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how is seattle 3 alive considered "legendary"?

12345AGNST112345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
edited April 2008 in The Porch
1. the band messes up at around 2:30 pretty badly
2. ed messes up the lyrics shortly after
3. the solo is good, but i've heard much better and longer ones. it ends at 6 minutes.


i understand it wasnt played the entire tour, but seriously, people hype things up too much. I'd say its a pretty OK version.
5/28/06, 6/27/08, 10/28/09, 5/18/10, 5/21/10
8/7/08, 6/9/09
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  • fragileblakefragileblake Posts: 716
    Its actually Seattle 2.
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  • 12345AGNST112345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    ohh
    5/28/06, 6/27/08, 10/28/09, 5/18/10, 5/21/10
    8/7/08, 6/9/09
  • aspoonfulweighsatonaspoonfulweighsaton Posts: 2,040
    Did one person on one random post call this legendary or something? I don't think it's the consensus by any means that this performance is considered legendary, so that should be the end of that.
  • mr bunglemr bungle Posts: 1,347
    It was more than just the song itself. It represented everything the band went through that year. Everyone in that building was taking in that show like it could the band's last. And i think the band was feeling the same. So when they played alive for the first time , combine that with it being the last show of the tour at home and possibly the last show ever it was definitely an emotional and significant performance. But it's probably one of those "you had to be there" shows. I think anyone else who was there would agree with me.
  • EquallyWorthlessEquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    i think it not being played on the us leg had to do with the Roskilde thing, its one of their biggest songs for it not to be played on an entire tour says that it being played again is a special moment, i gather for the people that were there it was a pretty emotional performance of the song.
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  • gus stillsgus stills Posts: 366
    i was there and it was one of the more emotional moments i've experienced at a pearl jam show. even from the back of the key it was incredible...
  • mr bunglemr bungle Posts: 1,347
    gus stills wrote:
    i was there and it was one of the more emotional moments i've experienced at a pearl jam show. even from the back of the key it was incredible...
    Like i said above i think us that were there can uderstand what happened that night. Some things bootlegs can't capture.
  • nowayimfaithfullnowayimfaithfull Posts: 2,051
    It was a special moment, wasnt there people in the crowd from some of the famlies.
    I dont get why you wouldnt just understand this, if you go out of your way to judge individual songs from boots, you should have some clue.
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  • OmahaJammerOmahaJammer Posts: 261
    I've been to close to 30 shows since 1998...so I wasn't there for the early years....but that one took my breath away. If you were there, you understand. And for those of you who don't believe something unless you read it in a magazine....Spin ranked it as the band's greatest-ever show. So, there ya go.
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  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    OmahaJammer wrote:
    .Spin ranked it as the band's greatest-ever show. So, there ya go.


    so did mike himself.

    alive was amazing. maybe not technically and musically, but what it stood for and everything that had happened, it was beyond special to be in that arena that night, hearing that song.
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  • SpeakersSpeakers Posts: 252
    When they played the first few notes of it, i know everybody in my area turned to a friend next to them and seemed speechless. It was one of the most amazing things I had ever seen.

    I was in a university class about discovering yourself the next semester and two people I didn't know were at the show brought up the feeling that they got being at that show as being their "most memorable spiritual experience". One guy referenced when Alive was played.
  • 12345AGNST112345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    i understand all of that, i actually dont even think the show as a whole whole is anything that special compared to other boots. the jones beach show was much better. i know i wasn't there and all that, but just listening to it, i dont find it any better then an average show.
    5/28/06, 6/27/08, 10/28/09, 5/18/10, 5/21/10
    8/7/08, 6/9/09
  • Mike GossardMike Gossard Posts: 344
    I honestly thought that they would break up after that and that I was maybe watching their last show. The place was so quiet when Ed was speaking, really sad looking back.
    Let's see those 2013 dates in the southern states.
  • vedder_soupvedder_soup Posts: 5,861
    one of my all time fave boots :D
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    2014 - Sydney, EV Sydney x3

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  • yokeyoke Posts: 1,440
    call me slow but what show is this?? what year?
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  • Stone IronsStone Irons Posts: 430
    The second Seattle show from 2000.
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  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,138
    Mike Gossard wrote:
    I honestly thought that they would break up after that and that I was maybe watching their last show. The place was so quiet when Ed was speaking, really sad looking back.

    Yup. Ed was sending a lot of mixed signals to the crowd that it could be it. Glad to see he and the band came to their senses.
  • rhcpjam1029rhcpjam1029 Posts: 1,977
    anyone want to post a vid/mp3 of this? thanks.
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  • Blind3Blind3 Posts: 1,149
    Calling anything legendary is a matter of opinion. In the case of Alive/Seattle 2, it's one opinion I agree with . I love the boot as a whole and side three in particular.
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  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    12345AGNST1 wrote:
    i understand all of that, i actually dont even think the show as a whole whole is anything that special compared to other boots. the jones beach show was much better. i know i wasn't there and all that, but just listening to it, i dont find it any better then an average show.

    If you're judging songs by "lyric flubs" and what not ... you really don't get this band.

    I don't think anybody in their right mind has ever claimed it SOUNDED legendary. The thing is, it was that song's first performance since it was SUPPOSED to be played at Roskilde.

    It was the song on the setlist right after Daughter at Roskilde, the song nine people would have heard if they hadn't been killed.

    The band shelved the song for the duration of the tour because it was too emotional. Then broke it out for the final show in Seattle.

    If you can't see how that is a legendary MOMENT .... then, sorry, I can't help you. Hell, I wasn't even AT the show, and I teared up a bit first time I listened to that boot.
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  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    Jason P wrote:
    Yup. Ed was sending a lot of mixed signals to the crowd that it could be it. Glad to see he and the band came to their senses.

    I know a lot of people were freaking out about it at all, but I never really got that from the boot.

    Sounded like typical end-of-tour stuff to my ears.

    But I wasn't there.
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  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    yoke wrote:
    call me slow but what show is this?? what year?

    Seattle 2, 2000

    slowpoke :)
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
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