Long Road

For me, it is the perfect opener.. I've had it three times (Perth 98 (2), 2003, LA4) and also Sometimes (Perth 98 (1), LA3) twice which is also great as an opener. There is something about Ed singing Long Road as an opener which makes you feel that show is just for you, especially when he sings "how I wished for you today"

agree
beautiful song
I'd love to hear this live ...lucky you

I must say Breakerfall was a great surprise opener at Perth 09.

I think Of The Girl is also terrific and only hope that one day I get to see this song open a show. The Nov 2000 Boise Idaho boot is one of my favourites, 'Of The Girl' starts slowly and builds up brilliantly.

My favorite is Ed with Neil Young version- just awsome!

they opened my first show with this. 10/14/00
They opened with Oceans the next night, and I couldn't go. Tried to buy a ticket off a scalper, but the guy in front of me got arrested, so I didn't get to go to the second show in my backyard. Bought a t shirt insteasd since the ticket was a no doing.

I only at this time had Ten,VS,Vitology and LO2L in my cd collection - I picked up 2000 touring band - watched it alone in the dark with some xmas lights two joints and a six pack - needless to say there were 4 beers and 1 stork left when I pressed play - oh year first week with a 36in tv (that was huge in 2000) and surround sound - my goosebumps brushed the ceiling - I had never heard that song before and was blasted to mars

a year or more later I added No Code, Yield and Binaural to my CD collection - and few days after September 11, 2001 I was at Dartmouth College (working) and I organized an event on the big screen for students to come and watch America's Tribute To Heroes - the room was somber, just quiet small talk,if you listened you could only hear breathing and crickets- When Ed, Mike and Neil Young started - the room was silent until they finished - you couldn't even hear the crickets breathing - the next day those I saw said it was great and thanks for doing it and all that but the only song they mentioned was Long Road - I mean some said Tom Petty was good and others but everyone mentioned Ed - he is beyond this world

Long Road is great and a stupendous opener - at Bonnaroo I was really hoping for it to be the first song - they opened with Hard To Imagine - I had heard it a few times studio before then but it had the same effect as that evening watching Long Road for the first time - evanescent

norm wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuTkrI7xJlY

Cool, I have never seen that before!

My personal favorite Long Road would be in Cincinatti back in 06. They played the "US Bank" Riverfront Arena. This is the site of the infamous 1979 Who concert where 11 people were killed in a stampede. Robert Pollard of Guided By Voices fame was the opener and Ed mentioned that Robert and he had talked about that sad night and Rob was actually there as a fan back then. They also played Love Boat Captain.. Which was the saddest most beautiful moment I have ever faced at a PJ show. It was obvious that in Ed's mind they were back in Denmark while they played.. Closed the show with Baba O. with Robert Pollard on stage shaking the tambourines and singing along.. Not my favourite PJ show, (Phili 4 09, N.O. 1995 w/Ramones, St. Louis 98 would be my 3 favorites) but a beautiful sad moving night of music.

My all-time favorite opener!!