**Ottawa Fanviews Here**

Westernsky wrote:

There are several reasons why I loved the Ottawa show, cheif among them it just *kicked ass*.

I loved every second and I was a lot more relaxed. The weather was horrible and we had a hell of a time getting to the venue
(next to the exsistential anti-feminist), but it was all ok once we got there. We arrived early, got to our seats, ran into a few familiar faces - Woohoo ((cheers!!!)) Mary! - and met some great people.

Kaddi - That is still the best ASK ever! E-V-E-R!!!

Hi Nora, it was great seeing you and Kaddi too!! What a show!!

Mary

still the best show of 05...

Lets give a HUGE and LOUD round of applaud for this AMAZING show!
Ottawa rocked exactly 3 months ago! Can't believe it was that long ago, or not so long ago... Doesn't seem like it.


OK, when Eddie first came to do the pre-set people were so pumped for the show... Then SK hit the stage, they rocked... But I was still like dreaming after hearing and seeing Ed from like 4th row or so (before the security guys came and told us to go back to our seats) :mad:

Anyways, after an hour of SK, lights out, we knew who was coming next:D

When finally PJ hit the stage hearing WASH as opener I was :eek: I just couldn't believe it! I kept saying OMG, OMG, OMG probably thru whole 1at verse, and then it finally hit me, so I enjoyed the song...

Then all those AWESOME songs on (one) the GREATEST stelist(s) of NA tour, followed by IN HIDING! :eek: One of my personal favorites, another SURPRISE.

Just when we thought we got it all, another SURPRISE from our very favorite
super awsome brilliant Pearl Jam... Mr. Stone Gossard sang *DON'T GIMME NO LIP* FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER!!! The crowd went nuts even more, and the band loved it, Eddie had a blast while Stone was singing

So I was in HEAVEN and I though, this can't get any better, another thing happened... Few songs after mr. Gossard, they started playing some familiar tune...I guess I was still in delirium and didn't realize what it was
until Eddie sang like 2nd verse.
I GOT SHIT!!! OMG! :eek: I almost DID get shit then! Seriously! Tears just poured down my cheeks and I just got into this show more and more, with every song they played. But this just hit me. I cried of happines, I fell in love with PJ all over again. Just INCREDIBLE.

Then some TEN hits after that, we rocked REALLY hard and I was going nuts until another super emotional song, BLACK.
Beautiful version, lighters everywhere, everyone got into it, singing but not too loud, until *do do do* part where the crowd just OWNED it.
I COMPLETELY lost my voice by then and couldn't sing, so I whistled.
There are no words to discribe how I felt. And the best WE BELONG TOGETHER tag, Eddie filled with emotions singing this ultimate love song...
I almost melted.

Then Betterman, a classic and a great singalong. It's a great feeling singing that song wiht thousands of fans, all of us united by one band, one song...Great!

Another AWESOME version of RVM, and a LOOONG jam at the end. They teased as at the beginning before they started really playing it, if I recall corectly. Haha, that was fun.

The LOUDEST 1st encore ever, hehe, and then Jeff and Eddie came back to sing Bee Girl. That was hilarious, I was laughing during the song, they
were so funny and I just thought it was the funniest thing that night playing Bee Girl. Never thought I'd hear it live.
It was great, though.

I love the fact I heard both version of Miracles, and this night it was the slow/acoustic one. I loved it.

Sleight of Hand was a cool treat, not played that often, I guess. Not my fav songs, but the lady who was with me (hi, northcountrygirl if you're reading thi by any chance) was really happy and she sad THANK YOU several times. It sounded great, it's an unusual PJ tune, I might say, and I liked they played it that particular night.

I don't really want to say more, the rest of the show ROCKED, all the songs were just INCREDIBLE, the band was so into it, so was the crowd. My 17th floor CENTER seats were great, I was looking straight at Eddie (thanks,
again, northcountrygirl) and the night was a dream come true.

Just look at this incredible setlist below, might not be the most unusual one (but I believe it was #5 on the stat's, there was a thread on this earlier this week), but the show just rocked! They played for 2 hours and 50 minutes!!! It was 11:50 when we took pics of us and Can and Am flag after the show, and I was DREAMING!!!

So I'll stop writing, leaving you wiht this amazing show, listen to the boot (I still gotta get it, I know), and enjoy weather you were or you weren't there. I just relived Sept 16 all over again writing this review, so to speak
it took me *only* three months to put my feelings from that night into words
But it sure was worth being there and pariticipating in one of the best shows in PJ history!
Rock on Ottawa, rock on Canada, rock on Jammers, rock on PEARL JAM!

THANK YOU! I'll never forget it!

EDIT:
Here's the setlist as a reminder:

Ed Solo - Last Kiss

Set list: Wash, Go, Hail Hail, Animal, Brain of J., Corduroy, Immortality, In Hiding, Don't Gimme No Lip, Even Flow, Green Disease, Insignificance, I Got Shit, Jeremy, Black, Better Man, Rearviewmirror

1st encore: Bee Girl, I Believe in Miracles, Sleight of Hand, Small Town, Crazy Mary, Alive

2nd encore: Given To Fly, Not For You/(Modern Girl by Sleater-Kinney), Daughter, Harvest Moon w/Sleater Kinney, Leaving Here w/S-K, Rockin' in the Free World w/ S-K, Yellow Ledbetter/(Led Zeppelin's Over the Hills and Far Away riff in guitar solo)

JD Sal wrote:

Sorry, that was a real nice review and I'm not trying to be a buzzkill or anything, but Ed didn't sing the 'We Belong Together' tag during Black.

Here's what Ed sang at the end. It was truly the best and most emotional version of Black I've ever heard.

"All the stars in the sky
Thought you were up in mine
Still I wonder...
I wonder.....
I wonder

You're so long gone
We've all come along
But still I wonder
Still I wonder

With each breath I know you're there
Somewhere
I wonder
I still wonder......"

My bad, sorry. It was in Montreal then. I got mixed up those 2, I guess two shows in a row and 2 Blacks in a row...
I don't have the boots yet, sorry, my bad. I'll double check next time. Thanks for pointing that out.

peace

PS yeah, I do agee it was REALLY emotional

Were you at the show?

i hearted ottawa cant wait for the states tour!!!!!!

WHY? WHY do people keep bumping these threads

I have to say, Cropdustress, that i wish in Ottawa i was sitting near where you were. i was on the floor in section A row 27 and let me tell you, the crowd around me was TERRIBLE. the show was amazing, i couldn't have asked for a better set list, but the whole show i was thinking how much more fun i had in Montreal in my 10c seats. But appreciating the show.. WASH!!.. "dont gimme no lip".. that version of "Black".. "I Got Shit" and fuckin "In HIding" what a night...

And I must say, no matter where my seats were, both MT and OTT shows were incredible, but Ottawa sticks out a lil more because of the better seats and the setlist.

I'm sorry your neighbours were horrible, but it's great you can appreciate the show even though some ppl sucked. Don't let them ruin the show for you

In Montreal, a lady infront of me (actually 1 seat lower) was smoking ALL THE TIME. :eek: It's not a big deal, but I have a problem if the smoke's coming my way. the security guard warned her a couple of times, but she managed to hide the smoke anyways. I guess that was the only BAD part about MT (and the fact I was REALLY tired).

Sorry for the long posts, I wasn't around all day, so I had to take it out now hehe

peace

http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/arts/story.html?id=93bbb2b2-a207-4d27-a154-6ac28e7883ce&k=9753

Best concert in Ottawa - 2005!

"September: In the back-to-school showdown between Green Day and Pearl Jam, Green Day stretched out their radio hits with a script full of audience participation tricks, while Pearl Jam dug in and played their hearts out in a three-hour show that people are still talking about."

Just listening to this boot on the way to work today, made me remember how hard it was raining outside after the show.... and how perfectly it fit the words when the band took the stage... "oh pleeeeeeeeease... let it rain today...."

What a powerful moment, seeing WASH was so unreal, glad to go back to it!!