If you could only choose one show
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Athens 06"...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”0 -
It would be the last they did here in the states, 10/31/09.FenwayFaithful wrote:Here's a hypothetical for the board.
If you were forced to listen to only one Pearl Jam show for the rest of your life, what show would it be? Would it be a personal show, one you enjoyed with friends at a special point in your life, and you want to relive that going forward? Would it be a landmark show that shows a wide spectrum of the band's catalog?
Also within the hypothetical is that you still get to listen to all the studio stuff, as well as music from other artists.
I choose July 11, 2003 Tweeter Center Mansfield experiment.
Anyone else?
A day I will never forget and always will wish to relive.0 -
yeah but we need the sound board recordings before making it a desert island discmetsfan wrote:
+1jamminpearls wrote:This is the easiest answer ever and since 99% of u on this board weren't there and haven't heard it yet i forgive u. Philly3 of the 4 night run is the greatest PJ show ever. No other show including any gorge,boston,vic,LA,seattle,chicago,international,old school 90's show compares period. Look at the set list here the crowd watch the DVD(eventually) and u will have no doubt that Philly night3 is by far the greatest show any band ever performed.
Set List: Gonna See My Friend, The Fixer, In My Tree, Given To Fly, Tremor Christ, Untitled/ MFC, Hold On, Unthought Known, In Hiding, Deep, Habit, Cropduster, Off He Goes, Force Of Nature, Present Tense, Got Some, Do The Evolution
1st encore: Just Breathe w/string quartet, Parting Ways w/string quartet, Jeremy w/string quartet, Breath, Light Years, Rearviewmirror
2nd encore: Whipping, Crazy Mary (Williams), Footsteps, Once, Alive, Sonic Reducer (Dead Boys), Baba O'Riley (Townshend)
impossible to choose
uniondale or mansfield 3 from 2003
albany from 06
hartford from 08
one of those0 -
Blaisedell Center Honolulu HI 12/02/2006
Blaisedell Center
Dec 02, 2006
Set 1
•Oceans
•Corduroy
•Animal
•Do The Evolution
•World Wide Suicide
•Severed Hand
•Given To Fly
•Love Boat Captain
•Wishlist
•Even Flow
•You Are
•Unemployable
•Jeremy
•Wasted Reprise
•Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town
•Hawaii 78
•Better Man
•Porch
Encore 1
•Inside Job
•Man Of The Hour
•Last Kiss
•Crazy Mary
•Black
•Alive
Encore 2
•You're True
•Smile
•Why Go
•Big Wave
•Life Wasted
•Rockin' In The Free World
•Yellow Ledbetter(Little Wing)0 -
Boston Show 5 2010
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For me personally its 8/23/09...good setlist...and my wife made the bootleg :thumbup:0
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06/16/00 - Spodek: Katowice, Poland [145m]
attendance: 3,000 (capacity 8,000)
support act: Dismemberment Plan
set: Release, Of The Girl, Sleight of Hand, Thin Air, Insignificance, Grievance, Corduroy, Animal, Hail Hail, State of Love and Trust, Evacuation, Daughter/(ABitW)/(On a Rope), Jeremy, I Got Shit, Light Years, Leatherman, In Hiding, Off He Goes, Dissident, MFC, Habit, Alive
enc: Smile, Immortality, Black, Leaving Here, Soldier of Love, Last Exit, Soon Forget, Yellow Ledbetter
notes: [This date was originally scheduled for the Petiofi Csarnock in Budapest, Hungary.]
Those who showed a ticket stub from the previous night's show could buy a ticket to the second show at half price! The whole band is in a great mood, smiling throughout the show. A special atmosphere is created from the very beginning of the show, making it feel like they are playing right in your living room. Ed fucks up the lyrics and starts directly with "Oh dear dad, can you see me now...", making 'Release' a very short song but still very intense. 'Of The Girl' and then two more slow songs follow, introduced with, "We'll try and take it easy tonight. Let's get through the pretty ones first..." After each song the band gathers in the middle of the stage and discusses what they will play next. Eddie keeps the other band members from changing their instruments a few times. Mike seems to be very tired and introverted during the first few songs, but still interacts very much with the crowd in front of him. Ed catches a bouquet with a note. He reads it and says, "Oh, they're from a guy" -- 'I'll meet you the show.'" He rips the petals off the flowers during 'Sleight of Hand' while the stage is bathed in blue light. The crowd is hypnotized witnessing something special happening on stage as it seemed like they would go on with slow songs forever but then they changed hitting with five unbelievable rocking tracks in a row !!! Ed dons a gas mask during 'Daughter' (hey, it was only a matter of time). 'Daughter' is breathtaking with Mike playing some short riffs from 'Another Brick in the Wall' throughout the whole song. When Ed starts singing the verse, everyone joins in with Ed encouraging them by pointing at his ear several times. He sings, "The shades go down..." through a gas mask that was thrown on stage by a fan. 'On a Rope' is a Rocket From The Crypt song. Ed omits out the first chorus of 'Jeremy' like the "new" version played on previous tours. He introduces 'Light Years' with, "This song is about ... well, you know what it is about. It means a lot to me and I hope that it means a lot to you as well." After the song he adds, "The next song is also about a dead guy," and then they start 'Leatherman.' Before 'Off He Goes' Ed says, "That's a little song about friendship. About a friend that is an asshole". Then he points his finger at himself saying quietly that he is an asshole. The audience responds: "Noooooo!". Ed catches a t-shirt during 'Alive' and blindfolds his eyes with it throughout half the song. Mike catches a rose and attaches it to his guitar. The audience yells "Smile, smile" between the songs, and they play it as the encore opener. 'Black' and 'Immortality' are just magical, first with Ed burning the cork of his wine bottle and painting his face and arms with it and then the whole band lining up in front of Matt during the end of 'Immortality,' letting everyone see what a great time they are having and how much they still enjoy playing music together. After 'Soldier of Love,' the audience does the "cha-cha-cha" thing from the single and it makes Ed laugh. Ed manages to convince every fan to be silent during 'Soon Forget,' although they start quietly singing along with Ed. Mike tags some of Van Halen's 'Dance the Night Away' onto 'YL.' Ed takes the usual polaroids of the first row and takes one picture of himself which he throws off the stage right in the hand of some lucky fan. The setlist was modified as they played this amazing show.0 -
09/05/00 – Post Gazette Pavilion at Star Lake: Pittsburgh, PA
attendance: 23,126
set: Ed pre-show: Trouble, Dead Man, Parting Ways, Naked Eye (both Naked Eye and Parting Ways w/Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley, and Jim O’Rourke)
Even Flow, Hail Hail, Animal, Corduroy, Grievance, In My Tree, Nothing As It Seems, Light Years, Daughter/(Bull In The Heather}/(Androgynous Mind), Leatherman, Better Man/(Save It For Later), Sleight of Hand, Given To Fly, Last Exit, Rearviewmirror, I Got Shit, Black, Porch
enc 1: Breakerfall, Go, Once, Mankind, Elderly Woman, Crazy Mary, Wash, I Got You, Insignificance
enc 2: Baba O’Riley
notes: The ‘Daughter’ tag (Sonic Youth’s ‘Bull in the Heather’) is a surprise. (This hasn’t been tagged on ‘Daughter’ since the ‘96 tour and is more extended.) Ed runs off the stage during ‘Daughter,’ returning with a sheet of lyrics that he uses to sing the tag. The band is very manic tonight. Ed lets a fan in the front count off the “1,2,3,4″ to open ‘Porch’ and Mike smashes a guitar. He tosses it up into the air, and then after it crashes to the ground, he picks it up and then smashes it to smithereens against a speaker. Ed throws himself full speed at the same speaker. Before the first encore, Ed says that it’s usually the second to last show of the tour that’s the best, but not this time — the last show of the tour is the best one. During ‘Go’ Ed is running around centerstage backwards in a circle. Lots of glowstick throwing. Ed throws one from the stage to the upper half of the pavilion. Both Mike and Ed have their fun kicking beach balls into the crowd. Stone before ‘Mankind’: “All right, I’m gonna sing one!” ‘I Got You’ includes two band huddles, where they all strum each of their guitars trying to figure out the right notes for the song. After the first one, Ed says “I think we got it”, only to have to meet again because they don’t have it. Ed comes back, spreads his arms and says, “What the fuck?” At the conclusion, Stone quips, “Nothing like a little improv.” He also says it had been a tough tour, but the fans are making it tough for him to quit. Members of Sonic Youth help out with ‘Baba,’ ending with Ed doing multiple Townshend jumps and windmills.
The Wash Story: Just before ‘Crazy Mary,’ Ed says that they are getting to the part of the show now where they were going to get a little crazy, “or to borrow from another Seattle band, they are going to go ‘Crazy On You’” (a nod to Heart). Ed then mentions that there is a woman with a white umbrella, and he wants security to find her and to bring her down to the side of the stage. “She’s OK; let her come on down.” After ‘Crazy Mary’ Ed asks if they found the person with the umbrella (which they did – Pete went out to find her). So then the person (hi, Amy!!) is brought out from sidestage, and they have a private conversation, after which Ed says, “Hey everybody, this is Amy … I asked her how many shows she’s been to,’cause we’ve seen her at like the last 12 or 15. She said over a hundred. Oh my God (hugging Amy). And then Ed proceeds to take Stone’s stool, and puts it down right next to his microphone, and sits her on that stool and they play ‘Wash.’ After the song, Ed introduces her to all of the band members; Mike hugs her, Stone kisses her and she has a brief chat with all of them0 -
qcrete wrote:Blaisedell Center Honolulu HI 12/02/2006
Blaisedell Center
Dec 02, 2006
Set 1
•Oceans
•Corduroy
•Animal
•Do The Evolution
•World Wide Suicide
•Severed Hand
•Given To Fly
•Love Boat Captain
•Wishlist
•Even Flow
•You Are
•Unemployable
•Jeremy
•Wasted Reprise
•Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town
•Hawaii 78
•Better Man
•Porch
Encore 1
•Inside Job
•Man Of The Hour
•Last Kiss
•Crazy Mary
•Black
•Alive
Encore 2
•You're True
•Smile
•Why Go
•Big Wave
•Life Wasted
•Rockin' In The Free World
•Yellow Ledbetter(Little Wing)
oceans and hawaii 78 make this a great choicei post on the board of a band that doesn't exsist anymore .......i need my head examined.......0 -
Seen this DVD and the crowd was amazing. I think this was the show where fan club put new numbers up front and old numbers in the back.
Grand Rapids, MI
Van Andel Arena
May 19, 2006Set 1
•Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town
•Given To Fly
•World Wide Suicide
•Life Wasted
•Severed Hand
•Sad
•Marker In The Sand
•Red Mosquito
•Even Flow
•Love Boat Captain
•Corduroy
•Daughter(Blitzkrieg Bop)(I Believe In Miracles)
•Army Reserve
•Green Disease
•Why Go
•Inside Job
•Rearviewmirror
Encore 1
•Sleight Of Hand
•Off He Goes
•Around The Bend
•Parting Ways
•Hard To Imagine
•Crazy Mary
•Alive
Encore 2
•Do The Evolution
•Comatose
•Satan's Bed
•Leatherman
•Blood
•Baba O'Riley
•Yellow Ledbetter
Pre-Opener
•Dead Man Walking
•Can't Explain
Accompanying Support Act
•It Makes No Difference0 -
a few things you always remember in life ......
your first kiss
first time you got drunk
AND THE FIRST PEARL JAM CONCERT YOU EVER WENT TO.........
hartford 1996 at the meadows .... remember it like it was last week .... the mosh pits in the "SEA OF CORAL" ... the ambulance driving in the field in the middle of footsteps .....you always remember your first show ....
at the same time 10/31/09 was just EFFIN CRAZYhave you seen the colors of my fathers eyes0 -
Pissed that I missed that show. I had football practice and couldn't miss it. I love listening to that boot thoughjoe2468 wrote:a few things you always remember in life ......
your first kiss
first time you got drunk
AND THE FIRST PEARL JAM CONCERT YOU EVER WENT TO.........
hartford 1996 at the meadows .... remember it like it was last week .... the mosh pits in the "SEA OF CORAL" ... the ambulance driving in the field in the middle of footsteps .....you always remember your first show ....
at the same time 10/31/09 was just EFFIN CRAZY0 -
Soldier Field 95Eastern Creek 95,Syd 1 98,Bris 2 98, Syd 1&2 03, Reading Fest 06, Bris 1 06, London 09, Hyde Park 10, Gold Coast BDO 14 Budapest 22 Krakow 22 Amsterdam 22 St Paul 1&2 23 Chicago 1&2 23 Chicago 1&2 24 New York 1 24 Philly 1&2 24 Boston 1&2 24 Gold Coast 24 Melbourne 1 24 Sydney 1&2 240
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I think this one... just this one special moment right in the beginning would have made it for me!
Whenever i listen to that boot i'm crying, though i know what happens
(btw: was this boot ever released with the 2003 series??? Can't find it anywhere?! Or is it that nobody wants to give it away?)
06/12/03 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre: Bonner Springs (Kansas City), KS
support act: Idlewild
preset: Dead Man (Ed solo)
set: Release, Breakerfall, Brain Of J., Get Right, Ghost, Immortality, Whipping, Not For You, Off He Goes, Help Help, 1/2 Full, MFC, You Are, Better Man, Save You
enc 1: Go, Corduroy, Glorified G, Even Flow, Alive
enc 2: Fuckin' Up, Baba O'Riley
notes: A lovely day turned to dark skies, lightning and a torrential downpour starting during Idlewild's set. During the set change, the first row of seats is flooded with water pouring from the upper sections. Mike comes out and tosses several shirts out to the crowd. The stage is mopped, equipment is covered and the band prepares to play as the downpour turns to steady rain and the lightning becomes less threatening. Opening with 'Release,' singing, "Oh, dear Dad, can you see us now? I am myself, like you somehow." (A large streak of lightning flashes across the sky). Ed says, "Hi, Dad." A rather powerful moment, helping fuel the rest of the "short, but sweet" set as the crowd sings the words in the rain. The setlist is rapid and somewhat different, seemingly constructed specifically for the circumstances, (such as 'Whipping': "Don't need a raincoat YOU'RE already wet!"). Not a lot of chat tonight with the show starting late. After 'Save You,' Ed brings the mic stand down on his monitor with great force and the stand and heavy, round base fly into the crowd, striking someone in the front row. Ed pays homage to the crowd in this totally uncovered venue for holding up and how it is turning out to be a "memorable evening." The first encore begins with a fiery 'Go' (which was to conclude the first set according to the written setlist). Ed moves to the front of the stage at various times, singing up into the rain. Mike climbs down to the front barrier during the 'Even Flow' solo, practically crawling into the crowd, then slipping on the wet stage and falling when returning. Ed speaks about stopping by to visit one of the West Memphis Three in Arkansas and how it makes you appreciate your freedoms and how you could lose them being in the wrong place at the wrong time. How it makes you appreciate open spaces and being able to gather together and have a great time and the "ability to stand in the rain all night." 'Baba' closes, with Ed removing his outer shirt and turning his back to the crowd, revealing his classic, worn Who shirt beneath.0 -
Whats interesting in hearing people's choices is how much a personal experience factors in. We seem to develop this intangible relationship with the band in a live setting that can often times outweigh the landmark show where they played this song or that song, or where Mike really ripped it up or something to that effect. I chose the final night of the Mansfield experiment, even though I wasn't there (went to the first two nights, was in Chicago unfortunately for the third night), but why I chose this one over others was the love and admiration the band shows for its fans. When I go back and listen to the show, I'm left with an undeniable sense of fulfillment on the part of the band and the fans. It was a gift for both us and them that they were able to perform every song the way they were intended to be delivered. I imagine those that were in attendance last autumn in Philadelphia experienced similar emotions to the ones I've described above.
So let's hear some more."FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam09250 -
i just sprained my brain, this is why i stopped going to strip clubs, to many options.0
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BabaBooey1979 wrote:
Pissed that I missed that show. I had football practice and couldn't miss it. I love listening to that boot thoughjoe2468 wrote:a few things you always remember in life ......
your first kiss
first time you got drunk
AND THE FIRST PEARL JAM CONCERT YOU EVER WENT TO.........
hartford 1996 at the meadows .... remember it like it was last week .... the mosh pits in the "SEA OF CORAL" ... the ambulance driving in the field in the middle of footsteps .....you always remember your first show ....
at the same time 10/31/09 was just EFFIN CRAZY
it was a great show ...and for some reason i got stuck with lawn seats ....but still a great time got the boot got the poster(s) got the ticket stub got the tshirt .......a night i will never forgethave you seen the colors of my fathers eyes0 -
Every show I have been to has been special for me, but Philly 10/31/09 takes the cake...not just for the show itself (which was the best show I've ever seen), but for the memory of the whole day, which was really something special.0
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shadowcast wrote:Seen this DVD and the crowd was amazing. I think this was the show where fan club put new numbers up front and old numbers in the back.
Where can one find this DVD???MSG - 6/25/08 EV Solo Tower Theatre - 06/11/09
Philly 2 - 10/28/09 Philly 3 - 10/30/09
Philly 4 - 10/31/09
Boston 1 - 05/17/10
PruCenter - 05/18/10
MSG 1 - 05/20/10
MSG 2 - 05/21/10
Alpine1 - 09/03/11 Alpine2 - 09/04/110 -
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