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I am not am overly emotional guy but as I sit here @ o'hare waiting for my flight home from this weekend I can't help but have a lump in my throat.
My eyes are a bit moist (it maybe the lack of sleep)
I have yet to wrap my head around the enormity of this weekend and I feel blessed to have bared witness.
I have been a faithful fan for 18 years. Pearl Jam is one of the longest relationships I have ever had.
I am still speechless and overwhelmed.
Thank You for everything

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dimitrispearljam wrote:

and if you guys wanna search best even flow version.....just wait for the bootleg of tonight.....

Bar none my favorite Even Flow. This version rocked. Hard.

hedave wrote:

There are no words. There are so many reasons said and not said. To the most profound, impassioned and entertaining band on Earth today, I thank lyou for a weekend more personal than I could have possibly considered. During Chris' four-pack of Temple songs, I saw Ed in the back offering background vocals. It was clear the stage was surrendered for a moment. In a gesture of simple humility, Ed happily consigned himself behind the drums. I saw then his love for music and his passion to change the lives of those thousands who came to greet him during the last two days. Thank you, guys. Thank you so very much.

I am sititng here in Dublin, Ireland reading all thee positive/negative responses about the 2 setlists. i have seen Pj live 9 times and i counted 19 songs that i have never heard in any of my 9 shows. That is not including TOTD. The pressure on Ed to come up with the 2 setlists must have been enormous, He pulled it off. He knew the gigs would have been full of massive fans and i think the sets reflected that. he could easily have bottled it and played all the hits but he pulled it out of the bag. these type of sets wil never be heard again. those that were there, i am so jealous. When i saw what was played, it brought a big big smile to my face. This was a once off. YOu jammy bas***ds. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have two words for this entire festival...MIKE MCCREADY!!!!!!!!!

Epic weekend plain and simple. Night one was unique with alot of great moments but the flow was off but still a good show.

Night two was freaking EPIC. The main set was EASILY the best main set ever. The energy the song choices, starting with Wash all the way through, Leatherman was cool as heck, Habit was amazing, Daughter with It's Okay tag was simply the best. First encore was fantastic, second encore was great though I would have like pushing forward back instead of reach down twice but you know what, it was still awesome to see TOTD for the first time in like what, 17 years and probably the last time ever, in time people will appreciate what a rare treat that was if they didn't in the moment. Final encore was absloute perfection, I mean seriously the greatest version of Alive, followed by an epic free for all on Rockin in the Free World followed by a beyond happy Mike doing YLB. If that isn't an epic show amongst the all time greatest then you will never be happy with anything. Awesome awesom awesome, couldn't have asked for anything better.

Also, seeing Dennis Rodman there was cool, did anyone else catch Eddie give that quick "nod" to Dennis, can't remember whcih song it was but he said somehting llike "this one is for Mr. Rodman" or something like that...

Oh yeah, and Mike has never been better, he was on fire last night like I've never seen before!

butte1 wrote:

concertaholicshirt wrote:

Just an observation.... no one who had the 10/31/9 Last Philly Spectrum show in their sig said Best Show Evah. Carry on, and see you in Montreal

No but I now folks who don't post wh've been to both who said last night was their favorite show.. So to each their own is all I am saying

Fair enough... I was just being a NYC Metro-area SOB having some fun

That said, one of the things that made Philly 4 so phenomenal was the lack of guests... it was ALL PJ. At the risk of being sacrilegious, PJ is not my favorite band... not in the Top 5. I've been to Live Aid, seen Bruce from pretty close in NJ a few times, been front row for AC/DC, been 'back row' (first row directly behind Stewart Copeland) for the last Police show ever, and a lot more. Philly4 was possibly the 2nd best concert I've ever seen (nothing will beat Pink Floyd in an open field where they could really open up the quadrophonic effect... not even being front row by Gilmour for them inside a few months later) That's how good Halloween 2009 was.

EPIC. EPIC EPIC. GREATEST CONCERT OF MY LIFE.

Abe Froman wrote:

I have two words for this entire festival...MIKE MCCREADY!!!!!!!!!

I will add three. Matt fucking Cameron.