Top 3 Shows from each year

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  • cutz
    cutz Posts: 12,293
    GREAT thread. I want to listen to everyone you listed(except the 2 i don't have). I've collected over 500 PJ Boots, but i really haven't sat down and listen to that many. Thanks for giving me a reason to> :lol:

    I just got done listening to the Zurich '92 show, and it is REALLY GOOD. The Mamason is good. Also thought that PORCH was a killer.

    Oh yea, i have listen to Buffalo from '03, and i have to agree, that show is teriffic. Better(as far as peformance) then State College, though thats a GREAT show too.
  • reedrothchild
    reedrothchild Posts: 635
    cutz wrote:
    GREAT thread. I want to listen to everyone you listed(except the 2 i don't have). I've collected over 500 PJ Boots, but i really haven't sat down and listen to that many. Thanks for giving me a reason to> :lol:

    I just got done listening to the Zurich '92 show, and it is REALLY GOOD. The Mamason is good. Also thought that PORCH was a killer.

    Oh yea, i have listen to Buffalo from '03, and i have to agree, that show is teriffic. Better(as far as peformance) then State College, though thats a GREAT show too.

    glad to hear you dug zurich. definitely check out the den haag show if you havent heard it. the IGAF is killer and just keeps raging...

    and yeah there's just something so awesome about buffalo '03. so many standout versions for the RA tour.
    "What can you expect when you're on top? You know? It's like Napoleon. When he was the king, you know, people were just constantly trying to conquer him, you know, in the Roman Empire. So, it's history repeating itself all over again."
  • stateoflove79
    stateoflove79 Posts: 2,845
    I will only list shows since boots started coming out...

    00 - Seattle 2, Milan, Jones Beach 3

    03 - MSG 1, Buffalo, Detroit 2

    05 - Ottawa, Halifax, Philly

    06 - Boston 2, East Rutherford 2, Newcastle

    08 - Hartford, MSG1, MSG2

    09 - Not including the Philly shows - Christchurch, Universal City 4, San Diego
    Is it so wrong to think that love can keep us safe?
  • zeke thomas
    zeke thomas Posts: 91
    03 - Detroit 2, Buffalo, Uniondale
    06 - Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids
    09 - Chicago 1, Los Angeles 3, Phili 4
  • ponner1us
    ponner1us Posts: 738
    05, Borgata, Night One
    In my top 3, maybe best ever for me, IMHO.
    Journey Begins: 1992-08-15, Montage Mountain Performing Arts Center,
    Scranton, Pennsylvania

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  • Hinn
    Hinn Posts: 1,517
    I'd gladly trade in my times at Newcastle 06 and Philly 4 09 (not 3, no, that's untouchable) to be at Buenos Aires 1 05.
    115 bucks for half a haircut by a novice? I want my money back!
  • cutz
    cutz Posts: 12,293
    I thought the Den Haag and Melwegg shows were good, but don't touch Zurich. IGAF, from Den Haag was teriffic though.

    I thought the first half of the May 13, 1993 from Slim's Cafe in San Fran was REALLY good, but kinda sluggish in the 2nd half of the show. At that time, was that ther longest show? 24 songs. Its a pretty good AUD recording. Gota agree on the Brixton Academy show(July 14, 1993) as i'm almost done listening to it now. Another good AUD recording.
  • reedrothchild
    reedrothchild Posts: 635
    cutz wrote:
    I thought the Den Haag and Melwegg shows were good, but don't touch Zurich. IGAF, from Den Haag was teriffic though.

    I thought the first half of the May 13, 1993 from Slim's Cafe in San Fran was REALLY good, but kinda sluggish in the 2nd half of the show. At that time, was that ther longest show? 24 songs. Its a pretty good AUD recording. Gota agree on the Brixton Academy show(July 14, 1993) as i'm almost done listening to it now. Another good AUD recording.

    yeah Zurich is pretty much the gold standard for that era. slim's is a little sloppy at parts, but the setlist is just nuts and the songs are played in ways they never have been since so i always end up going back to it. the daughter is so strange with the electrics and distortion. it's just a very raw show. Brixton just sounds great and it/s a great setlist with all of the version just played so tightly. love that sonic reducer and fuckin up.
    "What can you expect when you're on top? You know? It's like Napoleon. When he was the king, you know, people were just constantly trying to conquer him, you know, in the Roman Empire. So, it's history repeating itself all over again."
  • ManOfTheHour75
    ManOfTheHour75 Posts: 339
    Here's a few of my favorites;

    92-95

    1. Atlanta, GA 04-03-94
    2. Las Vegas, NV 11-30-93
    3. Melbourne, Australia 03-17-95

    98

    1. Great Woods, MA 09-16-98
    2. Melbourne, Australia 03-05-98
    3. Seattle, WA 07-22-98

    00

    1. Camden, NJ 09-01-00
    2. East Troy, WI 10-08-00
    3. Pittsburgh, PA 09-05-00

    03

    1. Nashville, TN 04-18-03
    2. Clarkston, MI 06-26-03
    3. Uniondale, NY 04-30-03

    05

    1. Vancouver, BC 09-02-05
    2. Philadelphia, PA 10-03-05
    3. Atlantic City, NJ 09-30-05

    06

    1. Torino, Italy 09-19-06
    2. George, WA 07-23-06
    3. Newcastle, Australia 11-19-06

    08

    1. Hartford, CN 06-27-08
    2. Manchester, TN 06-14-08
    3. New York, NY 06-25-08

    09

    1. Los Angeles, CA 10-07-09
    2. Christchurch, New Zealand 11-29-09
    3. Melbourne, Australia 11-20-09
    " Things were different then, all is different now "

    Seattle 09-16-96, Vancouver 07-19-98, Seattle 11-05-00, Seattle 12-09-02, Vancouver 05-30-03, Vancouver 09-02-05, Gorge 07-23-06, Seattle 09-21-09, Seattle 09-22-09, Vancouver 09-25-09
  • ragejoe
    ragejoe Agawam Mass Posts: 1,419
    MG79478 wrote:
    I was at Both Buffalo and State College. Buffalo was great, Stage college was legendary. You also forgot Boston 3, which was better than Buffalo, but no State College.

    You also forgot 2004, I would say:
    1) Toledo (no explanation necessary)
    2) Boston 2 (I've got a feeling, alone, parting ways)
    3) Reading (First Sad ever!)


    YES I AGREE with you completely for 2003 shows... those would be my TOP 3 right there... BOSTON 3 STATE COLLEGE and BUFFALO with MSG 1 right behind them
    1998 Tour- Hartford 9/13
    2000 Tour- Saratoga 8/27 Boston 8/29, 8/30
    2003 Tour- Albany 4/29 Boston 7/2,7/3,7/11 Philadelphia 7/5,7/6 MSG 7/8,7/9
    2004 Tour-     Boston 9/28,9/29
    2006 Tour-     Albany 5/12 Hartford 5/13 Boston 5/24,5/25
    2008 Tour-     MSG 6/24,6/25 Hartford 6/27 Boston 6/28,6/30 Eddie- Boston 8/1
    2009 Tour-     Eddie- Albany 6/9 Philly Spectrum- 10/30, 10/31
    2010 Tour-     Hartford 5/15 MSG 5/20,5/21
    2011 Tour-     Eddie- Hartford 6/18
    2013 Tour- Worcester,MA 10/15,10/16 Hartford 10/25
    2016 Tour- MSG 5/1,5/2 FENWAY 8/5,8/7
    2018 Tour- Fenway 9/2, 9/4 (My 40th show)!
  • reedrothchild
    reedrothchild Posts: 635
    bumping this since there's been a lot of action in the Live forum lately...
    "What can you expect when you're on top? You know? It's like Napoleon. When he was the king, you know, people were just constantly trying to conquer him, you know, in the Roman Empire. So, it's history repeating itself all over again."
  • veddertown
    veddertown Scotland Posts: 5,260
    reedrothchild wrote:
    bumping this since there's been a lot of action in the Live forum lately...
    I love this thread as it generally forces me into a re-shuffle of the boots on my walkman. Recently added Philly 3 & 4, Grand Rapids 06 and MSG2 98. :D
    Like a book among the many on a shelf...

    Dublin 02 Arena - 22/6/10. Belfast Odyssey Arena - 23/6/10. London Hyde Park - 25/6/10. Berlin Wuhlheide - 30/6/10.
    Manchester MEN - 20/06/12. Manchester MEN - 21/06/12
  • reedrothchild
    reedrothchild Posts: 635
    veddertown wrote:
    reedrothchild wrote:
    bumping this since there's been a lot of action in the Live forum lately...
    I love this thread as it generally forces me into a re-shuffle of the boots on my walkman. Recently added Philly 3 & 4, Grand Rapids 06 and MSG2 98. :D

    sweet! yeah the idea with the thread is just to get people to listen to shows they might have otherwise overlooked. There's a lot of shows out there and so much goodness. Might have to put on MSG '98. It's been a few years since ove heard that Alive!
    "What can you expect when you're on top? You know? It's like Napoleon. When he was the king, you know, people were just constantly trying to conquer him, you know, in the Roman Empire. So, it's history repeating itself all over again."
  • cutz
    cutz Posts: 12,293
    1994: Of course that Atlanta show(which i recorded off the radio) is a killer. I really dug the Orpheum show from Boston. LOVE to have the SBD from that show. Not sure, but i don't think i have the St. Petersburg show.

    1995: Man, that OSAKA, JAPAN show was TERIFFIC!! They tore that place up. I listen to that show on my way up to the train station, for the MSG shows. A friend of mine was going with me, and said i HAVE to burn him a copy of that show. Also love the way that one guy was yelling PEARRRRRLLLLL JAAAMMMMM!! I don't know if he was the taper or not, but he only did that between songs. Also, its a GREAT AUD recording. Go figure since it was in Japan?> :lol:

    Glad i listen to the Melbourne show, because for some reason i had that in MP3! UGH!! I just DL a FLAC version, so i'll give that a listen when i can.

    Thats what i'm up to. I haven't had a chance to listen to any others, as i've been at 5 PJ shows the last couple of weeks. I'll try to listen to the others in the next few weeks.
  • P-Town-P-Jam-Fan
    P-Town-P-Jam-Fan Posts: 930
    Interestingly to me nobody has listed the 05 "An Evening With" Gorge show. This has to be in the top 3 of the short 05 tour doesn't it?

    Acoustic Set
    I Believe In Miracles
    Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town
    Off He Goes
    Low Light
    Man Of The Hour
    I Am Mine
    Crazy Mary
    Black
    Hard To Imagine
    Set 1
    Given To Fly
    Last Exit
    Save You
    Do The Evolution
    Alone
    Sad
    Even Flow
    Not For You
    Corduroy
    Dissident
    MFC
    Undone
    Daughter
    In My Tree
    State Of Love And Trust
    Alive
    Porch
    Encore 1
    Love Boat Captain
    Insignificance
    Better Man
    Rearviewmirror
    Encore 2
    I Won't Back Down
    Last Kiss
    Crown Of Thorns
    Blood
    Encore 3
    Yellow Ledbetter
    Baba O'Riley
    Gorge
  • reedrothchild
    reedrothchild Posts: 635
    cutz wrote:
    1994: Of course that Atlanta show(which i recorded off the radio) is a killer. I really dug the Orpheum show from Boston. LOVE to have the SBD from that show. Not sure, but i don't think i have the St. Petersburg show.

    1995: Man, that OSAKA, JAPAN show was TERIFFIC!! They tore that place up. I listen to that show on my way up to the train station, for the MSG shows. A friend of mine was going with me, and said i HAVE to burn him a copy of that show. Also love the way that one guy was yelling PEARRRRRLLLLL JAAAMMMMM!! I don't know if he was the taper or not, but he only did that between songs. Also, its a GREAT AUD recording. Go figure since it was in Japan?> :lol:

    Glad i listen to the Melbourne show, because for some reason i had that in MP3! UGH!! I just DL a FLAC version, so i'll give that a listen when i can.

    Thats what i'm up to. I haven't had a chance to listen to any others, as i've been at 5 PJ shows the last couple of weeks. I'll try to listen to the others in the next few weeks.

    glad you liked osaka. that porch is a favorite with the catholuc boys/jim carroll tag. im pretty sure St Pete '94 is on all of the major pj dload sites. Listen to it as soon as you can because it is THE BEST>
    "What can you expect when you're on top? You know? It's like Napoleon. When he was the king, you know, people were just constantly trying to conquer him, you know, in the Roman Empire. So, it's history repeating itself all over again."
  • reedrothchild
    reedrothchild Posts: 635
    P-Town-P-Jam-Fan wrote:
    Interestingly to me nobody has listed the 05 "An Evening With" Gorge show. This has to be in the top 3 of the short 05 tour doesn't it?

    Acoustic Set
    I Believe In Miracles
    Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town
    Off He Goes
    Low Light
    Man Of The Hour
    I Am Mine
    Crazy Mary
    Black
    Hard To Imagine
    Set 1
    Given To Fly
    Last Exit
    Save You
    Do The Evolution
    Alone
    Sad
    Even Flow
    Not For You
    Corduroy
    Dissident
    MFC
    Undone
    Daughter
    In My Tree
    State Of Love And Trust
    Alive
    Porch
    Encore 1
    Love Boat Captain
    Insignificance
    Better Man
    Rearviewmirror
    Encore 2
    I Won't Back Down
    Last Kiss
    Crown Of Thorns
    Blood
    Encore 3
    Yellow Ledbetter
    Baba O'Riley

    Love the setlist but they were still a bit rusty.
    "What can you expect when you're on top? You know? It's like Napoleon. When he was the king, you know, people were just constantly trying to conquer him, you know, in the Roman Empire. So, it's history repeating itself all over again."
  • PhillyCrownOfThorns
    PhillyCrownOfThorns Posts: 690
    ponner1us wrote:
    05, Borgata, Night One
    In my top 3, maybe best ever for me, IMHO.

    I have seen some pretty good shows in my time, but have to agree with this... The Borgata was one of my favorite shows of all time. The set was solid, not legendary. The crowd was small, but on fire, like the band.

    No one ever talks about this show, and I feel it is extremely underrated... take a listen. Porch through Grievance was a workout... and you have to picture the 10club at a very nice casino ballroom... it was great in a weird way! The red sox/yankees nonsense is a bit annoying, but to me... the show symobolized the cleansing of the Riot Act debacle, and brought me back as a fan. Avocado came out a bit later, and the rest is history...
    9.29.96, 8.28.98, 9.1.00, 7.5.03, 9.30.05, 6.1.06, 6.19.08, 6.20.08, 6.24.08, 10.27.09, 10.28.09, 10.30.09, 5.20.10, 9.3.11, 9.4.11, 9.2.12, 7.19.13...

    2013- Brooklyn2, Philly1, Philly2, NOLA
  • shadowcast
    shadowcast Posts: 2,336
    "2)04/23/03 - University of Illinois Assembly Center: Champaign, IL
    attendance: 10,435
    support act: Sparta
    soundcheck: Driven To Tears (x6), U, Deep
    set: Do The Evolution, Corduroy, Save You, Deep, Dissident, Elderly Woman, Even Flow, Jeremy, Thumbing My Way, You Are, I Am Mine, Habit, Untitled/MFC, Given To Fly, Nothingman, Blood, Porch
    enc 1: Driven To Tears, Better Man, Crazy Mary, Know Your Rights, Fortunate Son
    enc 2: Blue Red Grey, Black, Alive, Baba O'Riley"

    This is such a great show!!! DTE as an opener was the shit!!! Also Matt is a monster on the drums at the end of Save You. It's nice to see this show get some respect.
  • shadowcast
    shadowcast Posts: 2,336
    PhillyCrownOfThorns wrote:
    ponner1us wrote:
    05, Borgata, Night One
    In my top 3, maybe best ever for me, IMHO.

    I have seen some pretty good shows in my time, but have to agree with this... The Borgata was one of my favorite shows of all time. The set was solid, not legendary. The crowd was small, but on fire, like the band.

    No one ever talks about this show, and I feel it is extremely underrated... take a listen. Porch through Grievance was a workout... and you have to picture the 10club at a very nice casino ballroom... it was great in a weird way! The red sox/yankees nonsense is a bit annoying, but to me... the show symobolized the cleansing of the Riot Act debacle, and brought me back as a fan. Avocado came out a bit later, and the rest is history...

    Here!! Here!! Well said, 10 C was doing a lottery for this and I won and the wife & I (from Chicago) made a total PJ vacation and then spent 5 days in NY. Met some great fans that night and how about that poster for the show? PS- Won $500 playing blackjack after the show.

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