Sleight of Hand Request for Philly.
PearlJamaholic
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I know this is an absolute long shot, but I really need to hear Sleight of Hand in Camden Philly. Aside from the song meaning a lot to me, which I won't go into, (I guess that is common for a lot of PJ songs, for a lot of us.) This song has become my white whale. I some how keep missing it, and it has never been played in the Philly/Camden area.
2003 It was played 4 nights before the Philly show, then it was played the night before the Hershey show. So close this year.
2005 Was a repeat, 4 nights before the St Johns show I went to. (I was at the Philly show, that was a magical night, I shouldn't complain)
2006 Played 3 nights before the Boston shows and 2 nights after Camden (I got to see the return of Leash so I can't begrudge my luck too much)
2008 The night before the Camden shows. So close again!
2009 I was certain this was going to be the year. I had tickets to all 4 nights of the Spectrum shows, and they were gonna play all their songs! I took that with a grain of salt, Dirty Frank, BRY, etc might not make the cut. But Sleight of Hand usually makes a few appearances each tour, and was only played once up to this point of the tour. This was going to be it!... Until the lights went on at the end of the 4th night. What a fantastic stretch of shows, but I'm not going to lie. It stung a little not getting Sleight of Hand here. I was too hopeful and too arrogant, and I went home humbled but happy.
2013 2 nights before Philly, and then 4 nights after! When I saw they played it just before the shows I was going to I knew it wasn't going to happen, but then it got played so soon again after...
2016 3 nights before Philly and the last year it was played.
The hunt for my white whale does not end here. I figured it was time to get smart and try to figure out which waters Moby was going to be in next. Sleight of Hand has been repeated in only a few cities, Toronto, Berlin, Calgary, NY, Mansfield, and Virginia Beach.
2018 came around and only one of those cities was on the tour. So I put in for tickets to Berlin and won! I was going to my first European show, with the smallest of chances of success. To no surprise it didn't happen, but I finally got to hear Sometimes, it wasn't all for nothing after all. I got to see the Seattle shows and then went back home. The Chicago shows ended and Sleight of Hand had not made a single appearance this year. There was only 1 city left, and since 2000 it has been played every year there was a tour. Mansfield is sort of Boston-ish, this was going to be the repeat city. This was going to be the year. I didn't have tickets but thanks to some awesome fans I got hooked up for both shows. And Sleight of Hand ended it's streak of being played every year. The pre Vitalogy version of Immortality was worth all the effort, even if Sleight of Hand disappeared from the setlists.
I travelled the world for this song, tried my best this year and just couldn't make it happen. Sleight of Hand hasn't even made an appearance on a setlist to any show I have been to, not even as one that got scratched and replaced. Undone, Brother, and Strangest Tribe have shown up on setlists and not played... that's more than I have got with Sleight of Hand.
And now I'm watching these setlists, NY is right before Camden, and has been a popular spot for this white whale. I've tried for tickets to MSG every chance, and I haven't given up yet on getting to NY (And this is not a subtle request for a spare for MSG, I am not taking any help) A friend that went to my 1st PJ shows back in 2003, hasn't seen them since 2004. And I'm taking him to Camden cause he wants to see PJ again after all the shows he missed. I'm only going to NY if I can find a decent pair that I can bring him with. Even knowing MSG might be a good chance for the song, I may pass up the show if he can't also make the trip.
2022 was the same old story, Song was played 2 nights before Camden
So that's the story and a big request. Like Ahab I think I am not going to win this battle, but this hunt isn't over until I get dragged to the bottom of the sea.
Anything can happen at a PJ show, I've been to enough to know that is true, but Sleight of Hand in Camden Philly?
***Update***
Updating this to extend a request for Sleight of Hand in Philly later this year. Thought maybe Vegas had a chance of it, anniversary of Binaural of May 16th, they played Vegas that night, maybe there was a chance, no such luck again. But those Vegas shows were amazing anyways.
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