You saw the first.....?

Gold 26
Gold 26 Posts: 676
edited December 2013 in The Porch
I'm sure there's a thread like this somewhere but I searched and couldn't see one so.....

Which songs can you claim you were there for the first performance of?

I saw the first Smile in London in 1996
The first and so far only Hitchhiker in Manchester in 2012
The first and only cover of Brain Damage in London in 2010.
All my favourite singers have stolen all of my best lines.
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  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,368
    edited December 2013
    Getaway
    Mind Your Manners
    Father's Son
    Sirens
    Lightning Bolt
    Infallible
    Pendulum
    Swallowed Whole
    Let the Records Play
    Yellow Moon
    Future Days

    Gonna See My Friend
    Johnny Guitar
    Just Breathe
    Amongst the Waves
    Unthought Known
    Speed of Sound

    In the Moonlight
    Hold On
    Sweet Lew

    Bugs
    Whip It
    All Night Thing
    Better Things
    Black Diamond
    ALl the Way
    Call Me a Dog
    Cortez the Killer
    Eruption
    Goin' Back to Indiana
    IT Rains on Me
    Harvest Moon
    I'm Waiting for the Man
    It Happened Today
    I uSed to Work in Chicago
    KICK OUT THE JAMS
    Little Sister
    Millworker
    MOther
    Say Hello to Heaven
    Setting Forth
    Stardog Champion
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  • retropony
    retropony Myrtle Beach SC Posts: 352
    Getaway in Charlotte this year!
    Washington DC 2008
    Charlotte NC 2013
    Greenville SC 2016
    Wrigley 1 2018
  • Suziemay
    Suziemay Posts: 11,168
    I saw the first performances of My Fathers' Son (all three of them!!!)

    Also the OTOTO (at the time) Ain't Talkin 'Bout Love.
  • eddiec
    eddiec Posts: 4,023
    I was in Manchester for Hitchhiker as well.
  • jeff2040
    jeff2040 Des Moines, IA Posts: 1,632
    I saw that "New Song" at PJ20 as well as Future Days and Lightning Bolt at Wrigley.
    Sometimes you find yourself
    Having to put all your faith
    In no faith
  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 13,263
    off the top of my head:
    Crown of Thorns - Vegas 2000
    Sad - Reading, Pa. 2004
    Bugs - Philly 2009
  • Brotherjohnno9
    Brotherjohnno9 Posts: 463
    edited December 2013
    Saw the first and only Hitchhiker to date (Manchester 2012) and both of the only 2 performances of Sleeping By Myself (San Diego & LA 2013).
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    Manchester 17.8.09, Manchester 21.6.12, Copenhagen 10.7.12, Manchester 28.7.12 (EV), Phoenix 19.11.13, San Diego 21.11.13, LA 23.11.13, LA 24.11.13, Vienna 25.6.14, Leeds 8.7.14, London 6.6.17 (EV), London 18.6.18, Krakow 3.7.18, London 17.7.18, Dublin 3.7.19 (EV)
  • FrankieG
    FrankieG Abingdon MD Posts: 9,100
    edited December 2013
    Of the top of my head... I'm sure there is more..

    Hold On 10-30-09
    Bugs 10-31-09
    Sweet Lew 10-31-09
    Whip It (cover) -10-31-09
    Slow lukin - MSG 2 2010
    In The Moonlight - PJ20
    Stardog Champion (cover) - PJ20 09/03/2011
    Call me a dog (cover) - PJ20 09/03/2011
    All night thing (cover) - PJ20 09/03/2011
    Say hello 2 heaven (cover) - PJ20 09/03/2011
    99 Problems (cover) - 2012
    Waiting For The Man (cover) - 10-27-13
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    2003: 7/14 NJ ... 2006: 6/1 NJ, 6/3 NJ ... 2007: 8/5 IL ... 2008: 6/24 NY, 6/25 NY, 8/7 EV NJ ... 2009: 10/27 PA, 10/28 PA, 10/30 PA, 10/31 PA
    2010: 5/20 NY, 5/21 NY ... 2011: 6/21 EV NY, 9/3 WI, 9/4 WI ... 2012: 9/2 PA, 9/22 GA ... 2013: 10/18 NY, 10/19 NY, 10/21 PA, 10/22 PA, 10/27 MD
    2015: 9/23 NY, 9/26 NY ... 2016: 4/28 PA, 4/29 PA, 5/1 NY, 5/2 NY, 6/11 TN, 8/7 MA, 11/4 TOTD PA, 11/5 TOTD PA ... 2018: 8/10 WA
    2022: 9/14 NJ ... 2024: 5/28 WA, 9/7 PA, 9/9 PA ---- http://imgur.com/a/nk0s7
  • full chole - toronto 2011
    lightning bolt and future days - wrigley 2013
    First otherside and let me sleep at a PJ show - Worcester, seattle 2013
  • eddiec
    eddiec Posts: 4,023
    Also, Of the Earth in Dublin '10.
  • Suziemay
    Suziemay Posts: 11,168
    Suziemay wrote:
    I saw the first performances of My Fathers' Son (all three of them!!!)

    Also the OTOTO (at the time) Ain't Talkin 'Bout Love.
    Does Unthought Known at Ed solo NJPAC 2008 count? :)
  • Kearn5y
    Kearn5y Ireland Posts: 3,125
    Supersonic - London 09
    Education - Dublin 06
    Off the Earth - Dublin 10
    Arms Aloft - Dublin 10
    Kearnsy
  • Yes Way
    Yes Way Posts: 453
    Johnny Guitar
    Just Breathe
    Driftin'
    Last Soldier
    Yeastie Girlz Rap (whatever the hell that is...please release 98 boots so I can find out)
    Crown of Thorns
    Gimme Some Truth
    Don't Be Shy
    Golden State

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  • jimed14
    jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    Yes Way wrote:
    Yeastie Girlz Rap (whatever the hell that is...please release 98 boots so I can find out)

    Ed did a little of this in Berkeley 2008 on the solo tour, if you're really craving it.


    I saw the 2nd ever Immortaltiy and 5th ever Tremor Christ ... which in 1994 before the internet explosion, was essentially the first time I ever would have had a chance to hear those songs.

    Pretty sure I saw the first of all of Backspacer in Seattle 2009.
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  • Nami
    Nami Newfoundland Posts: 5,998
    inside job and MYM
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  • Yes Way
    Yes Way Posts: 453
    jimed14 wrote:
    Yes Way wrote:
    Yeastie Girlz Rap (whatever the hell that is...please release 98 boots so I can find out)

    Ed did a little of this in Berkeley 2008 on the solo tour, if you're really craving it.


    I saw the 2nd ever Immortaltiy and 5th ever Tremor Christ ... which in 1994 before the internet explosion, was essentially the first time I ever would have had a chance to hear those songs.

    Pretty sure I saw the first of all of Backspacer in Seattle 2009.

    It looks like some Backspacer was played elsewhere first. But I should add Gonna See My Friend, Amongst the Waves, and Unthought Known to my list. If you put my two lists together you'll have the Backspacer songs you saw first.

    It was much crazier to see songs first before the internet. I remember seeing Corduroy in 1994 and wondering what the hell was going on. Eddie on guitar? And Crown of Thorns was obviously special because I never thought I'd see that in a million years. Still gives me chills to listen to that boot.

    (I got the 2nd Last Kiss. Lucky me!)
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