how was it? your 1st Pearl Jam concert...

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  • patrickredeyes
    patrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    1995-07-09 Milwaukee Wisconsin Summerfest

    Set 1 Act Of Love, Go, Last Exit, Spin The Black Circle, Tremor Christ, Corduroy, Not For You, Why Go, Jeremy, Deep, Daughter/(Another Brick In The Wall), Jeremy, Rearviewmirror, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Lukin, Animal, Dissident, Even Flow, Black, Alive, Blood
    Encore 1 Star Boy, Little Wing, Maggot Brain, Better Man, Porch


    I was very happy I remember at my first PJ show. :)
  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    Portland Meadows September 6, 1993

    Go, Animal, Even Flow, Alive, Blood, Once, Glorified G, Daughter/(Gimme Shelter), Deep, Jeremy, Black, State Of Love And Trust, Porch/(Suck You Dry), Why Go, Sonic Reducer, Crazy Mary w/ Victoria Williams, Rockin' In The Free World w/ Neil Young(End of Neil's Set)

    I remember it being super hot, surfed my way up to the rail and proceeded to get crushed and then I left the pit during Porch and was right in front of Ed as he was screaming and I looked out at the 20,000 people swarming and was hooked.
    NERDS!
  • Chazz
    Chazz Posts: 1,156
    Dublin 2006

    Inside Job, World Wide Suicide, Severed Hand, Animal, Do The Evolution, Given To Fly, Corduroy, Gone, Marker In The Sand, Daughter/(It's Ok), Better Man, Why Go, Education, Even Flow, Life Wasted, Rearviewmirror
    Encore 1 Indifference, Black, Crazy Mary, Alive
    Encore 2 The Boys Are Back In Town, Leash, Fuckin' Up

    It was fantastic, everything I expected it to be and more - but think I was a little bit in shock that I was actually there after wanting to see them for so long....(really regretted letting my situation dictate me not seeing them before, won't ever let that happen again!).

    The whole day was brilliant, queing and meeting other fans, then hearing The Boys Are Back In Town soundchecked, (gives me goosebumps thinking about it even now)....sigh, hope they don't leave it too long before another tour
    2006 - Dublin, Reading; 2007 - London, Copenhagen; 2008 - MSG; 2009 - SBE, Manchester, London; 2010 - Dublin, Belfast, London; 2012 - Manchester, Berlin; 2014 - Amsterdam, Milton Keynes; 2018 - London; 2022 - London; 2024 - Manchester
  • Danimal
    Danimal Posts: 2,000
    1994-04-12

    Venue Orpheum Theater: Boston, MA
    Opening Band(s) Mudhoney



    Oceans
    Even Flow
    Sonic Reducer
    State Of Love And Trust
    Hard To Imagine
    Immortality (Tags:Hey Hey, My My)
    Go
    Animal
    Glorified G
    Daughter (Tags:Suck You Dry)
    Alone
    Not For You
    Better Man
    Rats
    Blood
    (Encore 1)
    Release
    Tremor Christ
    Once
    Fuckin' Up
    Dirty Frank
    Yellow Ledbetter
    Jam (improv)
    Rearviewmirror
    Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town
    I've Got A Feeling
    "I don't believe in PJ fans but I believe there is something, not too sure what." - Thoughts_Arrive


  • kenshunt
    kenshunt London, Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,863
    DATE CITY STATE/COUNTRY VENUE

    2005-09-12 London Ontario John Labatt Centre

    Set 1 Oceans, Breakerfall, Corduroy, Hail Hail, Animal, Glorified G, Black Red Yellow, In My Tree, Better Man/(Modern Girl), You Are, Not For You, Jeremy, Wishlist, Even Flow, Bleed For Me, Rearviewmirror
    Encore 1 Nothing As it Seems, Off He Goes, Hard To Imagine, Alive
    Encore 2 Go, Grievance, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, State Of Love And Trust, Smile, Rockin' In The Free World
    Notes: Pre-opener: Growin' Up
    http://www.pearljam.com/tour/setlist.php?date=200509120000

    Fucking greastest concert i've been to :)
    London 2005
    Toronto 2011 night 2
    Hamilton 2011
    London 2013
  • Riverrunner
    Riverrunner Posts: 2,419
    Indian Summer wrote:
    08/15/00 - The Pyramid: Memphis, TN [130m]
    attendance: approx 14,000 (capacity is 22,000)
    support act: Sonic Youth
    soundcheck: Long Road (instrumental), jam, Last Exit (instrumental), Garden (instrumental), Stoney jamming (pieces of Black), guitar jam, keyboard/synth jam, I Can't Help Falling in Love (instrumental 2-3 times, then full 3 times!!), In My Tree (full)
    set: Of The Girl, Last Exit, Animal, Grievance, Corduroy, Tremor Christ, Nothing As It Seems, Wishlist, Can't Help Falling In Love With You (Elvis!), Given To Fly, In My Tree, Even Flow, I Got Shit, Better Man/(Save It For Later), Black, Insignificance, Rearviewmirror
    enc 1: Breakerfall, Do The Evolution, Thin Air, Nothingman, Elderly Woman, State of Love And Trust, Go
    enc 2: Footsteps, Baba O'Riley
    notes: Very enthusiastic, but not sold out crowd. Right before 'NAIS': "It's great to be here - it's great to be anywhere." After 'Wishlist,' Ed says, "I need a jacket for this next song ... something nice," and puts on a striped jacket, and then sings 'Can't Help Falling In Love With You,' starting slowly, and then the rest of the band joins in, working up to a somewhat fast, punky version. 'DTE,' Ed does this karate move aimed at Stone during his solo (probably imitating Elvis' karate fixation), and then he puts on Graceland souvenir gold Elvis sunglasses during the "hallelujah"'s. He changes the lyrics to, "I'm a thief, I'm a liar, I'm the king, and this is my choir." Right before 'Thin Air,' Ed says something about how "the big E-man" (Elvis) would have liked this one. Ed messes up the words to 'State.' During 'Go' the sunglasses reappear, and he does the Elvis kneel down and shake move, ending the song with more of the pseudo karate moves. Right after 'Footsteps' Ed says he wanted to thank the crowd for the great reception they gave Sonic Youth. The next song is dedicated to "a friend of mine who I'm only going to meet for the first time tomorrow. He's from West Memphis," leading to 'Baba' -- Stone doing some semi-Townshend moves, Ed exhorting the great crowd to sing along - tearing the house down. The band is on FIRE!



    Just joined the TenClub a few months earlier than this show. Ended up with 5th row seats right in front of Mike. Also got a brief appearance on the TB2K DVD during "Wishlist"...to prove it! I was awe-stricken. Went the next night in Nashville as well (6th row)

    This was my first concert too. However, I didn't join the 10 club until after this concert. However, seats weren't too bad. I was so overwhelmed I have trouble remembering details. But I remember the Elvis stuff.
    The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way it treats its animals. Ghandi
  • markymark550
    markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,224
    MattCameronKicksButt wrote:
    How do people remember the setlist?
    probably by using http://www.pearljam.com/tour/shows.php or something similar from the sky i scrape.....

    anyways, my first PJ (and first concert ever) was 8-4-2000 in Charlotte, NC:
    Supporting Act: Sonic Youth

    Set 1: Sometimes, Breakerfall, Corduroy, Hail Hail, Animal, Nothing As it Seems, Light Years, Given To Fly, Untitled, MFC, Habit, Even Flow, Wishlist, Better Man, Grievance, Present Tense, Black, Insignificance, Rearviewmirror

    Encore 1: Go, Do The Evolution, Once, improv, I Got Id, Last Kiss, Porch

    Encore 2: Yellow Ledbetter

    I had an awesome time! Nothing beats the feeling of hearing the opening chords at your first PJ concert. A lot of my favorites were played and I was able to rock out all night long. :D Mike really tore it up and was outstanding on Porch and Yellow Ledbetter. Excellent ending to a great night of music.
  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,169
    1996-09-29 New York New York Downing Stadium, Randall's Island

    Set 1 Sometimes, Go, Spin The Black Circle, Hail Hail, Animal, Tremor Christ, Who You Are, Corduroy, Lukin, Better Man, Not For You, Jeremy, Once, Rats, Last Exit, Habit, Rearviewmirror, Immortality, Whipping, I Got Id, Black, Alive, Porch

    Encore 1 In My Tree, Even Flow, Daughter/(The Real Me)/(Another Brick In The Wall)/(W.M.A.), Mankind, Long Road, Leaving Here

    Encore 2 Off He Goes, Present Tense, Yellow Ledbetter


    The standard by which all others are judged-epic show-I havent been the same since.
  • No Fear Of Falling
    No Fear Of Falling Posts: 419
    2004-10-01 Reading Pennsylvania Sovereign Center
    Description: Vote for Change Tour

    Set 1 Love Boat Captain, Animal, Brain Of J., Do The Evolution, Nothing As it Seems, Insignificance, American In Me, Gimme Some Truth, Given To Fly, 1/2 Full, Sad, Go
    Encore 1 acoustic Soon Forget, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Masters Of War, Nothingman, Crazy Mary
    Encore 2 Last Kiss, Daughter/(Blitzkrieg Bop), Bleed For Me, The New World, Alive
    Encore 3 Baba O'Riley, Yellow Ledbetter


    wow. just wow.
    2004 - 10/1, 10/11
    2005 - 9/15, 9/16, 9/30, 10/1, 10/3
    2006 - 5/5, 5/12, 5/13, 5/27, 5/28, 5/30, 6/1, 6/3, 6/23, 7/22, 7/23, 12/2
    2007 - 6/27, 8/3
    2008 - 6/14, 6/19, 6/20, 6/22, 6/24, 6/25, 6/27, 6/28, 6/30, 7/1
  • mookie9999
    mookie9999 Posts: 4,677
    1995-06-22 Sacramento California Cal Expo

    Set 1 Release, Last Exit, Spin The Black Circle, Animal, Tremor Christ, Jeremy, Corduroy, Lukin, Not For You, Dissident, Go, Even Flow, Daughter/(Another Brick In The Wall), Rearviewmirror, Habit, Immortality, Whipping, Black, Alive, Blood, Better Man, Sonic Reducer, Porch/(Steppin' Stone), Yellow Ledbetter

    Opening Act: Bad Religion

    Everything about this show was pure perfection. From the immense difficulty of obtaining tickets to the 110 degree weather everything seemed to fall into place and matter so much when I needed it most. My eyes welled up during Release, I lost my voice during Rearviewmirror, and was never the same by the final chord of Ledbetter. It is still my favorite of all the shows I've seen, will always be my favorite, and is the bootleg I have watched the most by far.
    "The leads are weak!"

    "The leads are weak? Fuckin' leads are weak? You're Weak! I've Been in this business 15 years"

    "What's your name?"

    "FUCK YOU! THAT"S MY NAME!"
  • NY PJ1
    NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    mookie9999 wrote:
    1995-06-22 Sacramento California Cal Expo

    Set 1 Release, Last Exit, Spin The Black Circle, Animal, Tremor Christ, Jeremy, Corduroy, Lukin, Not For You, Dissident, Go, Even Flow, Daughter/(Another Brick In The Wall), Rearviewmirror, Habit, Immortality, Whipping, Black, Alive, Blood, Better Man, Sonic Reducer, Porch/(Steppin' Stone), Yellow Ledbetter

    Opening Act: Bad Religion

    Everything about this show was pure perfection. From the immense difficulty of obtaining tickets to the 110 degree weather everything seemed to fall into place and matter so much when I needed it most. My eyes welled up during Release, I lost my voice during Rearviewmirror, and was never the same by the final chord of Ledbetter. It is still my favorite of all the shows I've seen, will always be my favorite, and is the bootleg I have watched the most by far.


    eyes welled up? hehe
  • mookie9999
    mookie9999 Posts: 4,677
    NY PJ1 wrote:
    eyes welled up? hehe

    Very rough year for me, so yeah. Even a cold hearted sarcastic prick like myself can have a soft side. :D
    "The leads are weak!"

    "The leads are weak? Fuckin' leads are weak? You're Weak! I've Been in this business 15 years"

    "What's your name?"

    "FUCK YOU! THAT"S MY NAME!"
  • Steve Dunne
    Steve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    springfield, ma '94
    with an ex-gf
    great night
    I love to turn you on
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,844
    1st real 10c tickets show for me was the PARAMOUNT 94 NY show i knew then that my investment to join the club was a sound one the rest is history :D ...set list look it up ...
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • zircona1
    zircona1 Posts: 293
    St. Louis 1998

    Set 1 Oceans, Hail Hail, Brain Of J., Spin The Black Circle, Tremor Christ, Given To Fly, In Hiding, Corduroy, MFC, Wishlist, Nothingman, Habit, Even Flow, Daughter/(Institutionalized), Immortality, Black, Alive
    Encore 1 Do The Evolution, Jeremy, I Got Id, Better Man/(Save it for Later), Fuckin' Up
    Encore 2 Yellow Ledbetter

    This was quite an experience. I woke up that morning and I had a cold. I felt weak and was drinking lots of liquids, but there was NO WAY IN HELL I was going to miss this.

    I went with my friends Jason and James. We drove up from Columbia, and we talked about what songs we hoped they would play. James wanted Nothingman, Jason wanted Black, I wanted a few - all of our wishes were granted!

    We all sat on the lawn. Being that I was still feeling sick (along with a scratchy throat) I couldn't give it my all, but I did my best. I was drinking water periodically the whole time, I left during Nothingman to get more.

    This is still the best PJ concert I've been to (I've seen them 5 times).
    "As long as the music's loud enough, we won't hear the world falling apart."—Jubilee

    "I'm not a very good American because I like to form my own opinions." - George Carlin
  • GraySaturday
    GraySaturday Posts: 2,878
    Opening: Sonic Youth
    Set List: (Eddie solo before Sonic Youth: Dead Man, Parting Ways) Of The Girl, Breakerfall, State of Love and Trust, Hail Hail, Do The Evolution, Faithfull, Nothing As It Seems, Corduroy, Untitled, MFC, Habit, I Got Shit, Off He Goes, Gods' Dice, Even Flow, Rival, Animal, Nothingman, Insignificance, Rearviewmirror;
    1st encore: Soon Forget, Better Man, Last Exit, Given To Fly, Footsteps, Last Kiss, Porch;
    2nd encore: Baba O'Riley

    9-2-00

    It was AMAZING. It was a few weeks before I turned 17, and I went with a bunch of friends and my boyfriend of the time. He was a HUGE fan and being there with him was amazing. I'll never forget him, he was so special to me. I was a fan of Pearl Jam before, but he really opened my love for PJ up. My life changed after seeing this show :)
  • stateoflove79
    stateoflove79 Posts: 2,845
    07/02/03 - Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts: Mansfield (Boston), MA
    support act: Buzzcocks
    preset: Dead Man (Ed solo)
    set: Oceans, Go, Hail Hail, Save You, Deep, Get Right, Dissident, I Am Mine, Even Flow, Help Help, Immortality, In My Tree, Light Years, Evacuation, Whipping, Grievance, Present Tense, Porch
    enc 1: Thumbing My Way, Elderly Woman, Smile, State Of Love And Trust, Leaving Here
    enc 2: Soon Forget, Bushleaguer, Fuckin' Up
    notes: 'Oceans' is gorgeous, taking many by surprise and Ed's voice is strong. Ed states that the band has a plan: "... we've worked up about 70 songs for this tour. We thought we would play three nights without repeating a song and get to every song ... we're actually playing about 105 ... this would put it at about 35 songs a night." Intense staredown between Mike and Ed during the 'Even Flow' solo, almost as if Ed is daring him to keep soloing, which he does for what seems forever. After 'Grievance,' Ed speaks about free speech and the government is cloaking themselves in the flag. He talks about Celine Dion and how she is still under the control of Sony Music etc, comparing her to a robot and that they put too much "ego chip" in her. Then, in reference to his own spitting, he says the reason she doesn't spit is because "I heard she swallows." After a lovely rendition of 'Present Tense,' Ed has a young fan count the "1,2,3,4" opening to 'Porch.' 'Thumbing My Way,' 'Elderly Woman' and 'Smile' are played by request. 'Bushleaguer' gets a rather chilly, confused reception. Ed using the mask, French kisses it and tosses it into the crowd. 'Fuckin' Up' is extended by a couple of minutes, with Mike soloing and the rest of the band jamming with huge smiles on their faces. The venue's 11 pm curfew made for a quick, tight show (although they did go a bit past 11). Great show with the band loving the crowd.


    All I gotta say was having Oceans being the first song you see live...(Minus the pre-set) was fucking astounding.
    Is it so wrong to think that love can keep us safe?
  • rhinomagic
    rhinomagic Charlottesville, VA Posts: 2,553
    GreenTeaDisease wrote:
    1994-04-11 Boston Massachusetts Boston Garden

    ...

    Ed bashed a hole in the stage with the base of the mic stand. It was the monday after kurt cobain died, so everything related to music was a bit off...

    I saw them in Memphis about two weeks prior to that date. That was my first show and was it ever exciting! They tagged Suspicious Minds on the end of Daughter and Baba O'Riley was played in the encore :D

    The "hole in the stage" was probably a trap-door gag. He did it in Memphis and I've read other reviews from '94 that said similar things.

    Hard to believe this was nearly 13 years ago. Wow.

    .
    Memphis 1994
    New Orleans 1995
    Fort Lauderdale 1996
    Atlanta & Birmingham 1998
    New Orleans 2000
    Tampa 2003
    Kissimmee 2004
    New York City (x 2) 2008
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    Chicago & New Orleans 2013
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    Baltimore 2020
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  • chiquimonkey
    chiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    i sorta see my 1st PJ show as two parts, since the SF show was cut short. i just copied & pasted below, courtsey of 5 horizons (best PJ site that ever existed!)

    06/24/95 - Golden Gate Park: Polo Fields: San Francisco, CA [140m]
    attendance: 53,440
    support act: Crash and Brittany and Bad Religion
    set: Last Exit, Spin the Black Circle, Go, Animal, Tremor Christ, Corduroy, Not for You
    "NeilJam" set: Big Green Country, Act of Love, Throw Your Hatred Down, Powderfinger, Truth Be Known, Rockin' in the Free World, The Needle and the Damage Done, Hey Hey My My, I'm the Ocean, Down By the River, Downtown, Cortez the Killer
    enc: Peace and Love, Rockin' in the Free World
    notes: Ed leaves the stage ill after seven songs. Neil takes the stage and the audience gets an impressive Mirrorball premier. The crowd behaves poorly.

    and then months later....

    11/04/95 - Spartan Stadium: San Jose, CA [155m]
    attendance: 35,000
    support act: The Fastbacks and Ben Harper
    soundcheck: Act of Love, I Got Shit, Red Mosquito
    Ed's pre-set: Dead Man
    set: Release, Even Flow, Last Exit, Animal, Dissident, Not for You, Rearviewmirror (w/ Who teaser), Elderly Woman, Go, Glorified G, Daughter/(Young Man Blues)/(W.M.A.), Deep, Jeremy, Corduroy, Lukin, I Got Shit, Spin the Black Circle, Red Mosquito, (So You Want to be a Rock 'n Roll Star), Brain of J, Why Go, Black, Alive/(Voodoo Chile teaser), Blood
    enc: Leaving Here, Better Man, Immortality, Porch, So You Want to be a Rock 'n Roll Star, Indifference
    notes: Ed opens the show early with the (then) unreleased 'Dead Man.' Later he quips, "So these are the faces I would have seen if I could have lifted my head up in San Francisco." After a long departure from these sort of antics, Ed climbs the speaker stacks and scaffolding during 'Porch.' He includes a bit of the 'Three Little Birds' tag in Porch, repeating the "every little thing's gonna be alright" line a few times. Ben Harper and Kim Warnick (from the Fastbacks) join PJ in 'Rock 'n Roll Star.'
  • TransplantedNewf
    TransplantedNewf Posts: 805
    09/24/05 St. John's Newfoundland
    12th row.

    Can't Keep, Go, Even Flow, Animal, Corduroy, Nothing As it Seems, Given To Fly, Grievance, Daughter/(Bad)/(Hey Ho Let It Go)/(W.M.A.), Lukin, U, Present Tense, Don't Gimme No Lip, Better Man/(Save it for Later), Porch, Save You

    Encore 1 Thumbing My Way, I Am Mine, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Black, Rearviewmirror

    Encore 2 Whipping, Do The Evolution, Spin The Black Circle, Last Kiss, Leaving Here, Alive, Baba O'Riley, Yellow Ledbetter

    I sobbed until halfway through Evenflow. People around me kept asking if i was okay. hahaha.
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