Pearl Jam On SNL 1994

YellowLedbetter92 · September 2005

I just taped an episode of Pearl Jam on Saturday Night Live from 1994. There is something new that I noticed that I've never seen or heard about...It looks like there is a tatoo on Eddie's right leg. It is the "Alive" tatoo that Dave Abruzzese has on his arm. On top of that at the end of the show, before the credits, Eddie opens his shirt and reveals a "K." that he drew on his tan shirt...The show they played was cool though,...they played NOT FOR YOU and then DAUGHTER which was really good.

sadprofessor · September 2005

Im pretty sure that Tattoo on Ed's leg isnt the Alive guy if i rememer correctly its a logo for a group called "Earth First"

And the K thing was because when they played that show Kurt Cobain had either just died or was gone missing... I think it was when he was missing.

otfz72 · September 2005

the original broadcast also contained RVM, but E! has to cut stuff to fit into one hour. they also cut an absolutely hilarious Herhily Boy skit with Sandler and Farley. Bummer. When every other band in the universe gets to do two songs on SNL, leave it to PJ to be allowed three. You gotta love the respect...or lack of sketch material perhaps?

Pearl Jam and toast · September 2005

sadprofessor wrote:

Im pretty sure that Tattoo on Ed's leg isnt the Alive guy if i rememer correctly its a logo for a group called "Earth First"

And the K thing was because when they played that show Kurt Cobain had either just died or was gone missing... I think it was when he was missing.

no it must have been when he was found.

the daughter tag of 'hey hey, my my' would lead me to think that.

I didn't know they were allowed 3 songs though! i thought they played SNl 3 times and got shafted in 94.

that rocks

ps...

Ed had "Kurdt" (i think it was spelled like that.. kurt changed it around a bit) written on the head of his Telecaster.

also, everytime i've seen it rebroadcasted i think they showed daughter and RVM.. my oldest pearl jam memory is of this long haired god (e. V.~) and this awesome scream and black guitar he had...can't remember what song it was though.. good times

otfz72 · September 2005

I remember taping it because I couldn't stay awake. (proud to have been a PJ obsessed 13 year old.) and watching the tape the next morning to reveal...Not for you. I couldn't beleive they were doing a song that I didn't know. Now that i'm older i realize how incredibly awesome that is to play an unreleased song on a TV show that expects you to play a hit single. of course when vitalogy finally came out i was dissapointed with the studio version because I had become so attached to the snl performance that I watched twice a day everyday.

stonesgstring · September 2005

Yeah they definitely played Rear View Mirror as I have a copy of that song from that show.

YellowLedbetter92 · September 2005

Well I started listening to Pearl Jam when I was 10 years old because my father had gotten V.S and Ten...but by now i have so much Pearl Jam material,...my friends think Im out of my mind. But it hurts me to think that they didn't show Rearviewmirror,...especially with Dave Abruzzeses on drums (he was one of the best)"being a drummer myself"....but yeah I started playing drums when I was 4 and a huge part of learning was from Pearl Jam,...so Im 16 now, and im in a band (and we play yellow ledbetter),...http://www.myspace.com/shotdownrunaways,...check it out!

BifEverchad · September 2005

I STILL have that SNL on tape.
It was one of my favorites of all-time.
Pearl Jam ROCKED the shit out of the place with 3 songs,
and Emilo Estevez hosted a hilarious episode.

Awesome.

Deadman · September 2005

Kurt had just passed before SNL.

BifEverchad · September 2005

Deadman wrote:

Kurt had just passed before SNL.

Yeah, the show date was: 04/16/94

StuffnJunk · September 2005

i remember that being the first time i saw eddie play guitar.....i stayed up and watched it and i must have watched that tape a trillion times.....then one time i was watching it and as it was at the most intense part of not for you i meant to hit rewind and hit record!! so for years i would watch it and right in the middle of the song there would be this 2 second clip of oprah or whatever....but then i finally retaped it off E! years later......i noticed certain camera angles are changed on the E! version, more closeups of ed during not for you and whatnot

Anon · September 2005

they did 3 songs....RVM, Daughter, and Not 4 You...and it IS NOT the Alive Guy on Ed's leg. It is "Earth First"

all4

angryyoungman · June 2006

ok, so im posting on a dead thread (at least i didnt start a new thread, used the SEARCH prompt, try it once in a while). . .anyways, i was watching this on pearljamlive.com and it made me remember when i saw it on t.v., there was this funny moment at the end when everyones together on stage, just before they went off the air you could see chris farley grab ed and start slow dancing with him. it was a really funny moment. ed's laying his head on chris's shoulder. anywho, i was just remembering that so figured id share it

Zillah13 · June 2006

I think I may have the original broadcast of that show on video.
I'll have to look for it but I'm pretty sure of it.

The "K" was for Kurt. That show was broadcast just after he'd been found.
The world was still in mourning!!!!!!!

I think that's also the show where Adam Sandler does his opera man bit & alot of it is about Ed.

Low_Light03 · June 2006

Gone Going , Gone Gone.

Drop the Leash · June 2006

sadprofessor wrote:

Im pretty sure that Tattoo on Ed's leg isnt the Alive guy if i rememer correctly its a logo for a group called "Earth First"

And the K thing was because when they played that show Kurt Cobain had either just died or was gone missing... I think it was when he was missing.

yeah i think his tattoo is the hammer thing or whatever it is and its earth first

love to Pearl Jam · June 2006

Kurt Cobain had already been announced dead. I clearly remember watching it at the time, and Pearl Jam's performance that night was fierce but contained. You could feel their sadness.

Another thing I remember (really in poor taste) was that there was an ad run by SNL during the show, saying that the band the following week (on SNL)was Nirvana.

Soon Forget · June 2006

..good times,,,sad times also.

Ledbetterman10 · June 2006

stonesgstring wrote:

Yeah they definitely played Rear View Mirror as I have a copy of that song from that show.

they did. they don't show it on the rerun of the show though

slightofjeff · June 2006

people watching that for the first time nowadays don't have any frame of reference for how frickin' powerful that was.

Kurt had like JUST died. everyone was in shock. the king was dead. everybody, even people who normally wouldn't care, tuned in that night to see what Pearl Jam would do. They were the new "spokesmen for a generation."

We wanted them to tell us that everything would be OK. and then they played those three songs. three perfect choices. looking back, Not for You was inspired.

then, the daughter tag ... lifting different lyrics from the EXACT same Neil Young song Kurt had quoted in his suicide note. the suicide note seemed so sad ... "it's better to burn out than fade away."

the daughter tag left us with a sense of hope ... "hey hey, my my ... rock and roll can never die ... there's more to the picture than meets the eye ... hey hey, my my."

and that was that. To those of us who knew what was going on, it was one of the most powerful moments in the history of music.

iwasthere · June 2006

emilio~ can i tell my friends i know you?

ed~ no

armyreserve · June 2006

I've got a bootleg of their '94 SNL performances (3 songs) on VHS. I haven't seen it in a while. I think I'll take it out.

rhinomagic · June 2006

love to Pearl Jam wrote:

Kurt Cobain had already been announced dead. I clearly remember watching it at the time, and Pearl Jam's performance that night was fierce but contained. You could feel their sadness.

Another thing I remember (really in poor taste) was that there was an ad run by SNL during the show, saying that the band the following week (on SNL)was Nirvana.

You think it was wrong for them to memorialize Kurt like that? Or it was in poor taste to do it right after Pearl Jam played?

I don't understand.

.

josevolution · June 2006

i saw PJ the next night at the paramount theater in NY city my 1st pj show as a member of 10c great seats that night won't forget "footsteps" .i've been to 20 other pj shows since then and haven't seen "footsteps" again

project_radio · June 2006

slightofjeff wrote:

people watching that for the first time nowadays don't have any frame of reference for how frickin' powerful that was.

Kurt had like JUST died. everyone was in shock. the king was dead. everybody, even people who normally wouldn't care, tuned in that night to see what Pearl Jam would do. They were the new "spokesmen for a generation."

We wanted them to tell us that everything would be OK. and then they played those three songs. three perfect choices. looking back, Not for You was inspired.

then, the daughter tag ... lifting different lyrics from the EXACT same Neil Young song Kurt had quoted in his suicide note. the suicide note seemed so sad ... "it's better to burn out than fade away."

the daughter tag left us with a sense of hope ... "hey hey, my my ... rock and roll can never die ... there's more to the picture than meets the eye ... hey hey, my my."

and that was that. To those of us who knew what was going on, it was one of the most powerful moments in the history of music.

My thoughts at the time exactly too.

project_radio · June 2006

rhinomagic wrote:

You think it was wrong for them to memorialize Kurt like that? Or it was in poor taste to do it right after Pearl Jam played?

I don't understand.

.

Kurt was dead. Would've been hard for them to play the following week my friend.

10_pearljam · June 2006

Drop the Leash wrote:

yeah i think his tattoo is the hammer thing or whatever it is and its earth first

http://www.rootsofcompassion.org/newshop/catalog/images/PA018.jpg

that it?

Evacuation Rules · June 2006

love to Pearl Jam wrote:

Another thing I remember (really in poor taste) was that there was an ad run by SNL during the show, saying that the band the following week (on SNL)was Nirvana.

The next week was a week off so they re-ran the Nirvana episode as a tribute to Kurt. They do the same thing when any ex-guest/host/cast member passes away. How is that in poor taste?

Thanks Pete · March 2018

angryyoungman said:

ok, so im posting on a dead thread (at least i didnt start a new thread, used the SEARCH prompt, try it once in a while). . .anyways, i was watching this on pearljamlive.com and it made me remember when i saw it on t.v., there was this funny moment at the end when everyones together on stage, just before they went off the air you could see chris farley grab ed and start slow dancing with him. it was a really funny moment. ed's laying his head on chris's shoulder. anywho, i was just remembering that so figured id share it

I used to have it but sadly lost the screenshot of Eddie and Farley hugging. Went through some archives but they shrank the screen and you cannot see them hug. Please, does anyone have it?

CO278952 · March 2018

BifEverchad said:

Deadman wrote:

Kurt had just passed before SNL.

Yeah, the show date was: 04/16/94

Yup. My first show was the very next night. They added the date to the tour just a few days earlier since they were in town for SNL. Dave A’s last show. They were on fire.

CO278952 · March 2018

Was there too. I am pretty sure I have a VHS tape in my garage somewhere of SNL from 24 years ago. Don’t have a vcr. But watched it so many times back in the day

josevolution said:

i saw PJ the next night at the paramount theater in NY city my 1st pj show as a member of 10c great seats that night won't forget "footsteps" .i've been to 20 other pj shows since then and haven't seen "footsteps" again

Pearl Jam On SNL 1994

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