Your Top 5 Shows Seen Live
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Ive been lucky enough to see 85 shows and it's kind of hard to rank them. But the 5 that come to mind are:
1. 6/20/95 - Red Rocks
2. 9/1/05 - Gorge
3. 9/11/98 - MSG
4. 11/6/00 - Seattle
5/ 7/11/03 - Mansfield
Honorable mention going to:
10/8/00 - Ice bowl show
10/9/00 - Chicago
11/5/00 - Seattle Great show horrible crowd
7/22/98 - Seattle
11/3/00 - Boise107 Shows and counting0 -
Boston - Orpheum - April 12, 1994 .. as I've said many times before, the show that vaulted them from a great band to my faovrite band ... the set list was crazy (picked by the road crew), 4 or 5 new songs from the upcoming Vitology (my favorite album) and remember, this was before youtube and leaks, so, hearing these tunes was really special, plenty of rarities ... was about 9th row ... just an amazing evening.
others
Masnfield 1 - 2000 (8/29/2000) aside from the above show, my faovrite set list, great vibe. Of the Girl as an opener ... I could listen to it over and over again.
Mansfield 1 - 2003 - (7/2/2003) everyone always talks about Mansfield 3 of the experiment, but, the first show, the one where they announced their intentions ... tons of excitement from both the crowd and the band ... very underrated show.
San Francisco 3 - 2006 (7/18/06) These shows were the first time I got to see PJ outside of the Boston area, now in my new home of SF. General Admission was a sweet bonus as it got me nice and close. First time they played IN San Francisco (the city) in over a decade, so the crowd was all jacked up
MSG 2 - 2008 (June 25, 2008) ... plenty has been said already about this one.
Soon to make the list ... SEATLLE 9/21/2009!!!"You're one of the few Red Sox fans I don't mind." - Newch91
"I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez0 -
Yellow Bedwetter wrote:[quote="mach271"
Dude, wasnt RI nite 2 1996 amazing or what?!
It was my first show. There was no assigned seating and i crept up to what was equivalent to say 5th row (moshing was to brutal up front)....
Do you remember before the show....hours before the show....there was a clown roaming around the crowd.....everybody was drunk/stoned and breaking this clowns balls......months later i was reading an article in magazine (forget wich rag) where it stated that clown was EDDIE VEDDER!
That blew my mind....
Anybody remember this?
Its true....VEDDER dressed up as a clown to fuck with everyone....I think it was stated in the SPIN edition where they were on the cover....1998 i wanna say......0 -
Its true....VEDDER dressed up as a clown to fuck with everyone....I think it was stated in the SPIN edition where they were on the cover....1998 i wanna say......[/quote]
no shit? crazy story.live and let live...unless it violates the pearligious doctrine.0 -
1) Buffalo 03' -my first of 17 shows to date...and still my favorite...incredible!
2) Toledo, OH VFC 04' (Uncle Neil popped in for a visit)
3) Ottawa 05'
4) Kitchener 05'- A real "kick to the balls" setlist...eddie was drunk out of his mind and let it all hang out!
5) Hartford 08'...of all my shows...seemed like eddie and mike were feeding off each other like there was no tomorrow...truly felt like a concert from the mid 90's...especially with that parking lot scene beforehand~!
MSG 1/2 08' honorable mention0 -
Since I'm a once a tour guy, I'll do my top 3
1. Bonnaroo
2. Chicago 98
3. Nashville 00Chicago 6/29/98 - Nashville 8/17/00 - Cleveland 4/25/03- Chicago 6/18/03
Chicago 5/16/06 - Milwaukee 6/30/06 - Bonnaroo 6/14/08 - Milwaukee (EV)8/19/08
Chicago 8/23/09 - St. Louis 5/4/10 - East Troy 9/3/11 - East Troy 9/4/11
Minor League Park 7/19/13 - Milwaukee 10-20-14 - Bonnaroo 6/11/16
Minor League Park 8/20/16 - Minor League Park 8/22/16
Minor League Park 8/18/18 - Minor League Park 8/20/18 - Los Angeles 4/16/200 -
1) 9/1/05 - The Gorge
2) 5/3/03 - State College
3) 9/24/96 - Merriweather Post Pavillion, MD. My 1st show!!!
4) 8/25/00 - Jones Beach, NY
5) 4/28/03 - The SpectrumDC-9/24/96
Philly-8/28/98, 8/29/98, 9/1/00, 9/2/00, 4/28/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 10/3/05, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 4/28/16, 4/29/16
Jones Beach-8/25/00
PSU-5/3/03
Irvine-6/2/03
San Diego-6/5/03
Hershey-7/12/03
Reading-10/1/04
The Gorge-9/1/05
Vancouver-9/2/05
AC-9/30/05
E. Rutherford, NJ-6/1/06,6/3/06
Bonnaroo-6/14/08
VA Beach-6/17/08
MSG-5/20/10,5/21/10
Baltimore 10/27/130 -
Dallas '98
Austin '95 (first show)
EV Ryman
Vegas '03 (worst 10c seats i've had but great show)
San Antonio '03
I hope ACL or LA4 make the list.This show, another show, a show here and a show there.0 -
1)State College 2003- The greatest and longest show ever, at the greatest College ever, from the second row!
2)Boston 3 Experiment 2003 - no explanation needed
3)Philly 2005 wachovia - great set list (let's hope the upcoming Philly shows are more like this and less like Camden shows!)
4)Gorge 1/2 2006 - amazing shows, too hot though!
5)Toledo 2004 - VFC with Neil Young, 11th row on the center aisle, bonus points for me filling a seat that could have held an impressionable young mind for EV to corrupt politically.
Honorable Mention:
Borgata - great venue, OK setlists
Buffalo 2003 - GREAT show with a great setlist, overshadowed by State College the next day.
Boston 2006 - Leash, smile, and the debut of parachutes in one night!
Pitt 2000 - Wash umbrella
MSG 1/2 2008 - decent shows, overrated really, but the original Garden!
Boston VFC 2004 - Alone and I've got a feeling
Reading VFC 2004 - debut of Sad
5 Worst PJ shows ever?
Easy, the 5 shows I have seen in Camden. Of course I misssed the 1998 show where they played "push me pull me". The venue sucks, the area sucks, parking sucks, E-A-G-L-E-S sucks, the setlists are just terrible.0 -
1 - San Diego '06
2 - Las Vegas '03
3 - Los Angeles '00
4 - San Diego '95 - my first show, after being postponed/cancelled a few times, opens with Release - AH!
5 - Seattle '96 - my sister couldn't go, so my mom (RIP - it's her birthday today) flew to WA with me!!
11/6+7/95 SD Sports-9/16/96 SEA Key-7/10/98 SD Cox-7/13+14/98 LA Forum-10/24/00 LA Greek-10/25/00 SD Sports-10/28/00 DEV Glen Helen-6/2+3/03 IRV Meadows-6/5/03 SD Sports-6/6/03 LV MGM-7/8+9/03 NYC MSG-9/1/05 GEO Gorge-7/6/06 LV MGM-7/7/06 SD Cox-7/9+10/06 LA Forum-7/12/06 LA Fonda-7/13/06 SB Bowl-7/12/08 LA Pauley Pav-6/1/09 LA Universal-9+10/30+1+6+7/09 LA Gibson-10/9/09 SD Viejas-11/21/13 SD Viejas-11/23+24/13 LA Sports-11/26/13 OAK Oracle0 -
i have only been to 6 so i got to say i loved them all except for the one where i was literally practically dead. I dont remember anything except that my seats rocked and that i dont remember the show at all.
so besides that one, i think my other 5 are the top ones i have been too
7/14/03 Holmdel
6/1/06 CAA
6/3/06 CAA
my worst show/ cause i was practically dead, seriously
8/07 Lolla
6/24/08 MSG
6/25/08 MSG2003: 7/14 NJ ... 2006: 6/1 NJ, 6/3 NJ ... 2007: 8/5 IL ... 2008: 6/24 NY, 6/25 NY, 8/7 EV NJ ... 2009: 10/27 PA, 10/28 PA, 10/30 PA, 10/31 PA
2010: 5/20 NY, 5/21 NY ... 2011: 6/21 EV NY, 9/3 WI, 9/4 WI ... 2012: 9/2 PA, 9/22 GA ... 2013: 10/18 NY, 10/19 NY, 10/21 PA, 10/22 PA, 10/27 MD
2015: 9/23 NY, 9/26 NY ... 2016: 4/28 PA, 4/29 PA, 5/1 NY, 5/2 NY, 6/11 TN, 8/7 MA, 11/4 TOTD PA, 11/5 TOTD PA ... 2018: 8/10 WA
2022: 9/14 NJ ... 2024: 5/28 WA, 9/7 PA, 9/9 PA ---- http://imgur.com/a/nk0s70 -
atlanta 1994
msg 2003
borgata
state college 2003
lolla 2007 (i know it was a "short" set but the boys were ON FIRE!!!!)
every philly/camden show ever played (hometown love, ya know!)0 -
Bonnaroo '08- Heaven.
San Diego '06
Minneapolis '98
Winnipeg '05
Boston I '040 -
Hard to narrow it down to just 5 shows since I've been all over and have seen some really great ones. In no particular order:
Toledo, OH 2004 - Neil Young + Pearl Jam (see user name) 'nuff said.
Grand Rapids, MI 2006 - Ended up with better than usual seats for this experimental show.
London, ONT 2005 - Lots of rarities, great crowd, Stone gets to dance.
Bonnaroo 2008 - "The greatest band in the world" at "the greatest festival in the world." *
State College, PA - 2003 - Longest show ever played until the extra pre-set in Boston later that year.
* both quotes from Ben Harper
Some other great ones I've witnessed first hand:
Charlotte, NC 1996 - 2nd show, 1st major road trip, Jack Irons still with the band.
Burgettstown, PA 1998 - First headlining gig in PA for years, No Way, Outshined tag on Daughter.
Noblesville, IN 2003 - "All these pussies leaving early, fuck you" - Ed during Yellow Ledbetter
Toronto, ONT 2006 (night 2) - Another great show in Canada, which was starting to feel like a second home.
Bridge School 2001 - great atmosphere all weekend, debut of a few songs including Low Light (one of my favorites).0 -
1. Benaroya Hall - 2003
2. Grand Rapids - 2006 - 2nd row!! First time being that close
3. Cleveland - 2006
4. San Antonio - 2003 - First Show
5. Monterrey - 2005 - I had the flu,and I don't think the encores were the greatest ever but the energy of the small GA crowd was incredicle!
Daniel2003: San Antonio, Houston, Dallas, Seattle; 2005: Monterrey; 2006: Chicago 1 & 2, Grand Rapids, Cleveland, Detroit; 2008: West Palm Beach, Tampa; 2009: Austin, LA 3 & 4, San Diego; 2010: Kansas City, St. Louis, Columbus, Indianapolis; 2011: PJ20 1 & 2; 2012: Missoula; 2013: Dallas, Oklahoma City, Seattle; 2014: Tulsa; 2016: Columbia, New York City 1 & 2; 2018: London, Seattle 1 & 2; 2021: Ohana; 2022: Oklahoma City0 -
Kanye East wrote:1) 9/1/05 - The Gorge
2) 5/3/03 - State College
3) 9/24/96 - Merriweather Post Pavillion, MD. My 1st show!!!
4) 8/25/00 - Jones Beach, NY
5) 4/28/03 - The Spectrum
How the hell did I forget to put Bonnaroo 2008 on this list???? I guess I'll have to bump the 2003 Spectrum show.
1) 9/1/05 - The Gorge
2) 5/3/03 - State College
3) 6/14/08 - Bonnaroo
4) 9/24/96 - Merriweather Post Pavillion, MD. My 1st show!!!
5) 8/25/00 - Jones Beach, NYDC-9/24/96
Philly-8/28/98, 8/29/98, 9/1/00, 9/2/00, 4/28/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 10/3/05, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 4/28/16, 4/29/16
Jones Beach-8/25/00
PSU-5/3/03
Irvine-6/2/03
San Diego-6/5/03
Hershey-7/12/03
Reading-10/1/04
The Gorge-9/1/05
Vancouver-9/2/05
AC-9/30/05
E. Rutherford, NJ-6/1/06,6/3/06
Bonnaroo-6/14/08
VA Beach-6/17/08
MSG-5/20/10,5/21/10
Baltimore 10/27/130 -
1. Mansfield 3 2003
2. MSG 1 2003
3. Holmdel 2003-Spectrum 2003 tied at 3rd
4. Ottawa 2005
5. Honolulu 2006If nothing is everything, I'll have it all0 -
1. Charlotte, 10/4/96: First PJ show ever, went home and joined 10C the next day. Ben Harper opened as well as the Fastbacks.
2. Benaroya Hall: Enough said.
3. Showbox, 12/6/2002: Snuck in...show so good they made a DVD!
4. Boston, 5/25/2006: Dropped the Leash for the first time in umpteen years. Never forget the smile on Ed's face before he decided to play it. He knew what he was doing.
5. Hartford, 6/27/2008: "Love letter" of a setlist for hardcore, long-time fans; Katy's "Make a Wish" was granted, and I caught my first pick ever...Mike's "dogs" pick.
Great thread...fun to think about this stuff.this city is so filthy, like my mind in ways0 -
In no particular order:
The Vic 07
Buffalo 03
Honolulu 06
Saratoga 00
Barrie 98
Toronto 2 0698: Barrie
00: Nawlins, Saratoga, Tor, Det, Phx
01: Bridge
03: Raleigh, Char, Buf, Det x2, Tor, Mont
05: T-Bay, Kit, Lon, Ham, Tor
06: Tor x2, Clev, Cin, Arnhem, Honolulu x2
07: Vic, Lolla, Tor(EV) Body of War
08: Van(EV) x2, Hart, Bos x2, Tor(EV) x2
09: Tor
10: Jazz Fest, Clev, Buf
11: Det(EV), Tor x2, Ham
12: FLL(EV)
13: Pit, Buf, Cal
14: Det, Den
15: NYC0
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