***The VIC Fanviews Here, Aug 2, 2007***

BeerBaron wrote:

Just to add a little to me comments about the show:


In Hiding and Sad were amazing - great crowd particiapation and perhaps the best versions of each song that I have ever heard!!!

Undone and Education were total surprises and they nailed both songs. Education wasn't one that I even wanted to hear that much, but it is amazing live. I'm glad they played it again at Lolla for everyone else to hear.


The only disappointment from the show (albeit a minor one) was the lack of crowd particiaption in All or None. A couple of times Ed tried to get massive crowd sing alongs going and both times the response was disappointing. I would have thought that at least the "to myself I surrender ..." line would have had everyone chanting, but it was quieter than it should have been. Not sure if people don't like the song or just don't know the words, but it is one of my favs and I was really excited to hear it.

yeah, thought everyone would be like me, singing every word to every song, even Black Diamond, lol ... but instead I annoyed some around me

BeerBaron wrote:

One more thing that I just remembered when looking at my photos/vids: Stone did a really cool extended solo in Indifference. I've seen it live about 5 or 6 times and I have never heard that before.

SH-WEET!!!!!

The show was amazing. I still can't believe I got to see it. I was standing behind someone that did not rock to much and seemed to keep moving backwards pinning me up against the back rail of the 1st level. That is the only thing that bothered me about the show but that is my fault for picking center stage rather than more to mikes side.

PJ, do more shows like this please. YOu can even charge me a little bit more but only a little bit.

beachdweller wrote:

yeah, thought everyone would be like me, singing every word to every song, even Black Diamond, lol ... but instead I annoyed some around me

Fuck em...we would have got along just fine, I was doing the same thing.

As far as singing along to All or None goes, I'll have to watch it again but my recollection was the same except when they did reach the part "to myself I surrender ..." I think by that time he was like "fuck it, you had your chance" bc I think the crowd was finally trying at that point.

I love all or none and did not want to ruin it with my singing.

cropdustress wrote:

Dunno. maybe they felt the show needed more rockers...
Ah, youll get Wash eventually

He saw Wash already, and you should know it if you look at his sig.

Foxy Mop wrote:

I'm not really going to talk about the music because it's like trying to explain a complex private feeling - but I want to say what an amazing experience I had at the Vic.

I was lucky enough to have an amazing ticket buddy who shared his extra with me, despite soo many of our friends who also were in need of a ticket. So to him, a huge hug full of thanks and appreciation again and again.

All the friends who came down to the Vic and hoped to get a ticket both broke my heart, because I wanted all of them in the show too - but at the same time, I was like 'f**k yeah' for them, because they showed not only tenacity of sticking it out the whole day, despite the low odds and completely hellaciously insufferable heat, but also the ability to just say screw it and hang out with fellow PJ fans at the bar down the street.

Add that to the line experience, and that makes up half of what the Vic show will mean to me. 99.9% of the fans were just amazingly kind, caring, informative and just damn fun. Maggie/AvocadoLady had brought us cupcakes for our long stay on the line and we, in turn, shared them with our line-mates. There was a dude with a pizza, Jason/indifferentman who had Popsicles, and lots of other people just generally sharing water, offering to hold spots, etc.

I thought the 10C did an amazing job in regards to the poster situation - serious kudos to them. The same thing with handling the line and the people who had been waiting for hours. The line rules changed a few times during the day (how we would get wristbands, how we would re-line up afterwards, etc.) but 10C rolled with the flow and adapted to the best case scenario for management and fans alike. Awesome job on that too, 10C.

Almost a week later and I can't sufficiently explain my experience and opinions, just that it was definitely a memory I'll cherish for a long time.

Here's some pictures of the line, the Big City Tap ($1 beers!) and the show;

http://picasaweb.google.com/foxymopx/PearlJamTheVicTheatre


Laura

hey laura, great photos!
saw you but didn't know who you were...
i was there with my husband.
anyway... i agree with you... Ten CLub did a great job, i felt so sad for the hopeful outside the vic... and it was an experience i will never ever forget.
cheers... and see ya at the next show!
Serena

Awesome pics Foxy.... I didnt get into the Vic but I did go to Big City and I scored a Vic poster at Lolla....the Vic boot is amazing!

I have never posted on this forum before, but over the years I have read many other fans sharing their experiences as I have followed Pearl Jam tours in past years. I have always found it interesting to see another PJ fans perspective on how the band has influenced them with the music they have given to us. Now that I am back home in Arizona, I was a little reluctant to post my story because I did not want to be known as the biggest idiot of a PJ fan to every exist. But driving 2200 miles from Chicago back to Mesa, Arizona really left me with a monkey on my back that I just can't shake! Despite being lucky enough to see PJ 31 different times in Concert from 1992-2007, I never realized how long I had waited for a chance for a show like the VIC in Chicago. For 15 years, I never believed I would have the opportunity to see PJ in such an intimate venue and when the 10Club sent me that email announcing the show, I almost died from excitement and anticipation of trying to get my hands on some tickets when they went on sale Thursday morning. I did not sleep for two days and when Thursday came around...I scored Two Tickets for the Exclusive 10 Club show at the Vic Theater 8/2/07.

My best friend and our 4 Lost Dogs (3 Staffordshire Terriers and 1 Chihuahua/Weiner Dog) packed our bags and were off to Madison, WI from Mesa,AZ to stay with his Mom before the big show with PJ @ the Vic and Lollapalooza @ Grant Park. His mom lives in a Log cabin on Lake Wisconsin, so we helped he stain her cabin during the week prior to the shows. Somehow working 12-13 hour days in 80-100% Humidity, I lost track of the day. I have always taken pride on using my Fan Club privileges to bring a person with me who has never seen Pearl Jam live. I take joy in opening someone new to the PJ experience and watching them go to a place I have been lucky enough to know since 1992! Thursday night before the Big Vic show, I am sitting with my friends Sean and Dan in Wisconsin talking about what songs that we hoped to hear. Dan was cool enough to give up his ticket to Sean (Childhood bud) since it would be his first PJ show ever. Sean wanted to hear them open with "I am Mine" and Close with "Yellow Ledbetter". I was hoping to get "Hard to Imagine" and "Indifference" as the closer. After talking about how awesome the show at the Vic was going to be...we hit the hay to get an early start to Chicago from Madison, WI the next morning. Around comes Friday 8/3/07 and we are driving down I-90 to Chicago to the Vic and Sean, a die hard Cubs fan says to turn on the Cubs radio because Eddie was going to sing the 7th Inning Stretch. I am thinking great, lets get a nice warm up song for the big Vic Show. After a commercial break the Cubs announcer delivers us the devastating news..."Hello Everyone from Wrigley Field today we have a very special guest, Eddie Vedder from Pearl Jam has joined us in the booth. They played an amazing show LAST NIGHT AT THE VIC THEATER" I almost came to a screeching halt in disbelief...they was no way that I missed the Vic Concert! I pulled off I-90 in Rockford, IL to pull out my email confirmation to see it said Thursday, 8/2 at The Vic. I still have no idea how it happened, but in my mind the show was always on Friday night. I called the 10 Club Hotline, because I needed confirmation and the girl who answered made me feel even more like killing myself when she asked me how I messed the dates up? I had to then explain that I did not drive 2200 miles from Mesa, AZ to miss the concert on purpose, so that my 10 Club membership was not negatively affected for not showing up at the Vic on the right night. It was one of the WORST days of my life and the 90 minute drive back to Madison, WI was quite emotional for me. And in 15 years it was the first time I had ever shed tears over the band. Listening to Live at Beneroya Hall on the drive back, it was one of the first times that I had really reflected on the past 15 years enjoying live Pearl Jam and then realized that I had never tried to reach out to another Pearl Jamily member. After reading the Vic reviews and seeing the Vic clips on You Tube, it was was even harder for me, but I can appreciate that other fans were cool enough to share some of the experience that I have forever lost. My passion and energy for the band was missing from that small Vic room and my voice was missing from the Jamily sing alongs. You all brought a huge lump to my throat when I heard everyone singing with Ed at the Vic! You sounded beautiful. I truly want to apologize to the Band and all the other 10 Club members who made it to the Vic. I wish fate had never picked 8/2/07 to be the biggest mistake of my life. I would have cherished the opportunity to meet many different fans. I hope to get a chance in the future to listen and share the unique PJ experiences that we can all spend a lifetime trying to explain. It truly is Hard to Imagine! Thanks, Ray