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USE IT UPUSE IT UP Posts: 4
edited April 15 in The Porch
best Pearl jam opener

Release
Long Road
Sometimes
Corduroy
"All in all it no ones fault" Ed Ved
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  • VinyliciousVinylicious Posts: 57
    Go
  • RobbertRobbert Rotterdam, the Netherlands Posts: 1,000
    Of the girl
  • marumarukomarumaruko Posts: 318
    I think Love Boat Captain and Inside Job need to be on the list. 
    Love Boat Captain was used only during the 2003 tour as an opener, but if you listen to Buffalo and Vancouver especially you will see why. A singalong in the first song, what more to heat up the crowd? 

    As for Inside Job - Think it was only used as an opener in Frankfurt 2022 and it created this feeling you get when someone is starting a bonfire, the warmth perpetually increasing and as the song builds up Mike's solos absolutely exploded. Should be used more as an opener. 
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  • GVN2FLY NDGVN2FLY ND Posts: 86
    I enjoyed Kings of Leon myself. 
  • PapPap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,556
    Once
    Animal
    Can't Keep
    Corduroy
    SOLAT
    LBC
    GTF
    Small Town
    Getaway
    Low Light
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  • ReissyReissy St. Louis Posts: 193
    I think Pendulum into Low Light is peak
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  • My Lucky HandMy Lucky Hand Staten Island, New York Posts: 5
    Depends on what you prefer.

    If you a prefer a hard hitting, rocking opener, than you can't better than Go. It just hits you in the face.

    For a slow burn, Small Town, Release, Long Road and Low Light are all perfect in that regard.

    I personally have always thought Leash would make a great opener.

    "Troubled souls unite
    We got ourselves tonight."

    That's a great statement to open a concert with.
  • demetriosdemetrios Posts: 94,923
    Hard To Imagine 
  • DM282158DM282158 Beverly, MA Posts: 609
    demetrios said:
    Hard To Imagine 
    Co-sign 
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  • Lovett-or-LeavettLovett-or-Leavett Posts: 177
    wash
    Hey brother.
  • Merkin BallerMerkin Baller Posts: 12,171
    edited April 16
    I love a fast & strong opener like Go or Given to Fly, but I think my two favorites are Long Road and Sometimes. 
  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,759
    Lovett-or-Leavett said:
    wash

    Wash means you might be in for a special night. I love Can't Keep and Of the Girl. Into Breakerfall or Brain of J.
  • pjhawkspjhawks Posts: 12,753
    edited April 16
    Any of these five are killer.  That would be the order of my preference.  These days I like the slow opener.  Great way to ease into it.  Good with second song going hard though. 

    Release
    Long Road
    Hard to Imagine
    Wash
    Of the Girl

  • Merkin BallerMerkin Baller Posts: 12,171
    pjhawks said:
    Any of these five are killer.  That would be the order of my preference.  These days I like the slow opener.  Great way to ease into it.  Good with second song going hard though. 

    Release
    Long Road
    Hard to Imagine
    Wash
    Of the Girl

    Of The Girl… another great one. 
  • PJNBPJNB Posts: 13,679
    pjhawks said:
    Any of these five are killer.  That would be the order of my preference.  These days I like the slow opener.  Great way to ease into it.  Good with second song going hard though. 

    Release
    Long Road
    Hard to Imagine
    Wash
    Of the Girl

    Probably my top 5 as well with Release in the lead for sure. 
  • ST66483ST66483 Posts: 833
    I love release, but am partial to corduroy which opened my first show.
  • Hurls15Hurls15 Posts: 193
    Lovett-or-Leavett said:
    wash
    The correct answer. While Release and Long Road are the titans, Wash is amazing as an opener. 


  • Hankj25Hankj25 Posts: 337
    Outdoors:
    Low Light
    Wash
    GTF

    Indoors:
    Release
    Can’t Keep
    Long Road 
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    Vancouver 5-6-24
    Seattle 5-30-24
    Nashville 5-6-25


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  • ekwiptekwipt Vancouver Posts: 795
    edited April 16
    Hurls15 said:
    Lovett-or-Leavett said:
    wash
    The correct answer. While Release and Long Road are the titans, Wash is amazing as an opener. 


    Got my first Wash opener in Vancouver last year & it blew me away. 
    Love Oceans as an opener too. 
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  • CarryTheZeroCarryTheZero Posts: 3,196
    pjhawks said:
    Any of these five are killer.  That would be the order of my preference.  These days I like the slow opener.  Great way to ease into it.  Good with second song going hard though. 

    Release
    Long Road
    Hard to Imagine
    Wash
    Of the Girl

    These are fantastic! Haven’t gotten HTI or Wash as openers, but did hear them in the first five songs. All so good.

    To add one, I loved hearing Elderly Woman with the lights on to open the show in Jacksonville, 2016. Crowd was into it!
  • julieooliernjulieooliern Posts: 670
    Wash or Release
  • lastexitlondonlastexitlondon Posts: 14,306
    Oceans
    HTI
    Of the girl
    Pendulum 
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  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,263
    edited April 16
    If there was a different opener for literally every single show from now on, that would be fantastic.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • colors blendcolors blend Posts: 200
    Of the shows I've seen....

    Release
    Sometimes
    Why Go
    Severed Hand
    you're god and you've got big hands
  • ItsmillertymeItsmillertyme Posts: 126
    GVN2FLY ND said:
    I enjoyed Kings of Leon myself. 
    I have to laugh. That's the same exact thing I thought when I saw the Header
  • Abe FromanAbe Froman Posts: 5,331
    edited 4:47PM
    Release
    Sometimes
    Long Road
    Pendulum
    Of The Girl
    HTI
    Oceans
    Go
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  • ChimisteChimiste Posts: 7
    I think Upper Hand could be a great opener…
  • goldrushgoldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,679
    The top 3 openers I’ve seen are:

    Nothing As It Seems (Cardiff 2000)
    All Or None (Vic 2007)
    Alive (Newcastle 2006)
    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

    “Put yer good money on the sunrise”
    (Tim Rogers)
  • Force Of NatureForce Of Nature York, England Posts: 1,113
    So many great options.  Release just feels like the best to me.
    I did like the novelty of 'double openers' e.g. Pendulum > Of The Girl from the 2013(?) tour
  • GlowGirlGlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 11,633
    Chimiste said:
    I think Upper Hand could be a great opener…
    This. 
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