2003 - The Peak of Pearl Jam?

bbiggs
bbiggs Posts: 6,964
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I've been listening to a LOT of bootlegs lately and I keep going back to 2003.  Something about this tour stands above the rest for me.  Ed's voice was as good as it gets.  The band was on fire.  Riot Act is a highly underrated gem.  Put me in a time capsule and I'm going back to '03! 
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,843
    I think I prefer the 2000 tour as far as the band/overall....but 2003 has some amazing concerts, as well. 
    As far as jumping in the time machine, I am going back to see them again during the Vs. Tour. 
    The energy was off the charts.
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  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,726
    I prefer 2000 too take a listen to San Sabastian show I don’t think I’ve heard a tighter show!
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  • bbiggs
    bbiggs Posts: 6,964
    2000 and 2003 are right there.  I think they sounded better in 2003 for some reason.  '98 also.  Basically the '98-'03 run for me was the pinnacle with '03 topping it.  For energy though, hard to argue your point on the Vs. Tour.  If I had to pick between the crazy energy of the early days vs. the catalog they built by '03, I have to go back to '03.  Maybe one show from each. 
  • bbiggs
    bbiggs Posts: 6,964
    josevolution said:
    I prefer 2000 too take a listen to San Sabastian show I don’t think I’ve heard a tighter show!
    Will do!  Thank you.  I keep stumbling upon gems I haven't listened to yet.  San Sabastian is now up next!

  • NewJPage
    NewJPage Posts: 3,320
    03 they were aggressive, angry, and took chances...each show had a sense of the unknown to it. That started to drift away over the next several years 
    6/26/98, 8/17/00, 10/8/00, 12/8/02, 12/9/02, 4/25/03, 5/28/03, 6/1/03, 6/3/03, 6/5/03, 6/6/03, 6/12/03, 6/13/03, 6/15/03, 6/18/03, 6/21/03, 6/22/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03, 10/3/04, 10/5/04, 9/9/05, 9/11/05, 9/16/05, 5/16/06, 5/17/06, 5/19/06, 6/30/06, 7/23/06, 8/5/07, 6/30/08, 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 5/4/10, 5/7/10, 9/3/11, 9/4/11, 10/11/13, 10/17/14, 8/20/16
  • pledgeagrievance
    pledgeagrievance Posts: 2,874
    03 shows were incredible and im actually listening to the boots now. I’m up to Cleveland. 
    But being there, the crowds were a little disengaged. Definitely a different feel to the shows. Maybe it was them coming off Binaural and Riot Act being received as weak at the time (certainly not by me). Tough to say if it’s their peak though. Touring wise? I don’t know, 2006 tour has some great shows as well as the classic 98, 2000 tours. 
  • KM73780
    KM73780 Posts: 1,177
    Cleveland 03, my first ever PJ show 
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,138
    98 for me.  
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • PB11041
    PB11041 Earth Posts: 2,845
    They were at their collective best in two periods, 1993 - 1996 and 2000 - 2006.
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  • bbiggs
    bbiggs Posts: 6,964
    PB11041 said:
    They were at their collective best in two periods, 1993 - 1996 and 2000 - 2006.
    Damn.  1998 left out.  Very interesting.  I thought 1998 was a great year (not to take away from the others).  '03 still for the win.

  • Go Animal
    Go Animal Posts: 7,361
    I dunno, I kinda like the 1990 - current era...
    35 years, 35 shows.

    Song Wishlist: Alone, Let Me Sleep, Brother, full W.M.A., Hold On, Bugs/all of Vitalogy, Mankind, Around The Bend (full band), The Long Road, Don't Gimme No Lip, Pilate, Push Me Pull Me, All Those Yesterdays, Rival, Parting Ways, Ghost, Bu$hleaguer, WWS, Parachutes, Army Reserve, low octave Driftin', Strangest Tribe, Other Side, Undone, Fatal, Hitchhiker, Education, Black Red Yellow, Of the Earth, Love Reign O'er Me, Gonna See My Friend, Santa Cruz, Infallible, Yellow Moon, Alright, Comes Then Goes, and the Mamasan Trilogy.

    Wanted Posters: WPB '98, Tampa/WPB '00, Tampa '03, EV Batmobile '08

    ISO: any picks, or setlists from any of my shows!
  • DW139059
    DW139059 Posts: 365
    What I always say... Ya know what could've made the 2000 tour better?  Riot Act songs!  :rock_on:
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  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    95-98 is my go to time period when i throw on a bootleg.  Nothing can top that IMO.  

    2003 was excellent tho.  I like the setlists a little less that year but man Ed’s voice was amazing.  2000 was good but the sound of the official bootlegs annoys me.  I have to look past the mixing.  

    I thought the Backspacer tours were really good too.  
  • PB11041
    PB11041 Earth Posts: 2,845
    bbiggs said:
    PB11041 said:
    They were at their collective best in two periods, 1993 - 1996 and 2000 - 2006.
    Damn.  1998 left out.  Very interesting.  I thought 1998 was a great year (not to take away from the others).  '03 still for the win.

    Matt was learning the catalog.  It just wasn't nearly as good.  There were very good shows, but it was not as good as other years.  Just my opinion.  But I am right.
    His eminence has yet to show. 
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  • pledgeagrievance
    pledgeagrievance Posts: 2,874
    KM73780 said:
    Cleveland 03, my first ever PJ show 
    I drove 10 hrs and spent a few days in Cleveland for the show. Great show. I still remember Sonic Reducer like it was yesterday. 
    No desire to go back to Cleveland though
  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,904
    pledgeagrievance said:
    KM73780 said:
    Cleveland 03, my first ever PJ show 

    No desire to go back to Cleveland though
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  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    edited May 2021
    PB11041 said:
    bbiggs said:
    PB11041 said:
    They were at their collective best in two periods, 1993 - 1996 and 2000 - 2006.
    Damn.  1998 left out.  Very interesting.  I thought 1998 was a great year (not to take away from the others).  '03 still for the win.

    Matt was learning the catalog.  It just wasn't nearly as good.  There were very good shows, but it was not as good as other years.  Just my opinion.  But I am right.
    Matt said that’s the exact aspect that Ed loved about the 98 tour tho.  It brought a different energy to the songs and affected their playing.  The intensity and the unknown.  I guess it got them out of their comfort level on a lot of the songs and Ed loved it
  • PB11041
    PB11041 Earth Posts: 2,845
    cp3iverson said:
    PB11041 said:
    bbiggs said:
    PB11041 said:
    They were at their collective best in two periods, 1993 - 1996 and 2000 - 2006.
    Damn.  1998 left out.  Very interesting.  I thought 1998 was a great year (not to take away from the others).  '03 still for the win.

    Matt was learning the catalog.  It just wasn't nearly as good.  There were very good shows, but it was not as good as other years.  Just my opinion.  But I am right.
    Matt said that’s the exact aspect that Ed loved about the 98 tour tho.  It brought a different energy to the songs and affected their playing.  The intensity and the unknown.  I guess it got them out of their comfort level on a lot of the songs and Ed loved it
    Ed, and all the band has said a lot of shit over the years.  A running list of all their interviews by album and tour regularly contradicts itself. 
    His eminence has yet to show. 
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  • bbiggs
    bbiggs Posts: 6,964
    DW139059 said:
    What I always say... Ya know what could've made the 2000 tour better?  Riot Act songs!  :rock_on:
    I can get behind this statement for sure.

  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,549
    2003 was peak for Vedders voice.  It started to change after that.  

    Hell there are 2013 shows where his voice is on point but not like 2003.

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