Pearl Jam's best "Opener"

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  • leadbedr10
    leadbedr10 Posts: 409
    Sexy2aFault wrote:
    I vote Corduroy.....

    Ive seen Corduroy open about 4 times. I LOVE this as an opener. Gets the crowd going.
  • InsideJob06
    InsideJob06 Posts: 14
    Long Road going right into Corduroy is a sweet opening combo, but Release is still the best opener I've seen. That might change if they'd ever play Wash for me.
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  • wahine
    wahine Posts: 86
    Release
    Wash

    Release is such an emotional song for me! I would love to hear Oceans though, what an awesome thought!
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me
    I know I was born and I know that I'll die, the in between is mine. I Am Mine
    Til the Lightning Bolt sets you free


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  • tschav
    tschav Posts: 2,899
    never really a big fan of it, but Love Boat Captain is great when Ed changes up the lyrics and sings "Let the show begin..."
  • ...Bugs
    ...Bugs Posts: 8
    Of the girl

    Release in a close 2nd
  • Westernsky
    Westernsky Posts: 363
    ...Bugs wrote:
    Of the girl

    Was an amazing opener, but my favorite is still Sometimes. :)
  • solace23
    solace23 Posts: 704
    Love Release- Never seen Long Road- but hopefully Verona- it's the one song I want to hear
  • bee_boy
    bee_boy Posts: 384
    I guess it depends on the mood and the setlist... for example I LOVED the way they used Release as an opener for the Polish gig of 2000 (one of my favourite gigs btw) since the whole concert was really laid back and relaxing (If I smoked marihuana I probably would've smoked at least 10 joints in that gig). Of the Girl would be another great opener for laid-back concerts.

    When they play bigger arenas I love songs like Long Road that have that movie-like greatness as if the end of the world was close (ok, I gotta stop talking crap)
  • BubbaBirch
    BubbaBirch Posts: 1,977
    I think Inside Job would be up there with the great openers if they used it. My favorites are Wash, Release, Sometimes, and Of The Girl.
  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    merlin401 wrote:
    1) Release
    2) Wash
    3) Oceans
    4) Long Road
    5) Sometimes
    6) Of the Girl
    7) fast song fad of the year (Severed Hand this year, Save you last year, Go, etc)

    i've only been to 4 shows. in order the openers were: STBC, long road, oceans, of the girl.
  • ledvedderman
    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
    I would have to say Long Road, I dream of the day I am at a Pearl Jam show and they open with that. I've had my fill of Release. I think Of The Girl is pretty sweet opener too
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  • Federico
    Federico Posts: 7,916
    the only two shows i´ve ever been had weird openers: breakerfall (it had some openings in 2000, am i right?) and MFC (that was really surprising)...breakerfall was cool to open, but mfc was definitely the only negative aspect of that show...it doesnt start as slow as a slow opener and it doesnt start as fast as an uplifiting fast opener...Now i would be really glad to see a slow opening in my next time...anyone would be great...

    the new songs?...the wasted reprise opening rules....it gives the show a sense of some religious ceremony or something like that
  • QuadrupleDeke
    QuadrupleDeke Boston Posts: 168
    Release

    never heard Wash live though... I could see it being a damn good opener.
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  • OTOTO
    OTOTO New York, NY Posts: 190
    How have I seen Wash open 3 times yet never seen Release? That just doesn't make sense at all. Wash opener is awesome though.
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  • ManOnFire
    ManOnFire Posts: 15
    Can't Keep!
  • cinredzfan47
    cinredzfan47 Posts: 81
    It comes down to Wash, Release, and Long Road for me. It really is impossible for me to decide from there. I will never be disappointed if they open a show with either of those three, no matter how many times I hear it. Long Road and Release really take me on a journey, starting slow and building up, and I love that. It really gets my concert going on an excellent note. But Wash is such a beautiful song and also gets me pumped at the start of any show. It's impossible for me to choose only one, if I did, it would change an hour later.
  • ||Release_Me||
    ||Release_Me|| Posts: 1,871
    I've always loved Long Road and Release as openers, but im DESPERATE to hear Of The Girl at some point this year. I'm hoping for it at one of the Euro shows i go to. I might have to make a sign!
    "This town deserves a better class of criminal... and I'm gonna give it to them."

  • go2theshow
    go2theshow Posts: 82
    1. Can't Keep 2. Love Boat Captain
  • lukin1982
    lukin1982 Posts: 5
    Release
    Oceans
    Of The Girl
    war... break the sky and tell me what it's for
  • ShowStoppa
    ShowStoppa Posts: 8
    I love when they open with Sometimes or Can't Keep, but in my mind Oceans is the ultimate opener for me.

    I agree with some one who said it earlier though, Release would make an aswome closer i think.

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