95 my first show - i was 14 or 15 years old- scared as hell- 50,000+ fans roaring behind me! A pit half the size of a football field! Oh shit! it still gives me the chills! by the way i was front row center....GA...holding on to dear life!
then it would have to be 98.... everything seem to slow down and speak so natural to me..... I found a new me...... and of course NOW! Lets Just Breeeaaaatttthhhheeee! [/b]
1998 was a big PJ year for me because I had just gotten into them the year before and by '98 I was being overwhelmed with the release of Yield as well as the fact that the internet was taking off making old interviews, rarities, and bootlegs readily available. I didn't just listen to PJ back then, I studied them like I'd be tested on it.
2003 was another great PJ year for me because I saw more shows that year than any other year...including some historic nights in State College and MSG.
I'm pretty sure they saved my life in 1991-1992. All the hair metal from the 80's was getting bloated and Guns n Roses behavior really let us down by then. I could only listen to Zeppelin so much. It was also my first year of college at a very conservative school and I was lost and stupid as a product of public schooling.
"...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
92-94. never got to see a show then either, but the most explosive time, and great for the music.
Never got a chance to see them during those years either, but I did listen to some of there bootlegs(tapes/vhs/cd's) during those years- The Energy and Explosiveness is an understatement! They were atomic or something... But I couldn't agree with you more on that post.
been a fan since forever, first show was in '98, but I have never seen and heard the band like they are right now. the album was great, but I have had to buy almost all the boots because they sound so god damn good right now. Saw them in chicago and the comfort they displayed on stage was so different than I remember seeing them. They sure make it easy to love them.
that’s right! Can’t we all just get together and focus on our real enemies: monogamous gays and stem cells… - Ned Flanders
It is terrifying when you are too stupid to know who is dumb
- Joe Rogan
1996 - Yield, my first shows
2003 - Riot Act, the Mansfield experiment
"FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
I'm gonna start w/ 98... the year I re-discovered them. I lost interest with Vitalogy. Won Yield as a door prize at a community service club meeting in college and fell in love. My g/f got me tickets to the Pgh show for my birthday that year. Up to that point and after, I dug up everything I could find on them... found all this awesome new music, came across fantastic bootleg songs... it was a good time.
Second place... that one's tougher... my passion has been rekindled this year with Backspacer after having faded a bit over the previous years... so I'll say 2009.
Who's Mookie Blaylock...JK.
I'm from Adelaide, AUSTRALIA and the first time i ever heard PJ was in Jan 92. I was watching a Saturday morning music video show and ALIVE came on and i've been a fan ever since.
Looking back now what the US was experiencing in the middle of 91 didn't really hit our shores until early 92(or maybe i was just a bit slow).
Thank god for technology or i would still be waiting for the release of Backspacer.
1998 was a fantastic year. The Yield tour was their best. For some reason, it seems like they are getting a little unorganized in their shows. I think it is great to have 2.5 to 3 hour shows, it demonstrates their appreciation for their fans. However, many of the long shows are roller coasters and a bit sloppy. I would love to see the band practice a specific setlist until it is mastered, sound and light engineers included, and play it somewhere to be released on Blu Ray.
That is like trying to pick your favorite child. I guess 96-98 (i.e. the release of No Code and Yield), when I went from a fan who thought they were my favorite band to becoming a lunatic fanatic.
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then it would have to be 98.... everything seem to slow down and speak so natural to me..... I found a new me...... and of course NOW! Lets Just Breeeaaaatttthhhheeee!
2009 gets a nod too because they released an amazing album in Backspacer.
2022: Berlin, Budapest, Krakow, Amsterdam II
*NYC 9/28/96 *NYC 9/29/96 *NJ 9/8/98 (front row "may i play drums with you")
*MSG 9/10/98 (backstage) *MSG 9/11/98 (backstage)
*Jones Beach 8/23/00 *Jones Beach 8/24/00 *Jones Beach 8/25/00
*Mansfield 8/29/00 *Mansfield 8/30/00 *Nassau 4/30/03 *Nissan VA 7/1/03
*Borgata 10/1/05 *Camden 5/27/06 *Camden 5/28/06 *DC 5/30/06
*VA Beach 6/17/08 *DC 6/22/08 *MSG 6/24/08 (backstage) *MSG 6/25/08
*EV DC 8/17/08 *EV Baltimore 6/15/09 *Philly 10/31/09
*Bristow VA 5/13/10 *MSG 5/20/10 *MSG 5/21/10
on a serious note this year and next year so far
2003 was another great PJ year for me because I saw more shows that year than any other year...including some historic nights in State College and MSG.
Pearl Jam bootlegs:
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not to say it was all downhill from there thou.
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
Never got a chance to see them during those years either, but I did listen to some of there bootlegs(tapes/vhs/cd's) during those years- The Energy and Explosiveness is an understatement! They were atomic or something...
Not much of a Mookie Blaylock fan I see
Pearl Jam bootlegs:
http://wegotshit.blogspot.com
been a fan since forever, first show was in '98, but I have never seen and heard the band like they are right now. the album was great, but I have had to buy almost all the boots because they sound so god damn good right now. Saw them in chicago and the comfort they displayed on stage was so different than I remember seeing them. They sure make it easy to love them.
It is terrifying when you are too stupid to know who is dumb
- Joe Rogan
2003 - Riot Act, the Mansfield experiment
Second place... that one's tougher... my passion has been rekindled this year with Backspacer after having faded a bit over the previous years... so I'll say 2009.
Who's Mookie Blaylock...JK.
I'm from Adelaide, AUSTRALIA and the first time i ever heard PJ was in Jan 92. I was watching a Saturday morning music video show and ALIVE came on and i've been a fan ever since.
Looking back now what the US was experiencing in the middle of 91 didn't really hit our shores until early 92(or maybe i was just a bit slow).
Thank god for technology or i would still be waiting for the release of Backspacer.
1996=No Code
2009 great energy and positivity in the shows. their song catalog is the biggest and just about any song theyve ever written can be played live now.