Best PJ Show Ever Played: Where and When?

KP_McMinn

AndySlash said:

KP_McMinn said:

AndySlash said:

KP_McMinn said:

was curious to see if there was exactly that, a consensus of the perfect show...

and my point was the answer is 'no'.

Its out there, bud.

this thread alone suggests otherwise. there are many shows fans would consider perfect. but you will never get even a small majority of this fanbase to agree on "the best/perfect show ever played by Pearl Jam." a list, sure. a single show? no way.

cute.

I disagree, respectfully. I'm not interested in getting "a small majority of this fanbase to agree on the best show the band has done. The thread was to determine the Mother of all shows, the one show you wished you could be at, the one show that if you could go back in time, and do whatever it took to be there, what show would that be? I personally think it has to be Halloween 10/31/09.

OceansMagnet

Ask the worst show and you'll get a consensus. This place thrives on negativity. I'll start. Atlanta 2012.

mcgruff10

My top five of all time:
melbourne 3/17/95
soldier field 7/11/95
Randall's Island night 2, nyc 9/29/96 (attended)
msg night 2 9/11/98 (attended)
philly 3 10/30/09 (attended)

coco butter

OceansMagnet said:

Ask the worst show and you'll get a consensus. This place thrives on negativity. I'll start. Atlanta 2012.

I think Cincinnati 2006 wins this one.

By the way, I was at Atlanta 2012 and thought it was great! Yes, it was a greatest hits set list, but the 50,000 people there all had smiles on their faces.

KP_McMinn

mcgruff10 said:

My top five of all time:
melbourne 3/17/95
soldier field 7/11/95
Randall's Island night 2, nyc 9/29/96 (attended)
msg night 2 9/11/98 (attended)
philly 3 10/30/09 (attended)

Melbourne, yes. I was 15 years old then, but i remember a couple stories from my older brothers friends, who was in attendance speaking very highly of the whole trip...he saw multiple shows there...

KP_McMinn

RS65573 said:

Atlanta 94.

yea, this one keeps popping up...this was def an all time candidate...

KP_McMinn

Abe Froman said:

Soldier Field 95'

Still the best concert I've ever seen. It seemed to be the first really long PJ show that had everything. Funny Ed, pissed off Ed, band on FIRE (especially Mike), smashing equipment at end during Blood, coming back out just Ed and Mike to do Yellow Ledbetter, awesome crowd and atmosphere, etc, etc...

and this on too....I'll have to find my copy of this one...been a while/

KC138045

coco butter said:

OceansMagnet said:

Ask the worst show and you'll get a consensus. This place thrives on negativity. I'll start. Atlanta 2012.

I think Cincinnati 2006 wins this one.

By the way, I was at Atlanta 2012 and thought it was great! Yes, it was a greatest hits set list, but the 50,000 people there all had smiles on their faces.

I really don't understand the hate for Cincinnati 2006. I was there and thought it was great. Long Road opener, Green Disease right into Not For You w/ Modern Girl tag, Inside Job, and Leash.

KP_McMinn

Abe Froman said:

Soldier Field 95'

Still the best concert I've ever seen. It seemed to be the first really long PJ show that had everything. Funny Ed, pissed off Ed, band on FIRE (especially Mike), smashing equipment at end during Blood, coming back out just Ed and Mike to do Yellow Ledbetter, awesome crowd and atmosphere, etc, etc...

and this on too....I'll have to find my copy of this one...been a while/

OceansMagnet said:

Ask the worst show and you'll get a consensus. This place thrives on negativity. I'll start. Atlanta 2012.

haha...I'll follow it up with Borgota, Atlantic City 05

coco butter

KC138045 said:

coco butter said:

OceansMagnet said:

Ask the worst show and you'll get a consensus. This place thrives on negativity. I'll start. Atlanta 2012.

I think Cincinnati 2006 wins this one.

By the way, I was at Atlanta 2012 and thought it was great! Yes, it was a greatest hits set list, but the 50,000 people there all had smiles on their faces.

I really don't understand the hate for Cincinnati 2006. I was there and thought it was great. Long Road opener, Green Disease right into Not For You w/ Modern Girl tag, Inside Job, and Leash.

I agree with you, though I wasn't there. I just know over the years many of the fans on the board have trashed that show. Honestly, if I have to think of a show that most people bash lately it's Wrigley Field 2013. Some fans had an awful experience that day/night and talk as if it was a complete disaster.

I for one LOVED Wrigley.

KC138045

coco butter said:

KC138045 said:

coco butter said:

OceansMagnet said:

Ask the worst show and you'll get a consensus. This place thrives on negativity. I'll start. Atlanta 2012.

I think Cincinnati 2006 wins this one.

By the way, I was at Atlanta 2012 and thought it was great! Yes, it was a greatest hits set list, but the 50,000 people there all had smiles on their faces.

I really don't understand the hate for Cincinnati 2006. I was there and thought it was great. Long Road opener, Green Disease right into Not For You w/ Modern Girl tag, Inside Job, and Leash.

I agree with you, though I wasn't there. I just know over the years many of the fans on the board have trashed that show. Honestly, if I have to think of a show that most people bash lately it's Wrigley Field 2013. Some fans had an awful experience that day/night and talk as if it was a complete disaster.

I for one LOVED Wrigley.

I loved Wrigley as well. The only negative I take form that night is the adventure of getting back to the hotel.

Daron Oshay

HARTFORD 13

mcgruff10

KP_McMinn said:

Abe Froman said:

Soldier Field 95'

Still the best concert I've ever seen. It seemed to be the first really long PJ show that had everything. Funny Ed, pissed off Ed, band on FIRE (especially Mike), smashing equipment at end during Blood, coming back out just Ed and Mike to do Yellow Ledbetter, awesome crowd and atmosphere, etc, etc...

and this on too....I'll have to find my copy of this one...been a while/

OceansMagnet said:

Ask the worst show and you'll get a consensus. This place thrives on negativity. I'll start. Atlanta 2012.

haha...I'll follow it up with Borgota, Atlantic City 05

I didn't go to the borgota shows, why were they so bad?

KP_McMinn

Well, its not that they were so bad, set list wise. Set list was actually fucking sick. But for me, the sound was absolutely shit. I mean, it was a small venue, with not that many people, and they played it like a fucking outdoor festival. It was just very bad audio, and the sound engineer just couldn't "get right" at the Borgota. I never thought i'd say it, but it was too loud...way to loud. Would have been perfect for an acoustic show or at least an acoustic set. And, I payed an extraordinary amount of money for the tickets. And when i subsequently tried to win the $ back via craps, blackjack and 3 card poker, you can say i wasn't in the greatest of moods walking in...
That being said, i saw the debut of the song, 'Gone'. So it wasn't all bad....

mcgruff10

Got ya! I ve been to shows that were too loud and must agree they sucked. You just couldn't enjoy yourself.

my2hands

coco butter said:

I do believe that if it wasn't for the rain delay, most would be saying Wrigley Field in 2013 was the best show ever.

OceansMagnet

KC138045 said:

coco butter said:

OceansMagnet said:

Ask the worst show and you'll get a consensus. This place thrives on negativity. I'll start. Atlanta 2012.

I think Cincinnati 2006 wins this one.

By the way, I was at Atlanta 2012 and thought it was great! Yes, it was a greatest hits set list, but the 50,000 people there all had smiles on their faces.

I really don't understand the hate for Cincinnati 2006. I was there and thought it was great. Long Road opener, Green Disease right into Not For You w/ Modern Girl tag, Inside Job, and Leash.

I was at cinci 06 and seeing Ed wipe his ass with a Rolling Stone magazine should have been enough to make that show legendary. Long Road opener at the spot of The Who tragedy gave me chills. I was at Atlanta in 12 and I am guessing that Ed was already getting sick. The show was dull. Low energy. Saw them the next week in Missoula and he was sick as a dog but that show was amazing.

Weston1283

my2hands said:

coco butter said:

I do believe that if it wasn't for the rain delay, most would be saying Wrigley Field in 2013 was the best show ever.

Ill third this. The setlist that was supposed to happen, coupled with the massive hype 6 months leading up to that one magical day July 19, 2013. Just may have been the single greatest PJ show ever.

my2hands

KP_McMinn said:

Well, its not that they were so bad, set list wise. Set list was actually fucking sick. But for me, the sound was absolutely shit. I mean, it was a small venue, with not that many people, and they played it like a fucking outdoor festival. It was just very bad audio, and the sound engineer just couldn't "get right" at the Borgota. I never thought i'd say it, but it was too loud...way to loud. Would have been perfect for an acoustic show or at least an acoustic set. And, I payed an extraordinary amount of money for the tickets. And when i subsequently tried to win the $ back via craps, blackjack and 3 card poker, you can say i wasn't in the greatest of moods walking in...
That being said, i saw the debut of the song, 'Gone'. So it wasn't all bad....

You're crazy... Borgata was amazing and I thought the sound was great... couldn't disagree more my friend

YLed2

The PJ20 shows in totality have to be in there. The vibes of the crowd/band alone have to rank off the charts compared to most of the shows listed.

Hell, the performance/interaction of Release from that weekend alone should throw it easily in the top 5 alone.

my2hands

Hampton 2016?

KP_McMinn

my2hands said:

KP_McMinn said:

Well, its not that they were so bad, set list wise. Set list was actually fucking sick. But for me, the sound was absolutely shit. I mean, it was a small venue, with not that many people, and they played it like a fucking outdoor festival. It was just very bad audio, and the sound engineer just couldn't "get right" at the Borgota. I never thought i'd say it, but it was too loud...way to loud. Would have been perfect for an acoustic show or at least an acoustic set. And, I payed an extraordinary amount of money for the tickets. And when i subsequently tried to win the $ back via craps, blackjack and 3 card poker, you can say i wasn't in the greatest of moods walking in...
That being said, i saw the debut of the song, 'Gone'. So it wasn't all bad....

You're crazy... Borgata was amazing and I thought the sound was great... couldn't disagree more my friend

nah bro. Sound blew. all good, glad you enjoyed it.

KP_McMinn

my2hands said:

Hampton 2016?

hopefully.

KP_McMinn

YLed2 said:

The PJ20 shows in totality have to be in there. The vibes of the crowd/band alone have to rank off the charts compared to most of the shows listed.

Hell, the performance/interaction of Release from that weekend alone should throw it easily in the top 5 alone.

thats what I think too. Alpine night one, was probably the mother of all shows.

KP_McMinn

mcgruff10 said:

Got ya! I ve been to shows that were too loud and must agree they sucked. You just couldn't enjoy yourself.

exactly, i just could not sit still, i remember constantly moving around from song to song, to try and balance it out. They would play STBC and Whipping, I'd have to move back, Man of the Hour, move back up, just could never get settled i felt, and i have never felt that way at any other PJ show.

KP_McMinn

AndySlash said:

yeeaah, there's hardly going to be a consensus on this. some will say pinkpop 92. some will say atlanta '94. some will say soldier field '95. some will say randall's island '96. some will say msg '98. some will say pinkpop '00. some will say boston '03. some will say philly '05. some will say grand rapids '06. i would say bonnaroo '08. you get the idea...

oh you would say Bonnaroo 08? thats awesome, its one that i never thought of, but can def see why one would think that. That whole camping vibe was probably just awesome....btw, you were spot on with your guesses...literally all of them have been listed.

KP_McMinn

Was there camping at the Gorge?

pjalive21

Im biased but St. Louis October 11th 2000



1 Of The Girl
2 Go
3 Hail, Hail
4 Brain Of J.
5 Insignificance
6 Whipping
7 Light Years
8 State Of Love And Trust
9 Given To Fly
10 Animal
11 Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town
12 Wishlist
13 In My Tree
14 Even Flow
15 Daughter
16 Better Man
17 Footsteps
18 Rearviewmirror
19 Breakerfall
20 U
21 Do The Evolution
22 Porch
23 Parting Ways
24 Sonic Reducer
25 Last Kiss
26 Yellow Ledbetter

Juannicenboim

Definitely Moline 2014, for obvious reasons

rolling the dice

I was at philly 3 and 4 in 09. Why everyone thinks that the Halloween show is better than night 3 is beyond me. I've been to 30 shows and 10/30/09 is probably the best. I think that set list was incredible. Maybe because I was always hoping they would play hold on one day...