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  • arbrenner1arbrenner1 Posts: 8
    That depends

    For a heavy opener I like "go"
    For a mellower, deeper opener I like "release"
    11/6/00, 10/22/01, 12/08/02, 12/09/02, 9/29/04, 10/01/04, 9/11/05, 9/16/05, 5/12/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06...
  • off_the_recordoff_the_record Posts: 843
    heavy openers are lame.

    lond road and of the girl are my 2 faves.
    Cheat the odds that made you
    Brave to try to gamble at times
  • hrd2imgnhrd2imgn Posts: 4,898
    Release the anticipation it builds like no other
  • Dan1984Dan1984 Posts: 444
    Best opener is "Go" check out Vegas 03. When the lights go down its time to rock!
    06/05/2003 - San Diego
    06/06/2003 - Las Vegas
    06/07/2003 - Phoenix
  • r2g2r2g2 Posts: 66
    Long Road

    but if they choose to go with a fast song I say Last Exit, that song JACKS ME UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    I said Yeaaaaaaah!
  • fanfan Posts: 12
    Release. My first show, 1998 in Philly. No lights, only candles lit behind the drum kit.......

    Wasted Reprise into Life Wasted. New favorite.

    I think it was Pittsburgh in 2000.......EVENFLOW to open the show.
  • DirtyFrankRicardDirtyFrankRicard Posts: 2
    I want a reverse setlist. Open with Yellow Ledbetter, and close with Release. That would surprise the shit out of people.
  • Big Green CountryBig Green Country Posts: 188
    I love Release and Long Road as openers, but my personal favorite I have seen is Oceans.
  • bookworm30bookworm30 Posts: 186
    Release. Totally sets the mood.
    The more I see the less I know for sure. - John Lennon
  • rxtasyrxtasy Posts: 22
    i really liked "present tense" as an opener at borgata 2...ofcourse, "sometimes" was an awesome opener the first time i saw the band back in 96..
    "All those Yesterdays"
    10/07/96 Ft. Lauderdale
    09/01/98 ATL
    09/22/98 WPB
    09/23/98 WPB
    08/09/00 WPB
    08/10/00 WPB
    06/25/03 Detroit
    06/26/03 Detroit
    07/02/03 Boston
    09/28/04 Boston
    09/29/04 Boston
    10/01/05 Borgata II
    06/11/08 WPB
    06/24/08 MSG I
    06/25/08 MSG II
  • loveboatcaptain_blakloveboatcaptain_blak Posts: 285
    i think wash would be great but i've never had it as an opener so i wouldn't know. i've only had lbc and release. which both are great. i like the lbc/last exit combo. followed by a side of animal.
    i gather speed...from u fucking with me

    "i am the first man to shit my pants ya whew!"

    its no crime to escape..theres still time to escape...theres still time so escape...

    "yellow ledbetter is like the smoke after a 3 hour fuckfest" - 62strat

    st.louis 04, chicago 06, and counting...
  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,138
    EVACUATION!! (With Release as a close second)
  • cooldaddycooldaddy Posts: 52
    Have only had Release as an opener, and I'll testify to it's beauty and power as an opener, but from my chronic bootleg listening addiction...Wash is my favorite.

    Although....I'd LOVE to stare upon a pitch black stage, feeling Master and Slave rip through my body only to have to boys stick it to me with Once.
    Sidewalk, Cigarettes, and Scenes

    Pittsburgh 08-25-1998
    Pittsburgh 06-23-2006
  • redvedderredvedder Posts: 56
    Release. Which I have yet to hear but hope to someday. :)
    "Oh dear dad, can you see me now? I am myself, like you somehow."


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  • Rock_Princess_18Rock_Princess_18 Posts: 304
    gotta go with release! it doesnt get any better than that.

    RELEASEEE MEEEE!!!!!
    "All the things that others want for me.. can't buy what I want because it's free!"

    9/13/2005 Hamilton, ON; 9/19/2005 Toronto, ON; 5/10/2006 Toronto, ON; 6/23/2006 Pittsburgh, PA; 8/5/2007 Chicago, IL; 6/24/2008 New York, NY; 6/25/2008 New York, NY; 8/21/2009 Toronto, ON; 8/23/2009 Chicago, IL; 8/24/2009 Chicago, IL; 5/9/2010 Cleveland, OH; 5/10/2010 Buffalo, NY; 5/20/2010 New York, NY; 5/21/2010 New York, NY; 9/3/2011 Alpine Valley, WI; 9/4/2011 Alpine Valley, WI; 9/11/2011 Toronto, ON; 9/12/2011 Toronto, ON; 9/15/2011 Hamilton, ON; 9/2/2012 Philadelphia, PA; 10/12/2013 Buffalo, NY; 10/18/2013 Brooklyn, NY; 10/19/2013 Brooklyn, NY; 10/17/2014 Moline, IL; 10/20/2014 Milwaukee, WI; 4/18/2016 Hampton, VA; 4/21/2016 Columbia, SC; 5/1/2016 New York, NY; 5/2/2016 New York, NY; 8/20/2016 Chicago, IL; 8/22/2016 Chicago, IL
  • barbelbarbel Posts: 7
    would like to see footsteps
  • BrainOfJDBrainOfJD Posts: 242
    Crazy Mary!
    10 million dune buggies comin' down the mountain
  • i got idi got id Posts: 867
    sometimes...
  • CanadianEHCanadianEH Posts: 134
    Oceans because you know your going to get your ass kicked for the next 2 1/2 hours.
    Vancouver 07/19/98 Vancouver 05/30/03
    Portland 11/02/00 Vancouver 09/02/05
    Boise 11/03/00 Gorge 1 07/22/06
    Seattle 1 11/05/00 Gorge 2 07/23/06
    Seattle 2 11/06/00 Vancouver 09/25/09
  • drew0drew0 Posts: 943
    Release!!!!
    Pittsburgh 6/23/06
    Madison Square Garden 6/25/08
  • amiramir Posts: 131
    breakerfall or sometimes...
    4/9/06 Lisbon
    5/9/06 Lisbon
    7/9/06 Madrid
    30/06/10 Berlin
  • daryl jamdaryl jam Posts: 104
    release or of the girl
    angels dance on a pin head, just to make room for you and i....
  • pj 79pj 79 Posts: 150
    Complete this: The best opening song is CORDUROY.
    25/11/05
    26/11/05
    13/11/11
    03/04/13
    07/11/15

    TOUCH ME, I'M DICK
  • votegirlvotegirl Posts: 95
    Sometimes
    I burst, out
    I'm transformed!
  • cfield05cfield05 Posts: 93
    I would have to go with Long Road.
    State College 5/3/03, Hershey 7/12/03, Reading 10/1/04, Kitchener 9/11/05, Ottawa 9/16/05, Pittsburgh 9/28/05, Hartford 5/13/06, Camden 5/27/06, Camden II 5/28/06, E. Rutherford 6/1/06, E. Rutherford II 6/3/06, Munich 6/12/07, Katowice 6/13/07, London 6/18/07, DC 6/22/08 - EV DC 8/16/08
  • spryguy09spryguy09 Posts: 446
    Any song which opens up a PJ show.......................or Release
    Toronto Sept 96. Barrie Aug 98. Toronto Oct 00. Toronto June 03. Hamilton Sept 05. Toronto May 06. Toronto Aug 09. Toronto Sept 11. London July 13. Toronto May 16 (I & II).
    Eddie solo. Aug 08 (Massey Hall II)
  • PresIntensePresIntense Posts: 33
    Waited 6 years to hear "Release" as the opener, yep, it's the best way to start a show. Was lucky enough, however to get "Of the Girl" this year as well.
  • Mac DogMac Dog Posts: 79
    I am so fucking sick of Release... if there was one song I would never have to hear again (after Corduroy and Even Flow) at a show it would be Release...

    There are about 200 songs in the PJ catalogue that I would rather hear first... so let's get rid of Release and play everything but that.

    Like; Who You are, Of the Girl, Sometimes.... that sort of thing
  • Mac DogMac Dog Posts: 79
    You obviously haven't snoozed through enough Releases then...
    PresIntense wrote:
    Waited 6 years to hear "Release" as the opener, yep, it's the best way to start a show. Was lucky enough, however to get "Of the Girl" this year as well.
  • arbrenner1arbrenner1 Posts: 8
    off_the_record wrote:
    heavy openers are lame.

    lond road and of the girl are my 2 faves.


    I think you'd find a ton of people who disagree with you. Boston 2 before the Vote for Change tour they opened with Go and then went into Animal, DTE, Save You. The place was insane.
    11/6/00, 10/22/01, 12/08/02, 12/09/02, 9/29/04, 10/01/04, 9/11/05, 9/16/05, 5/12/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06...
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