1. Long Road
2. Hard To Imagine
3. Release
4. Sometimes
5. Wash
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
1.) Long Road (Va. Beach 2000) - This version truly had an emotional impact since it was the first song played after Roskilde.
2.) Present Tense - Just an incredible way to open the show with Mike and Ed. It would be untouchable, but Ed fucked up the outro on guitar at Borgata 2.
3.) Release - The excitement in the crowd. The singalong. Ed's emotions. Such a beautiful opener.
4.) Long Road (Va. Beach 2008) - Not as emotional as in 2000, but after 8 years of not playing in this city, it was still pretty special.
5.) Can't Keep - I really didn't want to see this one at the time, but it still remains one of my favorites. I agree with the atmospheric comment above.
6.) Hard to Imagine - A real treat for the 10C fans since it's a b-side and most normal fans don't know it.
7.) Love Boat Captain - I love this song, but I've never been a huge fan of it opening shows. It proved me wrong at Reading when all the fans were eating it up and singing louder than Ed expected.
8.) Long Road (Borgata 1, 2005) - Eh. It works better outdoors. Maybe I was just spoiled by the emotional Va. Beach performance and this was my first repeat.
9.) Wasted Reprise - Does this even count? I've never been big on the band using a new song to open shows.
The opener I want to see most:
Sometimes
00: Va Beach, 03: Bristow, 04: Reading, 05: Atlantic City 2x
06: Camden, Washington DC, 08: Va Beach, Washington DC
09: Philly 2+3, 10: Bristow, 11: East Troy PJ20 1+2, 13: Baltimore, Charlottesville
1) Rearview Mirror- Springfield, 1994
2) Release- MSG II, 2008...incredibly, my first one after 18 shows at the time
3) Present Tense- Borgata II, 2005- pleasant surprise
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1. Hard To Imagine - 1 time
2. Oceans - 1 time
3. Wash - 3 times
4. Lond Road - 2 times
5. Of The Girl - 2 times
6. Release - 7 times
7. Corduroy - 1 time
8. Go - 1 time
9. Severed Hand - 3 times
10. Can't Keep - 1 time
11. Sometimes - 3 times
I've been to four shows and heard four different openers, so I consider myself very lucky. They were Sometimes in Quebec 2005 and Can't Keep, Hard to Imagine and Wash at Hartford and the two Mansfield of this tour. As far as my favorite opener....I'm gonna have to go with Can't Keep. I wasn't expecting that at all and Hartford was a RIDICULOUS show.
Release - Montreal 05' ..."oh dear John can you see this now"
Watching it live I picked up on eddie changing the lyrics to John and stumbling over the words with emotion....a few songs later when he mentioned it was the anniversary of Johhny Ramone's death it registered.
It was amazing and doubtful that opener will be topped for me as Eddie sang it with such emotion that night.
1. Wash - Philly '05
2. Last Exit - Kissimmee '04
3. Can't Keep - Columbia '08
4. Wasted Reprise -> Life Wasted - Camden I '06
5. Love Boat Captain - Atlanta '03
edit: weirdly, that's pretty much the same order as my fav show order. maybe switch columbia and kissimmee, but i dunno, every show was just too awesome so it doesn't matter.
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I'd have to go with Wash...been fortunate enough to see it a couple of times and for some reason it really sets the show up emotionally...I feel like release does the same so I'd have to make that my #2
I've only been to 3 shows and have gotten Sometimes twice (Charlotte 2000 and Charlotte 2003) and Can't Keep (Columbia 2008). Of those, Can't Keep was my favorite.
2006: Antwerp, Paris
2007: Copenhagen, Werchter
2009: Rotterdam, London
2010: MSG, Arras, Werchter
2012: Amsterdam, Prague, Berlin
2014: Amsterdam, Stockholm
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
Oh man, interstellar overdrive would have been amazing to see PJ cover, and as an opener! and going into corduroy!!!
of the shows ive seen, here's how i rank:
.. ok, i tried to rank them, but theyve all been amazing as hell, so ill just list the openers ive seen / remember:
wash - mansfield 2 2008
release - 3 times in toronto
severed hand - toronto 2006
somtimes into porch - munich 2007
jeeze, for the life of me i cant remember what ed opened with at the EV vancouver show of the april fools tour... tried to do a quick search but found nothing relevant at work.
'98: Barrie
'03: Toronto
'05: Toronto
'06: Toronto, Toronto
'07: Munich
'08: Vancouver (EV), Mansfield II, Toronto I (EV)
'11: Toronto, Toronto, Hamilton
'13: London Ontario
I had to go back and check out all of the openers that I've seen:
Sometimes
Oceans x2
Long Road
Of The Girl
Can't Keep
Release x2
Worldwide Suicide
Severed Hand
Hard To Imagine
Wash
Of these, Release (both times), Hard To Imagine and Wash were my favorites.
NY 9/29/96; NJ 9/8/98; NY 9/10/98; NY 8/24/00; Mansfield 7/2/03; Mansfield 7/11/03; Boston 9/28/04 (VFC); Post-Letterman, NY 5/4/06; Boston 5/24/06; Boston 5/25/06; Mansfield 6/28/08; Mansfield 6/30/08; Boston 5/17/10; Dublin 6/22/10; Alpine Valley 9/3/11; Alpine Valley 9/4/11; Worcester 10/15/13; Worcester 10/16/13; Brooklyn 10/18/13; Philadelphia 4/29/16; Boston 8/5/16; Boston 8/7/16, Seattle 8/8/18, Seattle 8/10/18, Boston 9/2/18, Boston 9/4/18
Mike Watt featuring EV, NY 4/27/95; Three Fish w/JA, NY 7/11/96; Three Fish w/JA, NY 6/11/99; EV Solo, Boston 8/1/08, Tres Mts. w/JA & MM, Boston 3/27/11; EV Solo, Boston 6/16/11
I had to go back and check out all of the openers that I've seen:
Sometimes
Oceans x2
Long Road
Of The Girl
Can't Keep
Release x2
Worldwide Suicide
Severed Hand
Hard To Imagine
Wash
Of these, Release (both times), Hard To Imagine and Wash were my favorites.
i just did the same thing. 14 shows, 11 different openers.
release x 3
of the girl x 2
corduroy
why go
can't keep
wash
hard to imagine
betterman
present tense
severed hand
love boat captain
to me, the quintessential opener to a pj show is release. my favorite -- kc in 2003 in the rain and when the lightning flashed, ed said "hi, dad".
present tense in stl 2003 was amazing. best version i've ever heard. boot sounds unreal. why go at lolla was a fun way to get a huge crowd going. can't keep at hartford started an amazing show.
least favorite -- betterman in san diego. just seemed odd.
need to see -- oceans and long road. was hoping for oceans last tour, but got 4 different openers in 4 shows (wash and hard to imagine!), so no complaints here.
They open with Release almost every time they come to Chicago. That has to be my favorite.
Although if they ever opened with Sometimes or Hard To Imagine, I'd probably faint.
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2. Sometimes (tampa 08)
3. wash (mansfield 08)
4. hard to imagine (mansfield 08)
5. betterman (cleveland 06)
2. Hard To Imagine
3. Release
4. Sometimes
5. Wash
2.) Present Tense - Just an incredible way to open the show with Mike and Ed. It would be untouchable, but Ed fucked up the outro on guitar at Borgata 2.
3.) Release - The excitement in the crowd. The singalong. Ed's emotions. Such a beautiful opener.
4.) Long Road (Va. Beach 2008) - Not as emotional as in 2000, but after 8 years of not playing in this city, it was still pretty special.
5.) Can't Keep - I really didn't want to see this one at the time, but it still remains one of my favorites. I agree with the atmospheric comment above.
6.) Hard to Imagine - A real treat for the 10C fans since it's a b-side and most normal fans don't know it.
7.) Love Boat Captain - I love this song, but I've never been a huge fan of it opening shows. It proved me wrong at Reading when all the fans were eating it up and singing louder than Ed expected.
8.) Long Road (Borgata 1, 2005) - Eh. It works better outdoors. Maybe I was just spoiled by the emotional Va. Beach performance and this was my first repeat.
9.) Wasted Reprise - Does this even count? I've never been big on the band using a new song to open shows.
The opener I want to see most:
Sometimes
06: Camden, Washington DC, 08: Va Beach, Washington DC
09: Philly 2+3, 10: Bristow, 11: East Troy PJ20 1+2, 13: Baltimore, Charlottesville
1) Rearview Mirror- Springfield, 1994
2) Release- MSG II, 2008...incredibly, my first one after 18 shows at the time
3) Present Tense- Borgata II, 2005- pleasant surprise
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2. Oceans - 1 time
3. Wash - 3 times
4. Lond Road - 2 times
5. Of The Girl - 2 times
6. Release - 7 times
7. Corduroy - 1 time
8. Go - 1 time
9. Severed Hand - 3 times
10. Can't Keep - 1 time
11. Sometimes - 3 times
I agree that Wasted Reprise is a bad opener, but Can't Keep and Love Boat Captain were both good new song openers in the 2003 tour, IMO, of course.
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Hard to Imagine
Oceans
Wash
Elderly Woman
one doesn't belong in the same class of the others...
Watching it live I picked up on eddie changing the lyrics to John and stumbling over the words with emotion....a few songs later when he mentioned it was the anniversary of Johhny Ramone's death it registered.
It was amazing and doubtful that opener will be topped for me as Eddie sang it with such emotion that night.
2. Last Exit - Kissimmee '04
3. Can't Keep - Columbia '08
4. Wasted Reprise -> Life Wasted - Camden I '06
5. Love Boat Captain - Atlanta '03
edit: weirdly, that's pretty much the same order as my fav show order. maybe switch columbia and kissimmee, but i dunno, every show was just too awesome so it doesn't matter.
2007: Copenhagen, Werchter
2009: Rotterdam, London
2010: MSG, Arras, Werchter
2012: Amsterdam, Prague, Berlin
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Oh man, interstellar overdrive would have been amazing to see PJ cover, and as an opener! and going into corduroy!!!
of the shows ive seen, here's how i rank:
.. ok, i tried to rank them, but theyve all been amazing as hell, so ill just list the openers ive seen / remember:
wash - mansfield 2 2008
release - 3 times in toronto
severed hand - toronto 2006
somtimes into porch - munich 2007
jeeze, for the life of me i cant remember what ed opened with at the EV vancouver show of the april fools tour... tried to do a quick search but found nothing relevant at work.
'03: Toronto
'05: Toronto
'06: Toronto, Toronto
'07: Munich
'08: Vancouver (EV), Mansfield II, Toronto I (EV)
'11: Toronto, Toronto, Hamilton
'13: London Ontario
Sometimes
Oceans x2
Long Road
Of The Girl
Can't Keep
Release x2
Worldwide Suicide
Severed Hand
Hard To Imagine
Wash
Of these, Release (both times), Hard To Imagine and Wash were my favorites.
NY 9/29/96; NJ 9/8/98; NY 9/10/98; NY 8/24/00; Mansfield 7/2/03; Mansfield 7/11/03; Boston 9/28/04 (VFC); Post-Letterman, NY 5/4/06; Boston 5/24/06; Boston 5/25/06; Mansfield 6/28/08; Mansfield 6/30/08; Boston 5/17/10; Dublin 6/22/10; Alpine Valley 9/3/11; Alpine Valley 9/4/11; Worcester 10/15/13; Worcester 10/16/13; Brooklyn 10/18/13; Philadelphia 4/29/16; Boston 8/5/16; Boston 8/7/16, Seattle 8/8/18, Seattle 8/10/18, Boston 9/2/18, Boston 9/4/18
Mike Watt featuring EV, NY 4/27/95; Three Fish w/JA, NY 7/11/96; Three Fish w/JA, NY 6/11/99; EV Solo, Boston 8/1/08, Tres Mts. w/JA & MM, Boston 3/27/11; EV Solo, Boston 6/16/11
i just did the same thing. 14 shows, 11 different openers.
release x 3
of the girl x 2
corduroy
why go
can't keep
wash
hard to imagine
betterman
present tense
severed hand
love boat captain
to me, the quintessential opener to a pj show is release. my favorite -- kc in 2003 in the rain and when the lightning flashed, ed said "hi, dad".
present tense in stl 2003 was amazing. best version i've ever heard. boot sounds unreal. why go at lolla was a fun way to get a huge crowd going. can't keep at hartford started an amazing show.
least favorite -- betterman in san diego. just seemed odd.
need to see -- oceans and long road. was hoping for oceans last tour, but got 4 different openers in 4 shows (wash and hard to imagine!), so no complaints here.
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R.i.p. Black Tail (cat) - Sept. 20, 2008
any one of those will do just fine
but i have yet to catch a wash opener
fuckers!
Although if they ever opened with Sometimes or Hard To Imagine, I'd probably faint.