Best Live Versions

CP218430

I'd love to hear from all of you what some of your favorite live songs are and where they're from. I think it's most PJ fan's goal to go out there and find the best live versions. And what better place to go? It doesn't have to be your favorite, although it could be, it just has to be what you think is the best live version of that particular song.

Just listened to "All Those Yesterdays" from Boston 7/11/03 and wow, forgot how good that was.

Or, go through the five hours of daughter you have on your itunes and think of which was is the most amazing. From the Gorge on 7/22/06?

Thanks in advance I look forward to hearing from anyone. Never know, you could tell me a great version of a song I don't revisit often enough.

corduroystain29

Soldier Field
Jul 11, 1995... yellow ledbetter. this version is why this song is what it is... overall this concert is the epitome of pearl jam... live, raw, and gut spewingly honest. pearl jam obviously end the show with eddie cooly opting "okay, here's one" then mccready goes right into ledbetter. it is beautiful.

Eraserhead

Porch from the 3rd disc of th Gorge set gets my vote.

veddertown

R elease - Tokyo 03
E ven Flow - London 02 - 09
L ukin - Benaroya - 03
E vacuation - Tampa - 00
A ll Or None - MSG2 - 03
S ometimes - Berlin - 96
E lderly Woman - Atlanta - 94

T he End - San Diego - 09
H old On - Auckland - 09
E ducation - Dublin - 06

P resent Tense - Glasgow - 00
H ail Hail - Gorge 1 - 06
I n My Tree - Chicago - 95
L ife Wasted - Torino - 06
L ast Exit - Mansfield - 98
Y ellow Ledbetter - Nurnburg - 00

B reakerfall - Hartford - 08
O ceans - Melbourne - 09
O nce - Gorge 1 - 06
T he Fixer - Brisbane - 09
S evered Hand - Torino - 06

Evacuation Rules

Here's some from my notes. Sometimes I will edit more than one performance together to get a "perfect" performance like "Even Flow" on LO2L. These are songs where I didn't have to do that...

God's Dice - Jones Beach 2000 #1
Cropduster - Sydney 2003 #3
Get Right - Uniondale 2003
Alone - Prague 2006
Hard To Imagine - East Rutherford 2006 #2
Rats - Boston 2006
Who You Are - MSG 2008 #2

pjghost23

Daughter w/ It's OK tag- Jones Beach 2nd nite 8/24/2000
Betterman w/ Save it for Later tag - Ottawa 9/16/2005
Release- Mexico City 7/18/2003
Porch- Seattle 9/20/1992 (Drop in the Park)
Glorified G- MSG 2nd nite 7/9/2003

I am partial to crowd participation and reaction to songs...

jamminpearls

Porch East rutherfoed 2006 night 2 is by far the best vrsion of this song.

i_lov_it

PORCH - So many GREAT versions....ATLANTA 94' comes to Mind! or PinkPOP 92' or The Gorge 06'

EVEN FLOW - TOO many GREAT Versions to list!...Probably something from 92' or 03'

JEREMY - ATLANTA 94' with the looooong Outro!

ONCE - I like "MUDFEST 93"(Canada) or Something from 92'/93'

Rossum20

ALIVE/ANIMAL Mansfield 07/03/03

CORDUROY Buffalo 2003

GRIEVANCE Saratoga 00

EVENFLOW Uniondale 2003


FOOTSTEPS Fresno 00

HABIT Fresno 00

RELEASE Tokyo 03/03/03


BLACK Ottawa 05/Buffalo 03


BRAIN OF J Melbourne 98

GARDEN/PORCH Atlanta 94

Poda

My Best of Ten is here

http://bastulli.wordpress.com/wishlists ... mpilation/

JohnPanama

Save You, 12/6/02, Live at The Showbox

Wash, 7/22/06, Live at the Gorge

Porch, 12/31/92, The Academy Theatre, NYC

Porch, 11/04/95, San Jose State University Spartan Stadium, I was there

Off He Goes, 10/22/2003, Live at Benaroya Hall

Alive, 10/31/2009, The Spectrum, I was there, no boot yet

Just Breathe, 10/31/2009, The Spectrum, making out with hot girl I'd just met during song

Immortality, 10/22/2003, Live at Benaroya Hall

Blood, 7/22/06, Live at The Gorge,

Love Boat Captan, 9/1/05, Live at The Gorge

Crown of Thorns, 9/1/05, Live at The Gorge

You Are, 12/6/02, Live at The Showbox

Alone, 9/1/05, Live at The Gorge

I'm gonna be here all day... ; )
I'll stop there....

Irish Al

:x

loveatree

present tense- 7-15-06

SOLAT319

CP218430 wrote:

I'd love to hear from all of you what some of your favorite live songs are and where they're from. I think it's most PJ fan's goal to go out there and find the best live versions. And what better place to go? It doesn't have to be your favorite, although it could be, it just has to be what you think is the best live version of that particular song.

Just listened to "All Those Yesterdays" from Boston 7/11/03 and wow, forgot how good that was.

Or, go through the five hours of daughter you have on your itunes and think of which was is the most amazing. From the Gorge on 7/22/06?

Thanks in advance I look forward to hearing from anyone. Never know, you could tell me a great version of a song I don't revisit often enough.

You should give this a try although it does need to be updated, it is still a good start.
http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=505701

pandora

98 Atl- Rearviewmirror compilation
2000-Atl-Crazy Mary
'03-Atl- You've Got To Hide Your Love away
'03- Alpine Valley- I believe in Miracles
'04-Asheville- Smile- swaying arms around each other with Hubby
'05- Toronto-Leaving Here
'05- Borgata 1- Once
'06- Cincy- The Kids Are Alright- preopener
'08-Columbia WMA and Indifference 3rd encore with the lights up schweet!
'09-Chicago 1-Got Some! I love that song
'09- Philly 3-Gonna See My Friend & Crazy Mary
'09-Philly 4- The dude, Jeff Bridges, said something this am- he was in the first row at the Academy Awards last night and he said it was just surreal- it seemed the show was just for him. He lost all perspective of the crowd behind him. That was Philly 4 for me just unbelievable memories.

Poda

Just added Best of VS here

http://bastulli.wordpress.com/wishlists ... ompilation

Ciao

ManOfTheHour75

Great Post, I started a thread like this awhile back, but it died fairly quickly as most people on this board would rather bitch about something or request a song than actually talk about live Pearl Jam!

I have recently completed a 7 disc live compilation from 1992-2009 and will hopefully get around to sharing it with everyone soon. Here's a few that made the cut.

Deep - Las Vegas, NV 11-30-93
Brain of J - St. Louis, MO 10-11-00
In My Tree - Pittsburgh, PA 09-05-00
Footsteps - Boston, MA 08-30-00
Betterman - Vancouver, BC 05-30-03
Down - Uniondale, NY 04-30-03
Black - Torino, Italy 09-19-06
Wishlist - Osaka, Japan 03-04-03

reedrothchild

off the top of my head. just going with songs that have improv in them...

alive- 11/7/96- so much energy here. ed lets the audience sing a bit and mike is going crazy at the end with a fan rocking out with ed on stage

betterman/sifl- 9/1/00: it get so out there and then they bring it real low and kick it into another gear for the finish

black- 6/18/92- man ed could sing back then...

crazy mary- 4/24/03- mike takes a huge solo here and it rips. whole show is one of the best of '03

fuckin' up- 6/29/03- band was tight at this point. it just keeps building and building

i've got a feeling- 3/2/92- ed's brother is with him on stage. by the end it's just ed on guitar and his bro on bass. a lot of boots are missing part of this version.

porch- 3/29/94- best porch from what i consider to be the best pj show ever. awesome ed speech before it and the version rips. it's long but never boring.

rvm- 10/11/00- gets a little noodly. but there is a good three minutes when the band is totally locked in.

ritfw- 3/17/95- Dave Grohl absolutely murders this version

ManOfTheHour75

reedrothchild wrote:

off the top of my head. just going with songs that have improv in them...

alive- 11/7/96- so much energy here. ed lets the audience sing a bit and mike is going crazy at the end with a fan rocking out with ed on stage

betterman/sifl- 9/1/00: it get so out there and then they bring it real low and kick it into another gear for the finish

black- 6/18/92- man ed could sing back then...

crazy mary- 4/24/03- mike takes a huge solo here and it rips. whole show is one of the best of '03

fuckin' up- 6/29/03- band was tight at this point. it just keeps building and building

i've got a feeling- 3/2/92- ed's brother is with him on stage. by the end it's just ed on guitar and his bro on bass. a lot of boots are missing part of this version.

porch- 3/29/94- best porch from what i consider to be the best pj show ever. awesome ed speech before it and the version rips. it's long but never boring.

rvm- 10/11/00- gets a little noodly. but there is a good three minutes when the band is totally locked in.

ritfw- 3/17/95- Dave Grohl absolutely murders this version

Wow! You remembered all those dates off the top of your head, that's impressive. How about sharing where the show was at.

reedrothchild

ManOfTheHour75 wrote:

reedrothchild wrote:

off the top of my head. just going with songs that have improv in them...

alive- 11/7/96- so much energy here. ed lets the audience sing a bit and mike is going crazy at the end with a fan rocking out with ed on stage

betterman/sifl- 9/1/00: it get so out there and then they bring it real low and kick it into another gear for the finish

black- 6/18/92- man ed could sing back then...

crazy mary- 4/24/03- mike takes a huge solo here and it rips. whole show is one of the best of '03

fuckin' up- 6/29/03- band was tight at this point. it just keeps building and building

i've got a feeling- 3/2/92- ed's brother is with him on stage. by the end it's just ed on guitar and his bro on bass. a lot of boots are missing part of this version.

porch- 3/29/94- best porch from what i consider to be the best pj show ever. awesome ed speech before it and the version rips. it's long but never boring.

rvm- 10/11/00- gets a little noodly. but there is a good three minutes when the band is totally locked in.

ritfw- 3/17/95- Dave Grohl absolutely murders this version

Wow! You remembered all those dates off the top of your head, that's impressive. How about sharing where the show was at.

sort of... i made a list of my top 3 shows form each year a couple weeks back on here and a lot of those contain these versions. but most i can remember off thetop of my head. i listened to a lot of pj in college.

Abe Froman

ManOfTheHour75 wrote:

Great Post, I started a thread like this awhile back, but it died fairly quickly as most people on this board would rather bitch about something or request a song than actually talk about live Pearl Jam!

I have recently completed a 7 disc live compilation from 1992-2009 and will hopefully get around to sharing it with everyone soon. Here's a few that made the cut.

Deep - Las Vegas, NV 11-30-93

YEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!

This came on my ipod on shuffle yesterday. Haven't thought about this song in years. It fucking rips. Don't get me wrong, I love Ed Vedder's voice today, but there is just something so raw and awesome about his vocals at this show. Especially this version of Deep.

Poda

I did a compilation of the Best of 1995.
You can here it at this link http://bastulli.wordpress.com/a-year-in ... -jam-1995/

Ciao

NYCPJ

Here are a few of my favorites:

Immortality - Melbourne 3/5/1998
Immortality - Benaroya Hall
In my Tree - Melbourne 3/5/1998
Not For You - Soldier Field 1995
I got Shit - Soldier Field 1995
Ive got a feeling - Orpheum Theater 4/12/94
Alive - Seattle 11/6/2000
Crown of Thorns (w/Brendan O' Brien) - Las Vegas 10/22/00
Hard to Imagine - Philly 2005
Oceans - Honolulu 12/2/06
Hunger Strike - Mexico City 7/19/03
Even Flow - Buffalo 2003
Even Flow - Uniondale 2003
Porch - Fox Theater 4/3/94
Porch - Melbourne 3/5/98
Porch - East Rutherford2 - 6/3/06
Present tense - Jones Beach 2000
Little Wing/Maggot Brain - Marcus Amphitheater 7/9/95
Nothing as it Seems --Nurnberg Germany 6/11/00
Garden - Fox Theater 4/3/94
Black - Philly 9/1/00
Black - Live on Two Legs
Black - Saratoga Springs 2000
Wash - Philly 2005 or Ottawa 2005
Parting Ways -- Philly3 10/30/09
Breath - Philly3 10/30/09
Breath - MSG 7/8/03
Bu$hleager/Know your rights - Uniondale 4/30/03
Yellow Ledbetter - Saratoga Springs 2000 (because Mike gets into Nobody's Fault But Mine by Led Zeppelin!)
Yellow Ledbetter - Jones Beach 2000 (because Mike gets into Over the Hills and Far Away by Led Zeppelin!)

BinFrog

jamminpearls wrote:

Porch East rutherfoed 2006 night 2 is by far the best vrsion of this song.

6/18/92
3/29/94
12/1/93
4/3/94
unplugged

all disagree.

CantKeepMeHere

In Hiding 10/30/09

NYCPJ

BinFrog wrote:

jamminpearls wrote:

Porch East rutherfoed 2006 night 2 is by far the best vrsion of this song.

6/18/92
3/29/94
12/1/93
4/3/94
unplugged

all disagree.

I forgot about 3/29/94 -- need to add it to my list.

I have a soft spot for East Rutherford2 because I was there. I cant argue with anything on your list or a bunch of other shows (e.g., Melbourne 1998) but id definitely include that version (East Rurtherford 2, 2006) on any list of great versions of Porch. Its, at the least, the best version I've heard post-1998. I think its hard to pick a definitive version of any PJ song - -probably better to break up into tours or five-year increments. In the end, its subjective.

BinFrog

NYCPJ wrote:

BinFrog wrote:

jamminpearls wrote:

Porch East rutherfoed 2006 night 2 is by far the best vrsion of this song.

6/18/92
3/29/94
12/1/93
4/3/94
unplugged

all disagree.

I forgot about 3/29/94 -- need to add it to my list.

I have a soft spot for East Rutherford2 because I was there. I cant argue with anything on your list or a bunch of other shows (e.g., Melbourne 1998) but id definitely include that version (East Rurtherford 2, 2006) on any list of great versions of Porch. Its, at the least, the best version I've heard post-1998. I think its hard to pick a definitive version of any PJ song - -probably better to break up into tours or five-year increments. In the end, its subjective.

Albany '06 was on par w/ E Rutherford too, as far as recent versions go.

Poda

Added my best of Vitalogy
http://bastulli.wordpress.com

Ciao

PJFAN13

Der Haag - 1992 - I've Got a Feeling
Atlanta - 1994 - Porch
Boston - 2004 - Masters of War
Atlantic City - 2005 - Leavin' Here
Mansfield 2003 - Crazy Mary
Vegas - 1993 - Dissident (Across The Universe tag)
San Diego - 2009 - Unthought Known
Jones Beach - 2000 - Smile
Camden - 2006 - Come Back
MTV Unplugged - 1992 - Black
Rockline - 1992 - Footsteps

jimc3

BinFrog wrote:

jamminpearls wrote:

Porch East rutherfoed 2006 night 2 is by far the best vrsion of this song.

6/18/92
3/29/94
12/1/93
4/3/94
unplugged

all disagree.

in terms of newer versions of Porch, Albany '06 is pretty monstrous

Marco PJ 4 Life

MTV Unplugged 92 is awesome!