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What's the strangest PJ song you have?

Dr Emmett BrownDr Emmett Brown Posts: 611
edited August 2009 in The Porch
I bought a new mac last week, and have been going through the process of putting all the stuff I listen to on it in lossless format. While going through my CD collection last night, I found some CDR's from years back labelled "Random Pearl Jam stuff" so stuck it on. Turns out it contains a load of old unofficial bootleg stuff , including what seems to be the first time they play Betterman (Ed says beforehand something like "I don't think you'll have heard this before, this is a new song but it was written a long time ago. This is dedicated to the bastard who married my momma"), the first time they play Last Exit, them covering Smells Like Teen Spirit etc... But by far the strangest one is an early, slow acoustic sounding version of Courdroy, sounds so different slow.

Anyone else got any strange songs?
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  • mookieblalockmookieblalock Posts: 3,395
    Better man was first played live (with PJ) 5/13/93 at a secret show at slim's cafe in San Francisco

    From five horizons:

    This was a secret show was a benefit to assist in legal support for a member of the Surfrider Foundation. PJ is billed as the "David J. Gunn Band" and most of Vs. (plus 'Better Man' and 'Whipping') premier as they have just completed recording the new album. The band even asks for requests at this show. Ed jokes around: "We're accepting any donations of acid that you may have. Just put it in a little envelope with your name on it ... and if we write a great song while we're on it, we'll put your name in the credits." A guitar riff from Van Halen's 'Eruption' is played between 'Why Go' and 'Alive.' 'Alive' is dedicated to Ed's uncle, Freddy Vedder. The transition from 'Dirty Frank' to 'Rats' is very cool sounding.A bit of AC/DC's 'Dirty Deeds' is played.

    I could be wrong but I think this is a different show from the one you are talking about. Somewhere I have the version where Ed says "this is dedicated to the bastard who married my mama," I don't think it was this one, but my memory is escaping me right now.


    The original version of immortality played in Boston way back when with different wording is one that comes to mind for me.
  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSunLikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    damn all my old PJ rarities are on my old computer. i do remember a weird version of Red Mosqito where Mike's guitar sounds like its caught in a wood chipper for most of the song. very odd, but i likes it!
  • smithnicsmithnic Posts: 1,563
    mookieblalock wrote:
    Better man was first played live (with PJ) 5/13/93 at a secret show at slim's cafe in San Francisco

    From five horizons:

    This was a secret show was a benefit to assist in legal support for a member of the Surfrider Foundation. PJ is billed as the "David J. Gunn Band" and most of Vs. (plus 'Better Man' and 'Whipping') premier as they have just completed recording the new album. The band even asks for requests at this show. Ed jokes around: "We're accepting any donations of acid that you may have. Just put it in a little envelope with your name on it ... and if we write a great song while we're on it, we'll put your name in the credits." A guitar riff from Van Halen's 'Eruption' is played between 'Why Go' and 'Alive.' 'Alive' is dedicated to Ed's uncle, Freddy Vedder. The transition from 'Dirty Frank' to 'Rats' is very cool sounding.A bit of AC/DC's 'Dirty Deeds' is played.

    I could be wrong but I think this is a different show from the one you are talking about. Somewhere I have the version where Ed says "this is dedicated to the bastard who married my mama," I don't think it was this one, but my memory is escaping me right now.


    The original version of immortality played in Boston way back when with different wording is one that comes to mind for me.


    That would be the same show. That's the night they played like a few minutes of Teen Spirit and Stone says something like "remember we played it first"
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  • morgie2morgie2 Posts: 1,065
    Dr Emmett Brown wrote:
    I bought a new mac last week, and have been going through the process of putting all the stuff I listen to on it in lossless format. While going through my CD collection last night, I found some CDR's from years back labelled "Random Pearl Jam stuff" so stuck it on. Turns out it contains a load of old unofficial bootleg stuff , including what seems to be the first time they play Betterman (Ed says beforehand something like "I don't think you'll have heard this before, this is a new song but it was written a long time ago. This is dedicated to the bastard who married my momma"), the first time they play Last Exit, them covering Smells Like Teen Spirit etc... But by far the strangest one is an early, slow acoustic sounding version of Courdroy, sounds so different slow.

    Anyone else got any strange songs?

    The version of Betterman you speak of was played 4/11/94 at the Boston Garden. I was there and it was awesome. At that same show, they played Immortality for the first time live with completely different words than the studio version.
    Boston II 94 Boston II 06 Mansfield I 08 Mansfield II 08 Seattle I 09 Seattle II 09
    Hartford 10 Boston 10 Wrigley 13 Worcester I 13 Worcester II 13 Hartford 13
    NYC I 16 NYC II 16 Fenway I 16 Fenway II 16  Fenway 1 18  Fenway II 18
    E.V. Boston II 08 E.V. Albany II 09 E.V. Providence 11, E.V. Boston 11
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  • Dr Emmett BrownDr Emmett Brown Posts: 611
    Yeah, that would make sense. I found the original bootleg CD I got them off earlier (it's called Unplugged and Undrugged) and it has a load of Vitalogy songs with different names (no doubt due to the bootlegger not knowing what they were actually called - Last Exit = Three Days, Whipping = Already In Love etc...
  • blondieblue227blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,509
    sweet lew
    but that's not really PJ is it? ;)
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  • G ForceG Force Posts: 1,393
    Fuck me in the brain.
  • flyinwhole313flyinwhole313 Posts: 1,651
    TipJammer wrote:
    Fuck me in the brain.
    And we have a winner!
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  • given2fly23given2fly23 Evanston, IL Posts: 5,940
    morgie2 wrote:
    Dr Emmett Brown wrote:
    I bought a new mac last week, and have been going through the process of putting all the stuff I listen to on it in lossless format. While going through my CD collection last night, I found some CDR's from years back labelled "Random Pearl Jam stuff" so stuck it on. Turns out it contains a load of old unofficial bootleg stuff , including what seems to be the first time they play Betterman (Ed says beforehand something like "I don't think you'll have heard this before, this is a new song but it was written a long time ago. This is dedicated to the bastard who married my momma"), the first time they play Last Exit, them covering Smells Like Teen Spirit etc... But by far the strangest one is an early, slow acoustic sounding version of Courdroy, sounds so different slow.

    Anyone else got any strange songs?

    The version of Betterman you speak of was played 4/11/94 at the Boston Garden. I was there and it was awesome. At that same show, they played Immortality for the first time live with completely different words than the studio version.

    actually, the version the OP mentioned is from 4/3/94 in Atlanta. Better Man was not played on 4/11/94. Both shows are very common in the live show community.
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  • Dr Emmett BrownDr Emmett Brown Posts: 611
    TipJammer wrote:
    Fuck me in the brain.

    Got that as well - same bootleg - for some reason never even figured in this reckoning
  • mookieblalockmookieblalock Posts: 3,395
    non-entity wrote:


    actually, the version the OP mentioned is from 4/3/94 in Atlanta. Better Man was not played on 4/11/94. Both shows are very common in the live show community.


    Actually, it is 100% from 4/12/94 at the Orpheum theatre in Boston. The Boston Garden show is from 4/11/94 and better man was not played.

    I have the atlanta show and both boston shows archived and I just listened to them and the OP is referring to the 4/12/94 show with regards to better man.
  • MichaelMcKevinMichaelMcKevin Posts: 1,161
    The fast version of Wash
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  • VeddernarianVeddernarian Posts: 1,924
    Stupid Mop. So strange, I can't play it.

    In my Tree, Fargo 2003 - Very strange

    Alive, Mountain View 2003 - Very strange and funny.
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  • morgie2morgie2 Posts: 1,065
    [/quote]
    Actually, it is 100% from 4/12/94 at the Orpheum theatre in Boston. The Boston Garden show is from 4/11/94 and better man was not played.

    I have the atlanta show and both boston shows archived and I just listened to them and the OP is referring to the 4/12/94 show with regards to better man.[/quote]

    You are right about the playing of Betterman, but Eddie definitely said that line about "the bastard that married my mama" at the 4/11/94 show. I think he said it at a few shows.
    Boston II 94 Boston II 06 Mansfield I 08 Mansfield II 08 Seattle I 09 Seattle II 09
    Hartford 10 Boston 10 Wrigley 13 Worcester I 13 Worcester II 13 Hartford 13
    NYC I 16 NYC II 16 Fenway I 16 Fenway II 16  Fenway 1 18  Fenway II 18
    E.V. Boston II 08 E.V. Albany II 09 E.V. Providence 11, E.V. Boston 11
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  • pjamaholicpjamaholic Posts: 1,225
    I do think Evil Little Goat is kinda strange. Ed sounds like he's singing it out of a bucket. Guess it was some kind of demo.
  • edvedderrocksedvedderrocks Posts: 1,001
    MichaelMcKevin wrote:
    The fast version of Wash
    I have that - I like it!
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  • Soulfire42Soulfire42 Posts: 404
    Kid Rock singing with Eddie? I don't think it gets much more weird than that... well, maybe Rodman.
  • given2fly23given2fly23 Evanston, IL Posts: 5,940
    I promise you all, the "dedicated to the bastard that married my momma" line is from 4/3/94. I have heard all 3 of the Boston shows many times.

    I'm not trying to start anything, believe what you want. and if you're listening to the "Vortical" bootleg thinking that is the Boston show, you are mistaken. that bootleg was spliced together with several shows, alot of it is Atlanta 4/3/94.
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  • mookieblalockmookieblalock Posts: 3,395
    non-entity wrote:
    I promise you all, the "dedicated to the bastard that married my momma" line is from 4/3/94. I have heard all 3 of the Boston shows many times.

    I'm not trying to start anything, believe what you want. and if you're listening to the "Vortical" bootleg thinking that is the Boston show, you are mistaken. that bootleg was spliced together with several shows, alot of it is Atlanta 4/3/94.
    apologies to non-entity - you are indeed correct.

    Originally I only listened to my recording of the 4/12 show for whatever reason contains the same line, but I listened to the 4/03/94 show and you are indeed correct. What do I know anyway? :D
  • Pearl Jam_iePearl Jam_ie Posts: 821
    Got a shitty bootleg of Ed doing Redemption Song. It's cool, but wish I had a better copy.
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  • morgie2morgie2 Posts: 1,065
    non-entity wrote:
    I promise you all, the "dedicated to the bastard that married my momma" line is from 4/3/94. I have heard all 3 of the Boston shows many times.

    I'm not trying to start anything, believe what you want. and if you're listening to the "Vortical" bootleg thinking that is the Boston show, you are mistaken. that bootleg was spliced together with several shows, alot of it is Atlanta 4/3/94.

    I don't doubt you and I, too, don't want to start anything, but he did say that line on 4/11/94 also. It's not on the boot, but he said it.
    Boston II 94 Boston II 06 Mansfield I 08 Mansfield II 08 Seattle I 09 Seattle II 09
    Hartford 10 Boston 10 Wrigley 13 Worcester I 13 Worcester II 13 Hartford 13
    NYC I 16 NYC II 16 Fenway I 16 Fenway II 16  Fenway 1 18  Fenway II 18
    E.V. Boston II 08 E.V. Albany II 09 E.V. Providence 11, E.V. Boston 11
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  • Soulfire42Soulfire42 Posts: 404
    edkidrock.jpg

    I really do think Ed and Kid Rock singing together has to be up there near the top. Just look. It ain't right. ;)
  • wolfbearwolfbear Posts: 3,965
    I hate you I love you. Dead Milkmen song. Probably the most obscure one I have. It's not listed in the PJ catalog that I can find. Don't know where it's from though, just on a boot I bought. :)
    "I'd rather be with an animal." "Those that can be trusted can change their mind." "The in between is mine." "If I don't lose control, explore and not explode, a preternatural other plane with the power to maintain." "Yeh this is living." "Life is what you make it."
  • timctimc Posts: 664
    I have the CD with version of Courdroy it's a great version including alternate lyrics" I bought it back in 1994 cost 30.00 dollars glade those days are over... Bootlegs now are free or a lot cheaper and better sounding.
  • JABAKERJABAKER Posts: 50
    How do you guys know all this shit? And how do I get a hold of some of these songs? Can I mail you guys a disc and you share them?
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  • Dr Emmett BrownDr Emmett Brown Posts: 611
    Ok, so this is some debate I've started...

    I just figured it was the first time it was played because of Ed saying "you won't have heard this before"

    Got the fast version of Wash too, it's on the CD that came with the Avocado pre-order
  • blondieblue227blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,509
    Soulfire42 wrote:
    I really do think Ed and Kid Rock singing together has to be up there near the top. Just look. It ain't right. ;)

    :lol:
    great pic thanks for posting it.

    JABAKER wrote:
    How do you guys know all this shit?

    coz we're fans!
    i found mine from what people have posted on here and surfing the net for rare pj mp3's.
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