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Soldier Field '95. Why the hype?
First off, let me just say that if I could have gone to this show I would have...being from Chicago and PJ in Soldier Field = Cool!
That said, I've heard this boot dozens of times and while there are some gems on there, most of the boot seriously is terrible!
Ed sounds like absolute shit. He's trying to scream, often on songs that don't need screams (why? who knows?!?!), but he has NO voice whatsoever. It is really, really bad!
The guys (outside of those few songs) were not very tight and f'ed up quite a bit.
There were maybe a couple songs Jack actually sounded good on.
I've got lots of boots and this one has to be near the bottom.
Anyone else agree?
Oh, and what was the deal with Ed that night? He was definitely off his game! Was he sick or something? I have other boots from the same tour and he sounded 1000x better.
That said, I've heard this boot dozens of times and while there are some gems on there, most of the boot seriously is terrible!
Ed sounds like absolute shit. He's trying to scream, often on songs that don't need screams (why? who knows?!?!), but he has NO voice whatsoever. It is really, really bad!
The guys (outside of those few songs) were not very tight and f'ed up quite a bit.
There were maybe a couple songs Jack actually sounded good on.
I've got lots of boots and this one has to be near the bottom.
Anyone else agree?
Oh, and what was the deal with Ed that night? He was definitely off his game! Was he sick or something? I have other boots from the same tour and he sounded 1000x better.
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I think there is hype cause there was 70k people there or something and it was at the peak of their fame.
Having said that, Let My Love Open the Door and "Everyday People" were great
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I agree with the first part ^.
Those gems I was referring to earlier were definitely the two you mentioned ^^. That was good stuff!
The rest of the boot they sound a bit off..maybe they just sound better today then back then..who knows
Yeah, I can't wait to make it back for a game this fall (even though they are going to suck this year :( ) Oh well!
Did you go to the Council Bluffs show in '03? Very good and underrated show IMO!
If PJ somehow plays a show in Chicago (better yet...ALPINE!!!
Yeah, most of the boot sounds pretty bad. Corduroy in particular....
But the rants are great. And that was, in my opinion, a very important show in the PJ timeline, at least in terms of the band surviving.
Here to die.
Scared alive.
You have no say. Everyone knows that!
Was at the Council Bluffs show....it was a good show. Went to that one, Champaign and Alpine that year.
Don't blame you....I was debating on whether to go to Milwaukee or not for Eddie and it's only a 4-5 hour drive....I'm a sucker though
If I was back there, I'm pretty sure I'd only go to one show. The sets are pretty much the same every night.
Somewhere on the internet I came across a "remastered" version of the radio-broadcast. I think it sounds pretty good.
I think the band was on fire for this show. IMHO, the version of "Even Flow" from this show is one of, if not the best, versions ever. Mike's solo is AMAZING.
never judge a show by how ed sounds on a boot, he sounds like shit on the two MSG boots from this last tour but he sounded great those days in person. The mixing puts too much on vocals so the normal blarring out of his voice from the drums, bass and guitars are not present.
just being in the stadium with all those people and Ed's speeches for that day along with a great setlist for the time...amazing night it was
^^^^THIS ^^^^
Early PJ days ... it was an amazing night!!!!
I know Ed was sick.
A big part of him supposedly sounding so bad may have something to do with the heat that night. I remember it being about 110 degrees IN THE EVENING. They were actually passing out water to everyone in the pit. The whole front of the stage became a pit. If one person moved, everybody had to move because we were so close together.
Eddie sounds so bad.
His voice is just gone.
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1) The show was broadcast on the radio, which led to a pretty good and widely circulated bootleg of the show. It was one of the few we had back then that weren't audience recordings that sounded as if they took place in some guys asshole.
So it was a classic boot, back in the day, one that almost every PJ fan I knew had. So a lot of the moments of that show became classic, because it was one of the few insights to live PJ we had. "Ticketmaster sucks" "The jokes on them, 'cause it's not for them." etc etc
2) It was a long show. A lot of people were there.
As for Ed screaming ... I mean, that's how he fucking sang back then. That's why I don't understand people today who say ed is losing his voice these days. Are you kidding? He finally learned how to sing ... instead of scream.
for the least they could possibly do
The banter between tracks is awesome!
Then, a day or two later, it's back on! If I could have done a back flip, I would have done about 30 that day. My brother and I took the train down there and arrived super early. As we walked to Soldier Field there was this buzz in the air...everyone had a "quiet excitement" about them. I think they were afraid that if somebody heard exactly how excited they were, that the show would be canceled at the last minute. I remember this bum who had a drum and it almost sounded like he was playing the very beginning to Last Exit and when he'd finish, he'd raise both hands in the air and scream, "Pearl Jam!" Anyone remember this???
Anyway, long story short.........blues legend Otis Rush, Bad Religion's roadies dressed as nuns, longest PJ set at that time, Ed's priceless rants, the fireworks from Navy Pier during the first encore, those awesome tickets with the giant beetle, Everyday People??????, and the one thing I'll never, ever forget.......that feeling you have when you just witnessed your first PJ show, in this case, EPIC show!!!!
"Why sit when you can dance?" - Me
They played some new stuff (I got id, lukin, habit), some rare covers (let my love open the door and everyday people)... tons of banter, tons of energy.
The piano in Black made that a good one.
The boots sound so trebly(sp) that I thought that was almost more the reason that they sounded worse than Eds voice - althugh you could tell it was really strained.
anyway - being there and having horrible seats I still think it was a great show - they just kept playing.
I'll be listening to this at work while I try for my eV tickets. Best of luck to those who got shut out today along with me.
I STILL talk about that. The funny thing is, that guy still hangs out at Sox games and Cubs games. He plays the same tune and at the end, raises his hands and screams "Go Cubs" or "White Sox".
I didnt see that guy, but I remember there was a guy selling tacos out of his truck for $0.50.. I think he did burritos for a buck too.... that and he was selling cans of miller high life 2 for a dollar............. freaking deadheads