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Quintessential Pearl Jam Performances...

Caught a bolt of lightningCaught a bolt of lightning Posts: 88
edited December 2009 in The Porch
I have always thought there are times when PJ's energy/feelings/mood = a performance of a song that would be timeless. (sometimes coming early on when they are debuting the song or when things click....)
In other words if you only had one live performance of a song what would it be...

Here are a few of mine

Long Road - America tribute to heros (with Neil on keys...chills everytime I hear it) video is on youtube
Rearviewmirror - SNL 1994 (the look on eds face during I gather speed from you.....)
RITFW - Pink pop 1992 - building up of palm mutes during the first verse...
Save You - Live at the Show Box - December 6th 2002 (DVD) Mike gets so into it slams guitar at the end of the song......
Man of the Hour - Toronto May 10th - Eddie's Voice explodes during (and the road the old man paved....etc)

yours?????
Toronto - 1996, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011 1 & 2.
Buffalo - 2010
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  • Niko80Niko80 Posts: 1,589
    LROM - VH1 Tribute 2008
    Alive - SNL 1992
    State of Love & Trust - Atlanta 1994
    Fuck me in the brain - Indio 1993
    MTV unplugged (all of it!)
    I will swallow poison
  • flyinwhole313flyinwhole313 Posts: 1,651
    Corduroy Bridge 1996 is incredible. I hope to hear them bring this style back for one of these tours...one of these years...
    http://www.sendspace.com/file/2rr4bw
  • 12345AGNST112345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    Porch- Bonnaroo 08
    5/28/06, 6/27/08, 10/28/09, 5/18/10, 5/21/10
    8/7/08, 6/9/09
  • StinkfootStinkfoot Posts: 546
    Release - Honolulu 1992
    "I get into a state of consciousness that I can't explain. It is about feeling and not thinking. I get positive chills and insight into things that I can't get to any other way. It is Healing of the Soul." - Mike McCready
  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    Bugs - Philly 10/31/2009 :mrgreen:
    81 is now off the air

    Off_Air.jpg
  • Gary CarterGary Carter Posts: 14,067
    Alive- seattle night 2 00
    Daughter/war- showbox 02
    Daughter/its ok- va beach 00
    Daughter/its ok jones beach night 2 00
    Crown of thorns- msg night 1 03
    Ron: I just don't feel like going out tonight
    Sammi: Wanna just break up?

  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,853
    Porch from Melbourne '98

    http://www.fivehorizons.com/songs/may98/5h_porch.mp3
    2000: Camden 1, 2003: Philly, State College, Camden 1, MSG 2, Hershey, 2004: Reading, 2005: Philly, 2006: Camden 1, 2, East Rutherford 1, 2007: Lollapalooza, 2008: Camden 1, Washington D.C., MSG 1, 2, 2009: Philly 1, 2, 3, 4, 2010: Bristol, MSG 2, 2011: PJ20 1, 2, 2012: Made In America, 2013: Brooklyn 2, Philly 2, 2014: Denver, 2015: Global Citizen Festival, 2016: Philly 2, Fenway 1, 2018: Fenway 1, 2, 2021: Sea. Hear. Now. 2022: Camden, 2024: Philly 2

    Pearl Jam bootlegs:
    http://wegotshit.blogspot.com
  • davidtriosdavidtrios Posts: 9,732
    edited November 2009
    Parting Ways- 10/30/09 Philly 3
    Better Man (Improv)- 11/6/00 Seattle 2
    Daughter (It's Ok) - 8/24/00 Jones Beach
    Throw Your Arms Around Me with the original Singer - From the Aussie Disc in 03
    In My Tree- 10/25/00 San Diego
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  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 12,854
    bushleaguer/know your rights-4/03 uniondale, ny
  • JordyWordyJordyWordy Posts: 2,261
    All Or None - Benaroya 2003
    Crown Of Thorns - Vegas 2000
    Brain Of J - Dusseldorf (2007) even on a crowd bootleg its perfect
    Release - Washington DC 2006
    Spin The Black Circle - NY I 2003 (live at the garden dvd)
  • MayDay10MayDay10 Posts: 11,680
    what I have seen live?

    If I had to pick one Id say

    "People Have The Power" from Buffalo '03
  • InMyTree4InMyTree4 Posts: 1,239
    hold on- philly
    PJ:7/2/03.9/28/04.5/25/06.8/5/07.6/14/08.6/27/08.6/28/08.6/30/08.
    10/30/09.10/31/09.5/17/10.9/7/11
    EV:boston 1+2.albnay 1.boston 2010
  • CranMalReignCranMalReign Posts: 1,928
    Ledbetterman10 wrote:
    Porch from Melbourne '98

    http://www.fivehorizons.com/songs/may98/5h_porch.mp3

    Beat me to it. This performance of this song singlehandedly turned me from casual "maybe I'll see them if they swing by my town" to "I must see them in my home town and any other town w/in a half a day's drive" crazy head.
    • 98 Pgh
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    • 04 Boston 1|Reading
    • 05 Philly
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    • 09 Philly 1 [EV]|Toronto|Spectrum 1-4
    • 10 Cleveland|Buffalo
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  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,152
    81 wrote:
    Bugs - Philly 10/31/2009 :mrgreen:

    Yes!

    Does anyone else feel like the first try/complete mess-up made the actual performance even greater?
    severed hand thirteen
    2006: Gorge 7/23 2008: Hartford 6/27 Beacon 7/1 2009: Spectrum 10/30-31
    2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
    2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
    2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
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  • CranMalReignCranMalReign Posts: 1,928
    CranMalReign wrote:
    Ledbetterman10 wrote:
    Porch from Melbourne '98

    http://www.fivehorizons.com/songs/may98/5h_porch.mp3

    Beat me to it. This performance of this song singlehandedly turned me from casual "maybe I'll see them if they swing by my town" to "I must see them in my home town and any other town w/in a half a day's drive" crazy head.

    Actually, now that I listen to it, it wasn't this performance (although this is sweet)... it was one I found on teh internets when I was a little baby college student long ago... it was just called "Porch (pearl)" and I'm not sure where it's from... but the bridge in that one is effing sick, and Ed screaming coming out of it... OMG... world's greatest performance of anything ever. "After we said all that... there's just one more thing... I... need to say........... 1 2 3 what the fuck is this world..."
    • 98 Pgh
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    • 03 Pgh|Philly|PSU|Camden 1+2|Hershey
    • 04 Boston 1|Reading
    • 05 Philly
    • 06 Camden 1+2|Pgh
    • 08 Camden 1+2|Hartford|Mansfield 2
    • 09 Philly 1 [EV]|Toronto|Spectrum 1-4
    • 10 Cleveland|Buffalo
    • 11 Philly [EV]|PJ20
    • 12 Philly
    • 13 London|Pgh|Buff|Philly 1+2|Balt
    • 14 Cincy|StL
    • 16 Philly 1+2|Philly 2 [TotD]
    • 18 Boston 1+2
  • ChrisileinChrisilein Posts: 3,889
    a little bit different, but...

    "All along the Watchtower" with uncle Neil, Toledo 2004
    "Black" Benny Hall 2003
    "Wash" Mexico City 2003
    "Daughter" Berlin 2009
    "Porch" DITP 1992
    up here in my tree in Vienna
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    2014: Milano ~ Trieste ~ Vienna ~ Berlin 2018: Padova ~ Rome 2022: Budapest ~ Vienna
    EV London/Hammersmith 2012
    EV Berlin/Zitadelle 2017
  • nfanelnfanel Posts: 2,558
    Get_Right wrote:
    bushleaguer/know your rights-4/03 uniondale, ny
    YES.

    also...
    -It's OK tag, Cleveland 06
    -Release, State College 03
    -Do the Evolution, Spectrum 03 (Dr J played here, let's sing in the choir!)
    -Betterman, Cleveland 06
    -Not for You/Modern Girl, Philly 05
  • Stephen FlowStephen Flow Posts: 3,327
    It would be awesome to come up with a list of a quintessential performance for every song... I'd imagine it would be pretty close to 200 songs if we limited the covers to 20 or so.
  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,549
    Bugs - Philly
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • youngsteryoungster Posts: 6,576
    Release- Tokyo 2003
    Immortality- Benaroya Hall 2003
    Leash- Hartford 2008
    He who forgets will be destined to remember.

    9/29/04 Boston, 6/28/08 Mansfield, 8/23/09 Chicago, 5/15/10 Hartford
    5/17/10 Boston, 10/15/13 Worcester, 10/16/13 Worcester, 10/25/13 Hartford
    8/5/16 Fenway, 8/7/16 Fenway
    EV Solo: 6/16/11 Boston, 6/18/11 Hartford,
  • JordyWordyJordyWordy Posts: 2,261
    Soon Forget, Porch - Ljubljana, Slovenia 2000

    Sleight Of Hand - Bern, Switzerland 2006

    Throw Your Arms Around Me - Perth 2006

    Hard To Imagine - Berlin 2009
  • AnotherTourPleaseAnotherTourPlease Posts: 487
    NAIS - Nurnberg Germany 2007: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30BlueyXoyg
  • pearljammonkeypearljammonkey Posts: 205
    I agree with whoever said PORCH from Melbourne 1998 - i remember listening to this over & over on a cassette taped from the radio. Mike's solo is really unique in this - amazing energy, and a slow build-up which is heaps better than the current way they do the slow build-up.

    Also, Little Wing/Maggot Brain from '95
  • Dark StarDark Star Posts: 496
    Habit from 6/23/00 Zurich Switzerland.
  • ACCBootlegGoddessACCBootlegGoddess Posts: 4,240
    Daughter from Showbox night 2 - 2002. All you gotta do is wait for the No More tag at the end...Ed goes NUTS! It was AWESOME!

    Immortality - Toronto 2000
    Release from Kansas City 2003 (In the Rain!)
    Arc - San Diego 2003 (Ed starting it in the dark...WOW! I Soo wish I was there for that)
    Long Road - San Diego 2006. After Ed telling the story...the passion in his voice WOW!
    Alive - MSG 1 2003

    I agree with the person who said Black @ Benny Hall
    "Rock and roll is something that can't be quantified, sometimes it's not even something you hear, but FEEL!" - Bob Lefsetz
  • megatronmegatron Posts: 3,420
    i'm extremely bored so..
    i know a lot of people get tired of betterman..but this was the greatest song i think i've seen live

    the intro is killer with the lighters, and great sing a long w/ "it's fuckin beautiful"

    here's a good shot that pans out
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZnAMhh_qT8


    solo is amazing..and ed is pushin mike with his head for most of it. hilarious
    here's the pro shot solo at 4:10..fuse cuts out the tag which sucks. even on the dvd
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmRyVolCH5A


    and it's the best save it for later tag i've ever heard. band is right on time and ed simply killlls it
    here's what fuse cut out at 3:52
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZTlZaoTpHg
  • DF281709DF281709 Posts: 7
    the whole pinkpop 1992. and bugs
  • Caught a bolt of lightningCaught a bolt of lightning Posts: 88
    Sad & Gone - AOL sessions @ Studio X
    Toronto - 1996, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011 1 & 2.
    Buffalo - 2010
  • pleathermanpleatherman Posts: 472
    "I Got Shit"- Chicago, Soldier's Field '95.
    "I am a Patriot"- Cleveland 2003. Just Matt and Eddie. Riveting.
    "Go"- Atlanta '94- "This song's for Kurt." -ev
    "Garden"- same show Atlanta '94
    "Present Tense"- Cleveland 2003 again. I wanted to find a '96 performance that was better but the way Matt tears thru this song during the end jam makes Iron's performance sound tepid.
    "Oceans"- St. Louis 7-02-98.
    "Light Years"- Chicago 2003, maybe? Well, it's 2003 sometime. Has the tag, "When I dream of you, you're near my heart."
    "Bleed For Me"- Toledo 2004.
    "Masters of War"- 10/25/03 Bridge Benefit. Is that the version on the Fahrenheit 9/11 soundtrack? Because that's the one I mean. And yeah, it's actually better then the '92 version from the Dylan tribute. His voice is way cooler and you get the entire band backing it up.
    "Know your Rights"- Pittsburgh 2003.
    "Release"- Gonna go with Toronto 2005. Eddie hits all the notes in the chorus with some added guitar distortion to kick it up. And there is a vulnerability during the verses I hadn't heard before. Being this was the first tour he wore those in-ear monitors (he once stated they don't seem rock n' roll to him), it may have helped him realize more subtilties with his vocal performance.
  • CranMalReignCranMalReign Posts: 1,928
    pleatherman wrote:
    Know your Rights"- Pittsburgh 2003.

    Love that version of that tune... although I'm always annoyed by that dog bark after "Number 2" (I think)

    ;)
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