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Which Pearl Jam song has remained the same through the years?

2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,141
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Listening to 'Last Exit' on Let's Play Two this morning. Struck me how this song has not really lost much of it's originality so to speak - meaning through the years, when it's played, it still sounds as fresh as when they first started playing it in 94/95. What other song hasn't lost it's 'touch' through the life of the band in your opinion?
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    rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576
    Animal
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
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    2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,141
    rgambs said:
    Animal
    Definitely!
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    JimmyVJimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 18,887
    Release. When they play it live it is just as magical as the first time I heard them do it in 1994.
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    lotsalemonlotsalemon Boston Posts: 2,734
    JimmyV said:
    Release. When they play it live it is just as magical as the first time I heard them do it in 1994.
    Exactly - Release will never lose that magic. Ed always sings it with such soul. 
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    2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,141
    edited October 2017
    JimmyV said:
    Release. When they play it live it is just as magical as the first time I heard them do it in 1994.
    With exception to Ed not quite able to reach those higher notes like he used to, yes!
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    HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 35,819
    RVM. 
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    cp3iversoncp3iverson Posts: 8,640
    edited October 2017
    Jeremy

    got me into them and is still their coolest song IMO. They still perform it well.  I think when the chorus vanished their may have been some fatigue but it never stopped being powerful in a live setting to me.  At some point he added those “heeeeeee’s” to it but that works too :lol:
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    JimmyVJimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 18,887
    cp3iverson said:
    Jeremy

    got me into them and is still their coolest song IMO
    It CRUSHES live. Every single time. The opening bass pops the crowd as much if not more than any song in their catalog.
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    mookieblalockmookieblalock Posts: 3,177
    Breath
    Red Mosquito
    Life Wasted

    all sound pretty much the same to me.
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    dankinddankind I am not your foot. Posts: 20,827
    No love for "Alive?"
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    Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 28,946
    cp3iverson said:
    Jeremy

    got me into them and is still their coolest song IMO. They still perform it well.  I think when the chorus vanished their may have been some fatigue but it never stopped being powerful in a live setting to me.  At some point he added those “heeeeeee’s” to it but that works too :lol:
    Isnt this an example of the opposite of what the TS wanted examples of.
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    cp3iversoncp3iverson Posts: 8,640
    Nope because its kicking as much ass today as in 92!
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    pjsteelerfanpjsteelerfan Maryland Posts: 9,883
    dankind said:
    No love for "Alive?"
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    RP112579RP112579 Tinley Park, IL Posts: 3,355
    23scidoo said:
    Given to fly

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    ledveddermanledvedderman Posts: 7,755
    23scidoo said:
    Given to fly
    Well, the tempo has changed on it but it's still awesome every single time. 
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    igotid88igotid88 Posts: 27,319
    Corduroy
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    Go
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    mcgruff10mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 27,846
    igotid88 said:
    Corduroy
    Not that bridge from the last tour...ugh I hate it.
    Alive?  Man that ending is definitely different with the crowd interaction and the way mccready solos.
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    HughFreakingDillon said:
    RVM. 

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    Parachutes.

    Jk.

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    mcgruff10mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 27,846
    PJ_Soul said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    RVM. 

    the jam in the middle has definitely evolved and revolved over the years.
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    PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 49,515
    mcgruff10 said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    RVM. 

    the jam in the middle has definitely evolved and revolved over the years.
    I didn't think that was the criteria. I was going off of: "a song that has not really lost much of it's originality so to speak - meaning through the years, when it's played, it still sounds as fresh as when they first started playing it in 94/95. What other song hasn't lost it's 'touch' through the life of the band in your opinion?"

    I didn't think that meant what song hasn't changed in any way whatsoever.
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    mcgruff10mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 27,846
    PJ_Soul said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    RVM. 

    the jam in the middle has definitely evolved and revolved over the years.
    I didn't think that was the criteria. I was going off of: "a song that has not really lost much of it's originality so to speak - meaning through the years, when it's played, it still sounds as fresh as when they first started playing it in 94/95. What other song hasn't lost it's 'touch' through the life of the band in your opinion?"

    I didn't think that meant what song hasn't changed in any way whatsoever.
    yeah i completely misunderstood the question lol.  the title is misleading professor!
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    hrd2imgnhrd2imgn Southwest Burbs of Chicago Posts: 4,865
    Nothing, the difference between Matt, Dave and Jack make this impossible.  
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    drummerboy_73drummerboy_73 Las Vegas, NV Posts: 2,011
    hrd2imgn said:
    Nothing, the difference between Matt, Dave and Jack make this impossible.  
    Exactly. I love aspects of what all of the drummers have brought to both the recorded albums and live shows, but some of the examples given above couldn't be farther off. Animal? Go? Given to Fly?! As a drummer/musician, it's hard not to notice how the grooves and tempos of these songs as played today sound NOTHING like they did 20+ years ago. I'm not criticizing the performances - just pointing out that in some cases, where certain things as simple as the placement of the bass drum beat (Who You Are, Go, Animal) or changing fills and dynamic changes in the bridges (Go, State of Love and Trust) totally changes the feel of the song for me. For someone who's concentrating more on the singing or guitar melody, maybe it's not as noticeable. I struggle to find anything that hasn't changed since they were first recorded or performed live.
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    ShynerShyner Posts: 1,226
    I sink they all evolved beautifully

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