What is the most unique opening song that you've seen?

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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 40,001
    RiotAct10 said:
    Betterman in Cleveland, 2006, was a surprise out of the gate.
    yeah, I don't know if it's unique or not, but Winnipeg 2005 opener of Betterman surprised me too. 
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 40,001
    JimmyV said:
    lolobugg said:
    JimmyV said:
    lolobugg said:

    Wash was a great opener.

    Elderly Woman was not such a great opener.

    Elderly Woman is a great opener. Pops the crowd every time which is what an opening song should do.


    Wrong again, Jimmy.

    totally killed the vibe in Virginia 2010. so much so that they played about 5 or 6 rockers in a row to get it going again.

    maybe it had to do with the shitty acoustics at that Amphitheatre.

    Montreal loved it in 2011.
    I think Small Town would be an amazing opener. 
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 40,001
    Edved007 said:

    My first show in Milwaukee on 7/9/95 opened with "Act of Love". In hindsight, that was insane, but I didn't appreciate it like I do now.  My little two show trip I did to Brazil in 15' was awesome for openers. Got The Beatles "Rain" in Belo Horizonte after a day of solid monsoon weather, and then a couple days later got Oceans in Rio on the most gorgeous beach I've seen...that was a sweet back-to-back run of openers given the locale, weather, etc.

    that sounds like my heaven. 
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  • bk159954
    bk159954 Posts: 166
    Last Kiss -- Milwaukee June 30th, 2006. Might be the only time they ever opened with that.
  • unhjeff
    unhjeff Posts: 12
    edited January 2018
    Hard to Imagine & Wash opened two show in Mansfield, MA (Tweeter Center) in 2008. That was pretty epic.
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  • bflynn1
    bflynn1 Posts: 1,394
    On the Lightning Bolt tour stop in Tulsa 2014 they opened with Pendulum (which I kind of expected) but then they went into Hard to Imagine and I thought that was pretty cool. 
  • bigjilm
    bigjilm Sea Posts: 186
    Arc - Little Rock 03

  • Harrycat
    Harrycat UK Posts: 59
    cheney50mc said:

    Both of my most unique opening songs are ones that are played almost every night.

    Porch (Hamilton - 2005) and Given to Fly (also Hamilton - 2011).

    I've never seen another set-list that had either of those songs as the opener.

    Porch was awesome, but GTF seemed a bit strange.

    Is there'd list anywhere of all of the openers? Just curious...thanks.

    They opened with Given to Fly at Hyde Park 2010.

  • DC29940
    DC29940 Tucson, AZ Posts: 723
    Love Boat Captain in St. Louis in 2004 was pretty cool and very unexpected.
    Kansas City 7.03.98
    St. Louis 10.11.00
    Kansas City 10.12.00
    St. Louis 4.22.03
    Kansas City 6.12.03
    St. Louis 10.5.04
    Kansas City 5.3.10
    Phoenix (EV) 4.13.12
    Phoenix (EV) 11.4.12
    Phoenix 11.19.13
    Wrigley 1 8.20.16
    Seattle 1 8.8.18
    Phoenix 4.11.20
    Phoenix 5.9.22
    Indianapolis 9.10.23
    Los Angeles 1 5.22.24
    Indianapolis 8.26.24
  • Harrycat
    Harrycat UK Posts: 59
    edited January 2018
    RS151862 said:
    I haven’t seen too many unique openers, maybe Once or Unthought Known. Oddly, I have seen Release 5 times, but only twice as an opener. 
    Release was the opener at my first and second show. Melbourne 95, 98.
    London 2009 Sometimes
    London 2010 Given to fly 
    Leeds 2014 Pendulum
  • Gibson
    Gibson Chicago Posts: 2,671
    goldrush said:
    JimmyV said:
    EDIT: I didn't see this show myself but I wish I had.

    LIvefootsteps claims it has happened six times but hearing Alive open things up would be a mindblower:

    Newcastle, Australia
    November 19, 2006

    Not a bad little set list, either.

    http://www.livefootsteps.org/setlist/?show_id=774





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  • bosshogg18
    bosshogg18 Tacoma, WA Posts: 1,100
    Alive, Dallas 2003. Alive usually played towards end of show. Would love to see show open with Yellow Ledbetter, just to fuck with people's minds. Close show with Release, Long Road, or Pendulum. Complete backwards setlist.
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,895
    edited January 2018
    Oceans
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • NDJeff7
    NDJeff7 Posts: 216
    Interstellar Overdrive to open Indy '00 was cool, although most people had no idea what it was until Corduroy started.

    Severed Hand in Chicago '06 worked pretty well. They played the recorded intro from the album for a long time while they took the stage.
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 40,001
    PJ_Soul said:
    Oceans
    FUCK. YOU. 
    Your boos mean nothing to me, for I have seen what makes you cheer



  • EK125569
    EK125569 Posts: 2
    So you wanna be a rock and roll star-Jazz Fest 2010
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,895
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    Oceans
    FUCK. YOU. 
    :lol:
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • TamaDrummer91
    TamaDrummer91 VA Posts: 1,294
    I’ll join in with the Lightning Bolt crowd. Saw it in Lexington 16, first time they ever opened a show with it. Surprised it took 3 years. 
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    2010: Bristow
    2012: Atlanta
    2013: Charlottesville, Charlotte
    2014: Cincinnati
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  • iammine16
    iammine16 Vancouver, BC Posts: 857

    Vancouver '09 - In My Tree


    Very unique and set the tone for a great show!

    Vancouver, BC - 2005
    Vancouver, BC - 2009
    Vancouver, BC - 2011
    Vancouver, BC - 2013
    Mountain View, CA - 2014
    Mountain View, CA - 2014
    Quebec City, QC - 2016
    Ottawa, ON - 2016
    Pemberton, BC - 2016
    Seattle, WA 1 - 2018
    Seattle, WA 2 - 2018
  • Pearl Jam Braves Fan
    Pearl Jam Braves Fan Posts: 43
    I saw them open with Animal in Va Beach '98.  That was crazy, definitely set the tone for the rest of the show. 

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