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  • FatalFatal Posts: 821
    Openers i've had over the years...

    Sometimes, Corduroy, Of the Girl, Long Road, Release (x2), Wash, Severed Hand and Hard to Imagine.

    I really enjoyed HTI at MSG, but my favorite may have to be Wash (Ottawa 05).
    Shows: Montreal 98, Barrie 98, Montreal 00, Montreal 03, Montreal 05, Ottawa 05, Toronto 06, Vancouver Night 1 08 (EV), Vancouver Night 2 08 (EV), MSG1 08, MSG2 08, Montreal Night 2 08 (EV), Toronto Night 1 08 (EV), Toronto 09, Hartford 11 (EV), Ottawa 11, Ottawa 16, Ottawa 22.


  • thossythossy Posts: 59
    my order would be

    Release - seen twice still get goosebumps with the 06 version in boston
    Long Road
    Hard to Imagine
    Can't Keep
    Wash
    Severed Hand
    98 MSG I
    04 Boston I
    06 Hartford, Boston I+II
    08 Hartford, Mansfield I+II
    08 EV Solo Boston I+II
  • FrankieJFrankieJ Posts: 602
    6 shows-

    Release, H2I, Wash, Why Go, Severd Hand(2)

    Best = tie
    Release and wash

    Worst=
    Severd hand
    GO GIANTS
    GO DEVILS
    7/14/03-PNC NJ ~ 6/1/06-CAA1 NJ ~ 6/3/06-CAA2 NJ ~ 8/5/07-Lolla IL ~ 6/24/08-MSG1 ~ 6/25/08-MSG2 ~ 8/7/08-NJPAC (eV Solo)

    "I'm feeling kinda righteous right now...with my Bad@$$-M0therf*ck!n'-Ukulele!"
    -eV 8/7
  • Indifference71Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,874
    It doesn't get much better than Release leading off a show, although Hard To Imagine is running a close second.....
  • RhynoRhyno Posts: 304
    Hard to Imagine or Release
    Cheers!
    Rhyno

    11/30/1991 ~ 3/25/92 ~ 8/28/92 ~ 6/30/98 ~ 10/8/2000 ~ 6/18/2003 ~ 6/21/2003 ~ 6/26/2006 ~ 6/27/2006 ~ 7/7/2006 ~ 8/5/2007 ~ 6/24/2008 ~ ALPINE VALLEY in '09 ;-)
  • Solat13Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    If I had to rate from the shows I've seen:

    Oceans
    Release
    Hard to Imagine
    Present Tense
    Wash
    Low Light
    Long Road
    Porch
    Go
    Why Go
    Can't Keep
    Crazy Mary
    Of the Girl
    Love Boat Captain
    Interstellar Overdrive / Corduroy
    All or None
    Severed Hand
    Wasted Reprise
    - Busted down the pretext
    - 8/28/98
    - 9/2/00
    - 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
    - 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
    - 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
    - 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
    - 8/2/07, 8/5/07
    - 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
    - 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    - 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
    - 9/11/11, 9/12/11
    - 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
  • CobCob Posts: 858
    What's funny is that the only time I've seen them open with Sometimes was in SF in 2006, they played about 20 or 30 seconds of the song, Eddie says, "I don't know the fucking words", the band stops the song and goes into Severed Hand. So that's my experience with seeing Sometimes live, not much of an experience.
    [img][/img]9/5/92, 11/20/93, 3/14,15/94, 9/16/95, 10/14,15/2000
    4/5,6/9/2003, 9/1/05, 12/7/2005, 7/15,16,18/2006, 8/5/2007
    6/24,25/08,6/27/08,6/28/08,6/30/08
    9/21,22/2009, 10/4/2009
    5/6,7,9/2010, 9/3/2011 9/4/2011, 11/15/2013,
    11/16/2013, 12/8/2013, 10/5/2014, 10/12/2014,
    4/23, 5/10, 5/12, 8/20, 8/22 2016,
    8/8, 8/10, 8/18, 8/20 2018, 5/12, 5/13, 9/20 2022



  • deadnotedeadnote Posts: 1,678
    jeremy
    set your laughter free

    dreamer in my dream

    we got the guns

    i love you,but im..............callin out.........callin out
  • HawkshoreHawkshore Posts: 2,161
    Wash at the Gorge .................but I would love to hear Oceans!
    Van 92.07.21 / Van 98.07.19 / Sea 98.07.22 / Tor 98.08.22 / Sea 00.11.06 / Van 03.05.30/ Van 05.09.02/ Gorge 06.07.22 & 23 / EV Van 08.04.02 / Tor 09.08.21 / Sea 09.09.21 & 22 / Van 09.09.25 / Van 11.09.25 / Van 13.12.04 / Pem 16.07.17 / Sea 18.08.10
  • Red BurritoRed Burrito Posts: 479
    Top 3 in order:

    Present Tense - Borgata 10/1/2005
    Oceans - Buffalo 10/1/1996
    Hard To Imagine - DC 6/22/2008
    the sorrow grows bigger, when the sorrow's denied
  • StateOfLoveBoatCptn.StateOfLoveBoatCptn. Posts: 904
    Of The Girl....Irvine #1 '03....was just a perfect start in my opinion
  • StateOfLoveBoatCptn.StateOfLoveBoatCptn. Posts: 904
    Hawkshore wrote:
    Wash at the Gorge .................but I would love to hear Oceans!
    this was another real good one too!!!!
  • Drop The Leash 10Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    Wash
    Can't Keep
    Go
    I will be what i could be
    Once I get out of this town


    9/29/04;6/27/08;6/30/08;8/23/09;08/24/09;5/17/10
  • ZosoZoso Posts: 6,425
    I have seen

    LBC
    Betterman
    WWS
    Oceans
    Wash
    Severed Hand
    Porch
    Small Town
    HTI
    Can't Keep - My fav
    I'm just flying around the other side of the world to say I love you

    Sha la la la i'm in love with a jersey girl

    I love you forever and forever :)

    Adel 03 Melb 1 03 LA 2 06 Santa Barbara 06 Gorge 1 06 Gorge 2 06 Adel 1 06 Adel 2 06 Camden 1 08 Camden 2 08 Washington DC 08 Hartford 08
  • ManofthepresenttenseManofthepresenttense Posts: 259
    present tense borgata 05 was my fav, release mansfield 98 close second

    i've seen

    oceans-1
    can't keep-2
    hard to imagine-1
    i am mine-1
    present tense-1
    long road-3
    release-5
    severed hand-3
    sometimes-2
    wash-1
    of the girl-1
    go-1
    NO TIME TO BE VOID OR SAVE UP ON LIFE, YOU GOT TO SPEND IT ALL!!!!!!!
  • RestlessSoul92RestlessSoul92 Posts: 14
    My Ranking:
    1. Wash
    2. Severed Hand
    3. Can't Keep

    7/5/03 Camden
    6/3/06 East Rutherford
    6/20/08 Camden
    6/30/08 Mansfield
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  • patrickredeyespatrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    Sometimes- Alpine Valley 2003
  • CServantCServant DCO Posts: 1,182
    Personal favorite is "Of the Girl." Having said that, "Go" in Vega$ '03 really got the evening off to a rockin' start!
    "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience." Mark Twain
  • nbnetnbnet Posts: 12
    Definitely Hard To Imagine in Halifax, 2005. I think that might have been the first time they played it as an opener.
    02/07/03 Mansfield
    09/28/04 Boston
    09/29/04 Boston
    09/22/05 Halifax
    05/25/06 Boston
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