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Interested to hear what's been everyone's most memorable moment or song at a PJ show? Mine had to have been when they played Garden at Bayfront Park Amphitheater in Miami in 1994. Thousands of people had knocked down fences to get in to see the show and it started DUMPING rain right during the crescendo of the song. AMAZING and TOTALLY brought me to a place that music had never taken me before. After the song, Eddie quipped "Coolin' off, eh?" What's yours??
I'll ride the wave where it takes me...

Orlando 4/24/92 & 8/23/92, Miami 3/28/94, Ft Laud 10/7/96, Alpine Valley 6/26/98, Missoula 9/30/12, EV Jax 11/24/12 & 11/25/12, Chicago (Wrigley) 7/19/13, Charlottesville 10/29/13, Charlotte 10/30/13, Tulsa 10/8/14, Lincoln 10/9/14, Denver 10/22/14, Jacksonville 4/12/16, Greenville 4/16/16, Telluride 7/9/16, Boston (Fenway) 8/5/16 & 8/7/16, Seattle (Safeco) 8/10/18, Boston (Fenway) 9/2/18 & 9/4/18, Dana Point 10/1/21 & 10/2/21, MSG 9/11/22, Denver 9/22/22, Austin 9/18/23 & 9/19/23.

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  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,549
    I mean...come on...

    https://youtu.be/k_auVWNxZsc
    "...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.....”
  • EM194007EM194007 Posts: 2,827
    That was a crazy night, that's for sure. It started off by them not letting anyone into the venue until the At&T banner/sign on the stage was covered, because of PJ didn't want it there for some reason. Then once inside, they had a put up a chain link fence up between the seated area and the GA grass area. That fence didn't last long. Neither did the outside fence to the venue, 8,000 capacity venue and 25,000 showed up to see the show. Miami PD had the Riot Squad out front and helicopters flying over the venue. It was a show that won't be forgotten for sure.

    And I agree, with the rain coming down during Garden, it was amazing, and special part of the show. For what started off as a bad night for a lot of people.

    Think I'll have to listen to that show today.
  • 3days3days Posts: 1,158
    edited June 2016
    First time I ever heard I Got Shit: Chicago, Soldier Field 1995.

    You know, it's one thing to hear a great tune, and then to want to hear it again. This was different though. The melody was automatically locked in my head. Certain lyrics stuck, and I wasn't going out of my way to remember any of it.

    I didn't even know the name of the song. It was still months away from being released, and online setlist documentors were, at least to me, nonexistent. It could've been a cover for all I knew.

    Months went by, friends returned to school, the air got cold, Thanksgiving happened, and Christmas decor started to creep back out. BUT I did not forget that song. I walked around with "lips are shakin", "fight back in my mind", and a desperate guitar solo imprinted on my brain.

    I was overjoyed when Merkin Ball was released, and that the song was every bit as good as I remembered. It transported me back to that night, and it still does.
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  • SmallestOceansSmallestOceans Posts: 13,542
    Great thread. There's gotta be a 100 songs in particular spots that really stand out in 30 shows. But for me it's gotta be the first song at my first PJ show on 10/15/13, Release. That droning intro opened the doors. Figured they would open with it and I was hooked right there. You never forget that first time.
    Worcester1 13, Worcester2 13, Hartford 13, San Diego 13, Los Angeles1 13, Los Angeles2 13
    Trieste 14, Vienna 14, Gdynia 14, Leeds 14, Milton Keynes 14, Denver 14
    Central Park 15
    Fort Lauderdale 16, Miami 16, Tampa 16, Jacksonville 16, Greenville 16, Hampton 16, Columbia 16, Lexington 16, Philly1 16, Philly2 16, NYC1 16, NYC2 16, Quebec City 16, Ottawa 16, Toronto1 16, Toronto2 16, Fenway1 16, Fenway2 16, Wrigley1 16, Wrigley2 16


  • bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 15,845
    The moment at my first PJ show where Long Road ended and Do the Evolution began. Slow song, fast song, first concert....it was a shock to the system.
  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 30,188
    Release in Verona in the rain in 2006.

    First show.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance Posts: 23,243
    Kansas City 03' 'Release' in pouring rain. Lightning flashes during 'Dear Dad' lyric. Ed says 'Hi Dad'...middle of summer shivering in the rain. Front row in front of Ed. What a night!
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  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    bootlegger10 said:

    The moment at my first PJ show where Long Road ended and Do the Evolution began. Slow song, fast song, first concert....it was a shock to the system.

    Ha. Mine was their opening with Long Road at my first show.

    I didn't expect to get tears so early on, but those moments were absolute perfection in every way.
  • SarahSarah Posts: 736
    Got a few of 'em, but I will say opening with "Release" at the Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto in 2005. My estranged father had committed suicide a few months prior and this was my first time seeing Pearl Jam since the incident. Although our relationship had soured during my childhood and his subsequent abandonment in '95, I felt my father and I were truly having some kind of mystical conversation as Ed sang those lyrics outdoors in the sun in the city where I'd been raised. It brought me a tremendous amount of closure.
    "Somewhere in between / There and here / I got lost / I got scared..."
  • pjalive21pjalive21 Posts: 2,818
    edited June 2016
    My first show July 2nd, 1998...Mom bought me tickets and rocked out in the lawn before I became a fan club member...went crowd surfing for the first time and just had an unbelievable time...I cant pinpoint one song as the whole show was epic and the first bootleg I owned

    Oceans to open, Hail Hail, MFC, I Got Shit, and Habit :scream:
  • Indifference71Indifference71 Posts: 14,825
    Release to kick off PJ20 was such a great moment. So much hype for that weekend and people from all over the world....for them to start with that and everybody singing along so damn loud. Will never forget that.
  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance Posts: 23,243
    Indifference71 said:

    Release to kick off PJ20 was such a great moment. So much hype for that weekend and people from all over the world....for them to start with that and everybody singing along so damn loud. Will never forget that.

    Never heard it sung louder anywhere else. A magical moment.
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  • seanwonseanwon Posts: 444
    Finally catching Release (my favorite song) at Worcester night 1 in 2013, followed up by Long Road (my second favorite song) which I hadn't heard since Randall's Island in 1996.
    1996: 9/29 Randall's Island 2,  10/1 Buffalo                  2000: 8/27 Saratoga Springs
    2003: 4/29 Albany,  5/2 Buffalo,  7/9 MSG 2                   2006: 5/12 Albany,  6/3 East Rutherford 2
    2008: 6/27 Hartford                 2009: 10/27 Philadelphia 1              2010: 5/15 Hartford,   5/21 MSG 2
    2013: 10/15 Worcester 1,  10/25 Hartford                       2014: 10/1 Cincinnati
    2016: 5/2 MSG 2,   8/5 Fenway 1,  11/7 Temple of the Dog MSG
    2018: 9/2 Fenway 1
    2020: 3/30 MSG             2022: 9/11 MSG            2023: 9/10 Noblesville
    2024: 9/3 MSG 1, 9/4 MSG 2 , 9/15 Fenway 1, 9/17 Fenway 2
  • KP_McMinnKP_McMinn Posts: 748
    Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion 1996;
    Hearing the opening "D" note/chord of Long Road.
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  • elenelen Posts: 188
    2-feign-reluctance said:

    Kansas City 03' 'Release' in pouring rain. Lightning flashes during 'Dear Dad' lyric. Ed says 'Hi Dad'...middle of summer shivering in the rain. Front row in front of Ed. What a night!

    Release and pouring rain for me too, in Verona, Italy 2006. Everyone in the roman Arena singing the heart out. Unforgettable night.
    2006: Verona, Milano, Honolulu
    2007: London
    2014: Milano
    2016: MSG1, MSG2, Fenway1, Fenway2, Wrigley1, Wrigley2
    2018: London1, Milano, Padova, Roma
  • OzzieOzzie Posts: 230
    SmallestOceans said:

    Great thread. There's gotta be a 100 songs in particular spots that really stand out in 30 shows. But for me it's gotta be the first song at my first PJ show on 10/15/13, Release. That droning intro opened the doors. Figured they would open with it and I was hooked right there. You never forget that first time.

    Ha, I was going to say Release too, on the same tour... but 3 days later!
    Isle of Wight, 23rd June 2012
    Brooklyn, 18th October 2013
    Memphis, 14th October 2014
    Krakow, 3rd July 2018
    London, 8th July 2022
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