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Best Show That You Didn't Attend.

EquallyWorthlessEquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
edited July 2008 in The Porch
Usually around here when the topic of best shows come up everyone is biased and picks the shows they attended. I'm not speaking for everyone but it is usually the case.

I want to know what everyone thinks is the best show they weren't at or the show that you wish you had been at but weren't.

For me it has to be Mansfield 3 2003, show is amazingly epic and the acoustic set at the beginning is truly jaw dropping setlist wise and has just plain beautiful renditions of a lot of songs I love.
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  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    I had tickets to NYC 2003 for both nights and didn't make it! :mad:

    I've been hitting myself for the last 5 years now... Arrrrghhh!
    PJ- 04/29/2003.06/24,25,27,28,30/2008.10/27,28,30,31/2009
    EV- 08/09,10/2008.06/08,09/2009
  • haffajappahaffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    vic maybe? that wasnt by choice.... not mine anyways, but the ticket gods
    live pearl jam is best pearl jam
  • U R A Crazy BreedU R A Crazy Breed Posts: 8,370
    EquallyWorthless wrote:

    For me it has to be Mansfield 3 2003, show is amazingly epic and the acoustic set at the beginning is truly jaw dropping setlist wise and has just plain beautiful renditions of a lot of songs I love.

    me too!!

    think how i feel. i live less than an hour away!!


    stupid,stupid,stupid(bangs head against wall)
  • SuzieMSuzieM Posts: 113
    MSG 2003... I was a casual fan and I think I had a meeting or something the day tickets went on sale and I was like, oh well. I don't think I was a 10c member back then either. Ah, how young and clueless I was!
  • BlackCorduroyBlackCorduroy Posts: 1,374
    Philly 2005, any Gorge, San Diego 2006, Mansfield 3 2003, Vic
  • Rjonesrm20Rjonesrm20 Posts: 380
    benny hall '03

    ....also any small club show in 1991
    1998: Indy 2000: Indy, Cincy 2003: Lexington (m.e.o.), Cincy (cancelled),Indy 2004: Toledo 2005: Atlantic City 2 2006: Cleveland, Cincy 2008: Los Angeles1 (EV solo)-front row center!West Palm Beach-2nd row!, Tampa, Chicago 1&2-(EV solo) 2009: Nashville 1&2(EV solo) Memphis(EV solo) Chicago 1&2
  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    SuzieM wrote:
    MSG 2003... I was a casual fan and I think I had a meeting or something the day tickets went on sale and I was like, oh well. I don't think I was a 10c member back then either. Ah, how young and clueless I was!
    I had tickets to both nights and that summer was just awful for me. A death in the family was the biggest blow. :(
    PJ- 04/29/2003.06/24,25,27,28,30/2008.10/27,28,30,31/2009
    EV- 08/09,10/2008.06/08,09/2009
  • JenfarrJenfarr Posts: 680
    I don't know if its the "best" show I didn't attend, but I went to the 9/8/98 show in NJ when the Breath campaign started, held up a sign and everything...so when they played it a couple of nights later at MSG, I regret not going to that show. But that was back in the days when you only could get 10C tickets for one show, and I would only go to one show because of that...silly me.
    "McCready played on, lending credence to the theory that he was actually built in Stone’s basement from spare truck parts and vinyl records." - Glide Mag. review of MSG 7/8/03
  • JaneNYJaneNY Posts: 4,438
    I don't know if it was the best, but I have always regretted missing Philly 05. I was just back from the Stones/PJ show, and a bunch of Canadian shows, and I simply couldn't do it, but I've always been sorry I missed it.
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  • patrickredeyespatrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    Tonight's Rock Honors concert. :(

    But a great friend of mine is gonna call me from the show. :D
  • whichwaysignwhichwaysign Posts: 229
    Either of the Red Rocks shows back in '95.
    Could they just please just have a 3 night run there?
    'I'm like an opening band for the sun'
  • EquallyWorthlessEquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    JaneNY wrote:
    I don't know if it was the best, but I have always regretted missing Philly 05. I was just back from the Stones/PJ show, and a bunch of Canadian shows, and I simply couldn't do it, but I've always been sorry I missed it.


    Well i mean best to you anyways :D like personal best.

    Philly 05 is up there on my list too.
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  • Stephen FlowStephen Flow Posts: 3,327
    Rjonesrm20 wrote:
    benny hall '03

    That's mine... as well as Mansfield 1 2003... those 2 shows.
  • Daisy_BuchananDaisy_Buchanan Posts: 162
    I've always wanted to see a show at the Gorge...and I would pick PJ over any band, any day. That said, the historic Mansfield shows are a close 2nd.

    they're supposed to be epic and all.
  • HailHailVitalogyHailHailVitalogy Posts: 5,465
    Any Lolla 1992
    Boston Orpheum 1994
    Randalls Island 2 1996
    MSG 2 1998
    Milano 2000
    Buenos Aires 2005
    Milano 2006
    Duselldorf 2007
    Hartford 2008

    One from every tour
    2003: Uniondale, MSG x2 | 2004: Reading | 2005: Gorge, Vancouver, Philly | 2006: East Rutherford x2, Gorge x2, Camden 1, Hartford | 2008: MSG x2, VA Beach | 2009: Philly x3 | 2010: MSG x2, Bristow | 2011: Alpine Valley x2 | 2012: MIA Philly | 2013: Wrigley, Charlottesville, Brooklyn 2 | 2014: Milan, Amsterdam 1 | 2016: MSG x2, Fenway x2, Wrigley 2 | 2018: Rome, Krakow, Berlin, Wrigley 2 | 2021: Sea Hear Now | 2022: San Diego, LA x2, MSG, Camden, Nashville, St. Louis, Denver | 2023: St. Paul 1, Chicago x2, Fort Worth x2, Austin 2 | 2024: Las Vegas 1, Seattle x2, Indy, MSG x2, Philly x2, Baltimore, Ohana 2
  • release30release30 Posts: 2,051
    10-22-90 Off Ramp Cafe......
    Conversations getting dull
    There's a constant ringing in my ears
    Sense of humor's void and numb
    And I'm bored to tears.......
  • SDHSClassof82SDHSClassof82 Seattle Posts: 306
    ......................
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  • pearljimpearljim Posts: 1,312
    No such thing as a "best show" I wasn't at.

    If I wasn't there then it sucked - FOR ME :(
    If you have a chance to make life better for others, and fail to do so, you are wasting your time on this earth.

    Roberto Clemente.
  • ToneTone Posts: 1,206
    Vic
    Benaroya
    Gorge (any)
    OTTAWA, Hamilton, Kitchener, Thunder Bay, Winnipeg, Montreal, St John's, Halifax '05 (basically the entire '05 Canadian tour aside from the awesome TO show I saw)
    MSG 1&2 '03
    Mansfield 2 '08 (or any from what I hear of them and seeing the setlists)
    Atlanta April 3, '94
    Any show in Italy
    Melbourne '95 (any)
    Lolla '92 (oh man, that KILLED me so much at the time)
    Newcastle '06
    Bonnaroo '08
    Any show where WASH is played and the "It's Ok" tag
    The Off Ramp '90
    NYC Tower Records instore, lol
    Glaciers melting in the dead of night and the superstars sucked into the supermassive.
  • faithful227faithful227 Posts: 352
    Benaroya

    Mansfield 3 '03

    Vic

    Bonnaroo

    VH1 Rock Honors tonight :)

    Atlanta April 1994

    And many, many more.....

    GREAT thread BTW....
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  • LostdoggieLostdoggie Posts: 257
    Any Gorge, but probably most would be State College 03.
    Sometimes life don't leave you alone

    8/20/98 - Montreal
    8/29/00, 8/30/00 - Mansfield
    7/02/03, 7/03/03, 7/11/03 - Mansfield
    9/28/04, 9/29/04 - Boston
    5/24/06, 5/25/06 - Boston
    6/28/08, 6/30/08 - Mansfield
  • faithful227faithful227 Posts: 352
    Lostdoggie wrote:
    Any Gorge, but probably most would be State College 03.


    AHHHHH...

    Good one :)
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  • bernmodibernmodi Posts: 631
    Don't know if these were good shows, but I could still kick myself for missing the three shows in Switzerland in 1992 and 1994, especially the Albany show in Winterthur.
  • vedder_soupvedder_soup Posts: 5,861
    Astoria 06 and copenhagen and dusseldorf 07!
    i could have gone to them, but didnt!
    oh well i needed to work in 07 to pay off the tour!
    not making those kind of mistakes again!
    2003 - Sydney x3,
    2006 - Reading Festival,
    2007 - Katowice, London, Nijmegen, Rock Werchter,
    2008 - MSG x2, Hartford, Mansfield x2, Beacon Theater,
    2009 - Melbourne, Sydney,
    2010 - I watched it go to fire!
    2011 - EV Brisbane x3, Newcastle, Sydney x3,
    2012 - Manchester x 2, Amsterdam x2, Prague, Berlin x2, Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen,
    2014 - Sydney, EV Sydney x3

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  • satansbedbugssatansbedbugs On Tour Posts: 2,412
    Im kicking myself about state college 03 and any local VFC 04
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    Boston - Fenway 2016 (night 2) , 2024 (night1)
    East Rutherford, New Jersey- 2006
    Chicago - Lollapalooza 2007
    Seattle- Gorge 2005
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  • HinnyHinny Posts: 1,610
    3/11/95 - Sydney
    Would've been great to see how much a 41000-strong GA PJ crowd at the outdoors Eastern Creek raceway in Sydney is capable of rocking, considering what I've been used to over the past two Aussie tours.
    11/14/97 - Oakland
    Cos it means seeing PJ up first and then The Stones afterwards. Duh.
    6/22/00 - Milan
    The original loud Italian fuckers crowd. Woulda been awesome.
    7/17, 18, 19/03 - Mexico City
    Loud Mexicans get their first. Yummo.
    4/29/05 - Easy Street Records, Seattle
    A PJ show at Easy Street. Ohhhhhhhhhhh mannnnn
    9/28/05 - Pittsburgh
    mmmmmmmmm, PJ and Stones, again.
    10/5/05 - Chicago
    It's friggin Robert Plant, man.
    11/25-26/05 - Buenos Aires
    The loudest fuckers ever. Crazy Argentines.
    9/20/06 - Pistoia
    Jeez that square looks like an amazing place to have a show
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  • ToneTone Posts: 1,206
    Hinny wrote:
    3/11/95 - Sydney
    Would've been great to see how much a 41000-strong GA PJ crowd at the outdoors Eastern Creek raceway in Sydney is capable of rocking, considering what I've been used to over the past two Aussie tours.

    Aww... that show was AWESOME!!! From Ed wandering on stage at 4pm saying: "Jees, there's alot of you" and singing "Throw Your Arms Around Me"; Mike smashing the shit out of his guitar; Ed stopping the show until everyone got water; the crazy amount of steam rising from the mosh to the point it was hard to see the stage. Definitely the most insane show and mosh of any band I've ever seen.


    I'd also like to ad:

    The Showbox '04
    Glaciers melting in the dead of night and the superstars sucked into the supermassive.
  • Spot In The SkySpot In The Sky Posts: 1,175
    Mansfield 3 2003, Borgata 2.
    "The world is dangerous, feel safe here tonight..." EV 9/17/06

    38+6 shows at the age of 27 and counting...but still no Undone

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  • EquallyWorthlessEquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    i like this thread and it didnt get too much steam so im going to bump it
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  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,375
    mansfield 3 2003 was not a realistic show for me so I have no regrets

    for me easily holmdel 2003

    what was I thinking????????????????
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