Which bootlegs are you listening to right now?

ikiT

Worcester 1 2013.
It's all good, a little looser than I remember it, but the stuff off the Bolt is on point.

restlesssoul

Pearl Jam Totally Destroys Osaka
Japan, 2.21.1995

mcgruff10

restlesssoul wrote:

Pearl Jam Totally Destroys Osaka
Japan, 2.21.1995

Awesome show. Love the catholic boy jam in the middle if porch

restlesssoul

mcgruff10 wrote:

restlesssoul wrote:

Pearl Jam Totally Destroys Osaka
Japan, 2.21.1995

Awesome show. Love the catholic boy jam in the middle if porch

I know that was blowing my mind. the crowd is SO into that show....i had forgotten.


speaking of mind blowing, Im now onto Edmonton 2005 and Boom and Mike are battling during Crazy Mary. so sick

id love to see Crazy Mary make it back

PorchgirlCO

State college...Improv into RVM. Awesome!!

mrussel1

July 11, 2003, Tweeter Center in Mansfield, MA. I love the opening acoustic set. Better than Benny Hall in my opinion.

Leezestarr313

All the christmas singles, and right now, Strangest Tribe is on. Sigh. So much love for this song here ...

chaunce

9-17-11 winnipeg, 9-19-11 saskatoon & 10-12-13 buffalo.

boyo79

Uniondale '03

Long Road opens here followed by Rearviewmirror. Animal, Save You and Get Right (2nd performance on this leg) keep up the tempo. I Am Mine provides a brief lull. Corduroy/Present Tense/In Hiding/Even Flow is a good segment and so far this has all the hallmarks of an excellent show. After I Am A Patriot, Ed asks the crowd "you ok?" before the band launches into Blood. Not For You is excellent and they add in the outro from the studio version which is always good. Better Man and Porch close the main set.

The first encore opens with an acoustic Last Kiss and Thumbing My Way. For the majority of Crazy Mary, it sounds fairly acoustic too before you finally hear Mike ripping up the solos with Boom. It makes for a good version. Ed then says "we're gonna play the rarities" to which Down follows. On Evolution, this is messed up towards the end both Ed and the guys losing their way but they crowd takes over for the vocals. An excellent Daughter tagged with WMA and then Alive close the encore.

The infamous second encore is next with Bu$hleaguer. This is a song I love and hearing the crowd booing during and at the end of the song is something. You can actually hear the reaction alot more on the boot than on the PJ20 soundtrack. Ed handles the crowd quite well I thought after the end of the song and Know Your Rights to follow is a perfect choice. Rockin' In The Free World is another good choice, Ed getting his point across really. As RIFTW comes to close though Ed starts chanting "USA, USA" quite antagonistically I thought.

Overall though, this is a great boot.

dimitrispearljam

vienna 06

mcgruff10

just ordered brooklyn 1 cd. oh yeah....just a few more days.

boyo79

Buffalo '03

Love Boat Captain opening the penultimate show on this leg of the tour. Brain Of J is a welcome addition 2nd song. Another making it's 2nd appearance on this leg is I Got Shit, after making a false start it's good to hear Faithfull. Given To Fly somehow doesn't really work sandwiched between Deep and Spin The Black Circle. There is some great guitar work by Mike on Black towards the end of the main set.

Earlier in the set Ed tells the crowd that while fans might think the best show of a tour is the last one, for the band it's the penultimate that is best. The encores have a party feel to them, Free Jazz opening the 1st encore. Driven To Tears however is very good. The 2nd encore begins with Soon Forget and is followed by Smile. Next is a trio of covers to end the 2nd encore - Fortunate Son, Sonice Reducer and People Have The Power.

But wait! That's not the end of the show - there is a 3rd encore! The band come back out for Baba O'Riley and sign off with Yellow Ledbetter.

A good fun show but I prefer the previous show at Uniondale.

YLed2

Damn I want my 2013 tour box set and I want it now.

TamaDrummer91

YLed2 wrote:

Damn I want my 2013 tour box set and I want it now.

Man so far, with the exception of Pittsburgh, I don't think your missing much. I've heard most of philly 2 on you tube and my 2 shows, all three of those seem tight. But these first shows, even the 2 Brooklyn ones, are just a little too sloppy. I'm sure leg 2 will fix most of this. The boots sound good, but not better than 2011 or 2012. The guitars don't quite have the crunch like 2012, nor the warmth of 2011. But the 2013 boots are quite crisp and clean sounding. Matts drums sound great overall, but with the guitars being mixed just a little too low it puts eds voice too high in the mix for my picky preferences. Overall, still much better than '08,'09, and '10.

Edit: gotta give Brooklyn 2 more time to judge, but night one is full of rough edges

YLed2

TamaDrummer91 wrote:

YLed2 wrote:

Damn I want my 2013 tour box set and I want it now.

Man so far, with the exception of Pittsburgh, I don't think your missing much. I've heard most of philly 2 on you tube and my 2 shows, all three of those seem tight. But these first shows, even the 2 Brooklyn ones, are just a little too sloppy. I'm sure leg 2 will fix most of this. The boots sound good, but not better than 2011 or 2012. The guitars don't quite have the crunch like 2012, nor the warmth of 2011. But the 2013 boots are quite crisp and clean sounding. Matts drums sound great overall, but with the guitars being mixed just a little too low it puts eds voice too high in the mix for my picky preferences. Overall, still much better than '08,'09, and '10.

Very interesting to hear - thanks for feedback my man. I accidentally bought the Pittsburgh bootleg before I purchased the box set, and I was kind of underwhelmed overall with the sound of it. Of course, I listened to it in my car and not on my headphones yet, but you're right - it didn't seem to capture the richness of the 2012 and 2011 boots.

On a random note, I do like to feel the crowd in boots. This goes along with the past few years of boots, but I wish they would go back to the 2000 and 2003 boots and not mix the crowd down so much. It seems like in the Pitt boot, and with the past several years, they've mixed down the crowd quite a bit. Some of those 2000 and 2003 boots are nirvana - a beautiful mix with the music, especially the guitar work, and Ed's voice. The drums are a little low on those boots, but they really are the perfect mix with the music from all angles and the crowd.

Newch91

Do I buy Brooklyn 2 now or wait for Hartford also? Tough choice.

mcgruff10

Newch91 wrote:

Do I buy Brooklyn 2 now or wait for Hartford also? Tough choice.

get brooklyn now! it'll give you something to listen to over the next week.

oh yeah listening to boise 2000; man what a freaking great show. i'd love to see the boys play in boise one day, the crowd was freaking fantastic.

Newch91

mcgruff10 wrote:

Newch91 wrote:

Do I buy Brooklyn 2 now or wait for Hartford also? Tough choice.

get brooklyn now! it'll give you something to listen to over the next week.

oh yeah listening to boise 2000; man what a freaking great show. i'd love to see the boys play in boise one day, the crowd was freaking fantastic.

I may have to, but with Christmas right around the corner, have to at least save up some money for my parents and brother. Dammit, PJ!

Newch91

I couldn't wait. Just bought the CD. This will hold me over until Hartford.

mcgruff10

Newch91 wrote:

I couldn't wait. Just bought the CD. This will hold me over until Hartford.

Sucker lol enjoy