Gorge Fanviews Nite One 7/22 Here

Missy · July 2006

goldenegg wrote:

Security was an absolute mess though. No single person knew all the 'rules'. They all had their own interpretations and were pissing a lot of people off.

Glad we weren't the only ones who thought this. For the first time ever they didn't allow people to bring in blankets to sit on...they are a fire hazard you know. You could take in as many water bottles as you wished...but only after you threw the caps away in front of the security people. This was because someone might throw a bottle cap at someone and hurt them. Although I saw plenty of people buy water bottles inside that still had lids on them. Oh and no poster tubes. Again, you might injure someone with them. Not that it mattered because they were all sold out by 5pm anyway. Overall there were A LOT of really pissed off people.

Aside from the horrid security situation, the concert rocked!. It was hot and humid (it rained on and off all around us just enough to make it nice and muggy) but it was overcast most of the day, so at least we didn't have the hot sun directly beating down on us. It was still damn hot though! We are home now (Yakima), but will be heading back up in the morning. Can't wait. Tomorrow we will know what to expect as far as the new security measures and we shouldn't have any problems (knock on wood). Can't wait!

Enigma · July 2006

Second time seeing them, first time ever to the Gorge. Unfortunately, stuck in the lawn with some delayed sound and small dots as the band members. Doesn't matter, watching that beautiful sunset while PJ was riding the rhythm to Alive hard gave me (and I'm sure everybody else) goosebumps.

Glad to know where Eddie went during Last Kiss, I was searching for him but couldn't locate him so I assumed he went backstage or something.

Have fun to everybody staying for the second night, I'm sure they're going to pull more songs from Vitalogy/No Code.

binauralsounds · July 2006

daryl jam wrote:

Just got home (to hotel) from the gorge...perfect weather...not too hot...great setlist IMO.....great venue...great band....but i think all you lazy fuckers should be ashamed of yourselves for the mess that was left behind...my GF and I waded through a sea of garbage on our way out to the parking lot...(with our garbage in my backpack).....show the venue, yourselves, each other and the band some respect and pick up after yourselves...think about the wages for the poor cleanup staff the next time you bitch about a $6 slice of pizza.....

Thanks for the review mother earth and Al Gore. Glad you enjoyed!

Enigma · July 2006

I'm not sure what the temperature gauge hit but it was damn hot. Eddie said in between songs something to the effect of "these clouds never looked so good!!!"

outontheporch · July 2006

lucehifener wrote:

http://picasaweb.google.com/lesheifner/072206WestCoastDay9

lol vedder in shorts! like the old days

Foxy Mop · July 2006

It's 7:35 AM and already getting pretty warm out. I'm kind of staring at the screen, not really sure what exactly my fanview would be.

As a NYC girl living in Chicago and never having been out west... wow. Mt. Rainier; Seattle; all so amazingly beautiful. The drive out to the Gorge was a bit longer than we expected, and we arrived late. All I can say is that canadian(?) poster with the evergreen trees on it is a perfect artistic representation of the views here. Totally breathtaking.

Temperatures fluxuated between 104 up to the highest we saw at 109. We decided to stay at a hotel in Moses Lake for Saturday night because of the heat. Thank god.

Parking was a 45 minute wait for most people who weren't camping. The main Gorge campground looked very reminiscent of Woodstock. 10C ticket pickup was an hour wait as some have already said, with no real structure, people cutting the line and a good deal of confusion. Add to the confusion, Ticketmaster lost all service on the West Coast. Then there were the lines to get actually in to the Gorge itself.

But... wow. All those lines were worth the wait. Walking up the hill to look out at the stage and valley below, and the mountains beyond, literally brought tears to my eyes. It was just so damn gorgeous.

Me, Nixon in Detroit and Boston Bobby had 16th row, Mike's side towards the center and sat 2 rows in front of Ashley, Mike's wife. Ashley was with Chris Adams (?) whom Ed gave a shout out to as their friend who had recently gone through a lot of stuff in his life, which we believe was Crohn's related. What we (Nixon!) found out was that tonight's show was Chris's dream setlist. Chris & Ashley had made up the setlist in Portland and all throughout the show Mike and the boys kept pointing and waving to him and Ashley. For the last 2 songs, they left our area and went up on the side stage.

Thank you, thank you Chris, you wonderful human being.

Wash was just the perfect opener...then we get slammed with Cord, HH, WWS, Sev Hand, and then Ed went into a speech about staying "hydrated, indulated" and a few other -ated words (I think it was at this point) and taking care of our friends and neighbors then went into GTF.

Daughter tag included "the sun goes down... " to the most gorgeous sunset I've ever seen on the continental USA. Brilliant shades of of pink, red and orange streaking across the sky behind the mountains...Ed's voice coaxing the sun to down. Words can't do it justice.

Insignificance was great and reminded me of the Boein facility we passed on the way from Portland to Seattle. Blood was a riot of jumping, fist pumping and craziness.

Footsteps...beautiful. SOLAT into Crown was a personal favorite for me, at which point I could not help the tears again.

Last Kiss was on the roof of the sound area, which made an eh-eh song interesting. Inside Job, started off a teenie bit shakey, but was as beautiful as ever. When Baba started, we thought we were done..but oh no...

DIRTY FUCKIN FRANK baby!!

We had been chanting through the whole show and I literally think I peed my pants a little. I thought they were on fire. The bass line was groovy, with the help of the lyric sheet, Ed was on the money and it was just freekin incredible.
INCREDIBLE. I am a very happy girl.

Today we will be going over earlier and hopefully will manage the heat today (I do feel badfor the campers!)

More on Portland, meeting Mike, Gorge 2, CCFA totals, etc. on Tuesday!!

Back to sleep for me...
Laura

Sharon_Hearts_PJ · July 2006

daryl jam wrote:

Just got home (to hotel) from the gorge...perfect weather...not too hot...great setlist IMO.....great venue...great band....but i think all you lazy fuckers should be ashamed of yourselves for the mess that was left behind...my GF and I waded through a sea of garbage on our way out to the parking lot...(with our garbage in my backpack).....show the venue, yourselves, each other and the band some respect and pick up after yourselves...think about the wages for the poor cleanup staff the next time you bitch about a $6 slice of pizza.....

Just so you know, if everyone cleaned up after themselves those folks wouldn't even have jobs. Same deal with movie theaters, etc. Not the most glamorous jobs, but they are a form of income that would otherwise be unavailable.

Sounds like a very interesting evening for those of you who were there. I look forward to reading more about it as people get home.

bacchanal · July 2006

13PJ13 wrote:

Just so you know, if everyone cleaned up after themselves those folks wouldn't even have jobs. Same deal with movie theaters, etc. Not the most glamorous jobs, but they are a form of income that would otherwise be unavailable.

Sounds like a very interesting evening for those of you who were there. I look forward to reading more about it as people get home.

u should still clean up after yourselves.....some occupations dont NEED to exist.....Its kind of like the guys who collect cans on the beach here...if everyone threw them away...those guys wouldn't have jobs.....but who aspires to be a janitor.....if u do...something wrong with you!!!

skyeriverwinter · July 2006

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inmyrvm · July 2006

lucehifener wrote:

Tonight's show at The Gorge was reason for celebration. Highlights (for me,) included Wash, Footsteps, Dirty Frank and a seemingly spontaneous full-band version of Little Wing towards the end of Yellow Ledbetter.

Having never been to a show at The Gorge, (regretfully due to my residence in Texas,) I was blown away, far beyond the pictures and fanviews I've seen and read before walking into this place. "Holy fucking shit," is about the only phrase I could think of all evening long.

I was at all three San Francisco shows, the Portland benefit, and this first night at The Gorge, and I must say, wow. Perhaps my reviewing capability would be more advanced tomorrow. Oh, no, I'll be at the next Gorge show tomorrow. Wow.

Pics of today:

http://picasaweb.google.com/lesheifner/072206WestCoastDay9

sweet pics, that just sucks that ticketbastard screwed everyone

pj.uw.laura · July 2006

lucehifener wrote:

Tonight's show at The Gorge was reason for celebration. Highlights (for me,) included Wash, Footsteps, Dirty Frank and a seemingly spontaneous full-band version of Little Wing towards the end of Yellow Ledbetter.

Having never been to a show at The Gorge, (regretfully due to my residence in Texas,) I was blown away, far beyond the pictures and fanviews I've seen and read before walking into this place. "Holy fucking shit," is about the only phrase I could think of all evening long.

I was at all three San Francisco shows, the Portland benefit, and this first night at The Gorge, and I must say, wow. Perhaps my reviewing capability would be more advanced tomorrow. Oh, no, I'll be at the next Gorge show tomorrow. Wow.

Pics of today:

http://picasaweb.google.com/lesheifner/072206WestCoastDay9

looks like a beautiful show, despite the heat. sweet pictures!

was Ed wearing Keds???

pjamdude69 · July 2006

lucehifener wrote:

Tonight's show at The Gorge was reason for celebration. Highlights (for me,) included Wash, Footsteps, Dirty Frank and a seemingly spontaneous full-band version of Little Wing towards the end of Yellow Ledbetter.

Having never been to a show at The Gorge, (regretfully due to my residence in Texas,) I was blown away, far beyond the pictures and fanviews I've seen and read before walking into this place. "Holy fucking shit," is about the only phrase I could think of all evening long.

I was at all three San Francisco shows, the Portland benefit, and this first night at The Gorge, and I must say, wow. Perhaps my reviewing capability would be more advanced tomorrow. Oh, no, I'll be at the next Gorge show tomorrow. Wow.

Pics of today:

http://picasaweb.google.com/lesheifner/072206WestCoastDay9

Awesome fuckin pics bro!! I'll be leaving in about an hour for Ellensburg/The Gorge, and looking forward to those same views myself later on today.. And a setlist that'll be just as awesome, if not more..

edwho · July 2006

Hail, Hail the lucky ones that sold out the Gorge for two nights.

Live Severed Hand doesn’t have the truck backing up in the middle, but I keep hoping.

Elderly Women was for everyone attending that was from a Small Town.

I Am Mine was dedicated to someone in the audience. At the end of the song just before Mike plays that amazing guitar outro part, he stood still, standing erect with his right arm extended and pointing straight to the sky and his left hand ready on the fret board, there was a pause with him looking up to the sky and then going into that solo. Incredible moment!

Unemployable – Yes, that’s me!!

Daughter’s back in the set and “Its Ok” was long and extended with Ed asking for help singing “Its Ok.”

Black is back too. If Pearl Jam concerts are our church, than this to me is our ‘Lords Prayer.’

“A Life Wasted, I'm never going back again,” except for maybe tomorrow.

Footsteps, Once, Alive, Chicago, San Diego, Washington.

1st encore seemed kind of ‘back to the start of all this’. Was Leash a 10 outtake?

Last Kiss, where is he this time? Oh, up there, climbing shit again.

Baba O'Riley, Rockin’ In The Free World, Yellow Ledbetter / (Little Wing) / (Star Spangled Banner), Man! What’s left for them to close with tonight?

I knew Dirty Frank from the first note…I just gasped! I was in utter shock. Luckily, I was surrounded by fellow fans and everyone was singing and dancing for this one. Long extended jam version for us lucky folks tonight.

Right after the start of Yellow Ledbetter Matt (with Stone playing just to his left) started to mimic Stones drumming for the same song two nights previous in Portland, after Stone recognized what Matt was doing they just looked at each other and they both just started to bust up.

PJ stage time 2:50.

Aye Thank You PJ, edwho

pjamdude69 · July 2006

Foxy Mop wrote:

It's 7:35 AM and already getting pretty warm out. I'm kind of staring at the screen, not really sure what exactly my fanview would be.

As a NYC girl living in Chicago and never having been out west... wow. Mt. Rainier; Seattle; all so amazingly beautiful. The drive out to the Gorge was a bit longer than we expected, and we arrived late. All I can say is that canadian(?) poster with the evergreen trees on it is a perfect artistic representation of the views here. Totally breathtaking.

Temperatures fluxuated between 104 up to the highest we saw at 109. We decided to stay at a hotel in Moses Lake for Saturday night because of the heat. Thank god.

Parking was a 45 minute wait for most people who weren't camping. The main Gorge campground looked very reminiscent of Woodstock. 10C ticket pickup was an hour wait as some have already said, with no real structure, people cutting the line and a good deal of confusion. Add to the confusion, Ticketmaster lost all service on the West Coast. Then there were the lines to get actually in to the Gorge itself.

But... wow. All those lines were worth the wait. Walking up the hill to look out at the stage and valley below, and the mountains beyond, literally brought tears to my eyes. It was just so damn gorgeous.

Me, Nixon in Detroit and Boston Bobby had 16th row, Mike's side towards the center and sat 2 rows in front of Ashley, Mike's wife. Ashley was with Chris Adams (?) whom Ed gave a shout out to as their friend who had recently gone through a lot of stuff in his life, which we believe was Crohn's related. What we (Nixon!) found out was that tonight's show was Chris's dream setlist. Chris & Ashley had made up the setlist in Portland and all throughout the show Mike and the boys kept pointing and waving to him and Ashley. For the last 2 songs, they left our area and went up on the side stage.

Thank you, thank you Chris, you wonderful human being.

Wash was just the perfect opener...then we get slammed with Cord, HH, WWS, Sev Hand, and then Ed went into a speech about staying "hydrated, indulated" and a few other -ated words (I think it was at this point) and taking care of our friends and neighbors then went into GTF.

Daughter tag included "the sun goes down... " to the most gorgeous sunset I've ever seen on the continental USA. Brilliant shades of of pink, red and orange streaking across the sky behind the mountains...Ed's voice coaxing the sun to down. Words can't do it justice.

Insignificance was great and reminded me of the Boein facility we passed on the way from Portland to Seattle. Blood was a riot of jumping, fist pumping and craziness.

Footsteps...beautiful. SOLAT into Crown was a personal favorite for me, at which point I could not help the tears again.

Last Kiss was on the roof of the sound area, which made an eh-eh song interesting. Inside Job, started off a teenie bit shakey, but was as beautiful as ever. When Baba started, we thought we were done..but oh no...

DIRTY FUCKIN FRANK baby!!

We had been chanting through the whole show and I literally think I peed my pants a little. I thought they were on fire. The bass line was groovy, with the help of the lyric sheet, Ed was on the money and it was just freekin incredible.
INCREDIBLE. I am a very happy girl.

Today we will be going over earlier and hopefully will manage the heat today (I do feel badfor the campers!)

More on Portland, meeting Mike, Gorge 2, CCFA totals, etc. on Tuesday!!

Back to sleep for me...
Laura

Awesome review... Lookin forward to tonight's show big time..

JaneNY · July 2006

lucehifener wrote:

Pics of today:

http://picasaweb.google.com/lesheifner/072206WestCoastDay9

Thanks for posting those great pictures - I've never been there and don't know that I ever will - nice to see what it looks like.

TunnelThroughDenial · July 2006

Here's some movies. I'm uploading more as we speak so check out the link to my other videos as well:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grsi4NQUoMY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr9mGWM40O8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPorXB25iZM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V-hFf6ZynA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW4V_vjR0oI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln13Bs8w6cQ

rebornFixer · July 2006

The Ed quote from before Dirty Frank is hilarious ...

TunnelThroughDenial · July 2006

Did anyone see how Ed got to the roof of the sound area for Last Kiss and how he got back? Was it through the crowd?

HailHailVitalogy · July 2006

Right now I am in the middle of a hotel but I'll give a small fanview.

We got there around 6 and waiting in that fuckin 10c line until 7. We were still about 100 yards from the 10c tent....a friend of mine called saying they got in the front so we just went up to meet them, and got our tickets.

When the show opened with Wash, there was about only 60% of the people there because of that 10c ticket line disaster. By Given To Fly most were in.

But the show was great!! Crowd was about 10x better than last year. Ed said it got up to 116 degrees during the day...at show time it was 102. Man was it hot. But it was great because the whole crowd still went nuts. Severed Hand's YEAH was fuckin amazing. Blood was probably the highlight of the show, maybe even more so than Dirty Frank. Insignificance was shocking to see everyone LOVING IT!

Alive was incredible...Ed sang Last Kiss ontop of a roof in the middle of the crowd. Life Wasted was a nice song to see EVERYONE go crazy for.

OK OK

so Dirty Frank....before dirty frank ed said "we want to thank all our fans for supporting us through those shitty songs"...crowd boos..."well, we are going to play one for you now"...cheers

the first 5 seconds of the song no one knew what song it was, and then we all noticed. Reason being because we weren't expecting it at all. PLACE ERUPTED!!!!

HOLY SHIT.....when Ed got to the part "THAT DIRTY FRANK WAS A BAAAAAAAAAD MOTHA..." The crowd just shouted SHUT YO MOUTH!!! ...Ed smiled and said "Hey man I'm just talking about dirty frank"

Smiles all night from the band....

I think tonites show will be the acoustic set, and then the rest of the show.

Last night's show wasn't better than last years Gorge show but it was still amazing. If they did an acoustic set before, MANY people would have been pissed off, people in the 10c line were already pissed off.

and yeah to the person about the sunset, that was one of the most gorgeous things I have ever seen!!!! "the sun goes dooooooooooooooooown"

bicyclejoe · July 2006

"Oh, I'm spinning/How quick the sun can, drop away... "
The sun-setting as PJ played Black:

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