I remember saying holy shit, people are really jumping up and crowd surfing!!!!!!! I'd been to a few shows before this, but that was the first time I ever saw it in person. Interesting opener none-the-less
Like it says in my signature, Hard to Imagine. Camden I 08. It was a great first song to hear. I have over 240 boots, but they don't compare to seeing them live.
6-19-08 Camden I 8-17-08 EV DC II 10-27-09 Philly Night I row 5 10-28-09 Philly Night II row 6 Dead center,10-30-09 Philly Night III section 202, 10-31-09 Philly Night IV section 310, 10-21-13 Philly I PIT, 10-22-13 Philly II PIT
First song I heard live Hard to Imagine.
Thank you Pearl Jam for playing Man of the Hour Philly 13 Night 1, I lost my Uncle that morning and it helped me, Cincy 10-01-14 PIT
I feel like this is the kind of thread where everyone wants to share their answer, but no one really reads through or cares what other people's answers are.
Sort of like when people start telling you a 5 minute story about a weird dream they had. For them it's exciting, but it's rarely interesting as you the listener.
Not trying to insult the thread starter at all:) That always goes through my head with these threads.
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.
There is another thread out there along these lines but mine was...
Oceans 10-01-1996 Buffalo, NY
i tried so effin' hard to get tickets to that show. thing sold out in like six minutes. i was lucky enough to get tickets to the show the following night, though.
10-02-1996 Hartford, CT
Set 1 Long Road, Hail Hail, Animal, Last Exit, In My Tree, Corduroy, Better Man, Not For You, Jeremy, Red Mosquito, Black, Rearviewmirror, Lukin, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, State Of Love And Trust, Footsteps, Alive, Blood/(Fame)/(Noise of Carpet), Porch
Encore 1 Who You Are, Even Flow, Daughter/(The Real Me)/(W.M.A.), Leaving Here, Present Tense
Encore 2 Yellow Ledbetter
I feel like this is the kind of thread where everyone wants to share their answer, but no one really reads through or cares what other people's answers are.
Sort of like when people start telling you a 5 minute story about a weird dream they had. For them it's exciting, but it's rarely interesting as you the listener.
Not trying to insult the thread starter at all:) That always goes through my head with these threads.
That being said,
I am a Patriot/Go 9/29/04
Good point, but I started the thread to see what openers people seem to get the most excited about. It seems like the band has roughly ten songs they open with on a consistent basis, I just was interested to see which one sparks the "magic in the air" as Ed likes to say...
2006- Boston I
2008- Boston I+II
2009- Toronto, Philly III+IV
2010- Bristow, Hartford, Boston, Newark
Oh by the way, BlackCorduroy, I was at the 8/2/08 EV show and I have to say that Ed pointing you out and dedicating a song to you was the single coolest thing I have ever seen at a concert. Congrats, you're a lucky girl ;-)
2006- Boston I
2008- Boston I+II
2009- Toronto, Philly III+IV
2010- Bristow, Hartford, Boston, Newark
Good point, but I started the thread to see what openers people seem to get the most excited about. It seems like the band has roughly ten songs they open with on a consistent basis, I just was interested to see which one sparks the "magic in the air" as Ed likes to say...
I see, that's cool:) I apologize, I totally wasn't trying to seem like an ass or say it's a bad thread, I'm sure a lot of people are interested in the answers too. Plus, people seem to be responding to each other so my theory is proven wrong anyway:p
Oh by the way, BlackCorduroy, I was at the 8/2/08 EV show and I have to say that Ed pointing you out and dedicating a song to you was the single coolest thing I have ever seen at a concert. Congrats, you're a lucky girl ;-)
Thank you! I'm of course biased, but it was the coolest thing I've ever seen at a concert too.
I see, that's cool:) I apologize, I totally wasn't trying to seem like an ass or say it's a bad thread, I'm sure a lot of people are interested in the answers too. Plus, people seem to be responding to each other so my theory is proved wrong anyway:p
It's cool, much love to a fellow New England jammer
2006- Boston I
2008- Boston I+II
2009- Toronto, Philly III+IV
2010- Bristow, Hartford, Boston, Newark
and yes, at that time it was a mother to get tickets, and we went through hell to get them. it was a roller coaster of a day. and when i first heard Ed sing
"large fingers pushing me....................... TA your god and you got big hands"
i had a tear or two flow. it was relief i think.
awesome.
Peace, Love.
"To question your government is not unpatriotic --
to not question your government is unpatriotic."
-- Sen. Chuck Hagel
The opening acts were atrocious... I was still having the time of my life though, it was my first time for many things that night, first time I was inside a club (note I was only 13 at that time, oh the wonders of being 5'11 and having older cousins ), it was my first concert ever and the very first time I saw Pearl Jam live ....
I didnt know I was going to see Pearl Jam that night I didnt even know who Pearl Jam were the night I saw them, but when they took the stage I was mesmerized and when Ed sang Garden later on that night he stole my heart and never gave it back
good story.
Peace, Love.
"To question your government is not unpatriotic --
to not question your government is unpatriotic."
-- Sen. Chuck Hagel
I've never really been to a "Pearl Jam show", but I went to the VH1 Rock Honors this year. I had really crappy seats with horrible acoustics, and I wanted to get closer to see Pearl Jam and the Who. So I went on a journey to find better seats. I hopped a couple fences, got chased by a security guard, and ended up sneaking to around the 30th row. And right as I got to my new seat "Love Reign O'er Me" started up. I was awestruck by it. I could not believe how beautiful that song could possibly be. I had shivers through the whole song and felt a euphoria that otherwise can only be felt by me if I'm high. A song had really never made me cry before but by the end of it I had tears running down my cheeks. The power of it was unbelievable. The T.V. recording did not do it justice at all. If I had not been there to experience it, I wouldn't be who I am today.
mine was hard to imagine in mansfield this year and it was all i was thinking while i was there. it was such a great show, too bad it took me so long to see them live.
Oceans - West Palm Beach 2000 Night 1. Fucking awesome. Best night ever.
West Palm 2000 I & II/West Palm '03/Tampa '03/Kissimmee '04/Vic Theater '07/West Palm '08/Tampa '08/NYC MSG I & II '08/Philly Spectrum III & IV '09/Cleveland '10/Bristow '10/PJ20 I & II 2011/Pensacola '12/Pittsburgh '13/Denver '14
I took three friends, two of which claimed not to like PJ but I'd bought everyone tickets - but after the first few chords I could see that they were already hooked.
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oh, shit. you just reminded me. i heard them soundcheck glorified g before the show, so technically, that was my first live song.
Paulie "Walnuts" Gualtieri
Same song different venue 4/6/94
I remember saying holy shit, people are really jumping up and crowd surfing!!!!!!! I'd been to a few shows before this, but that was the first time I ever saw it in person. Interesting opener none-the-less
10/05/2000 Toronto
First song I heard live Hard to Imagine.
Thank you Pearl Jam for playing Man of the Hour Philly 13 Night 1, I lost my Uncle that morning and it helped me, Cincy 10-01-14 PIT
Sort of like when people start telling you a 5 minute story about a weird dream they had. For them it's exciting, but it's rarely interesting as you the listener.
Not trying to insult the thread starter at all:) That always goes through my head with these threads.
That being said,
I am a Patriot/Go 9/29/04
Mine was Wash as well, but in Ottawa in 05.
Mine was - Hail, Hail Merriweather Post, MD 9/18/98
Reno -- 1993
3-10-94 still the best release I have ever heard
i tried so effin' hard to get tickets to that show. thing sold out in like six minutes. i was lucky enough to get tickets to the show the following night, though.
10-02-1996 Hartford, CT
Set 1 Long Road, Hail Hail, Animal, Last Exit, In My Tree, Corduroy, Better Man, Not For You, Jeremy, Red Mosquito, Black, Rearviewmirror, Lukin, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, State Of Love And Trust, Footsteps, Alive, Blood/(Fame)/(Noise of Carpet), Porch
Encore 1 Who You Are, Even Flow, Daughter/(The Real Me)/(W.M.A.), Leaving Here, Present Tense
Encore 2 Yellow Ledbetter
~D.K.S.
Good point, but I started the thread to see what openers people seem to get the most excited about. It seems like the band has roughly ten songs they open with on a consistent basis, I just was interested to see which one sparks the "magic in the air" as Ed likes to say...
2008- Boston I+II
2009- Toronto, Philly III+IV
2010- Bristow, Hartford, Boston, Newark
LBC- Full band
Vancouver 2003.
IF I could choose a first song to hear, I would be Release. God that song is magical.
2008- Boston I+II
2009- Toronto, Philly III+IV
2010- Bristow, Hartford, Boston, Newark
I see, that's cool:) I apologize, I totally wasn't trying to seem like an ass or say it's a bad thread, I'm sure a lot of people are interested in the answers too. Plus, people seem to be responding to each other so my theory is proven wrong anyway:p
It's cool, much love to a fellow New England jammer
2008- Boston I+II
2009- Toronto, Philly III+IV
2010- Bristow, Hartford, Boston, Newark
Sometimes.
and yes, at that time it was a mother to get tickets, and we went through hell to get them. it was a roller coaster of a day. and when i first heard Ed sing
"large fingers pushing me....................... TA your god and you got big hands"
i had a tear or two flow. it was relief i think.
awesome.
"To question your government is not unpatriotic --
to not question your government is unpatriotic."
-- Sen. Chuck Hagel
"To question your government is not unpatriotic --
to not question your government is unpatriotic."
-- Sen. Chuck Hagel
me too! ...that show was so awesome w/my best friends!!
2009 - 8/21,10/30, 10/31
2010 - 5/15, 5/17, 5/20, 5/21
2011 - 9/3/11, 9/4, 9/11, 9/12, 9/14
2012 - 9/2
2013 - 7/19, 10/15, 10/16, 10/19, 10/25
2014 - 6/16. 6/17, 6/20, 10/1
EV solo 8.1.08, 6.8.09, 6.15.11, 6.16.11
(I think I forgot to breathe during the whole song)
2006: Barcelona, Vitoria, Lisboa I, Lisboa II, Madrid, Paris, Verona, Milán.
2007: Lisboa, Madrid, London, Dusseldorf (on stage!!!).
2008: ¿?
I took three friends, two of which claimed not to like PJ but I'd bought everyone tickets - but after the first few chords I could see that they were already hooked.
Oceans
It was beautiful.
Dublin 2006
Can't believe it took me until 06 to see them, hopefully I will never miss another PJ tour (thats my aim anyway
London, Copenhagen 07
MSG 08
SBE, Manchester, London 09
Dublin, Belfast, London 10