2003 had the wildest setlists and the best playing

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  • reedrothchild
    reedrothchild Posts: 635
    kosteva2 said:
    Agree w/ the OP.

    Spring-Summer '03 was my favorite tour.  Catalog wasn't as diluted w/ the more recent albums.  Good mix of the earlier albums.  Great covers every night.  Great energy every night.  The new arrangements with Boom in the mix really worked.  Band playing at a really high level, probably their tightest since the early days given how much they were playing live.  They really started pushing the show lengths longer this tour.  Not trying to s*it on post-2020 shows but night and day difference listening to these 2003 bootlegs compared to last couple years.  Played all over NA so didn't have to put up with people on the message boards complaining how they never play near them.  

    Bunch of hall of fame level shows:  State College, MSG1, Mansfield3.  Even the next tier really good:  Spectrum, Buffalo, Holmdel, many others.  

    October '05 another really good tour too.  The Philly '05 still one of my favorite bootlegs.  No album to promote so got some very unique sets every night.
    LOVE that Philly show and the Canadian tour that preceded it.  They threw down hard every night.
    "What can you expect when you're on top? You know? It's like Napoleon. When he was the king, you know, people were just constantly trying to conquer him, you know, in the Roman Empire. So, it's history repeating itself all over again."
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,146
    reedrothchild said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    Just realized I saw get right five times that tour.  
    Haha that’s a wild stat!  You could tell that was going to be one of the songs shelved after the tour was over.
    Yeah it was pretty flat live 
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • marumaruko
    marumaruko Posts: 414
    edited March 2024
    2003 is the allstar selection of live bootlegs, but I think the tour with the best combination of great setlists, set length, energy from the band and fans was 2016. Every show fantastic. 
    So my personal ranking would be 

    2016-2003-2005/6-2018-2013-2014-2022-2023

    Special mention for Bogota 2015 which had the best fan sound and interaction I've heard so far. 
    Skipped most of 2008,2009 and 2011 (except Toronto, Lima and Curitiba) because I thought the sound wasn't always as great as in other tours. 
    2000 is great, as well, but something about the mixing isn't really enjoyable to listen deeply. 
    Post edited by marumaruko on
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    2005 - Calgary, Winnipeg, Thunder Bay, Kitchener, Hamilton, Montréal, Ottawa
    2006 - Verona, Torino, Pistoia
    2007 - Munich
    2013 - Calgary
    2014 - Vienna
    2016 - Quebec, Ottawa, Toronto N1, Toronto N2, Pemberton
    2018 - Padova
    2022 - Frankfurt, Krakow, Quebec, Ottawa, Hamilton, Toronto  

  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 17,005
    This was my favorite tour too. Saw five shows which was the most I ever saw in a year. Not sure how the hell I afforded it because I was only 19. But the band was awesome that year. 

    Remember that cool bootleg companion book that came with the fanclub newsletter? 
    2000: Camden 1, 2003: Philly, State College, Camden 1, MSG 2, Hershey, 2004: Reading, 2005: Philly, 2006: Camden 1, 2, East Rutherford 1, 2007: Lollapalooza, 2008: Camden 1, Washington D.C., MSG 1, 2, 2009: Philly 1, 2, 3, 4, 2010: Bristol, MSG 2, 2011: PJ20 1, 2, 2012: Made In America, 2013: Brooklyn 2, Philly 2, 2014: Denver, 2015: Global Citizen Festival, 2016: Philly 2, Fenway 1, 2018: Fenway 1, 2, 2021: Sea. Hear. Now. 2022: Camden, 2024: Philly 2, 2025: Pittsburgh 1

    Pearl Jam bootlegs:
    http://wegotshit.blogspot.com

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