* Bern Fanviews Here 13/9 *

Off I Go. · September 2006

BRILLIANT!!!!! SHOW!!!! I Had a fantastic time

never been in the mosh ,right at the front. IT WAS WILD!!!!!. It lived up to all my expectations and more!!!!.The crowd were mad and Soooooooooo!!!!! LOUD!!!!! Excellent show and setlist, the band were in top form ---as always giving so very much to us all.Really,really glad we got RITFW!!!
An extra high spot for me was getting to see Eddie as he arrived at the venue waving and smiling at the fans gathered to welcome the band !!!! I am so glad I was able to get to see them again, even if for only one show ,I am now waiting for the next time --hoping for a tour in either Japan or the UK!!!!It was great to get to meet some other fans there too!!!!So much excitement for us all.THANK YOU Pearl Jam!!!

Off I Go. · September 2006

Thanks very much for this wonderful review !!You said it all!!

Scratchin a Letter wrote:

To the American calling this a "C setlist"? fuck off, we got Breakerfall, Sleight, Garden, Glorified G, Last exit, You Are and Little Wing, which don't exactly get played every night. still can^t get over the audience response... the crowd was ASTOUNDING. a bit rough in places, but overall excellent. Never seen Jeff so animated either... he was more dynamic than Mike.

Go was the perfect opener for the show... even before it began you could tell the crowd were going to be exuberant. I felt the floor move a lot. As usual Even Flow got a vigorous recpetion, Mike put a twist on the usual solo and Matt pulled off his Bonham tribute perfectly, but that wasn^t quite enough to divert attention from a young lady on somebodys shoulders with something (well, two somethings) to show everyone for the duration of the song. Glorified G was great to hear, as was Sleight of hand... Army Reserve sounds perfect next to it. Elderly woman got everyone singing along, as did Jeremy and I never imagined that I would live to hear ten thousand Swiss singing along to the fastpaced Satans Bed... a real treat. And to whoever said You Are was a "yuck" setcloser, maybe its one of those things you have to be part of to appreciate. The extended jam worked beautifully and the lightshow helped make it even more mesmerising.

When they came back out Ed asked if he could say something "in American" (fair share of boos, surprise surprise), and threw in the beautifully coined "Danke! Danke very much" which got some laughs too. Low light sent shivers down my spine, and Evolution-Alive got everyone jumping again. The second encore was a bit of a haze, Last Exit was superb, Ed was on absolute top form and screaming his lungs out with great effect, he ran up to the barrier to sing the last bridge of ritfw and naturally gave a few tambourines out. Ledbetter was tagged with the full version of Littke Wing, with vox and all. Mike owned the left side of the stage, came over a few times here and there. Stone was in full duckwalk mode, and still can't get over Jeff, throwing himself all over the place.

The first few rows were pretty hardcore I have to admit, and there was plenty of crowdsurfing too. But not violent or dangerous, it was people having a good time. Im so glad that the shows over here are GA, we get the privilege over the USA who get seats, Im damn thankful for that. Thats all there is to it. Overall a top show with an unusual but competent setlist, roaring crowd and the lads at their best. As Ed sang, "It's been six long years/never dreamed you'd return..." better not leave it so long next time. Keep on ritfw.

Guetenächt and danke very much

strilo · September 2006

lateralus wrote:

In Europe (or at least in germany^^) the day comes before the month.

9/13/06 is the same as 13/9/06

I was kidding. I live in Germany.

Manu · September 2006

What does everybody think about the sound at the Bern gig? It was better than I expected, considering that the Bern Arena is an ice hockey stadium, but of course still quite far away from perfect due to the reverberation mainly. I could hardly hear Eddie during "Go", but it got better quite fast and after a few songs, I could live with it.

Mookie1976 · September 2006

Hey Manu,

same oppinion, at the beginning I was like WTF? But they got it adjustet pretty quick.

I just saw your signature, seems like we had the same 2 experiences

Hopefully we can add another one soon!

I read that the Arena should get reconstructed soon? Is that right?
From the viewing I have never been at a better place!

What did Ed say... "Thanks for coming..."

Man... We had to thank!!!!

Manu · September 2006

Mookie1976 wrote:

I just saw your signature, seems like we had the same 2 experiences

Hopefully we can add another one soon!

That would be great indeed! Definitely one hell of a live band. I was 16 back in 2000 and Pearl Jam was actually my first "big" concert. Hope that we don't have to wait another 6 years now.

Mookie1976 wrote:

I read that the Arena should get reconstructed soon? Is that right?

Cannot give you an answer I'm afraid, but I cannot find anything about that at http://www.bernarena.ch/ . However, there aren't many big concerts at the Bern Arena actually, most of the big ones here are at the Hallenstadion in Zurich.

Mookie1976 wrote:

From the viewing I have never been at a better place!

The viewing was great indeed!

Of course WE had to thank. No big show and blabla, just 2 hours pure energy and music, that's how I like it!

Dercheef · September 2006

Manu wrote:

What does everybody think about the sound at the Bern gig? It was better than I expected, considering that the Bern Arena is an ice hockey stadium, but of course still quite far away from perfect due to the reverberation mainly. I could hardly hear Eddie during "Go", but it got better quite fast and after a few songs, I could live with it.

I don't think that the sound was bad because of the acoustics of the arena. I was pretty much in the same spot in Arnhem (2 or 3 meters away from the barrier in front of mike). The gelredome isn't known for his good acoustics aswell, but the sound at the front was nearly perfect. At Bern I couldn't hear Ed at all at first. It got better during the gig but even after like 10 songs the sound was still pretty bad.

Manu · September 2006

Dercheef wrote:

I don't think that the sound was bad because of the acoustics of the arena.

Why was it bad then in your opinion?

I think that places like these don't have ideal acoustics. However, I want to stress that it did not affect the brilliance of the concert in any way!

Best sound I ever heard was Jethro Tull in a concert hall here in Lucerne. Man, that was perfect, never heard something like that before and probably never will again.

Dercheef · September 2006

Manu wrote:

Why was it bad then in your opinion?

Well, I don't know it. Maybe the pa was set up wrong. What I'm trying to say is that even if the acoustics of the arena are bad, the sound at the front should still be better then it was.
You are right about the brilliance of the concert. It was really amazing.

Manu · September 2006

Dercheef wrote:

Well, I don't know it. Maybe the pa was set up wrong.

Cannot judge that either, but there are certainly many aspects that can affect the sound quality, and these kinds of stadiums might be one. Anyway, I don't want to start a discussion about what could have been better, was just wondering what you guys think about it.

andych · September 2006

girlfriend just read a review in a swiss paper and thought i`d share some things with you.
the band already had the italian leg of the gig arranged before the bern gig but had tried to book a couple of venues in zurich but they had been booked solid so the only place that was available was the bern arena.so in my opinion they took the arena as a last option otherwise there probably wouldnt have been a swiss gig at all.
As for the PA being set up wrong.Not a chance.
the acoustics in the hall were not built for rock concerts.period.
the review touched on this fact that at times the sound had more clarity than at other times.
i dont have a copy but i will try to find one tomorrow and scan it to anyone who is interested.
cheers..

Manu · September 2006

andych wrote:

i dont have a copy but i will try to find one tomorrow and scan it to anyone who is interested.

Yeah, I would be interested if you had a scan of it.

black_sheep · September 2006

I think the concert was great! Okay the sound might bot have been the best, but it was my first PJ gig so yes..I'm happy. espcially cause I got Stones guitar pick!
I was more or less in the fron row on the right side...and there were two guys (they got TC tickets) and one (pretty short, long hair) took alot of pics. So i just wanted to ask if this guy is on this board, cause they only speaked English. So if you read this...WHERE can i find the pics? :P

Pix0r · September 2006

black_sheep, while that wasnt me you where refering to, I do have about 3 cameras worth of pics and vids, quality is questionable but If you guys want I'll setup a little web page with some of the highlights on (like the video of ed in the pit on ritfw) Let me know

Otherwise, great show! Loved it too death!

Acoustics, you guys ever think that the constant noise of the crowd could have drowned the acoustics? I mean they hardly shut up... even during betterman they/we were loud

Dercheef · September 2006

Pix0r wrote:

Acoustics, you guys ever think that the constant noise of the crowd could have drowned the acoustics? I mean they hardly shut up... even during betterman they/we were loud

It had nothing to do with the loud crowd. The soundmix just wasn't good.

viviflu · September 2006

Bern was my first show ever, after fourteen years of knowing this
band, getting all excited when a new record is coming out, pulling
my hair out when I was in Chile and Pearl Jam was playing in
Zurich, wanting to hit the wall when I left Chile back to
Switzerland... two days before the concert in Santiago... and
then... finally I got to see them live. No words to explain what a
experience this has been. Starting with meeting the ten club fans
on the waiting row, amazing people. Great vibes, everything felt
just right. Then the concert? Lights go off, heart is pumping out,
finals exams are peanuts compare to this. Here we go. I don't care
if they play Evenflow everytime, or if the sound was not perfect
or the opening song should have been this or the other. I've never
felt so complete in my life. I was there, first row (thank u 4ever
Alex!), getting pushed and squeezed, so what? Ed was drowned in
the flu and even like that he was able giving it all, smiling and
bringing a hell of a concert. The most impressive thing is this
hypnotic electricity that was made in there, flowing between the
crowd and the band. I've been in other concerts, and the intensity
in here was way beyond anything I have felted or seen before. All
I could do after the concert is go home, check for tickets to
Italy, pack pass and toothbrush and leave at 5 am for Bologna, in
the hope that there will be still enough tickets.

And there was!!!

andych · September 2006

viviflu wrote:

Bern was my first show ever, after fourteen years of knowing this
band, getting all excited when a new record is coming out, pulling
my hair out when I was in Chile and Pearl Jam was playing in
Zurich, wanting to hit the wall when I left Chile back to
Switzerland... two days before the concert in Santiago... and
then... finally I got to see them live. No words to explain what a
experience this has been. Starting with meeting the ten club fans
on the waiting row, amazing people. Great vibes, everything felt
just right. Then the concert? Lights go off, heart is pumping out,
finals exams are peanuts compare to this. Here we go. I don't care
if they play Evenflow everytime, or if the sound was not perfect
or the opening song should have been this or the other. I've never
felt so complete in my life. I was there, first row (thank u 4ever
Alex!), getting pushed and squeezed, so what? Ed was drowned in
the flu and even like that he was able giving it all, smiling and
bringing a hell of a concert. The most impressive thing is this
hypnotic electricity that was made in there, flowing between the
crowd and the band. I've been in other concerts, and the intensity
in here was way beyond anything I have felted or seen before. All
I could do after the concert is go home, check for tickets to
Italy, pack pass and toothbrush and leave at 5 am for Bologna, in
the hope that there will be still enough tickets.

And there was!!!

great post,and my first gig too...my thought exactly...

http://www.geocities.com/eatstoeff/pearljamlive.html

the_real_thinair · September 2006

some more pics from the show

http://pjbern.schoenbeck.ch/

black_sheep · September 2006

viviflu wrote:

Bern was my first show ever, after fourteen years of knowing this
band, getting all excited when a new record is coming out, pulling
my hair out when I was in Chile and Pearl Jam was playing in
Zurich, wanting to hit the wall when I left Chile back to
Switzerland... two days before the concert in Santiago... and
then... finally I got to see them live. No words to explain what a
experience this has been. Starting with meeting the ten club fans
on the waiting row, amazing people. Great vibes, everything felt
just right. Then the concert? Lights go off, heart is pumping out,
finals exams are peanuts compare to this. Here we go. I don't care
if they play Evenflow everytime, or if the sound was not perfect
or the opening song should have been this or the other. I've never
felt so complete in my life. I was there, first row (thank u 4ever
Alex!), getting pushed and squeezed, so what? Ed was drowned in
the flu and even like that he was able giving it all, smiling and
bringing a hell of a concert. The most impressive thing is this
hypnotic electricity that was made in there, flowing between the
crowd and the band. I've been in other concerts, and the intensity
in here was way beyond anything I have felted or seen before. All
I could do after the concert is go home, check for tickets to
Italy, pack pass and toothbrush and leave at 5 am for Bologna, in
the hope that there will be still enough tickets.

And there was!!!

the thin about feeling so complete is absolutely true...it was may first gig too (but only one week till berlin...hrr) and I know how you must have felt. it's like a trip to another world..you feel free, complete and I don't know I just felt sooooo alive. can't describe it.

andych · September 2006

great pics thin...

cheers

cant wait for the boot

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