TOP PEARL JAM SHOWS OF ALL TIME (according to SVRDhand13)

Zod

PJ_Soul said:

loganandsienna said:

Love the list. Fantastic work.
But two shows I'd argue for:

2012 - Missoula.  Playing in front of all of Jeff's friends in a 6,000 seat arena. 

2013 - I was at Seattle show and while it was good, I was one of those that left disappointed because I had been at the show in Spokane a week earlier. The building was nuts being the first show in Spokane in 20 years. The setlist was written by band-friend Steve Gleason. Was a remarkable night. 

I also don't think Seattle 2013 belongs in the list.

I was at the Vancouver show 2 days before the Seattle one, and the Vancouver one is a top 5 for me.  It was insanely good.   Sometimes (Quite often) the Vancouver crowds respond very well to Pearl Jam.    The Seattle show was pretty good, but didn't seem as good to me.    I'm also comparing pit tickets to obstructed view behind the stage on the upper deck tickets, but the Vancouver show was one of the best I've seen.

dimitrispearljam

for sure BERLIN 09 AND BERLIN 10 MUST BE IN THE LIST..AND AT 2006 AND 2003 ..U MISSED EPIC SHOWS..EPIC ONES!!
AND WHERE THE FUCK IS JAX 16??ARE U KIDDING ME??

SVRDhand13

dimitrispearljam said:

for sure BERLIN 09 AND BERLIN 10 MUST BE IN THE LIST..AND AT 2006 AND 2003 ..U MISSED EPIC SHOWS..EPIC ONES!!
AND WHERE THE FUCK IS JAX 16??ARE U KIDDING ME??

Jax 16 doesn't make my list because I did not get a shout out haha

im turning this list into top 109 eventually- for my own amusement. I know it's bias and I know I'll always be missing shows. It's fun to go through their history. 

Also i knew seattle 13 would be an unpopular pick. 

SVRDhand13

Edited the title- no one can argue I was wrong now haha

brianwilson

Great minds think alike - I've been to 13 shows in my life since 93, and it's nice to hear that I've been to 3 of the shows 

Air23

Champaign 2003 is a very good show

Brisk.

But your list doesn't contain only shows I've been to??

dimitrispearljam

Air23 said:

Champaign 2003 is a very good show

i would put it in top 10

dimitrispearljam

ill just add 10 shows,,im sure u will add it in the list if u listen to them

Daly city 91
Red rocks 95
Lisbon 96
Champaign 03
Fargo 03
Marselle 06
Zagreb 06
Sydmey 1 - 06
Spokane 13
Trieste 14

and for sure..berlin 09-berlin 10 

mcgruff10

dimitrispearljam said:

Air23 said:

Champaign 2003 is a very good show

i would put it in top 10

Top ten for that leg of the 2003 tour sure.  Top ten all time?  no way. 
There were so many better shows in 03 than champaign.  

SVRDhand13

dimitrispearljam said:

ill just add 10 shows,,im sure u will add it in the list if u listen to them

Daly city 91
Red rocks 95
Lisbon 96
Champaign 03
Fargo 03
Marselle 06
Zagreb 06
Sydmey 1 - 06
Spokane 13
Trieste 14

and for sure..berlin 09-berlin 10 

I've heard all of them except that 91 show. A few will make the update. 

dimitrispearljam

mcgruff10 said:

dimitrispearljam said:

Air23 said:

Champaign 2003 is a very good show

i would put it in top 10

Top ten for that leg of the 2003 tour sure.  Top ten all time?  no way. 
There were so many better shows in 03 than champaign.  

like u have a clue what a good show is
last good one u went was at 98 in msg

dades

Glasgow Cathouse 1992

dades

Fookin' epic it was, life changing

RS65573

mcgruff10 said:

hinsey21 said:

rummy said:

mcgruff10 said:

bootlegger10 said:

If Toronto 2011 is on the list because of a Neil Young solo than Toledo 2004 should be on it.

toronto 2011 is way overhyped.

Toronto 1 is in my top five easily. Pj and the crowd were on fire all night. Toronto 1 blew pj20 out of the water. 

There's so much more to Toronto (2011-09-11) than the NY ending:

- the opening of Long Rd into Evolution was killer.
- The "Man Trilogy"
- All the extended tags ...Modern Girl, Save it For Later, We Belong Together, one of the greatest ever IT'S OKAY performances...
- No screw ups...all the war horses played to perfection (RVM, Porch, Alive, ...)
-heck, for those of you who are sick of it, no Even Flow (sadly, no Corduroy either)

This show is the reason I'm a ten club member. Better late than never, I guess.

All of this plus CHLOE/CROWN.

When i listen to this show as well, there are really no flubs either which is rare.  They played really well that night.

Of the 24 shows I've been to its in my top 2 with Buffalo 03.  I really don't believe the show is overhyped.

I know the show was in Canada but long road being played on 9/11 was perfect. 

Did you guys notice the last line of long road Neil Young tease? This show was epic. Was lucky to be there. 

mcgruff10

dimitrispearljam said:

mcgruff10 said:

dimitrispearljam said:

Air23 said:

Champaign 2003 is a very good show

i would put it in top 10

Top ten for that leg of the 2003 tour sure.  Top ten all time?  no way. 
There were so many better shows in 03 than champaign.  

like u have a clue what a good show is
last good one u went was at 98 in msg

Says the guy who lost his pj virginity in 2006.

NWOntario

Buffalo 2003 is the best concert I've seen, period, let alone best Pearl Jam concert. It was an unreeeeeal night. It was the first gig after the Nassau Coliseum/Bu$hleaguer debacle and it felt like the band was trying to prove something that night in Buffalo (although I'm not sure what...). Anyway, 41 shows for me and the only one that comes near Buffalo was the second Toronto show in 2006, which I think was the best PJ crowd I've been part of.

SVRDhand13

Edit coming within the next few weeks I promise

Spiritual_Chaos

Good of you picking Boston 2010.

Spiritual_Chaos

dimitrispearljam said:

for sure BERLIN 09 AND BERLIN 10 MUST BE IN THE LIST..AND AT 2006 AND 2003 ..U MISSED EPIC SHOWS..EPIC ONES!!
AND WHERE THE FUCK IS JAX 16??ARE U KIDDING ME??

Haven't listened to the Berlin 2009 boot in years. But remembering his voice not being the best.

Spiritual_Chaos

Why did you pick the Torino show from the italy-leg?

SVRDhand13

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Why did you pick the Torino show from the italy-leg?

Avocado in its entirety 

2-feign-reluctance

Man, the fucking Vic show. Holy shit. 

Brisk.

what are your credentials SVRD?

bootlegger10

mcgruff10 said:

dimitrispearljam said:

Air23 said:

Champaign 2003 is a very good show

i would put it in top 10

Top ten for that leg of the 2003 tour sure.  Top ten all time?  no way. 
There were so many better shows in 03 than champaign.  

I will say that Champaign had a certain intangible of "you had to be there".  It felt like an amphitheater but indoors.  Ed even commented by saying (I'm paraphrasing) "I feel like a lion in a cage.  Any Christians want to be eaten tonight?"  the vibe in the room was just amazing.  The show started off with Do the Evolution and it felt like it never slowed down from there. 

SVRDhand13

Brisk. said:

what are your credentials SVRD?

Harvard, Bachelors Degree in Rock and Roll History, magna cum laude
Yale Law, concentration in the contracts of Pearl Jam, summa cum laude 

okay, you got me, just a fan who listens to a lot of shows

MKSNYC

This is an awesome list and a great motivator to listen to shows I have never checked-out before - thanks for the effort!

re 2016, I loved MSG 2 and will need to see if all of your 2016's top it :-)

gettingright

Goddamn it, I typed like 4 paragraphs and it only posted two lines. 
Heres the cliffs notes:
GR06 was amazing
telluride should be in the list 
Boston night 1 beats night 2 (strangest tribe)
i have less than 0.0000000000000000001% of all the knowledge in the universe 
thank you

Spiritual_Chaos

SVRDhand13 said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Why did you pick the Torino show from the italy-leg?

Avocado in its entirety 

I don't know if I would see that a strength trumping the others. But ok!

PB11041

3.2.1992 Den Haag Holland has to be on this list. Has to...