Set Openers - 1999-2013 Stats

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  • serpent boy
    serpent boy Virginia Beach Posts: 372
    Stats are updated through the North America 2011 tour.

    A few new observations:
    - "Oceans" is becoming mega rare. It opened only 1 show of the past 70 (though it was played mid-set in Melbourne in 2009) and has only opened 2 of the past 99 shows dating back to the end of the 2006 tour.
    - "Hard to Imagine" has not opened a show since Backspacer was released.
    - In 2009-2011, you've had a 50% chance of getting one of the following as your opener: "Why Go," "Long Road," "Release," "Sometimes," or "Small Town."
    - Avocado openers accounted for 24 of 81 openers in 2006 ("Severed Hand," "World Wide Suicide," "Wasted Reprise," and "Inside Job"). Since then, only "Severed Hand" has opened a show (Camden 2008). None of them have opened in 2009-2011.

    And Chad, I loved your "favorite Pearl Jam song" countdown from a little while back.
    00: Va Beach, 03: Bristow, 04: Reading, 05: Atlantic City 2x
    06: Camden, Washington DC, 08: Va Beach, Washington DC
    09: Philly 2+3, 10: Bristow, 11: East Troy PJ20 1+2, 13: Baltimore, Charlottesville
  • rebornFixer
    rebornFixer Posts: 4,901
    The pattern with openers was odd this tour. Besides Long Road and Release in their classic opening slots, they took a different approach, opening with things like Go and Given To Fly, and repeating Elderly Woman three times in the initial slot. I don't know. I prefer the tried and true openers (Sometimes, Of The Girl, etc.) to something like GTF, which works well mid-set. On the other hand, if they are going to play Elderly Woman as often as they do, I guess its good in the opening slot. Get it out of the way ... :P :lol:
  • jondu003
    jondu003 Posts: 86
    I have the following:
    Corduroy
    Release
    Do The Evolution
    Better Man
    Long Road
    Long Road
    Hard To Imagine
    Release
    Long Road
    Release
    Given To Fly
    Long Road
    Go
    Small Town
    Given To Fly

    I feel pretty good about them, but it would be sweet to get Sometimes, Wash, Oceans, Of The Girl or Can't Keep.
    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
  • Flyingw
    Flyingw Brantford Posts: 443
    I love the stats! There is nothing quite like the feelings of the opening song cascading across the audience at a PJ show... I just made a playlist of the Set Openers with my Live bootlegs collection, and am happily reliving the experience. Thanks for putting this together!
    Aug 18/93 Toronto, May 9/06 Toronto, Sept 11/11 Toronto, Sept 15/11 Hamilton,
    July 16/13 London, Oct 12/13 Buffalo, Oct 17/14 Detroit,
    April 8/16, Ft. Lauderdale, April 9/16 Miami, May 8/16 Ottawa, May 10/16 Toronto
    May 11/16 Toronto, Aug 20/16 Wrigley, Aug 22/16 Wrigley, TOTD Nov 5/16 Philly
  • SVRDhand13
    SVRDhand13 Posts: 27,016
    serpent boy wrote:
    Stats are updated through the North America 2011 tour.

    A few new observations:
    - "Oceans" is becoming mega rare. It opened only 1 show of the past 70 (though it was played mid-set in Melbourne in 2009) and has only opened 2 of the past 99 shows dating back to the end of the 2006 tour.
    - "Hard to Imagine" has not opened a show since Backspacer was released.

    This upsets me because these are the two songs I want to hear the most (whether they open a show or not).
    severed hand thirteen
    2006: Gorge 7/23 2008: Hartford 6/27 Beacon 7/1 2009: Spectrum 10/30-31
    2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
    2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
    2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
    2017: RRHoF 4/7   2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4   2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18 
    2022: MSG 9/11  2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
    2025: Pittsburgh 5/16+5/18
  • DarkStar
    DarkStar Posts: 734
    Here are my known openers...there are two lollapalooza shows from '92 i was at with no known set lists (too far back for me to remember either):

    Soldier of Love - 10/30/99
    Nothing As It Seems - 10/31/99
    Interstellar Overdrive - 10/27/00
    Release - 10/31/00
    Long Road - 10/20/01
    The Kids Are Alright - 10/21/01
    Animal - 06/25/03
    Last Exit - 06/26/03
    Release - 06/28/03
    Release - 09/28/04
    Long Road - 10/02/04
    Breakerfall - 10/03/04
    Long Road - 09/11/05
    Oceans - 09/12/05
    Porch - 09/13/05
    Release - 09/19/05
    Elderly Woman - 05/19/06
    Better Man - 05/20/06
    Long Road - 05/22/06
    Long Road - 06/24/06
    Elderly Woman - 10/21/06
    Masters of War - 10/22/06
    Sometimes - 06/12/07
    Rearviewmirror - 06/13/07
    All or None - 08/02/07
    Why Go - 08/05/07
    Hard to Imagine - 06/14/08
    Can't Keep - 06/27/08
    Hard to Imagine - 06/28/08
    Of the Girl - 08/21/09
    Long Road - 08/23/09
    Hard to Imagine - 08/24/09
    Corduroy - 10/27/09
    Animal - 10/28/09
    Gonna See My Friend - 10/30/09
    Why Go - 10/31/09
    Oceans - 05/06/10
    Release - 05/07/10
    Wash - 05/09/10
    Sometimes - 05/20/10
    Corduroy - 05/21/10
    Release - 09/03/11
    Wash - 09/04/11
    Long Road - 09/11/11

    ds
    And no one sings me lullabyes
    And no one makes me close my eyes
    So I throw the windows wide
    And call to you across the sky....
  • PhilippH
    PhilippH Posts: 86
    i saw them only twice and both times they opened with "sometimes"

    2000 rock am ring
    2007 munich

    wasn't bad!
    00 rock am ring
    07 münchen
    12 berlin 1
  • ChadsStillAlive
    ChadsStillAlive Indianapolis Posts: 452
    serpent boy wrote:
    Stats are updated through the North America 2011 tour.

    A few new observations:
    - "Oceans" is becoming mega rare. It opened only 1 show of the past 70 (though it was played mid-set in Melbourne in 2009) and has only opened 2 of the past 99 shows dating back to the end of the 2006 tour.
    - "Hard to Imagine" has not opened a show since Backspacer was released.
    - In 2009-2011, you've had a 50% chance of getting one of the following as your opener: "Why Go," "Long Road," "Release," "Sometimes," or "Small Town."
    - Avocado openers accounted for 24 of 81 openers in 2006 ("Severed Hand," "World Wide Suicide," "Wasted Reprise," and "Inside Job"). Since then, only "Severed Hand" has opened a show (Camden 2008). None of them have opened in 2009-2011.

    And Chad, I loved your "favorite Pearl Jam song" countdown from a little while back.

    Thank you sir! I may have to do something like that again some time. :idea: :ugeek:
    I am lost, I'm no guide, but I'm by your side.
    I am right by your side.
  • nothingman4
    nothingman4 Posts: 794
    Oceans
    Release
    Hard to Imagine
    Why Go
    Why Go
    Release
    Sometimes
    Corduroy
    Release
    Wash
    Why Go
    Interstellar Overdrive
    Release
    Wash
    Small Town
    2005:Calgary, Edmonton
    2008:Bonnaroo
    2009:Virgin Fest Calgary, Outside Lands
    2010:Boston, MSG1, MSG2
    2011:EV Seattle (x2), PJ20(x2), Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver

    "You are the luckiest fan in the board having heard oceans, release and hard to imagine three shows in a row!!"
  • nevmiles
    nevmiles Ottawa, ON Posts: 1,363
    OPENERS:
    NORTH AMERICA 2011
    Small Town (Vancouver)
    Wash (Edmonton)
    Release (Calgary)
    Interstellar Overdrive (Saskatoon)
    Why Go (Winnipeg)
    Given to Fly (Hamilton)
    Small Town (Ottawa)
    Go (Toronto 2)
    Long Road (Toronto 1)
    Small Town (Montreal)
    Wash (East Troy, PJ20 Night 2)
    Release (East Troy, PJ20 Night 1)

    I don't know why, but the fact that Small Town opened THREE of the last 12 shows really bothers me. Not a fan of this as an opener at all....
    Barrie 08/22/98
    Montreal 10/04/00
    Toronto 10/05/00
    Toronto 06/28/03
    Kitchener 09/11/05
    Ottawa 09/16/05
    Toronto 08/21/09
    Toronto 09/11/11
    Ottawa 09/14/11
    Buffalo 10/12/13
    Ottawa 05/08/16
    Chicago 08/20/18
    Ottawa 09/03/22
    Nashville 09/16/22
  • lando
    lando Posts: 661
    Small Town (Van 11)
    Wash (Edm 11)
    In My Tree (Van 09)
    Release (Van 05)
    Release (Ed 93)
    Edmonton 93, Vancouver 05, Vancouver 09, Edmonton 11, Vancouver 11
  • Kloddz
    Kloddz Posts: 2,573
    Pretty cool list and analysis! :thumbup: I've been lucky enough to see three different openers at my three shows:

    Go (Bern 2006)
    Why Go (Berlin 2009)
    Release (Lisbon 2010)
    Bern - September 13, 2006
    Berlin - August 15, 2009
    Lisbon - July 10, 2010
    Berlin - June 26, 2014
    Zurich - June 23, 2022

    http://www.last.fm/user/Kloddz
  • serpent boy
    serpent boy Virginia Beach Posts: 372
    Bump for updates.
    00: Va Beach, 03: Bristow, 04: Reading, 05: Atlantic City 2x
    06: Camden, Washington DC, 08: Va Beach, Washington DC
    09: Philly 2+3, 10: Bristow, 11: East Troy PJ20 1+2, 13: Baltimore, Charlottesville
  • smanchac1
    smanchac1 Posts: 2,256
    My openers

    2000-2013


    Long Road
    Oceans
    Love Boat Captain
    Long Road
    Of The Girl
    Can't keep
    Love Boat Captain
    Go
    Long Road
    Small Town
    Alive
    Arc - Save You
    Last Exit
    Hard To Imagine
    Long Road
    Hard To Imagine
    Long Road
    Sometimes
    In My Tree
    Why Go
    Of The Girl
    Sometimes
    Corduroy
    Long Road
    Oceans
    Small Town
    Long Road
    Small Town
    Small Town
    Release


    Shows are in my sig.

    Still haven't heard wash! Opener or not!
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,626
    The feeling of getting Small town as an opener. It can kill a man. Almost killed me in Copenhagen, when they have played it in Stockholm already.

    Small town... as... the... opener...
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • SVRDhand13
    SVRDhand13 Posts: 27,016
    Spiritual_Chaos wrote:
    The feeling of getting Small town as an opener. It can kill a man. Almost killed me in Copenhagen, when they have played it in Stockholm already.

    Small town... as... the... opener...

    Worst opening song by far
    severed hand thirteen
    2006: Gorge 7/23 2008: Hartford 6/27 Beacon 7/1 2009: Spectrum 10/30-31
    2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
    2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
    2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
    2017: RRHoF 4/7   2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4   2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18 
    2022: MSG 9/11  2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
    2025: Pittsburgh 5/16+5/18
  • Sobelberg8
    Sobelberg8 Posts: 1,002
    MSG2 08 - Release
    CHI2 09 - Hard To Imagine
    Hartford 10 - Unthought Known
    MSG 1 10 - Sometimes
    MSG 2 10 - Corduroy
    PJ20 1 - Release
    PJ20 2 - Wash
    Philly 12 - Go
    Wrigley - Release

    My favorite opener by far was Corduroy in my favorite show by far. The first show I went to they opened with Release and it was so good that I hoped to never hear the song live again because it would never match that moment. It became the song I've heard them open with the most. I'm dying to hear both Oceans and Long Road in the three shows I'll be at this tour.
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  • brio33800
    brio33800 Posts: 77
    Wash
    Sometimes
    Interstallar corduroy
    Interstallar corduroy
    Interstellar corduroy
    Long road
    Release
    Go
    Sometimes
    Long road
    Release
    Long road
    Sometimes
    Given to fly
    Unthough known
    Public image
    Do the evolution
    Release
    Wash
    Small town
    Release
    Go

    Long road
    Wash
    Release
    Long road
    Oceans
    Small town
    Long road
    Small town
    Present tense
    Release
  • Super Creep
    Super Creep Posts: 374
    I'll throw in here:

    08: Hard to Imagine
    2010: of the Girl
    2010: Corduroy
    The Scary Monster
  • GetRight13
    GetRight13 NY Posts: 588
    8/27/2000 - Breakerfall
    10/3/2005 - Wash
    05/12/2006 - Wasted Reprise
    6/14/2008 - Hard to Imagine
    09/22/2012 - Why Go

    After making this I noticed Ive had some rare openers :D
    2023 Austin 1 & 2
    2022     Ottawa 09/03
    2016     MSG 1 & 2
    2013 Brooklyn (10/18, 10/19) Philadelphia (10/21, 10/22)
    2012 Atlanta 09/22
    2009 Albany 06/08 (Eddie Solo)
    2008 Bonnaroo 6/14
    2006 Albany 05/12
    2005 Philadelphia 10/03
    2000 Saratoga Springs 08/27

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