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  • Black DiamondBlack Diamond Posts: 25,107
    A vote for my 7 year old...

    BOJ is killer!
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  • Steve DunneSteve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    go and brain of j do it for me...followed closely by once.
    I love to turn you on
  • PJamGrungeFanPJamGrungeFan Posts: 289
    Once
    Last Exit
    Go
    Brain of J

    The rest are 'meh'
  • the wolfthe wolf Posts: 7,027
    I'm torn between Sometimes and Can't Keep.
    Peace, Love.

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  • -decodified--decodified- Posts: 2,688
    Top 3:

    Go - Insane
    Gonna See My Friend - Pure Energy
    Last Exit - is on Vitalogy "no more to say"
    Bill Graham Civic Auditorium - Jul 15, 2006
    Outside Lands Festival - Aug 28, 2009
    Key Arena - Sep 21, 2009
    Viejas Arena - Oct 09, 2009
    Shoreline Amphitheater - Oct 23, 2010
    Shoreline Amphitheater - Oct 24, 2010
    Oracle Arena Nov 26, 2013
    Shoreline Amphitheater - Oct 26, 2014
    Parque Simon Bolivar - Bogota, Colombia - Nov 25, 2015 - MY HOMETOWN!!!
    Madison Square Garden - May 01, 2016
    Madison Square Garden - May 02, 2016
    Wrigley Field - Aug 20, 2016
    Wrigley Field - Aug 22, 2016 - MY B-DAY!!!

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  • BALLBOYBALLBOY Posts: 1,030
    ONCE!
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  • Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Posts: 11,410
    Johnny Abruzzo wrote:
    Go!!!

    Worst is Breakerfall.

    I guess I should rank these, so as to not be hypocritical. I definitely prefer any album to start out rocking hard.

    1. Go (this is the definition of an opener - just rocks!)
    2. Last Exit
    3. Brain of J
    4. Once (Master/Slave is cool too)
    5. Life Wasted (like a lot of Avocado, sounds best driving)
    6. Can't Keep (one of the highlights of Riot Act)
    7. Gonna See My Friend (Ed put in "Buona Sera," but mispronounces it like a Spanish "Buena")
    8. Sometimes (I still think this is a bit boring - Hail Hail should've opened that album)
    9. Breakerfall (Opening 3 songs of Binaural are disappointing)
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  • C-WordC-Word Posts: 30
    1. Go

    9. Breakerfall

    (whooo first post! :D )
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  • Snoopy Died For Our SinsSnoopy Died For Our Sins Posts: 2,608
    edited December 2009
    1234

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  • tinkerbelltinkerbell Posts: 2,161
    1st = Once & Sometimes
    all you need is love, love is all you need
  • Foriginal SinForiginal Sin Posts: 1,771
    Sometimes is a close second but GO for sure
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  • PlanktonPlankton Posts: 692
    Brain of J!

    But what a strong list... All amazing.
  • dbodnerdbodner Posts: 60
    Steve Dunne wrote:
    go and brain of j do it for me...followed closely by once.

    Same.

    Although I've listened to those 3 albums by far the most among pearl jam albums, so they must just stay stuck in my head the most.
  • drummerboy_73drummerboy_73 Posts: 2,011
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    drummerboy_73 wrote:
    I'm going to have to GO with GO.
    :)

    I remember listening to Vs. for the first time the day it came out, and how it started with the instruments at a lower volume, with the bass and drums playing the main groove then...WHAM! Everything kicked in at full volume, then the vocals came in, and by the time I got to the chorus, I was like "FUCK YEAH...Pearl Jam is the SHIT!!!"

    I wish they'd play it like that live.
    Have they ever?

    I don't know if they've done it EXACTLY like that, but when I saw them for the first time in Osaka (2/21/95), they did something very similar with Jack playing the intro drum beat and Jeff the bass line, with Mike and Stone doing some guitar stuff, then they stopped and Jack did the "1...2...3...4..." count-in on the hi-hat up to the part where they start it nowadays.
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  • aussiefan811aussiefan811 Posts: 94
    -decodified- wrote:
    Top 3:

    Go - Insane
    Gonna See My Friend - Pure Energy
    Last Exit - is on Vitalogy "no more to say"

    have to agree with you!
    Maybe, someday another child
    Won't feel as alone as she does

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  • Starris1Starris1 Posts: 3
    I'm surprised... I would of thought once by a long shot...
    You get the cool intro with bass and timps etc...
    And then a song with I don't know how many solos...
    Sure some of the others are good two but this is vintage...
    I'd pay good money for more songs in this vein...
  • ChrisileinChrisilein Posts: 3,889
    Heard the first 3 songs of London O2 and i love them! They fit together perfectly!!!

    1. Release
    2. Animal
    3. Corduroy
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