The 2/21/95 version from Osaka, Japan has a nice extended intro that creates some extra suspense and tension. Crowd erupts when Eddie finally comes in.
yeah that is definitely a sweet performance. I think they have an extended intro of corduroy too.
I think it's more like a Jack Irons unsure of when to start building up into the verse kind of intro haha. I also think Corduroy was better back then was it wasn't too rushed.
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For me, MSG 1 '16. I did not expect to hear it that night, and it totally hit me hard. Part of it had to do with what the song meant to me through my high school and college relationships/breakups and then hearing it for the first time live with my then fiance/now wife. Kind of like a full circle feeling.
Definitely Philly Ten performance, it was just such a moment pure emotion. Being there was great, one of the many highlights for me.
This exactly! Culmination of so much for me personally (and so many others in the room), Ed's words ... to be present in that moment and experience the humanity of those around while understanding everyone has shit..it was something.
got a car...got some gas...oh let's get out of here-get out of here fast...
I hope you get this message but your not home...I will be there in just a minute or so...
I want to go but I want to go with you.
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Manchester 1 2012 was my first time seeing it live and what a great version it is! Best concert moment of my life!
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Manchester 1 2012 was my first time seeing it live and what a great version it is! Best concert moment of my life!
That is indeed a good version. I forgot to add it to my own list I made earlier. I listen to it quite often as I am a huge fan of the European 2012 tour.
St. Paul 2014. My dad had died 2 weeks prior to the show. He took his own life. I went to the show with my wife and my brother. I had really hoped that they would play Release, as I listened to the song many times in the two weeks after his death. Was not active on the forum at the time, so I did not put out a request thread or anything like that. When they played Release as the second song, I couldn't help but cry a little. What's more, it sounded like Eddie said Ron on the last verse, which was the name my dad went by, and I started crying like a baby. After getting the bootleg and listening over and over again, my wife, my brother and I were convinced, but some of our friends were skeptical. However, there is a YouTube video, taken from in front of Eddie, and we all agree that it does not look like he says mom or John...it looks like Ron! Anyway, even if he did not say Ron as a tribute to someone, that performance was so helpful for me at the time. When I heard it again at wrigley 1, I couldn't help but get a bit emotional all over again. Always loved the song, but it means more to me now.
Roskilde 2000, Berlin 2006,
Athens 2006, Dusseldorf 2007, Copenhagen 2007, New York NY 1 + 2 2008, Berlin
2009, London 2009, London 2010, Berlin 2010, Manchester 2 2012, Berlin 1 2012,
Stockholm 2012, Oslo 2012, Copenhagen 2012, Amsterdam 1 + 2 (EV solo) 2012,
Amsterdam 1 + 2 2014, Stockholm 2014, Oslo 2014, Leeds 2014, Milton Keynes
2014, Heartland Festival DK (EV solo) 2017, Berlin 2018, Barcelona 2018, Copenhagen 2022, Prague 2022 (Cancelled)
Wrigley 2013. I think this may have been the most Eddie ever felt the song. That's what it looked and felt like to me, anyway. It felt like a really special personal moment for him, and you can hear that when you listen to it.
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Wrigley 2013. I think this may have been the most Eddie ever felt the song. That's what it looked and felt like to me, anyway. It felt like a really special personal moment for him, and you can hear that when you listen to it.
Agreed. Hopefully we get to hear a non-audience version someday.
1st - Randalls Island 1 '96 20 shows in-between Most recent - St Louis '22
Favorite one in person was Boston 2010, great performance and really lit the crowd up.
But my favorite Release clip has got to be the Off Ramp version from the 1st show. The first verse is altered a bit, but the song is there . But what gets me is the Hadean guttural vocal heat Ed generates out of the third verse (3:16, I wait up in the dark...) that I don't think has been matched (or at least surpassed) since. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdmlttA4QtI
Favorite one in person was Boston 2010, great performance and really lit the crowd up.
But my favorite Release clip has got to be the Off Ramp version from the 1st show. The first verse is altered a bit, but the song is there . But what gets me is the Hadean guttural vocal heat Ed generates out of the third verse (3:16, I wait up in the dark...) that I don't think has been matched (or at least surpassed) since. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdmlttA4QtI
Only Pearl Jam can make you listen to a song that you have heard a thousand times just one more time. Awesome video.
'I dig one from the 90s to... but can't remember the show... maybe Boston 94 or something...'
Was this 4/11/92? (Someone's gonna call me out on this...). This was just after Kurt had passed. It was the opener. This was a Reserved seating show; we calmly put an end to that. I feel bad for the folks saying this is elusive as Boston seems to get it all the time. The Garden, Mansfield, Fenway. Not that I dislike it PJ!!
4/8/94 - Fairfax, VA. 1,000+ candles on the stage to provide the lighting. Rough start to the show. It was my first PJ show, and I was almost disappointed. The crowd got behind them, they could feel the energy, and it ended up being a great show.
4/8/94 - Fairfax, VA, 9/24/96 - Columbia, MD, 10/27/13 - Baltimore, 4/29/16 - Philly II, 11/4/16 - TOTD Philly I, 4/7/17 - RRHOF, 8/18,20/18 - Chicago, 9/2/18 - Boston; EV Solo - 9/23/17 - Louisville, 9/24/17 - Franklin, TN, 9/28/19 - OHANA
2010: London 2012: Manchester I, Manchester II, Manchester (EV) 2014: Milan, Leeds, Milton Keynes 2017: London II (EV) 2018: Amsterdam I, London I, Prague, London II 2019: London (EV) 2022: London I, London II, Budapest, Krakow, Amsterdam
There is no shortage of great versions. From 1992 through 1994, it was actually not played as frequently as you would have thought though. 3.4.92 3.28.94 4.3.94 (this is often overlooked, because it was an FM broadcast, but it is great)
Some good ones from 95 through 98
2.6.95 2.21.95 (aforementioned several times in thread) 11.6.95 9.21.96 9.3.98 9.11.98
I caveat that I want to hear 7.11.95 in its unblemished 24 track glory and reserve the right to shoot that to the top. The mono soundboard and two source mixes have never done this show quite justice.
I can’t stop watching the version they played in Wrigley, which is in Let’s Play Two!
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Bumping this thread to the top for a lil refresh. Really hoping we get this as an opener in Nashville. It will be show #9 for me but first arena show and first in my hometown. Personal favorite is Verona in the rain 06.
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Trieste 14, Vienna 14, Gdynia 14, Leeds 14, Milton Keynes 14, Denver 14
Central Park 15
Fort Lauderdale 16, Miami 16, Tampa 16, Jacksonville 16, Greenville 16, Hampton 16, Columbia 16, Lexington 16, Philly1 16, Philly2 16, NYC1 16, NYC2 16, Quebec City 16, Ottawa 16, Toronto1 16, Toronto2 16, Fenway1 16, Fenway2 16, Wrigley1 16, Wrigley2 16
I hope you get this message but your not home...I will be there in just a minute or so...
I want to go but I want to go with you.
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime. -MT
I've had enough, said enough, felt enough. I'm fine, still in it.
Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
I got it in 4 out of 9 shows, twice as an opener. Lucky I guess.
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2012: Manchester I, Manchester II, Manchester (EV)
2014: Milan, Leeds, Milton Keynes
2017: London II (EV)
2018: Amsterdam I, London I, Prague, London II
2019: London (EV)
2022: London I, London II, Budapest, Krakow, Amsterdam
Verona 2006
Philly 2 2016
But there are so many great ones....
Roskilde 2000, Berlin 2006, Athens 2006, Dusseldorf 2007, Copenhagen 2007, New York NY 1 + 2 2008, Berlin 2009, London 2009, London 2010, Berlin 2010, Manchester 2 2012, Berlin 1 2012, Stockholm 2012, Oslo 2012, Copenhagen 2012, Amsterdam 1 + 2 (EV solo) 2012, Amsterdam 1 + 2 2014, Stockholm 2014, Oslo 2014, Leeds 2014, Milton Keynes 2014, Heartland Festival DK (EV solo) 2017, Berlin 2018, Barcelona 2018, Copenhagen 2022, Prague 2022 (Cancelled)
Agreed. Hopefully we get to hear a non-audience version someday.
20 shows in-between
Most recent - St Louis '22
Favorite one in person was Boston 2010, great performance and really lit the crowd up.
But my favorite Release clip has got to be the Off Ramp version from the 1st show. The first verse is altered a bit, but the song is there . But what gets me is the Hadean guttural vocal heat Ed generates out of the third verse (3:16, I wait up in the dark...) that I don't think has been matched (or at least surpassed) since.
Awesome video.
Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
2012: Manchester I, Manchester II, Manchester (EV)
2014: Milan, Leeds, Milton Keynes
2017: London II (EV)
2018: Amsterdam I, London I, Prague, London II
2019: London (EV)
2022: London I, London II, Budapest, Krakow, Amsterdam
3.4.92
3.28.94
4.3.94 (this is often overlooked, because it was an FM broadcast, but it is great)
Some good ones from 95 through 98
2.6.95
2.21.95 (aforementioned several times in thread)
11.6.95
9.21.96
9.3.98
9.11.98
I caveat that I want to hear 7.11.95 in its unblemished 24 track glory and reserve the right to shoot that to the top. The mono soundboard and two source mixes have never done this show quite justice.
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