PJPixie your song was the highlight of the show. I saw you holding the sign up at opportune moments the whole show, and I wondered if PJ ever really did requests. When you flashed it to the security guy to let you up front, you were the envy of everyone in the house!
I don't get out to many concerts (I think my last big show was Division Bell) but when I heard Pearl Jam was coming to Cleveland I just felt like I had to go. When Ten came out I was in a serious thrashmetal phase and the whole album just blew me away... Black made me cry for ten minutes after the tape clicked off. I've never been to a Pearl Jam show and it seems like the seldom come around. The radio announcement said you had to sign up for 10c to get good seats but that same day I won a pair of tickets from Radio 92.3 so I was pretty much floating on a cloud for about a week afterward. I should have signed up for 10 Club back then!
My wife and I were in row 6 of sec 227. Upper deck and off to the stage-right side. Not many people in the section were there for Band of Horses. The sound was muddy and echoey - a combination of the distance, the big venue, and being way of to the side. I thought, welp, Band of Horses has a lot of long chords and layers, maybe we'll be OK. I bet BoH doesn't have the right equipment for a big arena.
Pearl Jam took the stage with Wash, no one in my section stood up at all, and the sound was still pretty bad.
There were a lot of tunes I hadn't heard before, or at least not often. I guess I am referred to as a casual fan, I don't have any albums past rearviewmirror. My wife isn't really a fan but she knows Jeremy and Alive and Even Flow, so she was having a hard time following the tunes with the echo-ey sound. She was actually having trouble even understanding the between-songs banter from Mr. Vedder. We could see everyone on the main floor and the lower bowl just freaking out and I knew something was wrong. Maybe everyone in my section was a ticket winner and felt they had no skin in the game? But essentially I felt like I was watching you all have a good time from the outside. I could tell that this was a great show, the band was tight and energetic and here we were just outside the bubble.
I've been bummed out about missing the show since Sunday night. It's such bad feeling, knowing you were fifty feet from having an amazing experience. Like the guy who sells beer at the Super Bowl, he's there but not a part of it. But you know what, at least I was there and not sitting at home kicking myself. Who knows, by the time they come back around I could be hit by a bus or out of work and can't go.
I plan on buying the recording of the concert and pretending I was on the main floor. If they come back to Cleveland or Pittsburgh I will definitely be trying to get one of the good seats and joining you all down there. i won't miss out again!
Hope to see you soon!
"Money is no object," I said, "but I am on a budget."
dude that sux!!!!!!!!
in 2006 i missed out on my fan club seats and was up hi, in the area that was curtained off
the sound blew then as well
we were able to wrangle some better seats down low and loved every minute . sorta above stone in the low upper level.
see ya next time though!!!!!
"The only thing I ever saw that came close to Objective Journalism was a closed-circuit TV setup that watched shoplifters in the General Store at Woody Creek, Colorado." hst
smile!!!! thought all the banter about it earlier in the show and then before they played it was great. ed is so awesome "tell security to let the smile sign thru. you might as well come right down to the front of the stage."
***Raises Hand Shyly***
That was me. I'm still in shock, I can't believe that happened. I've been taking that sign to shows for about 3 years now. I even took it thru Europe. I'm always very respectful with the sign, I never hold it up during songs they are already playing and I really try not to block anyones view with it. I only held it up when Ed was scanning the audience and truly tried not to be rude with it. Usually when people around my seat see my sign they always say "alright, good tune, love to hear that song". I've had a few nods from Ed at different shows but what he did in Cleveland just blew me away. Still can not believe it. I flew home to California (from Buffalo) with the Harmonica in my hand the whole time
**funny note: i went to the show the next night in Buffalo and I didn't have my SMILE sign??!! I was a little like LINUS without his blanket!....lol. I've had that damn sign for sooo long.
Girl many a SMILE to you!!! I'll never forget how you looked after the show! It was great meeting you and I'm so happy that they played the song for YOU, completely amazing. Don't it make you SMILE PJPixie!
Was really great meeting a lot of people that post on this board. My thanks again to ACC, for everything!
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"You think I got my eyes closed but I'm lookin' at you the whole fuckin' time..."
That was me. I'm still in shock, I can't believe that happened. I've been taking that sign to shows for about 3 years now. I even took it thru Europe. I'm always very respectful with the sign, I never hold it up during songs they are already playing and I really try not to block anyones view with it. I only held it up when Ed was scanning the audience and truly tried not to be rude with it. Usually when people around my seat see my sign they always say "alright, good tune, love to hear that song". I've had a few nods from Ed at different shows but what he did in Cleveland just blew me away. Still can not believe it. I flew home to California (from Buffalo) with the Harmonica in my hand the whole time
**funny note: i went to the show the next night in Buffalo and I didn't have my SMILE sign??!! I was a little like LINUS without his blanket!....lol. I've had that damn sign for sooo long.[/quote]
That was really cool!! good for you!! I am jealous!!! It was like price is right, C'MON DOWN!!!!![/quote]
If anyone has any sort of video or shots of ED holding my sign would you please be so kind as to get a hold of me? I was in such shock and it happened so fast.......I'd love to see if anyone captured any of it.
It was really a neat night for me too because my son had saved money from his first real job and that was his mothers day gift to me, he paid for part of my airfare to go out there from Cali. So he couldn't believe it when I told him what happened, on Mothers Day too........what a coincidence!
And of course, I didnt' get a poster from that night so I'm looking for one of those too
IF anyone is willing to part with an extra they may have, i'd be willing to take it off your hands!
SMILE [/quote]
Congrats. Smile is such an awesome song. The concert was just amazing. The folks in Cleveland were also great. It was my 15 year old sons first concert, and he was impressed on how everything went so smooth. The fans in Cleveland were wonderful. I am from Pittsburgh, and I was so impressed that I might even root for the Browns this season...................................................................NOT.
Cheers..
Light green to green, dark green, brown..
Every life is falling down
Brown to black, it's coming back
Dies to be part of the ground
Seed to seedling, root to stem
i had a fantastic time, met some great people, and was blown away by LEASH. porch f-ing rocks this tour. matt is on fire!
THEY PLAYED SMILE FOR HIPPIEMOM! anyone else think of laura when they played smile?
great setlist, great show!
i was there with her youngest daughter. twas emotional to say the least.
Wow, I had spoken to hippiemom on several occasions (here on the board). So strange the way it all played out at the show, i DID think about her. She is missed.
The best use of Life is Love.
The best expression of Love is Time.
The best time to Love is Now.
smile!!!! thought all the banter about it earlier in the show and then before they played it was great. ed is so awesome "tell security to let the smile sign thru. you might as well come right down to the front of the stage."
***Raises Hand Shyly***
That was me. I'm still in shock, I can't believe that happened. I've been taking that sign to shows for about 3 years now. I even took it thru Europe. I'm always very respectful with the sign, I never hold it up during songs they are already playing and I really try not to block anyones view with it. I only held it up when Ed was scanning the audience and truly tried not to be rude with it. Usually when people around my seat see my sign they always say "alright, good tune, love to hear that song". I've had a few nods from Ed at different shows but what he did in Cleveland just blew me away. Still can not believe it. I flew home to California (from Buffalo) with the Harmonica in my hand the whole time
**funny note: i went to the show the next night in Buffalo and I didn't have my SMILE sign??!! I was a little like LINUS without his blanket!....lol. I've had that damn sign for sooo long.
That was you!!!
That was one of the coolest things I've ever seen. Not just that they agreed to play it, but that Ed called you up to the front, told security whose in charge, gave you the harmonica, just all of it. It gave me chills!! (I was in the 100's section just above and behind you)
Awesome. Thanks for bringing the sign!!! And, of course, for being so polite with it all these years
PJPixie your song was the highlight of the show. I saw you holding the sign up at opportune moments the whole show, and I wondered if PJ ever really did requests. When you flashed it to the security guy to let you up front, you were the envy of everyone in the house!
I don't get out to many concerts (I think my last big show was Division Bell) but when I heard Pearl Jam was coming to Cleveland I just felt like I had to go. When Ten came out I was in a serious thrashmetal phase and the whole album just blew me away... Black made me cry for ten minutes after the tape clicked off. I've never been to a Pearl Jam show and it seems like the seldom come around. The radio announcement said you had to sign up for 10c to get good seats but that same day I won a pair of tickets from Radio 92.3 so I was pretty much floating on a cloud for about a week afterward. I should have signed up for 10 Club back then!
My wife and I were in row 6 of sec 227. Upper deck and off to the stage-right side. Not many people in the section were there for Band of Horses. The sound was muddy and echoey - a combination of the distance, the big venue, and being way of to the side. I thought, welp, Band of Horses has a lot of long chords and layers, maybe we'll be OK. I bet BoH doesn't have the right equipment for a big arena.
Pearl Jam took the stage with Wash, no one in my section stood up at all, and the sound was still pretty bad.
There were a lot of tunes I hadn't heard before, or at least not often. I guess I am referred to as a casual fan, I don't have any albums past rearviewmirror. My wife isn't really a fan but she knows Jeremy and Alive and Even Flow, so she was having a hard time following the tunes with the echo-ey sound. She was actually having trouble even understanding the between-songs banter from Mr. Vedder. We could see everyone on the main floor and the lower bowl just freaking out and I knew something was wrong. Maybe everyone in my section was a ticket winner and felt they had no skin in the game? But essentially I felt like I was watching you all have a good time from the outside. I could tell that this was a great show, the band was tight and energetic and here we were just outside the bubble.
I've been bummed out about missing the show since Sunday night. It's such bad feeling, knowing you were fifty feet from having an amazing experience. Like the guy who sells beer at the Super Bowl, he's there but not a part of it. But you know what, at least I was there and not sitting at home kicking myself. Who knows, by the time they come back around I could be hit by a bus or out of work and can't go.
I plan on buying the recording of the concert and pretending I was on the main floor. If they come back to Cleveland or Pittsburgh I will definitely be trying to get one of the good seats and joining you all down there. i won't miss out again!
Hope to see you soon!
Welcome!!! Glad you made it.
For what it's worth, I was in section 126, and I though the sound was less than great. In fact, several times I exploded with enthusiasm at a opening riff, only to find out it wasn't the song I thought I heard starting up. Doh!
I could actually understand Ed between songs. I hate when I have to turn and ask, "What'd he say? What he say?!" all night long.
But as far as the entire experience is concerned, the good definitely outweighed the "bad" (using that term loosely here).
smile!!!! thought all the banter about it earlier in the show and then before they played it was great. ed is so awesome "tell security to let the smile sign thru. you might as well come right down to the front of the stage."
***Raises Hand Shyly***
That was me. I'm still in shock, I can't believe that happened. I've been taking that sign to shows for about 3 years now. I even took it thru Europe. I'm always very respectful with the sign, I never hold it up during songs they are already playing and I really try not to block anyones view with it. I only held it up when Ed was scanning the audience and truly tried not to be rude with it. Usually when people around my seat see my sign they always say "alright, good tune, love to hear that song". I've had a few nods from Ed at different shows but what he did in Cleveland just blew me away. Still can not believe it. I flew home to California (from Buffalo) with the Harmonica in my hand the whole time
**funny note: i went to the show the next night in Buffalo and I didn't have my SMILE sign??!! I was a little like LINUS without his blanket!....lol. I've had that damn sign for sooo long.
Very cool! I am glad I was there to witness it, even though I had no idea it was YOU!
Probably about 15K there, but if you were in Cleveland over the weekend, the entire town was dead! The only people I saw in our hotel, at the RR Hall of Fame or anywhere else were ALL there for Pearl Jam (which speaks volumes about the band and us the fans).
You definitely weren't at my hotel -- it was filled with a Sweet Adeline convention. Those are ladies who sing barbershop. And they were singing all over the place!!! Definitely the stuff of nightmares!!!
barbershop now? ick
9/98, 9/00 - DC, 4/03 - Pitt., 7/03 - Bristow, 10/04 - Reading, 10/05 - Philly, 5/06 - DC, 6/06 - Pitt., 6/08 - Va Beach, 6/08 - DC, 5/10 - Bristow, 10/13 B'more
8/08 - Ed solo in DC, 6/09 Ed in B'more,
10/10 - Brad in B'more
For what it's worth, I was in section 126, and I though the sound was less than great. In fact, several times I exploded with enthusiasm at a opening riff, only to find out it wasn't the song I thought I heard starting up. Doh! .
Hahah, same here. I leaned over and told my wife "This is Yellow Ledbetter, so that's probably it for tonight" and then it was (I think) Black.
"Money is no object," I said, "but I am on a budget."
Sometimes, not always, but sometimes earplugs will make the songs and talking clearer. Although it also seems to magnify whoever is sitting right next to you, singing their lungs out.
Great setlist, great show!!! Had the second row; first time I was that close... or I would've probably got 25th or 26th row!!!
Oh, and to those Pittsburgh Penguins fans who kept screaming at me that the Pens would finish my Habs yesterday ('cause I had my Montreal Canadiens hat on all night!!!)... WHO'S LAUGHING NOW?!!!! GAME 7 TOMORROW!!!
I won't generalize... But for those that were saying shit at me at the Q Arena... THAT'S RIGHT, MY HABS WON!!! BYE BYE!!!
You're not what you own - Ian MacKaye, Fugazi
98 - Montreal 00 - Montreal 03 - Toronto, Montreal 04 - Boston (Show #1) 05 - Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto 06 - Toronto (Show #1) 09 - Toronto, Philly (Show #3-4) 10 - Cleveland 11 - Montreal, Toronto (x2), Ottawa 13 - London (ON), Philly (x2) 16 - QC - Ottawa
davety76 Wrote Who cares if the town sucked...I can't believe how horrible the crowd was during the show. I've NEVER seen such a lame crowd at a PJ show...especially one of the best shows I've seen in a decade. In between the encores...it was dead. Dead. This crap never happens in Pittsburgh. Oh, and how about all the @ssholes heading out during Indifference?!!! Really...I've never seen that before. Cleveland is truly the Mistake-by-the-Lake. I hope the band recognized this as well so they skip you next time and swing by the 'burgh again. Shame on you Cleveland! Shame on you!
Okay, I have to chime in here a little, I have seen PJ enough times to know their MO, they come out and play a set, leave come back for Encore#1, then leave again and come out for Encore#2 and sometimes like MSG1 2008 they will come out a 3rd time. I know this, you know this almost everyone that sees them on a regular basis knows this, I am 40 years old and the simple fact is a Pearl Jam show takes a lot more out of me than most concerts as I am not as young as I used to be.
So after the main set of almost every PJ show I sit down and I clap my hands as hard as I can, A LOT of people sit down at this time, I sit down sometimes during the set if my feet hurt also. Does this make me or the other people that do this "lame" or "bad crowd" to some people I guess so. Again, I could give two shits what the crowd is like at a PJ show or any show for that matter as long as the band plays good.
And the guy who said to listen to the Pitt. 2006 bootleg and no one is sitting???? You can tell if people are sitting or standing by listening to the show??? AMAZING!!! :roll: :roll: :roll:
Great show, but which ones aren't great in one way or another. Thanks 10C for getting me Section 3 on the floor and putting me next to an incredibly beautiful girl who rocked out all night and knew every word to every song.
The Cleveland setlist is a setlist a lot of fans dream about, including myself. I was on the floor at this show and the crowd definately was not into the songs like other shows that I have been to. Even Columbus a couple days before, the crowd was a lot more into that show.
If you look at the setlist in Cleveland, it is not full of the sing a long songs. It is a perfect setlist for the obsessive fan but for the casual fan it is not. I think that is what happened in Cleveland which is fine with me. Like I said before, I could care less about what the guy next to me is doing. When I am at a show it is about the music not whether or not crowd is in singing every note or lyric. No matter what song they play, I know this longtime fan will be singing along.
I never thought any show could top Kitchener for me but this show has done so. Thanks to the band for not following the norm in Cleveland and playing songs that we want to hear and not a set full of sing alongs.
And the guy who said to listen to the Pitt. 2006 bootleg and no one is sitting???? You can tell if people are sitting or standing by listening to the show??? AMAZING!!! :roll: :roll: :roll:
You can't, but I've talked to sevral people who were at the show and they said no one was sitting, thanks try again next time.
And the guy who said to listen to the Pitt. 2006 bootleg and no one is sitting???? You can tell if people are sitting or standing by listening to the show??? AMAZING!!! :roll: :roll: :roll:
You can't, but I've talked to sevral people who were at the show and they said no one was sitting, thanks try again next time.
like i said . from where i was standing i saw no one sitting
it's all perspective. and what does it matter . the show was extraordinary
"The only thing I ever saw that came close to Objective Journalism was a closed-circuit TV setup that watched shoplifters in the General Store at Woody Creek, Colorado." hst
1. for all those saying things like "1/3 of the crowd sits at every pearl jam show, not just this one", either you've had an amazing string of bad luck, or this cleveland debacle was the only show you've ever been to. I've been to 17 PJ shows now, and this was the ONLY show that had more than 5% sitters. and it wasn't just for the "rare" songs either. there were tons of people sitting for alive, even flow, etc. i couldn't believe my eyes. yes, the boys still brought their A game, but the crowd was about a C- or a D+.
2. the setlist was pretty cool, but not better than either columbus or indy. yes, wash and indifference were great as bookends, but in the middle was a pretty common set.
3. rating my 17 shows, and i've been all over the midwest and northeast USA, this one was either the worst or next to worst (Columbus 2003 is the other stinker) FOR OVERALL EXPERIENCE. a shame too, b/c it was a really good set and the band played as if there were 100,000 screaming fans even though the crowd was LAME, LAME, LAME.
4. for those saying "who cares about the crowd, i'm there to see the band." fine, but for many of us, it's about the overall experience, and the crowd DOES play into that, whether you like it or not. if 95% of the crowd is on their feet, cheering and jumping and participating, the overall energy level is higher, and it's a better experience FOR MANY OF US. Frankly, if you're going to stand there like a zombie (or worse, sit there like one), i'm not sure what is so fun about the show for you. but to each his own, i guess.
Wow! so an A+ stage show = one of the worst shows u have ever seen? Based on crowd experience????
Sorry man. What a bummer for u!!
maybe I'm strange. I could be at a pearl jam show and be the only person in the building and be blown away!!!!!
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"The only thing I ever saw that came close to Objective Journalism was a closed-circuit TV setup that watched shoplifters in the General Store at Woody Creek, Colorado." hst
smile!!!! thought all the banter about it earlier in the show and then before they played it was great. ed is so awesome "tell security to let the smile sign thru. you might as well come right down to the front of the stage."
***Raises Hand Shyly***
That was me. I'm still in shock, I can't believe that happened. I've been taking that sign to shows for about 3 years now. I even took it thru Europe. I'm always very respectful with the sign, I never hold it up during songs they are already playing and I really try not to block anyones view with it. I only held it up when Ed was scanning the audience and truly tried not to be rude with it. Usually when people around my seat see my sign they always say "alright, good tune, love to hear that song". I've had a few nods from Ed at different shows but what he did in Cleveland just blew me away. Still can not believe it. I flew home to California (from Buffalo) with the Harmonica in my hand the whole time
**funny note: i went to the show the next night in Buffalo and I didn't have my SMILE sign??!! I was a little like LINUS without his blanket!....lol. I've had that damn sign for sooo long.
I noticed you didn't come back to your seat? Did you get to stay up front for the rest of the songs? I was the guy next to you on your left... congradulations, I'm happy for you.
Wow so an a plus stage show = one of the worst shows u have ever seen? Based on crowd experience????
Sorry man. What a bummer for u
maybe I'm strange. I could be at a pearl jam show and be the only person in the building and be blown away!!!!!
davety76 Wrote Who cares if the town sucked...I can't believe how horrible the crowd was during the show. I've NEVER seen such a lame crowd at a PJ show...especially one of the best shows I've seen in a decade. In between the encores...it was dead. Dead. This crap never happens in Pittsburgh. Oh, and how about all the @ssholes heading out during Indifference?!!! Really...I've never seen that before. Cleveland is truly the Mistake-by-the-Lake. I hope the band recognized this as well so they skip you next time and swing by the 'burgh again. Shame on you Cleveland! Shame on you!
Okay, I have to chime in here a little, I have seen PJ enough times to know their MO, they come out and play a set, leave come back for Encore#1, then leave again and come out for Encore#2 and sometimes like MSG1 2008 they will come out a 3rd time. I know this, you know this almost everyone that sees them on a regular basis knows this, I am 40 years old and the simple fact is a Pearl Jam show takes a lot more out of me than most concerts as I am not as young as I used to be.
So after the main set of almost every PJ show I sit down and I clap my hands as hard as I can, A LOT of people sit down at this time, I sit down sometimes during the set if my feet hurt also. Does this make me or the other people that do this "lame" or "bad crowd" to some people I guess so. Again, I could give two shits what the crowd is like at a PJ show or any show for that matter as long as the band plays good.
And the guy who said to listen to the Pitt. 2006 bootleg and no one is sitting???? You can tell if people are sitting or standing by listening to the show??? AMAZING!!! :roll: :roll: :roll:
I'm 43 and many different body parts hurt,I know what your sayin' .
1. for all those saying things like "1/3 of the crowd sits at every pearl jam show, not just this one", either you've had an amazing string of bad luck, or this cleveland debacle was the only show you've ever been to. I've been to 17 PJ shows now, and this was the ONLY show that had more than 5% sitters. and it wasn't just for the "rare" songs either. there were tons of people sitting for alive, even flow, etc. i couldn't believe my eyes. yes, the boys still brought their A game, but the crowd was about a C- or a D+.
2. the setlist was pretty cool, but not better than either columbus or indy. yes, wash and indifference were great as bookends, but in the middle was a pretty common set.
3. rating my 17 shows, and i've been all over the midwest and northeast USA, this one was either the worst or next to worst (Columbus 2003 is the other stinker) FOR OVERALL EXPERIENCE. a shame too, b/c it was a really good set and the band played as if there were 100,000 screaming fans even though the crowd was LAME, LAME, LAME.
4. for those saying "who cares about the crowd, i'm there to see the band." fine, but for many of us, it's about the overall experience, and the crowd DOES play into that, whether you like it or not. if 95% of the crowd is on their feet, cheering and jumping and participating, the overall energy level is higher, and it's a better experience FOR MANY OF US. Frankly, if you're going to stand there like a zombie (or worse, sit there like one), i'm not sure what is so fun about the show for you. but to each his own, i guess.
1. for all those saying things like "1/3 of the crowd sits at every pearl jam show, not just this one", either you've had an amazing string of bad luck, or this cleveland debacle was the only show you've ever been to. I've been to 17 PJ shows now, and this was the ONLY show that had more than 5% sitters. and it wasn't just for the "rare" songs either. there were tons of people sitting for alive, even flow, etc. i couldn't believe my eyes. yes, the boys still brought their A game, but the crowd was about a C- or a D+.
2. the setlist was pretty cool, but not better than either columbus or indy. yes, wash and indifference were great as bookends, but in the middle was a pretty common set.
3. rating my 17 shows, and i've been all over the midwest and northeast USA, this one was either the worst or next to worst (Columbus 2003 is the other stinker) FOR OVERALL EXPERIENCE. a shame too, b/c it was a really good set and the band played as if there were 100,000 screaming fans even though the crowd was LAME, LAME, LAME.
4. for those saying "who cares about the crowd, i'm there to see the band." fine, but for many of us, it's about the overall experience, and the crowd DOES play into that, whether you like it or not. if 95% of the crowd is on their feet, cheering and jumping and participating, the overall energy level is higher, and it's a better experience FOR MANY OF US. Frankly, if you're going to stand there like a zombie (or worse, sit there like one), i'm not sure what is so fun about the show for you. but to each his own, i guess.
Maybe you should SKIP future Ohio shows.
nah, Columbus this year was truly one of the best out of the 17, as was Cincy back in 2000. One of my top 2 shows was Toledo in 2004. Of course, it didn't hurt that Neil Young made surprise appearance and they rocked hard.
in other words, it's not Ohio, and not even Cleveland (I hope), just this one failure by the people of Cleveland to show support for the greatest rock band on the planet.
Cleveland 2003, 2006 were very good shows, crowd as well.
I would say Cleveland 2010 had at least 30-40% from out of town, most out of state (on judgeing of people around me and people commenting on this board) so to blame it on fans in this area is unfair.
in other words, it's not Ohio, and not even Cleveland (I hope), just this one failure by the people of Cleveland to show support for the greatest rock band on the planet.
i fail to see that
Being at both Columbus and Cleveland this year.
crowd seemed nearly the same to me at both. like i've said before, all perspective
the band rocked harder at c town. makes that a better show in my eyes!
like you said
to each their own, it's about the band anyhow, the show
"The only thing I ever saw that came close to Objective Journalism was a closed-circuit TV setup that watched shoplifters in the General Store at Woody Creek, Colorado." hst
Cleveland 2003, 2006 were very good shows, crowd as well.
I would say Cleveland 2010 had at least 30-40% from out of town, most out of state (on judgeing of people around me and people commenting on this board) so to blame it on fans in this area is unfair.
there are always a large number of touring fans at PJ shows. it's the locals who prevent half the upper deck from being empty. cleveland stayed home on mother's day. i guess they were more interested in seeing the Cavs get embarrassed on Tuesday night.
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PJPixie your song was the highlight of the show. I saw you holding the sign up at opportune moments the whole show, and I wondered if PJ ever really did requests. When you flashed it to the security guy to let you up front, you were the envy of everyone in the house!
I don't get out to many concerts (I think my last big show was Division Bell) but when I heard Pearl Jam was coming to Cleveland I just felt like I had to go. When Ten came out I was in a serious thrashmetal phase and the whole album just blew me away... Black made me cry for ten minutes after the tape clicked off. I've never been to a Pearl Jam show and it seems like the seldom come around. The radio announcement said you had to sign up for 10c to get good seats but that same day I won a pair of tickets from Radio 92.3 so I was pretty much floating on a cloud for about a week afterward. I should have signed up for 10 Club back then!
My wife and I were in row 6 of sec 227. Upper deck and off to the stage-right side. Not many people in the section were there for Band of Horses. The sound was muddy and echoey - a combination of the distance, the big venue, and being way of to the side. I thought, welp, Band of Horses has a lot of long chords and layers, maybe we'll be OK. I bet BoH doesn't have the right equipment for a big arena.
Pearl Jam took the stage with Wash, no one in my section stood up at all, and the sound was still pretty bad.
There were a lot of tunes I hadn't heard before, or at least not often. I guess I am referred to as a casual fan, I don't have any albums past rearviewmirror. My wife isn't really a fan but she knows Jeremy and Alive and Even Flow, so she was having a hard time following the tunes with the echo-ey sound. She was actually having trouble even understanding the between-songs banter from Mr. Vedder. We could see everyone on the main floor and the lower bowl just freaking out and I knew something was wrong. Maybe everyone in my section was a ticket winner and felt they had no skin in the game? But essentially I felt like I was watching you all have a good time from the outside. I could tell that this was a great show, the band was tight and energetic and here we were just outside the bubble.
I've been bummed out about missing the show since Sunday night. It's such bad feeling, knowing you were fifty feet from having an amazing experience. Like the guy who sells beer at the Super Bowl, he's there but not a part of it. But you know what, at least I was there and not sitting at home kicking myself. Who knows, by the time they come back around I could be hit by a bus or out of work and can't go.
I plan on buying the recording of the concert and pretending I was on the main floor. If they come back to Cleveland or Pittsburgh I will definitely be trying to get one of the good seats and joining you all down there. i won't miss out again!
Hope to see you soon!
in 2006 i missed out on my fan club seats and was up hi, in the area that was curtained off
the sound blew then as well
we were able to wrangle some better seats down low and loved every minute . sorta above stone in the low upper level.
see ya next time though!!!!!
Girl many a SMILE to you!!! I'll never forget how you looked after the show! It was great meeting you and I'm so happy that they played the song for YOU, completely amazing. Don't it make you SMILE PJPixie!
Was really great meeting a lot of people that post on this board. My thanks again to ACC, for everything!
That was me. I'm still in shock, I can't believe that happened. I've been taking that sign to shows for about 3 years now. I even took it thru Europe. I'm always very respectful with the sign, I never hold it up during songs they are already playing and I really try not to block anyones view with it. I only held it up when Ed was scanning the audience and truly tried not to be rude with it. Usually when people around my seat see my sign they always say "alright, good tune, love to hear that song". I've had a few nods from Ed at different shows but what he did in Cleveland just blew me away. Still can not believe it. I flew home to California (from Buffalo) with the Harmonica in my hand the whole time
**funny note: i went to the show the next night in Buffalo and I didn't have my SMILE sign??!! I was a little like LINUS without his blanket!....lol. I've had that damn sign for sooo long.[/quote]
That was really cool!! good for you!! I am jealous!!! It was like price is right, C'MON DOWN!!!!![/quote]
If anyone has any sort of video or shots of ED holding my sign would you please be so kind as to get a hold of me? I was in such shock and it happened so fast.......I'd love to see if anyone captured any of it.
It was really a neat night for me too because my son had saved money from his first real job and that was his mothers day gift to me, he paid for part of my airfare to go out there from Cali. So he couldn't believe it when I told him what happened, on Mothers Day too........what a coincidence!
And of course, I didnt' get a poster from that night so I'm looking for one of those too
IF anyone is willing to part with an extra they may have, i'd be willing to take it off your hands!
SMILE
Congrats. Smile is such an awesome song. The concert was just amazing. The folks in Cleveland were also great. It was my 15 year old sons first concert, and he was impressed on how everything went so smooth. The fans in Cleveland were wonderful. I am from Pittsburgh, and I was so impressed that I might even root for the Browns this season...................................................................NOT.
Cheers..
Every life is falling down
Brown to black, it's coming back
Dies to be part of the ground
Seed to seedling, root to stem
i was there with her youngest daughter. twas emotional to say the least.
Wow, I had spoken to hippiemom on several occasions (here on the board). So strange the way it all played out at the show, i DID think about her. She is missed.
The best expression of Love is Time.
The best time to Love is Now.
I'm never as good as when you're there.........
That was you!!!
That was one of the coolest things I've ever seen. Not just that they agreed to play it, but that Ed called you up to the front, told security whose in charge, gave you the harmonica, just all of it. It gave me chills!! (I was in the 100's section just above and behind you)
Awesome. Thanks for bringing the sign!!! And, of course, for being so polite with it all these years
Welcome!!! Glad you made it.
For what it's worth, I was in section 126, and I though the sound was less than great. In fact, several times I exploded with enthusiasm at a opening riff, only to find out it wasn't the song I thought I heard starting up. Doh!
I could actually understand Ed between songs. I hate when I have to turn and ask, "What'd he say? What he say?!" all night long.
But as far as the entire experience is concerned, the good definitely outweighed the "bad" (using that term loosely here).
Very cool! I am glad I was there to witness it, even though I had no idea it was YOU!
barbershop now? ick
8/08 - Ed solo in DC, 6/09 Ed in B'more,
10/10 - Brad in B'more
I won't generalize... But for those that were saying shit at me at the Q Arena... THAT'S RIGHT, MY HABS WON!!! BYE BYE!!!
98 - Montreal
00 - Montreal
03 - Toronto, Montreal
04 - Boston (Show #1)
05 - Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto
06 - Toronto (Show #1)
09 - Toronto, Philly (Show #3-4)
10 - Cleveland
11 - Montreal, Toronto (x2), Ottawa
13 - London (ON), Philly (x2)
16 - QC - Ottawa
Who cares if the town sucked...I can't believe how horrible the crowd was during the show. I've NEVER seen such a lame crowd at a PJ show...especially one of the best shows I've seen in a decade. In between the encores...it was dead. Dead. This crap never happens in Pittsburgh. Oh, and how about all the @ssholes heading out during Indifference?!!! Really...I've never seen that before. Cleveland is truly the Mistake-by-the-Lake. I hope the band recognized this as well so they skip you next time and swing by the 'burgh again. Shame on you Cleveland! Shame on you!
Okay, I have to chime in here a little, I have seen PJ enough times to know their MO, they come out and play a set, leave come back for Encore#1, then leave again and come out for Encore#2 and sometimes like MSG1 2008 they will come out a 3rd time. I know this, you know this almost everyone that sees them on a regular basis knows this, I am 40 years old and the simple fact is a Pearl Jam show takes a lot more out of me than most concerts as I am not as young as I used to be.
So after the main set of almost every PJ show I sit down and I clap my hands as hard as I can, A LOT of people sit down at this time, I sit down sometimes during the set if my feet hurt also. Does this make me or the other people that do this "lame" or "bad crowd" to some people I guess so. Again, I could give two shits what the crowd is like at a PJ show or any show for that matter as long as the band plays good.
And the guy who said to listen to the Pitt. 2006 bootleg and no one is sitting???? You can tell if people are sitting or standing by listening to the show??? AMAZING!!! :roll: :roll: :roll:
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
What a Woman.....
If you look at the setlist in Cleveland, it is not full of the sing a long songs. It is a perfect setlist for the obsessive fan but for the casual fan it is not. I think that is what happened in Cleveland which is fine with me. Like I said before, I could care less about what the guy next to me is doing. When I am at a show it is about the music not whether or not crowd is in singing every note or lyric. No matter what song they play, I know this longtime fan will be singing along.
I never thought any show could top Kitchener for me but this show has done so. Thanks to the band for not following the norm in Cleveland and playing songs that we want to hear and not a set full of sing alongs.
You can't, but I've talked to sevral people who were at the show and they said no one was sitting, thanks try again next time.
like i said . from where i was standing i saw no one sitting
it's all perspective. and what does it matter . the show was extraordinary
2. the setlist was pretty cool, but not better than either columbus or indy. yes, wash and indifference were great as bookends, but in the middle was a pretty common set.
3. rating my 17 shows, and i've been all over the midwest and northeast USA, this one was either the worst or next to worst (Columbus 2003 is the other stinker) FOR OVERALL EXPERIENCE. a shame too, b/c it was a really good set and the band played as if there were 100,000 screaming fans even though the crowd was LAME, LAME, LAME.
4. for those saying "who cares about the crowd, i'm there to see the band." fine, but for many of us, it's about the overall experience, and the crowd DOES play into that, whether you like it or not. if 95% of the crowd is on their feet, cheering and jumping and participating, the overall energy level is higher, and it's a better experience FOR MANY OF US. Frankly, if you're going to stand there like a zombie (or worse, sit there like one), i'm not sure what is so fun about the show for you. but to each his own, i guess.
Sorry man. What a bummer for u!!
maybe I'm strange. I could be at a pearl jam show and be the only person in the building and be blown away!!!!!
Maybe you should ship future Ohio shows.
Glad you had a good time at the show.
nah, Columbus this year was truly one of the best out of the 17, as was Cincy back in 2000. One of my top 2 shows was Toledo in 2004. Of course, it didn't hurt that Neil Young made surprise appearance and they rocked hard.
I would say Cleveland 2010 had at least 30-40% from out of town, most out of state (on judgeing of people around me and people commenting on this board) so to blame it on fans in this area is unfair.
i fail to see that
Being at both Columbus and Cleveland this year.
crowd seemed nearly the same to me at both. like i've said before, all perspective
the band rocked harder at c town. makes that a better show in my eyes!
like you said
to each their own, it's about the band anyhow, the show
there are always a large number of touring fans at PJ shows. it's the locals who prevent half the upper deck from being empty. cleveland stayed home on mother's day. i guess they were more interested in seeing the Cavs get embarrassed on Tuesday night.