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Which Pearl Jam song has remained the same through the years?

2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,236
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Listening to 'Last Exit' on Let's Play Two this morning. Struck me how this song has not really lost much of it's originality so to speak - meaning through the years, when it's played, it still sounds as fresh as when they first started playing it in 94/95. What other song hasn't lost it's 'touch' through the life of the band in your opinion?
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  • rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576
    Animal
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,236
    rgambs said:
    Animal
    Definitely!
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  • JimmyVJimmyV Posts: 19,116
    Release. When they play it live it is just as magical as the first time I heard them do it in 1994.
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  • lotsalemonlotsalemon Posts: 2,737
    JimmyV said:
    Release. When they play it live it is just as magical as the first time I heard them do it in 1994.
    Exactly - Release will never lose that magic. Ed always sings it with such soul. 
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  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,236
    edited October 2017
    JimmyV said:
    Release. When they play it live it is just as magical as the first time I heard them do it in 1994.
    With exception to Ed not quite able to reach those higher notes like he used to, yes!
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  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 36,482
    RVM. 
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  • cp3iversoncp3iverson Posts: 8,680
    edited October 2017
    Jeremy

    got me into them and is still their coolest song IMO. They still perform it well.  I think when the chorus vanished their may have been some fatigue but it never stopped being powerful in a live setting to me.  At some point he added those “heeeeeee’s” to it but that works too :lol:
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  • JimmyVJimmyV Posts: 19,116
    cp3iverson said:
    Jeremy

    got me into them and is still their coolest song IMO
    It CRUSHES live. Every single time. The opening bass pops the crowd as much if not more than any song in their catalog.
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  • mookieblalockmookieblalock Posts: 3,241
    Breath
    Red Mosquito
    Life Wasted

    all sound pretty much the same to me.
  • dankinddankind Posts: 20,832
    No love for "Alive?"
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  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 30,055
    cp3iverson said:
    Jeremy

    got me into them and is still their coolest song IMO. They still perform it well.  I think when the chorus vanished their may have been some fatigue but it never stopped being powerful in a live setting to me.  At some point he added those “heeeeeee’s” to it but that works too :lol:
    Isnt this an example of the opposite of what the TS wanted examples of.
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  • cp3iversoncp3iverson Posts: 8,680
    Nope because its kicking as much ass today as in 92!
  • 23scidoo23scidoo Posts: 19,067
    Given to fly
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  • pjsteelerfanpjsteelerfan Posts: 9,893
    dankind said:
    No love for "Alive?"
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  • RP112579RP112579 Posts: 3,379
    23scidoo said:
    Given to fly

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  • ledveddermanledvedderman Posts: 7,761
    23scidoo said:
    Given to fly
    Well, the tempo has changed on it but it's still awesome every single time. 
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  • igotid88igotid88 Posts: 27,704
    Corduroy
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  • tbergstbergs Posts: 9,543
    Go
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  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 Posts: 28,383
    igotid88 said:
    Corduroy
    Not that bridge from the last tour...ugh I hate it.
    Alive?  Man that ending is definitely different with the crowd interaction and the way mccready solos.
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  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Posts: 49,870
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    RVM. 

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    Yellow ledbetter 
  • F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain Posts: 31,043
    Parachutes.

    Jk.

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  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 Posts: 28,383
    PJ_Soul said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    RVM. 

    the jam in the middle has definitely evolved and revolved over the years.
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    Satan’s.
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  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Posts: 49,870
    mcgruff10 said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    RVM. 

    the jam in the middle has definitely evolved and revolved over the years.
    I didn't think that was the criteria. I was going off of: "a song that has not really lost much of it's originality so to speak - meaning through the years, when it's played, it still sounds as fresh as when they first started playing it in 94/95. What other song hasn't lost it's 'touch' through the life of the band in your opinion?"

    I didn't think that meant what song hasn't changed in any way whatsoever.
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  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 Posts: 28,383
    PJ_Soul said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    RVM. 

    the jam in the middle has definitely evolved and revolved over the years.
    I didn't think that was the criteria. I was going off of: "a song that has not really lost much of it's originality so to speak - meaning through the years, when it's played, it still sounds as fresh as when they first started playing it in 94/95. What other song hasn't lost it's 'touch' through the life of the band in your opinion?"

    I didn't think that meant what song hasn't changed in any way whatsoever.
    yeah i completely misunderstood the question lol.  the title is misleading professor!
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  • hrd2imgnhrd2imgn Posts: 4,895
    Nothing, the difference between Matt, Dave and Jack make this impossible.  
  • drummerboy_73drummerboy_73 Posts: 2,011
    hrd2imgn said:
    Nothing, the difference between Matt, Dave and Jack make this impossible.  
    Exactly. I love aspects of what all of the drummers have brought to both the recorded albums and live shows, but some of the examples given above couldn't be farther off. Animal? Go? Given to Fly?! As a drummer/musician, it's hard not to notice how the grooves and tempos of these songs as played today sound NOTHING like they did 20+ years ago. I'm not criticizing the performances - just pointing out that in some cases, where certain things as simple as the placement of the bass drum beat (Who You Are, Go, Animal) or changing fills and dynamic changes in the bridges (Go, State of Love and Trust) totally changes the feel of the song for me. For someone who's concentrating more on the singing or guitar melody, maybe it's not as noticeable. I struggle to find anything that hasn't changed since they were first recorded or performed live.
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  • ShynerShyner Posts: 1,226
    I sink they all evolved beautifully

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