So i was thinking about the first song i heard live and i wondered with such a large amount of fans here i began to wonder what some of your first song experieneces were and when.
Mine was Oceans in Columbus 2010
Mine was Oceans as well! Great opener
"The waiting drove me mad, you're finally here and i'm a mess."
Corduroy, 10/27/09 in Philly. After that show, I was so disappointed I didn't get tickets for the three remaining nights. at least I got to see them at MSG this year
10/27/2009 - Philadelphia, PA: Spectrum 1
05/20/2010 - New York, NY: MSG 1
09/07/2011 - Montreal, QC: Bell Centre
10/15/2013 - Worcester, MA: DCU Center 1 09/23/2015 - New York, NY: Late Show with Stephen Colbert 05/02/2016 - New York, NY: MSG 2 08/07/2016 - Boston, MA: Fenway 2 09/11/2022 - New York, NY: MSG
"Spin the Black Circle," Sacramento, California, 7-16-1998
That was the first time I ever heard the song, at the time I only owned Ten, Vs, and Yield.
This was my first rock concert ever and I was 14 years old and kind of nervous, didn't know what to expect, and Ed was all pissed off that night, kind of a bad influence on me cause I thought that was so cool haha!
12 1/2 years and 13 more shows later, and now a proud owner of all their albums, singles, and a shit load of a bootlegs, they're still my favorite group.
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I live in Cleveland and came to the Buffalo show and to hear my favorite song off the new album as song 1, it was truly special.
I got some if you need it.
5/20/06 Cleveland 6/24/06 Cincinnati 5/6/10 Columbus 5/7/10 Indiana 5/9/10 Cleveland 5/10/10 Buffalo 6/26/11 EV Detroit 9/3-4/11 Alpine Valley WI 9/11-12/11 Toronto 2011 Atlanta 2012
Release - March 22, 1994 Cleveland State University
I can still remember the band starting in the dark, the lights going on ever so slightly, enough to see the bands silhouettes (and the silhouettes of the "Starting Lineup" figures on the speakers and amps) as Ed sang "can you see us now?", and then fading to black again. As the song continued in the dark and then again the lights going up ever so slightly right on Ed's cue, I remember thinking how incredible and powerful that moment was.
For what it's worth, Release was the second opener I saw on September 21, 1996 in Toronto except this time I had the same experience from about 5-10 feet from the stage in front of Stone.
3rd opener - Hail Hail - August 28, 1998 Cleveland
4th opener - Wash - May 9, 2010 Cleveland
Sorry for such a lengthy post.
I liked your post. My first experience was in Columbus OH this year and i can still see the opener happen. The lights went down and music began to play and the back drop showed the Pearl Jam typewriter keys and then the music faded and you heard Ed say Cheers. Then the band went in to Oceans.
But my preset was Mike coming out and singing two songs. That was awesome overall it was the best first concert i have been to. My only regret is not going sooner. I'm hoping for a big tour next year with it being 20 years of Pearl Jam.
ha I was at C-bus as well. Who would have though Mike would have played a song by my other favorite band, The Stones. What a magical evening.
I got some if you need it.
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1998-06-30 Mpls | 2006-07-06 Las Vegas | 2010-05-03 Kansas City | 2011-07-01 St. Louis EV | 2011-07-02 Mpls EV | 2011-09-03 PJ20 2011-09-04 PJ20 | 2011-09-17 Winnipeg | 2012-09-30 Missoula | 2012-11-18 Tulsa EV | 2013-07-19 Chicago | 2013-11-15 Dallas 2013-11-16 OKC | 2014-10-09 Lincoln | 2014-10-17 Moline | 2014-10-19 St. Paul | 2014-10-20 Milwaukee | 2016-08-20 Chicago 2016-08-22 Chicago | 2018-08-18 Chicago | 2018-08-20 Chicago | 2022-05-09 Phoenix | 2022-05-20 Las Vegas | 2022-09-18 St. Louis 2022-09-20 OKC | 2023-08-31 St. Paul | 2023-09-02 St. Paul | 2024-05-16 Las Vegas | 2024-05-18 Las Vegas | 2024-08-31 Chicago
Technically, it was Longroad from the live radio broadcast of the Berlin Checkpoint Charlie concert 11/03/1996, but as I wasn't actually AT the show…
Of the Girl - Montreal 10/04/2000
and the rest of my openers, for good measure:
ARC (Go, if you listen to the bootleg) - Fargo 06/15/2003
Release - Vancouver 09/02/2005
Wash - The Gorge 07/22/2006
Longroad - Seattle 09/21/2009
Sometimes - Seattle 09/22/2009
In My Tree - Vancouver 09/25/2009
"If you are flammable and have legs, you are never blocking a fire exit." - Mitch Hedberg
i'm a little surprised at how many people's first show was 2000 or later. i'm sure many of us have been fans since ten and just never had the chance to see them but it's cool to think that many might be new fans!
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Animal - Finsbury Park, 1993.
They were supporting Neil Young and it's still a beast of a setlist!
Animal
Go
Once
Blood
Even Flow
Jeremy
Glorified G
Daughter
Alive
Why Go
Leash (Fuckin' Up) (Tearing)
Porch
“Do not postpone happiness”
(Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)
Release........Boston Garden 4/11/94....................the day before the Orpheum show.
Boston II 94 Boston II 06 Mansfield I 08 Mansfield II 08 Seattle I 09 Seattle II 09
Hartford 10 Boston 10 Wrigley 13 Worcester I 13 Worcester II 13 Hartford 13
NYC I 16 NYC II 16 Fenway I 16 Fenway II 16 Fenway 1 18 Fenway II 18
E.V. Boston II 08 E.V. Albany II 09 E.V. Providence 11, E.V. Boston 11
Troubled Souls Unite
11.18.1997 - OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA
06.06.2003 - LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
10.22.2003 - SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
10.28.2003 - SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA
09.28.2004 - BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
09.29.2004 - BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
11.25.2005 - BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
11.26.2005 - BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
07.07.2006 - SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
10.01.2009 - UNIVERSAL CITY, CALIFORNIA
10.30.2013 - CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA 10.01.2014 - CINCINNATI, OHIO 09.15.2023 - FORT WORTH, TEXAS
I have two answers to this question, it depends on how you interpret it.
1) What is the first song you saw PJ play live?
or
2) What is the first PJ song you saw PJ play live?
The crowd in Auckland on 24/03/1995 was so rough that they (well, only Ed really) came out and played Throw Your Arms Around Me before being joined by the rest of the guys and playing Oceans.
So, if you include Ed solo during a PJ gig as PJ (I do. A pre-set, maybe not, but when Ed plays on his own after the encore break that's still PJ, right?), the answer to 1) would be TYAAM, whereas the answer to 2) is Oceans.
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Mine was Oceans as well! Great opener
05/20/2010 - New York, NY: MSG 1
09/07/2011 - Montreal, QC: Bell Centre
10/15/2013 - Worcester, MA: DCU Center 1
09/23/2015 - New York, NY: Late Show with Stephen Colbert
05/02/2016 - New York, NY: MSG 2
08/07/2016 - Boston, MA: Fenway 2
09/11/2022 - New York, NY: MSG
good start I think
Wuhlheide, Berlin - June 30, 2010
Wuhlheide, Berlin - June 26, 2014
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Opened for Neil Young..
Blues Travelers opened & then Soundgarden.
yea man, mine was corduroy too! stockholm 2000! hey pearl jam, you really need to go back to sweden! love that place
Stockholm '00 ~~ Columbus '03 ~~ NYC-1 '03 ~~ Boston '04 ~~ Borgata'05 ~~ Cincinnati '06 ~~ Hawaii-2 '06 ~~ Bonnaroo '08 ~~ Chicago-1 '09 ~~ Philly-3&4 '09 ~~ Columbus '10 ~~ Dublin '10 ~~ Belfast '10 ~~ London '10 ~~ Berlin '10
That was the first time I ever heard the song, at the time I only owned Ten, Vs, and Yield.
This was my first rock concert ever and I was 14 years old and kind of nervous, didn't know what to expect, and Ed was all pissed off that night, kind of a bad influence on me cause I thought that was so cool haha!
12 1/2 years and 13 more shows later, and now a proud owner of all their albums, singles, and a shit load of a bootlegs, they're still my favorite group.
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Sometimes,MSG 2010
..And away.. we go!
MSG 5/20/2010
MSG 5/21/2010
* Cincinnati, OH 6.24.2006 *
* Columbus, OH 5.6.2010 * Noblesville, IN 5.7.2010 *
* East Troy, MI 9.4.2011 * East Troy, MI 9.5.2011 *
* Pittsburgh, PA 10.11.2013 *
I live in Cleveland and came to the Buffalo show and to hear my favorite song off the new album as song 1, it was truly special.
5/20/06 Cleveland 6/24/06 Cincinnati 5/6/10 Columbus 5/7/10 Indiana 5/9/10 Cleveland 5/10/10 Buffalo 6/26/11 EV Detroit 9/3-4/11 Alpine Valley WI 9/11-12/11 Toronto 2011 Atlanta 2012
ha I was at C-bus as well. Who would have though Mike would have played a song by my other favorite band, The Stones. What a magical evening.
5/20/06 Cleveland 6/24/06 Cincinnati 5/6/10 Columbus 5/7/10 Indiana 5/9/10 Cleveland 5/10/10 Buffalo 6/26/11 EV Detroit 9/3-4/11 Alpine Valley WI 9/11-12/11 Toronto 2011 Atlanta 2012
...are those who've helped us.
Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
Rod Laver Arena - Nov 14, 2006
Etihad Stadium - Nov 20, 2009
EV solo palais theatre - Mar 25,2011
2011-09-04 PJ20 | 2011-09-17 Winnipeg | 2012-09-30 Missoula | 2012-11-18 Tulsa EV | 2013-07-19 Chicago | 2013-11-15 Dallas
2013-11-16 OKC | 2014-10-09 Lincoln | 2014-10-17 Moline | 2014-10-19 St. Paul | 2014-10-20 Milwaukee | 2016-08-20 Chicago
2016-08-22 Chicago | 2018-08-18 Chicago | 2018-08-20 Chicago | 2022-05-09 Phoenix | 2022-05-20 Las Vegas | 2022-09-18 St. Louis
2022-09-20 OKC | 2023-08-31 St. Paul | 2023-09-02 St. Paul | 2024-05-16 Las Vegas | 2024-05-18 Las Vegas | 2024-08-31 Chicago
Of the Girl - Montreal 10/04/2000
and the rest of my openers, for good measure:
ARC (Go, if you listen to the bootleg) - Fargo 06/15/2003
Release - Vancouver 09/02/2005
Wash - The Gorge 07/22/2006
Longroad - Seattle 09/21/2009
Sometimes - Seattle 09/22/2009
In My Tree - Vancouver 09/25/2009
the beginning of a great night!
i'm a little surprised at how many people's first show was 2000 or later. i'm sure many of us have been fans since ten and just never had the chance to see them but it's cool to think that many might be new fans!
They were supporting Neil Young and it's still a beast of a setlist!
Animal
Go
Once
Blood
Even Flow
Jeremy
Glorified G
Daughter
Alive
Why Go
Leash (Fuckin' Up) (Tearing)
Porch
(Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)
“Put yer good money on the sunrise”
(Tim Rogers)
All those yesterdays
All those yesterdays
All those paper plates
Hartford 10 Boston 10 Wrigley 13 Worcester I 13 Worcester II 13 Hartford 13
NYC I 16 NYC II 16 Fenway I 16 Fenway II 16 Fenway 1 18 Fenway II 18
E.V. Boston II 08 E.V. Albany II 09 E.V. Providence 11, E.V. Boston 11
Troubled Souls Unite
06.06.2003 - LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
10.22.2003 - SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
10.28.2003 - SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA
09.28.2004 - BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
09.29.2004 - BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
11.25.2005 - BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
11.26.2005 - BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
07.07.2006 - SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
10.01.2009 - UNIVERSAL CITY, CALIFORNIA
10.30.2013 - CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA
10.01.2014 - CINCINNATI, OHIO
09.15.2023 - FORT WORTH, TEXAS
Was not one of my favorites on the album, but the energy from it was awesome live!!
Cleveland (Cuyahoga Falls) 1998
1) What is the first song you saw PJ play live?
or
2) What is the first PJ song you saw PJ play live?
The crowd in Auckland on 24/03/1995 was so rough that they (well, only Ed really) came out and played Throw Your Arms Around Me before being joined by the rest of the guys and playing Oceans.
So, if you include Ed solo during a PJ gig as PJ (I do. A pre-set, maybe not, but when Ed plays on his own after the encore break that's still PJ, right?), the answer to 1) would be TYAAM, whereas the answer to 2) is Oceans.