ISO - Apollo 1 Ticket
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Too early? Too crazy? I figure why not. I'll be a good ticket partner. I live nowhere near NYC (do I drive in? Fly in? Come by carrier pigeon - I'm small). I have nothing to offer other than kindness and I'll spring for drinks. And I'm pretty sure I'm the only one desperate to make this happen. I'm obviously one in a million and the only die hard fan on the forum. If you need me to seal the deal my preferred songs are Even Flow, Jeremy, Daughter, and Alive (on repeat please). I've been a fan since I heard Creed and needed a fix when they broke up and I found the band in an old Abercrombie Ad for grunge fashion trends. Maybe I'll bump my own post on daily basis with the rest of my story - after all, people need to know how my love of the band came to be that I named my daughter - Boom McCready.
As fan for three months I endorse this ISO.....
As fan for three months I endorse this ISO.....
98: St. Louis. 2000: Alpine. 2003: Chicago. 2006: Chicago Night 2, Milwaukee Night 1. 2007: Chicago (Lolla). 2009: Chicago 1 & 2. 2011: Alpine 1 & 2. 2013: Chicago & LA Night 1. 2016: Chicago 1 & 2. 2018: Chicago 1 & 2.
"Let the Ocean dissolve away my past."
"Let the Ocean dissolve away my past."
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"Let the Ocean dissolve away my past."
"Let the Ocean dissolve away my past."
Good luck today, I'm here all February and March and crying in April until I get to St. L.
"Let the Ocean dissolve away my past."
Pink Floyd "Animals" tour - they played a first set of "Animals" and a second set of "Wish You Were Here." They were well broken up before I was old enough to see them.
Led Zeppelin - 1977, "Achilles Last Stand" followed by "Stairway"! I can't imagine what this band was like at their peak.
U2's Zoo TV tour, I saw them every tour afterwards until I called it quits after the Songs of Innocence Tour (and yeah, I'm an unabashed supporter of Pop) but Zoo TV just seemed so amazing, in every regard. Five just a few years too early for me.
David Bowie - "A Reality Tour." Was this his best? Probably not. From everything I've read that goes to Ziggy Stardust tour and from what I've heard on live recordings it's Station to Station, but I came to the Bowie party late and constantly regret that this tour rolled into Chicago when I lived there and I didn't even blink at not going. I hold Bowie right there with Dylan as the greatest solo artist of all time. But in many ways Bowie seems a more accessible person.
The Grateful Dead - 1977. Another band I was way way too late to game in and just love now. I love that it took 20 years to become a Dead Head. I think I thought of them as a gimmick and not the exceptionally talented musicians they were/are.
Neil Young - Live Rust, 1978. It's the best of his soft and rocking and Crazy Horse. I need say nothing else. I have still yet to catch Crazy Horse and wonder if I'll ever get the chance.
Elton John and Billy Joel - two guys I'm a big fan of but alone not worth the price of admission but together I'd pay just about anything. I still kick myself for not going to Wrigley to see them a decade ago.
I'm sure there's more and while Springsteen's Darkness on the Edge of Town your always had a spot, I've seen The Boss so many times I can't complain about when I was born. The bands above I've missed entirely or only seen parts of, except for U2; they're an all time favorite but I've never had a moment at their show. It's always been "cool" but I was missing something.
Oh yeah, ISO 1 for the Apollo.
"Let the Ocean dissolve away my past."
During The Rolling Stones 40 Licks tour they did a club, arena and stadium - I somehow got a 50 dollar ticket to the club show in Chicago. I waited in line outside the Aragon for 8 hours and got 25 feet away. The show was fire. Rarities and blues standards with a random appearance by Bono. They didn't play any of their stalwarts but I did hear Tumbling Dice, Jumpin Jack Flash , Rocks Off, Rip this Joint, Honkey Tonk Woman and crazy versions of Bitch and Can't You Hear Me Knocking.
A few years later Tom Petty decided to do a four night stand at the Vic, a venue in Chicago (aka where PJ played their 07 club show) and Petty deviated from his usual greatest hits and dug deep. Until I saw Petty doing the hits years later again, I didn't realize just how special this was. Being close was cool but watching the band play it off the cuff was a treat beyond words.
Radiohead gets two - I saw them in Hutchinson Field (Chicago) essentially where Lolla is but years before there was Lolla. I submitted for ticks and got shut out and somehow, tickets showed up at my house. I heard True Love Waits. I loved this show. But I then got to see them in an intimate setting some years later at the Auditorium Theater. Amazing shows. The first was my first show when living in Chicago - I remember that night so well.
Soundgarden in the Vic was the last time I had my head bashed against the wall. The music was so aggressive, so good and I realized the power of Matt Cameron and just how good this band was. I liked Soundgarden before but I think love grew in that concert. I didn't think it would be the only time I could see them. I saw Chris at PJ20 but the raw power of Soundgarden was something to behold.
I hope to see PJ in Apollo and have one more lucky show to talk about. But if I don't so it goes.
"Let the Ocean dissolve away my past."
Good luck to Apollo seekers and if there's an extra.....
"Let the Ocean dissolve away my past."
I heard an extra ticket to the Apollo gets someone like 1,000 points towards a space in the Good Place. Just sayin.
"Let the Ocean dissolve away my past."
"Let the Ocean dissolve away my past."
Enjoy the week folks.
"Let the Ocean dissolve away my past."
I know so many people have a favorite era of PJ; I'm that weird guy that says my favorite iteration is the current one. But I look back and see things that I wish the band would give another shot at. A few times in 2000, they closed the main set with "Parting Ways," or sometimes preceded it with "Black." Amazing. It's such a beautiful song and such a cool way to ebb us out of the main set. I usually see a consensus that 2000 are people's most favorite era and I can't argue with it, I just don't dig it as much but that is the tour that saw "Untitled" almost every third show. It's also the first tour (I've been to them all from Yield on) that I didn't hear the lead single - will I ever get "Nothing as it Seems?"
I do love those shows from 2016, they got Lightning Bolt out of their system (which is a highly underrated album - seriously, I was thinking of that this morning but I digress) and they were doing sprawling and random setlists. Nothing was off limits. That tour spoiled us. This experimentation at an unprecedented rate started in 13 at Wrigley and carried on through until 2016 where they really just went off the map. I still stand by the setlist for Wrigley 2 is one of the most impressive shows I've ever seen put together. There's something exciting about hearing songs like "Footsteps," "Off He Goes," "Better Man" and "State of Love and Trust" so early, "Even Flow" so late. This isn't just cause I was there but more due to the fact that shows where you get stalwarts out of place is so cool - like when "Black" was showing up early in those Europe sets in 15. It really sets the tempo for a show that anything is fair game. I'm excited for 6-7 songs of Gigaton a show, that'll restructure things in an interesting way. And what will this tour's "Of the Girl," "Can't Keep," "Severed Hand," "Pendulum" be?
"Let the Ocean dissolve away my past."
When I'm in Pearl Jam mode, I think of lucky I am to have hitched my wagon to this band, to be part of this community and continue to look forward to albums, shows, discussions....
Back to the real world and all those real world problems and all those people struggling with the unimaginable. Here's some good karma and good hope.
"Let the Ocean dissolve away my past."
"Let the Ocean dissolve away my past."
Happy Friday.
"Let the Ocean dissolve away my past."
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
"Let the Ocean dissolve away my past."
"Let the Ocean dissolve away my past."
Good luck in the coming week. ISO - 1
"Let the Ocean dissolve away my past."
"Let the Ocean dissolve away my past."
"Let the Ocean dissolve away my past."
Til he had more time,... more time...
Time to dream,... to himself... he waves goodbye,
To himself... I'll see you on the other side...
"Let the Ocean dissolve away my past."
"Let the Ocean dissolve away my past."
"Let the Ocean dissolve away my past."
"Let the Ocean dissolve away my past."
THanks! Hopefully you knew I was kidding.
"Let the Ocean dissolve away my past."
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/dead-co-bob-weir-john-mayer-parkland-shooting-958705/
I'm always fascinated with how bands create a live show, especially when it's a dynamic artist.
"Let the Ocean dissolve away my past."
"Let the Ocean dissolve away my past."
"Let the Ocean dissolve away my past."