How awesome is Rival?

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  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,720

    It was so awesome!

    one of the best songs i ever saw live...jax was epic in many levels!!
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • P34RL J4MM3RP34RL J4MM3R Posts: 1,328
    Surely there is room in the Tour for more than one Rival. With so many Of The Earth sightings, we could use a couple more Rival sightings. Both are at the top of my list.
    There's no need to say goodbye
  • RiotZactRiotZact Posts: 6,246

    It was so awesome!

    one of the best songs i ever saw live...jax was epic in many levels!!
    Yeah they really nailed it. Also it looked like Ed was genuinely having a great time playing it, not just phoning it in.
  • northerndragonnortherndragon Posts: 9,851
    So awesome that I predict they will break it out not once, not twice but three times between Philly and Toronto.
    Anything you lose from being honest
    You never really had to begin with.


    Sometimes it's not the song that makes you emotional it's the people and things that come to your mind when you hear it.
  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,720
    RiotZact said:

    It was so awesome!

    one of the best songs i ever saw live...jax was epic in many levels!!
    Yeah they really nailed it. Also it looked like Ed was genuinely having a great time playing it, not just phoning it in.
    yes,.,,and really dont understand why didnt play it more live..man its really great live..u feel the riff takes u away and fill u with amazing energy
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • RiotZactRiotZact Posts: 6,246
    Tonight or tomorrow please!

    RiotZact said:

    It was so awesome!

    one of the best songs i ever saw live...jax was epic in many levels!!
    Yeah they really nailed it. Also it looked like Ed was genuinely having a great time playing it, not just phoning it in.
    yes,.,,and really dont understand why didnt play it more live..man its really great live..u feel the riff takes u away and fill u with amazing energy
    Oh man that riff! If I had to pick a favorite part of the song it would be that.
  • RiotZactRiotZact Posts: 6,246
    It was sound checked! Along with of the girl and parting ways, this might be happening.
  • RiotZactRiotZact Posts: 6,246
    Cmon they have to play it tonight!
  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave Posts: 42,056
    of the girl is on my bucket list.

    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • RiotZactRiotZact Posts: 6,246

    of the girl is on my bucket list.

    I got it off my bucket list in Pittsburgh 2013. But it is my 3rd favorite song so I would love to hear it at every show. Just fucking play Binaural you pussies.
  • kmac1976kmac1976 Posts: 84
    Rival at MSG please!!! One final plea.
  • SD48277SD48277 Posts: 12,243
    kmac1976 said:

    Rival at MSG please!!! One final plea.


    Yes, please. :prayer:
    ELITIST FUK
  • RiotZactRiotZact Posts: 6,246
    Hope you guys get it. Honestly I don't even care that we didn't get it in Philly, that show was off the chain Rival or otherwise.
  • bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 15,942
    Please play Rival in NYC!
  • shetellsherselfshetellsherself Posts: 8,821
    I love this song. Need more binaural. This one is so badass.
    5/3/92 Omaha, NE
    6/19/95 Red Rocks
    9/11/98 MSG
    11/19/12 EV solo Tulsa
    7/19/13 Wrigley 10/19/13 Brooklyn 2 10/21/13 Philly 1 10/22/13 Philly 2 10/25/13 Hartford
    10/08/14 Tulsa 10/09/14 Lincoln
    9/26/15 NYC Global Citizen
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    9/3/24 MSG 1 9/4/24 MSG 2 9/7/24 Philly 1 9/9/24 Philly 2
  • SD48277SD48277 Posts: 12,243
    Please play in Toronto, night 1. Thank you. :prayer:
    ELITIST FUK
  • SD48277SD48277 Posts: 12,243
    Thank you for playing this last night. :bow:
    ELITIST FUK
  • Leezestarr313Leezestarr313 Posts: 14,352
    SD48277 said:

    Thank you for playing this last night. :bow:

    Right on!! This was one of my fave moments of the show :smiley:

    And awesome to finally meet you, SD!!

  • nycratsnycrats Posts: 1,351
    Very good song, the 8th best song off of binaural
    '98: Camden 1 '00: JB2 '03: MSG1 '04: Boston 1 '05: AC1
    '06: Irving Plaza, East Rutherford 1 & 2 '07: Lolla '08: Camden 2, MSG2, Beacon
    '09 :Philly 1 & 2 '10: Buffalo, Newark, MSG1, MSG2
    '11: PJ20 1 & 2 '12: Missoula '13: Wrigley, BK2, Philly 1 & 2, Hartford
    '14: Ams 1 & 2, Cincy, St Louis, Detroit, Moline '15: Central Park
    '16 Philly 1 & 2, MSG 1 & 2, Toronto 1 & 2, Fenway 1, Wrigley 1
    '17 Brooklyn hall of fame ‘18 Fenway 1 '21 Jersey Shore '22 MSG  '24: MSG1, MSG2
  • SD48277SD48277 Posts: 12,243

    SD48277 said:

    Thank you for playing this last night. :bow:

    Right on!! This was one of my fave moments of the show :smiley:

    And awesome to finally meet you, SD!!

    Leeze! Awesome to meet you and Cav, too!!

    Thank you, again, Pearl Jam for playing this TO 1.
    :heart:
    ELITIST FUK
  • RiotZactRiotZact Posts: 6,246
    Glad to hear some of our most passionate Rival fans got it! Sounded like another amazing version on YouTube.
  • northerndragonnortherndragon Posts: 9,851
    There are no words to explain how amazing it was. The excitement building as we got closer and closer. Such a great moment in a night filled with nothing but great moments.
    Anything you lose from being honest
    You never really had to begin with.


    Sometimes it's not the song that makes you emotional it's the people and things that come to your mind when you hear it.
  • RiotZactRiotZact Posts: 6,246

    There are no words to explain how amazing it was. The excitement building as we got closer and closer. Such a great moment in a night filled with nothing but great moments.

    Awesome! Love hearing you guys' reactions. I felt the same way when they played Ten in Philly, Deep and Release were the only 2 I was missing and they're 2 of my favorites.

    Knowing that they were coming didn't diminish their awesomeness at all, sounds like it didn't for Rival either! Glad to hear you enjoyed it!
  • TorontonianTorontonian Posts: 551
    Rival gets better and better each time you listen to it. Nuff said.
  • RiotZactRiotZact Posts: 6,246
    Either night in Philly please. 
  • JE224127JE224127 Posts: 452
    Love it, needs to be dusted off.
  • wiscojamwiscojam Posts: 343
    RiotZact said:
    This song NEVER gets talked about so I figured I would give it some love during a crazy time on the Porch. The riff is so simple yet so awesome, the lyrics are some of Stone's best, the addition of the piano is genius and the overall structure of the song is so original and unpredictable. And, along with most of the other songs on Binural, Matt couldn't have drummed it better, especially at the beginning.

    I would probably put it in my ever changing top 10 in easily in the top 3 most underrated Pearl Jam songs.

    When I listen to Binural and hear Thin Air, then one track later hear Of the Girl, then one more later hear Rival it really makes me get down on my knees and pray that there is a couple of completely Stone written songs on the next album. Although it is unlikely considering it hasn't happened in 13 years. :(
    Yes please for LV night 2
  • LoujoeLoujoe Posts: 9,466
    Love rival. Never caught it live. 
    Always thought Unthought Known into Rival would fit.
    "You will be no one's rival" into dooom awa wa wa wa wa waaaa.
    The lyrics fit together anyway...if I'm remembering them correctly.
    Throw stones starting.. .....now!
  • CarryTheZeroCarryTheZero Posts: 2,895
    edited May 18
    Love Rival! Lucky to catch it in Atlanta ‘00 and was GA in Jacksonville! One of my favorites.
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