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Your First Live Song

LoveBoatAdmiralLoveBoatAdmiral Posts: 1,191
edited October 2008 in The Porch
I couldn't find this thread in a search, so I thought I'd start it here.

You drive/walk/run/fly to the arena. You wait in long merch or food stands. You sit through an insufferably long opening act (ahem,MMJ,ahem). Then the moment's here. The lights go down and you can see five figures creep to their position on the stage. You hear that first note/drum beat/lyric and you know you're losing your pearl jam virginity...

So what was the first PJ song you ever heard live?


Mine was Release, and it was amazing. The whole crowd was into it and it was overwhelming. For the first time I understood why some people faint in church.

Anybody else?
2006- Boston I
2008- Boston I+II
2009- Toronto, Philly III+IV
2010- Bristow, Hartford, Boston, Newark
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  • Red BurritoRed Burrito Posts: 476
    There is another thread out there along these lines but mine was...

    Oceans 10-01-1996 Buffalo, NY
    the sorrow grows bigger, when the sorrow's denied
  • WildsWilds Posts: 4,329
    Release
  • Cassandra-GeminniCassandra-Geminni Posts: 119
    Sometimes 10/05/2000 Toronto
    Shows Attended:
    10/05/00 Toronto, 09/13/05 Hamilton, 09/19/05 Toronto,
    05/09/06 Toronto, 05/10/06 Toronto, 08/12/08 Toronto EV,
    08/13/08 Toronto EV, 08/21/09 Toronto, 05/10/10 Buffalo
  • stuckinlinestuckinline Posts: 3,365
    betterman
  • Drop The Leash 10Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    and the river shall open for the righteous...
    and the river shall open for the righteous...
    and the river shall open for the righteous...
    someday....
    I will be what i could be
    Once I get out of this town


    9/29/04;6/27/08;6/30/08;8/23/09;08/24/09;5/17/10
  • mnicole22mnicole22 Posts: 417
    Release.....
    AKA Cinnamon Girl :(

    05-10-06
    08-05-07
    06-14-08
    08-12-08 (EV)
  • Strangest TribeStrangest Tribe Posts: 2,502
    Wash. 11/16/91

    Wash will always have a special place in my heart. I just bought the Ten CD and Wash wasn't on it. It was the first song I heard PJ play and I couldn't sing along because I hadn't heard the song. The next song was Evenflow.

    I said DAMN!!!!!!!!
    the Minions
  • satansbedbugssatansbedbugs Posts: 2,412
    Mine was SOMETIMES ...

    9/01/00
    *Marker in the Sand Fanclub * HNIC

    Philly- 2005, 2013, 2016, 2024
    Camden 2000, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2022, 2023
    Philly Spectrum 2009 x4 - We closed that MFER Down Proper
    Baltimore- 2024
    DC- 2006, 2008
    New York- 2008, 2010
    Boston - Fenway 2016 (night 2) , 2024 (night1)
    East Rutherford, New Jersey- 2006
    Chicago - Lollapalooza 2007
    Seattle- Gorge 2005
    EV Solo- DC x2, Baltimore x2 , Newark NJ x2,  Tower Theater x2 

    - Given To Fly
  • TheDecline13TheDecline13 Posts: 990
    Last Exit And i was crowed surfin right off the bat!

    Randall's Island 9-28-96
    Tour with fucking NOFX
  • InMyTree4InMyTree4 Posts: 1,239
    oceanssss

    i was listening to it when i saw this thread too!
    PJ:7/2/03.9/28/04.5/25/06.8/5/07.6/14/08.6/27/08.6/28/08.6/30/08.
    10/30/09.10/31/09.5/17/10.9/7/11
    EV:boston 1+2.albnay 1.boston 2010
  • thebends9thebends9 Posts: 520
    Long Road
    '98 - MSG 
    '00 - Jones Beach (x2)
    '03 - Nassau Coliseum/Tweeter Center/ MSG (x2)
    '04 - Reading, PA
    '05 - Wachovia Center
    '06 - Irving Plaza; Continental Airlines Arena (x2)
    '08 - MSG (x2); Beacon Theater
    '09 - Philly Spectrum (x2)
    '10 - XL Center; Prudential Center; MSG (x2)
    '11 - Alpine Valley (x2)
    '12 - Made In America
    '13 - Wrigley Field; DCU Center; Barclay Center (x2); Wells Fargo Center; XL Center
    '15 - Ed Sullivan Theater
    '16 - MSG (x2)
    '17 - Barclay Center (R&RHOF)
    '18 - Fenway Park
    '22 - MSG
    '24 - MSG (x2)
  • TallGuyCMTallGuyCM Posts: 328
    Sometimes.

    10/24/00

    Greek Theatre, Los Angeles
  • WildEyedMaryWildEyedMary Posts: 127
    Love Boat Captain in '03
    If I had known then what I know now...
  • LukinFanLukinFan Posts: 29,043
    "Sometimes" 10-7-96 Ft. Lauderdale, FL

    http://www.pearljam.com/tour/setlist.php?date=199610070000
    www.RLMcDaniel.com

    1996: Ft Lauderdale
    1998: Birmingham
    2000: Charlotte, Tampa
    2003: Tampa, Atlanta, Phoenix
    2004: Kissimmee
    2008: West Palm Beach, Bonnaroo, Columbia
    2010: MSG2
    2012: Music Midtown
    2014: Memphis
    2016: Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Jacksonville, JazzFest
    2018: Wrigley 1, Fenway 1
    2022: Nashville
    2023: Ft. Worth II
  • WoodenHammerWoodenHammer Posts: 89
    Of the Girl. Awesome opener.
    We were but stones... Your light made us stars
  • arqarq Posts: 8,023
    Oceans and it was perfect!
    "The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it"
    Neil deGrasse Tyson

    Why not (V) (°,,,,°) (V) ?
  • NewDamageNewDamage Posts: 1,913
    Even Flow
    I am lost, I'm no guide. But I'm by your side...

    8/25/92, 10/4/96, 10/5/96, 9/1/98, 9/4/98, 8/4/00, 8/6/00, 4/15/03, 4/16/03, 10/6/04, 6/16/08
  • Left PorchLeft Porch Posts: 846
    Long Road

    4-30-03
    Uniondale. 2003
    MSG 1+2. 2010
    Wrigley. Brooklyn 2. Hartford. 2013
    St. Louis. Denver. 2014
    Global Citizens Festival. 2015
    MSG 2. Fenway 2. Wrigley 1. 2016
    Safeco 2. Missoula. 2018
  • itsevobabyitsevobaby Posts: 1,809
    release ~ March 25th 1995
    Look Alive,
    See These Bones
  • youngsteryoungster Posts: 6,576
    Drop The Leash 10 wrote:
    and the river shall open for the righteous...
    and the river shall open for the righteous...
    and the river shall open for the righteous...
    someday....

    Exact same song, exact same show. Great pre-opener.
    He who forgets will be destined to remember.

    9/29/04 Boston, 6/28/08 Mansfield, 8/23/09 Chicago, 5/15/10 Hartford
    5/17/10 Boston, 10/15/13 Worcester, 10/16/13 Worcester, 10/25/13 Hartford
    8/5/16 Fenway, 8/7/16 Fenway
    EV Solo: 6/16/11 Boston, 6/18/11 Hartford,
  • JTRJTR Posts: 347
    Go / Animal
  • JTRJTR Posts: 347
    9/13/95:

    Go, Animal, Last Exit, Spin The Black Circle, Tremor Christ, Corduroy, Lukin, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Whipping, Dissident, Glorified G, Daughter/(The Real Me)/(I Believe In Miracles), Habit, Jam, Rearviewmirror, Immortality, Alive, Black, Blood
    Encore 1 Not For You, I Got Id, Better Man, Porch
    Encore 2 Yellow Ledbetter
  • JTRJTR Posts: 347
    Haven't put the feeling down since.
  • GivenToJam88GivenToJam88 Posts: 1,187
    Wash - Camden II 2006
    2006: 5/28
    2008: 6/19, 6/24, 6/25
    2009: 6/14 (EV), 10/27, 10/28
    2010: 5/17
    2011: 6/21 (EV), 6/22 (EV), 9/11, 9/12
    2012: 9/2
    2013: 10/15, 10/16, 10/19, 10/21, 10/22, 10/27, 11/23, 11/24
    2014: 10/19
    2016: 5/1, 5/2, 5/8
    2018: 8/20, 9/2, 9/4
  • MFC9289MFC9289 Posts: 144
    Go- Boston II 9/29/04
    Boston II 9/29/04, Bonnaroo 6/14/08, Mansfield II 6/30/08

    "Ransom paid the devil
    He whispers pleasing words
    Triumphant are the angels if they can get there first..."
  • florence151florence151 Posts: 597
    "I Got Id"

    11-18-97

    Oakland, CA opening act for the Rolling Stones
    Hold On
  • gndcd402gndcd402 Posts: 2,562
    i have a unique first song, dont be shy :)
  • washedinblack91washedinblack91 Posts: 3,078
    MFC9289 wrote:
    Go- Boston II 9/29/04
    me too! :D
    PJ: 9/29/04, 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/30/08, 10/30/09, 10/31/09, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 9/3/11, 9/4/11, 10/18/13, 8/7/16
    eV: 8/4/08, 8/5/08, 6/21/11
    SG: 10/4/08<-- MET STONE!!!
  • AndySlashAndySlash Posts: 3,240
    LoveBoatAdmiral wrote:
    You sit through an insufferably long opening act (ahem,MMJ,ahem).


    Pfft.




    My first song was Sometimes in Minneapolis, '98.
  • finnanniefinnannie Posts: 1,186
    Hard to imagine
    Won't let the light escape from me.
    Won't let the darkness swallow me.
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