Saratoga 2000
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Look at the start to this show:
Breakerfall
Whipping
Spin The Black Circle
Hail Hail
Corduroy
In My Tree
I was there and it is one of my favorite concert experiences of all time, just a great show. Over the years I've realized how special those opening 6 songs were: Binaural kickass opener followed by some Vitalogy and then a triple shot from No Code. That's a fantastic start to any show!! You don't see a lot of shows that start that fast, really busting out of the gate like that. The entire show was amazing--Leatherman was a nice surprise!--but the start was something really special. Beautiful memories! Were you there, or do you at least love the boot? Hope so!
Breakerfall
Whipping
Spin The Black Circle
Hail Hail
Corduroy
In My Tree
I was there and it is one of my favorite concert experiences of all time, just a great show. Over the years I've realized how special those opening 6 songs were: Binaural kickass opener followed by some Vitalogy and then a triple shot from No Code. That's a fantastic start to any show!! You don't see a lot of shows that start that fast, really busting out of the gate like that. The entire show was amazing--Leatherman was a nice surprise!--but the start was something really special. Beautiful memories! Were you there, or do you at least love the boot? Hope so!
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Yes that was a nice surprise at the time! I don't even think the band has covered that song much at all, right? Glad we got to hear it. I also remember Ed wading out into the crowd during Porch, sort of standing on a security guard's shoulders, i think? Or something like that. It was cool, but the memories fade with each passing year ;-) Glad I at least have always had that boot to relive the music. Killer Black that night also, one of the best I've ever heard. Mike was ON all night. His Nobody's Fault But Mine during Ledbetter was niiiiice.
That is a nice first 6 songs, but I fail to see the triple shot of no code?
Sucks there wasn't a poster for this show also, but I got my dog tags there which one of still resides on my key chain.
oops, overzealous in my love for no code, ha. triple shot (not in order) of vitalogy.
i've always wished there was a poster too! i got the blue binaural t-shirt at that show, the one with the ape/man on the front, and it's sill my favorite t-shirt. you are right, in my tree was great. matt owned it.
They played In My Tree and it was fucking amazing.... my favorite PJ song at my first show... can't ask for more than that.
I too wish there was a poster for that one show.
2000: Saratoga, Mansfield I & II; 2003: West Palm, Tampa, Mansfield I & II & III; 2004: Boston I & II; 2005: Montreal; 2006: Albany, Hartford, Boston I & II, East Rutherford; 2007: Lolla
2008: Tampa, MSG I & II, Hartford, Mansfield I & II; 2009: Chicago I & II, Philly I, III & IV; 2010: Cleveland, Buffalo, Hartford, Boston & MSG II.
PLUS, a great version of Grievance with Ed singing "I want to taste/everyone in Schenectady!" Also Beginning to see the Light tag in Daughter - go VU! - and WMA and Androgynous Mind tags in the same song. Great, great show, one of their best, IMHO.
For possible future reference, it may be worth noting that at SPAC, the venue in Saratoga, there is a pocket of seats with bad sound. I've found it to be the back of the lower level, inside the shed. I was in those seats that night and it was just a bit of a struggle to fight the odd sound.
Had a friend close to the stage who loved the show. And the bootleg sounds pretty good.
Although it may simply be due to a lack of summer gigs, I have also noted that Pearl Jam has never gone back to SPAC. The Albany area shows have been at the former Knick Arena. And of course, two E.V. shows at the Palace. Seems like the Albany arena is better fit for Pearl Jam. 2006 was pretty legendary.
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I wonder why PJ hasn't been back to SPAC since. It's a great venue, and the band even escaped to the Hotel there after Albany '06 due to too many fans in their hotel. I'm hoping they do come back some day.
supplied the YL tag and that makes it one of the coolest in my book. The one from the previous show wasn't bad either.
maybe they dont go back there cause it took everyone like 8 hours to get outta the parking lot, what a fluster-cuck!
I challenge the Mansfield parking lot to a duel with the SPAC parking lot! to the death.
Everytime I think about that show I am brought back to one memory. I went with my girlfriend at the time and we were at our seats (in the ampitheater) waiting for a few of our friends to meet us at our seats. I think that it was around the 3rd or 4th song and my girfriend was complaining that something was splashing on her leg. I turned around and some 18 year old kid in the row behind us was on his knees taking a piss.
Needless to say I was pretty angry. I am not all about being macho or a tough guy or anything like that (especially since I was drinking - I have no delusions of turning into a prize fighter when I am drunk) but I was ready to fight.
This young kid can be thankful that the only thing that stopped him from getting punched in the eye was my friends brother (who was a security guard at SPAC). He quickly difused the situation by getting us out of our seats and bringing us to the third or fourth row behind the Orchestra Pit where our friends were waiting.
After that we had a great time at the show and even went out for a few beers after. Thats my story.
Moral - Don't Piss In Public