I think my top 5 from the studio albums are (that translate the worst live to me): 1. you are 2. evacuation 3. unemployable 4. cropduster 5. sleight of hand
I think my top 5 from the studio albums are (that translate the worst live to me): 1. you are 2. evacuation 3. unemployable 4. cropduster 5. sleight of hand
Man I love you are live. Especially spectrum night 4!! Bad ass!
I think my top 5 from the studio albums are (that translate the worst live to me): 1. you are 2. evacuation 3. unemployable 4. cropduster 5. sleight of hand
I can appreciate this list from albums 6 to 8. I am, however, surprised by this relatively widespread dislike for You Are. I'm impartial to the song myself.
Also: Don't gimmie No Lip, Gremmie Outta Control, Supersonic, Gonna See My Friend, Sleight of Hand, Let the Records Play (Shania Twain version of Spin the Black Circle)
2006 PJ/Petty Milwaukee Night 1
2007 Lollapalooza Chicago
2013 Wrigley Chicago
2013 Dallas
2013 Oklahoma City
I think my top 5 from the studio albums are (that translate the worst live to me): 1. you are 2. evacuation 3. unemployable 4. cropduster 5. sleight of hand
Sleight of Hand circa '00 is amazing. It has lost the impact and overall tone Ed could sing it in since then. Same with most of Binaural unfortunately. Those songs killed in '00. I actually really enjoyed Cropduster on the '03 tour. Another one that pretty much dies outside that album tour year.
I think my top 5 from the studio albums are (that translate the worst live to me): 1. you are 2. evacuation 3. unemployable 4. cropduster 5. sleight of hand
Sleight of Hand circa '00 is amazing. It has lost the impact and overall tone Ed could sing it in since then. Same with most of Binaural unfortunately. Those songs killed in '00. I actually really enjoyed Cropduster on the '03 tour. Another one that pretty much dies outside that album tour year.
I think my top 5 from the studio albums are (that translate the worst live to me): 1. you are 2. evacuation 3. unemployable 4. cropduster 5. sleight of hand
I can appreciate this list from albums 6 to 8. I am, however, surprised by this relatively widespread dislike for You Are. I'm impartial to the song myself.
I'd add Big Wave to that list.
I never saw big wave live so I can’t comment. I d like to see it once.
I think my top 5 from the studio albums are (that translate the worst live to me): 1. you are 2. evacuation 3. unemployable 4. cropduster 5. sleight of hand
I can appreciate this list from albums 6 to 8. I am, however, surprised by this relatively widespread dislike for You Are. I'm impartial to the song myself.
I'd add Big Wave to that list.
I never saw big wave live so I can’t comment. I d like to see it once.
Good point. Neither have I. The song just doesn't do it for me in the versions I've heard in various bootlegs, I suppose.
I think my top 5 from the studio albums are (that translate the worst live to me): 1. you are 2. evacuation 3. unemployable 4. cropduster 5. sleight of hand
I can appreciate this list from albums 6 to 8. I am, however, surprised by this relatively widespread dislike for You Are. I'm impartial to the song myself.
I'd add Big Wave to that list.
I never saw big wave live so I can’t comment. I d like to see it once.
Good point. Neither have I. The song just doesn't do it for me in the versions I've heard in various bootlegs, I suppose.
So I listened to big wave on a boot and it is ok live. Doesn’t be seem like I am missing much.
I think my top 5 from the studio albums are (that translate the worst live to me): 1. you are 2. evacuation 3. unemployable 4. cropduster 5. sleight of hand
Love all those songs. Always enjoyed Evacuation and Cropduster. You Are, Unemployable and Sleight Of Hand have grown on me lately. In fact, I woke up from a dream this morning with Unemployable stuck in my head!
I'd go further and say I'm generally not a fan of PJ songs that are Ed solo with ukulele/guitar and no other band members on the track. To me, I consider those EV solo songs and not necessarily PJ songs, so I usually skip them, but I do like Just Breathe. It's songwriting 101.
I think my top 5 from the studio albums are (that translate the worst live to me): 1. you are 2. evacuation 3. unemployable 4. cropduster 5. sleight of hand
Sleight of Hand circa '00 is amazing. It has lost the impact and overall tone Ed could sing it in since then. Same with most of Binaural unfortunately. Those songs killed in '00. I actually really enjoyed Cropduster on the '03 tour. Another one that pretty much dies outside that album tour year.
Cropduster is a defining PJ tune in my book....right up there with Corduroy and I Got Shit.
Remember the Thomas Nine !! (10/02/2018)
1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago 2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy 2013: London ON, Chicago; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE) 2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston 2020: Oakland, Oakland:2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana 2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville 2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana
I'd go further and say I'm generally not a fan of PJ songs that are Ed solo with ukulele/guitar and no other band members on the track. To me, I consider those EV solo songs and not necessarily PJ songs, so I usually skip them, but I do like Just Breathe. It's songwriting 101.
Agreed. I'm not sure I could have classified any PJ song as bad until Backspacer. I don't like the sappy stuff and/or the Ed solo tunes.
Just Breathe The End Future Days
Remember the Thomas Nine !! (10/02/2018)
1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago 2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy 2013: London ON, Chicago; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE) 2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston 2020: Oakland, Oakland:2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana 2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville 2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana
I'd go further and say I'm generally not a fan of PJ songs that are Ed solo with ukulele/guitar and no other band members on the track. To me, I consider those EV solo songs and not necessarily PJ songs, so I usually skip them, but I do like Just Breathe. It's songwriting 101.
Agreed. I'm not sure I could have classified any PJ song as bad until Backspacer. I don't like the sappy stuff and/or the Ed solo tunes.
Just Breathe The End Future Days
True. I'm not saying there are any "bad" PJ songs, but if I were to classify Ed ukulele/acoustic vs. PJ songs, I'd go with the three you mentioned above and add Soon Forget and Drifting. I think those five songs would have fit nicely onto EV's solo album and freed up room for better B Side songs to have made it onto albums (Stone's Fatal certainly comes to mind). Not complaining, just saying. Thanks!
I'd go further and say I'm generally not a fan of PJ songs that are Ed solo with ukulele/guitar and no other band members on the track. To me, I consider those EV solo songs and not necessarily PJ songs, so I usually skip them, but I do like Just Breathe. It's songwriting 101.
Agreed. I'm not sure I could have classified any PJ song as bad until Backspacer. I don't like the sappy stuff and/or the Ed solo tunes.
Just Breathe The End Future Days
True. I'm not saying there are any "bad" PJ songs, but if I were to classify Ed ukulele/acoustic vs. PJ songs, I'd go with the three you mentioned above and add Soon Forget and Drifting. I think those five songs would have fit nicely onto EV's solo album and freed up room for better B Side songs to have made it onto albums (Stone's Fatal certainly comes to mind). Not complaining, just saying. Thanks!
Oh man, I never thought of it that way, but you're right. We know the gems they left off Binaural in place of Soon Forget so that does make it easier for me to cast that song out as a PJ tune. I guess I don't really know what could have replaced some of those other solo type EV songs, which are all good songs, but would have been better served as Ed solo stuff. I guess I would have preferred Of the Earth making an album over one of them.
Oh man, I never thought of it that way, but you're right. We know the gems they left off Binaural in place of Soon Forget so that does make it easier for me to cast that song out as a PJ tune. I guess I don't really know what could have replaced some of those other solo type EV songs, which are all good songs, but would have been better served as Ed solo stuff. I guess I would have preferred Of the Earth making an album over one of them.
Of The Earth woulda been great inclusion - I'd love to hear studio version of that song! Also, you made me think about Binaural with all the extra tracks added...double album like Exile On Main Street or Mellon Collie. In some ways Vitalogy was an album that did included all it's B-sides if you consider the "non-songs". Vitalogy would have still been very strong without those extra songs IMO. Some people like them, some don't. All I know is my Vitalogy vinyl has side 4 exclusively dedicated to Stupid Mop...I never play it that side. :(
Vitaology without "non-songs": 1. Last Exit 2. Spin The Black Circle 3. Not For You 4. Tremor Christ 5. Nothingman 6. Whipping 7. Corduroy 8. Satan's Bed 9. Better Man 10. Immortality
Oh man, I never thought of it that way, but you're right. We know the gems they left off Binaural in place of Soon Forget so that does make it easier for me to cast that song out as a PJ tune. I guess I don't really know what could have replaced some of those other solo type EV songs, which are all good songs, but would have been better served as Ed solo stuff. I guess I would have preferred Of the Earth making an album over one of them.
Of The Earth woulda been great inclusion - I'd love to hear studio version of that song! Also, you made me think about Binaural with all the extra tracks added...double album like Exile On Main Street or Mellon Collie. In some ways Vitalogy was an album that did included all it's B-sides if you consider the "non-songs". Vitalogy would have still been very strong without those extra songs IMO. Some people like them, some don't. All I know is my Vitalogy vinyl has side 4 exclusively dedicated to Stupid Mop...I never play it that side. :(
Vitaology without "non-songs": 1. Last Exit 2. Spin The Black Circle 3. Not For You 4. Tremor Christ 5. Nothingman 6. Whipping 7. Corduroy 8. Satan's Bed 9. Better Man 10. Immortality
If I had the power to retrack (the amazing) Vitalogy, it would look like this: Side 1 1. Last Exit 2. Spin The Black Circle 3. Not For You 4. Nothingman 5. Tremor Christ 6. Pry To Side 2 1. Corduroy 2. Whipping 3. Satan's Bed 4. Better Man 5. Immortality 6. Aya Davanita
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1. you are
2. evacuation
3. unemployable
4. cropduster
5. sleight of hand
I'd add Big Wave to that list.
Also: Don't gimmie No Lip, Gremmie Outta Control, Supersonic, Gonna See My Friend, Sleight of Hand, Let the Records Play (Shania Twain version of Spin the Black Circle)
2007 Lollapalooza Chicago
2013 Wrigley Chicago
2013 Dallas
2013 Oklahoma City
"But this night has been a long one,
waiting on a sun that just don't come.
Can I forgive what I cannot forget
I could give it one more try"
One of the best moments in the PJ catalog.
Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
Ole
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just breathe
1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago
2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy
2013: London ON, Chicago; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE)
2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston
2020: Oakland, Oakland: 2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana
2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville
2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana
Just Breathe
The End
Future Days
1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago
2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy
2013: London ON, Chicago; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE)
2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston
2020: Oakland, Oakland: 2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana
2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville
2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana
Seattle, 12.7.93
Salt Lake, 6.21.98
Mountain View, 10.30.99
Mountain View, 10.31.99
Boise, 11.3.00
Portland, 9.26.09
Seattle, 12.7.93
Salt Lake, 6.21.98
Mountain View, 10.30.99
Mountain View, 10.31.99
Boise, 11.3.00
Portland, 9.26.09
Vitaology without "non-songs":
1. Last Exit
2. Spin The Black Circle
3. Not For You
4. Tremor Christ
5. Nothingman
6. Whipping
7. Corduroy
8. Satan's Bed
9. Better Man
10. Immortality
And I'm starting to believe
Side 1
1. Last Exit
2. Spin The Black Circle
3. Not For You
4. Nothingman
5. Tremor Christ
6. Pry To
Side 2
1. Corduroy
2. Whipping
3. Satan's Bed
4. Better Man
5. Immortality
6. Aya Davanita