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What's PJ's worst show ever?

musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
edited July 2008 in The Porch
They are known for being a band who puts on one of the best live shows and plays like every show is their last, buts lets be real people, even Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods have off days.

What were some of the worst shows in PJ history? Shows where their heart didnt seem in it? Shows where everything went wrong?
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  • weekapaug19weekapaug19 Posts: 2,293
    hartford 98? but it wasn't really the bands fault, so i'm not sure you can say it was the worst show ever...killer setlist for a "short" show
  • LukinFanLukinFan Florida Posts: 29,066
    not sure why, but people on here always say Cincy 06. I think the boot is pretty good though
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  • BravejamriotBravejamriot Posts: 217
    San Fran in 95? When Eddie had to leave because he was ill... It turned into a cool NeilJam set, but im sure people there were pissed
  • 12345AGNST112345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    weekapaug19 wrote:
    hartford 98? but it wasn't really the bands fault, so i'm not sure you can say it was the worst show ever...killer setlist for a "short" show

    and one of the best was hartford 10 years later. hehehehe

    I heard there was one show in '03 where they only played about 25 songs and it was mainly all greatest hits. I saw the set on paper and it looked like what a PJ set would be if the band decided to "sellout" and turn into a pure mainstream act. Could you imagine that?
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  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,508
    LukinFan wrote:
    not sure why, but people on here always say Cincy 06. I think the boot is pretty good though


    Cincy 06 was a terrific show with great energy.

    People complain about it because they only care about setlists.
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  • nfanelnfanel Posts: 2,558
    cincybearcat wrote:
    Cincy 06 was a terrific show with great energy.

    People complain about it because they only care about setlists.
    i saw 13 shows in 06 and cincy was one of my favorites. crowd energy was amazing that night.
  • HailHailLeathermanHailHailLeatherman Posts: 126
    Reading 04 VFC- Tim Robbins and that awful song almost killed the entire show for me.
  • behindtheeyesbehindtheeyes Posts: 158
    I'm going to say Hershey '03 (of the shows that I've been to.) It was an add-on show and was the night after their marathon Boston show (45+ songs?) The venue sucked and the band just seemed tired and not into it.

    On the other hand, it's where 'mosquito bites' was born, so I guess it had it's moments.
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  • Pearls&StonesPearls&Stones Posts: 585
    behindtheeyes wrote:
    I'm going to say Hershey '03 (of the shows that I've been to.) It was an add-on show and was the night after their marathon Boston show (45+ songs?) The venue sucked and the band just seemed tired and not into it.


    I was coming on to say Hershey was my least favorite of the 13 shows I've been to. It was ok, but certainly not among any of the Pittsburgh, Cleveland or Boston shows I've been to.

    As much as I like Tim Robbins, he was an ass at those 2004 shows. It didn't change the fact that Pearl Jam was awesome, though.
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  • MegaphoneWhisperMegaphoneWhisper Posts: 219
    How could there be a worse show than Roskilde 2000?
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  • Pearls&StonesPearls&Stones Posts: 585
    MegaphoneWhisper wrote:
    How could there be a worse show than Roskilde 2000?

    I think it was understood they meant "Besides Roskilde..."
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  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    there was an 03 boot i was listening to recently, but i cant recall which. they sounded like they were just going through the motions. i very rarely, if ever, feel the vibe i was getting from that boot.....pretty useless without the name i know, but i think the worst show they ever played is hidden somewher in that 2003 tour.



    the 95 food poisining show you cant really count, cause they didnt play. anybody MAD at HAVING to see NEIL YOUNG play with PJ is a dolt. even though they played some songs twice.hehehe, damn tuna sandwich. poor ed, at least he tried.
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  • MegaphoneWhisperMegaphoneWhisper Posts: 219
    Pearls&Stones wrote:
    I think it was understood they meant "Besides Roskilde..."

    Oh. Ok.

    Then I have to go with the Tim Robbins debacle.
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  • HailHailVitalogyHailHailVitalogy Posts: 5,465
    HailHailLeatherman wrote:
    Reading 04 VFC- Tim Robbins and that awful song almost killed the entire show for me.


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    Reading 2004 was the most energetic show I have ever seen, it was absolutely INSANE

    Hartford 2006 and Holmdel 03 gets my vote of the shows I've been to
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  • libragirllibragirl Posts: 4,632
    MegaphoneWhisper wrote:
    How could there be a worse show than Roskilde 2000?

    exactly...bad for everyone all around...that was so sad :(


    All the shows I have been to have been awesome :)
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  • riffrandallriffrandall Posts: 685
    Any time they decide to share the stage with Sleater Kinney things do not go well.
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  • jmccue7jmccue7 Posts: 119
    i dunno about worse show, but the few songs they did with those backup singers at MSG I and II absolutely SUCKED ASS.

    i didn't know WMA needed to have a dance to it. some bands just weren't meant to have backup singers.
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  • Panic821Panic821 Posts: 106
    which one was the 'shoe the shoeless' gig? i'm pretty sure that one sucked.
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  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    PJ_Panic wrote:
    which one was the 'shoe the shoeless' gig? i'm pretty sure that one sucked.

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  • edvedderrocksedvedderrocks Posts: 1,001
    haven't heard on yet that I didn't like...
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  • LeatherMosquitoManLeatherMosquitoMan Posts: 4,034
    PJ_Panic wrote:
    which one was the 'shoe the shoeless' gig? i'm pretty sure that one sucked.


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  • I_Got_ShitI_Got_Shit Posts: 325
    The first MSG show in '98 is notoriously weak, especially for MSG. I'm sure that's what Ed is referring to on the Garden DVD when he says there's one they'd like to make better.
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  • CityMouseCityMouse Posts: 1,010
    I really didn't enjoy Augusta, ME 1996 very much.
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    Brisbane 1 2003 was pretty flat.
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  • ManofthepresenttenseManofthepresenttense Posts: 259
    this show seems pretty lame on paper, i remember reading it was extremly cold and the band had no energy, pretty standard setlist...


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  • DocChicagoDocChicago Posts: 653
    Didn't Rodman screw up the 1998 Dallas gig? I seem to recall that was a mess.
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  • smithnicsmithnic Posts: 1,563
    Manofthepresenttense wrote:
    this show seems pretty lame on paper, i remember reading it was extremly cold and the band had no energy, pretty standard setlist...


    birmingham 2003




    Set 1 Go, Save You, Spin The Black Circle, Even Flow, Daughter, Better Man, Not For You, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Love Boat Captain, Corduroy, You Are, Thumbing My Way, Given To Fly, Wishlist, Animal, Do The Evolution
    Encore 1 Last Kiss, Black, Alive
    Encore 2 Soldier Of Love, Leaving Here, Yellow Ledbetter


    only 22 songs


    But that would be a killer setlist for most other bands.

    I think the "bad" PJ shows were because of other things like sickness or death.

    The "shoe the shoeless" show was pretty good actually. Just a lot of yelling back at the crowd for throwing shoes at them. I love the rant about Jeff and him kicking the asses of all the shoeless fans.
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  • NeilJamNeilJam Posts: 1,191
    Columbus 2003 was my least favorite show. They even played the song most of us seem to hate - Evacuation.
  • Sane MarySane Mary Posts: 223
    Bravejamriot wrote:
    San Fran in 95? When Eddie had to leave because he was ill... It turned into a cool NeilJam set, but im sure people there were pissed
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  • ManofthepresenttenseManofthepresenttense Posts: 259
    CityMouse wrote:
    I really didn't enjoy Augusta, ME 1996 very much.

    i loved that show, small venue, hearing i am a patriot at my first show was something i never would have imagined.

    i would not have enjoyed as much if i tried to stay up front, it was hot and people were pushing and shoving like crazy, it was insanity.
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