What songs do you like better live?

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  • Sian-of-the-dead
    Sian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    Dissident
    Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...

    ... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
  • eMMI
    eMMI Posts: 6,262
    First thing that springs to mind: Pretty much every song on Avocado.

    I'm not a huge fan of that album. There are a few songs that I LOVE (Inside Job, Parachutes, Army Reserve and Come Back) and I'm not saying I hate the other songs, but I do feel they're a bit.. Bland.

    BUT, I do love 'em all live. :mrgreen:
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  • Dissidentman
    Dissidentman Posts: 15,378
    Sian-of-the-dead wrote:
    Dissident

    Now this I can get behind!
  • Small Town Animal
    Small Town Animal Posts: 3
    Even Flow because i like it fast!
  • gems_n_rhinestones
    gems_n_rhinestones Harrisburg, PA Posts: 382
    wait up in the dark wrote:
    I have never really been a fan of "Do the Evolution", but hearing it live last month, I like it a lot better. I still find myself skipping the album version, but listening to the live version.

    What songs do you like better live than on the album?


    I always thought that song was ok...but you're right hearing it live it is so much better! It is definitely one of my favorite songs live without a doubt. Hall-e-luj-ah!
  • nevmiles
    nevmiles Ottawa, ON Posts: 1,363
    JW0422 wrote:
    all songs Pearl Jam is a much better live band there is always electricity in the air when they perform!

    Agreed . . . . but some jump out as 1000x better in concert . . . off the top of my head:

    Corduroy
    Porch
    In My Tree
    Even Flow
    Red Mosquito
    Off He Goes



    Songs that I could argue are slightly better in their studio form (if comparing to CURRENT live performances - some live performances are WAY better, back in the 90's):

    Black
    In Hiding
    Not For You
    Tremor Christ
    Indifference
    Smile
    Garden
    Jeremy


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  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,389
    The Avocado Blue songs are better live. When I attended 2006 concerts the songs shined live.
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  • Brain of Dave
    Brain of Dave Posts: 149
    Alright, the live versions of songs vs. the original album recordings:

    I like all of Ten live back in the old days better than off the record, for example off the Dissident EP or on YouTube of the Pinkpop 92 Festival. They're all more intense and not overly produced and I think at least Ed and Jeff agree with me on that one haha! I like the Ten Redux version better than what was released in August 1991.

    I liked how the Vitalogy tracks were sounding on the Vs tour back in '94. Unfortunately I don't have a great recording, but percussion through all of "Better Man" is interesting and once again, they're all raw and more intense. I also feel the same way about how the No Code tracks sounded on the '96 tour, but don't have any great live recordings there either.

    The 1998 tour is when they started to chill out haha!, but still, off Live On Two Legs, I love "Go" and "Do the Evolution" and have a playlist on my iPod of just those two versions together when I drive my 3 1/2 mile commute to work and just want to rock the fuck out! "Evolution" is a totally different song live, faster, love it, probably my favorite live jam they do!

    All the faster ones off of Binaural I like better live on the '00 boots: "Breakerfall", "Gods' Dice", "Evacuation", "Insignificance", "Grievance", and "Rival". They just sound more energetic and urgent to me. I feel the same way about "Even Flow" nowadays, "Save You" and "Sad".

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