*** San Diego Fanviews Here 11/21/13 ***

I can't say much about last night that hasn't already been said. You really had to be there to truly get how great it was. Thank you to the Ten Club for the GA tickets which got me to a terrific position in the pit.

Here are a few short video clips that I took last night:

Alive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RQtHcencUY

All Night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgIA-As_p00

Black: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXUDAoxuLVM

Even Flow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHtdlg77kKE

Light Years: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92rWlhLt89E

Porch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9W4uOE7DrU

Tremor Christ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5aXFEGFijs

Yellow Ledbetter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dWdL1qJIu0

Porch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ykT_jFe ... e=youtu.be


Spin the Black Circle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GrP6y9N ... e=youtu.be

Heading to LA to join you all on the floor again. Looking for one extra GA for a third person in our group. Please let me know if you have one! We'll be at the venue shortly in line for a good spot and can make sure we meet up in whatever manner is convenient for you

702-205-4688 Dan
Thanks!

WiseMan22 wrote:

mind blown. completely. and i still have the next three shows to go.

i was right in front of mike. i got some awesome pictures of him (and 5 picks!) and good pics of everybody else, even stone. during "porch," not only did i take the best pic i think i've ever taken - anywhere, anytime - but i briefly touched his guitar as well.

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Please share this "best pic ever" would love to see it

RBuckley73 wrote:

Two days later still smiling about the show.

Me too!! Still haven't come down from the show. Seeing them again tomorrow, gonna be hard to top SD but still looking forward to it.

Here are my photos from the night - I hope you enjoy

http://www.flickr.com/photos/afieldinwh ... 985724205/


PS If anyone knows who those kids are, let me know. They asked me to take a pic of them and meant to give me an email address to send it to, but it looks like we all forgot.

It's taken me two days to post, but here goes...

This was a 'living room' show. It was like we were in Ed's living room, just the band's closest family and friends and they were jamming until everyone decided it was time to go. From all the discussions of family in the house, to Ed deciding AFTER he messed up SLEEPING BY MYSELF on the uke, to pull it back out to prove he knew it. The way after SIRENS, he grabbed the guitar and decided to try a little sing along with a sweet, soft acoustic backing of the crowd doing the "AAH AAH, OOH OOH,". The way he talked about his mom, and pointed out his new friend from the Phillipines. The way he interacted telling about his out of body experience in New Orleans, and one of his "friends" (someone in the crowd) said he must have been out 'shrooms. It was a dress rehearsal (with brilliant musicianship) for their compatriots...an insight to what they're going to give the 'regular' crowds...and we were there to hang out, interact, and remember what it's like to be with our friends for the last 20+ years. I've seen them some 37 or 38 times and I've never seen them this loose, this comfortable, this engaged. We were their closest friends and family...going nuts to hear TREMOR CHRIST, LIGHT YEARS, SPEED OF SOUND, SLEIGHT OF HAND...screaming the new LIGHTNING BOLT lyrics at the top of our lungs, and they just opened up to us and kept going until we were all exhausted and satiated. I'm missing LA 1--a blasphemy in my life, but I wouldn't be able to give my all on Sunday for LA2 if after a hectic Saturday I went to the show. While the band has the ability to recharge and kill it night after night, alas, I am not so young and vibrant...nor do I know if I will ever see a show like SD 2013 ever again. We were a part of THEIR lives for a night. And I have never felt so included in my life.

Thank you, PJ.

coryreynolds wrote:

First time on GA, waited 2 1/2 hours in GA line, met some awesome PJ fans, waited another 2 hours for PJ which was ok since we landed front and center on the rail in front of EV!!!! From the time the show started until the last song, PJ played with more passion, energy and sole than ever. How they can go all out for 3 and a half hours is extra terrestrial! Eddie sliced his right hand in the very beginning which just seemed to add to his rage and emotion. It is so cool to how much the band truly loved their fans. Eddie asked some folks to settle down during spin the black circle, concerned about other fans well being, exchanging his bottles of wine for fans signs, hats, and country flags. Thanks to all the GA folks for being so cool and authentic, great to meet everyone! Hope you guys made it to LA tonight. Event poster was rad, set list was insane! Love that Eddie added Tremor Christ when he did, Porch was just insane, rear view, spin, baba, even flow, sleeping by myself, setting forth, man it was all good, can't wait for the bootleg! 48 hours later and still enjoying the PJ afterglow!!! Thank you PJ!

one of the best 1st post ever!!!

Envoy wrote:

A monumental evening.

I'm a bit hesitant to post, but there's a real purpose. I was Matt's drum teacher, and in the stands I experienced the show with the nicest couple next to me. The guy was a longtime fan, been to lots of shows, and I had to jet out quickly at the end. We never got a chance to hang, and I didn't want him to think I had dissed him. If he's on the board, and he'll knew who he is, just PM me.

I realized I needed to reach out when I viewed the vid I took during "Evenflow", and as Matt is getting into his solo, the guy is yelling "There's your boy!" Loved it.

Are these PJ guys a different species, or what? It is hard to imagine a more hard-working, more giving, or more dedicated group of people, sharing their music and spirit. Astonishing, and gives me hope.

Jon Szanto

thank u for this post

This might not be an appropriate FANVIEW, but it will be like my attempt at a love letter to the band!
I have been reliving this show since the night ended, hoping to conjure up some amount of eloquence to do Pearl Jam justice. I have only been attending PJ concerts since 2000 which makes me not an old or new fan but happily in the middle. Unfortunately, this was only my 10th show . . . I wish I had a lower PJ fan club number and more concerts on my belt . . . but with this show, I could not have wished for more. I am so glad I got to experience San Diego 2013 in GA with so many fellow TEN CLUBBERS with more band accolades than myself.

Pearl Jam, I cannot appropriately put into words how thankful I am for all of the time you have spent with us, away from your families. Over the years, your music has evolved, and as it changes I continue to become more solidified in my pride as a 10 club member. Calling it a club, doesn't do Pearl Jam justice as your music and your reach is more like a movement and a way of life. How can we, your followers, only just be fan club members? 11/21/2013 was an honor as you shared so much of your family with us. It was also an evening where the lines blurred . . . and all of us in attendance became one big family. I have felt the energy of your music within myself for years, but 11/21/2013 was an opportunity to feel what you give to your music and to us and I felt it to the core. I was emotionally and physically exhausted two hours in, yet you all had another hour and a half of TRANSCENDENCE left . . . HOW IS THAT FUCKING POSSIBLE????

All of this this makes sense but no sense at all, but trust me, I send the band as much gratitude as I can muster, knowing that you deserve so much more. The opportunity to connect so strongly with five men (and Boom) that I will likely never meet along with their thousands of fans continues to become more and for surreal . . . but "even the smallest ocean, still gets big big waves!"

I am still riding the high that was. The low that follows is calling my name as my need to re-experience what was begins to find it's way in. As the haze clears, I once again realize the length of time before I can re-experience what was will inevitably be longer than I can stand. Yet the difference that 11/21/13 also means, is that it was a once in a lifetime experience that cannot be duplicated. Oh it can get depressing . . . "But it makes much more sense to live in the present tense."

Here is hoping that each 10 clubber has or will get to have their moment with the band as well! Until the next tour . . .Pearl Jam, thank you from the bottom of my soul!