Bonnaroo blah blah blah.....

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  • chiquimonkey
    chiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    pjtradeking wrote:
    Wasnt around last night and havent read though all of this yet. Has anyone said how "all night" sounded?????
    that's what i wanna know! that and WMA

    and yeah i had a flash of jealously last night, i might have called all those in attendance a few names :p haha but really it's awesome people got to hear those songs, sounds like a really special evening. and that the band is busting out such rare stuff?! makes me excited to see what's gonna happen next :)
  • Rossum20
    Rossum20 Posts: 910
    my opinion is the setlist was great...no doubt about it....but festivals when you want to see your favorite band just don't do it for me...clearly I don't think this is the end of these songs being played or new rare ones being brought out...if you think its going to be standard stuff played at MSG youre crazy...but regardless my personal choice is to not be bumped into to and to be able to secure a place with an arena full of people who are forced to somewhat** act civilized....it doesn't matter how good a setlist is in my mind if I cant concentrate on the performance because someone is bumping into me and being an asshole...that happens enough when there are assigned seats

    Its tempting to say I'd go to Bonnaroo knowing the setlist after...but I'd still rather go to a stadium show of just PJ without the hassles of that a festival has...but shit Im very happy for those who went and were bummed because they didnt know there was going to be a full tour after!¬
  • chiquimonkey
    chiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    Rossum20 wrote:
    my opinion is the setlist was great...no doubt about it....but festivals when you want to see your favorite band just don't do it for me...clearly I don't think this is the end of these songs being played or new rare ones being brought out...if you think its going to be standard stuff played at MSG youre crazy...but regardless my personal choice is to not be bumped into to and to be able to secure a place with an arena full of people who are forced to somewhat** act civilized....it doesn't matter how good a setlist is in my mind if I cant concentrate on the performance because someone is bumping into me and being an asshole...that happens enough when there are assigned seats

    Its tempting to say I'd go to Bonnaroo knowing the setlist after...but I'd still rather go to a stadium show of just PJ without the hassles of that a festival has...but shit Im very happy for those who went and were bummed because they didnt know there was going to be a full tour after!¬
    htat's my same feeling about festival gigs too, i had a friend trying to get free tickets from a local radio station and she asked if i would go with her, and i said no (she didn't win so i don't have to flog myself in retrospect or anything lol). compound the festival crowd with the heat/humidity, eek!

    but true, considering those who were there had bought tickets not expecting a tour announcement, and it being in the south....what a way to give a treat to the fans. it's good stuff :)
  • kira
    kira Posts: 20
    Abuskedti wrote:
    I was there, it was an absolutely beautiful night.. and the crowd was great... they are jammin and dancin and screaming...

    but damn I still haven't taken a shower

    awww! happy for you. i've paid more for one pj show than the whole
    bonnaroo fest tic cost. just go for pj and be a part of making PEARL JAM HISTORY..
    AND you can say, "i'm one of the ones screaming", after the bootleg
    comes out, every time for the rest of your life you or somebody else
    plays it.. i still listen to fox/atlanta/live/1994 and can hear myself
    scream. ..yea, it was a smaller place.
    but under the stars, singing with eddie, helping him through the
    tears for his friend's dad who died, listenin to the band live,..shoot.
    i can't think of a place i'd rather be. i've been to almost 2000 live
    shows of every kind of band. the glory of being 'with' pj, it raises you above the stinky/sweaty/drunk.. i never know what's goin on around me when they're playing..just more or less floating above it myself..BUT always feel so much respect for other jammers there who love them the same way!
  • haffajappa
    haffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    has anyone ever done european shows? they're all sweaty and crazy... and i find them way more fun... so if theres an amazing set list for a crazy sweaty passionate show then i think that's a plus...


    ...that being said, i'm going to try and pretend the rest of the day that i am not sad i came home between tampa and camden..... :o
    live pearl jam is best pearl jam
  • inhiding 1976
    inhiding 1976 NWI Posts: 580
    The setlist does look good on paper and it was good live. Just like a lot of other people have said, when you make the decision to go to a festival or any general admission show you have chosen to put yourself in a situation where you can't really control what is going on around you. Thus, you miss out on most of the show and can't focus on the music. I attended Lolla and arrived 5 hours early and was front row just to the right of stone, I had fun but I expected to get pissed throughout and I did due to inconsiderate pigs. I went for the music and for the band and I got what I expected from the band and that was pure energy. Don't rip Bonnaroo, if it's not your thing it's cool, but I bet you wouldn't complain if you were sitting on the stage.

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  • Abuskedti
    Abuskedti Posts: 1,917
    kira wrote:
    awww! happy for you. i've paid more for one pj show than the whole
    bonnaroo fest tic cost. just go for pj and be a part of making PEARL JAM HISTORY..
    AND you can say, "i'm one of the ones screaming", after the bootleg
    comes out, every time for the rest of your life you or somebody else
    plays it.. i still listen to fox/atlanta/live/1994 and can hear myself
    scream. ..yea, it was a smaller place.
    but under the stars, singing with eddie, helping him through the
    tears for his friend's dad who died, listenin to the band live,..shoot.
    i can't think of a place i'd rather be. i've been to almost 2000 live
    shows of every kind of band. the glory of being 'with' pj, it raises you above the stinky/sweaty/drunk.. i never know what's goin on around me when they're playing..just more or less floating above it myself..BUT always feel so much respect for other jammers there who love them the same way!

    :) thanks ....

    I remember thinking when I approached "That Tent" that I am about to witness Pearl Jam making my favorite CD :)
  • kira
    kira Posts: 20
    Abuskedti wrote:
    :) thanks ....

    I remember thinking when I approached "That Tent" that I am about to witness Pearl Jam making my favorite CD :)

    ahhh haha, that is hillarious! thinking ahead and/or premonition!! ..and eddie was thinking, "i'm about to give them their favorite cd"..!!
  • spinDrAtl
    spinDrAtl Posts: 109
    Columbia is going to be FOUR hours! :)
    So this is what it's like to be an adult.

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  • Fahka
    Fahka Posts: 3,187
    spinDrAtl wrote:
    Columbia is going to be FOUR hours! :)


    fuckin eh .. ill drink to that notion! :D
  • GraySaturday
    GraySaturday Posts: 2,878
    I was in the VIP section. I was on the first little hill 3 feet from the fence. No one in front of me till the fence and I had a clear 2 feet over everyone in GA from the hill. I saw an uninstructed view the entire night and danced my butt off. No sweaty people all over me, no dirt. I couldn't have asked for a better spot. I could see the band clear as day. My favorite show ever. I was front row at lolla. This BLEW it away.
  • moses562
    moses562 Posts: 1,382
    Are the rising gas prices making people cranky? What's up with everyone? There has been so much tour negativity.
    "A man has the right to be as big as he feels it in him to be." Ken Kesey
  • ardy
    ardy Posts: 53
    kira wrote:
    awww! happy for you. i've paid more for one pj show than the whole
    bonnaroo fest tic cost. just go for pj and be a part of making PEARL JAM HISTORY..
    AND you can say, "i'm one of the ones screaming", after the bootleg
    comes out, every time for the rest of your life you or somebody else
    plays it.. i still listen to fox/atlanta/live/1994 and can hear myself
    scream. ..yea, it was a smaller place.
    but under the stars, singing with eddie, helping him through the
    tears for his friend's dad who died, listenin to the band live,..shoot.
    i can't think of a place i'd rather be. i've been to almost 2000 live
    shows of every kind of band. the glory of being 'with' pj, it raises you above the stinky/sweaty/drunk.. i never know what's goin on around me when they're playing..just more or less floating above it myself..BUT always feel so much respect for other jammers there who love them the same way!


    this comment right here, to me, is what it's all about. well said.
    especially the "...never know what's goin on around me when they're playing..." part. how true.
    to be in a mass of people, all there for
    a band you love, being in the moment, in the heat, in tears is what
    it's about. and so far, no other band has topped this feeling for me
    other than pearl jam. i love being a part of those few hours in time
    that take me away from the madness of the world and craziness of
    my life to a place where i can be happy and free and sing and dance
    and sweat with some of the coolest people i've ever come to know.

    you either dig it or you don't - and if you don't that's cool too... ;)
    "Can I ask you a question?" (.....you just did.....)
  • bovy_j
    bovy_j Posts: 1,008
    Fuck the pessimists. Fuck em'!
    (That's what I'm saying to every negative thread this tour....:))
  • AtlantaJammer
    AtlantaJammer Posts: 2,611
    Ashy Larry wrote:
    while the setlist looks great on paper. Imagine trying to have a nice intimate concert experience in a field of 100K + muddy, stinky, drugged out morons.


    NO Thanks - went to the first 2 Roo's and its a ton of shit to go thru only to end up viewing the headliner on the jumbotron.

    I was front row against the rail. It was unbelievable! Great set. Still speachless...
  • waves roll in
    waves roll in Posts: 159
    bovy_j wrote:
    Fuck the pessimists. Fuck em'!
    (That's what I'm saying to every negative thread this tour....:))

    I am with you! This tour after only 3 shows so far has been nothing short of amazing. The sets have been filled with variety and the band sounds great and fresh. I can't believe people can even think about complaining about the tour so far.
  • JaneNY
    JaneNY Posts: 4,438
    moses562 wrote:
    Are the rising gas prices making people cranky? What's up with everyone? There has been so much tour negativity.

    Not from me (and a bunch of others). A Pearl Jam tour is a thing that lifts my mood always. Just ignore the negativity.
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  • nocode23
    nocode23 Posts: 411
    JaneNY wrote:
    Not from me (and a bunch of others). A Pearl Jam tour is a thing that lifts my mood always. Just ignore the negativity.

    I'm with you on that.:)
  • heartdesire
    heartdesire Posts: 430
    kira wrote:
    awww! happy for you. i've paid more for one pj show than the whole
    bonnaroo fest tic cost. just go for pj and be a part of making PEARL JAM HISTORY..
    AND you can say, "i'm one of the ones screaming", after the bootleg
    comes out, every time for the rest of your life you or somebody else
    plays it.. i still listen to fox/atlanta/live/1994 and can hear myself
    scream. ..yea, it was a smaller place.
    but under the stars, singing with eddie, helping him through the
    tears for his friend's dad who died, listenin to the band live,..shoot.
    i can't think of a place i'd rather be. i've been to almost 2000 live
    shows of every kind of band. the glory of being 'with' pj, it raises you above the stinky/sweaty/drunk.. i never know what's goin on around me when they're playing..just more or less floating above it myself..BUT always feel so much respect for other jammers there who love them the same way!

    ^^^^^^^^THIS^^^^^^^^^^^^

    Especially "the glory of being 'with' pj, it raises you above the stinky/sweaty/drunk .. i never know what's goin on around me when they're playing .. JUST MORE OR LESS FLOATING ABOVE IT MYSELF" ...

    so true!

    there was no way i could get to the roo or any of the east coast shows! reading the reviews and listening to the boots is the closest elixir i can get ... come to chicago or alpine ... please!
    "i'm a dedicated insomniac" ~ ev nyc beacon 6/22
  • SpinningBombs
    SpinningBombs Posts: 270
    just a quick reply because im in a hotel on my way back from the 'roo show but all i have to say is that ive been to 13 pj shows before this one and it was by far one of the best. that includes randalls island 2 in '96 and both msg shows in '03. the show was absolutely amazing. the energy was just about as high as it gets, the band was on fire, and the setlist was incredible. this one goes down as one of the best...guaranteed.

    and just for the record...bonnaroo was amazing. if you ever get a chance go. you'll be glad you did.
    "P-E-A-R-L J-A-M is priceless to me."

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