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Top 10 Pearl Jam cities

Once UnemployableOnce Unemployable Posts: 34
edited May 2010 in The Porch
Curious on the your thoughts. Obviously, Boston, Philly, Seattle could argue the top spot, but what are the others? I'm in Detroit, and while we've had some good shows, I wouldn't put us in the top 10. What are the thoughts of those who follow them city to city?
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  • Once UnemployableOnce Unemployable Posts: 34
    Gotta throw Chicago in there also.
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  • JL19851JL19851 Posts: 209
    Hopefully, after this week, we'll all be back on the consensus that New York is #1.

    But really, who knows. They typically great shows in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Seattle, Los Angeles and Chicago...but they've had great shows just about everywhere else too. Let's not forget some great shows that have happened in Buffalo, Missoula, East Rutherford, Atlantic City, Ft. Lauderdale, Tampa, Boise, Augusta, Toronto, Toledo, Columbus, London, Katowice, Lisbon, Mexico City, Manitoba, Atlanta, San Francisco, Melbourne, Perth...the list can go on forever.

    Their top city is really the city they play that night. Tonight, the top Pearl Jam city in the whole world is Newark, which may be the first time it was great at anything.
  • Newch91Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    Hartford is creeping it's way onto that list.
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  • whichwaysignwhichwaysign Posts: 229
    Boston
    Philly
    New York
    Chicago
    Seattle
    San Diego
    Italy (realize it's a country and not a city)
    LA
    London
    Toronto
    Wash DC
    San Francisco
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  • GmoneyGmoney Posts: 1,618
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  • TM109540TM109540 Posts: 17
    Butte, Montana
  • meveretmeveret Posts: 110
    Toronto and Southern Ontario in general has some hardcore Pearl Jam fans, Boston area does too. Can't say I've ever seen PJ in any other areas besides Buffalo and Albany and Albany's fans were pretty dead.
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  • AmherstJammerAmherstJammer Posts: 1,510
    Newch91 wrote:
    Hartford is creeping it's way onto that list.

    :thumbup:
  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    edited May 2010
    I think the general consensus as that the bigger cities have the best shows because of population and biased opinions, however some of my favorite boots are from smaller towns.. Missoula, Champaign, Buffalo and so on.. I always come across sleeper shows that sounds like they would have kicked the ass out of Chicago shows I've been to or Boston, NYC, LA, Philly and so on..
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  • stranger34stranger34 Posts: 235
    uniondale
  • JV130312JV130312 Posts: 2,457
    Philly is number one...
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  • PRLJM1PRLJM1 Posts: 584
    Based on number of shows played in one city, my guess is Seattle gets the top spot.
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  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 41,798
    in no order i'll go with

    philly
    NYC
    Boston
    Seattle
    LA
    London
    Chicago
    Denver
    Melbourne and or Sydney
    San Fran
    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • AiCPearlJamWeenAiCPearlJamWeen Posts: 785
    Buffalo, a smaller not often played placed but after my first show there this year and the 2003 boot we have some amazingly loud fans around these parts. Especially during the Uncle Neil covers.
  • GmoneyGmoney Posts: 1,618
    Boston
    Chicago
    Philly

    the rest
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  • BlackCorduroyBlackCorduroy Posts: 1,374
    Here's what I'd say, not really in order

    Seattle
    Boston
    Philadelphia
    New York City
    Chicago
    San Diego
    Los Angeles
    Grand Rapids (not played often, but look at their last 2 shows)
    London
    Don't know what city in particular is best, but Imagine in Cornice makes me wanna throw Italy in there
  • simplemansimpleman Posts: 425
    1- boston
    2- boston
    3- boston
    4- boston
    5- boston


    6- nyc
    7- seattle
    8- chicago
    9- philly
    10- s.f.
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  • fox_mulderXfox_mulderX Posts: 1,134
    toronto, bitches
  • JV130312JV130312 Posts: 2,457
    Philly >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Boston >>>>Rest. It's just the way it is. Sorry.

    I mean really ... where'd they choose to do the 2009 box set?
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  • CranMalReignCranMalReign Posts: 1,928
    Philly is always a special spot for the band... and I say that as a transplant into this town and have no sentimental value for it whatsoever.

    I do, however, have sentimental value for Pittsburgh, and have to say that the shows I've seen there always seem like something special. They don't play there often b/c it's a small market, I guess, but some gems come out of there when they do!
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  • givenfliersgivenfliers Posts: 144
    i must say columbus for only a 378000 pop we represented very well on the 6th
  • Red-ManRed-Man Posts: 62
    Berlin would have to be on that list.
  • RedMosquito22RedMosquito22 Posts: 8,158
    Once Unemployable wrote:
    Curious on the your thoughts. Obviously, Boston, Philly, Seattle could argue the top spot, but what are the others? I'm in Detroit, and while we've had some good shows, I wouldn't put us in the top 10. What are the thoughts of those who follow them city to city?

    NY, Philly, Boston and Seattle are the top tier. No others are close. That's why they play the Northeast so often.
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  • PJ_LukinPJ_Lukin Posts: 2,049
    For me, after listening to many thousands of hours of bootlegs, I would say that some international cities should be sprinkled in there. They do play outside of the USA. These stand out,
    Mexico City, Mexico
    Sao Paolo, Brazil
    Verona, Italy

    but there are many others.....
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  • Dissident67Dissident67 Posts: 568
    Its hard to rank 10 cities, i don't know how to order them but i would say New York, Boston, Seattle, Philly are the top tier. The next tier would probably include LA, San Diego, Hartford, London. Other then that I'm not really sure, its too tough with so many good shows.
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  • MDBPJFANMDBPJFAN Posts: 3
    No doubt, TORONTO!!
  • MayDay10MayDay10 Posts: 11,672
    10 is tough.

    I would say an upper echelon (6) of Philly, NYC, Boston, Toronto, Chicago, and Seattle.

    I think there is a bit of a dropoff after that.
  • ken Cullenken Cullen Posts: 2
    boston #1
  • Ms. HaikuMs. Haiku Posts: 7,258
    Just from listening to bootlegs I would put Milan at the top, and then Mexico City.
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