Ed appears to limit "Release"

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  • Cinnamon Girl
    Cinnamon Girl Posts: 1,854
    Release was my first live song....and it was AMAZING!! :D
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  • malcyrvs
    malcyrvs Posts: 89
    As the Glass intro started at the London O2 last year I remember saying to my friend, wouldn't it be amazing if the opened with Release. The rest is history.
  • MG79478
    MG79478 Posts: 1,727
    Release is easy. I took me 40 shows to hear oceans, and I heard release 7 times along the way. I heard Wash 6 times, Long road 4 times, and sometimes only once (and not as an opener, accoustic in boston).

    I'm really for them just rotating the 4 traditional openers for EVERY show. (Oceans, Release, Long Road, Sometimes) Any of those songs is a great way to start a show.
  • vedder_soup
    vedder_soup Posts: 5,861
    i was at the 1 show in 07 that got release
    took me 15 shows for oceans and it did not even open the show :shock:
    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

    I wave to all my Friends... Yeah!
  • susannj
    susannj Posts: 696
    7 shows for me and no Release.
    -See the waves on distant shores, awaiting your arrival...

    Stanhope, New Jersey 08-12-1992
    Randall's Island, New York 09-28-1996
    E. Rutherford, New Jersey 09-08-1998
    Wantagh, New York 08-24-2000
    New York, New York 07-09-2003
    E. Rutherford, New Jersey 06-03-2006
    New York, New York 05-21-2010
    Brooklyn, New York 10-19-2013
    New York, New York 05-01-2016
    New York, New York 09-11-2022
  • luke.harvey3
    luke.harvey3 Posts: 283
    6 shows for me and got release in London last year!
    i dont think i'll see at in my 3 shows this year but it would be nice to see it in Berlin! if they play it anywhere it will be there in europe 2010!
  • Digital Twilight
    Digital Twilight Posts: 5,642
    You missed London 2009
  • Dissidentman
    Dissidentman Posts: 15,381
    Best opener in my opinion.
  • jervin007
    jervin007 Posts: 3,182
    Out of 9 shows I have seen Release open 4 times.

    Oddly enough I saw Oceans open the first show I was at. Didn't realize how lucky I was as the time.
    PJ:
    2003 Mansfield: July 2
    2004 Boston: Sept 28 & 29
    2005 Montreal: Sept 15
    2006 Boston: May 24 & 25
    2008 Hartford: June 27, Mansfield: June 28,
    2010 Boston: May 17
    2013 Worcester: Oct 15, Hartford: Oct 25,
    2016 Hampton: April 18, Raleigh: April 20 (cancelled), Columbia: April 21. Quebec: May 5. Boston (Fenway): August 7

    EV Solo: Boston 8/2/08, Boston 6/16/11
  • Brony
    Brony Posts: 653
    the last time they played msg before this 2 night gig they opened with Release....im surprised some people that went to these 2 msg shows missed a show last time, and thus the chance to hear it.

    1 in 24 shows for me
  • JC38557
    JC38557 Posts: 33
    Brony wrote:
    the last time they played msg before this 2 night gig they opened with Release....im surprised some people that went to these 2 msg shows missed a show last time, and thus the chance to hear it.

    1 in 24 shows for me
    That is the only MSG show I have ever missed and they played Release. What a killer. They did play it in September of 1998, though, so that was good and it was the last time I've heard Release live. I also saw it in Camden in August of 1998.

    Thus, I've heard it twice in 32 shows. I've seen Pearl Jam in Chicago, I've seen them in Boston, I've seen them in San Diego, I've seen them in Vegas. And I've seen Release only twice and it's my favorite song of all time. That is an awful percentage. Makes John very sad. :(
  • Empty Glass
    Empty Glass In Rob's shed Posts: 12,329
    I'm reading all of these posts and thinking you are some unlucky people not getting Release. I've been to 21 (?) shows and thought they openned w/ Release in at least a third of those shows. Checked my set lists and only got it 3 times. Powerful song to make the impression that I thought I got it all of the time.
    I've met Rob

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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,970
    no release in 12 for me. finally got long road at la4 last year.

    In 5 shows I got long road twice and realese once, but I have missed out on Animal and rearviewmirror and I have yet to miss RITFW.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • RiotAct10
    RiotAct10 Ohio Posts: 1,643
    I had been wanting this one for a long time and got in Indy this year. Actually, PJ really hooked me up as in the three shows I went to I got Oceans, Release and Wash all for the first time. I had seen Long Road twice, Cant Keep once, and all the other shows have been less traditional openers. Now I just need Sometimes and Of The Girl and I will be set.
    words seem so out of place.

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  • i_lov_it
    i_lov_it Perth, Western Australia Posts: 4,007
    Never played in PERTH either!
  • Big Green Country
    Big Green Country Posts: 188
    Seen Release a few times. Probably my favorite opener; depends on the city and venue somewhat. Do yourself a favor and check out Kansas City 2003 for the best Release I have ever witnessed. Stormy night, Outdoor venue, Lightning Crashing across the sky, "Hi Dad" quote from Ed. One of my very favorite Pearl Jam moments in 20 shows.
  • BraceYourSelf
    BraceYourSelf Posts: 814
    I am 0-10

    My cousin saw it her 1st show. (Roo)
    My Buddy saw it his first song (PSU)
  • i shit and i stink
    i shit and i stink Posts: 1,122
    last 4 gigs I've been to have had as openers:

    RVM
    sometimes
    release
    long road

    looking at this thread I've been lucky to have had a range.

    Sometimes was the best of these, then RVM, then long road and release a distant 4th.
    we're all going to the same place...
  • UpSideDown
    UpSideDown Posts: 1,966
    12 shows......here are the openers I have had:

    Betterman
    Release (x2)
    Sometimes
    Hard to Imagine
    Wash (x2)
    Of the Girl
    Gonna See My Friend
    Why Go
    Oceans
    Unthought Known

    Made it through 10 shows without getting a repeat...pretty impressive run

    Now I just need Long Road and Can't Keep
  • locked
    locked Boston Posts: 4,051
    lina319 wrote:
    Heard it in Boston, was amazing. Awesome song & experience! :D


    I went to Boston and while I thought our version was especially great (you are bias to your own concerts)
    I listened to two recordings from Youtube and by god.. Release from Boston 5/17/10 WAS epic...

    (Best vocals I have ever heard... and lots of Mike's echoey guitar chimes...)

    (and no Boom... please forgive me man.. just not on THIS Song)

    I challenge anyone to listen to this version and compare it with the famous versions during the 1994 tour..

    never thought those would be topped (Chicago's 2003 show came close).. but this is the balls-on jaw dropping best IMO..
    "This here's a REQUEST!"
    EV intro to Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns
    10/25/13 Hartford

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