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  • Indifference152
    Indifference152 Posts: 305
    Peak of Ed's voice or what? I think different members have different times they peaked..
  • rival.
    rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    edited April 2013
    just graduated high school, this was the summer going into college. me and a bunch of buddies packed a mini van and drove from north jersey down to VA beach for the first show of the north american leg, stayed down there for about a week. fantastic times of underage drunken debauchery.

    then at the end of the same month, me and the same knuckleheads drove out to long island three nights in a row for the jones beach shows. great way to cap off the summer.

    without a doubt the peak of their live performances. the european boots are in constant rotation and i would give anything to go back in time to go see one of these shows live.
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  • rival.
    rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    Indifference152 wrote:
    Peak of Ed's voice or what? I think different members have different times they peaked..

    mike and ed's strongest tour in my opinion.
  • Dr. Delight
    Dr. Delight Posts: 11,210
    '98 was THE tour.
    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.
  • Better Dan
    Better Dan Posts: 5,684
    I think 98-05 are the best.
    2003: San Antonio, Houston, Dallas, Seattle; 2005: Monterrey; 2006: Chicago 1 & 2, Grand Rapids, Cleveland, Detroit; 2008: West Palm Beach, Tampa; 2009: Austin, LA 3 & 4, San Diego; 2010: Kansas City, St. Louis, Columbus, Indianapolis; 2011: PJ20 1 & 2; 2012: Missoula; 2013: Dallas, Oklahoma City, Seattle; 2014: Tulsa; 2016: Columbia, New York City 1 & 2; 2018: London, Seattle 1 & 2; 2021: Ohana; 2022: Oklahoma City
  • Indifference152
    Indifference152 Posts: 305
    I think Mike is pretty strong now also. Those 2012 boots sound pretty good. Ed's voice is slowly going though..
  • rival.
    rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    Dr. Delight wrote:
    '98 was THE tour.

    '98 was awesome, but lacking binaural tunes in the set lists :P
  • kjw818
    kjw818 Posts: 96
    DewieCox wrote:
    Amazing tour...Started my PJ obsession.. Smack dab in the middle of their live peak.

    For those dismissing the 03 tour...Sloppy? If you think 03 is sloppy you must be appalled by everything since 08. Great setlists, amazing energy from the band, and Ed taking really pushing his voice when he actually could push his voice.
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,118
    Dr. Delight wrote:
    '98 was THE tour.
    I agree so much! It was the first time pearl jam was easily seen. Tons of shows!!
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • red mos
    red mos Posts: 4,953
    Was the first Pearl jam show I ever got to see. :mrgreen:
    PJ: 10/14/00 06/09/03 10/4/09 11/15/13 11/16/13 10/08/14
    EV Solo: 7/11/11 11/12/12 11/13/12
  • betterday52
    betterday52 Posts: 204
    On the new Big Bang Theory, 4/25/2013 in Roger's office behind his chair was a Binaural Poster of the PJ Cover Art :-)
    our future is paved with better days

    EV Austin Nov 9 &11 2012
    EPIC Wrigley 7/19/2013 who could ever forget that date :-) my first PJ
    Dallas 11/15/2013
    OKC 11/16/2013
    Seattle 2 hopefully?!
  • giventofly69
    giventofly69 Vancouver Posts: 850
    2003 was my first PJ concert, May 30 in Vancouver. I think I was on a high for days after ...
    "Your light's reflected now, reflected from afar. We were but stones, your light made us stars."
  • boyo79
    boyo79 Warrington, UK Posts: 6,525
    CrookedTom wrote:
    YieldToNothing wrote:
    in my opinion the best live pj years are
    1a and 1b- 92 and 2000
    2-2003

    I don't get the love for the 2003 Tour. I think the New York, Boston and Mexico shows at the tail end
    of the tour kind of masked what was a dip for Peal Jam.

    Riot Act wasn't selling well, and they were playing to half full arenas in The Southern states. The fans turned on them while playing Bu$hleaguer! Ok that last point may be kind of cool now, but at the time the band were pretty shaken up about it.

    I think it was a small percentage of people walking out at Denver, it was made into a bigger thing than it was by the media. And obviously there is the booing at Nassau but when you see the coverage of that it's not that bad.

    Love both tours, some great shows on 2003 such as Penn State, Dallas, Bonner Springs and Holmdel and of course the Mansfield. There is quite alot of the 2003 bootlegs I've not listened to yet. I think last year was been the tightest they've been live since 2006.
    betterday52 wrote:
    On the new Big Bang Theory, 4/25/2013 in Roger's office behind his chair was a Binaural Poster of the PJ Cover Art :-)

    I think that's more to do with the Hourglass Nebula than in direct relation to Pearl Jam but still cool to see!
    2000: Manchester
    2006: Dublin; Leeds; Arnhem
    2007: London
    2009: Manchester
    2012: Manchester I & II : EV Manchester : Soundgarden Shepherds Bush
    2013: Brad Manchester : Soundgarden Manchester
    2014: Amsterdam I & II; Berlin; Leeds; Milton Keynes
    2018: Berlin; London II; Boston II

    Bootleg Reviews: http://pjbootlegreviews.blogspot.com/
  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    boyo79 wrote:
    Love both tours, some great shows on 2003 such as Penn State, Dallas, Bonner Springs and Holmdel and of course the Mansfield. There is quite alot of the 2003 bootlegs I've not listened to yet. I think last year was been the tightest they've been live since 2006.

    Add Champaign, Indy, St Louis, Buffalo, Philly to that list.

    Even if their playing is the best it's been since 06, it still doesn't come close to 98-04. And I think the tightness has detracted from their sound. They used to have such a loose groove that was tight but not rigid like it is on the more recent show I've seen.
  • jondu003
    jondu003 Posts: 86
    I've listened so much to the bootlegs from this tour, and I love them. It's been awhile since I've listened to them now, need to give them a spin soon again. I saw my first show on this tour. Unfortunately this was at Roskilde. I remember talking to friend on the phone when I had already arrived to Roskilde. He had seen the Hamburg show and was so happy that he had gotten to hear Baba O'Riley and Crazy Mary, which were quite the rarities at this time. I was so hoping they were going to pull at least on of those out for the Roskilde show. Well we I guess we will always remember what happened that night...
    2000: Roskilde
    2006: Sydney I,II,III
    2007: London, Copenhagen
    2008: MSG I,II
    2009: Manchester, London
    2010: London
    2011: Toronto I,II, Ottawa, Hamilton
    2012: Berlin I,II, Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen
  • eladder
    eladder Posts: 414
    Was at uniondale show in 03 and it wasnt a big deal. I wish pj20 showed eds speech after the song and he got the crowd back immediately. 2000 jones beach shows were as inspired as any ive seen. Agree w those that think binaural and riot act tours were the peak.
    He was ok but wondering about wandering
  • JK109224
    JK109224 Posts: 644
    Would love some officially mastered 1998 boots to compare with 2000, as the 98-00 era is clearly their peak.
    Come to send, not condescend...
  • Savage Tongue
    Savage Tongue Posts: 580
    Saratoga, NY.
    http://www.reverbnation.com/open_graph/song/1783688
    "Come take my hand, and let yourself rely.
    Don't hold your breath, don't close your eyes.
    I've learned to breath and I've learned to fly.
    I've learned to see and I know I'm going higher."
  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    Savage Tongue wrote:
    Saratoga, NY.


    That show started my run of 5 on that tour. Absolute pile driver of a show.

    Plus being way up front did not hurt ;)
    Bright eyed kid: "Wow Typo Man, you're the best!"
    Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
  • reflexive_trombone
    reflexive_trombone Posts: 79
    Underground band.

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