Share Some Concert Memories

DiRtyFranK38 · April 2008

i've been real psyched for the upcomming tour lately, so i enjoy hearing about people's great show experiences and about awesome setlists and all that.

SO, everyone share memories of one or more concerts with PHOTOS .. love looking at the pics. this should be cool.

Optrex · April 2008

Went and saw the band play two nights in Melbourne 2006 with a work mate.

First night was really rad, all the big old skool songs played, Daughter, Animal, STBC, Jeremy, Once, but got to hear some awesome new songs like Comatose, Come Back and Life Wasted.
Black was really special, and Why Go brought the house down

Funny bit right at the end, during Yellow Ledbetter, a guy in the audience was smoking, a security guy started escorting him out, Eddie saw it and told the Security guy off and said that its the last song so let him smoke, two seconds later every other smoker in the house lit up. Eddie improvised a few lyrics involving the security guard and smoking, then they launched in to Little Wing- really unexpected.

Second night was fantastic, I got to hear everything I didn't hear from night one. Lukin into Not For You was fucking fantastic, I remember me and my mate jumping around hardout to that one. Last kiss, Leash, Brain of J, Gone, GIven to fly, all great versions, Porch was the stand out of the night, amazing version

Hope you enjoy the shows you go to, they won't disappoint.

pearljammer · April 2008

I was going to reply to this thread the other night, but didn't want to get too deep.

I'll post a few memories as they come to me..

First one is of Eddie, windmill strumming to Betterman, and breaking a string, in Boise, Idaho.. The string flew 720 degrees before it hit the stage.

I remember hearing the opening chords to "Down" in Vancouver, 2005. I freaked and pointed at Mike who proceeded to do a couple 360s. Amazing song.

Then there is front row in Saskatoon, when Ed came to the front row during the Porch solo and sang the last verse to a girl from the 2nd row.. I looked at Ed, and then at Mike who was spinning and I flipped out, and I've described it before as like being inside the song.

That's why live Pearl Jam rules, because so many people are into it.

Cosmo · April 2008

I saw Pearl Jam in Indio, CA. in 1993. I was a total Nirvana dude and all I listened to was Nirvana, Nirvana, some Soundgarden... and Nirvana. I bought 'Ten' at the same time I bought 'Nevermind'... but never listened to it very much.
A friend had an extra ticket to the show... but, no car. I had a car so, I drove and he gave the ticket.
The show was amazing, in spite of the WORST audience in concert history. I used to go to some pretty rough punk rock shows in the late 70s/early 80s. Those 'Clash', 'Black Flag' and 'Dead Kennedys' shows back then could get pretty rough. But this crowd was the worst... a mix of Orange County Surf Nazis, Palmdale skinhead Meth lab technicians, East L.A. Cholos, Sunset Strip Vomit Metal Mulletheads, Frat Boy Football player rapists, psycho-hippie burnouts and neo-Punk rockers all looking to kick people's asses because they missed out on that whole Punk Rock thing and wanted to get their licks in... I guess.
The pit was Hellish. It was blazing hot in the day and it got cold and damp at night. The dirt swirled around and stuck to your sweat to the point where you felt like your skin was made of sand paper. The dirt in the day turned into a light mud at night.
A girl who was next to me got clobbered by a psycho crowd surfer's steel toed biker boot and put a giant gash on her scalp. She was bleeding, but didn't know it. I tried to pull her out of the pit, but she thought I was one of those creeps and put up a fight. I wiped my hand over her forehead and showed her the blood... her blood. She sort of freaked, but I was able to get her out and took her over to the First-aid tent (that looked like a combat field hospital).
I watched the remainder of the show from the fringe.
Pearl Jam fucking KILLED. I only knew the radio/MTV hits... but, the set was amazing. It was like 70s style Rock played punk rock style. I remember 'Baba O'Riley' being played and everyone going crazy. It was beyond amazing.
...
The drive home was long and grueling. I still had Nirvana on my tape player in the car... but, thought, Man... those fucking guys were GREAT. I felt like it was the return of the Who, only 90s style.
When I got home, I played 'Ten' in a new light and felt the same way I did when I first heard Led Zeppelin, The Who, The Sex Pistols or Nirvana. That day changed me. I went out and got 'Vs.' and that was it. Nirvana got bumped and it's been all Pearl Jam ever since.

Optrex · April 2008

Cosmo wrote:

I saw Pearl Jam in Indio, CA. in 1993. I was a total Nirvana dude and all I listened to was Nirvana, Nirvana, some Soundgarden... and Nirvana. I bought 'Ten' at the same time I bought 'Nevermind'... but never listened to it very much.
A friend had an extra ticket to the show... but, no car. I had a car so, I drove and he gave the ticket.
The show was amazing, in spite of the WORST audience in concert history. I used to go to some pretty rough punk rock shows in the late 70s/early 80s. Those 'Clash', 'Black Flag' and 'Dead Kennedys' shows back then could get pretty rough. But this crowd was the worst... a mix of Orange County Surf Nazis, Palmdale skinhead Meth lab technicians, East L.A. Cholos, Sunset Strip Vomit Metal Mulletheads, Frat Boy Football player rapists, psycho-hippie burnouts and neo-Punk rockers all looking to kick people's asses because they missed out on that whole Punk Rock thing and wanted to get their licks in... I guess.
The pit was Hellish. It was blazing hot in the day and it got cold and damp at night. The dirt swirled around and stuck to your sweat to the point where you felt like your skin was made of sand paper. The dirt in the day turned into a light mud at night.
A girl who was next to me got clobbered by a psycho crowd surfer's steel toed biker boot and put a giant gash on her scalp. She was bleeding, but didn't know it. I tried to pull her out of the pit, but she thought I was one of those creeps and put up a fight. I wiped my hand over her forehead and showed her the blood... her blood. She sort of freaked, but I was able to get her out and took her over to the First-aid tent (that looked like a combat field hospital).
I watched the remainder of the show from the fringe.
Pearl Jam fucking KILLED. I only knew the radio/MTV hits... but, the set was amazing. It was like 70s style Rock played punk rock style. I remember 'Baba O'Riley' being played and everyone going crazy. It was beyond amazing.
...
The drive home was long and grueling. I still had Nirvana on my tape player in the car... but, thought, Man... those fucking guys were GREAT. I felt like it was the return of the Who, only 90s style.
When I got home, I played 'Ten' in a new light and felt the same way I did when I first heard Led Zeppelin, The Who, The Sex Pistols or Nirvana. That day changed me. I went out and got 'Vs.' and that was it. Nirvana got bumped and it's been all Pearl Jam ever since.

Wow that was a cool story

ironlionzion74 · April 2008

I remember me and a couple of my friends each ate 5 spree's as soon as we got out of the car in the parking lot.I remember feeling it come on strong in line waiting to get in.Something happened that night with Sonic Youth.They were supposed to open but some kind of accident had happened within one of the band members family.Vedder came out and addressed the situation it seemed so gloomy and dark even though I really didn't catch all that he said.I can't remember the pre set songs I think Dead Man was played.When P.J finally took the stage my head was floating all around that place.Really flying during Given To Fly.When they went into It's O.k from Daughter that just freaked my friends out bad.They had a gold light shining on Eddie and he was holding one of his lyric books.The way the light was shining off of the book it looked holy.My friends thought he was Christ for the time being.We were not even communicating with whole sentences at that point.Just grunts and half words but still understood everything that each other was thinking.When he busted into the lyrics of It's O.k I almost believed it too.But I felt a evil lurking there as well.During Evolution I saw that evil take form everywhere.At first I saw the devil sitting up on a beam of one of the old structures near the stage.Then when the part of the song that talks about singing in the choir got there,everyone around me except my friends and the band turned into a serpent.Then on top of all that it started to lightning a little and we decided to move from the spot on the lawn where we were to a better place and they played the creepiest death music intro to Betterman ever.Check out the bootleg if you don't believe me.It was like we were in some kind of funeral precession.The song Untitled that night seemed like it was directed towards us telling us to leave.We were actually pulling out of the place when they were playing Leaving Here.When we got to the first stop light leaving the post there was a police helicopter over the car,shining a spot light on us.Then when the light turned green all these cop cars came speeding through the red light that they had.I almost got out of the car and ran.Turns out they were chasing some fugitive.After that,the rest of the 5 hour drive home is another story.

Optrex · April 2008

ironlionzion74 wrote:

I remember me and a couple of my friends each ate 5 spree's as soon as we got out of the car in the parking lot.I remember feeling it come on strong in line waiting to get in.Something happened that night with Sonic Youth.They were supposed to open but some kind of accident had happened within one of the band members family.Vedder came out and addressed the situation it seemed so gloomy and dark even though I really didn't catch all that he said.I can't remember the pre set songs I think Dead Man was played.When P.J finally took the stage my head was floating all around that place.Really flying during Given To Fly.When they went into It's O.k from Daughter that just freaked my friends out bad.They had a gold light shining on Eddie and he was holding one of his lyric books.The way the light was shining off of the book it looked holy.My friends thought he was Christ for the time being.We were not even communicating with whole sentences at that point.Just grunts and half words but still understood everything that each other was thinking.When he busted into the lyrics of It's O.k I almost believed it too.But I felt a evil lurking there as well.During Evolution I saw that evil take form everywhere.At first I saw the devil sitting up on a beam of one of the old structures near the stage.Then when the part of the song that talks about singing in the choir got there,everyone around me except my friends and the band turned into a serpent.Then on top of all that it started to lightning a little and we decided to move from the spot on the lawn where we were to a better place and they played the creepiest death music intro to Betterman ever.Check out the bootleg if you don't believe me.It was like we were in some kind of funeral precession.The song Untitled that night seemed like it was directed towards us telling us to leave.We were actually pulling out of the place when they were playing Leaving Here.When we got to the first stop light leaving the post there was a police helicopter over the car,shining a spot light on us.Then when the light turned green all these cop cars came speeding through the red light that they had.I almost got out of the car and ran.Turns out they were chasing some fugitive.After that,the rest of the 5 hour drive home is another story.

Gosh that sounded f ucked up, I don't even know what Spree is. I've only ever gone to a concert on beer, considering Ive had to leave my home country to seem them as they don't play in New Zealand, can't really take any illegal things in my suitcase now can I

Glorified Irish Guy · April 2008

At the dublin show we got a bus at like 6am straight to the venue so we were there at around 10, lined up near the front but didnt get breakfast, when they let us all in and out place at the front of the line was fairly secure at around 3 we were so fuckin hungry!!! So we ordered a pizza, pizza guy must have thought it was for the band and tried to get in

Pretty funny seeing him arguing with the security then gettin escorted out, then we starting shouting at him across the road and he came back in with our pizza, it was pretty damn nice too

panthergirl · April 2008

Cosmo wrote:

I saw Pearl Jam in Indio, CA. in 1993. I was a total Nirvana dude and all I listened to was Nirvana, Nirvana, some Soundgarden... and Nirvana. I bought 'Ten' at the same time I bought 'Nevermind'... but never listened to it very much.
A friend had an extra ticket to the show... but, no car. I had a car so, I drove and he gave the ticket.
The show was amazing, in spite of the WORST audience in concert history. I used to go to some pretty rough punk rock shows in the late 70s/early 80s. Those 'Clash', 'Black Flag' and 'Dead Kennedys' shows back then could get pretty rough. But this crowd was the worst... a mix of Orange County Surf Nazis, Palmdale skinhead Meth lab technicians, East L.A. Cholos, Sunset Strip Vomit Metal Mulletheads, Frat Boy Football player rapists, psycho-hippie burnouts and neo-Punk rockers all looking to kick people's asses because they missed out on that whole Punk Rock thing and wanted to get their licks in... I guess.
The pit was Hellish. It was blazing hot in the day and it got cold and damp at night. The dirt swirled around and stuck to your sweat to the point where you felt like your skin was made of sand paper. The dirt in the day turned into a light mud at night.
A girl who was next to me got clobbered by a psycho crowd surfer's steel toed biker boot and put a giant gash on her scalp. She was bleeding, but didn't know it. I tried to pull her out of the pit, but she thought I was one of those creeps and put up a fight. I wiped my hand over her forehead and showed her the blood... her blood. She sort of freaked, but I was able to get her out and took her over to the First-aid tent (that looked like a combat field hospital).
I watched the remainder of the show from the fringe.
Pearl Jam fucking KILLED. I only knew the radio/MTV hits... but, the set was amazing. It was like 70s style Rock played punk rock style. I remember 'Baba O'Riley' being played and everyone going crazy. It was beyond amazing.
...
The drive home was long and grueling. I still had Nirvana on my tape player in the car... but, thought, Man... those fucking guys were GREAT. I felt like it was the return of the Who, only 90s style.
When I got home, I played 'Ten' in a new light and felt the same way I did when I first heard Led Zeppelin, The Who, The Sex Pistols or Nirvana. That day changed me. I went out and got 'Vs.' and that was it. Nirvana got bumped and it's been all Pearl Jam ever since.

great story

vedderfan10 · April 2008

Cool stories....

I got hit on the head with a quarter at the Van 05 show....thought I was going to pass out from the PAIN! Had I known about the infamous "quarter rant" at that time, it certainly would have been spewing forth from me....Anyway, I shook it off...and then was mesmorized by the crowd during "Alive", which more than made up for the disaster that was whistling "Black". I kid...it was all good....Oh, and I refused to sing along with "Hello Wolfgang" because I used to date a guy with that name who ended up being 10 years older than he told me he was - and I found out he was married! I dumped him ASAP....and there it was...my fave band singing, "Helloooooo Wooolfgang! Helloooooo!" Never ever ever thought that would ever happen...

Seriously...every moment of the 2006 Gorge shows were fan-freakin-tastic!

cd21miller · April 2008

every show has a great memory for me -- and i know shows 11, 12 and 13 this summer will do nothing but add to it.

probably my favorite -- june 12, 2003 in kc. found out that day the gender of my second daughter, drove to bonner springs (outside of kc) for the show with 3 of my friends. got there and the mother of all kansas (dorothy wasn't kidding when she dealt with a kansas storm) thunderstorms hit right before the show. it absolutely poured. lightning, thunder and massive amounts of rain. wouldn't have been surprised if frogs and shit came down. delayed the show for a while and finally opened late once the storm had supposedly moved on. anyway, got in, bought a beer that i could barely finish because the rain kept replenishing -- that show beer is watered down anyway, but imagine it raining so hard that you couldn't drink it fast enough before it would overflow. couldn't get a show poster because they were all soaked. finally went in, got our seats (moved down a bunch to about row 14 or so because a lot of people didn't come in right away) and they opened with "release" -- my first time hearing it and in my opinion, THE song to open an old school PJ show. halfway through the 2nd verse a big bolt of lightning lit up the sky (listen to the boot, you can hear the crowd cheer) and then ed slipped in a wave and a "hi, dad" to the sky. freakin' awesome. all in a downpour, which just seemed to take away all crowd inhibitions from the beginning. a shorter set that night because of the weather, but an unbelievable night. they finished the encore with "baba o'riley" -- important to note because the daughter i found out about that day is named rylie (had to give in to the more feminine spelling, but you get the idea.)

and then there was the time...

you shouldn't have got me started!

:-)

catwoman · April 2008

Optrex wrote:

Went and saw the band play two nights in Melbourne 2006 with a work mate.

First night was really rad, all the big old skool songs played, Daughter, Animal, STBC, Jeremy, Once, but got to hear some awesome new songs like Comatose, Come Back and Life Wasted.
Black was really special, and Why Go brought the house down

Funny bit right at the end, during Yellow Ledbetter, a guy in the audience was smoking, a security guy started escorting him out, Eddie saw it and told the Security guy off and said that its the last song so let him smoke, two seconds later every other smoker in the house lit up. Eddie improvised a few lyrics involving the security guard and smoking, then they launched in to Little Wing- really unexpected.

Second night was fantastic, I got to hear everything I didn't hear from night one. Lukin into Not For You was fucking fantastic, I remember me and my mate jumping around hardout to that one. Last kiss, Leash, Brain of J, Gone, GIven to fly, all great versions, Porch was the stand out of the night, amazing version

Hope you enjoy the shows you go to, they won't disappoint.

I hope they play Little Wing in DC.

Surf Rider · April 2008

One time I went to a Pearl Jam show and they played Even Flow. I shit you not.

catwoman · April 2008

PJAMEDVED wrote:

One time I went to a Pearl Jam show and they played Even Flow. I shit you not.

Man, that must have been quite the event!

nowayimfaithfull · April 2008

side stage cincy, watching boom smoke a huge joint while the band rocked out, we could smell it 20 rows up

NoGrapes · April 2008

getting destroyed by the sun at the Gorge. a fat guy + stupid heat = gross

Steve Dunne · April 2008

first show in 1994. didn't think i could go. day of, i went and paid $150 for 2 GA tix. begged then girlfriend to get outta work, considering she got me Ten on cassette before it broke big. we went and stood at the back of the floor for most of the night in awe. ed was simply in another world by that point and his revolution against fame was in high gear. stupid crowd was chanting 'eddie' which only fueled his fire. a great experience though...confirming what i thought to be a great live band.

Glorified Irish Guy · April 2008

PJAMEDVED wrote:

One time I went to a Pearl Jam show and they played Even Flow. I shit you not.

One time i went to a show and they didnt play evenflow, i almost demanded my money back

Man im sickened i cant go to new york for an msg show, that would make a pretty sweet story

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