Songs that you fully appreciated only after seeing at a show

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  • mookie10
    mookie10 Posts: 41
    blood
    "Well I guess there's nothing wrong with what you say, but dont sell me there can't be better ways"
    ~Pearl Jam
  • NCBRI
    NCBRI Posts: 1,902
    Faithful - It was an afterthought to me when the album came out, but when I saw them perform it live on the Yield Tour in Raleigh, it clicked instantly. I was singing along as if it was an old familiar favorite. One of my favorite moments at my first show. Haven't heard it live since. Hopefully that will change in June.
    Brian
  • AndySlash
    AndySlash Posts: 3,287
    1/2 Full
    In My Tree
    Present Tense
    Long Road (Thank you, San Diego 06)
    Down
  • sinks himself deep
    sinks himself deep Posts: 8
    both all those yesterdays and pilate from the minneapolis show in 98. they both sounded good on yield but much much better live. also love boat captain. never seen it live myself but it sounds great on the msg boot from 03
    ransom paid the devil he whispers pleasing words


    mpls 6-30-98 w/frank black and the catholics
    st paul 6-16-03 w/idlewild
    st paul 6-26-06 w/tom petty and the heartbreakers

    mansfield 6-30-08 w/ted leo and the pharmacists
  • jimbojones1138
    jimbojones1138 Posts: 3,640
    sleight of hand...

    its just one of those mediocre songs on an album that you know will be much better once heard live
    it's largely due to eddie that i liked to jump off of things as a child...
  • AndySlash
    AndySlash Posts: 3,287
    sinks himself deep wrote:
    all those yesterdays from the minneapolis show in 98.


    "Don't you think you oughtta rest...."

    *Stone's amp goes to shit; song comes to a halt*

    "Appparently... yes!"

    *crowd goes apeshit for the next 3-4 minutes*
  • vitodacat
    vitodacat Posts: 475
    For me, it is actually Comatose...I never liked it while listening to Avocado, but at Irving Plaza it blew me away live


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  • Eliot Rosewater
    Eliot Rosewater Posts: 2,659
    alive.

    the energy and power behind it with certain crowds is amazing. not my favorite song, by any means, but i didn't really appreciate it that much until seeing it live.

    now at least i get it and can really enjoy it live.
  • se7v7en
    se7v7en Philadelphia, PA Posts: 329
    LBC and Blood
  • UpSideDown
    UpSideDown Posts: 1,966
    thumbing my way
  • hrd2imgn
    hrd2imgn Southwest Burbs of Chicago Posts: 4,925
    love half full live

    Bushleaguer- loved this song after hearing it live, hated it before

    U

    Immortality was always a favorite, but after Chicago 95 (best version EVER) I just never tire of hearing it on the boot

    Hard To Imagine my favorite song, but love it even more after the VIC
  • beachdweller
    beachdweller Posts: 1,532
    God's Dice, like Binaural as an album, but God's Dice doesn't really stand out to me, but everytime I hear it live it does. Love it live...
    "Music, for me, was fucking heroin." eV (nothing Ed has said is more true for me personally than this quote)

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  • pjfan31
    pjfan31 Posts: 7,335
    Alright 2 for me.... first one Soon forget the second one and please go easy on me.... Last kiss, it fkn rocked.
    Sydney 11/02/2003
    Sydney 14/02/2003
    Sydney 07/11/2006
    Sydney 18/11/2006
    Sydney 22/11/2009
    EV Sydney 18/03/2011
    EV Sydney 19/03/2011
    EV Sydney 20/03/2011
    Melbourne 24/01/2014
    Sydney 26/01/2014
    EV Sydney 13/02/2014
  • AnthonyD1987
    AnthonyD1987 Boston, MA Posts: 347
    Mine are probably Whipping, Love Boat Captain, and I guess Crazy Mary. It's not that I never liked the songs, it's more that I never really bothered listening to them. Now they're big favorites when I download a new boot, among the songs I look for in the set.

    I almost forgot, after hearing Release open my first ever show, it became one of my favorites instantly. Whenever I listened to Ten, after Deep, I was on such a hard rock high, that I never bothered with Release because it was too slow for me right after Deep, so I never bothered with it. How foolish of me. What a song.
    492xxx

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    2008: MSG 1 and 2, Mansfield 1 and 2
    2010: Boston
    2012: Made in America Philly
  • Schoki
    Schoki Posts: 5,072
    Sometimes and Footsteps
  • SENROCK
    SENROCK Posts: 10,736
    walkunafraid wrote:
    I have had a few experiences in which I didn't fully appreciate a PJ song until seeing it played live.

    The first and most blatant is "In Hiding." For some crazy reason, I never really paid attention to it on Yield. Then, I sent to my first PJ show -- Missoula, Montana 1998 -- and it was the highlight of the set. The power of the song struck me and carried me to a whole new place. Since then, it has been in the upper echelon of PJ songs in my mind.

    Another is "Hard to Imagine." Hearing it at the Santa Barbara Bowl in '06 was awesome and completely upped my opinion of the song.

    Finally, I was pretty neutral on "I am Mine" until hearing it at Ed's solo shows. Goddamn it is a powerful, intense song! I might have never realized it if Ed hadn't chosen to bust it out at his solo gigs.


    Interested to hear any similar experiences...
    mine would be DTE. cant stand the studio version but LOVVVE it live!!!
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  • Chazz
    Chazz Posts: 1,156
    Crazy Breed wrote:
    smile - no code is # in my book and i always liked this song but seeing it live and listening to Ed whale on the harmonica live took this song to a whole new level for me.
    anyone else see this live and feel the same?

    No! but I need to - this is one of my favs, would LOVE to hear this live.

    For me it would be Education, never took any notice of this on the CD but really love it since hearing it live....

    Also Bu$hleaguer, really disliked it to start with, but is was starting to grow on me, then saw it at Wembley - it was so much better live, love the guitar intro
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