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

after waiting since 700am without a ticket, i got in for the last 2 1/2 songs....i couldn't decide what was worse: not getting in at all, or getting in and realizing how freaking unreal that show was!!! not complaining---SO SO SO glad i made it in, even for a few--they sounded perfect.

Crazy setlist. Anyone know the lyrics to the Cubs song, or who it's by? thanks!

Jason P wrote:

See edit above

HA. I thought he edited your "s a r c a s m" out just to fuck with you. I hate to sound like a dick but how could he have not known it was sarcasm??

MrFadedGlory wrote:

HA. I thought he edited your "s a r c a s m" out just to fuck with you. I hate to sound like a dick but how could he have not known it was sarcasm??

I'm not sure . . . anyway, I had a great time at the show. I really hope they make a boot available for the masses. This show deserves to be shared.

Peace.

After 16 years of being a die hard fan of Pearl Jam, I have finally accomplished my goal of being a part of the crew for last night's show with an All Access laminate. Of all the shows I've ever seen throughout the years, THAT ONE LAST NIGHT was definitely the one to be there for, so it's a double plus. AMAZING. They were so ON!! The person that wrote out the setlist up there forgot to include Come Back in the sound check. I was able to watch the WHOLE soundcheck, and that was almost better than the show itself!! WOW!! Just think - to be one of only a handful of people in the room watching them practice and work out a couple of kinks in the songs is just incredible. I've watched one of their soundchecks before - years ago at the Key Arena in Seattle. I kind of snuck in for that one, so I had to be careful not to make my presense known. Yesterday however at the Vic, I was AUTHORIZED to be there and it was incredible!! After the band left Ed sat on a stool and was running through a couple of the songs he did as the opener. Pretty much everyone else had cleard the room except for the sound engineer, and Jeff, who came out to talk to some family members. I was transfixed. What a great show. I'll never forget that one. I got several bonuses from that show just being a member of the crew that are priceless. I'm so excited! That is definitely a MAJOR "check" off of my life's "must do before I die" list.

voodoopug wrote:

After giving this overnight to sink in...what a wonderful night. As a White Sox Fan, I didn't care for the Cubs song, but many appreciate it, so fine....

Ed's opening set was a nice surprise and quite entertaining with Dead Man Walking being the highlight for me.

All or None was a great opener as it threw all of us a curveball and following that by Education (very high energy from the crowd during this one!) was as good as it has gotten for me at a PJ show.

The highlights for me were, in no order, now that I have had time to let it sink in:

1. The quality of fans in the line. I had a great time talking to fans from all over and everyone was very good about holding spots in line when you left for food/water/bathroom/etc. It was also nice to see everyone sharing their food/water.

2. Love Reign O'er Me - This was intense, I don't think I will ever get that feeling again at a show, Boom was on fire and Eddie nailed the vocals to the point where Roger would have tipped his cap.

3. Undone - We were standing right in front of Stone for this one and the band nailed this one. I surely did not expect to here this one.

4. Why Go - Normally not a big favorite of mine, but in between all the Lost Dogs songs, this just seemed to fit nice in the set and the crowd ate it up.

5. Sonic Reducer - high point for crowd energy for the night (with Gods Dice up there too)

6. Black Diamond - I gotta admit, I was a bit worried that this would suck when they couldnt get it started (looked like a problem with Jeff's Bass, but also perhaps with the memory of how to play the song too?), but once it got going, it was a trip, anytime I go to a show and here the debut of a song, its special.

7. Cooperation of the fans near me. it was a pure treat to see the group in our front section holding spots for someone when they ran to the can.

8. Seeing Ryan Dempster drinking and out late the night before a day game. Hopefully he will be hungover and unable to pitch well today as well as have severe "Beer SH*ts" today!

Great time for sure, I will hopefully post some pictures tonite

I'm glad you enjoyed the show Nice review, and your prediction of Ryan Dempster having "Beer Shits", must have been true, becuase he gave up 4 runs in a tie game in the 9th and lost it for the Cubs>HAHAHA

before I start reading others reviews, now that I'm back home in Cali, I'll get my thoughts down first...

Hot day, but a breeze was present most of the day, after the sun dropped below the surrounding buildings in the late afternoon, the breeze disappeared for the most part, and the mugginess (not to be confused with muggleness, lol) started. The line was full of great fans, lots of new introductions, and meetings of old friends went on throughout the day. I spent 845 am until the doors opened up socializing. I made it a point to introduce myself and get names, because so many times we get to stories and chatting, and move on without formal introductions. I met at least 20 new people, and another 10 that I've talked with before but hadn't had a formal introduction. Add the 30 to 40 fans in line I already know, and think about who they know, and who they know knows, and we all knew each other at the show, one big happy hot and sweaty family.

...wave to all my friends...yeah

So the doors open, we file in two by two...ok it wasn't that orderly, but it wasn't bad. my friend B and I decide to go for posters instead of spots on the floor, and get them fast, oh we had about 80 people or so in front of us in line to get in the show, moving forward...they came up with a great idea, one poster per person, stamped our hands, and gave us a coupon to redeem and get out posters after the show...we move on and actually get spots just left center of the stage right at the second railing. maybe 35 ft from stage, great spot, like watching your own private super large HD TV, lol.

An hour later, Ed comes out, I look around and the floor is packed front to back side to side, the pre set Ed did was classic Ed, forgot the cubbies song lyrics, and just when all hope is lost, he remembers and finishes the song strong. If Cub fans don't adopt that song as their anthem, they aren't true Cubs fans, I was really impressed with the song, truely written with love.

Pearl Jam takes the stage, and I'm glad, because in between Ed and PJ, I started to feel the day wear on me. I noticed several people throughout the night having to take a seat for a moment of recovery, and the fatigue was felt by the majority of the fans I think, only a small percentage were bouncing during the night, but we all made up with it with our voices.

PJ's set was I believe the first set ever that was tailored with Ten Club members only in mind. Ask yourself, or go check, I don't think in the 700 or 800 live show's PJ has even done, you will not be able to find a show that at least two of the following six songs weren't played: Even Flow, Alive, Daughter, Betterman, Corduroy, Black. Let alone no Yellow Ledbetter, RITFW, Baba O'Reilly.

Not sure how many times I was asked through out the day what the opening song was, but I have to believe All or None was on no one's list.

All or None
Education
Sad
In Hiding
Parachutes
I'm Open

to start let everyone know without a doubt that tonight was dedicated to us, and not just those in attendance, but all Ten Clubbers, the entire Jamily.

God's Dice is one of my favorite live song's. I've yet to have that song on a setlist of any show I've attended, and that show not be brilliant, special, memorable beyond others.

I will say that coming up with a unique setlist late in the afternoon showed on a few songs, Mike's guitar seemed to have the volume on the amps wrong for the first part of the show, but it was fixed quickly each time.

Rats had an slightly extended bridge and Stone solo, Stone also went off on Indifference at the end.

I was so happy to get No More, but it was two other songs, Love Reign O'er Me and my surprise of the night Kiss's Black Diamond, never thought I'd here PJ do a Kiss song, though I always hoped for one since Mike is also such a big Kiss fan, Strutter, She, or Black Diamonds were my hopes, but I hadn't thought of it as a possibility for several years. Second encore rocked: Comatose, Black Diamond (1 + times, the shanked the first try, lol) Matt sounded good singing it, Mike really loved playing Ace's parts, and finished this encore with Sonic Reducer, always a crowd pleaser.

B and I are big Ben Harper fans also, and fully expected Ben to make an appearance, and we got it to close out the show. It's always funny when Ben's in singing Indifference with Ed, because we all want to sing ever lyric, but we can't hang with Ben's soulfulness, lol. Crowd is loud singing with Ed on his parts, and tentative with Ben's. No doubt's though, the majority of PJ fan's love Ben Harper.

I'm sure others were more descriptive than I, but I have one HUGE beef with many of my fellow attendee's. The BS ignorant one's that show the band no respect. Ed asked that we turn off the flashes, them allowing us to bring in camera's is a privilige, not a right at their shows, after Ed asked to cut off the flashes, about 85% did, others had me wishing I had Mr Fantastic's ability to stretch, I would have loved to slap each of the remaining flashers up side the head. I mean the band constantly gives so much to the fans, and you can't show a little respect? Well, many more jumped back in the flash bandwagon when the full band came out, and I expected Ed to stop at any moment, but he continued, and I let it go in my head, though I shook my head a few times during the night when it got flash crazy. I have to remember, PJ fans as people are no different than the rest of the country, basically selfish, as am I, each in our own ways.

Sorry to end in a rant, meant to leave it out, but I couldn't let this go. Not that my rant will do any good other than helping me let go, lol.

It was great seeing all, expect I'll see some of those I didn't actually meet, but saw many times walking around, at another show, and we'll say hey didn't I see you at...lol, then we'll meet officially, and for those that didn't get to go to the show, we were lucky, and we represented well.

to all I spent time with yesterday, thanks for the memories my friends.

beach out

beachdweller wrote:

before I start reading others reviews, now that I'm back home in Cali, I'll get my thoughts down first...

Hot day, but a breeze was present most of the day, after the sun dropped below the surrounding buildings in the late afternoon, the breeze disappeared for the most part, and the mugginess (not to be confused with muggleness, lol) started. The line was full of great fans, lots of new introductions, and meetings of old friends went on throughout the day. I spent 845 am until the doors opened up socializing. I made it a point to introduce myself and get names, because so many times we get to stories and chatting, and move on without formal introductions. I met at least 20 new people, and another 10 that I've talked with before but hadn't had a formal introduction. Add the 30 to 40 fans in line I already know, and think about who they know, and who they know knows, and we all knew each other at the show, one big happy hot and sweaty family.

...wave to all my friends...yeah

So the doors open, we file in two by two...ok it wasn't that orderly, but it wasn't bad. my friend B and I decide to go for posters instead of spots on the floor, and get them fast, oh we had about 80 people or so in front of us in line to get in the show, moving forward...they came up with a great idea, one poster per person, stamped our hands, and gave us a coupon to redeem and get out posters after the show...we move on and actually get spots just left center of the stage right at the second railing. maybe 35 ft from stage, great spot, like watching your own private super large HD TV, lol.

An hour later, Ed comes out, I look around and the floor is packed front to back side to side, the pre set Ed did was classic Ed, forgot the cubbies song lyrics, and just when all hope is lost, he remembers and finishes the song strong. If Cub fans don't adopt that song as their anthem, they aren't true Cubs fans, I was really impressed with the song, truely written with love.

Pearl Jam takes the stage, and I'm glad, because in between Ed and PJ, I started to feel the day wear on me. I noticed several people throughout the night having to take a seat for a moment of recovery, and the fatigue was felt by the majority of the fans I think, only a small percentage were bouncing during the night, but we all made up with it with our voices.

PJ's set was I believe the first set ever that was tailored with Ten Club members only in mind. Ask yourself, or go check, I don't think in the 700 or 800 live show's PJ has even done, you will not be able to find a show that at least two of the following six songs weren't played: Even Flow, Alive, Daughter, Betterman, Corduroy, Black. Let alone no Yellow Ledbetter, RITFW, Baba O'Reilly.

Not sure how many times I was asked through out the day what the opening song was, but I have to believe All or None was on no one's list.

All or None
Education
Sad
In Hiding
Parachutes
I'm Open

to start let everyone know without a doubt that tonight was dedicated to us, and not just those in attendance, but all Ten Clubbers, the entire Jamily.

God's Dice is one of my favorite live song's. I've yet to have that song on a setlist of any show I've attended, and that show not be brilliant, special, memorable beyond others.

I will say that coming up with a unique setlist late in the afternoon showed on a few songs, Mike's guitar seemed to have the volume on the amps wrong for the first part of the show, but it was fixed quickly each time.

Rats had an slightly extended bridge and Stone solo, Stone also went off on Indifference at the end.

I was so happy to get No More, but it was two other songs, Love Reign O'er Me and my surprise of the night Kiss's Black Diamond, never thought I'd here PJ do a Kiss song, though I always hoped for one since Mike is also such a big Kiss fan, Strutter, She, or Black Diamonds were my hopes, but I hadn't thought of it as a possibility for several years. Second encore rocked: Comatose, Black Diamond (1 + times, the shanked the first try, lol) Matt sounded good singing it, Mike really loved playing Ace's parts, and finished this encore with Sonic Reducer, always a crowd pleaser.

B and I are big Ben Harper fans also, and fully expected Ben to make an appearance, and we got it to close out the show. It's always funny when Ben's in singing Indifference with Ed, because we all want to sing ever lyric, but we can't hang with Ben's soulfulness, lol. Crowd is loud singing with Ed on his parts, and tentative with Ben's. No doubt's though, the majority of PJ fan's love Ben Harper.

I'm sure others were more descriptive than I, but I have one HUGE beef with many of my fellow attendee's. The BS ignorant one's that show the band no respect. Ed asked that we turn off the flashes, them allowing us to bring in camera's is a privilige, not a right at their shows, after Ed asked to cut off the flashes, about 85% did, others had me wishing I had Mr Fantastic's ability to stretch, I would have loved to slap each of the remaining flashers up side the head. I mean the band constantly gives so much to the fans, and you can't show a little respect? Well, many more jumped back in the flash bandwagon when the full band came out, and I expected Ed to stop at any moment, but he continued, and I let it go in my head, though I shook my head a few times during the night when it got flash crazy. I have to remember, PJ fans as people are no different than the rest of the country, basically selfish, as am I, each in our own ways.

Sorry to end in a rant, meant to leave it out, but I couldn't let this go. Not that my rant will do any good other than helping me let go, lol.

It was great seeing all, expect I'll see some of those I didn't actually meet, but saw many times walking around, at another show, and we'll say hey didn't I see you at...lol, then we'll meet officially, and for those that didn't get to go to the show, we were lucky, and we represented well.

to all I spent time with yesterday, thanks for the memories my friends.

beach out

One of the best reviews I've read and I liked your comments also. Thanks!

beachdweller wrote:

thanks, I just try and let it flow without thinking, and since it wasn't after the show like usual, I thought I'd leave out specifics that were going on like a certain little girl in the balcony, that looked to be putting some harry potter like magic on the crowd with her imaginary wand, lol