Your 1st Show & Your Turning Point Show

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StillHere
StillHere Posts: 7,795
edited October 2013 in The Porch
Hey guys

the pit today seems to be all about the live shows

and it got me thinking about my first show and my turning point show...the show that really got me hooked for life

and would love to know what yours were

i'll start

my first show was either philly or montage mtn in 92 ...whichever came first..tend to think it was philly, they both kinda blur together for me now

lucky if the set was oh i dunno an hour long? probably not even

and i have to admit, sadly, that i really didn't even know who Pearl Jam were at the time, i was just tagging along, but we were all like hey...those guys were pretty good huh? ..whatta think?

and that singer..holy cow..not only is he freaking GORGEOUS, but all that sound came out of that little guy? wow! (and being with a bunch of guys..they were all like yeah, sure, right..yeah he's pretty good) :roll:

it wasn't till a few years after that till i became a real fan..but still no shows... listening to the lps (my son's tapes) ...but those first shows were in the back of my mind, and i'd wished i'd have paid a lot more attention at the time, especially later on, when i'd realized that it had been the first time i had heard SOLAT or Leash and Porch with Bodies/Sometimes All the Time - awesome...but mostly what i remembered was MUD..MUD...MUD everywhere

soo....i liked them a lot...but was still a die hard dead head..and still hadn't gotten to the point where i was nuts over Pearl Jam.

anyway..of all things..(gonna show my age now) my son was getting into grunge a lot...Nirvana, RHCP, Soundgarden...then TOTD and finally Pearl Jam..and I heard that voice...oh that voice.. I knew that voice..who could ever forget? And so I asked...and I was hooked..or so I thought.

I went along this way a long long time, singing along with the albums...liking them a lot..but still...no more shows...too busy...kids..job...school...on and on and on...

Cut to 2000...ya...again..took in another show..a great show..of course..but i'm in a weird place ...still not paying a whole lot of attention...stupid me

THEN..finally.... summer of 2003..Camden NJ...I was finally paying attention....ed told a few stories..the betterman "dedicated to the bastard that married my mother" story...he got a little angry...i saw some of the man...not just the singer...some story time...some other ramblings...and some GREAT GREAT GREAT music...and i finally really got into the show...and mike..holy freak mike! and... the first time i'd seen (or remembered) YLB played as the last encore...and it seemed to go on forever and ever and ever..and i remember i wasn't even watching the band any longer..i had my eyes closed and i was swaying and twirling and i was hearing the music but i was inside myself..and it was taking me places.....and it was then that i realized..hey.(who needs drugs when you've got this right?)...wtf have you been doing...you've been to the shows but you've never actually been AT the shows..not really....and this....this is what i've been missing all these years? what was i thinking?!?

so...2003 was my turning point....great show...looking back not the very best show...but the one that made it for me..and imo..they are all the best show at the time. it was my first "Wow! I GET IT" show...and that's all she wrote...been hooked .....really hooked...never turning back...ever since...can't get enough..bonafide pj freak ever since that day

i can never replace what i would have had if i'd been in the right frame of mind from the start..but hey, i've got it now....and that's all i need

i have to credit eddie for my love of pearl jam in the early years...that first show when i heard that voice and saw all that gorgeous hair and met the angry young man....i have to give credit where its due...i was totally immersed in eddie ... well...can't deny that i still am, most of the time....but i've developed a strong appreciation for the rest of the band..there wouldn't be a pearl jam without any single one of them..mike..god..mike makes that guitar cry better than anyone..jeff..well...that's another story all together, stone and matt..yeah its all there...but eddie...eddie pulled me in...ed's words have touched me and reached me at times when nothing else ever could have...i know its a cliche..i know that everyone says it..(and i've heard ed say that he's not in a particularly good place about that, but he may have outgrown that too) but its true...if it was possible for someone to be right inside your head with you....then....well...i don't need to say it (hey, you might not say it, but you KNOW its true)

and to my son..i have to say thank you...for listening ..and for sharing...and for being there WAY before i was..and for begging me to take him to Pearl Jam shows instead of the Dead and Jerry shows I'd been hauling him to all those years.. :lol: ....he taught me a thing or two didn't he? and now i beg HIM to take me to shows :lol: ...not really..we just go together...you may have noticed, depending

so..that's my story..not as interesting and full of excitement and drama as a lot are...but it got me here..and that's what's important. today. in my life..i can't imagine my life without pearl jam. they make me laugh, they make me cry..they make me happy.

see you at the show

ed solo in june..pj20 in the fall..and whatever lies in between

thanks for letting me share...i hope you will too :D
peace,
jo

http://www.Etsy.com/Shop/SimpleEarthCreations
"How I choose to feel is how I am." ~ EV/MMc
"Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness and they live by what they hear. Such people become crazy, or they become legends." ~ One Stab ~
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  • H.Chinaski
    H.Chinaski Brooklyn, NY Posts: 1,600
    Seen them in 92' at lollapalooza and loved it and then not again until 95' in Chicago and that's when they really got me.
    Pine Knob, MI Lollapalooza 1992 / Soldier Field, Chicago 1995 / Savage Hall, Toledo 1996 / Palace, Detroit 1998 / Palace, Detroit 2000 / Pine Knob, MI 2003 / Showbox, Seattle 2004 / MSG, NYC 2008 / Key Arena I & II, Seattle 2009 / Eddie Vedder Beacon, NYC 2011 / Eddie Vedder Benaroya, Hall Seattle 2011 / Barclays, Brooklyn I &II 2013 / Wells Fargo, Philadelphia II 2013 / Wuhlheide, Berlin, Germany 2014 / Wells Fargo, Philadelphia 1 2016 / Madison Square Garden, NYC 2 2016 / Wrigley 2, Chicago 2016/ Fenway 1, Boston 2018/
  • Narciso
    Narciso Posts: 194
    Lollapalooza 1992 was my first, but Drop in the Park was the shit!
    Slipped on a curb in the road.
  • morgie2
    morgie2 Posts: 1,065
    1st show was Boston 2 in 1994 (the night before the Orpheum). Just an incredible tour and time. Kinda went away till my next show (Boston 2 in 2006!!!). Don't even ask me why so long. Loved Avocado so I went, and it hooked me for life. Imagine "discovering" Yield and No Code for the first time in 2006!!!
    Boston II 94 Boston II 06 Mansfield I 08 Mansfield II 08 Seattle I 09 Seattle II 09
    Hartford 10 Boston 10 Wrigley 13 Worcester I 13 Worcester II 13 Hartford 13
    NYC I 16 NYC II 16 Fenway I 16 Fenway II 16  Fenway 1 18  Fenway II 18
    E.V. Boston II 08 E.V. Albany II 09 E.V. Providence 11, E.V. Boston 11
    Troubled Souls Unite
  • EvoLukin
    EvoLukin Posts: 188
    4/02/94 was the first. And 4/03/94 hooked me for life! :)
    "Smelly Velvet"-EV on Stone's velvet shorts(ATL 94)

    Atlanta,GA 1994 1&2
    N.Charleston, SC 1996
    Greenville, SC 1998
    Atlanta, GA 2000
    Columbia, SC 2008
    EV(2009) - Atlanta 1
  • PearlJamPatriot
    PearlJamPatriot Posts: 2,426
    MSG 1998 night 2 was my 1st show., although I wanted to go to Springfield, MA '94 but was too young and had no means to go. Tried like hell to get tickets for Hartford '96. But couldnt get through on the phone. So MSG '98 ended up being my 1st. It was an amazing show and is a classic. They finally played Breath after a long campaign for them to play it.
    Pearl Jam Shows: 1998 - 9/11 New York, NY (MSG night 2); 9/13 Hartford, CT || 2000 - 8/24 Wantagh, NY (Jones Beach 2); 8/27 Saratoga Springs; 8/29 Mansfield, MA (night 1); 8/30 Mansfield, MA (night 2) || 2003 - 4/29 Albany, NY; 5/3 State College, PA; 7/2 Mansfield (night 1); 7/6 Camden, NJ (night 2); 7/8 New York, NY (MSG night 1) || 2004 - 9/28 Boston, MA (night 1); 9/29 Boston, MA (night 2) || 2005 - 10/3 Philadelphia, PA || 2006 - 5/12 Albany, NY; 5/13 Hartford, CT; 5/24 Boston, MA (night 1); 5/25 Boston, MA (night 2); 5/27 Camden, NJ (night 1); 5/28 Camden, NJ (night 2)|| 2008 - 6/19 Camden, NJ (night 1); 6/24 New York, NY (MSG night 1); 6/25 New York, NY (MSG night 2); 6/27 Hartford, CT; 6/28 Mansfield, MA (night 1); 6/30 Mansfield, MA (night 2); 7/1 New York, NY (Beacon Theater)|| 2009 - 9/21 Seattle, WA (night 1); 9/22 Seattle, WA (night 2); 10/27 Philadelphia, PA (Spectrum night 1); 10/28 Philadelphia, PA (Spectrum night 2); 10/30 Philadelphia, PA (Spectrum night 3); 10/31 Philadelphia, PA (Spectrum night 4)|| 2010 - 5/15 Hartford, CT; 5/17 Boston, MA; 5/20 New York, NY (MSG night 1); 5/21 New York, NY (MSG night 2)|| 2011 - 9/3 East Troy, WI (PJ20); 9/4 East Troy, WI (PJ20) || 2012 - 9/2 Philadelphia, PA, 9/30 Missoula, MT || 2013 - 7/19 Chicago, IL (Wrigley Field), 10/12 Buffalo, NY, 10/15 Worcester, MA (night 1), 10/16 Worcester, MA (night 2), 10/18 Brooklyn, NY (night 1), 10/19 Brooklyn, NY (night 2), 10/25 Hartford, CT || 2014 - 10/22 Denver, CO || 2015 -  9/26 New York, NY (Global Citizen Festival) || 2016 - 5/1 New York, NY (night 1), 5/2 New York, NY (night 2), 8/5 Boston, MA (Fenway Park night 1), 8/7 Boston, MA (Fenway Park night 2) || 2018 - 9/2 Boston, MA (Fenway Park night 1) || 2020 - 3/30 New York, NY
    Eddie Vedder solo: 2008 - Boston night 1 & 2 || 2009 - Albany, NY night 1 & 2 || 2011 - Hartford, CT, Boston, MA

  • StillHere
    StillHere Posts: 7,795
    thanks guys

    looks like i talk too much tho huh? :lol:
    peace,
    jo

    http://www.Etsy.com/Shop/SimpleEarthCreations
    "How I choose to feel is how I am." ~ EV/MMc
    "Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness and they live by what they hear. Such people become crazy, or they become legends." ~ One Stab ~
  • snow_board_rider
    snow_board_rider Posts: 943
    My first show was at the 1st Memorial Stadium show. I was in the mosh pit all night so I didn't get to really SEE the show. My turning point show was the 2nd Memorial Stadium show where I just sat and had my first religious experience of seeing PJ live.
    Memorial Stadium, Seattle - Jul 21 22, 1998
    Key Arena - Nov 05, 2000
    Gorge Amphitheater - Sep 01, 2005, Jul 22,23, 2006
    Key Arena - Sept 21,22, 2009
    Alpine Valley - Sept 3, 4 2011
  • restlesssoul
    restlesssoul Posts: 6,952
    A NIGHT I WILL NEVER FORGET! So glad I went. Was a big, big fan up until that point, but this show did me in. I got to see a Neil Young tag in daughter and a Who song with Baba. IT BLEW ME AWAY. I didn't think anyone else listened to "teenage wasteland" ( as I called it at the time) Then to see 15,000 people sing along to it and scream "We're all WASTED" in unison. It was an unforgettable, unbelievable night for an 18 year old me. I've never looked back. I have the show on dvd (poor, poor quality) I have a bootleg cd, and of course the poster signed numbered out of 300 framed with ticket stub!!! I look at it daily.

    Thanks for making me reminisce :lol: STILL the only time I've seen Leaving Here.



    07/19/98 - Pacific Coliseum: Vancouver, British Columbia [113m]
    attendance: 14,000-15,000
    support act: Frank Black
    soundcheck: Not for You, MFC, Off He Goes, Last Kiss, I Got You, Hail Hail
    set: Sometimes, Go, Hail Hail, Brain of J, Dissident, Even Flow, Given to Fly, Corduroy, MFC, Lukin, Wishlist, Jeremy, Daughter/(Hey Hey My My), Not for You, Off He Goes, Better Man, Rearviewmirror, Black, Last Exit
    enc 1: Do the Evolution, Nothingman, Alive, Leaving Here
    enc 2: Yellow Ledbetter, BABA O'RILEY!!!!
    notes: Band is relaxed and playing well; however, the crowd is a little too sedate. The set is cut short with "Last Exit," Eddie inciting the crowd by doing these Vegas-style lunges towards the crowd. This all changes with an incredibly intense 'DTE' and is culminated when, during 'Alive,' Eddie walks around the stage, applauding the kids dancing in the empty seats in the back, and CLIMBS INTO THE CROWD for more than a few minutes. The band returns to play 'Yellow Ledbetter,' and are about to leave when Eddie goes over to the band members and asks them if they feel like one more, picks up a tambourine, and, yep, 'Baba O'Riley' bringing the house down.

    IMG_4601-2.jpg
    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
  • Goatboy
    Goatboy Posts: 509
    Well I was hooked years before my first show. Like many others I didn't get to see them until the 98 tour. Couldn't make it to randalls island in 96 for a reason that escapes me now. 1998 was the first major tour back with ticketmaster and the weeks leading up to the shows seemed to take forever. I just remember sitting there before the house lights went up literally shaking in my seat... I couldn't believe those 5 guys were going to walk out on stage and play that music that was such a huge part of my life for years. I still remember that moment when they walked out. Release was the first song...it sent shivers down my spine.

    that moment, when they walk out on stage and you hear the first note.....damn thats fucking awesome!
  • Forrest
    Forrest Posts: 53
    I've been smitten with them since fall of 1991 and my first show was 11-5-93 in Indio, CA.
  • restlesssoul
    restlesssoul Posts: 6,952
    Forrest wrote:
    I've been smitten with them since fall of 1991 and my first show was 11-5-93 in Indio, CA.


    at the end of the show, were you wearing shoes?
    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
  • StillHere
    StillHere Posts: 7,795
    restlesssoul wrote:
    Forrest wrote:
    I've been smitten with them since fall of 1991 and my first show was 11-5-93 in Indio, CA.


    at the end of the show, were you wearing shoes?


    i'm not sure what that means...if anything...but i never am
    peace,
    jo

    http://www.Etsy.com/Shop/SimpleEarthCreations
    "How I choose to feel is how I am." ~ EV/MMc
    "Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness and they live by what they hear. Such people become crazy, or they become legends." ~ One Stab ~
  • Forrest
    Forrest Posts: 53
    I was wearing shoes and would have been happy to join in with Ed and kick all the shoe-less m-f-ers who had thrown their shoes at him. :D
  • restlesssoul
    restlesssoul Posts: 6,952
    StillHere wrote:
    restlesssoul wrote:
    Forrest wrote:
    I've been smitten with them since fall of 1991 and my first show was 11-5-93 in Indio, CA.


    at the end of the show, were you wearing shoes?


    i'm not sure what that means...if anything...but i never am

    INDIO 93

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd9iOpMSOns
    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
  • restlesssoul
    restlesssoul Posts: 6,952
    Forrest wrote:
    I was wearing shoes and would have been happy to join in with Ed and kick all the shoe-less m-f-ers who had thrown their shoes at him. :D


    right on!

    hell of a first show!
    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
  • PearlJamPatriot
    PearlJamPatriot Posts: 2,426
    restlesssoul wrote:
    Forrest wrote:
    I've been smitten with them since fall of 1991 and my first show was 11-5-93 in Indio, CA.


    at the end of the show, were you wearing shoes?
    :lol::lol:

    This show, originally planned for the LA area, was problematic with respect to parking and cold temperatures. The unruly crowd was moshing in line during the soundcheck and to PA music! Before PJ started, a roadie sang a hysterical rendition of ‘Copa Cabana.’ The audience is launching shoes at the stage even before and during the opening acts. In fact, during Eleven’s set, a shoe hits Jack Iron’s bass drum, he stops the song and says that if he finds out who threw it he would make him pay for the damages (quite pissed). Finally, PJ hits the stage, with the audience behaving outrageously. Prior to ‘Deep,’ Ed remarks, “Kill your local rapist, but torture him first, then serve him to your enemy for dinner.” Later: “The first guy I met today gave me this book and asked if I wanted to know the secret for living forever.” Tossing it into the crowd, he says, “Why the fuck would I want to live forever?” During ‘Porch,’ Ed invites the audience to spit at him. The agitated crowd, continuing to throw stuff onto the stage, leads Ed to comment that “… me and Jeff are going to the front gate and when you exit, we are going to beat the shit out of every barefoot person here” and “… throw a gun so I can shoot you.” The band eventually plays from behind their amps so they won’t be hit by the flying shoes. This audience was awful. The recording of ‘Blood’ from this show is released on the ‘Daughter’ single. ‘Fuck Me in the Brain’ was released later on the third fan club single (as ‘Ramblings’). The guys deserve a medal for playing this long and this well despite the rowdy crowd.
    Pearl Jam Shows: 1998 - 9/11 New York, NY (MSG night 2); 9/13 Hartford, CT || 2000 - 8/24 Wantagh, NY (Jones Beach 2); 8/27 Saratoga Springs; 8/29 Mansfield, MA (night 1); 8/30 Mansfield, MA (night 2) || 2003 - 4/29 Albany, NY; 5/3 State College, PA; 7/2 Mansfield (night 1); 7/6 Camden, NJ (night 2); 7/8 New York, NY (MSG night 1) || 2004 - 9/28 Boston, MA (night 1); 9/29 Boston, MA (night 2) || 2005 - 10/3 Philadelphia, PA || 2006 - 5/12 Albany, NY; 5/13 Hartford, CT; 5/24 Boston, MA (night 1); 5/25 Boston, MA (night 2); 5/27 Camden, NJ (night 1); 5/28 Camden, NJ (night 2)|| 2008 - 6/19 Camden, NJ (night 1); 6/24 New York, NY (MSG night 1); 6/25 New York, NY (MSG night 2); 6/27 Hartford, CT; 6/28 Mansfield, MA (night 1); 6/30 Mansfield, MA (night 2); 7/1 New York, NY (Beacon Theater)|| 2009 - 9/21 Seattle, WA (night 1); 9/22 Seattle, WA (night 2); 10/27 Philadelphia, PA (Spectrum night 1); 10/28 Philadelphia, PA (Spectrum night 2); 10/30 Philadelphia, PA (Spectrum night 3); 10/31 Philadelphia, PA (Spectrum night 4)|| 2010 - 5/15 Hartford, CT; 5/17 Boston, MA; 5/20 New York, NY (MSG night 1); 5/21 New York, NY (MSG night 2)|| 2011 - 9/3 East Troy, WI (PJ20); 9/4 East Troy, WI (PJ20) || 2012 - 9/2 Philadelphia, PA, 9/30 Missoula, MT || 2013 - 7/19 Chicago, IL (Wrigley Field), 10/12 Buffalo, NY, 10/15 Worcester, MA (night 1), 10/16 Worcester, MA (night 2), 10/18 Brooklyn, NY (night 1), 10/19 Brooklyn, NY (night 2), 10/25 Hartford, CT || 2014 - 10/22 Denver, CO || 2015 -  9/26 New York, NY (Global Citizen Festival) || 2016 - 5/1 New York, NY (night 1), 5/2 New York, NY (night 2), 8/5 Boston, MA (Fenway Park night 1), 8/7 Boston, MA (Fenway Park night 2) || 2018 - 9/2 Boston, MA (Fenway Park night 1) || 2020 - 3/30 New York, NY
    Eddie Vedder solo: 2008 - Boston night 1 & 2 || 2009 - Albany, NY night 1 & 2 || 2011 - Hartford, CT, Boston, MA

  • Forrest
    Forrest Posts: 53
    The shoe tossing still bothers me...how dare they hit my Eddie!!! ;) It was an amazing show regardless of the shoeless. They were really cool to play through it....love those guys!
  • StillHere
    StillHere Posts: 7,795
    oh yeah that...poor guys

    hey they tried to turn it around right

    what a sucky crowd that was

    i would have been ashamed to have been a part of that
    peace,
    jo

    http://www.Etsy.com/Shop/SimpleEarthCreations
    "How I choose to feel is how I am." ~ EV/MMc
    "Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness and they live by what they hear. Such people become crazy, or they become legends." ~ One Stab ~
  • Loulou
    Loulou Adelaide Posts: 6,247
    First show was 1998 Adelaide, was awesome but wasn't until I saw them again in 2003 Adelaide that I realised that they weren't just one trick ponies, they would be around for a very long time. 2009 Adelaide, 2009 Melbourne and 2009 Christchurch were very important to me too though because I had just gone through some very tough stuff and those concerts helped to lift my spirits and my little bubble was with us without us knowing so that made it even more magical to look back on. :D
    “ "Thank you Palestrina. It’s a wonderful evening, it’s great to be here and I wanna dedicate you a super sexy song." " (last words of Mark Sandman of Morphine)


    Adelaide 1998
    Adelaide 2003
    Adelaide 2006 night 1
    Adelaide 2006 night 2
    Adelaide 2009
    Melbourne 2009
    Christchurch NZ 2009
    Eddie Vedder, Adelaide 2011
    PJ20 USA 2011 night 1
    PJ20 USA 2011 night 2
    Adelaide BIG DAY OUT 2014
  • restlesssoul
    restlesssoul Posts: 6,952
    more first show stories please!
    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

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