"...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.....”
Thanks for the Japan tour reminder......The Guests are So Refined - Japan 2003 - compilation now on this Snow Day ......teachers get just as excited as students
Pendulum opens again; this is my favourite of the tour so far. Sometimes appears for the first time on the tour and sounds good. It feels a bit more laid-back on the guitars. You know the third song will be another slow one - that's the formula now - and Nothingman duly steps up. The double header and Go and Why Go blast away any cobwebs. Getaway makes it's only appearance of the tour; unfortunately it doesn't have that bite live that it does in the studio, which is a shame because it's a cracking song. Light Years sounds great, a very solid performance. On paper, you wouldn't think Light Years/Mind Your Manners/Sirens would work too much but it kinda does. The latter is a song I don't rate but it's a decent performance (for once!). The next 3 songs are all about Mike - Present Tense, Eruption and Even Flow. Unfortunately Eruption (as it often does) ruins the set flow that had been building. I'd rather do without it. I do love that Mike has been starting his Even Flow a little different this tour. Infallible is superb; it's a mystery why it's played so little. Evolution also starts great, a real good performance. Ed comes in too early at the start of God's Dice. It's another Binaural number to follow in the form of Insignificance. 1/2 Full makes a welcome addition to the set; first appearance since Phoenix nearly a year earlier. It's the heavyweights of Betterman and Porch to close an excellent main set. The Porch instrumental is outstanding again but listen from at the 4 minute mark - oh my, it goes to another level!!!
Ed starts the encore with The Beatles' "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away", played for the first time since Rotterdam '09. His story before starting the song is quite amusing. Imagine follows, with it being John Lennon's birthday (and mine ha ha). Small Town keeps the flow at a low tempo. Lightning Bolt is pushed back to a later slot and works well here, really lifting the vibe. It's quickly become an anthem. Jeremy is fantastic, better than in Tulsa I felt. Jeff's outro of Jeremy into Stone's intro of Black is superb. Ed actually tags Rearviewmirror in Black! Repeating "Saw things much clearer/Once you were in my Rearviewmirror". We then get a full performance Rearviewmirror - absolutely killing it during the instrumental - closing the first encore.
Ed introduces the band at the start of the second encore and kick off with Smile. The cover of Springsteen's "Open All Night" is excellent. My only complaint here is I'd have had it open the second encore and have Smile second. Alive and Rockin' In The Free World get the crowd going wild. Ed's mic breaks so he misses the first few lines of Yellow Ledbetter. The crowd try to help out and Ed apparently sings into his beer bottle. When he does get his mic back, there seems to be a renewed energy into the vocals and playing of the song. Needless to say, it's the last song of the show.
The main set was absolutely breathtaking. The encores were solid. Easily my favourite boot of the US 2014 tour so far.
2000: Manchester
2006: Dublin; Leeds; Arnhem
2007: London
2009: Manchester
2012: Manchester I & II : EV Manchester : Soundgarden Shepherds Bush
2013: Brad Manchester : Soundgarden Manchester
2014: Amsterdam I & II; Berlin; Leeds; Milton Keynes 2018: Berlin; London II; Boston II
Small Town starts off Pearl Jam's second ACL show. I wouldn't normally favour this as an opener but it works here. Interstellar Overdrive leads into Corduroy. It's an old-skool feel to the opening songs. Mind Your Manners is absolutely on fire! After good performances of Given To Fly and Lightning Bolt, Immortality makes it's only appearance on the tour. It's outstanding. Severed Hand follows and it's also the only time it appears on a US 2014 setlist. It's a solid performance. During the Daughter outro (and it's a short one), Ed tags in Pink Floyd's Mother ever so briefly. Evolution sounds great til Ed loses his way singing the wrong part, he's still singing a verse as Jeff & Mike start the "Hallejuah" part. Fortunately, they just about keep it together. They've fucked this song up a lot worse in recent years. Ed then talks about ALS and introduces Steve Gleason. He then tells the crowd the next song is a request from Steve to his wife; You Are. It's a reasonable performance of the Riot Act rarity. It's always good to hear Down, though it is the final time it's played on this tour. Jeremy is superb again. Yellow Moon is next and it's a huge surprise to see this is the only time they played it on the tour. It sounds fantastic and with Black off the back of it, it's a good fit. The instrumental on Porch is insane again - Stone's mega riff starts it all off and then they go through the jam they played in Lincoln. Check it out round the 3.30 minute mark. Then at the 5 minute mark, Stone brings his mega riff back. Mind. Is. Blown. Porch closes the main set.
Betterman opens the encore and Alive is straight after, signalling this is going to be a short encore. That's pretty much confirmed as Alive has barely finished and the opening riffs of Baba O'Riley fire up. Ed introduces Yellow Ledbetter as " 'Love The Neighbours'. It's a lullaby". Mike throws in Star-Spangled Banner. It's the set closer.
I thought from Small Town to Immortality, it was a fantastic start but then kinda lost it's way mid-set. Yellow Moon and Black together was pretty awesome.
2000: Manchester
2006: Dublin; Leeds; Arnhem
2007: London
2009: Manchester
2012: Manchester I & II : EV Manchester : Soundgarden Shepherds Bush
2013: Brad Manchester : Soundgarden Manchester
2014: Amsterdam I & II; Berlin; Leeds; Milton Keynes 2018: Berlin; London II; Boston II
Denver 1 2006, a shorter set since they're opening for Petty but still a strong show. Good versions of Present Tense, Given To Fly and Bee Girl even makes an appearance. By far the highlight of the show is when Benmont Tench joins them for a great version of Corduroy, and one of the best performances of Black from the 2006 tour.
Pittsburgh 1998 • Pittsburgh 2006 • 2012 Isle Of Wight Festival • 2012 Made In America Festival • Baltimore 2013 • Seattle 2013 St. Paul 2014 • Mexico City 2015 • Philadelphia II 2016 • Ottawa 2016 • Amsterdam I & II 2018 • Wrigley Field II 2018 • Phoenix 2022 Apollo Theater 2022 • Chicago I 2023
Pittsburgh 1998 • Pittsburgh 2006 • 2012 Isle Of Wight Festival • 2012 Made In America Festival • Baltimore 2013 • Seattle 2013 St. Paul 2014 • Mexico City 2015 • Philadelphia II 2016 • Ottawa 2016 • Amsterdam I & II 2018 • Wrigley Field II 2018 • Phoenix 2022 Apollo Theater 2022 • Chicago I 2023
2005 - London
2009 - Toronto
2010 - Buffalo
2011 - Toronto 1&2
2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
2014 - Cincinnati, St. Louis, Detroit
2016 - Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Ottawa, Toronto 1 2018 - Fenway 1&2 2022 - Hamilton, Toronto 2023 - Chicago 1&2
2000- Atlanta, GA: New Orleans, LA: Memphis, TN: Nashville, TN
2003- Raleigh, NC: Charlotte, NC: Atlanta, GA
2004- Asheville, NC (hometown show)
2006- Cincinnati, OH
2008- Columbia, SC
2009- Chicago, IL x 2 / Ed Vedder- Atlanta, GA x 2
2010- Bristow, VA
2011- Alpine Valley, WI (PJ20) x 2 / Ed Vedder- Chicago, IL
2012- Atlanta, GA
2013- Charlotte, NC
2014- Cincinnati, OH
2015- New York, NY
2016- Greenville, SC: Hampton, VA:: Columbia, SC: Raleigh, NC : Lexington, KY: Philly, PA 2: (Wrigley) Chicago, IL x 2 (holy shit): Temple of the Dog- Philly, PA
Pendulum opens, sounding really good here. Jeff's bass is sublime. Wash is fantastic, a really good performance. Ed's vocals shine again on Low Light but I really don't like the sound coming from Stone's guitar here. The guys fire through Why Go before busting out All Night for the only time on the tour. Ed's vocals are a tad squeaky on Mind Your Manners. Even Flow completes a blistering opening 7 songs. If this sets the tone of the show, this will be some boot!! After Even Flow, Ed plays and sings an improv before they go into Lightning Bolt. 1/2 Full is immense, absolutely full of energy. Mike just absolutely owns it. I'd say one of my favourite 1/2 Full's in recent years. The next 2 songs are played for the first time on the tour - Garden and Alone; the latter for the first time in 2014. Both are impressive performances. Ed doesn't do the talking bit at the end of Alone; instead he launches into Wishlist, which surprisingly is played for the first time on this tour. Ed fumbles some lyrics but it doesn't affect the performance. Let The Records Play (Ed briefly sings in an Elvis-style) and Spin The Black Circle are dedicated to a couple of record stores. Black is perfect to follow in the late part of the main set. Rearviewmirror closes out an epic main set.
An excellent Nothing As It Seems opens the first encore backed by an emotional Come Back dedicated to Ikey Owens. Breath makes a welcome return to a set for the first time since Seattle '13 and is in good form. Another super Porch closes the encore.
The second encore starts with Once. Boom is crazy good on Crazy Mary. The rest of the encore is standard stuff - Betterman, Alive, Rockin' In The Free World and Yellow Ledbetter - and no surprises but nonetheless still full of quality.
Great boot, I think it might just nudge past Lincoln as my favourite boot of the US 2014 so far.
2000: Manchester
2006: Dublin; Leeds; Arnhem
2007: London
2009: Manchester
2012: Manchester I & II : EV Manchester : Soundgarden Shepherds Bush
2013: Brad Manchester : Soundgarden Manchester
2014: Amsterdam I & II; Berlin; Leeds; Milton Keynes 2018: Berlin; London II; Boston II
I found this little beauty in a local record shop last weekend, of course I had to buy it
2005 - London
2009 - Toronto
2010 - Buffalo
2011 - Toronto 1&2
2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
2014 - Cincinnati, St. Louis, Detroit
2016 - Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Ottawa, Toronto 1 2018 - Fenway 1&2 2022 - Hamilton, Toronto 2023 - Chicago 1&2
That entire Japanese mini your is great. If you find any more at your record shop grab them.
Null indeed.
Pittsburgh 1998 • Pittsburgh 2006 • 2012 Isle Of Wight Festival • 2012 Made In America Festival • Baltimore 2013 • Seattle 2013 St. Paul 2014 • Mexico City 2015 • Philadelphia II 2016 • Ottawa 2016 • Amsterdam I & II 2018 • Wrigley Field II 2018 • Phoenix 2022 Apollo Theater 2022 • Chicago I 2023
It's so nice to hear Release open a show. It's just right. Some things are meant to be and one of those things is Release opening. Here it sounds fantastic - maybe because it doesn't happen all that often in the last 2 years. Though it does seem to end slightly early. Oceans follows but I have to be honest and say this song doesn't grab me too much. Nothingman is the last of low tempo opening trilogy. Go starts the high tempo section off. As Ed's vocals come into Mind Your Manners, it's played way too fast for him to keep him. Overall, they play this too fast - as if they are in a rush to finish it. There's a few mistakes, making it the worst play of the song so far this tour. They then tease 20 seconds of "I Wanna Be Your Dog" before going into Corduroy. It's not the smoothest transition or flow but I'd really like them to cover that song in full. What they did play sounded cool. Following Even Flow, Ed talks about "the great Jack White" and his band lost a member in Ikey Owens in the last few days; Light Years is played in dedication. It's a really energetic version of Light Years. Got Some, Dissident and Black Red Yellow isn't the greatest set flow you'll ever see but BRY is without doubt the highlight here. Really groovy and an extended instrumental section too for it's first appearance in 4 years. The classic combo of Lukin/Not For You is back. I always love those songs together. After Once, Ed sees a sign saying how many days it's been since they played Get Right. He talks about it a little but says they can't remember it so that's why they don't play it! They close the main set with Rearviewmirror.
Man Of The Hour opens the first encore with Imagine to follow. Comatose and State Of Love And Trust provide some energy to the encore, though I didn't feel SOLAT felt as strong as usual. It's left to Betterman (surprisingly not Porch) to close the encore.
Evolution kicks off the second encore. Following the Wasted Reprise/Life Wasted segment, the guys toy with the intro to Kiss' "Detroit Rock City" ahead of Spin The Black Circle. After Alive, it's 2 covers in the form of Kick Out The Jams and then Baba O'Riley. For the first time in 4 shows, Yellow Ledbetter doesn't close; it's the turn of Indifference. Unfortunately Ed forgets lyrics in the first 2 verses.
A boot that opens with Release and closes with Indifference has to be awesome, right? I don't know what happened but somewhere in the main set this didn't connect with me and continued through the encores. It wasn't bad by any means I must stress that, I just enjoyed other boots from this tour more. Highlights though were Release, that I Wanna Be Your Dog tease, Light Years and Black Red Yellow.
2000: Manchester
2006: Dublin; Leeds; Arnhem
2007: London
2009: Manchester
2012: Manchester I & II : EV Manchester : Soundgarden Shepherds Bush
2013: Brad Manchester : Soundgarden Manchester
2014: Amsterdam I & II; Berlin; Leeds; Milton Keynes 2018: Berlin; London II; Boston II
Just started a chronological listen-through of all the shows I've got (24 at the moment). Started with Toronto 10-30-1991 (I was there, BIG thanks to whoever recorded it!), just finished Munich 03-13-1992 (complete performance of Ten), Toronto 04-04-1992 is up next.
"The world is full of idiots and I am but one of them."
10-30-1991 Toronto, Toronto 1 & 2 2016, Toronto 2022
When Pearl Jam took to the stage and opened with Small Town, I wonder how many people were a little disappointed?! It's probably my least favourite opener but it's nice here. Sometimes sounds fantastic; I prefer it to the one played in Lincoln. Ed mistimes the start of the "Sometimes realize, I could be only as good you'll let me" verse but that's the only real negative on Hail Hail. Then it's Who You Are and I wonder if people then started thinking "are they playing No Code in full"! Ed starts talking during the intro for WYA. 5 times this was played in 2014 and I was lucky enough to see it 3 times; it's not my favourite version out of the 5 and feels a little lacklustre. I think this is because of the intro being extended due to Ed talking over the intro. I have so much love for In My Tree, it's just awesome. After In My Tree, Ed tells the crowd "we're gonna do something a little different tonight". Smile sounds good and also nice to hear it early on rather than late in a set. Stone's guitar sounds wonderful early in Off He Goes. Ed fumbles a couple of lyrics. Afterwards, Ed announces "end of side 1" and they fly into Habit, which gets only it's second performance of 2014. It sounds very raw. Red Mosquito is fantastic. "Slow Lukin" is teased with the intro but then they launch into 'normal' Lukin, Ed at one point near the end catching breath. Present Tense is just wow. Mankind is aborted after Mike's guitar is waaayyyy out of tune. Ed reintroduces Stone to a huge pop from the crowd and then they start Mankind over. Stone's vocals are a little on the quiet side it must be said. Around The Bend starts off sounding good but then Matt seems to be off-time. Overall, it's an average play of the rarity.
With No Code complete, normal service resumes and Given To Fly is up. Ed addresses the crowd but is kind of rambling I felt. They start back up with Interstellar Overdrive and Corduroy. Ed sings parts of 'Norwegian Wood' before Brain of J starts but it's all abit messy in truth. It seems Mike just ignores what Ed is doing and starts up and Ed tries to continue singing it regardless. Brain Of J itself is fantastic though. Before Infallible, there's some more messing going on. It just sounds clumsy before they start Infallible and is a bit tiresome to be honest. There really has been little flow since the No Code section finished. Ed's story about Around The Bend is cool. Gone is unearthed for the first time in 5 years as a request. Gone and Garden sound brilliant together, both very good performances. A crazy main set is brought to an end by another insane Porch - I absolutely love how they've developed the instrumental section even more over the last year.
The first encore begins with Ed telling the crowd he wrote a new song just for Moline that was finished 10 minutes before the band went on stage. He asks for patience whilst he remembers how it goes. Jeff joins Ed onstage for a Bee Girl which they are playing on request for a young girl attending her first concert. During In Hiding, Ed sings "No longer overwhelmed and it seems so fucking simple now" and then instantly apologises to the young girl mentioned before Bee Girl - "oh sorry Ally". How sweet! In Hiding starts a good sequence right through to the end of the first encore - Lightning Bolt, Do The Evolution Jeremy and Why Go.
The second encore kicks off with Mike playing Eruption before the band go into Alive. The show is brought to an end with Fuckin' Up and Yellow Ledbetter. At the end, Ed remembers some dedications he forgot to mention so lists them all out.
This is one of those boots were performance and flow go out the window. Is there better performances of No Code songs out there? For sure. Some here are average at best. Would it make it into my favourite boots? Probably not. But it's still a must-listen boot because this band play an album in it's entirety and that rarely happens.
2000: Manchester
2006: Dublin; Leeds; Arnhem
2007: London
2009: Manchester
2012: Manchester I & II : EV Manchester : Soundgarden Shepherds Bush
2013: Brad Manchester : Soundgarden Manchester
2014: Amsterdam I & II; Berlin; Leeds; Milton Keynes 2018: Berlin; London II; Boston II
Pittsburgh 1998 • Pittsburgh 2006 • 2012 Isle Of Wight Festival • 2012 Made In America Festival • Baltimore 2013 • Seattle 2013 St. Paul 2014 • Mexico City 2015 • Philadelphia II 2016 • Ottawa 2016 • Amsterdam I & II 2018 • Wrigley Field II 2018 • Phoenix 2022 Apollo Theater 2022 • Chicago I 2023
When Pearl Jam took to the stage and opened with Small Town, I wonder how many people were a little disappointed?! It's probably my least favourite opener but it's nice here. Sometimes sounds fantastic; I prefer it to the one played in Lincoln. Ed mistimes the start of the "Sometimes realize, I could be only as good you'll let me" verse but that's the only real negative on Hail Hail. Then it's Who You Are and I wonder if people then started thinking "are they playing No Code in full"! Ed starts talking during the intro for WYA. 5 times this was played in 2014 and I was lucky enough to see it 3 times; it's not my favourite version out of the 5 and feels a little lacklustre. I think this is because of the intro being extended due to Ed talking over the intro. I have so much love for In My Tree, it's just awesome. After In My Tree, Ed tells the crowd "we're gonna do something a little different tonight". Smile sounds good and also nice to hear it early on rather than late in a set. Stone's guitar sounds wonderful early in Off He Goes. Ed fumbles a couple of lyrics. Afterwards, Ed announces "end of side 1" and they fly into Habit, which gets only it's second performance of 2014. It sounds very raw. Red Mosquito is fantastic. "Slow Lukin" is teased with the intro but then they launch into 'normal' Lukin, Ed at one point near the end catching breath. Present Tense is just wow. Mankind is aborted after Mike's guitar is waaayyyy out of tune. Ed reintroduces Stone to a huge pop from the crowd and then they start Mankind over. Stone's vocals are a little on the quiet side it must be said. Around The Bend starts off sounding good but then Matt seems to be off-time. Overall, it's an average play of the rarity.
With No Code complete, normal service resumes and Given To Fly is up. Ed addresses the crowd but is kind of rambling I felt. They start back up with Interstellar Overdrive and Corduroy. Ed sings parts of 'Norwegian Wood' before Brain of J starts but it's all abit messy in truth. It seems Mike just ignores what Ed is doing and starts up and Ed tries to continue singing it regardless. Brain Of J itself is fantastic though. Before Infallible, there's some more messing going on. It just sounds clumsy before they start Infallible and is a bit tiresome to be honest. There really has been little flow since the No Code section finished. Ed's story about Around The Bend is cool. Gone is unearthed for the first time in 5 years as a request. Gone and Garden sound brilliant together, both very good performances. A crazy main set is brought to an end by another insane Porch - I absolutely love how they've developed the instrumental section even more over the last year.
The first encore begins with Ed telling the crowd he wrote a new song just for Moline that was finished 10 minutes before the band went on stage. He asks for patience whilst he remembers how it goes. Jeff joins Ed onstage for a Bee Girl which they are playing on request for a young girl attending her first concert. During In Hiding, Ed sings "No longer overwhelmed and it seems so fucking simple now" and then instantly apologises to the young girl mentioned before Bee Girl - "oh sorry Ally". How sweet! In Hiding starts a good sequence right through to the end of the first encore - Lightning Bolt, Do The Evolution Jeremy and Why Go.
The second encore kicks off with Mike playing Eruption before the band go into Alive. The show is brought to an end with Fuckin' Up and Yellow Ledbetter. At the end, Ed remembers some dedications he forgot to mention so lists them all out.
This is one of those boots were performance and flow go out the window. Is there better performances of No Code songs out there? For sure. Some here are average at best. Would it make it into my favourite boots? Probably not. But it's still a must-listen boot because this band play an album in it's entirety and that rarely happens.
I thought it also thought the entire boot sounded "weird" but that was probably just the acoustics of the venue. I will have to give it another listen to be sure.
2000- Atlanta, GA: New Orleans, LA: Memphis, TN: Nashville, TN
2003- Raleigh, NC: Charlotte, NC: Atlanta, GA
2004- Asheville, NC (hometown show)
2006- Cincinnati, OH
2008- Columbia, SC
2009- Chicago, IL x 2 / Ed Vedder- Atlanta, GA x 2
2010- Bristow, VA
2011- Alpine Valley, WI (PJ20) x 2 / Ed Vedder- Chicago, IL
2012- Atlanta, GA
2013- Charlotte, NC
2014- Cincinnati, OH
2015- New York, NY
2016- Greenville, SC: Hampton, VA:: Columbia, SC: Raleigh, NC : Lexington, KY: Philly, PA 2: (Wrigley) Chicago, IL x 2 (holy shit): Temple of the Dog- Philly, PA
Forgot about MTV Unplugged before moving on to April 4 1992 (Toronto). Funny thing about those 2 shows is MTV was recorded on my dad's birthday, then they played here on mine.
Something funny I noticed about the April 4 show: it was at the same venue I'd seen them open for the Chilis a few months earlier. At one point of the Chilis set I'd felt the need to step outside to escape the heat inside. Then, early in the April show, Eddie makes a comment about if you're too hot you can always step outside. Did I unknowingly have a run-in with one of the band members when I stepped outside at the October show, lol? I do maybe vaguely remember a brief conversation to that effect with someone, lol.
Now on to Toronto August 18 1993.
"The world is full of idiots and I am but one of them."
10-30-1991 Toronto, Toronto 1 & 2 2016, Toronto 2022
A solid Pendulum opens the show, it feels really laid-back. My favourite from the tour definitely. Release and Nothingman are out of this world. As it has been for most of it's appearances this tour, Go is back in the #4 spot. Ed's vocals are very strained throughout it must be said. Life Wasted is back without Wasted Reprise and that's something I like. Corduroy and Lightning Bolt are par for the course. Mind Your Manners sounds great and Save You off the back of it is nice. Even Flow rounds off a good sequence. Love Boat Captain is outstanding. They've totally revitalised the song, it's just a shame it was only played 3 times on the tour. After Daughter, I Got Shit makes it's only appearance of the tour. After The Fixer, Ed talks about a visit to the University Of Minnesota with Dr Tolar who is doing stem cell research on EB. They bring him onstage and give him a tour of the stage & band members. Dr Tolar also gives a short speech. Overall it's a long segment but totally worthwhile. The show resumes with Unthought Known. Rearviewmirror closes the main set.
Small Town starts off the first encore. Thin Air is lovely and to have Footsteps follow is just great. The covers of Imagine and Last Kiss are respectable enough. Why Go fires the tempo for the first time in the encore. Porch closes the encore. I thought after the first 3 songs of that encore it was going to be really good but it kinda fizzled out.
The second encore begins with Black. Stone starts up with Alive but then realises they aren't supposed to play it yet! Ed jests with Stone and says he wanted to go Into The Wild which brings out Setting Forth. Ed's vocals aren't that strong on this one. Surprisingly Ed takes the first verse on Betterman but then does give the crowd the second verse. Then it's the turn of Alive! Indifference is always a wonderful closer.
A good show, would make it in my middle bracket of boots this tour.
2000: Manchester
2006: Dublin; Leeds; Arnhem
2007: London
2009: Manchester
2012: Manchester I & II : EV Manchester : Soundgarden Shepherds Bush
2013: Brad Manchester : Soundgarden Manchester
2014: Amsterdam I & II; Berlin; Leeds; Milton Keynes 2018: Berlin; London II; Boston II
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"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
Pendulum opens again; this is my favourite of the tour so far. Sometimes appears for the first time on the tour and sounds good. It feels a bit more laid-back on the guitars. You know the third song will be another slow one - that's the formula now - and Nothingman duly steps up. The double header and Go and Why Go blast away any cobwebs. Getaway makes it's only appearance of the tour; unfortunately it doesn't have that bite live that it does in the studio, which is a shame because it's a cracking song. Light Years sounds great, a very solid performance. On paper, you wouldn't think Light Years/Mind Your Manners/Sirens would work too much but it kinda does. The latter is a song I don't rate but it's a decent performance (for once!). The next 3 songs are all about Mike - Present Tense, Eruption and Even Flow. Unfortunately Eruption (as it often does) ruins the set flow that had been building. I'd rather do without it. I do love that Mike has been starting his Even Flow a little different this tour. Infallible is superb; it's a mystery why it's played so little. Evolution also starts great, a real good performance. Ed comes in too early at the start of God's Dice. It's another Binaural number to follow in the form of Insignificance. 1/2 Full makes a welcome addition to the set; first appearance since Phoenix nearly a year earlier. It's the heavyweights of Betterman and Porch to close an excellent main set. The Porch instrumental is outstanding again but listen from at the 4 minute mark - oh my, it goes to another level!!!
Ed starts the encore with The Beatles' "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away", played for the first time since Rotterdam '09. His story before starting the song is quite amusing. Imagine follows, with it being John Lennon's birthday (and mine ha ha). Small Town keeps the flow at a low tempo. Lightning Bolt is pushed back to a later slot and works well here, really lifting the vibe. It's quickly become an anthem. Jeremy is fantastic, better than in Tulsa I felt. Jeff's outro of Jeremy into Stone's intro of Black is superb. Ed actually tags Rearviewmirror in Black! Repeating "Saw things much clearer/Once you were in my Rearviewmirror". We then get a full performance Rearviewmirror - absolutely killing it during the instrumental - closing the first encore.
Ed introduces the band at the start of the second encore and kick off with Smile. The cover of Springsteen's "Open All Night" is excellent. My only complaint here is I'd have had it open the second encore and have Smile second. Alive and Rockin' In The Free World get the crowd going wild. Ed's mic breaks so he misses the first few lines of Yellow Ledbetter. The crowd try to help out and Ed apparently sings into his beer bottle. When he does get his mic back, there seems to be a renewed energy into the vocals and playing of the song. Needless to say, it's the last song of the show.
The main set was absolutely breathtaking. The encores were solid. Easily my favourite boot of the US 2014 tour so far.
2006: Dublin; Leeds; Arnhem
2007: London
2009: Manchester
2012: Manchester I & II : EV Manchester : Soundgarden Shepherds Bush
2013: Brad Manchester : Soundgarden Manchester
2014: Amsterdam I & II; Berlin; Leeds; Milton Keynes
2018: Berlin; London II; Boston II
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Small Town starts off Pearl Jam's second ACL show. I wouldn't normally favour this as an opener but it works here. Interstellar Overdrive leads into Corduroy. It's an old-skool feel to the opening songs. Mind Your Manners is absolutely on fire! After good performances of Given To Fly and Lightning Bolt, Immortality makes it's only appearance on the tour. It's outstanding. Severed Hand follows and it's also the only time it appears on a US 2014 setlist. It's a solid performance. During the Daughter outro (and it's a short one), Ed tags in Pink Floyd's Mother ever so briefly. Evolution sounds great til Ed loses his way singing the wrong part, he's still singing a verse as Jeff & Mike start the "Hallejuah" part. Fortunately, they just about keep it together. They've fucked this song up a lot worse in recent years. Ed then talks about ALS and introduces Steve Gleason. He then tells the crowd the next song is a request from Steve to his wife; You Are. It's a reasonable performance of the Riot Act rarity. It's always good to hear Down, though it is the final time it's played on this tour. Jeremy is superb again. Yellow Moon is next and it's a huge surprise to see this is the only time they played it on the tour. It sounds fantastic and with Black off the back of it, it's a good fit. The instrumental on Porch is insane again - Stone's mega riff starts it all off and then they go through the jam they played in Lincoln. Check it out round the 3.30 minute mark. Then at the 5 minute mark, Stone brings his mega riff back. Mind. Is. Blown. Porch closes the main set.
Betterman opens the encore and Alive is straight after, signalling this is going to be a short encore. That's pretty much confirmed as Alive has barely finished and the opening riffs of Baba O'Riley fire up. Ed introduces Yellow Ledbetter as " 'Love The Neighbours'. It's a lullaby". Mike throws in Star-Spangled Banner. It's the set closer.
I thought from Small Town to Immortality, it was a fantastic start but then kinda lost it's way mid-set. Yellow Moon and Black together was pretty awesome.
2006: Dublin; Leeds; Arnhem
2007: London
2009: Manchester
2012: Manchester I & II : EV Manchester : Soundgarden Shepherds Bush
2013: Brad Manchester : Soundgarden Manchester
2014: Amsterdam I & II; Berlin; Leeds; Milton Keynes
2018: Berlin; London II; Boston II
Bootleg Reviews: http://pjbootlegreviews.blogspot.com/
St. Paul 2014 • Mexico City 2015 • Philadelphia II 2016 • Ottawa 2016 • Amsterdam I & II 2018 • Wrigley Field II 2018 • Phoenix 2022
Apollo Theater 2022 • Chicago I 2023
Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
St. Paul 2014 • Mexico City 2015 • Philadelphia II 2016 • Ottawa 2016 • Amsterdam I & II 2018 • Wrigley Field II 2018 • Phoenix 2022
Apollo Theater 2022 • Chicago I 2023
2009 - Toronto
2010 - Buffalo
2011 - Toronto 1&2
2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
2014 - Cincinnati, St. Louis, Detroit
2016 - Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Ottawa, Toronto 1
2018 - Fenway 1&2
2022 - Hamilton, Toronto
2023 - Chicago 1&2
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1995- New Orleans, LA : New Orleans, LA
1996- Charleston, SC
1998- Atlanta, GA: Birmingham, AL: Greenville, SC: Knoxville, TN
2000- Atlanta, GA: New Orleans, LA: Memphis, TN: Nashville, TN
2003- Raleigh, NC: Charlotte, NC: Atlanta, GA
2004- Asheville, NC (hometown show)
2006- Cincinnati, OH
2008- Columbia, SC
2009- Chicago, IL x 2 / Ed Vedder- Atlanta, GA x 2
2010- Bristow, VA
2011- Alpine Valley, WI (PJ20) x 2 / Ed Vedder- Chicago, IL
2012- Atlanta, GA
2013- Charlotte, NC
2014- Cincinnati, OH
2015- New York, NY
2016- Greenville, SC: Hampton, VA:: Columbia, SC: Raleigh, NC : Lexington, KY: Philly, PA 2: (Wrigley) Chicago, IL x 2 (holy shit): Temple of the Dog- Philly, PA
2017- ED VED- Louisville, KY
2018- Chicago, IL x2, Boston, MA x2
2020- Nashville, TN
2022- Smashville
2023- Austin, TX x2
2024- Baltimore
Pendulum opens, sounding really good here. Jeff's bass is sublime. Wash is fantastic, a really good performance. Ed's vocals shine again on Low Light but I really don't like the sound coming from Stone's guitar here. The guys fire through Why Go before busting out All Night for the only time on the tour. Ed's vocals are a tad squeaky on Mind Your Manners. Even Flow completes a blistering opening 7 songs. If this sets the tone of the show, this will be some boot!! After Even Flow, Ed plays and sings an improv before they go into Lightning Bolt. 1/2 Full is immense, absolutely full of energy. Mike just absolutely owns it. I'd say one of my favourite 1/2 Full's in recent years. The next 2 songs are played for the first time on the tour - Garden and Alone; the latter for the first time in 2014. Both are impressive performances. Ed doesn't do the talking bit at the end of Alone; instead he launches into Wishlist, which surprisingly is played for the first time on this tour. Ed fumbles some lyrics but it doesn't affect the performance. Let The Records Play (Ed briefly sings in an Elvis-style) and Spin The Black Circle are dedicated to a couple of record stores. Black is perfect to follow in the late part of the main set. Rearviewmirror closes out an epic main set.
An excellent Nothing As It Seems opens the first encore backed by an emotional Come Back dedicated to Ikey Owens. Breath makes a welcome return to a set for the first time since Seattle '13 and is in good form. Another super Porch closes the encore.
The second encore starts with Once. Boom is crazy good on Crazy Mary. The rest of the encore is standard stuff - Betterman, Alive, Rockin' In The Free World and Yellow Ledbetter - and no surprises but nonetheless still full of quality.
Great boot, I think it might just nudge past Lincoln as my favourite boot of the US 2014 so far.
2006: Dublin; Leeds; Arnhem
2007: London
2009: Manchester
2012: Manchester I & II : EV Manchester : Soundgarden Shepherds Bush
2013: Brad Manchester : Soundgarden Manchester
2014: Amsterdam I & II; Berlin; Leeds; Milton Keynes
2018: Berlin; London II; Boston II
Bootleg Reviews: http://pjbootlegreviews.blogspot.com/
Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
I found this little beauty in a local record shop last weekend, of course I had to buy it
2009 - Toronto
2010 - Buffalo
2011 - Toronto 1&2
2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
2014 - Cincinnati, St. Louis, Detroit
2016 - Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Ottawa, Toronto 1
2018 - Fenway 1&2
2022 - Hamilton, Toronto
2023 - Chicago 1&2
That entire Japanese mini your is great. If you find any more at your record shop grab them.
Null indeed.
St. Paul 2014 • Mexico City 2015 • Philadelphia II 2016 • Ottawa 2016 • Amsterdam I & II 2018 • Wrigley Field II 2018 • Phoenix 2022
Apollo Theater 2022 • Chicago I 2023
It's so nice to hear Release open a show. It's just right. Some things are meant to be and one of those things is Release opening. Here it sounds fantastic - maybe because it doesn't happen all that often in the last 2 years. Though it does seem to end slightly early. Oceans follows but I have to be honest and say this song doesn't grab me too much. Nothingman is the last of low tempo opening trilogy. Go starts the high tempo section off. As Ed's vocals come into Mind Your Manners, it's played way too fast for him to keep him. Overall, they play this too fast - as if they are in a rush to finish it. There's a few mistakes, making it the worst play of the song so far this tour. They then tease 20 seconds of "I Wanna Be Your Dog" before going into Corduroy. It's not the smoothest transition or flow but I'd really like them to cover that song in full. What they did play sounded cool. Following Even Flow, Ed talks about "the great Jack White" and his band lost a member in Ikey Owens in the last few days; Light Years is played in dedication. It's a really energetic version of Light Years. Got Some, Dissident and Black Red Yellow isn't the greatest set flow you'll ever see but BRY is without doubt the highlight here. Really groovy and an extended instrumental section too for it's first appearance in 4 years. The classic combo of Lukin/Not For You is back. I always love those songs together. After Once, Ed sees a sign saying how many days it's been since they played Get Right. He talks about it a little but says they can't remember it so that's why they don't play it! They close the main set with Rearviewmirror.
Man Of The Hour opens the first encore with Imagine to follow. Comatose and State Of Love And Trust provide some energy to the encore, though I didn't feel SOLAT felt as strong as usual. It's left to Betterman (surprisingly not Porch) to close the encore.
Evolution kicks off the second encore. Following the Wasted Reprise/Life Wasted segment, the guys toy with the intro to Kiss' "Detroit Rock City" ahead of Spin The Black Circle. After Alive, it's 2 covers in the form of Kick Out The Jams and then Baba O'Riley. For the first time in 4 shows, Yellow Ledbetter doesn't close; it's the turn of Indifference. Unfortunately Ed forgets lyrics in the first 2 verses.
A boot that opens with Release and closes with Indifference has to be awesome, right? I don't know what happened but somewhere in the main set this didn't connect with me and continued through the encores. It wasn't bad by any means I must stress that, I just enjoyed other boots from this tour more. Highlights though were Release, that I Wanna Be Your Dog tease, Light Years and Black Red Yellow.
2006: Dublin; Leeds; Arnhem
2007: London
2009: Manchester
2012: Manchester I & II : EV Manchester : Soundgarden Shepherds Bush
2013: Brad Manchester : Soundgarden Manchester
2014: Amsterdam I & II; Berlin; Leeds; Milton Keynes
2018: Berlin; London II; Boston II
Bootleg Reviews: http://pjbootlegreviews.blogspot.com/
10-30-1991 Toronto, Toronto 1 & 2 2016, Toronto 2022
Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
When Pearl Jam took to the stage and opened with Small Town, I wonder how many people were a little disappointed?! It's probably my least favourite opener but it's nice here. Sometimes sounds fantastic; I prefer it to the one played in Lincoln. Ed mistimes the start of the "Sometimes realize, I could be only as good you'll let me" verse but that's the only real negative on Hail Hail. Then it's Who You Are and I wonder if people then started thinking "are they playing No Code in full"! Ed starts talking during the intro for WYA. 5 times this was played in 2014 and I was lucky enough to see it 3 times; it's not my favourite version out of the 5 and feels a little lacklustre. I think this is because of the intro being extended due to Ed talking over the intro. I have so much love for In My Tree, it's just awesome. After In My Tree, Ed tells the crowd "we're gonna do something a little different tonight". Smile sounds good and also nice to hear it early on rather than late in a set. Stone's guitar sounds wonderful early in Off He Goes. Ed fumbles a couple of lyrics. Afterwards, Ed announces "end of side 1" and they fly into Habit, which gets only it's second performance of 2014. It sounds very raw. Red Mosquito is fantastic. "Slow Lukin" is teased with the intro but then they launch into 'normal' Lukin, Ed at one point near the end catching breath. Present Tense is just wow. Mankind is aborted after Mike's guitar is waaayyyy out of tune. Ed reintroduces Stone to a huge pop from the crowd and then they start Mankind over. Stone's vocals are a little on the quiet side it must be said. Around The Bend starts off sounding good but then Matt seems to be off-time. Overall, it's an average play of the rarity.
With No Code complete, normal service resumes and Given To Fly is up. Ed addresses the crowd but is kind of rambling I felt. They start back up with Interstellar Overdrive and Corduroy. Ed sings parts of 'Norwegian Wood' before Brain of J starts but it's all abit messy in truth. It seems Mike just ignores what Ed is doing and starts up and Ed tries to continue singing it regardless. Brain Of J itself is fantastic though. Before Infallible, there's some more messing going on. It just sounds clumsy before they start Infallible and is a bit tiresome to be honest. There really has been little flow since the No Code section finished. Ed's story about Around The Bend is cool. Gone is unearthed for the first time in 5 years as a request. Gone and Garden sound brilliant together, both very good performances. A crazy main set is brought to an end by another insane Porch - I absolutely love how they've developed the instrumental section even more over the last year.
The first encore begins with Ed telling the crowd he wrote a new song just for Moline that was finished 10 minutes before the band went on stage. He asks for patience whilst he remembers how it goes. Jeff joins Ed onstage for a Bee Girl which they are playing on request for a young girl attending her first concert. During In Hiding, Ed sings "No longer overwhelmed and it seems so fucking simple now" and then instantly apologises to the young girl mentioned before Bee Girl - "oh sorry Ally". How sweet! In Hiding starts a good sequence right through to the end of the first encore - Lightning Bolt, Do The Evolution Jeremy and Why Go.
The second encore kicks off with Mike playing Eruption before the band go into Alive. The show is brought to an end with Fuckin' Up and Yellow Ledbetter. At the end, Ed remembers some dedications he forgot to mention so lists them all out.
This is one of those boots were performance and flow go out the window. Is there better performances of No Code songs out there? For sure. Some here are average at best. Would it make it into my favourite boots? Probably not. But it's still a must-listen boot because this band play an album in it's entirety and that rarely happens.
2006: Dublin; Leeds; Arnhem
2007: London
2009: Manchester
2012: Manchester I & II : EV Manchester : Soundgarden Shepherds Bush
2013: Brad Manchester : Soundgarden Manchester
2014: Amsterdam I & II; Berlin; Leeds; Milton Keynes
2018: Berlin; London II; Boston II
Bootleg Reviews: http://pjbootlegreviews.blogspot.com/
St. Paul 2014 • Mexico City 2015 • Philadelphia II 2016 • Ottawa 2016 • Amsterdam I & II 2018 • Wrigley Field II 2018 • Phoenix 2022
Apollo Theater 2022 • Chicago I 2023
I will have to give it another listen to be sure.
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1995- New Orleans, LA : New Orleans, LA
1996- Charleston, SC
1998- Atlanta, GA: Birmingham, AL: Greenville, SC: Knoxville, TN
2000- Atlanta, GA: New Orleans, LA: Memphis, TN: Nashville, TN
2003- Raleigh, NC: Charlotte, NC: Atlanta, GA
2004- Asheville, NC (hometown show)
2006- Cincinnati, OH
2008- Columbia, SC
2009- Chicago, IL x 2 / Ed Vedder- Atlanta, GA x 2
2010- Bristow, VA
2011- Alpine Valley, WI (PJ20) x 2 / Ed Vedder- Chicago, IL
2012- Atlanta, GA
2013- Charlotte, NC
2014- Cincinnati, OH
2015- New York, NY
2016- Greenville, SC: Hampton, VA:: Columbia, SC: Raleigh, NC : Lexington, KY: Philly, PA 2: (Wrigley) Chicago, IL x 2 (holy shit): Temple of the Dog- Philly, PA
2017- ED VED- Louisville, KY
2018- Chicago, IL x2, Boston, MA x2
2020- Nashville, TN
2022- Smashville
2023- Austin, TX x2
2024- Baltimore
Something funny I noticed about the April 4 show: it was at the same venue I'd seen them open for the Chilis a few months earlier. At one point of the Chilis set I'd felt the need to step outside to escape the heat inside. Then, early in the April show, Eddie makes a comment about if you're too hot you can always step outside. Did I unknowingly have a run-in with one of the band members when I stepped outside at the October show, lol? I do maybe vaguely remember a brief conversation to that effect with someone, lol.
Now on to Toronto August 18 1993.
10-30-1991 Toronto, Toronto 1 & 2 2016, Toronto 2022
Next up is Soldier Field Chicago, July 11 1995. Apparently I'm in for a treat, never having heard this show before.
10-30-1991 Toronto, Toronto 1 & 2 2016, Toronto 2022
A solid Pendulum opens the show, it feels really laid-back. My favourite from the tour definitely. Release and Nothingman are out of this world. As it has been for most of it's appearances this tour, Go is back in the #4 spot. Ed's vocals are very strained throughout it must be said. Life Wasted is back without Wasted Reprise and that's something I like. Corduroy and Lightning Bolt are par for the course. Mind Your Manners sounds great and Save You off the back of it is nice. Even Flow rounds off a good sequence. Love Boat Captain is outstanding. They've totally revitalised the song, it's just a shame it was only played 3 times on the tour. After Daughter, I Got Shit makes it's only appearance of the tour. After The Fixer, Ed talks about a visit to the University Of Minnesota with Dr Tolar who is doing stem cell research on EB. They bring him onstage and give him a tour of the stage & band members. Dr Tolar also gives a short speech. Overall it's a long segment but totally worthwhile. The show resumes with Unthought Known. Rearviewmirror closes the main set.
Small Town starts off the first encore. Thin Air is lovely and to have Footsteps follow is just great. The covers of Imagine and Last Kiss are respectable enough. Why Go fires the tempo for the first time in the encore. Porch closes the encore. I thought after the first 3 songs of that encore it was going to be really good but it kinda fizzled out.
The second encore begins with Black. Stone starts up with Alive but then realises they aren't supposed to play it yet! Ed jests with Stone and says he wanted to go Into The Wild which brings out Setting Forth. Ed's vocals aren't that strong on this one. Surprisingly Ed takes the first verse on Betterman but then does give the crowd the second verse. Then it's the turn of Alive! Indifference is always a wonderful closer.
A good show, would make it in my middle bracket of boots this tour.
2006: Dublin; Leeds; Arnhem
2007: London
2009: Manchester
2012: Manchester I & II : EV Manchester : Soundgarden Shepherds Bush
2013: Brad Manchester : Soundgarden Manchester
2014: Amsterdam I & II; Berlin; Leeds; Milton Keynes
2018: Berlin; London II; Boston II
Bootleg Reviews: http://pjbootlegreviews.blogspot.com/