your favorite PJ show ? Why ?

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  • iammine16
    iammine16 Vancouver, BC Posts: 861
    Vancouver '09. The crowd was insane that night, and the setlist was awesome! Opened with "In My Tree"...Encore 1 - "I Got Shit", Love ReignO'er Me", "Breath", "State Of Love And Trust", "Alive"...and an awesome performance of "Indifference" with Ben Harper. Overall just a mezmerizing experience!
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  • ozgurkd
    ozgurkd Juneau, Alaska Posts: 434
    In Istanbul in 1996 I was parted from my sister and best friend with a wave of people and was too weak to even stand up till one of the last songs but in Sweden in 2000 it was sooo nice. People were not pushing\ it was fresh air with black backed gulls and paragliders above us. And they also appeared earlier than scheduled or something. We were scattered around and we just heard them start playing. Made me happy
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  • rpech'e
    rpech'e Posts: 1,106
    brianlux wrote:
    PJ_Soul wrote:
    Missoula, 9/30/12, because it was my first and only. :D Also, I don't really know, but it could be the closest I ever get to the stage on a GA floor (or ever), so that was a lot more than awesome for my first time. I may have been spoiled at my first show... GA right in front of Mike sets the bar pretty fucking high right off the get go. It will be hard to move back into the rafters! But I am hoping that my best is still in my future, again and again! :)

    Another good answer. Mine too! :D

    Ditto, was very fortunate to meet most of the band before seeing my first show and to have a great seat in such a small arena, once in a lifetime........
    I'll see you in the rafters :D
  • covered in bliss
    covered in bliss The Shoals Posts: 1,334
    By far bonnaroo.

    I turned 40 in March of that year and it was a year of many personal problems.... I won't mention those here. I needed to get away.

    I went to Roo by myself... it was the first time I had EVER been camping! There was a serious incident with rain and some ass-hat yelling through a bullhorn that the big one was coming. If you read this-- dick, you SUCK!

    Waited from noon until showtime... great show, great people, great times. I think I was drugged but that's ok because it didn't interfere with the show, only the 9 hours of waiting in line.. I slept almost the entire time! My only regret was not being home with my husband on Fathers Day.

    Dare I say that I helped with the rearviewmirror lyrics? I did :)

    Favorite show ever and listening to it right now. :)
  • Definitely Hamilton '11-from the opening chords of Given to Fly to the crowd echoing Ed during Daughter-to Ed's poignant tribute to his friend Johnny Ramone, that was one awesome concert! The energy of the crowd was off the charts, and Ed said he knew it would be that way, because Uncle Neil told him so! :lol:

    I am just so happy to have been there that night, as I almost didn't make it! :shock:
    "A beacon on dry land"
  • veddertown
    veddertown Scotland Posts: 5,260
    Bathgate66 wrote:
    Only reason being I scalped tickets and was in the very first row towards Stones side.


    Camden, New Jersey

    Sat 2 September, 2000
    SET 1
    Of The Girl
    Breakerfall
    State Of Love And Trust
    Hail, Hail
    Do The Evolution
    Faithfull
    Nothing As it Seems
    Corduroy
    Untitled
    MFC
    Habit
    I Got Id
    Off He Goes
    Gods' Dice
    Even Flow
    Rival
    Animal
    Nothingman
    Insignificance
    Rearviewmirror

    ENCORE 1
    Soon Forget
    Better Man
    Last Exit
    Given To Fly
    Footsteps
    Last Kiss
    Porch

    ENCORE 2
    Baba O'Riley

    I've not listened to this show in a long time. I must change that this week. The main set is tremendous!! :D
    Like a book among the many on a shelf...

    Dublin 02 Arena - 22/6/10. Belfast Odyssey Arena - 23/6/10. London Hyde Park - 25/6/10. Berlin Wuhlheide - 30/6/10.
    Manchester MEN - 20/06/12. Manchester MEN - 21/06/12
  • veddertown
    veddertown Scotland Posts: 5,260
    Forgot mine! For shows I didn't attend there are too many to choose from but I listen to Mansfield 3, 2003 a lot. My top show is Berlin 2010. On paper it's not 100% special, Got Some following a poignant Long Road was a bit lame and I'm not a big enough PIL fan to appreciate Public Image. Also Backspacer is by far my least favourite album yet most of the seven songs they chose seemed to fit in with the setlist. There were great moments all through the show, Push Me, Pull Me > Immortality > In Hiding was the start of a great run of songs that made a great main set. Low Light, Corduroy, Worldwide Suicide, Johnny Guitar, Light Years, Comatose. Hearing Spin The Black Circle straight after The End and Just Breathe was immense! The entire emotional second encore was amazing, the only performance of Unthought Known I've truly appreciated, the best Black I'll ever hear, the crowd singing Alive at full volume and Yellow Ledbetter is also my favourite version. The story of how I got in the venue at the last minute is a saga itself and it's just another great memory of a slightly drunken day in the 36 degree sunshine with friends. I forgot to mention hearing Push Me, Pull Me, Love Boat Captain and Sad being soundchecked while we lay on the grass outside the 10c tickets booth. Awesome memories!! :mrgreen:
    Like a book among the many on a shelf...

    Dublin 02 Arena - 22/6/10. Belfast Odyssey Arena - 23/6/10. London Hyde Park - 25/6/10. Berlin Wuhlheide - 30/6/10.
    Manchester MEN - 20/06/12. Manchester MEN - 21/06/12
  • BeerBaron
    BeerBaron Toronto-ish Posts: 4,100
    Vic Theater '07. No question. I would be interested in hearing from someone who was at that show but doesn't think it was the best they've seen.

    Honourable mention for me would go to:

    LA #4 2009
    LA #3 2009 (Cornell)
    Philly #3 2009
    Ottawa 2005
    Dusseldorf 2007
    1996: Toronto 1998: Barrie 2000: Saratoga Springs 2003: Buffalo, Toronto 2005: Kitchener, London, Hamilton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto 2006: Toronto x2, Cleveland, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Gorge #1 2007: London, Dusseldorf, Vic, Lolla 2008: WPB, Tampa, DC, MSG x2, Hartford, Boston x2, Beacon 2009: Toronto, Chicago x2, Seattle x2, LA #3&4, San Diego, Philly x4 2010: Cleveland, Buffalo, Hartford 2011: Montreal, Toronto x2, Hamilton 2012: Missoula 2013: London, Wrigley, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Hartford, Dallas, OKC
  • Kick Ass Shows!!!!!!
    Grand Rapids 04
    Grand Rapids 06
    Alpine 03
    Chicago Regal Theater 94
    Chicago Stadium 94
    Philly 3&4 09

    Clunkers?
    Alpine 1&2 2011
    Cincy 06
    Santa Barbara 03
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  • Hinn
    Hinn Posts: 1,517
    Berlin 09.

    Because Wulheide really does shit over everywhere other venue I'd been to. And I wasn't nearly as stupidly boozed up as 10.
    115 bucks for half a haircut by a novice? I want my money back!
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,368
    BeerBaron wrote:
    Vic Theater '07. No question. I would be interested in hearing from someone who was at that show but doesn't think it was the best they've seen.

    Honourable mention for me would go to:

    LA #4 2009
    LA #3 2009 (Cornell)
    Philly #3 2009
    Ottawa 2005
    Dusseldorf 2007

    I was at the Vic show. I think my problem is I don't remember much about shows after the fact (and I'm sober at all shows). I just have fun while I'm there. I'm sure my feeling after the show was elation and that I couldn't believe what I saw. I would probably have a difficult time arguing that if I could only see one show that that the Vic wasn't the one I'd go to.

    I know Amsterdam II was the best show of the Euro tour, but I had much more fun at the Berlin and Prague shows. I think a lot goes into what a person's favorite show is (who they were with, where the show was at, were they not feeling well on that day, were they stressed out at the time and their mind was somewhere else, etc...).
  • Bathgate66
    Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
    veddertown wrote:
    Bathgate66 wrote:
    Only reason being I scalped tickets and was in the very first row towards Stones side.


    Camden, New Jersey

    Sat 2 September, 2000
    SET 1
    Of The Girl
    Breakerfall
    State Of Love And Trust
    Hail, Hail
    Do The Evolution
    Faithfull
    Nothing As it Seems
    Corduroy
    Untitled
    MFC
    Habit
    I Got Id
    Off He Goes
    Gods' Dice
    Even Flow
    Rival
    Animal
    Nothingman
    Insignificance
    Rearviewmirror

    ENCORE 1
    Soon Forget
    Better Man
    Last Exit
    Given To Fly
    Footsteps
    Last Kiss
    Porch

    ENCORE 2
    Baba O'Riley

    I've not listened to this show in a long time. I must change that this week. The main set is tremendous!! :D


    Made a point to bring this into my car today.
    onlygot thru CD1, but its a good one.
    Cant wait to relive footsteps on cd2.

    :thumbup:
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  • Hartford 2010...took my son (15 at the time)to this one and he said he can't wait to see them again.
    If a man speaks in a forest and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong?
  • Dr. Delight
    Dr. Delight Posts: 11,210
    Philly 5/28/06
    In my opinion this was the best Philly show, even better than any of the 4 spectrum shows. Strong performance and awesome set-list... Opened with wash,throw in some satans bed,garden,whipping,porch...I remember the night like it was yesterday.
    Best Philly show ever?

    Not even close.
    And so you see, I have come to doubt
    All that I once held as true
    I stand alone without beliefs
    The only truth I know is you.
  • Dr. Delight
    Dr. Delight Posts: 11,210
    Philadelphia - 10/3/05

    Check this out: Wash, Brain of J, Sad, Alone, Faithfull, Whipping, Leatherman, Nothingman, Bleed for Me, Blood, Around the Bend, Harvest Moon, Hard to Imagine, Crown of Thorns, In My Tree, Sonic Reducer, Little Sister, Leaving' Here

    This was one of the first shows I had attended where the setlist was truly out of control. A perfect combination of energy from the band, energy from the crowd, and a setlist that matched the occasion.

    Honorable Mentions: Champaign 2003 (great vibe), Chicago II 2009 (seats were as far from the band as I have ever been and was able to just focus on the music - was great), Columbia 2008
    Unreal show. An absolute blast. Not my favorite philly/nj show, but it's up there.
    And so you see, I have come to doubt
    All that I once held as true
    I stand alone without beliefs
    The only truth I know is you.
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,368
    Philadelphia - 10/3/05

    Check this out: Wash, Brain of J, Sad, Alone, Faithfull, Whipping, Leatherman, Nothingman, Bleed for Me, Blood, Around the Bend, Harvest Moon, Hard to Imagine, Crown of Thorns, In My Tree, Sonic Reducer, Little Sister, Leaving' Here

    This was one of the first shows I had attended where the setlist was truly out of control. A perfect combination of energy from the band, energy from the crowd, and a setlist that matched the occasion.

    Honorable Mentions: Champaign 2003 (great vibe), Chicago II 2009 (seats were as far from the band as I have ever been and was able to just focus on the music - was great), Columbia 2008
    Unreal show. An absolute blast. Not my favorite philly/nj show, but it's up there.

    It was unreal. I have seen 10 shows in Philly/Camden and this was the one I enjoyed the most. I would sat it was better than Philly 3, but I had the flu for Philly 3 and 4 so it took some of the fun out of those shows.
  • Hinn wrote:
    Berlin 09.

    Because Wulheide really does shit over everywhere other venue I'd been to. And I wasn't nearly as stupidly boozed up as 10.
    we had great time together at 2010..to bad you cant remember shit.. :lol:
    "...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.....”
  • Amsterdam 2..

    the best performance of the band i ever saw...

    Berlin 10,Athens 06,PJ20 - Alpine weekend, Toronto 1, was so special for other reasons..

    but the best thing i ever saw from this band,was Amsterdam 2...



    Pearl Jam
    Ziggo Dome
    Amsterdam, NE.
    Show 2
    June 27, 2012

    Set List:
    01. Wash
    02. Last Exit
    03. Animal
    04. State Of Love And Trust
    05. Severed Hand
    06. Corduroy
    07. I Got Shit
    08. Daughter/WMA
    09. Nothing As It Seems
    10. Got Some
    11. Dissident
    12. Once
    13. Glorified G
    14. Deep
    15. The Fixer
    16. Bugs (n)
    17. Better Man/Save It For Later

    Encore Break 1

    18. Release
    19. Hail, Hail
    20. Alone
    21. Footsteps
    22. Rearviewmirror

    Encore Break 2
    23. Crown Of Thorns
    24. Sonic Reducer
    25. Alive
    26. Baba O'Riley
    27. Yellow Ledbetter/Little Wing
    "...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.....”
  • TroubledSoul
    TroubledSoul Posts: 1,377
    copenhagen 2007.

    great vibe inside.
    first visit to denmark since 2000.
    huge build up.
    band was intense.
    band was tight (remember those days?).. ok apart from eds emotionally flubbing lbc and boom cocking up the intro to love reign... but i'll blame the emotion of those 2 tracks back to back on the venue.
    setlist amazing.

    where the fuck are those euro 07 boots. :fp:
    Yeh I've seen Pearl Jam, too. But I can't remember the dates.
  • randall's island. pick a night. if you were there, you know why.