a state of adversity and you made it a state of love and trust.

    See you next time!
  • Easties
    Easties Posts: 479
    Clip of 'Porch'. Had to sacrifice on vid quality a bit to capture it all. I'll try and fix it up some other time!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhGANFhDl88
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    LongRoad wrote:
    I should mention the heat.. as soon as i got in the 10c line i knew i couldnt stand it so i left and came back at 3.30pm.Still got on the middle rail which was good as Ed ran past. The people who sat in the heat all day, I dont know how you did it :shock:

    Did not drink much other than small sips after 1pm
    Did not go toilet after 1pm until after the show
    Walked from Central Station to SFS, uphill killed me, felt dazed in the heat
    Lined up and had to sit, felt sick and light headed/dizzy
    Got to the front
    Felt better and rocked on

    I am not human lol
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    pjfan31 wrote:
    Anyone Remember those people who tried to push in the 10c line. We had been lining up for hours, then these 2 or 3 Americans, (Not bad mouthing, just putting this out to jog people's mind) tried to push in right up the front, and were turned away. She then gave everyone the finger, and dropped her phone in the one motion. Hilarious.

    Was that the f'head with the beard, black tshirt?
    He kept yelling ''yeah baby'' ''play ____ you pussies'' ''seattle baby''
    People were telling him to shut the fk up.

    He even said someone ought to chop my legs off as well as the legs of the 2 guys standing next to me because we are tall and blocking his view.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • pjfan31
    pjfan31 Posts: 7,335
    Just remembered, after Ed mentioned how sick he was, and Ben Harper came out, and tried to shake his hand/ hug him, Ed pulled away and says "I'm contagious" Right after Ed had just given a big hug and a kiss to Joannie,

    And the two of them argued over which part of Indifference they were going to sing. Ed was about to sing first, but that would of left him with the 'I'll swallow poison" that would of strained his vocals. Those two things made me laugh.
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  • pjfan31
    pjfan31 Posts: 7,335
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    pjfan31 wrote:
    Anyone Remember those people who tried to push in the 10c line. We had been lining up for hours, then these 2 or 3 Americans, (Not bad mouthing, just putting this out to jog people's mind) tried to push in right up the front, and were turned away. She then gave everyone the finger, and dropped her phone in the one motion. Hilarious.

    Was that the f'head with the beard, black tshirt?
    He kept yelling ''yeah baby'' ''play ____ you pussies'' ''seattle baby''
    People were telling him to shut the fk up.

    He even said someone ought to chop my legs off as well as the legs of the 2 guys standing next to me because we are tall and blocking his view.


    Can't recall the guy. The girl was pretty good looking, but wearing long jeans and I think heels.
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    Sydney 22/11/2009
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    EV Sydney 19/03/2011
    EV Sydney 20/03/2011
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    EV Sydney 13/02/2014
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    It seemed like a fun crowd last night.
    I got to 2nd row on Mike's side.
    No more shows this time for me, back to reality.

    Anyone see that female cop on the horse after the show roughing everyone up using the horse to knock people back towards the traffic island.
    Then she was being agro and a smart arse.
    Stupid mole.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • pearlygirly
    pearlygirly Posts: 48
    Another great show, but not the best I've been too. And through no fault of the band, I thought they were awesome yet again... I didn't have 10C tix to this gig because being my hometown, I wanted to experience the gig with my friends. Although they really enjoyed themselves, they are not into Pearl Jam the way I am and kept coming and going throughout the concert. I got a pretty horrible spot in the middle of the field near the speakers. The sound was terrible, and I couldn't see a thing. The people around me weren't getting into it. In the end I got fed up and went and sat in some seats at the back of the stadium. Although the band looked like ants on the stage, this was a much better position and I could actually hear and see what was going on on the screens. I really enjoyed it once I moved. It was also interesting to see just how many people were actually there. I'm sorry Eddie wasn't feeling well, but he and the rest of the band did a fantastic job. You would never have known! Melbourne was a great concert, and I know you shouldn't compare, but after such an awesome concert and having a bad start to the Sydney gig, I did leave a little disappointed. Hopefully my experience in Brisbane is better.... looking forward to it. I hope you're feeling better Eddie!!!
    I said YEH!
  • LM278283
    LM278283 Posts: 1
    YAY......a great set, (although I would've loved to have heard Just Breathe live, always next time tho :) There can't be a bad choice in a PJ setlist for me & I really enjoyed Ed's early appearance with Ben Harper singin Under Pessure, it was good to see Liam join Ed for Throw Your Arms around me later on as well... I love the surprises that PJ throw in :-))
    I loved Liam & Eliza Jane's electric set & Ben Harper (magic slide) was great as always & what can I say except that Pearl Jam totally rocked the stadium...
    Thnx to Ten Club.. we were right up the front,it was bloody hot but sooooo worth it! Security were great with the water and the crowd, around us were really good...most stuck to the rules about moshing crowd surfing etc, (a few smokers were hard to swallow :twisted: ) PJ feel a huge duty of care towards their fans :-))and it was probably a little hot to be over zealous, that said everyone around me sang & danced with heart & soul..
    I got that Ed was dissapointed about his voice but I :D thought he was raw and vibrant as always & he could never disappoint me...I'll still take the $20 discount next time they tour tho lmfao! :roll: I wish PJ visited Oz every year
    rock'n in the free world :D Lisa (published same in setlist forum)
  • theonetheycalldaz
    theonetheycalldaz Posts: 1
    another great show, although not the best pearl jam show i have been to, thoroughly enjoyable non the less.
    Dissapointed with the edited set list, but wouldnt have really cared if i didnt know!

    The only down part was the idiots trying to mosh, but just running into everyone (one moron in particular). It was funny to see them looking dumfounded on some of the ''rarer'' songs, unsure of if/when it was going to rock. :roll:

    did get my son a pj onesie (pity they only had white) but i didnt see the swans shirt, coz i was looking for stuff for him. Bugger. :oops: Anyone know if there is there any way you can buy it online??

    lastly so sorry to hear about sebastian (i think that was his name) my son is in hospital and i teared up hearing light years dedicated to a lil boy. My deapest simpathy to you and yours Jaswah.
  • MN247676
    MN247676 Posts: 18
    Here is my crappy video of Under Pressure,

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQSdvO8dVFU
  • WinterPedestrian
    WinterPedestrian Posts: 18
    djwald wrote:
    so happy to hear that the sydney show was enjoyed by so many people. For me it was a distant 4th to Melbourne and Adelaide, with Perth only just behind them - Perth at the time was amazing, but the realization set in after Adelaide that they had really loosened up and that set list was one to die for. And then Melbourne.....that was a freakn religious experience, one I will never forget for the rest of my life. Hell I still remember cheering as 5,000 peopleP crashed threw the gates in 1995.....Friday's experience had the same intense feeling. so much f*ckn love in that arena. Every one just smiling, singing, dancing, hugging, the band felt it and gave it back more - was like a living organism building between band and audience until it all pretty much became one by the last few tracks. AMAZING

    Is every concert in Sydney so rediculous about alcohol (couldnt take a freakn beer onto the field, walked to the other side of the stadium during mankind only to find the bar shut) and sound (Sydney sunday night restrictions meant it was about 60% volume than in the other shows)? And do the security guards really need to be as aggressive and unhelpful as they were - is this usual for all sydney shows?

    Eddie and the band did an AMAZING job given the circumstances - that was what I was enjoying more than anything last night - watching the band fight together in the trenches. And they were really in the trenches. Apart from Eddie some JUST making it through the night, the others really stepped up. Mike is my all time hero. Jeff and Matt were monsterous - stone and boom shining. Stone seems more intense this tour and seems to be enjoying himself more than ever - it may or may not be the case, but thats how it appeared.

    Thank you Pearl Jam. In 1991 I was in tower records in New york buying *cough, cough* Use Your Illusion when i asked the guy there whats new to take back to oz that i probably wouldnt have heard of yet. he gave me TEN. A week later I was in my mates house jumping off the kitchen table to 'Once' (the best opening of a debut album EVER) and telling him - "these guys are gonna be bigger than Led Zepplin" hahahaha

    Over the past 18 years I have been to 16 shows in Australia and Europe and you really are vintage drop - you keep getting better with age. Last night was the first time I saw you in a state of adversity and you made it a state of love and trust.

    See you next time!

    perfect post djwald. You could clearly see how hard they worked together to make it work for us. Beautiful. Forever thankful.
    Movement, actions, images, thoughts, perceptions, ideals all seem to forge within me a strength of doubt that renders me incapable of associating my life with normality and the thoughts of a well balanced and functional pedestrian. -JDP
  • BALLBOY
    BALLBOY Australia Posts: 1,035
    Did anyone on thier way home run into any of the sad sad people who had been to idol(i will wash my mouth out) & if they did were they given the full treatment of being paid out?
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  • WashMyLove
    WashMyLove Posts: 804
    Easties wrote:
    My Clip of Ben covering 'Never Tear Us Apart' for the person that asked for it before. Apologies for the guy singing next to me : )

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_osS77Y3hzI

    Thanks! Wish Eddie covered this. Would have been nice to see. :P
  • Terryible
    Terryible Posts: 462
    For me it was the worst pearl jam concert I have seen, but that is understandable with Eddie being sick and seeing what songs they didn’t play. I feel sorry for the casual fan, any other night they would of worked away from that concert with a huge smile on their face, instead of complaining about not hearing some of their bigger hits.

    I was stoked to hear Light Years and Untitled.
    I must be one of the only people that can’t stand Crazy Mary, I just hope they don’t play it in Christchurch

    Does anyone know why the screens were in black and white?
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  • Hinn
    Hinn Posts: 1,517
    Terryible wrote:
    For me it was the worst pearl jam concert I have seen, but that is understandable with Eddie being sick and seeing what songs they didn’t play. I feel sorry for the casual fan, any other night they would of worked away from that concert with a huge smile on their face, instead of complaining about not hearing some of their bigger hits.

    I was stoked to hear Light Years and Untitled.
    I must be one of the only people that can’t stand Crazy Mary, I just hope they don’t play it in Christchurch

    Does anyone know why the screens were in black and white?
    They've been like that for a while now.
    115 bucks for half a haircut by a novice? I want my money back!
  • bazzer
    bazzer Posts: 3,126
    Terryible wrote:
    Does anyone know why the screens were in black and white?
    Arty...
  • LongRoad
    LongRoad Posts: 421
    Terryible wrote:
    For me it was the worst pearl jam concert I have seen, but that is understandable with Eddie being sick and seeing what songs they didn’t play. I feel sorry for the casual fan, any other night they would of worked away from that concert with a huge smile on their face, instead of complaining about not hearing some of their bigger hits.

    This was my 31st show and one of the most memorable. I can see me remembering this show intimately (with positive thoughts) for a long time to come, whereas I've already forgotten a lot of 2006 and 2003 memories.

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