*** St. Paul I Fanviews 6/26 Here ***

While I agree with everyone who thought that the band rocked exceptionally hard Monday night, I really wish it hadn't been a "double billing" show. Here's why:

-One band, no matter what, and unfortunately in this case Pearl Jam, THE BEST BAND ON THE PLANET, has to play first. I like Tom Petty. But for me, nothing can be a great show after I've already seen the best.

-Seeing Pearl Jam in a room filled with people there only to see Pearl Jam can really be a spiritual experience. That aura of, "we're ALL here to make something special happen... It just can't completely be there if many of the people aren't there to share that. The band has said many times that they feed off the passion of the crowd and that many times drives the direction the show is going to take. It is just impossible to create a purely PJ intense environment with that many people not into it.

-And one more thing- Bullshit on the whole, "Full sets by both bands," thing. That just didn't happen.

I love Pearl Jam and consider myself extremely fortunate evey time I get to see them. But since I have a family now, and therefore responsibilities that keep me from traveling to see other shows, I wish that they would've played one show here by themselves, or at least as the only headliner. I look forward to seeing them when they come back to the cities. Every single time.

Great Pre-party thanks for the oppertunity!

As a side note...we, night 1 participants, had set a beer sales record for ALL events held at Excel! Way to give er your all!

the 90 minute set was excellent and well worth the 180 dollars, I certianly would do it again if an oppertunity presented itself,and I am really looking forward to the bootlegs.

I did stay for the rest of the Petty set right up until the lights came on but I really couldnt get into it as much. Petty had an excellent set and I knew all of the tunes he sang, but I likened the night to doing 70 down the highway and then all of a sudden you hit a town and you have to slow down to 45. Sure your still moving pretty good but its not the same rush that you had when you were making good time. Had I bought a ticket to see Petty that show would have been awesome, but the fact that PJ opened it was all down hill from there.
But all in all I do not regret a thing and I was glad to be there, its something that I can brag about for a long long time to come!

Thanks to all of the fellow PJ fans for being so cool in the upper 117 section you guys were great, and to the dudes that were in 116 that lit up a dube, thanks..got a great contact, eventhough I dont toke myself.

Thanks for everything!

jamestr wrote:

check out my pictures from Night I

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=36345555&blogID=138582985

Nice pics...

Rhyno wrote:

Nice pics...

Your pictures are very good, also. I think we must have been in the same section, almost the same row. I would have had more pics but that damn light was always shining right in the middle of my picture.

Pretty much the same as everyone else.
PJ rocked the house.
I fell asleep during the stage change over. I guess TP was just gettin off the plane when PJ took the stage.
Didnt stay for eddie to come back out. I left on the song before. Figures.
Petty was good, i wouldnt say great. I gettnig alittle annoyed at the Jesus on the cross poses from him after EVERY song. WTF? Does he need to hear the crowd chear from 5 minutes between each song? Just play some music.

Highlight of the show for me?

Finally got a pic from mike!!!!!!

I would also say nite 2 was better. Much more energy in the crowd.
I had 5th row for 1 and 7th row for 2.

PS. They are showing WWS from storytellers right now!!!!!!!!!

I feel the same as all of you for the most part. Although I didn't mind the long break between shows. Gave us ample time to piss, get a beer, talk with others, and comfortably get back to wait for Eddie's appearance.

The band is so tight with every song.

I can't fucking wait for the Gorge!

i just got back to the comp. and decided to rant a bit about the concert...
1- drunk ed...not really cool. weird vibe when he's kinda messed up
2- TP and his fokin wrestler showboating antics...whoa man, just, whoa
3- TP and his shitty tech crew who totally foked up like 4 times
4- the stoopid hillbillies sittin near me booing PJ...fuck them and their gun

all in all a good show for night one...set list was solid but too short (1hr 20mins)
had 24th row on stones side near stage, with Petty fans closer on the floor.

Finally getting a few minutes to relay my thoughts about the shows.

The setlist was much better than I had anticipated. Going in I really didn't know what to expect. I had figured that the band would deliver a hits heavy set considering the crowd that would likely be there. I'm so glad that I was wrong. There were the hits, don't get me wrong, but the band pulled out Sleight of Hand and Sad, which no doubt appeased most of the die hards in attendance.

This was no doubt the most "rocking" Pearl Jam show I had been to (until the next night, anyway). They didn't waste any time- it was balls to the wall pretty much from start to finish. The band came on stage to the outro of Inside Job and launched right into a heavy Last Exit. The place was going nuts, and I really thought the majority of the crowd was in to the show. Why Go was a surprise third entry on the setlist, and you can hear on the bootleg how into the song the crowd was. The DTE-GTF-I Am Mine run, staples as they are, was my favorite run of the show.

If I have to pick one reason to acquire this boot, that reason is Jeremy. I literally got chills during the song. The band nailed it, the crowd was into it, and everything came together to give me one of those special moments at a show where you just feel like you're in heaven. It is no doubt the best version I've ever heard of the song.

Sure, I was disappointed the set was short, but after it was over I really did feel like I witnessed a very unique and special Pearl Jam show. Not State College-special, but special in the sense that a show like this doesn't happen very often and that they put their all into putting on a show that everyone- from the non-fan to the die hard- could appreciate. Ed commented early on that they have a rabid group that follow them around, and I do believe they did their best to give us type of fans a show that we could be glad we paid extra money for. And I think they succeeded- I certainly don't regret it.

As for Petty's part- I dug his show. It was my first time seeing him so I was pretty excited for it. He put on a solid show, and I was on my feet the entire time. You could feel the energy level in the arena drop as soon as they played something a little slower (like Melinda), and it never really returned after that until Ed was brought back for American Girl. That's quite the credit to Pearl Jam for setting the bar so high.

All in all a great, shorter show. I am glad I went.

LuvPJmom wrote:

Hey, it's the Nelson's long lost sister here...... hahahahaha!!! I was told that I was posted online here with the infamous NELSON T SHIRT guy!!!! That is an awful pic of me..still, very funny...
So....did ya have great seats for both shows?? We ended up 15th row for the 2nd show, instead of the 20th row like the night before.. regardless, GREAT TIME!!!
thanks for posting the pic~
Next show- Vegas and San Diego..

Just gonna mis you... LA's next for me both nights...
I'll be in Vegas Saturday but not in time for the show :(
Have fun!

T.

don't_go_on_me wrote:

Present Tense WAS NOT played.

and for the ? you have for the second to last song of Petty's set...just call it "Crappy Chanting and Mumbling"

Hey gang,
We flew from Dallas to MSP for both shows 6/26-27 and loved every single minute. I guess I am a little spoiled because of the length of each show (my blessed personal 9th & 10th shows), but sometimes its the quality and not the quantity (They never let up!). I was accompanied by the love of my life this time and she was in ahh for her first two ever PJ shows. Actually,the first time I had ever asked her out was immediately after the 2003 Dallas show, unfortunately she was unable to attend but we flew to Little Rock show(Big Rock that night!) to see them once again for another "Celebration of Life." Well we finally got our long awaited postphoned PJ date and we hope to see them again in 2007??? This time we will have our 10C tickets. BTW, my favorite PJ song is either the one thats playing now or the one they haven't written yet! Play on!

Thanks for all the love!
Mike & Shannon
Transplanted in Dallas, Tx