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PJ Fan est. 1990PJ Fan est. 1990 Posts: 1,788
edited December 2008 in The Porch
whenever i'm at a PJ show (or really any show in general) i aways guess what the opening song is...like back in the 06 tour...me and my bro guessed and i guess severed hand and he guessed corduroy...the first song was severed and the second was corduroy...it was pretty funny (but more of a "you had to be there situation")...so yeah do any of you try to guess the opening song? if so, what's your record?

i'm 1 out of 2
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  • YieldToNothingYieldToNothing Posts: 3,667
    i do it sometimes. can't tell you my record

    my best was when i called wash in ottawa 05. i got serious props from the people around me
    i have a paper here that entitles me to fast track status
  • brucebruce Posts: 384
    I don't think I've ever just guessed it right.

    However, with just a couple 'touches' to the guitar, I can usually tell which song is coming up.. i don't know music terminology very well... but the sound from the feedback of the guitar... usualy gives it away for me... it might be because i've listen to every song like a million times...
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  • 12345AGNST112345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    I wanted either Can't Keep or Breakerfall to open in Hartford..... What were the first 2 songs played? Can't Keep and then Breakerfall. I got really lucky, god that show was amazing.
    5/28/06, 6/27/08, 10/28/09, 5/18/10, 5/21/10
    8/7/08, 6/9/09
  • mysameoldfriend37mysameoldfriend37 Posts: 7
    The first time I saw Bob Dylan (2001) he was playing a pretty much identical setlist every night. I impressed everyone around me when I would guess every song before he played it. I got like 95% of them right. It was fun being predictible....



    and a great show!
  • JulienJulien Posts: 2,457
    yes, I do that too. I went to 4 PJ shows. the first tme, I guessed it was corduroy as opening song and it was.
    The third time, I guessed it was long road and it was.
    2006: Antwerp, Paris
    2007: Copenhagen, Werchter
    2009: Rotterdam, London
    2010: MSG, Arras, Werchter
    2012: Amsterdam, Prague, Berlin
    2014: Amsterdam, Stockholm
  • Evolution6579Evolution6579 Posts: 624
    bruce wrote:
    I don't think I've ever just guessed it right.

    However, with just a couple 'touches' to the guitar, I can usually tell which song is coming up.. i don't know music terminology very well... but the sound from the feedback of the guitar... usualy gives it away for me... it might be because i've listen to every song like a million times...

    I am the same way.
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  • PJ Fan est. 1990PJ Fan est. 1990 Posts: 1,788
    mysameoldfriend37 wrote:
    The first time I saw Bob Dylan (2001) he was playing a pretty much identical setlist every night. I impressed everyone around me when I would guess every song before he played it. I got like 95% of them right. It was fun being predictible....



    and a great show!


    haha i did that with Rush...they played the same set list...and my friend looked up the set list from the first show and put it as a playlist on his ipod...when we were wondering what the next song was, we reffered to his ipod...and then one of the videos introducing "tom Sawyer" was southpark and they sang the wrong lyrics...and us having seen it before and watched it numerous times since then, we knew all the lyrics..."a modernday warrior today's TOM SAWYER! he floated down a river on a raft with a black guy!" (the real lyrics are, "a modern day warrior mean mean stride, today's tom sawyer mean mean pride" or something like that)

    anywho sry for the Rush story...this is a PJ community
  • mytreemytree Posts: 15
    I don't know the exact number of times...but I started guessing the first song maybe my fourth concert...I only got it right once. The part that i find humorous is that the song I pick turns out to be the second song...go figure :)
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  • 12345AGNST112345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    bruce wrote:
    I don't think I've ever just guessed it right.

    However, with just a couple 'touches' to the guitar, I can usually tell which song is coming up.. i don't know music terminology very well... but the sound from the feedback of the guitar... usualy gives it away for me... it might be because i've listen to every song like a million times...

    Yup, same here. I predicted fuckin up at my last show that way and yellow ledbetter after just because I saw Mike pick up his old fender right after fuckin up.
    5/28/06, 6/27/08, 10/28/09, 5/18/10, 5/21/10
    8/7/08, 6/9/09
  • CharliePCharlieP Posts: 1,035
    I guessed both MSG openers this summer - Hard to imagine and Release.

    in 2007 I guessed the Long road Copenhagen opener.

    The other shows I was completely wrong....

    Roskilde 2000, Berlin 2006, Athens 2006, Dusseldorf 2007, Copenhagen 2007, New York NY 1 + 2 2008, Berlin 2009, London 2009, London 2010, Berlin 2010, Manchester 2 2012, Berlin 1 2012, Stockholm 2012, Oslo 2012, Copenhagen 2012, Amsterdam 1 + 2 (EV solo) 2012, Amsterdam 1 + 2 2014, Stockholm 2014, Oslo 2014, Leeds 2014, Milton Keynes 2014, Heartland Festival DK (EV solo) 2017, Berlin 2018, Barcelona 2018, Copenhagen 2022, Prague 2022 (Cancelled)



  • Dirt Like MeDirt Like Me Posts: 204
    I go to about 50 shows a year and guess at every show. I only remember getting it right once. When Springsteen opened with Atlantic City at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, I nailed that one.
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  • PJ Fan est. 1990PJ Fan est. 1990 Posts: 1,788
    CharlieP wrote:
    I guessed both MSG openers this summer - Hard to imagine and Release.

    in 2007 I guessed the Long road Copenhagen opener.

    The other shows I was completely wrong....

    yeah the guy i went with to the first MSG 08 show was like "I REEEALLLLYYYY WANNA HEAR HARD TO IMAGINE!!!" like he was like really emphasizing that point...and what do you know? first song they played that night...FUCKIN KICK ASS SHOW!
  • TallGuyCMTallGuyCM Posts: 328
    From my experience, at non-Pearl Jam shows many bands tend to open with the title track to their newest album. And if there's no title track, track 1 of their newest album is often played first.
  • SchokiSchoki Posts: 5,072
    2 for 2.

    Guessed Go as show opener in Berlin ´06 and Sometimes as the opener in Munich ´07.
  • SteveoSteveo Posts: 352
    i always think im gonna know what song is first. Im usually completely wrong. One that I nailed, probably the only one, was Ottawa 05 with Wash.
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  • NeilJamNeilJam Posts: 1,191
    I will try to guess opening songs at shows. I knew Long Road would be the opener at the 2004 Toledo show when I heard Neil was there. At the London Ontario show in 2005 I told those around me that I thought the opener would start with an O, and hoped it would be Oceans (which it was). Although I actually thought it would be Of the Girl.

    My wife & I often listen for familiar riffs when the road crew is tuning instruments before the show. Not necessarily just to guess the opening song, but also for a preview of other songs that the band plans to play that night.
  • FirstExitFirstExit Posts: 973
    I called Can't Keep in Hartford, and I called Garden to open the 1st encore.
  • Strangest TribeStrangest Tribe Posts: 2,502
    I called Hard to Imagine at Roo last summer, ask my wife

    first time I've ever been right though because I usually always call out a Lost Dogs song
    the Minions
  • SOLAT319SOLAT319 Posts: 4,594
    PJ Fan est. 1990 wrote:
    whenever i'm at a PJ show (or really any show in general) i aways guess what the opening song is...like back in the 06 tour...me and my bro guessed and i guess severed hand and he guessed corduroy...the first song was severed and the second was corduroy...it was pretty funny (but more of a "you had to be there situation")...so yeah do any of you try to guess the opening song? if so, what's your record?

    i'm 1 out of 2

    For 6/30 Mansfield, this guy next to me said "Watch, they will open with Wash tonight." And sure enough, they did open with Wash that night. For some reason, I usually get Long Road or Release for most of the shows I attend. No complaints though. I was just out of my mind when they opened with Can't Keep at Hartford too.
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