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Best guitar solo of the Pearl Jam discography?

Happy JulioHappy Julio Posts: 169
edited December 2013 in The Porch
What say you?

I would nominate severed hand, red mosquito & inside job.
2006 PJ/Petty Milwaukee Night 1
2007 Lollapalooza Chicago
2013 Wrigley Chicago
2013 Dallas
2013 Oklahoma City
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  • FrankieGFrankieG Abingdon MD Posts: 9,100
    Immortality
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    Alive
    Black (Live)
    Garden
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    Don't sleep on any live version of 1/2 Full....
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  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,332
    I think it's NAIS (but particularly live.... and I have yet to see it live :( )
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  • Big Bank HankBig Bank Hank Seattle, WA Posts: 8,639
    there are so many, it's not possible to pick just one, but Mikey's 5 favorite to play are:
    http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/mike-mccready-of-pearl-jam-and-flight-to-mars-shares-his-five-favorite-songs-to-play/10071863

    Alive
    Black
    Off He Goes
    Inside Job
    Baba O'Riley
  • EraserheadEraserhead Stoke-on-Trent Posts: 2,964
    Immortality
    Nothing as it Seems
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  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,721
    no question,,its Mike's Favo after all...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30BlueyXoyg
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  • VeddernarianVeddernarian Posts: 1,924
    Severed hand immediately jumps to mind.
    Lost Dogs version of Brother.
    Believe it or not, and you have to listen closely through all the other jumble, but the guitar solo in Help, Help is BLAZING!
    1/2 Full is a good one.
    Can't rule out Alive and Breath.
    Up here so high I start to shake, Up here so high the sky I scrape, I've no fear but for falling down, So look out below I am falling now, Falling down,...not staying down, Could’ve held me up, rather tear me down, Drown in the river
  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,332
    Veddernarian wrote:
    Believe it or not, and you have to listen closely through all the other jumble, but the guitar solo in Help, Help is BLAZING!
    Yeah it is! I love that song. :)
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  • Abe FromanAbe Froman Posts: 5,335
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    no question,,its Mike's Favo after all...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30BlueyXoyg
    This. :clap: :thumbup: :clap: :thumbup: Still waiting to get this one live :(

    Some Even Flow versions are extremely badass too!
  • on2legson2legs Posts: 15,577
    Abe Froman wrote:

    Some Even Flow versions are extremely badass too!

    Witness... Uniondale sole in '03

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLVNFvOcaGc&t=2m32s
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  • EarlWelshEarlWelsh Buffalo, NY Posts: 1,127
    McCready's 10-second ripper in Comatose.
  • aurynsdadaurynsdad Posts: 863
    "I am Mine" would be a contender if it weren't so short.

    Don't sleep on "Come Back" - what happens at around 4:23 is one of my favorite Pearl Jam moments, a completely transcendent shift from a whimpering guitar to a full on wailing one. Epic.
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  • stateoflove79stateoflove79 Posts: 2,845
    Get Right and Ghost too. Love those solos!!
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  • Big Bank HankBig Bank Hank Seattle, WA Posts: 8,639
    my favorite, not sure if it is the best, but he is straight up possessed here, even Eddie was speechless :D
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07OeTiPSc8Y
  • Big Bank HankBig Bank Hank Seattle, WA Posts: 8,639
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  • PJammer4lifePJammer4life Los Angeles Posts: 2,660
    edited December 2013
    Gotta go with either Breath or Alive..

    If there was no fade out I have a feeling I might have gone with Habit, but we'll never know....
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  • iiseeiisee Charlotte, NC Posts: 485
    No question.....studio version of Animal! But props to studio version of Get Right as well!
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  • titchinellotitchinello Posts: 3,139
    Lots of great solo's from Origional songs, but I'll butt in and widen the Horizon and say, I Love, Love the Solo between Mike and Boom on Crazy Mary.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlTEnz7Hl9I
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  • ceskaceska New York Posts: 1,129
    1. Daughter
    2. Alive
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 30,759
    Swallowed Whole is the one i turn to now , for me it's allways the new stuff ...
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • titchinellotitchinello Posts: 3,139
    josevolution wrote:
    Swallowed Whole is the one i turn to now , for me it's allways the new stuff ...

    I love the guitar on Let the records play... Believe it or not, but i can see the like's of Joe Perry join mike on this one.
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  • RoleModelsinBlood31RoleModelsinBlood31 Austin TX Posts: 6,223
    Gotta go with even flow. Dude just gets rishlongulous on that shit.
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  • Versus13Versus13 Vancouver, BC Posts: 197
    Hard to pick, here's a few:

    1. Alive
    2. Nothing As It Seems
    3. State Of Love And Trust/ Animal
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  • Driftin'AlongDriftin'Along Posts: 1,403
    Everything mentioned fits the bill for sure. I would add Go to the discussion.
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  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,763
    I'm going to have fun looking some of these up.

    I LOVE the live version of Off He Goes 8/14/00. He does two different ones in that song.

    Immortality

    Sirens. I really like that solo.
  • deftonesdeftones Athens, Greece Posts: 2,444
    Alive studio version for sure
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  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,362
    i really like the solo in come back. especially live.

    this solo is so simple and so effective, and the delay pedal makes it that much better. we all know mike can shred his ass off, but what makes him a great player is his ability to show restraint and do just what the song calls for. which is what he does in come back. he does not overplay it, if you know what i mean.
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  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,721
    titchinello wrote:
    Lots of great solo's from Origional songs, but I'll butt in and widen the Horizon and say, I Love, Love the Solo between Mike and Boom on Crazy Mary.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlTEnz7Hl9I
    well,if we talk about covers...then..

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-AqUjJqYkA
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  • BHealyBHealy Flagstaff, Arizona Posts: 466
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    no question,,its Mike's Favo after all...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30BlueyXoyg


    Unreal. There are so many good McCready solos, but I always come back to NAIS, and Breath is great too.
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