The song fits perfectly with the times, would be a great fundraiser if the band re-recorded it or even released a live version as a single. This politically charged band has been silent for a long time on some big issues, let the music speak!
Slightly off topic: why gets WMA only played as a Daughter-Tag live? Such a great song and it deserves its own spot on a setlist.
Not off topic at all. This is an amazing song on its own. May be it's the drum part that's hard to replicate throughout the entire song, a bit like In My Tree.
Would love a Grievance - Green Disease - WMA - I am a Patriot - Soon Forget quintet.
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Toronto 03, 06, 11
Ottawa 05, 11
Quebec 05; Saratoga 00; Boston 04; Toledo 04
Albany 06; Honolulu 06; Hartford 08
Costa Rica 11
London (Ont.), Hartford 13
Quebec, Fenway 1 + 2 16; London 18
EV Montreal (2), Berkeley II, Albany, Boston, London (UK)
8-28-92 Harriet Island
6-16-93 University Theatre, UM
2-8-95 Adams Field House
6-20-98 Washington-Grizzly Stadium
5-28-03 Adams Field House
8-29-05 Adams Field House
7-22-06 Gorge Amphitheater
9-3-11 Alpine Valley
9-30-12 Adams Field House
10-31-12 The Pearl - Eddie Vedder
11-01-12 The Pearl - Eddie Vedder
9-6-13 Key Arena
6-20-14 Milan
6-22-14 Trieste
11-28-15 Mexico City
Slightly off topic: why gets WMA only played as a Daughter-Tag live? Such a great song and it deserves its own spot on a setlist.
Not off topic at all. This is an amazing song on its own. May be it's the drum part that's hard to replicate throughout the entire song, a bit like In My Tree.
Would love a Grievance - Green Disease - WMA - I am a Patriot - Soon Forget quintet.
I definitely think it’s the drum part. The Atlanta ‘94 show had another drummer helping on WMA, even though Dave was still in the band. So I guess even he struggled with it even though he (I believe) wrote it.
I LOVE that quintet - what a great pairing. I’m assuming Ed would want to put Can’t Dent Me into such a lineup.
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Slightly off topic: why gets WMA only played as a Daughter-Tag live? Such a great song and it deserves its own spot on a setlist.
Not off topic at all. This is an amazing song on its own. May be it's the drum part that's hard to replicate throughout the entire song, a bit like In My Tree.
Would love a Grievance - Green Disease - WMA - I am a Patriot - Soon Forget quintet.
I definitely think it’s the drum part. The Atlanta ‘94 show had another drummer helping on WMA, even though Dave was still in the band. So I guess even he struggled with it even though he (I believe) wrote it.
I LOVE that quintet - what a great pairing. I’m assuming Ed would want to put Can’t Dent Me into such a lineup.
They played it with just dave a few times before that. I think there is just a couple guests on that particular version of the song, not that dave couldn't play it. Jack irons did a fine job with it in 95. Matt doesn't really play it the same way in "recent" years, but the band doesn't as a whole
Slightly off topic: why gets WMA only played as a Daughter-Tag live? Such a great song and it deserves its own spot on a setlist.
I always assumed that it was a song they didn't bust out much because the studio recording had a lot of vibey things such as lots of reverb and subtle vocal things that wouldn't be the same live, plus the range vocally might be taxing on Eddie in general
For the recent versions they did in 2016, they changed the key of the song to E which is the same key when Eddie sings the lyrics with the Daughter tag so I think that maybe they had to work out an arrangement of it for doing Vs live in full and have since then busted it out a couple more times
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Bonnaroo 6/14/08 Spectrum 10/30/09 Spectrum 10/31/09 Atlanta 9/22/12 Wrigley 7/19/13
Baltimore 10/27/13 Charlottesville 10/29/13 Charlotte 10/30/13 OKC 11/16/13
St. Louis 10/03/14 Greenville 4/16/16 Hampton 4/18/16
Columbia 4/21/16 Wrigley 8/18/18
Raise the sticks then bring 'em down ,
If they fail to obey,
If they fail to obey.
Would love a Grievance - Green Disease - WMA - I am a Patriot - Soon Forget quintet.
Montreal 98, 00, 03, 05, 11
Toronto 03, 06, 11
Ottawa 05, 11
Quebec 05; Saratoga 00; Boston 04; Toledo 04
Albany 06; Honolulu 06; Hartford 08
Costa Rica 11
London (Ont.), Hartford 13
Quebec, Fenway 1 + 2 16; London 18
EV Montreal (2), Berkeley II, Albany, Boston, London (UK)
6-16-93 University Theatre, UM
2-8-95 Adams Field House
6-20-98 Washington-Grizzly Stadium
5-28-03 Adams Field House
8-29-05 Adams Field House
7-22-06 Gorge Amphitheater
9-3-11 Alpine Valley
9-30-12 Adams Field House
10-31-12 The Pearl - Eddie Vedder
11-01-12 The Pearl - Eddie Vedder
9-6-13 Key Arena
6-20-14 Milan
6-22-14 Trieste
11-28-15 Mexico City
Other than that they could double A side it with the Jay-Z performance
For the recent versions they did in 2016, they changed the key of the song to E which is the same key when Eddie sings the lyrics with the Daughter tag so I think that maybe they had to work out an arrangement of it for doing Vs live in full and have since then busted it out a couple more times
oh wait....