How well can you recall your Pearl Jam concert related experiences?

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  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,954
    I can sort of remember little bits... like the feeling of being at that show. I have the complete opposite of a photographic memory so I guess thats ok. Some shows are hard to remember a little more than others (usually when two shows occured back to back in the seattle), but for the most part I can remember a little bit. Some shows stand out alot more than others for me (all 3 '98 shows I remember, of the 5 '00 shows I saw, portland is the one i have hardest time remembering....) etc..
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,910
    edited June 2014
    CopperTom said:

    Being sober helps.

    Yup. I'm normally a bit of a booze hound at concerts, lol, but I've never had anything to drink before or during a PJ show...... Although I'm sure it will probably happen one of these days because of peer pressure at some preparty, haha. :P
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  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    The 2 that always seem to blend together in my mind are the 2 Mansfield '00 shows.
    Bright eyed kid: "Wow Typo Man, you're the best!"
    Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
  • i_lov_it
    i_lov_it Perth, Western Australia Posts: 4,007
    edited June 2014
    Actually my Memory of the 1998 Perth Show isn't all that great to tell you the truth...I can remember Most Parts but there are some Parts of the Show I can't quite remember.
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  • DosimetricPJFan
    DosimetricPJFan Posts: 76
    I will always remember my first show. New Orleans, when the Ramones opened. When PJ came out to Animal, that was the most chaotic place I can ever remember being.
  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 17,014
    I can remember all of them with the exception of the 2009 Spectrum shows. Those four kinda blend together.
    2000: Camden 1, 2003: Philly, State College, Camden 1, MSG 2, Hershey, 2004: Reading, 2005: Philly, 2006: Camden 1, 2, East Rutherford 1, 2007: Lollapalooza, 2008: Camden 1, Washington D.C., MSG 1, 2, 2009: Philly 1, 2, 3, 4, 2010: Bristol, MSG 2, 2011: PJ20 1, 2, 2012: Made In America, 2013: Brooklyn 2, Philly 2, 2014: Denver, 2015: Global Citizen Festival, 2016: Philly 2, Fenway 1, 2018: Fenway 1, 2, 2021: Sea. Hear. Now. 2022: Camden, 2024: Philly 2, 2025: Pittsburgh 1

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  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,613
    My first show was at the Boston Garden in 1994. I remember where we were in the building, how blown away I was hearing Release open a show for the first time, how impressed I was with their very simple stage presentation, and how almost everyone in the building seemed to know almost every word to almost every song.

    Other details escape me now. Looking over the setlist, I don't remember every song. But I do remember loving that night.
    ___________________________________________

    "...I changed by not changing at all..."
  • dissident52
    dissident52 Omaha, NE Posts: 33
    My first and only PJ concert so far was KC 2010, and I remember it pretty vividly. Ed introducing God's Dice, singing Happy Birthday, Curt Tomasevicz playing bass on Yellow Ledbetter, Ed playing No More to Thomas Young. But nothing will trump seeing two people fight during Porch.
    05/03/2010 Kansas City, Missouri
    10/09/2014 Lincoln, Nebraska
  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,895
    edited June 2014
    certain shows I can recall more than others. I stopped drinking at PJ shows, my limit is 2, so that helps big time. watching video or listening to a boot really jogs the memory though.

    Remember the most: Pittsburgh 2013
    Least: Both Camdens blended together 2008
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  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,613
    Drank way too much at the Toronto show in 2009. I remember the awesome opening solo sets well, but the show itself after that is a blur. Listening to the boot there are entire stretches I don't remember at all. Never again.
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  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    JimmyV said:

    Drank way too much at the Toronto show in 2009. I remember the awesome opening solo sets well, but the show itself after that is a blur. Listening to the boot there are entire stretches I don't remember at all. Never again.

    I've gotten drunk at a few shows, but never to the point where I don't remember the show itself. I have a pretty good internal automatic cut-off switch.
    Bright eyed kid: "Wow Typo Man, you're the best!"
    Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
  • my2hands
    my2hands Posts: 17,117
    edited June 2014
    I see Camden keeps coming up... I recently discussed this with my buddy that the 2006 and 2008 shows were average and pretty lackluster as PJ shows go... 2003 July 4th weekend with RITFW in the first set for the fireworks was fucking awesome though... that's the first and last time you would actually prefer a lawn seat at the urine soaked shit hole called an amphitheater in that bombed out joke of a city

    Please don't play there again PJ
  • SVRDhand13
    SVRDhand13 Posts: 27,022
    For my 16 shows I know

    - where I sat
    - the setlist in pretty good detail
    - the openers
    - the rarities
    - who I went with
    - if I got any merch
    - what I did beforehand
    - what I did afterwards
    - how I got my tix
    - which songs I heard for the first time that night
    - EV's ramblings
    - special guests
    - opening acts
    - people I met

    I guess I'm a little obsessive haha
    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
  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,895
    JimmyV said:

    Drank way too much at the Toronto show in 2009. I remember the awesome opening solo sets well, but the show itself after that is a blur. Listening to the boot there are entire stretches I don't remember at all. Never again.

    Oh yeah, thats a show I remember very clearly.
  • rssesq
    rssesq Fairfield County Posts: 3,299
    After 80 something shows, "THE COLORS BLEND"
    I dont drink but I never saw a show without burning a few down. Even front row center for London, Ont. ;)
  • samjam
    samjam New York Posts: 9,283
    PJ shows are a strange mixture of remembering every detail super duper clear, and it all being a blur because it's so mind-blowing. Can't really explain it haha
    "Sometimes you find yourself having to put all your faith in no faith."
    ~not a dude~
    2010: MSGx2
    2012: Made In America
    2013: Pittsburgh, Brooklynx2, Hartford, Baltimore
    2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes, Detroit
    2015: Global Citizen Festival
    2016: Phillyx2, MSGx2, Fenwayx2
    2018: Barcelona, Wrigleyx2
  • Duncs
    Duncs Posts: 423
    ldent42 said:

    yea I've got the memory of a goldfish. The little things I remember have very little to do with the performance.

    Ha...me too.

  • Mike's Side
    Mike's Side Posts: 961
    After 33 PJ and 10 EV shows.

    - where I sat : all
    - most of the setlist : few
    - parts of the setlist : almost all
    - the openers: some
    - the rarities : most
    - who I went with: all
    - if I got any merch : all
    - what I did beforehand : all
    - what I did afterwards : all
    - how I got my tix: all
    - my first time live songs : most
    - EV's ramblings : some
    - special guests : most
    - opening acts : all
    - people I met : all
    1996 - Ft Lauderdale
    1998 - West Palm Beach 1
    2000 - West Palm Beach 1&2
    2003 - WPB,Tampa,Atlanta,Camden 1&2,MSG 1&2, Boston 3,Hershey Park
    2004 - Asheville, Kissimmee
    2008 - West Palm Beach,Tampa,Columbia,Virginia Beach, Mansfield 1&2
    2010 - Hartford,Boston,Newark, MSG 1&2
    2011 - PJ20 1&2, Costa Rica
    2013 - Wrigley,Brooklyn 1&2,Seattle
    2014 - Denver,Mountain View 1&2
    2015 - Bogata, Mexico City
    2016 - Ft Lauderdale,Miami,Tampa,NYC 1&2,Telluride,Fenway 1&2,Wrigley 1&2

  • baba_o_riley21
    baba_o_riley21 Posts: 54
    I will always remember the downpour in Kansas City 2003. We were super close and since in was at an amphitheater, all the water ran toward the stage, putting us in what seemed like two foot of water. So awesome though. Anyone there?
  • morello
    morello Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 6,217
    SVRDhand13 said:

    For my 16 shows I know

    - where I sat
    - the setlist in pretty good detail
    - the openers
    - the rarities
    - who I went with
    - if I got any merch
    - what I did beforehand
    - what I did afterwards
    - how I got my tix
    - which songs I heard for the first time that night
    - EV's ramblings
    - special guests
    - opening acts
    - people I met

    I guess I'm a little obsessive haha

    Love this list. I'm going back & seeing what I remember about the shows I've been to. B-)
    <hr>
    PJ - Auckland 2009; Alpine Valley1&2 2011; Man1, Am'dam1&2, Berlin1&2, Stockholm, Oslo & Copenhagen 2012; LA, Oakland, Portland, Spokane, Calgary, Vancouver, Seattle 2013; Auckland 2014, Auckland1&2 2024
    EV - Canberra, Newcastle & Sydney 1&2 2011

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