Randalls Island 9/29/96

Jeremys Spoken
Jeremys Spoken Posts: 7,578
edited November 2008 in The Porch
Ed says: "I don't know what else to say, what I can say is, if someone was hurt to the point where they didn't live after tonight. I don't think we'd ever play again, some bands they continue on, I wouldn't be able to do it. Music is not that important."

Pretty weird knowing what happens 4 years later :( Im glad they did not stop playing music though.
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  • untitled357
    untitled357 Posts: 41
    I was at that randalls show. I remember Ed saying that. The pit was raging and he stopped the show a few times. ed also Told the crowd in front they belong in the loony bin. It is a shame what happened years later but I guess the show must go on.
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  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,168
    I was there
    most vicious pit I have ever experienced
    listen to the animal from that show crazy
  • jked3
    jked3 Posts: 172
    That day and that show was unbelievable...It was altogether an incredible experience. That was one of the craziest pits I've ever seen as well.
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  • joint in a tree
    joint in a tree Posts: 392
    ah, memories......
    that show kicked my 19 year old ass.
    i left with bruises on my ribs, which i was so proud of.


    the funniest thing about that show, is that i remember them playing Last Exit, and saying to my then-boyfriend "oh, this must be the end--great song to go out on!"
    Now, this was my first PJ show, and before the days of setlists on the internet, so i had no clue that they played longer than other artists, and would play a marathon 3 hour set....most shows i'd seen ran about an hour and a half, so this felt right to me. And then they kept going, and going......Turns out Last Exit was about half way through the set.
    good shit.
    "Find myself singing the same songs every day....
    ones that make me feel good when things behind the smile ain't ok...." -Hoon
  • Smarter_Than_U
    Smarter_Than_U Posts: 515
    I listened to my boot of that show a month or so ago only to realize that Jack Johnson plays on Soon Forget, which is cool since I am pretty sure JJ didn't have his own album out until four year later or so and Soon Forget didn't arrive until two albums after that tour.

    Has to be one of the all time best shows I've ever attended.

    Edit: I wonder if I just got a weird boot of that show though. Can anyone confirm if soon forget was played at Randall's with Jack Johnson?
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  • woundedorgan
    woundedorgan Posts: 607
    My first PJ show ever...It took them many years to play a longer show...it will be sweet whenever they decide to play there again, count me in on that show.
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  • Guitarhero27
    Guitarhero27 Posts: 2,146
    Smarter_Than_U wrote:
    I listened to my boot of that show a month or so ago only to realize that Jack Johnson plays on Soon Forget, which is cool since I am pretty sure JJ didn't have his own album out until four year later or so and Soon Forget didn't arrive until two albums after that tour.

    Has to be one of the all time best shows I've ever attended.

    Edit: I wonder if I just got a weird boot of that show though. Can anyone confirm if soon forget was played at Randall's with Jack Johnson?


    Lol - no way dude. Made me laugh
    Let me inform before the crazy police inform you harshly.

    1. While it is possible that soon forget was written before it's release on Binaural in 2000, and that EV and Jack Johnson were friends way back then.....No, JJ did not play Soon Forget at this show, nor was soon forget ever played prior to 2000.

    2. It's probably from some JJ show where he does cover the song...has done so on more than a few occasions.

    3. http://www.twofeetthick.com check out the concert chronology and enjoy :)
    9/29/96, 8/29/98, 9/8,11/98, 7/28/99, 8/23,24,25/00, 10/13/00, 4/15/03, 4/30/03, 7/8,9,12,14/03, 10/1/04, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 5/4,5,13,27,28/06, 6/1,3/06, 6/19,20,22,24,25,27/08, 7/1/08, 8/4,5,7,16/08, 8/21/09, 10/27,28,30,31/09, 5/15,17,18,20,21/10, 9/2/12, 10/18,19,21,22,25/13
  • Shawn Smith Collective
    Shawn Smith Collective Posts: 986
    Smarter_Than_U wrote:
    I listened to my boot of that show a month or so ago only to realize that Jack Johnson plays on Soon Forget, which is cool since I am pretty sure JJ didn't have his own album out until four year later or so and Soon Forget didn't arrive until two albums after that tour.

    Has to be one of the all time best shows I've ever attended.

    Edit: I wonder if I just got a weird boot of that show though. Can anyone confirm if soon forget was played at Randall's with Jack Johnson?

    My fav part of this is where after you posted it, you had that moment of "wait a second..." and posted the edit. It reminds me of when you hear a crazy story as a kid and always believe it, and then one day as an adult you're telling the story out loud and have that revelation that changes your world. It's always a sad moment though, so I'm sorry. :(
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  • Mrs.Vedder78
    Mrs.Vedder78 Posts: 4,585
    At one point I thought I was going to get crushed to death, I was seriously scared for my life ... I was an 18 year old pretty skinny girl then..
    "Without the album covers, where do you clean your pot?" - EV
  • Guitarhero27
    Guitarhero27 Posts: 2,146
    Mrs_Vedder78 wrote:
    At one point I thought I was going to get crushed to death, I was seriously scared for my life ... I was an 18 year old pretty skinny girl then..


    I hope that doesn't set the next post up as that you are now a 28 year old ugly fat girl now?

    hehe sorry - had to make the joke just based on your phrasing.

    I was 14 years old at the time and kept getting crushed up front...had to get out a few songs in.
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  • yoke
    yoke Posts: 1,440
    That pit was pretty bad and I do recall Ed getting quite pissed.. Honestly that is what happens when everyone pushes towards the stage as well. I lost one of my pant legs in there and had a pretty good sized bump on my head from hitting the ground.

    Does anyone remember them shooting (water) Super soakers into the crowd that day? Not the band of course but I guess it would be the venue.
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  • pjhead
    pjhead Posts: 146
    If anyone has a good CD boot of this show I would love to get my hands on a copy. My copy was lost when my 1979 Buick Regal was stolen. Please PM me. Thanks!
  • untitled357
    untitled357 Posts: 41
    This was my first PJ Show although I was listening to the band since 92. Absolutely amazing!! I have been hooked on PJ shows ever since. I was a senior in High school and I had never experienced anything like it! Raging pit 3 and a half hour set and crowd surfing hey days!
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  • restlesssoul
    restlesssoul Posts: 6,952
    you guys know how you make a guy green with envy, sounds awesome!

    is there a dvd in existence and what is the quality of audio for this one?
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  • LONGRD
    LONGRD Posts: 6,036
    restlesssoul wrote:
    you guys know how you make a guy green with envy, sounds awesome!

    is there a dvd in existence and what is the quality of audio for this one?
    I know there's a DVD of the first night of Randall's Island but not sure about the second. It was a really wet and rainy as some of the posts I've read on this classic show.

    There's a great FLAC of night 2 from My3rdEye's blog.
    http://inthepresenttense96.blogspot.com/
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  • joint in a tree
    joint in a tree Posts: 392
    night 1 was the rainy night. (i wasn't there, but i know it didn't rain at the show i was at, 9/29)


    Does anyone have a link to ANY video from this show? I searched youtube, and there's tons of '96 clips, but none i could find from this show.

    Or, better yet, is THIS the show with a DVD, the non rainy night?

    Any info? Please?
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    ones that make me feel good when things behind the smile ain't ok...." -Hoon
  • EPOTTSIII
    EPOTTSIII Posts: 190
    Wanna re live it... http://www.pearljambootlegs.net ...
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  • joint in a tree
    joint in a tree Posts: 392
    i get nothing on that site but spam crap?


    And i have the audio....looking for video clips.
    "Find myself singing the same songs every day....
    ones that make me feel good when things behind the smile ain't ok...." -Hoon
  • xkevvx
    xkevvx Posts: 348
    yoke wrote:
    I lost one of my pant legs in there

    lol. How does this happen?
  • Brisk.
    Brisk. Posts: 11,581
    was there anyone NOT at this show!?

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