The first time I saw Pearl Jam live, I...

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  • shortstack
    shortstack Posts: 2,339
    buck502000 wrote:
    Had my mom buy tickets for a non-ticketmaster show for me and three of my friends. She let me borrow the van and we drove to Ohio from Michigan. We were seniors in high school. So long ago. All those yesterdays! :shock:

    this was my first show too, but i bought my own tickets and drove my own car :lol:
    did you see me? i saw you.
  • momofglynn
    momofglynn Posts: 849
    saw them at the Boston Orpheum. Right Orch, row I, seat 6. I was speechless. It was my 2nd and 3rd show at Red Rocks that I knew I wasn't going to be a normal fan.
    Let's Go Red Sox!
  • Christel
    Christel Posts: 50
    ... witnessed Jeff and Ed get very angry at all the stagedivers that kept jumping on and off the (tiny) stage. Quite a first impression they made on me.
  • buck502000
    buck502000 Birthplace of GIBSON guitar Posts: 8,951
    shortstack wrote:
    buck502000 wrote:
    Had my mom buy tickets for a non-ticketmaster show for me and three of my friends. She let me borrow the van and we drove to Ohio from Michigan. We were seniors in high school. So long ago. All those yesterdays! :shock:

    this was my first show too, but i bought my own tickets and drove my own car :lol:

    Yeah, I didn't have money either. But I had PJ and my friends!
  • jodiem
    jodiem Posts: 133
    Remembered that they didn't play Alive and I was pissed off about it.. :fp:

    But other than that, I do not remember a single thing.

    I wish it was a ground breaking, earth shattering, life changing thing for me, but I only remember the "Alive" thing

    I was 20 at the time and didn't realise how much they would effect me until much later on in life.. :fp:
    1995: Perth
    2006: Sydney x 2
    2009: Philly, Sydney
    2013: San Diego, LA1 & 2, Oakland, Portland, Spokane, Vancouver, Seattle

    EV Solo - Canberra, Newcastle, Sydney x 2
  • little_wish
    little_wish England, The North Posts: 532
    ...got told off by another fan for 'wearing the wrong type of shoes' :nono:
    20-04-2006 04-09-2006 05-09-2006 11-09-2006 16-09-2006 17-09-2006 18-06-2007 21-06-2007 26-06-2007 28-06-2007 17-08-2009 20-05-2010 21-05-2010

    "The live shows? Well, that's church on Sundays"
  • southernmanfan
    southernmanfan Johannesburg, South Africa Posts: 1,029
    was with my brother in Brisbane, Australia.
    rustedsigns
  • madtowndave
    madtowndave Minneapolis, MN Posts: 4,013
    halv wrote:
    had a full head of hair. :?

    Go...

    I did as well!
    Nashville-00
    Nashville-03
    Chicago-07
    E.V. Milwaukee-08
    Chicago 1 & 2-09
    Alpine Valley 1 & 2-11
    Wrigley-13
    St. Paul-14
    Milwaukee-14
    Denver-22
    St. Paul 1 & 2 - 23
  • rtwilli4
    rtwilli4 Posts: 261
    ... was 14 years old.
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    Whywhyzed wrote:
    ...wish I could remember it since it was like 22 years ago and there's no bootleg

    Heh. There's not even a setlist for mine...

    St. Pete 1992 -- From what I remember, I wasn't impressed by my new favorite band who wrote the best damn song I had ever heard up to that point, "Alive." Eddie's voice was awful. I think he must have been very ill. And the band was kind of sloppy as well. There were some monkey antics from Eddie, though.

    Luckily, I'm a staunch supporter of second chances, which brings me to...

    Orlando 1992 (Lollapalooza) -- Sick. Just sick. Completely restored my faith that this was my favorite band. Outdoor festival, so no seating, and Hurricane Andrew was bearing down on us. Eddie sounded amazing, and he and the boys whipped the crowd into a frenzy. Also, "Baba."
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • nevetsreddab
    nevetsreddab Chatham, Ontario Posts: 14
    was in London, Ontario this past summer. I was one of those clowns in high school that thought if you were a Nirvana fan, you could not be a Pearl Jam fan. I will spend whatever time I have left trying to make up for it.
    London - July 16, 2013
    Buffalo - October 12, 2013
    Detroit - October 16, 2014
    Toronto - May 10, 2016
  • PJStatTracker
    PJStatTracker Posts: 2,400
    was in Dallas, TX twenty years ago today. I took my girlfriend at the time. I have no idea where she is now, but PJ and I will be together forever. :D
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  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,148
    was wearing my Austin 3:16 shirt :lol:
    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • PJRock75
    PJRock75 Posts: 869
    Payed $260 for a scalped ticket that cost $18 back in '94....worth every penny. I carried that ticket stub in my pocket for months.
    "If you want a friend, feed any animal." - JA
    "Don't let it get you down, you know, still give your love, just give it away...I love singin' that part." - EV
  • Ty
    Ty Posts: 1,007
    ...witnessed the first time they played "Dead Man" live. Shudder To Think opened for them. Was 16. Dad came with me. Sydney 1998, Yield tour.
    PJ - Sydney 1998; Sydney 2003; Sydney, Melbourne, Newcastle 2006; Melbourne, Sydney 2009; Gold Coast, Melbourne, Sydney 2014.
    EV - Canberra, Newcastle, Sydney 2011; Sydney 2014.
  • mylo
    mylo Posts: 35
    Saw them in Barrie Ontario in 98, went with my gf at the time. We made our way up near the front, probably 10 people back as it was ga. Slow dancing to black while everyone around us was losing their mind to Mike's solo. It was amazing.
  • mcrok
    mcrok Posts: 628
    was in Ft. Lauderdale in 1996 in the crazy pit on Mike's side. My favorite band and my FIRST concert ever. I was afraid I would be disappointed/let down to see them in the flesh---WRONG. The pedestal I had created rose that much higher. My god, what an experience that night was. I remember leaving the show with a few guys (one, who to this day I will never understand why he gave me the ticket and passed up his high school buddy) and you should have seen the look on their faces when I told them it was my FIRST concert ever. They were like, "holy crap, man, well, you will never see anything like that again". They were right.

    I had a t-shirt on that said "Drugs are my Life". It was given out at my pharmacy school, lol...wish I kept it:)
    96 - Ft Lauderdale
    98 - ATL; WPB I & II
    00 - WPB I & II
    03 - Boston I; Detroit I & II
    04 - Boston VFC I & II
    05 - Borgata II
    08 - WPB; NY MSG I & II
    10 - CLE
    12 - Music Midtown; EV Jax II; EV Orlando I&II
    13 - BWI; CVille; CLT
    14 - Memphis
    16 - Jax; Gville; Cola; Fenway II
  • Gold 26
    Gold 26 Posts: 676
    Wembley Arena October 1996, they opened with Oceans and I thought I was gonna get killed in the pushing, managed to find my feet during Last Exit. First show they ever played Smile as well.
    All my favourite singers have stolen all of my best lines.
  • En La Clandestinidad
    En La Clandestinidad Telford, PA by way of Kansas City, MO and Milwaukee, WI, Phoenix, AZ and East Greenbush, NY Posts: 3,692
    saw Chris Cornell come out onto that LA stage and heard the loudest crowd ever...
    Formerly Brew Crew Tix
    “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.
  • buck502000
    buck502000 Birthplace of GIBSON guitar Posts: 8,951
    little_wish wrote:
    ...got told off by another fan for 'wearing the wrong type of shoes' :nono:
    Socks with sandals?

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