An Experiment - The First Song You Ever Saw Live

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  • FiveBelow
    FiveBelow Posts: 1,391
    edited November 2020
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    djjazzy276 said:
    Long Road. Seattle 9/16/96. 

    After my dad wouldn't take me to see them in Portland in 93 because we should "wait until they have more albums out", he made up for it by pulling me out of school at lunch time, drove us up to Seattle from the Portland area, stood in the long ass line outside Key Arena, watched the show with me and drove us back that night. When the opening notes of Long Road kicked in, my knees almost gave out. My heart was racing. It's to this day the most incredible live show moment for me because I can't say I've ever been as excited to see a band since.
    that reminds me of the first song of my second show...fargo 2003....2 months shy of the 10 year anniversary of my first show.....lights out......ed starts into Arc. I start to weep and feel weak. My wife's friend, who is also a big PJ fan, wraps her arm around me. when i found out later how many times they played Arc on that tour and the significance of it..... it was chilling.....
    Arc was performed after the 1st encore in Dallas that year, but not included on the bootleg. Was it on the Fargo boot? I will likely never relive that experience and it still bothers me to this day that I can't at least hear it again as it was that night.
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  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 44,392
    Sobelberg8 said:
    Been trying this on both Facebook and Twitter to see what song gets the most answers, I figured that Release or Long Road would easily take the win, but it seems like everyone has a different answer. So in the next 24 hours I’ll compile a big list to see what songs popped people’s Pearl Jam cherry the most. 

    simply respond with the first song you ever saw live

    I’ll start, Release from 6/25/08
    when are we gonna get the results?

    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 15,629
    eeriepadave said:
    Sobelberg8 said:
    Been trying this on both Facebook and Twitter to see what song gets the most answers, I figured that Release or Long Road would easily take the win, but it seems like everyone has a different answer. So in the next 24 hours I’ll compile a big list to see what songs popped people’s Pearl Jam cherry the most. 

    simply respond with the first song you ever saw live

    I’ll start, Release from 6/25/08
    when are we gonna get the results?

    When donny concedes 


    this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Posts: 41,250
    JW269453 said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    djjazzy276 said:
    Long Road. Seattle 9/16/96. 

    After my dad wouldn't take me to see them in Portland in 93 because we should "wait until they have more albums out", he made up for it by pulling me out of school at lunch time, drove us up to Seattle from the Portland area, stood in the long ass line outside Key Arena, watched the show with me and drove us back that night. When the opening notes of Long Road kicked in, my knees almost gave out. My heart was racing. It's to this day the most incredible live show moment for me because I can't say I've ever been as excited to see a band since.
    that reminds me of the first song of my second show...fargo 2003....2 months shy of the 10 year anniversary of my first show.....lights out......ed starts into Arc. I start to weep and feel weak. My wife's friend, who is also a big PJ fan, wraps her arm around me. when i found out later how many times they played Arc on that tour and the significance of it..... it was chilling.....
    Arc was performed after the 1st encore in Dallas that year, but not included on the bootleg. Was it on the Fargo boot? I will likely never relive that experience and it still bothers me to this day that I can't at least hear it again as it was that night.
    arc was left off all the boots out of respect for the victims at roskilde. 

    (stupid sidenote: for YEARS i always read that as Rockslide-i ignorantly thought it was some festival with a cool name)
    Your boos mean nothing to me, for I have seen what makes you cheer



  • Papaljuice
    Papaljuice Jacksonville Posts: 504
    Rearviewmirror
    3/29/1994
    Bayfront Arena
    St. Petersburg Florida
    Pearl Jam - ST. PETERSBURG, FL 3-29-94 / WEST PALM BEACH, FL 9-22-98 / TAMPA, FL 8-12-00 / CHARLOTTE, NC 10/30/13 / ST. LOUIS, MO 10-03-2014 / TAMPA, FL 4-11-16 / JACKSONVILLE, FL 4-13-16
    Eddie Vedder - JACKSONVILLE, FL 11/24/12 / JACKSONVILLE, FL 11/25/12 / ORLANDO, FL 11-28-12
  • FiveBelow
    FiveBelow Posts: 1,391
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    JW269453 said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    djjazzy276 said:
    Long Road. Seattle 9/16/96. 

    After my dad wouldn't take me to see them in Portland in 93 because we should "wait until they have more albums out", he made up for it by pulling me out of school at lunch time, drove us up to Seattle from the Portland area, stood in the long ass line outside Key Arena, watched the show with me and drove us back that night. When the opening notes of Long Road kicked in, my knees almost gave out. My heart was racing. It's to this day the most incredible live show moment for me because I can't say I've ever been as excited to see a band since.
    that reminds me of the first song of my second show...fargo 2003....2 months shy of the 10 year anniversary of my first show.....lights out......ed starts into Arc. I start to weep and feel weak. My wife's friend, who is also a big PJ fan, wraps her arm around me. when i found out later how many times they played Arc on that tour and the significance of it..... it was chilling.....
    Arc was performed after the 1st encore in Dallas that year, but not included on the bootleg. Was it on the Fargo boot? I will likely never relive that experience and it still bothers me to this day that I can't at least hear it again as it was that night.
    arc was left off all the boots out of respect for the victims at roskilde. 

    (stupid sidenote: for YEARS i always read that as Rockslide-i ignorantly thought it was some festival with a cool name)
    Ah, I vaguely remember this now. At the time I was wondering if it wasn't an option because of the equipment Ed used when it was performed. I remember hearing about Roskilde on MTV News (funny to think about now) and reading a Rolling Stone article about the event and butchered the pronunciation as well.
  • Sobelberg8
    Sobelberg8 Posts: 1,023
    eeriepadave said:
    Sobelberg8 said:
    Been trying this on both Facebook and Twitter to see what song gets the most answers, I figured that Release or Long Road would easily take the win, but it seems like everyone has a different answer. So in the next 24 hours I’ll compile a big list to see what songs popped people’s Pearl Jam cherry the most. 

    simply respond with the first song you ever saw live

    I’ll start, Release from 6/25/08
    when are we gonna get the results?

    Check page 3 or4 of thread. There were obviously way more after the fact but this gives good sample size
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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 43,145
    Sobelberg8 said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Poncier said:
    JimmyV said:
    Zod said:
    I'm embarrassed now.   Oceans was a small white whale for me for a long time.    Lollapalooza was so long ago.   Turns out it was the very first PJ song I'd ever heard live. 
    Don't be embarrassed. If we don't remember hearing a song does it really matter that we did close to 30 years ago? I haven't heard Garden since 1994 and I am always hoping it turns up on a setlist for that reason. 
    Was played at Hartford 2006, Boston 2, 5/25/06, Hartford in 2008 and Mansfield 2, 6/30/08. Did you not attend any of those 4?
    It was played at MSG in 13 I believe
    They did Brooklyn 2013, but Garden was played MSG 2008 and 2016. Shocked they haven’t played it every time they played there 
    Freudian slip...  I combined the 2 tours...

    I knew I'd heard it both in 13 and MSG, lol.
  • lolobugg
    lolobugg BLUE RDGE MTNS Posts: 8,195
    Animal  NOLA 1995

    livefootsteps.org/user/?usr=446

    1995- New Orleans, LA  : New Orleans, LA

    1996- Charleston, SC

    1998- Atlanta, GA: Birmingham, AL: Greenville, SC: Knoxville, TN

    2000- Atlanta, GA: New Orleans, LA: Memphis, TN: Nashville, TN

    2003- Raleigh, NC: Charlotte, NC: Atlanta, GA

    2004- Asheville, NC (hometown show)

    2006- Cincinnati, OH

    2008- Columbia, SC

    2009- Chicago, IL x 2 / Ed Vedder- Atlanta, GA x 2

    2010- Bristow, VA

    2011- Alpine Valley, WI (PJ20) x 2 / Ed Vedder- Chicago, IL

    2012- Atlanta, GA

    2013- Charlotte, NC

    2014- Cincinnati, OH

    2015- New York, NY

    2016- Greenville, SC: Hampton, VA:: Columbia, SC: Raleigh, NC : Lexington, KY: Philly, PA 2: (Wrigley) Chicago, IL x 2 (holy shit): Temple of the Dog- Philly, PA

    2017- ED VED- Louisville, KY

    2018- Chicago, IL x2, Boston, MA x2

    2020- Nashville, TN 

    2022- Smashville 

    2023- Austin, TX x2

    2024- Baltimore

  • RSS2193
    RSS2193 Posts: 27
    Given to Fly - Chicago Night 2 (2018)
  • bone
    bone Posts: 499
    edited November 2020
    Release,  August 12th, 1993

    Other shows I've attended had Love Boat Captain, Oceans, Release, Why Go, Long Road, Sometimes, Wash, and Pendulum.  So only one repeat which is pretty fortunate I think .  Final track was Yellow Ledbetter for most of the shows though (I think 7 of the 9 shows with Alive and Indifference (I think as it wasn't released yet) being the other two)


    Post edited by bone on
    1993-08-12 - Edmonton, AB, Convention Centre
    2003-05-30 - Vancouver, BC, General Motors Place
    2005-09-04 - Calgary, AB, Pengrowth Saddledome
    2005-09-05 - Edmonton, AB, Rexall Place
    2009-08-08 - Calgary, AB, Canada Olympic Park
    2009-09-21 - Seattle, WA, Key Arena
    2009-09-22 - Seattle, WA, Key Arena
    2011-09-23 - Edmonton, AB, Rexall Place
    2013-11-30 - Spokane, WA, Spokane Arena
  • Nikto
    Nikto Melbourne, Australia Posts: 195
    Release, Melbourne 1995
    Melbourne: March 17 1995, March 18 1995, March 2 1998, February 18 2003, November 13 2006, November 20 2009, January 24 2014, November 16 2024, November 18 2024.
    Sydney: November 21 2024, November 23 2024
    Ed Solo
    Melbourne: March 24 2011, February 16 2014
  • pjpjpaul
    pjpjpaul Posts: 1,726
    Long Road VA Beach 2000 
    Virginia Beach 2000
    DC 2003
    DC 2004 (VFC)
    DC 2006
    Pittsburgh 2006
    Bonnaroo 2008
    Virginia Beach 2008
    DC 2008
    Philly (Spectrum) 10/31/2009
    DC 2010 (Jiffy Lube Live)
    PJ 20 night 1
    PJ 20 night 2
    Phoenix 2013
    LA 1 2013
    Memphis 2014
    Jacksonville 2016
    Greenville 2016
    Hampton 2016
    Columbia 2016
    Fenway 1 2016
    Fenway 2 2016
    Wrigley 1 2018
    Wrigley 2 2018
    Fenway 1 2018
    Fenway 2 2018
    Sea Hear Now 2021
    Nashville 2022
    Louisville 2022
    Ohana 2024 (Night 1)
    Ohana 2024 (Night 2)
  • FE55353
    FE55353 Greenville, SC Posts: 65
    DTE 6/26/98, though I don't remember the show. Too much beer on a very hot day. I think to make up for it they have played that song at almost every other show I have been to. That and Corduroy. 
    "If you are listening to this bootleg in Alaska, open the front door." Eddie Vedder 10/8/00

    Alpine Valley: 6/26/98, 10/8/00, 6/21/03, 9/3/11 Target Center: 6/30/98
    Summerfest: 6/30/06 Music Midtown: 9/22/12 Wrigley Field: 7/19 & 7/20/13, 8/20/16
    Charlotte: 10/30/13
    Greenville: 4/16/16, Columbia 4/21/16, Wrigley Field: 8/20/2016
    Pinkpop: 6/18/2022
  • D-Rod
    D-Rod Hamilton, Ontario Posts: 2,011
    Release, Toronto 1996
    1996.....Toronto
    2005.....Hamilton
    2011.....Toronto N1, Toronto N2, Hamilton
    2013.....London, Buffalo
    2014.....Detroit
    2016.....Toronto N1 Toronto N2, Boston  N1, Boston N2, Chicago N1
    2018.....Seattle N1, Seattle N2
    2022.....San Diego, Los Angeles N1, Los Angeles N2, Phoenix, Oakland N1, Oakland N2, Quebec City, Ottawa, Hamilton, Toronto  
    2023.....Fort Worth N1, Fort Worth N2, Austin N1, Austin N2
    2024.....Las Vegas N1, Las Vegas N2, Los Angeles N1, Los Angeles N2, Boston N1, Boston N2
    2025.....Raleigh N1, Raleigh N2, Pittsburgh N1, Pittsburgh N2
    2026.....????????????????????????????????????????? 
  • fl247556
    fl247556 Posts: 353
    Of the girl, Zurich 2000
    freddie vedder
  • rlaidepeas
    rlaidepeas St. Louis, MO Posts: 306
    Oceans
    Maryland Heights, MO (St. Louis)
    Riverport Amphitheater
    7/02/1998

    Stone - "Ask for a little more light on stage"

    Ed - "Alright...Pete...Pete...Give us a little more light on stage and we'll start this thing. One, two... Holllllld On to the thread....."
  • PJPants
    PJPants Posts: 76
    Release
    11/5/93
    Empire Polo Grounds, Indio, CA

    Still get chills thinking about hearing those first notes, live.  Then that deep, hard to describe, feeling in your chest when the bass hits you for the first time.  And I didn't throw any shoes.
  • RR258111
    RR258111 Posts: 63
    Can´t Keep - Irvine, CA - 2003

    PJ - Irvine,CA (06,03,03) SP, Brazil (12,02,05), SP, Brazil (12,03,05) ,SP, Brazil (11,03,11),  SP, Brazil (11,04,11), SP, Brazil (03,31,13), SP, Brazil (11,14,15), Ft Lauderdale, FL (04,08,16), Miami, FL (04,09,16), SP,Brazil(03,24,18)Chicago, IL(08,18,18), Chicago, IL(08,20,18), San Diego, CA (05,03,22), Los Angeles, CA (05/06/22), Los Angeles, CA (05/07/22) , Oakland, CA(05/12/22), Los Angeles,CA (05/21/24), Los Angeles,CA(05/22/24) - EV - SP, Brazil 2015/2018, 


  • bigguybigeye
    bigguybigeye Posts: 205
    Jeremy.  Ann Arbor 1994.
    1994: ANN ARBOR
    2011: DETROIT (EV), HAMILTON
    2012: OSLO, COPENHAGEN, MEMPHIS (EV)
    2013: LONDON, CHICAGO, VANCOUVER, SEATTLE
    2014: ST. LOUIS, DETROIT
    2015: CHICAGO (EV & TOWNSHEND), NEW YORK
    2016: QUEBEC CITY, OTTAWA, TORONTO 1, BOSTON 1 & 2
    2018: LONDON 1, CHICAGO 1
    2022: HAMILTON

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