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

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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 wasn't at the Toronto-1 2011 show, but the Bootleg is FANTASTIC!   

As Rummy has pointed out, ther was no obvious screw ups(though, i haven't listen to it for awhile) that i recall.  The Band was on fire! I HIGHLY recommend the Bootleg.

I wish i was at that show.

3days

I would throw East Troy, WI 2003 into the mix for consideration. I may be biased, having attended, but that was one hell of a night. Band was primed, setlist was great, crowd was cuckoo, weather was perfect, and it made for a superb bootleg... a perfect storm. 

I've seen a handful of shows from the list, and I would say that East Troy '03 is easily one of the best that I've attended. 

mwplum

Amazing, I can only imagine how much time you put into this! Great job!

Out of interest, what was your thought process in going with Fenway 2 over Fenway 1? In my humble opinion, both we fantastic, but leading off with Release into Long Road was just incredible...goosebumps, the return of I've got a Feeling for the first time in 12 years, etc...makes night 1 do it for me.

hinsey21

GardLivingston89 said:

You must of not been at the Hamilton show in 2011 then

I WAS!!

Great show though I prefer Hamilton 2005. Real Fun show.

hinsey21

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. 

Canada feels 9/11 too.  We are right next door.  Was also played Kitchener 9/11 2005.  Another great show worthy of this list.

SVRDhand13

mwplum said:

Amazing, I can only imagine how much time you put into this! Great job!

Out of interest, what was your thought process in going with Fenway 2 over Fenway 1? In my humble opinion, both we fantastic, but leading off with Release into Long Road was just incredible...goosebumps, the return of I've got a Feeling for the first time in 12 years, etc...makes night 1 do it for me.

It really came down to the length of the show. I could have easily put night 1 instead. I was very happy to be at both nights. 

JimmyV

SVRDhand13 said:

mwplum said:

Amazing, I can only imagine how much time you put into this! Great job!

Out of interest, what was your thought process in going with Fenway 2 over Fenway 1? In my humble opinion, both we fantastic, but leading off with Release into Long Road was just incredible...goosebumps, the return of I've got a Feeling for the first time in 12 years, etc...makes night 1 do it for me.

It really came down to the length of the show. I could have easily put night 1 instead. I was very happy to be at both nights. 

Night 1 was very good but they ran up against curfew in that second encore. Night 2 was close to perfect.

Merkin Baller

Having been at both Fenway shows, I would put night 2 ahead of night 1 for the energy alone.

You can certainly make the argument that night one had a better set list (on paper) and it was an amazing concert but the energy level on night 2 was different & doesn’t happen every night. The only other show of the 18 I’ve been to where I can recall energy like that was Hartford ’13. Those are the nights where something amazing happens between the band & the crowd feeding off of each other.  Those are the nights that make for epic concerts and beat out all others IMO.

Fenway 2 was a freight train, and easily one of the top 3 shows I’ve seen this band perform.

mschostok

Sick list, pretty much, if not, spot on. Similar to what a previous person asked, what was your thought process with Wrigley 2 over Wrigley 1? (I agree with you, but am just curious)

PJ_Soul

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.

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.