Best versions ever?

rummy

Best Why Go performances…
1. Atlanta 1994
2. Bologna 2006
3. San Francisco 2006
4. Mansfield 2003
5. Stockholm 2012
6. Edmonton 2011

* I feel that I’m forgetting an earlier version or two. Drop In The Park? Melbourne 1995?

rummy

Best performances of Do The Evolution…
1. Melbourne 1998
2. Los Angeles 1998
3. Lisbon 2000

4. Cleveland 2003
5. Toronto 1 2011 (follows Long Road)

rummy

Best performances of Breath…
1. Pistoia 2006
2. MSG 2003

3. Oslo 2012
4. Moore Theatre 1992
5. Ottawa 2011

I should add MSG ‘98 but I’ve only been including stuff that’s been officially released.

HK103094

Black -  Pistoia 2006. 

A lot of great moments for Black on the 2006 European tour, like Marseille and Milano.

Indifference - Bologna 2006

lastexitlondon

Naked John said:

rummy said:

AS4326 said:

Nice.  How about rats?  Atlanta 94 was pretty good.   Best superblood wolfmoon was Ohana 10/2 imo. 

Best Rats performances?
Atlanta 1994
Orpheum 1994
The Gorge 2006
Calgary 2011
Amsterdam 1 2012

Albany 2006

My first US show. Home of the river rats!

Force Of Nature

I remember years ago (maybe 2004ish) there was a thing called 'Green Habit' I believe which had the 'best' version of each song.  It was sequenced in the order the songs were first played live and went up to the VFC tour if I recall correctly.  Pretty sure I downloaded it somewhere and listened to it loads the time.

Planet of Sound

Force Of Nature said:

I remember years ago (maybe 2004ish) there was a thing called 'Green Habit' I believe which had the 'best' version of each song.  It was sequenced in the order the songs were first played live and went up to the VFC tour if I recall correctly.  Pretty sure I downloaded it somewhere and listened to it loads the time.

I had this burned to CDs back in the day!  All the versions were voted for on the RM forums, this is it if interested (looks like one track was subsequently added onto this list (KKK took my Baby Away) but a good reference).

Link: http://wegotshit.blogspot.com/2015/10/green-habit-compilation.html?m=1

AS4326

I remember Green habit!  Great call.   

Re Black, I recall Ed saying that Fort Worth 9/13/2023 was one of the best Mike solo’s he’s heard.   Give it a listen. 

rummy

Ridleybradout made an updated version of Green Habit about six years ago. Although It’s missing a few of my choices (impossible to make everyone happy) but it’s outstanding.

rummy

HK103094 said:

Black -  Pistoia 2006. 

A lot of great moments for Black on the 2006 European tour, like Marseille and Milano.

Indifference - Bologna 2006

Best Indifference performances…
1. Atlanta 1994
2. Bologna 2006 (indeed!)
3. Washington DC 1995
4. Toronto 2000
5. St. Louis 2003

Winnipeg 2011, Berlin 2012, and Calgary 2013 also worth mentioning.

ceska

ekwipt said:

ceska said:

A couple easy ones:
People Have the Power - Buffalo 2003
Daughter / It's OK - Jones Beach 2000

Long Road 3/29/98 - Ed & Jeff with Rahat Fateh Ali Khan or PJ 7/7/2006 with dedication to Clayton Liggett.

You could pick any version of any song from the MSG shows 9/11/98, 7/8/2003, or 5/21/2010 and not be wrong.

Don’t sleep on the Daughter/WMA/It’s OK
from 08/10/18 Seattle. IMO it surpassed Jones Beach. 

Good call - I caught Daughter/WMA/It's OK at Fenway 2018. Ed was a little clearer on the vocals of It's OK in 2018. JB 2000 version still gives me goosebumps. Hearing that live and in the moment was definitely one of those "Holy Shit, Something Special Is Happening" moments!

tbergs

ceska said:

A couple easy ones:
People Have the Power - Buffalo 2003
Daughter / It's OK - Jones Beach 2000

Long Road 3/29/98 - Ed & Jeff with Rahat Fateh Ali Khan or PJ 7/7/2006 with dedication to Clayton Liggett.

You could pick any version of any song from the MSG shows 9/11/98, 7/8/2003, or 5/21/2010 and not be wrong.

I'm going to challenge that Long Road with Eddie, Mike and Neil on the 9/11 tribute. That was an amazing version.
https://youtu.be/hjfzXKJ6VTo?si=eCXqqa1vQKve8Ur8

kotton_crown

Black - Pittsburgh ‘06
Daughter - Vegas ‘93

rummy

Better Man….
1. Kansas City 2000*

2. Ottawa 2005
3. Mexico City 3 2003
4. Los Angeles 1998
5. Prague 2006

*I could probably choose five performances from just the 2000 tour (Boise and Seattle are outstanding but KC tops them both for me)

I should mention State College 2003 and MSG 2010 but they both have a lot of crowd singing and I, respectfully, prefer to listen to EV sing the majority of the lyrics.

tbergs

Masters of War has 5 distinct versions I love; '92 Ed and Mike, 2003 Benny, 2004 David Letterman 2006 Newcastle and 2016 Wrigley.

https://youtu.be/dwa2jK0xglk?si=odg2DjFDWEC2puob

https://youtu.be/_aB8kSNlz2A?si=L6SyO4wSL2S55Qil

https://youtu.be/S2HfCuW0FeY?si=lkoJwj7VCbbV8p0r

Spiritual_Chaos

rummy said:

Best Why Go performances…
1. Atlanta 1994
2. Bologna 2006
3. San Francisco 2006
4. Mansfield 2003
5. Stockholm 2012
6. Edmonton 2011

* I feel that I’m forgetting an earlier version or two. Drop In The Park? Melbourne 1995?

Sthlm 2012 is a great (ten heavy boot) but never thought about why go standing out. Will have to locate my CD boot. 

The Boston 2003 I remember Jeffs bass being very pronounced in the mix in a great way. 

Why Go was kind of ”rare” in 2000/2003 if I remember it right

rummy

Spiritual_Chaos said:

rummy said:

Best Why Go performances…
1. Atlanta 1994
2. Bologna 2006
3. San Francisco 2006
4. Mansfield 2003
5. Stockholm 2012
6. Edmonton 2011

* I feel that I’m forgetting an earlier version or two. Drop In The Park? Melbourne 1995?

Sthlm 2012 is a great (ten heavy boot) but never thought about why go standing out. Will have to locate my CD boot. 

The Boston 2003 I remember Jeffs bass being very pronounced in the mix in a great way. 

Why Go was kind of ”rare” in 2000/2003 if I remember it right

I don’t think Why Go was played at all after 1995 until they broke it out in Bristow 2003 (similar rendition as Mansfield 2003).

For reasons I won’t get into here, I’m a big fan of the 2011 Canadian and 2012 European bootlegs so my choices will likely have a slight “lean” towards those performances.

tbergs

Porch for me will always have to be the '92 - '94 versions; Pinkpop, Unplugged, Pensacola and Atlanta. Such intense performances.

rummy

Best performances of Porch
1. Drop In The Park 1992
2. Atlanta 1994
3. Las Vegas 1993
4. Chicago 1995
5. MSG or Holmdel 2003

Others… Toronto 1 2011 and Berlin 2 2012

rummy

The fellas at the Live On Four Legs podcast have also made nice lists about the best live performances of many of their songs.