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Which Eddie solo show was the best?

pearljammer20pearljammer20 Posts: 116
edited August 2008 in Given To Fly (live)
Ok, I know there are no boots (boo!), so this is a tough one. However, lot of you crazy jammers went to multiple shows...so which show do you think was the best?

My vote...Boston II

Arc-most increadable piece of music I have EVER heard.

Wishlist -just superb

Growing Up-excellent cover

Hard Sun-perfection

The fact that Eddie called James Taylor a Mother F--- Bad Ass

Eddie acknowledging Lindsay
08/29 & 8/30 2000-Mansfield
7/2 & 7/11 2003-Mansfield
9/28 & 9/29 2004-Boston
5/24 & 5/25 2006-Boston-11th & 10th row
6/27 2008-Hartford -Front Row Center!
6/28 & 6/30 2008-Mansfield

08/01 (2nd row) & 08/02/2008 (Eddie Vedder) Boston


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  • iamicaiamica Chicago Posts: 2,628
    Chicago 1. Hurt and Ship Song, plus stories about his very first concert and bringing Thomas Young onstage twice.
    Chicago 2000 : Chicago 2003 : Chicago 2006 : Summerfest 2006 : Lollapalooza 2007 : Chicago 2009 : Noblesville (Indy) 2010 : PJ20 (East Troy) 2011 : Wrigley Field 2013 : Milwaukee (Yield) 2014 : Wrigley Field 2016
  • augustwestaugustwest Posts: 739
    you don't like neil young songs?
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,533
    You just proved yourself that the best show for a person is the one they went to. So Eddie NYC night 2 for me since I was 3rd row.
    severed hand thirteen
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  • mjbmjb Posts: 1,315
    I was partial to Toronto I (Believe You Me, The Seeker, first time playing Long May You Run) - a really nice show. Tor II was kinda insane with all the Neil-love - and Chi I (Hurt being enough reason alone)
  • my2handsmy2hands Posts: 17,117
    the two they taped for a DVD

    DC
  • like.echoeslike.echoes Posts: 582
    It's hard not to say the ones that you personally went to.

    I thought Montreal I had a great crowd and Eddie first did Blackbird there. But from what I've read, set-list wise, Toronto got the best with all the Neil songs, and Chicago with Hurt.

    Yeah, that's not really an answer, I know.
    nothing's changed but the surrounding bullsh1t
  • jked3jked3 Posts: 171
    Newark NJPAC...Eddie's new favorite place to play!
    Columbia 96/98;Randall's Island 96;Tibetan Freedom 97;Late Show 98;Camden 98/00/03/06/08;E Rutherford 98/06;MSG 98/03/08;VF Choice (DC) 98;Uniondale 03;State College 03;Holmdel 03;VF Change (Reading) 04;AC 05;Philly 05; Lolla 07.....[EV Newark 08]
  • Elway98Elway98 Posts: 23
    How bout the whole entire tour :)
    I Still remember lining up at an HMV in Calgary for Ten!!!
  • Solat13Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    From the ones I attended:

    Chicago 1
    Newark
    Chicago 2
    DC 1
    New York 1
    Santa Barbara
    LA 1
    LA 2
    - 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
  • like.echoeslike.echoes Posts: 582
    Solat13 wrote:
    From the ones I attended:

    Chicago 1
    Newark
    Chicago 2
    DC 1
    New York 1
    Santa Barbara
    LA 1
    LA 2

    I don't think you saw enough shows to really give an opinion here. :p
    nothing's changed but the surrounding bullsh1t
  • IAmMyselfIAmMyself Posts: 671
    Chicago 1
    "Please help me to help you, help yourself." EV
  • PJPATPJPAT Posts: 399
    Too tough to decide since the 3 I went to all were great for different reasons.

    Going by setlist I would say Chicago 1 and 2 are close.

    The Toronto show where he did Believe you Me would have beenn great to see.

    I loved Milwaukee because I saw the Fonz parade. HAHA!!!
    "All the money you make will never buy back your soul" Bob Dylan

    "I need honesty, I need truth, and I need hope...I need it! That's what music means to me." EV
  • allstar340allstar340 NYC Posts: 812
    Id either say toronto 2 or newark. dont know much about toronto 2 but it sonds like it was amazing with all the neil songs.
    Newark kicked ass.

    Amazing Standing O at the BEGINNING of the concert, we had to be told to sit.

    Tim Robbins in the house

    Unthought Known first time ever

    Masters of War was a great performance, very emotional in my opinion

    Turning Japanese lol

    Elderly Woman stand up sing-a-long

    Eddie felt tough....with his badass motherfuckin ukulele

    YELLOW LEDBETTER STORY

    Let my love open the door, with make and female sing-a-long parts

    ARC, what more can I say.

    Chandlelier lowering during hard sun, and Eddie having the crowd hold him up

    Respectful Crowd

    EXCELLENT NIGHT!
    08 -MSG I.eV Newark.Stone in BK. 09 -Spectrum II,III,IV. 10- Prudential Center.MSG I,II. Bridge School Benefit Nights I, II. 11- eV NY I, II. Bridge School Benefit Night II (eV solo). 12- Made in America Festival. 13- Oakland. 14- Bridge School Benefit Nights I, II. 17- eV Ohana. 18- Seattle I, II. 21- SHN. 22- ev & Earthlings Beacon, MSG, Camden. 23- eV & Earthlings Ohana. 24 - MSG I, II
  • gozzo5058gozzo5058 Posts: 611
    As i only saw both Montreal and Toronto shows, I would have to say Toronto 2 was the best followed by Montreal 2.

    That being said they were all great shows except for the f'n loogin drunken frat boys yelling out requests and interupting ed all the time...honestly i can get past that.

    Also, i'm sure all the other shows on the tour were great. Only wish i could have taken in more.

    Highights of Toronto 2: Venue (massey Hall) and ed's love in with Neil Young and veneration of Neil's Live at Massey Hall album, Liam's lead on Old man, EJ's harmonies on Helpless.

    although single best moment was Ed's version of "the Seeker" during Toronto 1.
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  • Hawk123Hawk123 Posts: 2,297
    I would have to go with Toronto night 2 for the following reasons:

    1. 4 neil covers
    2. Unplanned version of Patriot
    3. 2nd encore included 3 songs (old man, RITFW and hard sun) as opposed to usually only being hard sun
    4. Eddie on drums for Old Man
    5. Crowd standing through the entire second encore with lights on
  • arielariel Posts: 191
    I only went to TO 1 & 2, but there was something very magical about night 2. The setlist and the crowd and just something completely indescribable.

    Even listening to it again is hard, because I want to actually relive it, you know?

    Rarely have I felt this way after any show I've been to.
    Creating walls to call your own
    So no one catches you?
  • lumberjackphillumberjackphil Posts: 8
    Hawk123 wrote:
    I would have to go with Toronto night 2 for the following reasons:

    1. 4 neil covers
    2. Unplanned version of Patriot
    3. 2nd encore included 3 songs (old man, RITFW and hard sun) as opposed to usually only being hard sun
    4. Eddie on drums for Old Man
    5. Crowd standing through the entire second encore with lights on

    Well said, I agree, Toronto 2 was my fav as well. But have to throw in there "Masters of War" and "Arc" as highlights as well.
    09/13/05 Ham
    09/16/05 Ott
    09/19/05 05/09/06 05/10/06 TO
    05/17/06 Chic
    06/11/08 WPB
    06/12/08 TB
    EV- 08/10/08 Mon 08/12/08 TO 08/13/08 TO
  • Hawk123Hawk123 Posts: 2,297
    lumberjackphil wrote:
    Well said, I agree, Toronto 2 was my fav as well. But have to throw in there "Masters of War" and "Arc" as highlights as well.

    They were definate highlights forsure. Masters of War following long may you run was great. Arc was amazing as usual.
  • GratefulJamGratefulJam Posts: 1,803
    LA 1

    and

    NYC 2

    followed closely by MILWAUKEE (ROFLMAO)
    "thru extensive negotiations we managed to get the curfew moved back..... we still don't have any time to fu&k around...."

    LA II 06, SB 06, SF III 06, Kokua 07 Ed and Jack, Grant Park 07, EV Berk1 & LA 1 (nice job 10c), 08 DC, MSG1 &2, VH1 rocks, EV Bos II, EV NYC I & II, Milwaukee, EV Maui, EV Hono I & II, Chicago 09 I & II, LA 09 I & II & IV, SD 09 (my girlfriend hit the lottery, best concert of my life 10C rocks)KC 2010, STL 2010, Hartford. Boston, and MSG I & II "who goes around skinning cats anyway", PJ 20 2011 , Portland, Spokane, Seattle LA 2013, Home Shows + Missoula (fatal 👌)
  • shadowcastshadowcast Posts: 2,286
    Chicago #1
  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,496
    t 2 and
    NJPAC
  • stuckinlinestuckinline Posts: 3,384
    toronto 2
  • IndifferenceIndifference Posts: 2,739
    I thought the DC shows were better then Boston shows which is likely due to the timing of them during the tour............

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  • Pearl Jam_iePearl Jam_ie Posts: 821
    GratefulJam wrote:
    LA 1

    and

    NYC 2

    followed closely by MILWAUKEE (ROFLMAO)

    Milwaukee may not have been the best, but I think it gets the award for most infamous! Hard Sun was incredible that night, Ed was very intense....or pissed.
    "In certain trying circumstances...profanity furnishes a relief denied even to prayer." - Mark Twain
  • raa0425raa0425 Posts: 34
    I only went to both shows in Berkeley and DC, and of those I'd have to say Berkeley 2 followed a close second by DC 2.
  • F5F5 Posts: 791
    New York 1!!!!! Ok so I'm a little buyist since it was the only one I went to : ) But Eddie was just so happy to be out of Boston.
    Bridge - 10/25/03
    Mansfield I - 6/28/08
    Eddie NYC - 8/4/08
    Seattle - 9/21/09, 9/22/09
    Salt Lake City 9/28/09
    LA 9/30/09, 10/07/09
    San Diego 10/9/09
    Alpine Valley 9/03/11, 9/04/11
    Ashbury Park 9/18/21
    LA 5/06/21, 5/07/21
    Phoenix 05/09/22
    NYC 9/11/22
    Denver 9/22/22
  • DP13DP13 Posts: 278
    Anyone answering anything but Toronto II or Chicago I is clearly was not at either and is choosing a show they attended.
  • TonyCliftonTonyClifton Posts: 106
    Was at Santa Barbara and San Diego I. I'd have to say Toronto II was the best show of the entire tour based on setlist, runtime, and visual energy.

    I have footage from this show and Vedder is really bringing his A game. Just amazing seeing him on drums..

    San Diego I was best West Coast show IMO. Hehe..
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  • allstar340allstar340 NYC Posts: 812
    mitchmoore2 wrote:
    New York 1!!!!! Ok so I'm a little buyist since it was the only one I went to : ) But Eddie was just so happy to be out of Boston.
    *biased
    08 -MSG I.eV Newark.Stone in BK. 09 -Spectrum II,III,IV. 10- Prudential Center.MSG I,II. Bridge School Benefit Nights I, II. 11- eV NY I, II. Bridge School Benefit Night II (eV solo). 12- Made in America Festival. 13- Oakland. 14- Bridge School Benefit Nights I, II. 17- eV Ohana. 18- Seattle I, II. 21- SHN. 22- ev & Earthlings Beacon, MSG, Camden. 23- eV & Earthlings Ohana. 24 - MSG I, II
  • BlackCorduroyBlackCorduroy Posts: 1,374
    It's hard for me to not say Boston 2 since I am Lindsay :p, so I just won't count that one..
    Chicago 1 perhaps or one of the Torontos
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