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Favorite Opening Line

AlyantisAlyantis Posts: 15
edited July 2010 in The Porch
Sometimes PJ comes out and goes straight into song, others they kind of get ready and Ed will say something before going into song.

What is your favorite opening line?


My favorite was MSG 2 going into Corduroy "And awaaaayyy we go"

Others have just been simple like hartford I think... "Gooddd Evening"

MSG 1 "thanks for coming, You ready?"
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  • Empty GlassEmpty Glass In Rob's shed Posts: 12,329
    I'll have to think of a PJ line, but I saw The Who in Hershey, PA in 2002 and that show started with Pete walking to the mic and saying....,

    "Fuck off, all of ya" then rips into I Cant Explain
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  • Got_SomeGot_Some Posts: 77
    My favorite was the final Spectrum show. Ed came out and said, "Here we go...This is it!" and then they went right into Why Go. Gives me chills every time I hear the boot.
  • AndoAndo Denver Posts: 410
    Got_Some wrote:
    My favorite was the final Spectrum show. Ed came out and said, "Here we go...This is it!" and then they went right into Why Go. Gives me chills every time I hear the boot.


    Agreed it instantly reminds me of the feeling of being there and the excitement and build up to start the show
  • ceskaceska New York Posts: 1,130
    Camden 98 Night 1, 2nd song (first words spoken though) before Corduroy, sounded like he said "All aboard" like it was a rocket ship taking off. Sure as hell was.
  • DS1119DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    Good evening and we are honored to be playing at David from Albany's backyard tonight... :shock:
  • GardenpartyGardenparty Posts: 1,910
    "Good Evening" is the classic
    other favorites were

    "Good Evening Campers" - ACL

    "Let's Do This!" start of electric set, the experiment in Boston

    and the best ever (my first show):
    ".....We’re going to try something a little bit different tonight. I’m anticipating the songs to be played better tonight then they ever have been played, and maybe, I just have this feeling there’s going to be more songs tonight then we’ve ever played. OK having said that relax, it’s all about your ears, the air around you, enjoy yourself."
    “I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version.”
  • Hold OnHold On Posts: 80
    Got_Some wrote:
    My favorite was the final Spectrum show. Ed came out and said, "Here we go...This is it!" and then they went right into Why Go. Gives me chills every time I hear the boot.

    Yep. Philly 4. Halloween night. Best opening line.
  • TUTMAN08TUTMAN08 Posts: 82
    Toronto 2009. "How ya doin? Its been a long time" Then into Of the Girl.
  • titchinellotitchinello Posts: 3,139
    Glasgow secc 2000 -
    "we've been here once before, a long, long time ago.......and it's good to be back"
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  • AlyantisAlyantis Posts: 15
    Tutman8, thanks for the reminder, was also there for that. The way he says "it's beeen a long time", the twang in his voice is very cool.
  • MB50486MB50486 Posts: 243
    In the immortal words of spinal tap...HELLO CLEVELAND

    Or something to that effect
  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,489
    Gardenparty wrote:

    "Good Evening Campers" - ACL

    that's exactly what came to my mind....loved the energy of that show from the start.
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  • wsoltiswsoltis Posts: 31
    I'm with you, my favorite was also MSG 2 going into Corduroy "And awaaaayyy we go" and then they followed with Hail Hail & Do The Evolution. What a fast, loud start and they didn't slow down that night at MSGII. Awesome!! What a show!! What a truly great band!!
  • GardenpartyGardenparty Posts: 1,910
    mfc2006 wrote:
    Gardenparty wrote:

    "Good Evening Campers" - ACL

    that's exactly what came to my mind....loved the energy of that show from the start.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsLDahlKdkY
    “I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version.”
  • in eds treein eds tree Denver Posts: 539
    wsoltis wrote:
    I'm with you, my favorite was also MSG 2 going into Corduroy "And awaaaayyy we go" and then they followed with Hail Hail & Do The Evolution. What a fast, loud start and they didn't slow down that night at MSGII. Awesome!! What a show!! What a truly great band!!


    +1
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  • jbaker67jbaker67 Posts: 353
    I can't remember if there were words spoken before LBC at Hershey, but the first non song line I remember is immediately after LBC: "lets go! Fuck this fucking chocolate factory."

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  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 42,904
    Hold On wrote:
    Got_Some wrote:
    My favorite was the final Spectrum show. Ed came out and said, "Here we go...This is it!" and then they went right into Why Go. Gives me chills every time I hear the boot.

    Yep. Philly 4. Halloween night. Best opening line.

    totally agree. It was magical. End of an era.
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  • ruggs1996ruggs1996 Posts: 586
    Philly 4- Here we go! This is it!
    Camden 2 (2008) 
    Philly 1 and 4 (2009)
    Newark (2010)
    MSG 1 (2010)
    Toronto 1 and 2 (2011)
    Brooklyn 1 and 2 (2013)
    Philly 2 (2013)
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    Fenway 2 (2016)
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  • releasemedcreleasemedc Posts: 48
    Got_Some wrote:
    My favorite was the final Spectrum show. Ed came out and said, "Here we go...This is it!" and then they went right into Why Go. Gives me chills every time I hear the boot.

    Totally agree. Man, what a night.
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  • titchinellotitchinello Posts: 3,139
    My personal favourite is from when i first saw them back at glasgow cathouse 1992, unfortunatly there isn't a boot of this show, that i'm aware of anyway.

    but being right at the barrier, i saw when the guys walked out, to the packed club and i saw ED look out on his way up the steps and say "wow" to himself,

    before they play a note ED says he usually gets the sound guy to record each show for him, but he forgot to give him his walkman recorder, or whatever recorder he had, so asked the crowd if they could hand it back to him, so the crowd pass it over their heads to the sound man, to which ED replies.
    "thats so now i know i can trust you" or something like that, then begin playing.

    Don't know if that counts, but it always sticks with me.
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  • doomponydoompony Wellington, NZ Posts: 4,501
    after the 11.5 year absence...

    "looks like we made it!"

    auckland, nz 27 Nov 2009


    unfortunately i think of that damn shania twain song half the time i hear it....
  • pandorapandora Posts: 21,855
    ruggs1996 wrote:
    Philly 4- Here we go! This is it!
    yep I agree with you all and the Rocky theme song was an awesome prelude
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