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Nostalgia: Merriweather Post September '96

PJLaurPJLaur Posts: 78
edited July 2008 in Given To Fly (live)
Did anyone here go to this show?

This was my first ever Pearl Jam show, and the most memorable and amazing so far. I have yet to meet anyone else that went!
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    pjsteelerfanpjsteelerfan Maryland Posts: 9,885
    I was at this show- I was pretty excited when they played Wash
    ...got a mind full of questions and a teacher in my soul...
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    GhostlyGhostly Posts: 21
    first show too... excited to have the poster from the show and audio copy of it
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    mozettimozetti Posts: 95
    Ghostly wrote:
    first show too... excited to have the poster from the show and audio copy of it

    My first show also -- paid $160/ticket to a scalper to see them. This was the middle of the TicketMaster BS, so to my 20 y/o mind I had to be there.

    Can we work out a trade, B&P, or megaupload so I can get a copy of that show from you?
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    PJLaurPJLaur Posts: 78
    pjsteelerfan wrote:
    I was at this show- I was pretty excited when they played Wash

    I remember RED MOSQUITO being the most amazing thing I had ever heard that night. Also, I loved that venue.
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    PJLaurPJLaur Posts: 78
    mozetti wrote:
    My first show also -- paid $160/ticket to a scalper to see them. This was the middle of the TicketMaster BS, so to my 20 y/o mind I had to be there.

    Can we work out a trade, B&P, or megaupload so I can get a copy of that show from you?


    I was 16 at the time, and joined the fan club back then not knowing really it came with perks of getting tickets!
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    PJLaurPJLaur Posts: 78
    Ghostly wrote:
    first show too... excited to have the poster from the show and audio copy of it

    That is AWESOME!
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    jaredgjaredg Posts: 14
    My first show as well. I can still recall standing on the seats the whole night and the openning strums of Long Road. Most memorable for me too!
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    edvedderrocksedvedderrocks Posts: 1,001
    my first show too. Took the drive from waaaaay down south jersey. Rented a mini bus (8 of us). It was magical (the concert, not the bus - but that could've been cool!) With all the anti Tm stufff going on, we managed to call in & get 8 tickets. Oh, the good old days.
    "I knew all the rules, but the rules did not know me. Guaranteed."

    1996 Merriweather, MD; 1998 Camden, NJ; 2000 Camden, NJ; 2003 Camden, NJ; 2005 Philly, PA; 2006 Camden, NJ(nights 1 & 2); 2006 Arnhem, NED; 2008 Camden, NJ(nights 1 & 2), Washington DC, MSG(night 2) 2009 Philly Spectrum Shows(nights 1,2,3,4) 2010 Hartford,CT and MSG(night 2)

    ED Solo - 2008 Washington DC, 2009 Philly, PA(nights 1&2)*Met Eddie =)
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    PJLaurPJLaur Posts: 78
    I went from South Jersey, too!
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    mauichickmauichick Posts: 964
    jaredg wrote:
    My first show as well. I can still recall standing on the seats the whole night and the openning strums of Long Road. Most memorable for me too!

    i remember the standing on the pav seats as well....
    not quite as cool when y're stuck on the lawn and there are no screens
    this was part of my 1st pj road trip and this was the only show we had to scalp tix for
    sounded great, but i saw nothing
    '96 7 shows / '97 3 shows / '98 15 shows
    '00 12 shows / '03 4 shows / '06 6 shows
    '08 3 shows / '09 5 shows / '10 6 shows
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    PJ2k3PJ2k3 Posts: 218
    PJLaur wrote:
    Did anyone here go to this show?

    This was my first ever Pearl Jam show, and the most memorable and amazing so far. I have yet to meet anyone else that went!


    My very first show. We called into the FT&T hotline and got them. Unfortunately it was lawn tickets by the time we got in and everyone in the back of the venue was standing on their chairs. Couldn't really see, but they sounded great. That and the 98 shows (my first fan club) made me as ridiculously obsessed as I am today. Previously I was just your average die hard. haha.
    9/24/96, 6/14/98, 9/18/98, 8/3/00, 9/1/00, 9/4/00, 4/28/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03, 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 9/15/05, 9/16/05, 9/19/05, 9/30/05, 10/03/05, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 8/7/08 (Eddie solo)
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    obiwon76obiwon76 Posts: 568
    I was there, but hard to remember much from it. I do remember they played, "Who You Are" and to hear it again 12 years later is special. I think this was the last time they played Merriweather? They moved to Nissan and the Verizon Center since. Actually this might of been my last concert at Merriweather.
    San Fran 92, San Fran 93, Berkeley 93, Indio 93, Fairfax 94, DC 95, San Fran 95, DC 95, Va Beach 98, Columbia 98, Dc 98, Va Beach 00, Columbia 00, Philly 03, Bristow 03, Chicago 06, Chicago 06, Dc 06, DC 08
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    jaredgjaredg Posts: 14
    obiwon76 wrote:
    I was there, but hard to remember much from it. I do remember they played, "Who You Are" and to hear it again 12 years later is special. I think this was the last time they played Merriweather? They moved to Nissan and the Verizon Center since. Actually this might of been my last concert at Merriweather.

    They played there in 98 too.
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    WalnutsWalnuts Posts: 15
    I was there as well. College freshman at the time in DC. Since it was my first show, I thought the opening line to Long Road pretty much summed it up...

    "and I wished for so long..."
    #306XXX

    DC 96, 98, 00
    Vegas 03
    Boston 04
    Toronto 06
    Hartford 06, 08, 10, 11
    NYC 08, 08
    Albany 09
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