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?
i LOVE this: "for the first time i understood why some people faint in church!"
my first was RELEASE. San Diego 95. I was overwhelmed at the WHOLE exxxperience!
~~~~~~ALWAYS HAVE A GOOD TIME~~~~~~
Sir Mike McCready is....THE MASTER!!! WAHHH!!!
EVENFLOW PSYCHOS H.N.I.C~FEEL THE FLOW!!!
"Pearl Jam fans are obsessed, they'd see the boys in HELL if tickets were sold."-CROJAM95
Set 1 Corduroy, Animal, Hail Hail, Brain Of J., In Hiding, Jeremy, Do The Evolution, Pilate, Even Flow, Daughter, MFC, Wishlist, Present Tense, Habit, Given To Fly, Immortality, Alive
Encore 1 Better Man, Black, State Of Love And Trust, Once
Encore 2 Yellow Ledbetter
Man, what a show!!! Still listen to it once a week.
I can still remember getting there at about 11am to try to get up front. They sound checked Garden and must have done Jeremy 3-4 times. I can remeber telling my friend that I'm surprised they were sound checking a song they have played so many times. But when they did the new version the next night it made sense. Best venue in the world, IMO. They need to play there again. I think I'll pop in the dvd now and relive it.
Milan 2000, my first show waited for soooo many years...
00: Milan
06: Verona, Milan, Pistoia
07: Storm in Venice, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
08: Camden I, MSG I, MSG II, Hartford
09: Berlin, Manchester, London
10: Dublin, Belfast, Berlin, Venice
11: East Troy1, East Troy2, Montreal, Toronto1, Toronto2
San Diego 10/25/00, Mountain View 6/1/03, Santa Barbara 10/28/03, Northwest School 3/18/05, San Diego 7/7/06, Los Angeles 7/9/06, 7/10/06, Honolulu (U2) 12/9/06, Santa Barbara (EV) 4/10/08, Los Angeles (EV) 4/12/08, Hartford 6/27/08, Mansfield 6/28/08, VH1 Rock Honors The Who 7/12/08, Seattle 9/21/09, Universal City 9/30/09, 10/1/09, 10/6/09, 10/7/09, San Diego 10/9/09, Los Angeles (EV) 7/8/11, Santa Barbara (EV) 7/9/11, Chicago 7/19/13, San Diego 11/21/13, Los Angeles 11/23/13, 11/24/13, Oakland 11/26/13, Chicago 8/22/16, Missoula 8/13/18, Boston 9/2/18, Los Angeles 2/25/22 (EV), San Diego 5/3/22, Los Angeles 5/6/22, 5/7/22, Imola 6/25/22, Los Angeles 5/21/24, [London 6/29/24], [Boston 9/15/24]
11/3/93 I'll never forget it!
San Diego, Civic Theater
Release, Animal, Why Go, Jeremy, Rearviewmirror, Go, Even Flow, Dissident, Daughter/(Young Man Blues), Alive, Once, Black, Improv (Hold Me), Porch, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Whipping, Glorified G, Sonic Reducer, Baba O'Riley, Indifference
"I'd rather be with an animal." "Those that can be trusted can change their mind." "The in between is mine." "If I don't lose control, explore and not explode, a preternatural other plane with the power to maintain." "Yeh this is living." "Life is what you make it."
Comments
RVM>Whipping>Go
It's no wonder I'm still here.
They say every sin is deadly but I believe they may be wrong...I'm guilty of all seven and I don't feel too bad at all
Sometimes... great opener! One of my faves next to Wash and Can't Keep
my first was RELEASE. San Diego 95. I was overwhelmed at the WHOLE exxxperience!
Sir Mike McCready is....THE MASTER!!! WAHHH!!!
EVENFLOW PSYCHOS H.N.I.C~FEEL THE FLOW!!!
"Pearl Jam fans are obsessed, they'd see the boys in HELL if tickets were sold."-CROJAM95
It takes balls to put out a UKE album!
would love to hear of the girl or long road tho
2006: Camden 1&2, East Ruth 1&2
2008: BONNAROO, MSG1, MSG2, Hartford
2009: Philly 1, 2, 4
2010: Hartford, MSG1, MSG2
2012: Made in America
2013: BK1, BK2, Hartford
2015: Global Citizens
2016: MSG 2 (ISO MSG1)
EV Solo: NJPAC 2008; Tower Theatre, PA 2009; Hartford 2011
Wow...How can you even describe the first time you hear that voice live.
Release was such a perfect opener.
Dream the dreams of others then,... You will be no ones rival,...
04.30.03
uniondale NY
very fitting
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
This was mine too.
Set 1 Corduroy, Animal, Hail Hail, Brain Of J., In Hiding, Jeremy, Do The Evolution, Pilate, Even Flow, Daughter, MFC, Wishlist, Present Tense, Habit, Given To Fly, Immortality, Alive
Encore 1 Better Man, Black, State Of Love And Trust, Once
Encore 2 Yellow Ledbetter
Man, what a show!!! Still listen to it once a week.
2003-6/1, 10/25
2005-8/29, 9/4
2006-7/2, 7/22, 7/23
2008-4/15(EV solo)
2009-9/21, 9/22, 9/28
2011-9/3, 9/4
2012-9/30
2013-7/19, 11/30
EV- 08/09,10/2008.06/08,09/2009
I can still remember getting there at about 11am to try to get up front. They sound checked Garden and must have done Jeremy 3-4 times. I can remeber telling my friend that I'm surprised they were sound checking a song they have played so many times. But when they did the new version the next night it made sense. Best venue in the world, IMO. They need to play there again. I think I'll pop in the dvd now and relive it.
82 shows and counting
EPIC!!!!!!!!!
Milan 2000, my first show waited for soooo many years...
06: Verona, Milan, Pistoia
07: Storm in Venice, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
08: Camden I, MSG I, MSG II, Hartford
09: Berlin, Manchester, London
10: Dublin, Belfast, Berlin, Venice
11: East Troy1, East Troy2, Montreal, Toronto1, Toronto2
Next Tour: everywere!
23/09/2006 Berlin, 30/09/2006 Athens, 18/07/2007 London
02/07/2009 Honolulu (EV Solo), 22/11/2009, Sydney, 29/11/2009 Christchurch
6/30/2008 - Mansfield, MA.
5/17/2010 - Boston, MA
9/3/2011 - East Troy, WI (PJ20)
9/4/2011 - East Troy, WI (PJ20)
And when I circled back around I got Whipping as an opener.
San Diego, Civic Theater
Release, Animal, Why Go, Jeremy, Rearviewmirror, Go, Even Flow, Dissident, Daughter/(Young Man Blues), Alive, Once, Black, Improv (Hold Me), Porch, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Whipping, Glorified G, Sonic Reducer, Baba O'Riley, Indifference
I believed that the first was gonna be Release though.
Adelaide, March 7th 1998.
Mine too!