Happy 25th Merkin Ball!!!! I Got Id and Long Road

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  • tino_11
    tino_11 Posts: 2,184
    So so good. Both songs are in my top 10.

    Yet to see them live...my day will come!
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  • BrainofBGA
    BrainofBGA Australia Posts: 4,558
    The Melbourne '98 performance of I Got Shit is one of PJs greatest performances of any song ever.
    Melbourne #1 '98
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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,631
    I remember going through the P section in the cd aisle at Virgin. Like I did everyday hoping something new will be there. And there it was. Merkin ball. I was so excited. And both songs blew me away
    I miss igotid88
  • edwho
    edwho Posts: 811
    I GOT ID

    FIRST PLAYED: Tue 21 February, 1995 - Kosei Nenkin Kaikan Osaka, Japan

    LONG ROAD

    FIRST PLAYED: Tue 20 June, 1995 - Red Rocks Morrison, Colorado

    ~

    Both songs were on the set list (last two) for Golden Gate Park 1995 show, but were not performed. And Neil Young just happened to be at that show. The what if’s…

    Three Fish

    July 1996 San Francisco

    June 1999 Chicago

  • PJ88
    PJ88 Posts: 1,074
    edited December 2015
    buck502000 said:

    I hope Neil has an Archive release from this era.....

    Absolutely agree! Some vinyl or even some CD's of the NeilJam Tour would be spectacular. Great thought buck502000!

  • cropdustdair
    cropdustdair Lakewood, CO / Earth Posts: 2,006
    edwho said:

    I GOT ID

    FIRST PLAYED: Tue 21 February, 1995 - Kosei Nenkin Kaikan Osaka, Japan

    LONG ROAD

    FIRST PLAYED: Tue 20 June, 1995 - Red Rocks Morrison, Colorado

    ~

    Both songs were on the set list (last two) for Golden Gate Park 1995 show, but were not performed. And Neil Young just happened to be at that show. The what if’s…

    Actually...
    LONG ROAD

    FIRST PLAYED: Fri June 16th 1995 - Casper Event Center, Casper Wyoming

  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,114
    cropdustdair said:

    edwho said:

    I GOT ID

    FIRST PLAYED: Tue 21 February, 1995 - Kosei Nenkin Kaikan Osaka, Japan

    LONG ROAD

    FIRST PLAYED: Tue 20 June, 1995 - Red Rocks Morrison, Colorado

    ~

    Both songs were on the set list (last two) for Golden Gate Park 1995 show, but were not performed. And Neil Young just happened to be at that show. The what if’s…

    Actually...
    LONG ROAD

    FIRST PLAYED: Fri June 16th 1995 - Casper Event Center, Casper Wyoming

    You beat me to it! Great boot by the way.
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • ckravitz
    ckravitz NJ Posts: 1,668
    It's hard to overstate how good these two songs are. Happy Birthday Merkin Ball.
  • ikiT
    ikiT USA Posts: 11,059
    All the advantage this life's got on me...Picture a cup in the middle of the sea.

    brilliant
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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,631
    bump
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  • PJfanwillneverleave1
    PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    edited December 2016
    igotid88 said:

    I remember going through the P section in the cd aisle at Virgin. Like I did everyday hoping something new will be there. And there it was. Merkin ball. I was so excited. And both songs blew me away

    I so remember doing this too! I checked the P section almost daily and then boom one day a new album was there called Merkin ball.
    Those songs came out at the perfect time and stand alone as concert hits live. I love hearing ID on the radio and people always say "who is that, I like that song"? I chuckle inside when I hear them say that. I still have my cardboard copy.
    20yrs wow!
  • Jbarker
    Jbarker Alberta Posts: 560
    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    igotid88 said:

    I remember going through the P section in the cd aisle at Virgin. Like I did everyday hoping something new will be there. And there it was. Merkin ball. I was so excited. And both songs blew me away

    I so remember doing this too! I checked the P section almost daily and then boom one day a new album was there called Merkin ball.
    Those songs came out at the perfect time and stand alone as concert hits live. I love hearing ID on the radio and people always say "who is that, I like that song"? I chuckle inside when I hear them say that. I still have my cardboard copy.
    20yrs wow!
    agree^^^

    I love the look on peoples faces when they ask what my favorite PJ tune is and I respond with I Got Id and they have no clue...
    Just one of life's little treats.
  • tbergs
    tbergs Posts: 10,402
    My first Pearl Jam release I got when it first came out. I still remember finding it in the new release bin at Best Buy and thinking it was a cool little EP. I gave it to my mom to buy. When I finally got to open it on Christmas, I played it non stop. So awesome. I've been lucky enough to get I Got ID and it was amazing live. Still one of my favorites.
    It's a hopeless situation...
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    more than any other song in the catalog, I Got Shit's opening chords make me tingle.
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  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,947
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abn1JkN19aE
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  • jjflash
    jjflash Posts: 5,031
    One of the best EPs ever. Two of their best songs packaged together in one special release. This was the soundtrack that got me thru a really rough patch back in the era of its release.
    We all got shit :grin: It's part of what makes each of us unique.
    I'm grateful to PJ for releasing these songs into the ethers.
  • lurkin
    lurkin Posts: 77
    RIP Criegler, can't believe it's been 21 years...we all walk the long road...
  • Caught-A-Bolt-Of-Lightning
    Caught-A-Bolt-Of-Lightning Posts: 1,336
    Two of my favorite PJ songs. And for those who have not yet discovered the version of The Long Road on the Dead Man Walking soundtrack I suggest that you seek it out. Completely different form the original but equally as moving....
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  • pdalowsky
    pdalowsky Doncaster,UK Posts: 15,214
    Finest Single ever IMO
  • buck502000
    buck502000 Birthplace of GIBSON guitar Posts: 8,951
    buck502000 said:

    cropdustdair said:

    The best PJ EP to date. Period. Those two songs have such a profound meaning in my life today, just as they did on the day of it's release. Merkinball is Pearl Jam at their best.
    Happy 20th!

    +1 - been to a handful of shows in the last two years (6) and received I got shit and long road approximately 0 times :(
    Came through at Wrigley!!! ;)

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