*** Pearl Jam - PJ 20 Show 2 Fanviews Here ***

The whole weekend was sick had a blast enjoyed both nights but tonight was off the hook ...The best part of the whole weekend is meeting and seeing people i consider freinds ...see you next time

Part of the fun of these shows was the spaces in between. Of course the highest moments were during the music, but so many other images:

The signs on the road "Buy American, The job you save, May be your own, Burma Shave" (fuck Scott Walker, BTW).

The woman in the room next to me - ahem - "vocalizing", waking me from a deep sleep at 10 in the morning.

Meeting Jammers everywhere. Everywhere.

The Italian guy with the stickman tatoo on his leg at the pool. Didn't speak much English but understood my appreciation. Saw sooo many PJ tattoos.

The older couple at the bar, husband has Parkinson's, come to the Abbey every weekend for years, wondering what all the nice people were doing there.

Meeting Sherry the Saints fan, not into PJ but totally into it. Swapped animal pictures and gave her my sweatshirt because she was freezing.

The guy next to me night one who thought the concert would be better if everyone sat down the whole time. I told him not in a million years. I did sit down alot that night - stomach bug. Made me appreciate how lucky I was to be healthy in general and for night two.

Seeing U-505 in Chicago with my son. Had to talk our way into an earlier tour because we had a plane to catch. Nice people there.

Stumbling around the halls last night at 3am, seeing other wild eyed fans to wired to sleep.

Having some dude slam dance me during Porch night one on the steep part of the walkway. He stopped and maybe I'm making this up, looked like he was worried I was going to hit him.

Wondering how so many fans could stand on the wet lawn for so long.

Multiply that list by 10, that is what that experience was like. Thanks everyone.

Love all this... keep going.

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NumberTenOx wrote:

Part of the fun of these shows was the spaces in between. Of course the highest moments were during the music, but so many other images:

The signs on the road "Buy American, The job you save, May be your own, Burma Shave" (fuck Scott Walker, BTW).

The woman in the room next to me - ahem - "vocalizing", waking me from a deep sleep at 10 in the morning.

Meeting Jammers everywhere. Everywhere.

The Italian guy with the stickman tatoo on his leg at the pool. Didn't speak much English but understood my appreciation. Saw sooo many PJ tattoos.

The older couple at the bar, husband has Parkinson's, come to the Abbey every weekend for years, wondering what all the nice people were doing there.

Meeting Sherry the Saints fan, not into PJ but totally into it. Swapped animal pictures and gave her my sweatshirt because she was freezing.

The guy next to me night one who thought the concert would be better if everyone sat down the whole time. I told him not in a million years. I did sit down alot that night - stomach bug. Made me appreciate how lucky I was to be healthy in general and for night two.

Seeing U-505 in Chicago with my son. Had to talk our way into an earlier tour because we had a plane to catch. Nice people there.

Stumbling around the halls last night at 3am, seeing other wild eyed fans to wired to sleep.

Having some dude slam dance me during Porch night one on the steep part of the walkway. He stopped and maybe I'm making this up, looked like he was worried I was going to hit him.

Wondering how so many fans could stand on the wet lawn for so long.

Multiply that list by 10, that is what that experience was like. Thanks everyone.

I love these little tidbits as well. Good stuff.

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MayDay10 wrote:

This is a weekend I will take to the grave with me. Met so many great people, and brought a friend who is floored by said great people. The fans really represented pj well, as I spoke with security personnel at the hotel and venue who loved the fanbase and the common courtesy.

How about that tense minute when the floating tealight torch got stuck under the all wood amphitheater roof?

This was pretty scary.

I was in the second row on the lawn, so just above the aisle at the top of the pavilion. The torch drifted into the pavilion, gently hit part of the inside of the root, then started to kind of skirt along the roof along the incline. Physics!

The torch cannot "leave" from underneath the roof without dropping a couple of feet to get under a vertical section that comes down from the roof itself (I don't know anything about construction, so forgive me).

A security guard in the aisle literally ran to another, grabbed him and pointed as the torch was up there burning and clearly stuck, and the two of them took off running. Not jogging, mind you - they both ran as though it was of far less consequence if they knocked a few people over on there way.

After a few minutes (maybe it wasn't quite that long, I can't be sure), the torch finally began to drift again.

However, it began drifting into the pavilion, while losing altitude.

The thing was over people in 203, descending, and coming towards them from behind. It was terrible to watch.

It made its way towards the far right aisle, and appeared to just drop. From where I was, it was impossible to see if anyone was hurt, but it was clear that that was all too plausible. Does anyone know where it came down?

The weird thing is, the thing was moving in near perfect cohesion with Cornell's singing. I hope whoever got hit with the thing is OK.

By the Alpine Valley resort gate someone jumped the fenced and fell like 10+ feet and barely missed a fence post. Then this individual scampered into the woods. I hope this guy is OK too.

Two dozen security guards and a couple AMTs ran by. That was all we saw.

It was horrifying. The gasp from members of thje crowd when that thing trouched down (up?) on the roof was really something I dont want to hear again. I was scanning for a quick safe way out. It was right next to one of those giant hanging screens too.

Was a great experience getting close in the pavillion. Only bad part was not hearing 'Crazy Mary' either night.

MayDay10 wrote:

oona left wrote:

MayDay10 wrote:

This is a weekend I will take to the grave with me. Met so many great people, and brought a friend who is floored by said great people. The fans really represented pj well, as I spoke with security personnel at the hotel and venue who loved the fanbase and the common courtesy.

How about that tense minute when the floating tealight torch got stuck under the all wood amphitheater roof?

This was pretty scary.

I was in the second row on the lawn, so just above the aisle at the top of the pavilion. The torch drifted into the pavilion, gently hit part of the inside of the root, then started to kind of skirt along the roof along the incline. Physics!

The torch cannot "leave" from underneath the roof without dropping a couple of feet to get under a vertical section that comes down from the roof itself (I don't know anything about construction, so forgive me).

A security guard in the aisle literally ran to another, grabbed him and pointed as the torch was up there burning and clearly stuck, and the two of them took off running. Not jogging, mind you - they both ran as though it was of far less consequence if they knocked a few people over on there way.

After a few minutes (maybe it wasn't quite that long, I can't be sure), the torch finally began to drift again.

However, it began drifting into the pavilion, while losing altitude.

The thing was over people in 203, descending, and coming towards them from behind. It was terrible to watch.

It made its way towards the far right aisle, and appeared to just drop. From where I was, it was impossible to see if anyone was hurt, but it was clear that that was all too plausible. Does anyone know where it came down?

The weird thing is, the thing was moving in near perfect cohesion with Cornell's singing. I hope whoever got hit with the thing is OK.

By the Alpine Valley resort gate someone jumped the fenced and fell like 10+ feet and barely missed a fence post. Then this individual scampered into the woods. I hope this guy is OK too.

Two dozen security guards and a couple AMTs ran by. That was all we saw.

It was horrifying. The gasp from members of thje crowd when that thing trouched down (up?) on the roof was really something I dont want to hear again. I was scanning for a quick safe way out. It was right next to one of those giant hanging screens too.

Scrolling through some pics and vids that my wife recorded, we got a little of it during Call Me A Dog. Not the greatest vid, but I'll try to upload it.

Let me start this off by saying that the overall experience for both nights was just amazing. In my opinion night 2 was a communal experience between the crowd and the band. I just can't describe the feeling that I had leaving the venue, it was definitely a highlight of my life. I think it goes beyond the set list and technical perfection to love, I think there was a shared love between the crowd and the band that was just transcendent. If I had any complaints I would have liked to have seen Wooden Jesus instead of the repeat of Reach Down, but really that is just me being greedy.

It was 11 years, 1 month, and 1 day ago that I sat in Virginia Beach Amphitheater getting ready to watch my favorite band get ready to play what in my mind was probably the most difficult show of their lives. It was the first time I was seeing them in a full length show. I remember wondering if they were ever going to play Daughter again, about half way through they did. The band then gets to the Tag and Eddie asks the crowd to help them start anew by singing and then proceeded to do "It's OK". It has always been a special moment to me as I saw it as the band asking the crowd to tell them that "it is ok" and try to begin the healing process. Flash forward to last night and seeing them play it again in that setting of celebration was just incredibly special to me and instantaneously bridged the time and 11 shows in between those 2 nights. The rest of the show was amazing but that was my favorite moment.

i've been to some of the "bigger" recent shows.
bonnaroo, philly 10.31, msg both nights. what great times.this one is right there with them.
there is NO WAY to rank shows anymore. it's just silly. it's like sticking to one favorite song. not happening.

these guys are so cool. yea sounds nerdy...but they are. having everyone guest appearing on what seemed like every song reminded me of hanging at my local bar/venue with all of my buddies and we're just dicking around playing each others songs on stage. sooooo much fun

they made a real effort to play some wild songs that a lot of people haven't heard. and ed knows what people want to hear. to do "it's ok" tag is so great because i have met many fans that have always wished they'd bring it back. that was nice of them.

either way i've never sat 3rd row dead center (i'm usually last row my number sucks) and the whole time was actually akward cause i felt like i was staring at the band like a 12 year old girl at a bieber show. but it was beyond awesome.

and i'm pretty sure i pissed ed off with tossing him the beach ball...i panicked when it landed in my hands and he was right in front of me. so..sorry ed. and to everone behind me because i'm 6'4" and love to rock my face off.

what a great night