Set 1
- Sometimes
- Go
- Spin The Black Circle
- Hail, Hail
- Animal
- Tremor Christ
- Who You Are
- Corduroy
- Lukin
- Better Man
- Not For You
- Jeremy
- Once
- Rats
- Last Exit
- Habit
- Rearviewmirror
- Immortality
- Whipping
- I Got Id
- Black
- Alive
- Porch
Encore 1
- In My Tree
- Even Flow (The Real Me) (Another Brick In The Wall) (W.M.A.)
- Daughter
- Mankind
- Long Road
- Leaving Here
Encore 2
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Comments
This was my first PJ show and it was one of the best shows I ever saw. Hi energy, the band in really strong form. Just excellent.
I too, was there - and although already a long time fan, this was my first PJ show. I did not expect what happened that day, even as avid & longtime concert goer as I was (and still am). I did not know what to expect from the band, but they far surpassed any lofty dreams I had of seeing them live. I didn't know what to expect of the crowd - and I must admit, I was taken aback a bit (I was the ripe old age of 31 at the time) with the crowd surfing & mosh pit - these were things I never had seen or experienced at any other concert. But as the music played, you couldn't help but get into the moshing (if just for a bit) and as my friends lifted me in the air, I couldn't help but crowd surf, it was completely out of my character & my hands & in many other capable hands. No one dropped me, no one copped an inappropriate feel and I wound up quite near where I started. It was surreal for this first timer! I totally loved it! There were some instances where things got a bit out of control in our section, but the jammers kept each other in line for the most part. The music soothed the savage beasts in them all & made them realize the real reason for being there. Eddie most certainly was concerned with the front crowding and did stop the show to tell everyone to move 10 steps back - and waited until he felt that all had moved back sufficiently. Shortly thereafter, we did see you, JG242853, being pulled up on the stage. All that mattered was your safety! I can say that I have been to many concerts since, but this one particular one stands out to me for so many reasons, many I have already mentioned. THe band's performance was just stellar, raw and unyielding, gaining power from the fans and harnessing it into song after song of magnificence and complete rapture for those fortunate enough to be there witnessing the show. We left there, gloriously spent, muddy, ravaged, raw & ready for more - no matter what the cost to us physically! If they would have played more, we all would have stayed, hypnotically in their finely woven web, thankful for the chance to be the fly to their spider! ;)~
This was my 3rd show and by far the best. Unfortunately Ed had to take too many crowd control breaks. Daughter version was incredible!
An epic show that seemed to go on forever (which was a very good thing)! I've seen PJ many, many times throughout the years and dollar for dollar this is the best show I have had the privilege of beholding. For those who were there, you may recall that Eddie started playing with a balloon toward the end of the show. Well, I was the party pooper who held on to the ballon for keepsake! Still have it!
if there is anyone who has this show on cd i would do anything for a copy please from your fellow pearl jammer Brett with love contact me at bmoor1@brockport.edu thank you to anyone who can help :)
This was my first PJ show. I was 17. I went to Randall's Island with my brother and his friends. We didn't have tickets to the show, but after some name dropping a very nice lady who worked at the venue brought us in for free using worker's passes. I don't know who you are, but thank you very much.
I was at that show also. They stopped during Animal, not Hail Hail, fyi.
My first show also...amazing.
I was a freshman in college in PA, drove all the way there late Saturday night. Had to rent a room by the hour at some sleazy hotel, but that was by far the best times. I remember Eddie did something weird with duct tape and used it as some metaphor, but other than that one of the longest concerts I've been to and the greatest! The best part was I had a speech to give in class the next day (Monday) about the best time I've ever had, which I was going to talk about the concert regardless. I pulled onto campus at 7am, slept for two hours, then walked in hungover and described the whole experience. Got a solid "B-"
I was 17 when I saw this show. Pearl Jam was my life. I was right up front, I pushed as hard as I could through the (then Goliath-like) frat boys all the way up so I could get a good view of Eddie.
When the show started with "Sometimes" the crowd was heavily swaying back and forth so violently it was sort of dangerous and my tiny teenage, 5 foot 7 frame was getting somewhat smuushed by the muscle-bound dudes all around me, but Eddie was right there, like 10 feet away from me and I was glued to him, Mike and Stone. Jeff was a little farther back and was tough to see and I couldn't even catch a glimpse of Jack Irons because the stage was so high.
So "Hail, Hail" hits, and madness insues with the crowd. Everybody was shoving and moshing so hard I was getting knocked like a pinball and knew it was getting dicey to stick around in the front. Just then the entire band stops playing, right in the middle of "Hail, Hail" and Eddie says something like:
"Alright everybody its getting way too crazy upfront you all need to calm the fuck down right now!! Everybody take 10 steps backwards from this stage!! NOW!!"
It was clear, being so close, that the man meant business. Eddie was PISSED. I would not want to be on his bad side and the crowd knew it too, so everybody stepped back. Then they kicked right back into "Hail, Hail" right at the note where they left off! Being a young musician I remembered thinking how TIGHT the damn band was sounding just for that moment alone.
So "Go" begins and the crowd is not really letting up, my ribs were getting crushed against the bar in front of me and the giant dudes behind me, so I held out my hand to a bouncer to pull me out and he grabbed my arm with two hands and lifted me up on stage RIGHT NEXT TO EDDIE AND MIKE! But there was one problem... Because I was so skinny, my giant baggy purple cordoroys got yanked off my hips and down around my ankles when the bouncer lifted me out of the tight crowd! So there I was, on stage with my pants down to my ankles, Eddie to my left singing "Go" and Mike to my right and what seemed like a million people in front of me at Downing Stadium. I immediately grabbed my pants up to my waist and started headbanging crazily with all my hair. After all, I had grown my hair for years so in the event of being on stage with Eddie Vedder (pants-less or not) I could headbang wildly with him like the Evenflow video I had memorized.
This glory moment lasted a few seconds until another bouncer told me to - "Calm down! Put your pants on! Follow me!" And I did. She led me off stage and back into general admissions where I safely enjoyed the rest of the show, the whole time high off my pants-less stage moment with my all time favorite band. I don't think the band ever noticed me but I didn't care. It was enough wackyness to last me the rest of my life.
Thanks PJ, it was an AWESOME show and at 29 now I still haven't forgotten how killer it was. Can't wait to see you guys next.
- Jay G.
Still might be the best show I've been to...