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Favorite Live Song instead of studio version?

dnice1997dnice1997 Posts: 15
edited July 2008 in Given To Fly (live)
I'm sure I'm not the only one but has anyone ever had a live performance completley change your perception of a song?

Mine personal fave in this category is Do The Evolution. When Yield first came out I didn't care for it too much. After seeing it live for the first time at the infamous Hartford 1998 fiasco show and now a bunch of times since I think its one of my favorites.

Even though I dont love the studio version, deep down I can't wait to see it live when at the shows.

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    SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 NYC Posts: 25,873
    DTE is one for me and even though I liked Breakerfall I didn't know it would sound so unbelievable live.
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    faithful227faithful227 Posts: 352
    Do The Evolution is def the one for me. Can't even listen to the studio version. But it's one of my all time fav live songs.
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    Drop The Leash 10Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    Severed Hand, DTE, In Hiding, Immortality, All Night.
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    riotcode1222riotcode1222 Posts: 32
    immortality dont get me wrong its amazing on the album but live mike just turns it into a whole new experience
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    releesemereleeseme Posts: 387
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    Go AnimalGo Animal Posts: 3,932
    Agree on DTE 100%

    also:

    Parting Ways
    Release
    Whipping
    Red Mosquito
    Hail, Hail
    Can't Keep (Ed on Uke)
    Thumbing My Way (Ed solo electric)

    hell, pretty much anything from Riot Act & self-titled :P
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    curmudgeonesscurmudgeoness Brigadoon, foodie capital Posts: 3,254
    I don't like the studio versions of WMA or State of Love and Trust, but I enjoyed both live.
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    armsraisedinaveearmsraisedinavee Posts: 133
    without a doubt DTE, i am also a fan of State of Love and Trust (when they nail it and Ed does the extended LLIIIIIIISSSSSTTTTEEEEENNNNNNNN) and Present Tense
    9/1/2000 - E-Centre, Camden, 'Sometimes' started and I was hooked...
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    BlackCorduroyBlackCorduroy Posts: 1,374
    definitely agree on DTE. I like WMA studio but i thought that was way better live too
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    blondieblue227blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,508
    yeah Do The Evolution.

    when it was played in va beach my guy i went apeshit. it was so much fun. think they had the strobe light going for that song.
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    thunderDANthunderDAN Posts: 2,094
    I prefer live versions to all studio versions
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    RainemanRaineman Posts: 29
    Release
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    mattcozeamattcozea Posts: 377
    thunderDAN wrote:
    I prefer live versions to all studio versions
    100% agree.
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    DonJonDonJon Posts: 5,089
    Down

    The one that doesnt - WWS
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me.
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    FatalFatal Posts: 821
    DonJon wrote:
    The one that doesnt - WWS

    Definitely agree on that one....WWS studio is far superior.

    My vote goes for Grievance. I remember the first time i heard it was on the Letterman show before Binaural came out...watched that clip for days and loved the song...then the album came out with that lame studio version and its almost ruined the song for me.

    Another vote would be Why Go.
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    drew0drew0 Posts: 943
    Present Tense. I liked it, but wasn't really crazy about it until I downloaded the Chicago '06 show and heard it live. It's not my favorite Pearl Jam song (well, still don't really like the studio version all that much). I still get chills hearing Eddie sing that last verse.

    Release. Again, didn't mind it, but found it rather boring in the studio. I heard it live, and my opinion toward it took a 180. Probably my second favorite song - and I've got it as the opener both shows I've been to. ;)

    Do The Evolution. As it's been said before. Wasn't crazy about it - saw it on the Garden DVD and fell in love. I can't stop dancing.
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    noceilingnoceiling Posts: 41
    Without a doubt. YOU ARE.

    Can't say I disliked it on Riot Act but live it's just unreal.

    You can feel the guitar, the pause, the lights flashing, and Eddie voice hit the high notes.

    A true treat. I will need to check but I believe I have experienced this one 2 times live. I know DC 08 and I believe Albany 06.
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    Pittsburg 8/25/98 & 4/26/03
    Cleveland 8/26/98
    Camden 9/02/00 & 06/19/08 (my birthday!)
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    noceilingnoceiling Posts: 41
    Wow DC was my first, must be thinking of the Showbox DVD.
    Hartford 10/02/96 & 09/13/98
    Pittsburg 8/25/98 & 4/26/03
    Cleveland 8/26/98
    Camden 9/02/00 & 06/19/08 (my birthday!)
    Columbia, MD 9/04/00
    State College 5/03/03
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    Albany 5/12/06
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    PJ2k3PJ2k3 Posts: 218
    Grievance - sounds great live, lacks the oooomph factor recorded.
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    PJ212PJ212 Posts: 811
    Of course DTE...

    I also like Present Tense live.
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    merlin401merlin401 Posts: 216
    Besides some of the ones mentioned.... Insignificance is just a great rock song live. That gets me pumped up as much as any Pearl Jam song live.
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    blondieblue227blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,508
    I am mine va bch 08 is better than studio. ;)
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    i_am_minei_am_mine Posts: 53
    i like both versions but grievance live is so great! so much energy in that song... i also enjoy the live version of in my tree more so than on no code.
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    xkevvxxkevvx Posts: 348
    I'll add my vote for Grievance also. I prefer live versions of most songs, but Grievance sticks out the most.
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    JerseyOceansJerseyOceans Posts: 6
    Nothing As It Seems. Mike wails!
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    lukin2006lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    Given to fly and release , would not mind seeing less even flow and release more, just my opinion.
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    RestlessSoul92RestlessSoul92 Posts: 14
    My favorite without question is Rearviewmirror. Don't get me wrong the studio version is awesome, but when they go into the extended jam and everyone is doing their own thing together...it is unbelievable. Then Jeff's bass kicks the song into an explosive frenzy and you feel like someone hit you over the head with something very hard. With the lights flashing at warp speed and Matt Cameron pounding his kit through the stage you realize...This is why Pearl Jam is the best!
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    NomocrzyNomocrzy Charlottesville, VA Posts: 23
    Arguably a lot of Binaural (just not a huge fan of the sound engineering/production on that album), but most of all Breakerfall. The studio version doesn't come close to doing that song justice. Binaural as a CD has some of my favorite songs, but I usually opt for bootleg recordings of them if I'm going to listen to something. Which is hard when one of my favorite songs off the album is Parting Ways...still holding out hope to witness this song live.

    Also - I got shit and Long Road

    And I agree about DTE
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    Stephen FlowStephen Flow Posts: 3,327
    I'm gonna say that 99.9% of their songs are better live... but for me DTE (that one is so obvious, I kind of dislike the studio version) and pretty much ALL of Riot Act and Ten... and pretty much all of Binaural for the reason stated above, the sound production is meh, but it's come to be my 2nd favorite album over the years, right behind No Code.
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    MegaphoneWhisperMegaphoneWhisper Posts: 219
    Always liked the studio version of Present Tense. When they do it live, it changes the whole face of the song. The jam at the end with the strobes kicking. We were lucky enough to get PT in Tampa and after it was over, my girlfriend (New Jammer) leaned over to me and asked me, "What the fuck song was that? Incredible"

    Also, Given to Fly. I can hum along with the studio version and it's nice :) . From the first chord of GTF live, it is a more intense, driven interpretation of the song. It just builds and builds and then... ya, know.
    Gets up, lights a cigarette he's grown to hate
    Thinking if he can't sleep, how will he ever dream?

    But his heart don't seem to roam......
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