8/20/2016 Chicago should NOT be #3 on the list. Shouldn't even be on the list. I thought it was a good, not great show. Night 2 was much, much better.
8/10/2018 is definitely the best 'modern' show I've been to though. That's a good call. Probably not better than Randall's or some other ones I have seen in the early days. But I bet only boot tapes exist.
8/20/2016 Chicago should NOT be #3 on the list. Shouldn't even be on the list. I thought it was a good, not great show. Night 2 was much, much better.
8/10/2018 is definitely the best 'modern' show I've been to though. That's a good call. Probably not better than Randall's or some other ones I have seen in the early days. But I bet only boot tapes exist.
Agree with your first paragraph for sure going off the setlist and boot of night one vs being at night 2. I would also say that 8/10/18 Seattle show may very well be the best ballpark show they have done in the last decade but for me personally Fenway Night 2 2016 would be my choice.
8/20/2016 Chicago should NOT be #3 on the list. Shouldn't even be on the list. I thought it was a good, not great show. Night 2 was much, much better.
8/10/2018 is definitely the best 'modern' show I've been to though. That's a good call. Probably not better than Randall's or some other ones I have seen in the early days. But I bet only boot tapes exist.
Agree with your first paragraph for sure going off the setlist and boot of night one vs being at night 2. I would also say that 8/10/18 Seattle show may very well be the best ballpark show they have done in the last decade but for me personally Fenway Night 2 2016 would be my choice.
That Fenway show was amazing.
(It was also the last time I've seen them, so I'm probably biased.)
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I was at 8 shows on the list. Agreed that Fenway 2, 2016 was an incredible show and should have been in that top 30. Such an odd list, so many great shows missed but oh well.
No Boston 2010, no Wrigley or Worcester 2013, and the Fenway choice was wrong. I gave up.
I'm surprised to see Hartford '10 on the original list of choices over Boston '10... both were great shows, but Boston was easily the better night. Also agree that Wrigley '13 should have been an option.
I'm still kicking myself for only having gone to Worcester 2 in '13 & not both nights; Ed was hurting from the night before, I guess you guys got one for the ages.
Like others have pointed out, Fenway 1 being an option over Fenway 2 in 2016 is absurd. Fenway 2 was unfuckingreal.
Personal choice: I would have had Brooklyn 2 '13 on the original list of options too, but I digress.
Hartford '13 being on this list is spot on... of all the shows I've seen... something special happened that night, and Fenway 2 '16 & Denver '14 are the only times I've seen them come close to replicating that energy.
VS. all the way through, great songs after. This show should have been way higher than 29. I was there, great show.
Me too. It was a great show. There was a soft spot with LTRP, Swallowed and Sirens, but other than that, it was excellent. Any show with Present Tense is going to be high up for me.
I was at 8 shows on the list. Agreed that Fenway 2, 2016 was an incredible show and should have been in that top 30. Such an odd list, so many great shows missed but oh well.
3 shows for me. Was surprised to see no Australian or Asian '95 show on the list. Some AMAZING shows & fantastic soundboard quality audio from that period of time.
I was at 8 shows on the list. Agreed that Fenway 2, 2016 was an incredible show and should have been in that top 30. Such an odd list, so many great shows missed but oh well.
3 shows for me. Was surprised to see no Australian or Asian '95 show on the list. Some AMAZING shows & fantastic soundboard quality audio from that period of time.
Pretty good list. I was at 6 of those (and 5 of the top 12).
Looking at your sig. list, we've both been at such a random assortment of shows: Hartford '08, Tampa '16, MSG I & II '16. All were amazing, and I dare say Hartford '08 doesn't get enough love & I'd throw Tampa '16 up against a few of the top 30.
PJ - 09/23/98: West Palm Beach II, 08/12/00: Tampa, 04/12/03: Orlando, 04/13/03: Tampa, 06/12/08: Tampa, 06/27/08: Hartford, 09/22/09: Seattle II, 04/11/16: Tampa, 05/01 &05/02/16: MSG I & II, 09/18/21: Sea Hear Now, 10/01& 10/02/21: Ohana Encore I & II, 05/06 & 05/07/22: Los Angeles I & II, 09/11/22: MSG, 09/16/22: Nashville, 09/02/23: St. Paul II, 09/07/23: Chicago II, 09/18& 09/19/23: Austin I & II
EV - 08/04 & 08/05/08: (Eddie solo, w/Liam Finn) NYC I & II, 11/27 & 11/28/12: (Eddie solo, w/Glen Hansard) Orlando I & II, 02/09 & 02/10/22: (Eddie & the Earthlings) Chicago I & II, 09/30/23: (Eddie & the Earthlings) Ohana Festival
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I want a recount..greatest show in history was C'Ville..
I think it's top 10 for the era/decade for sure. Amazing show, amazing venue, amazing crowd, amazing city, amazing fall day. It was all perfect. Didn't hurt that I was rail either.
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That Seattle show ... I think I'm still recovering from it.
Somehow, I was at the "top 3" shows, which is kind of amazing to me. I would have placed Philly 10/30/09 above 10/31. because the setlist was insane, but that's me.
I agree that Hartford 2013 was special; the crowd drowned out Ed a number of times. I think everyone in the place, all the way to the rafters, was on their feet and singing for all they were worth.
I was at Prague/Krakow/Berlin 2018 and would have liked to see at least one of those make the list -- great shows, especially Krakow which, again, I thought had a killer setlist.
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That Seattle show ... I think I'm still recovering from it.
Somehow, I was at the "top 3" shows, which is kind of amazing to me. I would have placed Philly 10/30/09 above 10/31. because the setlist was insane, but that's me.
I agree that Hartford 2013 was special; the crowd drowned out Ed a number of times. I think everyone in the place, all the way to the rafters, was on their feet and singing for all they were worth.
I was at Prague/Krakow/Berlin 2018 and would have liked to see at least one of those make the list -- great shows, especially Krakow which, again, I thought had a killer setlist.
The Krakow set was easily the best of 2018, and maybe even 2016 too... until Seattle 2 came along..
That Seattle show ... I think I'm still recovering from it.
Somehow, I was at the "top 3" shows, which is kind of amazing to me. I would have placed Philly 10/30/09 above 10/31. because the setlist was insane, but that's me.
I agree that Hartford 2013 was special; the crowd drowned out Ed a number of times. I think everyone in the place, all the way to the rafters, was on their feet and singing for all they were worth.
I was at Prague/Krakow/Berlin 2018 and would have liked to see at least one of those make the list -- great shows, especially Krakow which, again, I thought had a killer setlist.
The Krakow set was easily the best of 2018, and maybe even 2016 too... until Seattle 2 came along..
For someone that was at both I personally enjoyed Krakow more.
I didn't have the same reaction to Seattle 2 that many others had. It was a great show, but I've seen them play great shows before. It was certainly a long show, but length and greatness are different things.
I walked out of Wrigley in 2013 feeling like we had just witnessed something special, even with the rain. I didn't have that same feeling in Seattle.
I didn't have the same reaction to Seattle 2 that many others had. It was a great show, but I've seen them play great shows before. It was certainly a long show, but length and greatness are different things.
I walked out of Wrigley in 2013 feeling like we had just witnessed something special, even with the rain. I didn't have that same feeling in Seattle.
Could it be seats? Stadium shows are terrible if you aren't in the pit. My son and I were about 6th row Mike's side and I felt like it was special when I left. The main set just blew me away.
I didn't have the same reaction to Seattle 2 that many others had. It was a great show, but I've seen them play great shows before. It was certainly a long show, but length and greatness are different things.
I walked out of Wrigley in 2013 feeling like we had just witnessed something special, even with the rain. I didn't have that same feeling in Seattle.
Could it be seats? Stadium shows are terrible if you aren't in the pit. My son and I were about 6th row Mike's side and I felt like it was special when I left. The main set just blew me away.
For me maybe the distance but I put Fenway night 2 2016 in my top 3 shows and I was miles away so maybe not. Seattle is my fifth favourite show I think. I would put QC 16, Fenway N2 16, Wrigley N2 16, and Krakow 18 all ahead of it comfortably. I would still say it was a fantastic show just for my taste too many covers towards the end. Main set was fire though. If you like great main sets check out Prague 18. Great start there.
I didn't have the same reaction to Seattle 2 that many others had. It was a great show, but I've seen them play great shows before. It was certainly a long show, but length and greatness are different things.
I walked out of Wrigley in 2013 feeling like we had just witnessed something special, even with the rain. I didn't have that same feeling in Seattle.
Could it be seats? Stadium shows are terrible if you aren't in the pit. My son and I were about 6th row Mike's side and I felt like it was special when I left. The main set just blew me away.
For me maybe the distance but I put Fenway night 2 2016 in my top 3 shows and I was miles away so maybe not. Seattle is my fifth favourite show I think. I would put QC 16, Fenway N2 16, Wrigley N2 16, and Krakow 18 all ahead of it comfortably. I would still say it was a fantastic show just for my taste too many covers towards the end. Main set was fire though. If you like great main sets check out Prague 18. Great start there.
I have Wrigley 16, N2 at the top for this decade as well. Amazing show and that opening handful of songs was just amazing. And yeah I can see the cover issue being a criticism for Seattle 2.
I didn't have the same reaction to Seattle 2 that many others had. It was a great show, but I've seen them play great shows before. It was certainly a long show, but length and greatness are different things.
I walked out of Wrigley in 2013 feeling like we had just witnessed something special, even with the rain. I didn't have that same feeling in Seattle.
Could it be seats? Stadium shows are terrible if you aren't in the pit. My son and I were about 6th row Mike's side and I felt like it was special when I left. The main set just blew me away.
I think I had similar seats for both. Third base/left field line, not too far up. I didn't hate the seats either time.
I think it was Search and Destroy/Sonic Reducer. One guest spot from Kim Thayil was enough for me and we had gotten that earlier during Kick Out The Jams. Mark Arm, Steve Turner, Mudhoney, none of it is to my taste. I appreciate the history, but that music is not what got my attention all those years ago.
Plus my hearing is still damaged from Mudhoney in Montreal in 2011. Not my thing.
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I didn't have the same reaction to Seattle 2 that many others had. It was a great show, but I've seen them play great shows before. It was certainly a long show, but length and greatness are different things.
I walked out of Wrigley in 2013 feeling like we had just witnessed something special, even with the rain. I didn't have that same feeling in Seattle.
Walked out of Wrigley 2013 so stoked for what just went down....and then wanted to stab a bunch of people over the train situation.
Agree that from shows I have been to Wrigley 2013 was higher than Seattle 2 2018.
I didn't have the same reaction to Seattle 2 that many others had. It was a great show, but I've seen them play great shows before. It was certainly a long show, but length and greatness are different things.
I walked out of Wrigley in 2013 feeling like we had just witnessed something special, even with the rain. I didn't have that same feeling in Seattle.
Walked out of Wrigley 2013 so stoked for what just went down....and then wanted to stab a bunch of people over the train situation.
Agree that from shows I have been to Wrigley 2013 was higher than Seattle 2 2018.
It took my friends & I 2 hours to walk back to our hotel in the loop, we figured that would be better than waiting for a train. I had just enough battery life in my phone for google maps to get us back safely at 4 am.
IDK if it should have taken that long, but in fairness, some of us were stumbling. The smart people walked one station in the opposite direction of where they were going & got on their trains... wish I had thought of that.
& yeah, despite the significant rain delay, I still walked out thinking I had seen something really special, and can only think of a handful of shows that I enjoyed more than Wrigley '13.
I didn't have the same reaction to Seattle 2 that many others had. It was a great show, but I've seen them play great shows before. It was certainly a long show, but length and greatness are different things.
I walked out of Wrigley in 2013 feeling like we had just witnessed something special, even with the rain. I didn't have that same feeling in Seattle.
Walked out of Wrigley 2013 so stoked for what just went down....and then wanted to stab a bunch of people over the train situation.
Agree that from shows I have been to Wrigley 2013 was higher than Seattle 2 2018.
It took my friends & I 2 hours to walk back to our hotel in the loop, we figured that would be better than waiting for a train. I had just enough battery life in my phone for google maps to get us back safely at 4 am.
IDK if it should have taken that long, but in fairness, some of us were stumbling. The smart people walked one station in the opposite direction of where they were going & got on their trains... wish I had thought of that.
& yeah, despite the significant rain delay, I still walked out thinking I had seen something really special, and can only think of a handful of shows that I enjoyed more than Wrigley '13.
We started walking back to the Hyatt and walked and walked. I don't know how long it was but we finally lucked into a cab. It was probably 4am by the time we got back to the room.
The great Chicago cab shortage of 2013. #NeverForget
EDIT: It's funny you mention Google maps. We kinda just started walking south towards the loop. We may have not even been going the fastest way.
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8/10/2018 is definitely the best 'modern' show I've been to though. That's a good call. Probably not better than Randall's or some other ones I have seen in the early days. But I bet only boot tapes exist.
That Fenway show was amazing.
(It was also the last time I've seen them, so I'm probably biased.)
I'm surprised to see Hartford '10 on the original list of choices over Boston '10... both were great shows, but Boston was easily the better night. Also agree that Wrigley '13 should have been an option.
I'm still kicking myself for only having gone to Worcester 2 in '13 & not both nights; Ed was hurting from the night before, I guess you guys got one for the ages.
Like others have pointed out, Fenway 1 being an option over Fenway 2 in 2016 is absurd. Fenway 2 was unfuckingreal.
Personal choice: I would have had Brooklyn 2 '13 on the original list of options too, but I digress.
Hartford '13 being on this list is spot on... of all the shows I've seen... something special happened that night, and Fenway 2 '16 & Denver '14 are the only times I've seen them come close to replicating that energy.
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I walked out of Wrigley in 2013 feeling like we had just witnessed something special, even with the rain. I didn't have that same feeling in Seattle.
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I think it was Search and Destroy/Sonic Reducer. One guest spot from Kim Thayil was enough for me and we had gotten that earlier during Kick Out The Jams. Mark Arm, Steve Turner, Mudhoney, none of it is to my taste. I appreciate the history, but that music is not what got my attention all those years ago.
Plus my hearing is still damaged from Mudhoney in Montreal in 2011. Not my thing.
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It took my friends & I 2 hours to walk back to our hotel in the loop, we figured that would be better than waiting for a train. I had just enough battery life in my phone for google maps to get us back safely at 4 am.
IDK if it should have taken that long, but in fairness, some of us were stumbling.
The smart people walked one station in the opposite direction of where they were going & got on their trains... wish I had thought of that.
& yeah, despite the significant rain delay, I still walked out thinking I had seen something really special, and can only think of a handful of shows that I enjoyed more than Wrigley '13.
The great Chicago cab shortage of 2013. #NeverForget
EDIT: It's funny you mention Google maps. We kinda just started walking south towards the loop. We may have not even been going the fastest way.
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