Long Shows

SLH916

Does anyone know when Pearl Jam started playing the long shows they do now? And when Ed started changing his style?

Early on they played short shows and Ed completely wailed, let go completely.

In the longer shows that I've heard from the mid-90's Ed continued to wail, but his voice was really giving out by the end of the show.

Now he makes it through long shows pretty much full force, but he does sing a little differently, smoother, more melodic. You can really hear the difference in ONCE over the years.

Low_Light03

I think they started playing longer in 2000. In Europe they started playing longer and longer and then by the time they hit the US, they played long shows with 2 encores.

norm

they'll never be long enough.....:)

Reynaldo6

yes i agree. but its amazing how Ed can last through the shows. did he just work really hard at meking his voice last that long or is he drinking magic water?

BinFrog

The long shows were a staple I would say starting in 2003, but 98 and 00 set the tone.

Ed's voice I always kind of categorize as:

91-94 full force

95 it was blown (listen to any version of Blood after the Australian tour), but the shows and jams made up for it (San Jose Blood for instance)

96 to 98 and perhaps into 00 he was trying to reinvent his voice live, and you could still hear the straining in certain songs. Still, it was starting to get a little smoother.

03-06 Ed's voice as we know it now, and I love it. He has the wailing left in him, but he uses it conservatively. He also seems to not want to holds notes as long any more in some songs like Alive, Evenflow, Once, Go, Corduroy, etc. But he can also go the distance a lot better.

lateralus

i'd love to hear eddie sing porch or solat like he did in the early 90s