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Favorite Opener You've heard live.

PiKappCarolinaPiKappCarolina Posts: 17
edited July 2008 in Given To Fly (live)
Its been kinda weird for me. I have seen them 5 times (North and South Carolina, unfortunately missed the Columbia show because we were traveling from New Braunfels,TX to do 2 shows in Nantucket,MA) but I have only heard Sometimes and Oceans as openers.

So my favorite is Oceans (had Sometimes 4 times)

What's yours?
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  • bayleaf2001bayleaf2001 Posts: 109
    My favourite opener was Life Wasted in Vienna 2006, a great way to kickstart a show. Also loved Sometimes in Munich last year...
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  • jdelinjdelin Posts: 189
    A classic PJ opener is definitely Release, but hearing them open with Hard To Imagine in Mansfield was something special.
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  • mattcozeamattcozea Posts: 377
    Here's how I rank the openers I've seen.

    1. Interstellar Overdrive into Corduroy - My first show and what a way to begin!
    2. Do the Evolution - "Alright... let's go!"
    3. Why Go
    4. Release - 2 times
    5. Of the Girl
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  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,522
    1. Can't Keep- was hoping for Hard To Imagine but this one set the tone for a special night
    2. Severed Hand- The first PJ song I ever heard live and the one I was hoping for (its my favorite on the self titled album which they were touring for)
    3. Low Light- also great but can't keep up with the first two. Nice way to start a short acoustic set.
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  • wolfamongwolveswolfamongwolves Posts: 2,414
    Surprisingly, as it's far from one of my favourite PJ songs, "Inside Job" opening up the 2006 Euro tour in Dublin, was nothing short of spine-tingling.I've heard plenty of versions but I haven't heard a single one that even comes close to touching this.

    It's tied with "Long Road" in London last year. Had been dying to hear it as an opener since '96, and finally got it 11 years later - & what a version!!! Wow...
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  • finnanniefinnannie Posts: 1,186
    1. Release
    2. Hard to imagine
    3. Can't keep
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  • 12345AGNST112345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    I have only been to 2 concerts but I was lucky enough to hear wash and cant keep.

    My vote goes to Wash, but only slightly.
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  • ToneTone Posts: 1,206
    I love hearing them open with Release and I've seen them open with it 3 times. I loved them opening with Why Go at Lolla and Hard to Imagine at MSG, but what I really want to see is...



    WASH!!!



    Other than that, I would like to see Oceans, Sometimes & Long Road.
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  • I_Got_ShitI_Got_Shit Posts: 325
    mattcoz wrote:
    Here's how I rank the openers I've seen.

    1. Interstellar Overdrive into Corduroy - My first show and what a way to begin!
    2. Do the Evolution - "Alright... let's go!"
    3. Why Go
    4. Release - 2 times
    5. Of the Girl
    6. Last Kiss

    I saw DTE at the same show you did (Champaign '03?) and that was a great kick in the ass. The acoustic Long Road from Mansfield 3 in '03 is my favorite slow opener. Still can't believe there were so few people there to hear it.

    By the way, my dream opener is In Hiding.
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  • armsraisedinaveearmsraisedinavee Posts: 133
    my favorite was release although hard to imagine was awesome as well

    another opener that i thought was cool was Wasted Reprise into Life Wasted
    9/1/2000 - E-Centre, Camden, 'Sometimes' started and I was hooked...
  • Tully305Tully305 Posts: 103
    1. Release
    2. Oceans
    3. Why Go
    4. Better Man
    5. Elderly Woman
    6. Even Flow
    7. Can't Keep
    8. Breakerfall
    9. Sometimes

    THey've closed with YL 5 times, RITFW 3 times, and Baba once.
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  • EquallyWorthlessEquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    i swear i have seen every opener with the exception of Sometimes.

    For me personally Alive in Newcastle was a pretty cool opener because it was so unexpected, also Of the Girl at Benaroya and Miracles at the Gorge, how rare is it that they open with a cover?? and it juts set the tone for an amazing show

    For shows i wasnt at All or None at the Vic is an amazing opener and the acoustic verson of Long Road at Mansfield 3 is awesome.
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  • NYCPJNYCPJ nyc Posts: 764
    Hard to Imagine
    6/3/06 (East Rutherford 2)
    6/24/08 (MSG1)
    6/25/08 (MSG2)
    7/1/08 (Beacon Theater -NYC)
    10/30/09 (Philly3)
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  • edigerediger Posts: 308
    The order for mine would have to go

    1) Betterman - Winnipeg '05 (it was an amazing version and the crowd was LOUD)
    2) Hard To Imagine - Bonnaroo
    3) Interstellar Overdrive/Courduroy - St. Paul '06 #2
    4) Last Exit - St. Paul '06 #1

    shit, that was a tough list to choose.
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  • markeyjasonmarkeyjason Posts: 31
    Rank Order
    1. - Hard to Imagine
    2. - All or None
    3. - Oceans
    4. - Long Road
    5. - Release
    6. - Corduroy
    7. - Do the Evolution
    8. - World Wide Suicide
    9. - Severed Hand
    10. - Why Go
    11. - Betterman
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  • Rjonesrm20Rjonesrm20 Posts: 380
    i like sometimes and oceans, but i've still yet to see wash...
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  • prrlJAM26prrlJAM26 Posts: 50
    1) Lollapalooza 07- Why go
    2) MSG-6-25-08- Relase
    3) Hard TO Imagine- MSG 6-24-08
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  • CityMouseCityMouse Posts: 1,010
    I've heard the gammet pretty much, including oceans. but now after Mansfield II the choice is clear:

    WASH.
  • Left PorchLeft Porch Posts: 846
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  • tsaraxtsarax Buffalo, NY Posts: 245
    I'd love to hear Oceans sometimes.

    My favorite that I have heard has to be Porch. It was so unexpected!
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  • DiRtyFranK38DiRtyFranK38 Posts: 3,131
    1.) Can't Keep (Hartford 08) - predicted it, wanted it, LOVED it! always wanted to see this one .. such an atmospheric way to open a show..

    2.) Hard To Imagine (MSG 08) - Beautiful/emotional way to open. I would think that this would be better then can't keep but i think it had to do with personally how i was feeling. don't get me wrong i was PSYCHED for msg .. but AFTER msg i was a WILDMAN come hartford. but this was absolutely amazing. verrrrry close second.

    3.) Wash (Mansfield 2 08) - AMAZING. best wash performance since the early 90s i think. very special ..totally into it. these first 3 are all very close. each 3 are like wet dream openers.

    4.) Severed Hand (Hartford 06) - What a way to open my first show. started out rockin hard. however, i do prefer a slower more atmospheric or emotional song to open. either way, this was AWESOME. those opening chords pump you up so much .. PLUS this was when they had those awesome green lasers. i remember thinking, "holy shit i'm in for the experience of a lifetime". and it was. first pj show, changed my life. i rank the other 3 above this show, but it was still incredible.



    I neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed to see release. that would be the ultimate for me.
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  • SpencerSpencer Posts: 867
    I've only seen them open with MFC, Small Town & Porch (Adelaide '98, Adelaide I & II '06).

    Porch is the clear winner of the three...I wasn't very into MFC or Small Town as openers. They don't have the right feel for a show opener...you need something either majestic and slow-burning (like Release or Long Road) or something to kick you in the gut right off the bat (Go, anyone?).
  • DeLukinDeLukin Posts: 2,757
    Wash, Philly 2005. I still get chills when i hear it on the boot.
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  • Its Evolution BabyIts Evolution Baby Posts: 849
    spencer wrote:
    I've only seen them open with MFC, Small Town & Porch (Adelaide '98, Adelaide I & II '06).

    Porch is the clear winner of the three...I wasn't very into MFC or Small Town as openers. They don't have the right feel for a show opener...you need something either majestic and slow-burning (like Release or Long Road) or something to kick you in the gut right off the bat (Go, anyone?).

    I had Go in Vegas 2003 and it was awesome.

    I rank em like this:

    1. Release X3 (SF 2000, LA 1 2006, MSG 2 2008)
    2. Go (My favorite song but as an opener its not as good as Release)
    3. Oceans (SB 2006)

    And that is no disrespect to Oceans but it was just soooooo expected at SB. They could have played it later in the set to really surprise the crowd.

    All great openers and more important great songs!
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  • TheliTheli Posts: 67
    1.- Release (2005-11-22 Santiago Chile): My first PJ concert and Release was incredible how it sounds.
    2.- Long Road (2007-06-18 Wembley Arena) my favorite PJ opener , I cried when i hear it.
    3.- Given To Fly (2005-11-23 Santiago Chile) kickass!!
    4.- Sometimes (2007-06-21 Duesseldorf)
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  • MegaphoneWhisperMegaphoneWhisper Posts: 219
    Sometimes - Tampa 08
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    But his heart don't seem to roam......
  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,941
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  • ToneTone Posts: 1,206
    DiRtyFranK38 wrote:
    3.) Wash (Mansfield 2 08) - AMAZING. best wash performance since the early 90s i think. very special ..totally into it.

    I just died a little inside (reading that)... leading up to that show I had a feeling in my gut they were going to play it, but there was no way I could get up there... it took me a while to pluck up the courage to look at the setlist... *sniff*
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  • TangerineTangerine Posts: 880
    #1-Release, Boston I 06
    #2-Wash, Camden II 06
    #3-Can't Keep, Hartford 08
    #4-HTI, Mansfield I 08
    #5-Wash, Mansfield II 08
    #6-Why Go, Lolla 07

    NOTHING will ever beat Release in 06 for me, I still get chills listening to the boot :)
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  • justamjustam Posts: 21,412
    Can't Keep in Hartford was a surprise. :)
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