*** Bristow, VA Fanviews Here 5/13/10 ***

official photos are now up at the concerts page.
http://www.pearljam.com/tour/show/jiffy ... ay-13-2010

awesome!

hehehe I have stuff framed from my 08 front row experience too.

Wow I am really suprised about the good number of fairly negative reviews about the show. I went to visit a friend in DC and had booked my trip before I knew PJ was playing. Needless to say was thrilled when they announced the tour. In 10c 101 row h-- for most part great crowd around us. That was a fairly solid crowd rendition of Betterman at the end for people that weren't into it.

Prob my 15th show or so.

I thought the setlist was really good with some different stuff on there-- Elderly as an opener was awesome, Garden blew me away. Also thought the crowd was definitely into it. IMO outdoor venues aren't the best in general. I don't know that I've ever walked out of an outdoor venue and been like holy shit the sound was awesome tonight. The venue in Bristow blows away the main outdoor venue in the Chicago south suburbs.

Maybe it was the party bus I took too and from First Down Bar & Grill (fucking awesome by the way) but the parking lot was a breeze, was def scared after all the horror stories I read.

Anyway, it certainly wasn't the best PJ show I've seen but I had a fucking blast anyway. So thanks PJ and 10c for an awesome night.

RR105426 wrote:

Wow I am really suprised about the good number of fairly negative reviews about the show. I went to visit a friend in DC and had booked my trip before I knew PJ was playing. Needless to say was thrilled when they announced the tour. In 10c 101 row h-- for most part great crowd around us. That was a fairly solid crowd rendition of Betterman at the end for people that weren't into it.

Prob my 15th show or so.

I thought the setlist was really good with some different stuff on there-- Elderly as an opener was awesome, Garden blew me away. Also thought the crowd was definitely into it. IMO outdoor venues aren't the best in general. I don't know that I've ever walked out of an outdoor venue and been like holy shit the sound was awesome tonight. The venue in Bristow blows away the main outdoor venue in the Chicago south suburbs.

Maybe it was the party bus I took too and from First Down Bar & Grill (fucking awesome by the way) but the parking lot was a breeze, was def scared after all the horror stories I read.

Anyway, it certainly wasn't the best PJ show I've seen but I had a fucking blast anyway. So thanks PJ and 10c for an awesome night.

I was in 101 row A seats 1&2 and my brother and I had a blast. Best concert experience of my life so far. And I was at Philly 3 & 4. I love outdoor venues cause there's more room to run around and raise hell than in a packed inside venue. The people on here writing negative reviews can all go pack sand because I don't know what they were smoking that night. It's pearl jam. How could it be as bad as some of these people say it was?

motorcitymadman wrote:

No atmosphere in Nissan Pavillion, it's just too big. The band couldn't read the crowd because they could barely see or hear them.

Slight sound problems a few times, it sounded like the drum was doubling, that messed up Save You and a couple others. Could see Jeff talking to someone off stage about it during the Ledbetter wrap up.

An early start and finish because of the curfew, but 2:30 on the dot of play. Again, this venue is a disaster to get in and out of (unless you dropped $ 30 like me to get out of the vip lot), but PJ had to book it because MCI had to be saved for the Caps, should they have advanced.

An interesting set, but a few clunkers mixed in. Insignificance isn't a bad song, but they have too many others that are better. The same can be said for Sonic Reducer. Seemed to be oddly light on Backspacer tunes. How bout Gonna See My Friend and Force of Nature instead of the 2 mentioned.

Thrilled to see Down and Faithfull, left wanting a few more Backspacers and Leash at the end. Problem was, it was a bigger crowd in a bigger city that didn't know nearly half of the songs that were played.

the crowd may have sucked...but what does the fact of dc being a bigger city have anything to do with it? philly, chicago, ny, and boston are all bigger and their crowds always rock

The Jeagler wrote:

motorcitymadman wrote:

No atmosphere in Nissan Pavillion, it's just too big. The band couldn't read the crowd because they could barely see or hear them.

Slight sound problems a few times, it sounded like the drum was doubling, that messed up Save You and a couple others. Could see Jeff talking to someone off stage about it during the Ledbetter wrap up.

An early start and finish because of the curfew, but 2:30 on the dot of play. Again, this venue is a disaster to get in and out of (unless you dropped $ 30 like me to get out of the vip lot), but PJ had to book it because MCI had to be saved for the Caps, should they have advanced.

An interesting set, but a few clunkers mixed in. Insignificance isn't a bad song, but they have too many others that are better. The same can be said for Sonic Reducer. Seemed to be oddly light on Backspacer tunes. How bout Gonna See My Friend and Force of Nature instead of the 2 mentioned.

Thrilled to see Down and Faithfull, left wanting a few more Backspacers and Leash at the end. Problem was, it was a bigger crowd in a bigger city that didn't know nearly half of the songs that were played.

the crowd may have sucked...but what does the fact of dc being a bigger city have anything to do with it? philly, chicago, ny, and boston are all bigger and their crowds always rock

Def not knocking the crowd there. DC is an underrated Pearl Jam town. I was recognizing the atmosphere of Nissan. It's one of the biggest amphitheaters in the US. And as such, it will never have the atmosphere of a great old arena (ex. Boston Garden, Spectrum, Chicago Stadium) nor of a great modern arena (ex. Quicken in Cleveland). The crowd can't see each other, and neither can the band see the whole crowd. It's just a much more distant feeling than GR was, Columbia was, the tightest amphitheaters around (Indy), and other venues.

Therefore, the atmosphere was lacking because you simply can't feel what's happening up near the top of the seats, let alone the hill. When you're in an arena, you can see everyone and feel what's happening. No fault of Pearl Jam, they wanted to play at MCI, but the date was blocked in case the Caps didn't collapse in the playoffs again. Even the "event t-shirt" says D.C. on it. So I'd much rather they played somewhere than not in DC at all.

In short, a slap at the venue was not a slap at the crowd. The show was good, not great. The curfew loomed over the whole thing from the start, and the band looked concerned, if not nearly rushed at times. The songs were obviously punky, inspired by the prior eve's PiL show. I just wish, given the size of the crowd and layout of the expansive venue, they had played a few more good songs that more than 3000 might know. I'm sorry, there's better songs out there, not hits, than insignif and reducer, that more people would've known and appreciated. Insignif killed the momentum, and I can think of about 25 tunes that would've kept it. But who is going to criticize the best American rock band of all-time.

PS. I gotta feelin the bootleg on this will put the show in a different light for those in attendance.

not sure if anybody is interested, but here's my full fanview.
http://www.ivykennedy.com/concerts/pjCONCERT.htm

7 rows from the stage in row G in front of Mike. The best seats I've had thru the 10C. Great show and nice mix of songs. Crowd around me was great and alot of people rockin out during the 2nd encore. The weather was nice, a bit cold for shorts but very comfortable. Can't wait to download the boot. Thanks guys!

blondieblue227 wrote:

is there a link to the poster? i want to see.

http://www.expressobeans.com/public/detail.php/122142

sec 116, loved the show, elderly as opener, great

faithfull, yesterdays, present tense, all real cool, real awesome little show, I dig these shows compared to the overhyped MSG ones lol too much stress for those & yes I am going to MSG also