1998 was the best year to be a PJ fan

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  • CJMST3K
    CJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    There's a number of good and great songs on Yield, but...

    VS = Best album by any rock band ever.


    Seriously, just look at the track listing of Yield:
    http://pearljam.com/music/releases/studio%20album/yield

    And the track listing of VS
    http://pearljam.com/music/releases/studio%20album/vs

    While I can listen to both straight thru, only on VS am I not tempted to skip a song here and there.
    ADD 5,200 to the post count you see, thank you. :)
    *NYC 9/28/96 *NYC 9/29/96 *NJ 9/8/98 (front row "may i play drums with you")
    *MSG 9/10/98 (backstage) *MSG 9/11/98 (backstage)
    *Jones Beach 8/23/00 *Jones Beach 8/24/00 *Jones Beach 8/25/00
    *Mansfield 8/29/00 *Mansfield 8/30/00 *Nassau 4/30/03 *Nissan VA 7/1/03
    *Borgata 10/1/05 *Camden 5/27/06 *Camden 5/28/06 *DC 5/30/06
    *VA Beach 6/17/08 *DC 6/22/08 *MSG 6/24/08 (backstage) *MSG 6/25/08
    *EV DC 8/17/08 *EV Baltimore 6/15/09 *Philly 10/31/09
    *Bristow VA 5/13/10 *MSG 5/20/10 *MSG 5/21/10
  • tremorvoid
    tremorvoid Posts: 528
    ohhh those were the good ole days! my favorite tour. my first extensive tour. Hell I went on tour that summer! i think i hit up about 15 shows that tour and loved every second of them!

    I had the best tickets that tour...2nd row a few times....columbus and st louis were damn near center stage!

    covered some ground...covered some miles...so many memories! never got me a yield sign though ;)
    Seems that needlessly it's getting harder
    To find an approach and a way to live
    Are we getting something out of this
    all-encompassing trip?
  • ComeToTX
    ComeToTX Austin Posts: 8,147
    mfc2006 wrote:
    ComeToTX wrote:
    '98 Dallas is also my favorite poster from a show i was at. it's the only one i had to go the ebay route for too.

    i'm still searching for that one & the '98 KC. that's a lot of coin to spend on a poster, though.

    i think i paid $150 about 6 years ago....not sure if that's a good deal or not but they got me on pay day!
    This show, another show, a show here and a show there.
  • CJMST3K
    CJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    DOES ANYONE HAVE A VIDEO OF Continental Airlines Arena 98 show?

    I was front row and Ed and I had in interaction that is on the bootleg, but I'd love to find the video. I have an old 100th generation VHS of it, which you can't see a thing.
    ADD 5,200 to the post count you see, thank you. :)
    *NYC 9/28/96 *NYC 9/29/96 *NJ 9/8/98 (front row "may i play drums with you")
    *MSG 9/10/98 (backstage) *MSG 9/11/98 (backstage)
    *Jones Beach 8/23/00 *Jones Beach 8/24/00 *Jones Beach 8/25/00
    *Mansfield 8/29/00 *Mansfield 8/30/00 *Nassau 4/30/03 *Nissan VA 7/1/03
    *Borgata 10/1/05 *Camden 5/27/06 *Camden 5/28/06 *DC 5/30/06
    *VA Beach 6/17/08 *DC 6/22/08 *MSG 6/24/08 (backstage) *MSG 6/25/08
    *EV DC 8/17/08 *EV Baltimore 6/15/09 *Philly 10/31/09
    *Bristow VA 5/13/10 *MSG 5/20/10 *MSG 5/21/10
  • LukinFan
    LukinFan Florida Posts: 29,134
    CJMST3K wrote:
    DOES ANYONE HAVE A VIDEO OF Continental Airlines Arena 98 show?

    I was front row and Ed and I had in interaction that is on the bootleg, but I'd love to find the video. I have an old 100th generation VHS of it, which you can't see a thing.
    looks like there are only VCDs of that show
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  • coco butter
    coco butter Posts: 1,504
    98 was my favorite tour also! i went to 6 shows that summer!
    Alpine Valley 1
    Alpine Valley 2
    Chicago
    St. Louis- amazing show!
    Kansas City
    Indy... another great show!

    great shows, fun road trips, great album, great seats, great posters (st.louis is my all time favorite), and great memories! I still remember when the band finished the Chicago show with baba and the place went ballistic!

    1998 was also the year the world got to see the first trailer to Star Wars "episode 1" in November! so exciting!
    Do you know what it's like to fall in the mud and get kicked... in the head... with an iron boot? Of course you don't, no one does. It never happens. Sorry, Ted, that's a dumb question... skip that.
  • CJMST3K
    CJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    LukinFan wrote:
    CJMST3K wrote:
    DOES ANYONE HAVE A VIDEO OF Continental Airlines Arena 98 show?

    I was front row and Ed and I had in interaction that is on the bootleg, but I'd love to find the video. I have an old 100th generation VHS of it, which you can't see a thing.

    looks like there are only VCDs of that show


    Where could I find said VCD? I've never played a VCD...
    ADD 5,200 to the post count you see, thank you. :)
    *NYC 9/28/96 *NYC 9/29/96 *NJ 9/8/98 (front row "may i play drums with you")
    *MSG 9/10/98 (backstage) *MSG 9/11/98 (backstage)
    *Jones Beach 8/23/00 *Jones Beach 8/24/00 *Jones Beach 8/25/00
    *Mansfield 8/29/00 *Mansfield 8/30/00 *Nassau 4/30/03 *Nissan VA 7/1/03
    *Borgata 10/1/05 *Camden 5/27/06 *Camden 5/28/06 *DC 5/30/06
    *VA Beach 6/17/08 *DC 6/22/08 *MSG 6/24/08 (backstage) *MSG 6/25/08
    *EV DC 8/17/08 *EV Baltimore 6/15/09 *Philly 10/31/09
    *Bristow VA 5/13/10 *MSG 5/20/10 *MSG 5/21/10
  • JohnD.
    JohnD. Posts: 63
    The best PJ ever was (for me) was Lollpaloza '92 August 8 at Great Woods in Mansfield, MA. They came out and basically played all of Ten. I have never seen a show as great as that. That hooked me as a fan for life.

    The second best was at the Great Western Forum in Los Angeles in July of 2006. That was an amazing, soulful show.

    Just got tickets for three out of four nights at the Universal Amp. Can't wait!!
  • Happy Jack
    Happy Jack Posts: 207
    my first show. deer creek. sat in the back of the pavilion on stone's side..great show!
    8/17/98
    8/15/00
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  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 17,037
    Between Yield and Hello Nasty, 1998 was probably my favorite music year ever
    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

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    http://wegotshit.blogspot.com
  • restlesssoul
    restlesssoul Posts: 6,961
    1998 was the year of my first show too, 11 years ago tomorrow as a matter of fact!
    Van '98, Sea I+II '00, Sea '01, Sea II '02, Van '03, Gorge, Van, Cal, Edm '05, Bos I+II, Phi I+II, DC, SF II+III, Port, Gorge I+II '06, DC, NY I+II '08, Sea I+II, Van, Ridge , LA III+IV' 09, Indy '10, Cal, Van '11, Lond, Van, Sea '13, Memphis '14, RRHOF '17, Sea I+II '18, Van I+II, Vegas I+II, Sea I+II '24
  • Phantom Pain
    Phantom Pain Posts: 9,876
    Oooooooooh I almost forgot

    The leaked songs before the release of YIELD

    I remember hearing GTF before it was released on the radio

    There was a big stink about it
    My drinking team has a hockey problem

    The ONLY thing better than a glass of beer is tea with Miss McGill



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  • helplessdancer
    helplessdancer Posts: 5,292
    57Goldtop wrote:
    Back to touring where tickets were easier to get.

    Touring for their best record.

    Guitar tones (especailly Mike) were great.

    Ed was really getting to be a better singer, but still had that scream/growl when he needed it.


    discuss

    it was never about then

    its always about right now
  • mauichick
    mauichick Posts: 964
    Stryker420 wrote:
    Hartford '98 was my first show. And what a show it was.


    YES it was :)
    Best seats I'd ever gotten
    '96 7 shows / '97 3 shows / '98 15 shows
    '00 12 shows / '03 4 shows / '06 6 shows
    '08 3 shows / '09 5 shows / '10 6 shows
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,747
    CJMST3K wrote:
    There's a number of good and great songs on Yield, but...

    VS = Best album by any rock band ever.


    Seriously, just look at the track listing of Yield:
    http://pearljam.com/music/releases/studio%20album/yield

    And the track listing of VS
    http://pearljam.com/music/releases/studio%20album/vs

    While I can listen to both straight thru, only on VS am I not tempted to skip a song here and there.
    ten is better,,but for sure vs is away better that yield...and what can anyone say about an album opens with GO!!!JUST FUCKIN AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  • Music For Rhinos
    Music For Rhinos Posts: 1,693
    decides2dream wrote:
    You can spend your time alone re-digesting past regrets, oh
    Or you can come to terms and realize
    You're the only one who cannot forgive yourself, oh
    Makes much more sense, to live in the present tense




    just sayin'......


    the *best time*...is right NOW.
    why?
    because right now...is now.
    1998 is the past. can remember it, can relive it in your memory...but it is the past.
    i'll take the 'present tense' thank you...and you bet, the future.



    and yea, i wasn't even a fan back in 1998.....so my 'best time'....still now.
    it's all we've got. yesterdays' gone...tomorrow is promised to no one.
    enjoy TODAY!



    yes, that is true but it is important to remember the past.

    also, your signature sends the message of looking forward to the future, no? :lol:
  • JPinks
    JPinks Posts: 60
    South of Seattle wrote:
    JPinks wrote:

    Yield was a triumphant return for the band (no one liked No Code, at the time)

    Wrong. Everyone I knew loved No Code. It's still the favorite of myself and most of my friends.

    Even the band made fun of No Code for it's poor sales. Real PJ fans loved it, of course, but the general public disliked.
    96 - Toledo
    98 - East Troy (x2), East Lansing, Auburn Hills, Cleveland
    00 - Noblesville, Cincinnati, Columbus, Auburn Hills, East Troy, Chicago
    03 - Cleveland, Columbus, Clarkston (x2)
    04 - Toledo, Grand Rapids
    06 - Auburn Hills, Camden (x2), DC
    08 - Camden (x2), MSG (x2), Ed in Newark
    09 - Ed in Philly (x2), The Spectrum (x4)
    10 - Cleveland
    11 - Ed in Detroit
    13 - Wrigley
    14 - Joe Louis
    16 - Wrigley (x2)
    18 - Wrigley (x2)
    22 - Denver
  • 100 Pacer
    100 Pacer Toronto, ON Posts: 9,367
    decides2dream wrote:
    You can spend your time alone re-digesting past regrets, oh
    Or you can come to terms and realize
    You're the only one who cannot forgive yourself, oh
    Makes much more sense, to live in the present tense




    just sayin'......


    the *best time*...is right NOW.
    why?
    because right now...is now.
    1998 is the past. can remember it, can relive it in your memory...but it is the past.
    i'll take the 'present tense' thank you...and you bet, the future.



    and yea, i wasn't even a fan back in 1998.....so my 'best time'....still now.
    it's all we've got. yesterdays' gone...tomorrow is promised to no one.
    enjoy TODAY!

    now, now, no harm in being nostalgic about one of the best tours of the band's career,...guess you had to be a fan back in '98 to truly appreciate why the Yield tour meant so much to so many of us!

    ;):)
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  • Fatal Smile
    Fatal Smile Posts: 111
    57Goldtop wrote:
    Back to touring where tickets were easier to get.

    Touring for their best record.

    Guitar tones (especailly Mike) were great.

    Ed was really getting to be a better singer, but still had that scream/growl when he needed it.


    discuss

    Agree, I am actually listening to the first PJ concert I ever went to in 2008 at the Target Center in Mpls. It was the hook that brought me into being a huge fan. All those yesterdays and EV messing up Betterman and the crowd singing as he never did mess up, priceless!!!
    CARPE DIEM!!

    "Oh, if I knew where it was I would take you there but there's much more than this. Woh see the world."

    "I know I was born and I know that I'll die. The in between is mine"

    "No need to be void, or save up on life. You got to spend it all"

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  • Stoney.G.Girl
    Stoney.G.Girl Posts: 468
    Yeah it was..Mainly cause I Got to meet the guys for the 1st time!!! was an experience that I Will never forget :mrgreen::mrgreen:
    Melb 95' (x3) Melb 98' (x3) Melb 03' (x3) Melb 06' (x3) Melb 09' (x1)EV Solo 11' (x2)

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