***Lollapalooza Fanviews Here, Aug 5, 2007***

IndySarah wrote:

Just back from the fantastic weekend in Chicago-- totally exhausted, but everything was well worth it. Agree with earlier posts that the shows were great, between the two, great mix of songs and crowds and energy. Thanks for all who have posted videos and links.

Weirdest moment from last night: during the drum solo/fireworks, some random guy walks past me carring three beers, stops in front of me (I'm not wearing a PJ shirt, not near the front) and says "Matt Cameron's a jerk". Then walks away.

soulsinging wrote:

wow man, where were you? i didnt see anything half that bad going on... i wonder if those 3 girls were the ones next to us at muse. they were smoking up the whole muse set and talking about how they lvoed muse. the one was kinda cute though so i didnt mind em

Vedd Hedd wrote:

I was Stones side, about 50 feet back, but had to retreat. Im guessing it would have been better had I been either closer or further away.

If I was way up front, there would have been no place for the pushers to go. Further back, nobody pusing.

Which is exactly what I did.

Again, I am used to rowdy crowds, and actually, in come cases prefer them.

But there was so much going on, and so many people causing problems, I seriously couldnt enjoy the show.

But I liked PJ's performance.


I'll add this.....why do they feel the need to schedule this during what is typically the hottest week in Chicago? Temp was 88, with 65-75% humidity, thats like 100 degree heat index.

Vedd Hedd wrote:

It has nothing to do with being old, its about the disrespectful people around us.

There was a group of three girls next to us who talked throughout the entire show. I now know who each of them is hooking up with, how much weed they smoked, and how much they love "the older pj", as they kept saying.

Then, as we had our spot since noon, it was really nice to see people, drunk, slam their way into a wall of people. The people in front of me got knocked down several times, as did I, because people were trying to sneak down front. And there was no room to begin with.

By the time they got to education, the crowd died. No idea what they were hearing. Which is fine because not everyone is as big a fan as most of us, but at least be respectful to those who want to hear the show. When you hear a song you don't know, its not time for a chit chat session. And if you are going to talk to the people around you, at least try to not include the whole audience in the convo.

Then even flow was next, and the crowd surfing resumed. Which in itself is fine. If its done right. People lift you up and its a crowd effort to keep you going. You don't jump on the shoulders of someone you don't know to try to climb on the crowd. But there were at least a dozen by us, several of which landed on our heads. No need for a heel to the skull.

When ed got to the no more war part, and was talking about thomas young, I heard several people say, "shut the fuck up." ok, so you don't agree with his politics, but be respectful of the people who want to hear.

I had enough when I heard the boos for thomas young. Not overwhelming, but enough to piss me off.

I know one of my friends was elbowed in the face, causing her eye to swell shut.

Personally, I was there since the gates opened at 11, made it to the pj stage by noon, and ended up staying there.

It was too hot for my taste, got a litte sunburned, so the pushing and closeness of the crowd exacerbated the prob.

I thought pj was good, but out of the 25 some shows I've seen, I thought it was average. But I got to hear education, so that helped. And the no more war thing, and everyone on stage at the end, that was fun. But 12 hours in that sun and heat was too much for me. I'm not very sun-friendly.

Overall, I'd rather be at a regular pj show, with a regular pj crowd. That doesent make me old. Just experienced.

I'm glad some people had a good time. I hate to put a damper on anyone elses great experience. Once I moved away from the crowd I was in, we were ok, but I was so hot and tired by then it didn't help much.

And the crowd was definitely rude. Most of the people who were 10c or had pj shirts were polite and respectful of the people around them, but there were a lot of really rude people. And anytime I see pushing and people getting knocked down, I get worried. People get hot and drunk and angry and I didn't want it to escalate and watch people get hurt. Or stepped on, which is why I'll stick with 10c shows from now on.