Which bootlegs are you listening to right now?

Listened to Music Midtown '12 Mansfield 7/11/03 today. Mansfield has to be an all timer, but I wasn't there.

#8 Manchester '00

My first ever PJ show Of The Girl opens here, for the second time on the tour. The relative quietness of the opener is shattered by a fiery Breakerfall and Grievance. Corduroy is the first non-Binaural song of the night. Ed greets the crowd with the line "There's fucking Manchesterians everywhere" which brings great humour to the locals as we're know as Mancunians. A flawless Light Years follows. After Go, Ed tells the crowd he and Stone just had an argument and the next song is 'under protest'; they play Given To Fly. Under protest, it's a excellent performance - Matt's drumming a real highlight. Stone's guitar briefly disappears in the intro to Evacuation which is making it's first appearance since the opening Lisbon show. Stone's guitar work in Even Flow is a joy to hear though he appears absence during Mike's solo. Overall, it's definitely not the cleanest performance of the song you'll ever hear. Daughter is tagless for the second show in succession. Before Wishlist, Ed tells the crowd "we were going to play one by my arch-enemy Stone but we're gonna play this instead". Ed forgets a few lines early on, prompting him to say "at least I know the words to Stone's". I believe it was Thin Air they were supposed to play. Nothingman makes it's first appearance since Mansfield I '98 and is paired with Betterman. Nothingman is sublime. Insignificance doesn't really flow after and Rearviewmirror closes the main set.

At the start of the first encore Ed and Stone joke that they've been fighting backstage, Ed then shouts at someone who throws a beer at Stone - "Was that a beer? A full one? Can I have it?". Last Exit kicks off the encore on a good note. Once is equally as a good and the guys have raised the tempo a few notches early in the encore. There's a few errors by Stone towards the end of Once, which he notes afterwards. Black is very understated, very stripped back. Timeless Melody is aired again and fits quite well in this encore. Stone's guitar again disappears, this time briefly in the intro of State Of Love And Trust. Fuckin' Up closes the encore.

After no second encores in Dublin & Glasgow, the guys come back for one here with Leatherman starting it off and also completing the 'Man Trilogy'. Before the start of Leatherman, Ed tells the crowd they are only going to play rare songs now til the end of the gig. The tempo slows with the introduction of Footsteps but it's perfect. A real highlight. Evolution then picks the tempo up again, Ed dropping in the line "this is Manchester and this is the choir". Ed tells the crowd "we're making it up here. None too quickly. Cos I don't know when we'll be back in England again". They drop Garden for what is the 2nd of out 5 appearances in 2000. It's a really zoned out performance, really cool & mesmerizing. Yellow Ledbetter closes out a good show, complete with errors but good nonetheless.

boyo79 said:

#8 Manchester '00

Encore 1&2 are perfection! \m/ Timeless Melody -> SOLAT & Leatherman! ^:)^

Pap said:

boyo79 said:

#8 Manchester '00

Encore 1&2 are perfection! \m/ Timeless Melody -> SOLAT & Leatherman! ^:)^

Footsteps and Garden in the 2nd encore are superb!

alizmi said:

Thumbing my way back since 033 said:

Cincinnati from last night! You've gotta love a band that allows the fans to record thier shows! Yes, it's a crappy MP3 copy with lots of crowd noise, but it'll do until the official boots are made available. Also, The Gorge 05 - 06, & Seattle 12/06/13.

Id be happy to take that crappy copy off your hands if you like!

Lol! I'd be more than happy to share, once I get it off of my MP3 player & onto my computer (unless it somehow is against policy). PM me. We'll see what we can do. And if it does violate policy, someone let me know. I don't wanna be banned! I love this place!

BTW, just found out that Cincy '14 may be the 4th or 5th longest live performance. Thanks to Lost in Ohio for that bit of trivia.

Oh, listening to Columbus 2010 now.

#10 Paris '00 (Ape/Man)

Sometimes resumes opening duties (4th time of the tour) here, it's a really lovely version. Breakerfall and Corduroy combine brilliantly, both having an edge to them. The start of God's Dice is much better than in Cardiff but overall it doesn't have the same intensity as Breakerfall & Corduroy. The early tempo is pegged back by Nothing As It Seems, Given To Fly and Evacuation. Alive is again relatively early in the set and Pilate is again given another play, this time though it's not as good as the Cardiff performance. It's a strong performance of Insignificance, probably the best of the tour so far. The outro of Daughter has an eery feel to it and Ed then tags in Tom Waits' Hold On. In Hiding is excellent. The heavy hitters of Even Flow & Rearviewmirror close out the main set.

The first encore starts off with a trio of fast tempo songs in Hail Hail, Go and Once. Small Town appears more laid back than normal. Fuckin' Up closes the encore. They return for one more in the form of Yellow Ledbetter.

Enjoyed the main set but the encore didn't hold up for me.

So I'm reliving Leeds if you have the boot please play along...During Present Tense...I need some help on deciphering WTF Ed says after

"Have you an idea on how this life ends? Checked your hands and studied your lies..."

Minuteman deep wound?
Minuteman D Boone?

I suppose I could have just frickin looked it up...this took me all of 6 seconds.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._Boon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDr25zjd4yM&feature=youtu.be

I was three people back at this show wearing a UMASS tee shirt. They are the Minutemen. I guess the world doesn't revolve around me. Thanks for trying lolo.

09/22/1998 - My very first Pearl Jam concert was also my very first concert in general, in West Palm Beach, Florida at Coral Sky Ampitheatre. Memorable moments include a big shooting star right over the stage during Wishlist and Eddie taunting hurricane George.