If you had to Groundhog Day one year of PJ20

RITFWinCO
RITFWinCO Posts: 217
edited April 2011 in The Porch
...which would it be?.

I'd pick 1998. The band toured in support of my favorite album Yield. I loved (not liked) every previous album so there was not a song on tour i wouldnt love. MSG 9-11-98 happened. A lot of bad shit like 9-11 and recessions wasnt in the world yet and personally, I was in my late 20s just livin large and lovin PJ.

Curious if any one PJ20 year is one you wouldnt mind getting stuck in over and over again.
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  • elevation622
    elevation622 Posts: 926
    Cool idea! I'd say 1996. Basically for the same reasons but I was younger and that was my first concert at Randal's Island. Being in college with drugs chicks and rock n roll a plenty! No Code, new! Awesomeness.
  • nuclear ukuleles
    nuclear ukuleles Posts: 660
    I'd have to say '98 too. Not only was it the year of my first concert (I'd do anything to experience it at this age, as opposed to an oblivious 6 year old), but Yield is one of my favorites. Plus there's just a special, unexplainable feeling that goes along with that time period--at least in my opinion. And, like you said, not only would you get to see the songs from that album for the first time live and for the first time, but lots of greats from the previous albums as well. Win-win.
    Hm, and another thing...Eddie looked pretty dapper then too. Win-win-win, I think.
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  • Jeremys Spoken
    Jeremys Spoken Posts: 7,578
    2000.


    Binaural tour.

    Enough said.

    God I wish I wasn't 10 years old.
    2008 - MSG 6/24-6/25
    2010 - Newark 5/18 MSG 5/21
    2011 - PJ20 9/3-9/4
    2012 - MIA Festival 9/2
    2013 - Wrigley Field 7/19 Brooklyn 10/18-10/19 Philly 10/22
    2015 - Colbert show - 9/23 Global Citizens Festival 9/26
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  • Gary Carter
    Gary Carter Posts: 14,077
    98

    only cause it had jack irons and matt cameron and some pretty badass shows
    Ron: I just don't feel like going out tonight
    Sammi: Wanna just break up?

  • Kloddz
    Kloddz Posts: 2,573
    As far as repeating my best PJ-related day over and over again (and being able to change things over every time to see what happens - I might try to breach the barrier and get backstage once or twice, it won't have any consequences right? ;) ), I'd say August 15, 2009 - the day of the Berlin show.

    or

    Go back to the day where I foolishly decides not to go to Berlin 2010, which I've regretted ever since. (Although that would be a Back to the Future type of thing rather than Groundhog day - but hey, I love that DeLorean.)
    Bern - September 13, 2006
    Berlin - August 15, 2009
    Lisbon - July 10, 2010
    Berlin - June 26, 2014
    Zurich - June 23, 2022

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  • appie
    appie Posts: 1,441
    I go for 92...reliving the start again.Great year and a change that affected the rest of my life in a positive way...next year i would hopefully say that it changed to 2011...looking good sofar.. :D
    Pearl Jam 4 live
    h8 2 w8 for concerts
  • Mariamaniatis
    Mariamaniatis Posts: 90
    appie wrote:
    I go for 92...reliving the start again.Great year and a change that affected the rest of my life in a positive way...next year i would hopefully say that it changed to 2011...looking good sofar.. :D


    Ditto. 92
  • appie
    appie Posts: 1,441
    Mariamaniatis wrote:
    appie wrote:
    I go for 92...reliving the start again.Great year and a change that affected the rest of my life in a positive way...next year i would hopefully say that it changed to 2011...looking good sofar.. :D


    Ditto. 92

    Yeah..we are goldie oldies....2011 will be historical to..and 20 years older.. ;)
    Pearl Jam 4 live
    h8 2 w8 for concerts
  • Kloddz
    Kloddz Posts: 2,573
    Only now I've noticed you said "year", not "day"... I'd probably go with 2010, then, and try to do the whole Euro tour this time around.
    Bern - September 13, 2006
    Berlin - August 15, 2009
    Lisbon - July 10, 2010
    Berlin - June 26, 2014
    Zurich - June 23, 2022

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  • STT757
    STT757 Posts: 302
    Absolutely 1992;

    They established their amazing live performance reputation based on those European shows that Winter and again with those huge Summer European festivals in Early Summer. Then there were the legendary Lollapalooza shows with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sound Garden (including Temple Of the Dog performances at some shows), ICe Cube, Ice T, STP, Rage Against the Machine etc..

    And let's not forget in 1992 MTV actually played videos, and lots of Pearl Jam videos. I was a Junior in High School in 1992, I remember how popular Pearl Jam became that year. The Evenflow video and Jeremy video in particular were in heavy rotation on MTV, as was Hunger Strike.

    1992 was also the year they made their first SNL appearance, and the "Drop in the Park" concert. It was also their first year playing the Bridge School benefit. And Un-plugged.

    The best year Pearl Jam has had in their career is absolutely 1992, while people here have selected other years for their own personal reasons, 1992 is the only year one could pick if personal preferences were removed.

    1992 is the year magic happened to Pearl Jam, I remember that year well as a 17 year old.

    A lot of the newer fans really cannot appreciate what Pearl Jam and music was in 1992, for example my Senior year was 1993. I remember the day Vs. came out, it seemed like anyone with a car cut out of school that day at 10:00am to go to the mall and buy Vs. the day it was released.
    Randalls Island New York 9/29/96 - Oakland Coliseum Oakland California 11/15/97 - MSG New York New York 09/10/98 - Key Arena Seattle Washington 11/05/00, 11/06/00 - PNC Bank Arts Center Holmdel New Jersey 7/14/03 - Tweeter Center Camden New Jersey 5/28/06, MSG New York New York 06/25/08, Spectrum Arena Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 10/27/09
  • eddiefan1992
    eddiefan1992 Posts: 231
    I'd have to say 96. My first PJ concert, 2 days after my 20th birthday and No Code, which is by far my most favorite PJ album. Great year to be a Pearl Jam fan.
  • scratched vinyl
    scratched vinyl Posts: 742
    I'm going with 1994. Vitalogy was released late in the year, and I got the third disc of the Live in Atlanta album!
  • thefin190
    thefin190 Posts: 918
    1990/1991. I would've really liked to have seen Mookie Blaylock in their early days. Or to see Pearl Jam opening for bands like Alice in Chains, Nirvana, and Red Hot Chili Peppers. A close second would be their 2005/2006 Gorge shows.
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  • fox_mulderX
    fox_mulderX Posts: 1,134
    ned ryerson?
    BING!
  • SatansFuton
    SatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    1998. It was my Senior year of HS, Yield came out, went to my first PJ concert that summer (I should have hitched a ride up there with Rodman) and Yield was constantly playing on my CD player. Not a bad time. Plus LOTL came out that year, that was a big deal back in the days before official bootlegs. The only live Pearl Jam I owned until then was that Free World: Live In USA '92-'93 bootleg, which was pretty rough. Plus there was a lot of awesome non-PJ related stuff going on that year for me, and lots of graduation money rolling in to do it with.
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  • Sprunkn7
    Sprunkn7 Posts: 5,286
    Bonnaroo. Hands down. Best day and night.....

    Can't beat great weather in a huge field dancing to Pearl Jam that was up on that stage kickin it.

    Had my best friends with me, the perfect buzz going and they played a Porch that blew my little mind.

    Haha, and Kayne was after 12 am, so wouldn't have to deal with all his shit again :D
    Thank you fellow 10 clubber for saving my ass....again!!!
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,747
    92
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