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Evacuation in DC...what happened?

Evacuation RulesEvacuation Rules Posts: 2,162
edited July 2008 in Given To Fly (live)
I finally listened to the DC show and I'm curious as to what happened with "Evacuation"? People have said that Stone was having guitar problems, but it sounds to me like he's playing in a different key right from the start of the song and it's a painful listen. Perhaps he was playing the wrong guitar? Is "Evacuation" in a weird tuning? It angers me a great deal that they did not re-start the song. It ruins the boot for me.
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  • TravelarTravelar Kalamazoo, USA Posts: 3,413
    It sounded like a technical issue at the show, but there was a lot of crowd noise to deal with. I'll have to listen to the boot.
  • decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,977
    ha!


    ruins the boot? how? it's real. that's what bootlegs are about, capturing a moment, not perfection. my husband, also a musician, so loved the fact that a 'big band' such as pewarl jam could have such a train wreck. he obviously has not been to too many pj shows. ;) me, was happy it trainwrecked simply b/c it is one of those rare pj songs....that i cannot stand! :D on the boot, i LOVE it....b/c it brings me back to that amazing night. :cool:
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  • JwmccJwmcc Posts: 451
    Funniest part about that whole thing was seeing Mike just standing there five seconds in with his hands behind his back waiting for Ed or Stone to acknowledge that the song wasn't gonna happen.
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  • ballgameballgame Posts: 201
    decides2dream wrote:
    ha!


    ruins the boot? how? it's real. that's what bootlegs are about, capturing a moment, not perfection. my husband, also a musician, so loved the fact that a 'big band' such as pewarl jam could have such a train wreck. he obviously has not been to too many pj shows. ;) me, was happy it trainwrecked simply b/c it is one of those rare pj songs....that i cannot stand! :D on the boot, i LOVE it....b/c it brings me back to that amazing night. :cool:

    He let it riun the boot? Why? ha geez

    Thanks for this post. I agree 100%
  • corduroidcorduroid Posts: 293
    Audio is terrible on this, but here's a link where you can clearly see Ed and Mike pretty much scratching their heads before Mike waves this off completely.

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=4n6Y6krH9mE
  • lowlight10lowlight10 Posts: 619
    mid-song, Mike realized the song sucked and just refused to play it. best part of the show.
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  • decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,977
    lowlight10 wrote:
    mid-song, Mike realized the song sucked and just refused to play it. best part of the show.




    :D



    i LOVE the fuck-ups...that's what makes each show special!
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  • Chrono_XChrono_X Posts: 36
    Cheers for the youtube link, that was pretty funny! Mike with his arms behind his back haha! Heard it on the boot, but seeing the vid makes more sense now.
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  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    I think Mike just forgot how to play it.
    Same with Marker in NYC.
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  • meowingmaryjanemeowingmaryjane Posts: 91
    It was a real moment to witness. I do wish they would've done the song again, but maybe they didn't want to take the chance to mess it up again. I remember wondering if they'd keep it on the bootleg or not.
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  • wickedmonkeyzwickedmonkeyz Posts: 489
    bad case of blue balls
    looking for 2 to Columbia...

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  • loveboat captainloveboat captain Posts: 125
    BeerBaron wrote:
    I stand corrected. It looks like it was Mike. Looked like Stone when I saw it live.

    And Marker was not Mike, it was Jeff!


    I'm pretty sure Marker was Mike's fault. He said afterward that "I wrote the song, but I still fucked it up." Unless he was covering for Jeff....I'll have to wait for the boot to be sure.
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  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    BeerBaron wrote:
    I stand corrected. It looks like it was Mike. Looked like Stone when I saw it live.

    And Marker was not Mike, it was Jeff!

    Nope. Marker was definitely Mike's fuck-up.

    Two ways I know: No. 1 -- If you listen to the boot, it's Mike's guitar that stops playing and it's Mike's guitar you hear in the aftermath, trying to figure out the chord progression.

    And No. 2 -- Mike fucking admitted to it. "I wrote the song, and I fucked it up."

    Seems like a slam-dunk case to me. ;)
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  • Evacuation RulesEvacuation Rules Posts: 2,162
    slightofjeff wrote:
    I think Mike just forgot how to play it.

    No, I think it's Stone's fault. Mike and Jeff are playing in the same (correct) key, and Stone is off somewhere else. You can see him hand his guitar to the roadie after the whole fiasco.
  • ribbanggaribbangga Posts: 10
    if that ruined the show, Black ~~~~> RVM by far made up for it. I was at the show and can't stop listening to that version of black. cheers.
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  • lowlight10lowlight10 Posts: 619
    meowingmaryjane wrote:
    I remember wondering if they'd keep it on the bootleg or not.

    Pearl Jam DOES NOT edit their bootlegs ever! if they ever did, I would refuse to buy it.

    doing 2 shows and taking the best takes from each night is for lazy, narcisistic bands. they are human, they make mistakes. grow a pair and release it in a pure and real way.
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  • TravelarTravelar Kalamazoo, USA Posts: 3,413
    lowlight10 wrote:
    Pearl Jam DOES NOT edit their bootlegs ever! if they ever did, I would refuse to buy it.

    Pretty sure someone said that Ed's banter was taken out from between a couple of songs on one show. Can't remember which tho.
  • waves roll inwaves roll in Posts: 159
    plus they took Arc off of every show they played it.
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