Everyone likes to hype the shows they've been too... but what's the WORST show?

CopTheRiotAct · March 2010

sydney 2 - 06

only show i wasnt on the floor for. i thought thats the only reason i thought the crowd was bad. It gets mentioned for terrible crowd participation.

as for shows i havent been to

I had a DVD boot for albany 03 which did look kinda boring.. i think the 03 shows were a hit or miss cause of the random sets. but the band seem to rely on the songs flow creating a vibe for the show rather than keeping the energy going that tour.

AmyMoore · March 2010

Hinn wrote:

Poland 07 was short, band weren't on at all, but had no problems with the crowd since I got an inkling of what it'd be like and stayed well away from the front.

Sydney 2 2006 was truly meh. More so than the 3 in 2003. Anyone who thinks the crowd doesn't matter doesn't get how much the band can feed off from the crowd, to give a better performance. Seattle 1 09 was also meh, but not nearly as much as Sydney 2 06.

Hinny..

I completely forgot about that Poland show! That's how good that one was. Leaky Park.
Sydney 2 2006 is definitely memorable because of Ed's hostility towards the crowd.

I suppose some other bad shows would be a couple of those Sydney 98 shows that were really really short. Don't think anyone was too happy during those shows. Memorable for me because I left to go to the bathroom. You always remember the first time.

I guess OZ gets the best of shows and the worst of shows.

jamminpearls · March 2010

Philly 2 was a damn good show but compared to night 1,3 and 4 it dosen't come close.

Gary Carter · March 2010

jamminpearls wrote:

Philly 2 was a damn good show but compared to night 1,3 and 4 it dosen't come close.

i just have no words for this

MG79478 · March 2010

jamminpearls wrote:

Philly 2 was a damn good show but compared to night 1,3 and 4 it dosen't come close.

Philly 2 was my favorite night of the 4!

-No Way
-Push me, Pull me
-Speed of Sound (First time ever)
-lukin (with strings)
-Little wing tag (reminds me of the gorge everytime)
-Garden (original version)

Philly 2 was also the night that the dream to hear every song they have recorded was the strongest. That came crashing down on night 3.

Pearl Jam_ie · March 2010

AndySlash wrote:

I find it hard to believe that the first Chicago show from last year has gotten mentions in here. The band wore their hearts on their sleeves that night. I certainly don't think the performance was lacking in any way.

No shit man... Only negative from that night was that so many 10cer's ended up w/ not so great seats, but that's it. That was a killer show. I didn't talk to anyone that didn't think it wasn't great.

I haven't been to a bad show yet, although the high heat and humidity added in with being butts-to-nuts with 100,000 other people didn't make for the greatest experience at Lolla '07. Band was good though.

Twostep2000RVM · January 2013

camden 1 08 did not suck, at all

Eraserhead · January 2013

Hyde Park 2010

A great show, but at the bottom of my list. Festival crowds suck.

RB90590 · January 2013

Would have to say my least favorite show I have seen is Birmingham, AL 2003. The show was short, the band/crowd did not seem into it at all, it was pretty cold (not as bad as East Troy 2000).

Get_Right · January 2013

Probably Hartford 06-just not my favorite performance, not bad, but probably my least favorite

DewieCox · January 2013

Chicago 3 was probably the weakest show I've seen.

Not sure how anybody could say Boise 00. That boot is probably my favorite from that tour. I do love the Cincy boot, but compared to alot of the other boots, it seems kinda average. Sweet setlist though.

I was way up in the nosebleeds for Chicago 1 09, and it's close, but I think I prefer it to Chicago 2. Bit of a moody, introspective setlist, but I really dug it and the crowd seemed really into it from where I was.

In regards to there being mostly shows from 03...Every year is gonna have its share, but I haven't noticed more 03 shows than some of the more recent years. At least one of them is pretty disputable, Champaign 03 was a monster show.

ceska · January 2013

Big fan of Albany 2003. Best version of I am Mine, great way to start that show... Nice Alive/Baba combo at the end. People Have the Power, and Rachel! Maybe I liked it because I had a great seat, whatever.

But least favorites.. any of the four Camden/MSG shows from 2008. They just didn't do it for me. Nice to see WMA, but it was kind of a weird version. Just nothing legendary about those shows.

mcgruff10 · January 2013

Hershey 2003 was terrible. The band was flat and visibly exhausted from Boston 3 the night before. The crowd was just putrid. Newark 2010 had an incredible set list but there was just something bad about that show. The other 46 were a ok.

Twostep2000RVM · January 2013

albany 03 was on pj radio yesterday afternoon.

im not sure the show was longer than an hour and a half. ed barely spoke, and they flew through the set.

Nittany1bn · January 2013

Boise was great i thought, first time I heard Mike play the "Stairway to Heaven" solo during Crazy Mary

slimjamie86 · February 2013

Wembley 2007.

But I think that's mostly because I can't remember a thing about it, because I was horribly hungover and they never released an official boot.

SVRDhand13 · February 2013

mcgruff10 wrote:

Hershey 2003 was terrible. The band was flat and visibly exhausted from Boston 3 the night before. The crowd was just putrid. Newark 2010 had an incredible set list but there was just something bad about that show. The other 46 were a ok.

I left Newark thinking how the set was so great but the soaking wet crowd (rain storm) brought down the energy so much. I still love the boot though.

GetRight13 · February 2013

Funny that Hershey 2003 is getting so much hate...Thats one of my fav boots lol I loved that setlist

I think alot of the 2008 shows were sloppy, band didnt seem as tight as they usually are. Other than that Albany 2003 I think was the shortest set of that tour, and the Toyko 03 show the fans are super quiet, almost sounds like PJ is playing in a empty room

Thought alot of the 2005 tour boots were really good, awesome setlists in 05 too!

katellis · February 2013

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DiRtYyELLoWoCeAn · February 2013

BinFrog wrote:

Get_Right wrote:

hartford 06
easy to answer

Yet another show I have seen get a lot of flack that I thought was awesome. The bd in h, and the sound was pretty good to boot.[/quo
I was at Hartford 06 and left feeling cheating but they more then made up for it at Hartford 08! I thought the 08 setlist was awesome and the Leash for Katie from the Make A Wish Foundation was a great touch and just shows how into causes the band is! Ben Harper was right on at Lolla p07 when he said "The best band in the world!"

Everyone likes to hype the shows they've been too... but what's the WORST show?

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