Your greatest ever pearl jam live experience Moment

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  • cincy..........
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • UpSideDownUpSideDown Posts: 1,966
    Betterman, Mansfield 1, 2008. Amazing.


    +1
  • 2009 in Auckland. I had been recently questioning my choice to be a musician as my career, I wasn't sure if it was what I wanted, given the fact that I had only been to one concert before(it was small and I was very sick at it). But there was one moment, in Betterman, I was just staring at the stage, Eddie was singing, and thats when I thought "this is what I want to do, I want to be on the stage"

    So thanks PJ for helping me decide :D
    Pearl Jam Pearl Jam Pearl Jam!

    I'm looking to buy a single ticket to Ed's Sydney Opera House show, PM me if you've got a spare! I don't care where the seat is! :D
  • hd1072hd1072 Posts: 158
    Tie:

    Breath - Philly 3 '09
    Baba - Philly 3 '09
    Better Man - MSG 2 '10
  • crazycrazy Posts: 174
    Some fantastic moments from everyone,keep them coming!!! :)
  • burnsburns Posts: 109
    edited January 2011
    LONDON 2009 - CRAZY MARY
    Eddie signed my BACKSPACER record at the first show in LA 2009 :D
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  • I was a lucky front row center lottery winner for Vancouver 09 and if that wasn't enough...the song I've traveled all over with hopes to hear was played 3rd song in the 2nd Encore. BREATH!!! I had a bit of a melt down! Oh... and Ed gave me a pick. *sigh* Super fortunate!
  • BALLBOYBALLBOY Australia Posts: 990
    Lying in the mud Eastern Ck 11/3/95 watching the stars & listening to black.
    Eastern Creek 95,Syd 1 98,Bris 2 98, Syd 1&2 03, Reading Fest 06, Bris 1 06, London 09, Hyde Park 10, Gold Coast BDO 14
  • #1 - The Gorge, 2005. When Eddie said "everybody in" and then started the acoustic set with "I believe in miracles"

    #2 - Bonnaroo, 2008. The opening riff of Hard to Imagine gave me chills up and down my spine!

    #3 - Spectrum, 2003. 4th row center! Unreal show. Got a pick from Mike that night

    #4 - Spectrum 1,2,3,4, 2009. 4 shows in 5 days, simply amazing!

    #5 - Jones Beach, 2000. 1st time I heard Present Tense live, and it was incredible
    DC-9/24/96
    Philly-8/28/98, 8/29/98, 9/1/00, 9/2/00, 4/28/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 10/3/05, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 4/28/16, 4/29/16
    Jones Beach-8/25/00
    PSU-5/3/03
    Irvine-6/2/03
    San Diego-6/5/03
    Hershey-7/12/03
    Reading-10/1/04
    The Gorge-9/1/05
    Vancouver-9/2/05
    AC-9/30/05
    E. Rutherford, NJ-6/1/06,6/3/06
    Bonnaroo-6/14/08
    VA Beach-6/17/08
    MSG-5/20/10,5/21/10
    Baltimore 10/27/13
  • crazycrazy Posts: 174
    Kanye East wrote:
    #1 - The Gorge, 2005. When Eddie said "everybody in" and then started the acoustic set with "I believe in miracles"

    #2 - Bonnaroo, 2008. The opening riff of Hard to Imagine gave me chills up and down my spine!

    #3 - Spectrum, 2003. 4th row center! Unreal show. Got a pick from Mike that night

    #4 - Spectrum 1,2,3,4, 2009. 4 shows in 5 days, simply amazing!

    #5 - Jones Beach, 2000. 1st time I heard Present Tense live, and it was incredible


    Wow,you ve been at some epic shows!!!! :)
  • THROWING MY SHOES AT ED ON STAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




    NO...I didn't do that!
  • BALLBOY wrote:
    Lying in the mud Eastern Ck 11/3/95 watching the stars & listening to black.

    were they blanketing you?? ;)
  • new orleans - 4/8/03 - first pj show ever: mike pointed at me several times and ed made some intense eye contact with me that night. got a pick! oh yeah, ed messed up the lyrics to dte, i looked over at mike and he mouthed the correct lyrics to me. that was funny shit.

    boston 1 04: only time i sat front row. gave stone a fist pump and he made a really funny face. he was playing so it wasnt like he could wave or anything. the wine bottle was passed to me, but the chick i was with got the last sip.

    hartford 06: got a nod from jeff. waved at stone during yl and he gave me a big smile. got another pick!

    honorable mention: got to say hi to ed and shake his hand before his philly 2 solo show.
    If nothing is everything, I'll have it all
  • saw my first show in stockholm, sweden (randomly) back in 2000. one of my favorite memories of all times is meeting ed, mike and jeff before the show. when they came out to play ed jumped straight into corduroy and i almost blacked out with excitment.
    Keep on Jammin' in the Free World!

    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
  • Belfast, Northern Ireland Odyssey Arena ,Sometimes, Dear God
  • stevenflow wrote:
    Belfast, Northern Ireland Odyssey Arena ,Sometimes, Dear God


    That's in the top 5 for sure


    My number 1, 'Hard to Imagine' opener at Bonnaroo.
  • Oceans 98Oceans 98 Posts: 232
    July 8th 2003, NYC MSG, amazing night.
    St. Louis 07/02/98, St. Louis 10/11/00, New York 07/08/03, New York 07/09/03, Chicago 05/16/06, Chicago 05/17/06, Bridge School 10/21/06, Bridge School 10/22/06, Chicago 07/05/07, Chicago 07/24/09, Kansas City 05/03/10, St Louis 05/04/10, PJ20 09/03/11, PJ20 09/04/11, Chicago 07/19/13, St. Louis 10/03/14, Ohana 09/24/21 (EV/Earthings), Ohana 09/25/21 (EV/Earthlings), Ohana 09/26/21, Nashville 09/16/22, Louisville 09/17/22, St. Louis 09/18/22, Oklahoma City 09/20/22

  • NYCPJNYCPJ nyc Posts: 761
    Hunger Strike at MSG 2 - 2010
    Philly3 -- entire concert!
    Acoustic set at the beacon theater 2008 (harvest moon, Masters of war) - throwing in Undone during the first encore.
    Porch at East Rutherford 2 - 2006
    Black Diamond with Ace Frehley at MSG2 2008
    Of the Girl/Brain of J opener at Newark 2010 (plus: Alone, Brother, Immortality, Glorified G)
    6/3/06 (East Rutherford 2)
    6/24/08 (MSG1)
    6/25/08 (MSG2)
    7/1/08 (Beacon Theater -NYC)
    10/30/09 (Philly3)
    5/18/10 (Newark, NJ)
    5/20/10 (MSG1)
    5/21/10 (MSG2)
    10/18/13 (Brooklyn 1)
    10/19/13 (Brooklyn 2)
    5/1/16 (MSG 1)
    5/2/16 (MSG 2)
    3/30/20 (MSG)
  • My first Pearl Jam concert which happened to be Boston 5/17/10 ...Lights going dark and hearing "Release" was like a religious experience for me.
  • RYEzupSFRYEzupSF Posts: 6,003
    Cleveland this year. I was with my best friend in the world- her first show- and she was having the best time, totally losing herself in the music, in a way she never had before. We were having a blast. Then they played Smile. I turn around to her, freaking out because i finally get to hear my favorite song live. I look at her and she looks at me and she throws her head back and just screams
    PPPPPPPPEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRLLLLLLLLLLLLL JJJJJJJJJJAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

    She was hooked. It was one of the best moments of our friendship. Every once in a while she'll look at me or call me and just scream PEARL JAM. Its the best.
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    Don't fuck sheep. -EV 7/11/11
    You can never have enough Neil in the mix. -EV 10/24/10
    There's only one commandment: Don't be an asshole. -EV 5/6/10
  • eldarion75eldarion75 Posts: 2,488
    Far too many but being right under ed's nose at Glasgow 2000, Ed losing his lyrics in Given to fly and he looks at me shrugging goin as if to say 'where am i?' so we sang 'keeey to the looocks on the chaaains he saw' and him nodding 'oh yeah' and gettin back to it..
    same show a bit later Stone started the riff for Once..eddie leaning over the monitors looking at me, i mouthed THANKS to him..he reaches into his pocket, takes out a pic and flicks it at me and i caught it..
    still have it :)
  • iamicaiamica Chicago Posts: 2,628
    During one of the Chicago 06 shows, we were sitting in the front row of the side stage 3rd floor balcony, at one point Ed walked over to the side of the stage and shaded his eyes looking up at all of us, my friend and I started cheering and waving at him like crazy, and he waved back. :mrgreen:
    Plus, the Chicago 09 shows were just mind-blowing. I almost fainted when they opened with Hard To Imagine and then went into In My Tree.
    Chicago 2000 : Chicago 2003 : Chicago 2006 : Summerfest 2006 : Lollapalooza 2007 : Chicago 2009 : Noblesville (Indy) 2010 : PJ20 (East Troy) 2011 : Wrigley Field 2013 : Milwaukee (Yield) 2014 : Wrigley Field 2016
  • SJD3232SJD3232 Posts: 2,200
    Solo show at the Tower Theater in PA, EV hands me his guitar pic after Hard Sun as the show ended. Best night of my life!
  • red mosred mos Posts: 4,953
    edited January 2011
    The moment the lights go down and the band is walking onstage in pitch black darkness, and we're wondering what song is fixing to send everyone into overdrive. Openong chords hit... and then the smiles across thousands and thousands of faces.

    Seeing "Arc" played live Dallas 2003

    Hearing Red Mosquito and Present Tense Live.. (my holy grails) at ACL in October 2009.
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    PJ: 10/14/00 06/09/03 10/4/09 11/15/13 11/16/13 10/08/14
    EV Solo: 7/11/11 11/12/12 11/13/12
  • Cleveland 2010...Great show opened with Wash and closed with Indifference AND was 1st row in front of Mike thanks to the lottery. Slapped Ed five during Alive and my sister got handed a string Mike busted during unthought known. That night will be hard to beat.
  • Fargo 2003. Ed sings Arc. I teared up.

    Then they blast into Go.
    Gimli 1993
    Fargo 2003
    Winnipeg 2005
    Winnipeg 2011
    St. Paul 2014
  • RYEzupSF wrote:
    Cleveland this year. I was with my best friend in the world- her first show- and she was having the best time, totally losing herself in the music, in a way she never had before. We were having a blast. Then they played Smile. I turn around to her, freaking out because i finally get to hear my favorite song live. I look at her and she looks at me and she throws her head back and just screams
    PPPPPPPPEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRLLLLLLLLLLLLL JJJJJJJJJJAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

    She was hooked. It was one of the best moments of our friendship. Every once in a while she'll look at me or call me and just scream PEARL JAM. Its the best.

    What a great story :)
    Well, fuckers, he still stands.
  • whispering handswhispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    Umm Bonnaroo when I got to hear Daughter for the first time live since my mother had died, and got to realize...I never have to sing this song again..was an odd experience. But life changing none the less.
  • dustinparduedustinpardue Las Vegas, NV Posts: 1,829
    There are so many, but I'd have to say Ed hitting that first D in "Long Road" the very first time I saw them back in 1996.
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  • Montreal 2004,2006

    First time I heard black/EWBCST/indifference

    I have played those songs so many times at parties and camp fires to people singing along with me. But to hear the masters play it and me sing along with them was one of those moments I'll never forget!
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