Pearl Jam - one of the finest live bands ever

[djerdap]

Who agrees?

 

[pgv]

Although this is purely based on one of their live dvds I have seen, and footage of them at the 2006 reading/leeds festival. I haven't seen them live yet!

 

[The OOTS]

I do concur!

 

[Chizip]

varied setlists

 

[Popmartijn]

varied setlists

True, but the setlist parties at their official site are just as big bitchfests as they are here.

I saw them live about a month ago in Antwerp. It was my first time.

And it was great!

 

[angelordevil]

They are frightenly good live

I've seen them three times so far...easily the best band I've heard in person. I can guarantee that anyone who thinks they know this band from their albums alone would be instantly enlightened.

 

[AcrobatMan]

I dont like Pearl Jam...but I think I should like..

I forced PJ to myself once in 2002 but it didnt suceed

May be its because of the accent of PJ vocals !!

 

[MacPhistoPT]

Oh yeah.

They did the two best live shows I've ever seen. And they're also my favourite band...

so... I agree!

 

[LarryMullen's POPAngel]

I saw them for the first time this past spring, and was quite impressed.

 

[Zoots]

I saw them for the first time this past summer and was highly impressed! What a great rocking show they put on!

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

i concur

and the massive amounts of disk space i've occupied with pearl jam boots concurs, as well

it's quite refreshing to go to a concert with only a small clue as to what songs you're gonna hear. having varried setlists really adds the excitement and anticipation from song to song.

 

[Hewson]

I've only seen them 17 times, so I'll have to reserve judgement till I have enough evidence to make an informed decision.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

now the question is was there at least one song you've never heard them do live at each of the 17 shows?

there has been at the shows i've been to, but i've only been to 6, so you've got me beat by a bit

 

[Hewson]

Well yeah there are some songs I haven't seen (not counting songs never played), I'd have to research, but one easy one is "Big Wave" since they debuted it on the west coast leg this year.
I have seen "Dirty Frank", in fact had seen its last performance at the Orpheum in April '94 until they busted it out at the Gorge( and subsequently at Marseilles) this year.

But certainly there's some songs I haven't seen.

 

[MacPhistoPT]

I've just seen them two times... both Lisbon shows a few weeks ago.

5th September setlist was one of the best of the tour but anyway there are still LOTS of my favourite songs I didn't heard at those shows:

Porch, Release, Go, Rats, Indifference, Last Exit, Spin the Black Circle, Tremor Christ, Nothingman, In My Tree, Off He Goes, Red Mosquito, Present Tense, Brain of J, Faithful, MFC, Low Light, In Hiding, All Those Yesterdays, Breakerfall, Light Years, Grievance, Sleight of Hand, Soon Forget, Love Boat Captain, Greendisease, Marker in the Sand, Unemployable, Gone, Long Road, Man of The Hour, Breath, Down, U, Hard to Imagine, Dirty Frank



On the other hand I've heard God's Dice, Crazy Mary, Leash, Garden, State of Love and Trust, I Got ID, Sad, Smile, Insignificance...

They will probably come back to Europe in 2/3 years time and then I'll follow them as long as money allows me... surely I won't be satisfied just with the portuguese shows...

 

[trevster2k]

I'll let you know after December 9th!

 

[vaz02]

Anyone got any live pictures of them , just curious.

 

[greenlight7-11]

Anyone got any live pictures of them , just curious.

Well, there are plenty from the current tour on the official site:
http://pearljam.com/tour/index-photos.php

 

[menelaos]

I just returned from my first PJ show in Athens...
I have no words to describe the experience..!!!
Eddie was unbelievable on stage...!!!
This is the setlist...
Go, Animal, Life Wasted, Hail Hail, Corduroy, Severed Hand, World Wide Suicide, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Given To Fly, Marker In The Sand, Sad, Even Flow, Daughter(Another Brick In The Wall), You Are, Wishlist, Insignificance, Jeremy, Better Man
Encore 1 Footsteps, I Am Mine, Inside Job, Black, Rearviewmirror, Porch
Encore 2 Smile, I Believe In Miracles, Alive, Rockin' In The Free World, Yellow Ledbetter(Little Wing)

What can I say for them...My second best band...

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

still waiting to hear release

 

[phanan]

I've unfortunately only had the pleasure to see them once, but it was

 

[greenlight7-11]

I've unfortunately only had the pleasure to see them once, but it was

Same here. I saw them in 2000 and I'd been waiting to see them since 1995. It was everything I hoped it would be and more.

 

[Nisse]

They aren't coming to Sweden this tour

 

[menelaos]

I'm starting to believe that their lyrics are a bit better than U2's...
They seem more poetic...
Do you agree..?

 

[Zoots]

I'm starting to believe that their lyrics are a bit better than U2's...
They seem more poetic...
Do you agree..?

If you're talking about U2 in the current decade, then absolutely! Pearl Jam's lyrics are A LOT BETTER I think! But U2 has had several gems in the past like Promenade, Unf. Fire, RTSS, So Cruel, Gone, Please etc.

 

[Zoots]

Also, I got Binaural.

Breakerfall
God's Dice
Light Years
Nothing As It Seems

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

i once attempted to make a list of every pearl jam song i've seen performed live in just 6 concerts. took too long.

 

[djerdap]

Imagine a band whose fan gets disappointed at his second concert where he gets "only" 12 different songs.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

the shows i've been to...

2000 - Binaural Tour
Jones Beach Ampitheatre, Long Island
Set 1: Sometimes, Grievance, Corduroy, Whipping, Do The Evolution, Animal, Evacuation, Red Mosquito, In Hiding, Even Flow, Mankind, Untitled, MFC, Rearviewmirror, Present Tense, Given To Fly, Thin Air, Off He Goes, Black, Jeremy, Immortality

Encore 1: Go, Insignificance, In My Tree, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Better Man/(Save it for Later), Smile, Baba O'Riley

Encore 2: Yellow Ledbetter

2003 - Riot Act Tour
Nassau Coliseum, Long Island
Set 1: Long Road, Rearviewmirror, Animal, Save You, Get Right, I Am Mine, Corduroy, Present Tense, In Hiding, Even Flow, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Jeremy, You Are, I Am A Patriot, Blood, Not For You, Better Man, Porch

Encore 1: Last Kiss, Thumbing My Way, Crazy Mary, Down, Do The Evolution, Daughter/(W.M.A.), Alive

Encore 2: Bu$hleaguer, Know Your Rights, Rockin' In The Free World

Madison Square Garden, NYC
Set 1 Love Boat Captain, Last Exit, Save You, Green Disease, In My Tree, Cropduster, Even Flow, Gimme Some Truth, I Am Mine, Low Light, Faithfull, Wishlist/(Why Can't I Touch It?), Lukin, Grievance, 1/2 Full, Black, Spin The Black Circle, Rearviewmirror

Encore 1: You Are, Thumbing My Way, Daughter/(With My Own Two Hands f/ Ben Harper), Crown Of Thorns, Breath, Better Man, Do The Evolution

Encore 2: Crazy Mary, Indifference f/ Ben Harper, Sonic Reducer f/ Buzzocks, Baba O'Riley, Yellow Ledbetter

Madison Square Garden, NYC
Set 1: Crazy Mary, Save You, Hail Hail, Whipping, Corduroy, Red Mosquito, Dissident, I Am Mine, Get Right, Given To Fly, Evacuation, Even Flow, I Believe In Miracles, Untitled, MFC, Deep, Present Tense, Nothingman, State Of Love And Trust, Porch

Encore 1: You've Got To Hide Your Love Away, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Glorified G, All Or None, Do The Evolution, Alive

Encore 2: Go, Know Your Rights, Rockin' In The Free World, Yellow Ledbetter

2006 - Pearl Jam Tour
TD Banknorth Garden, Boston f/ Hewson
Ed Pre-Opener: Porch (acoustic)

Ed Accompanying Support Act It (My Morning Jacket): Makes No Difference

Set 1: Severed Hand, Corduroy, World Wide Suicide, Do The Evolution, Given To Fly, Dissident, Even Flow, Marker In The Sand, Low Light, Insignificance, Army Reserve, Garden, I Got Id, State Of Love And Trust, Comatose, Inside Job, Rearviewmirror

Encore 1: Wasted Reprise, Man Of The Hour, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Parachutes, Black, Alive

Encore 2: Why Go, Life Wasted, Smile, Indifference, Leash, Rockin' In The Free World f/ Theo Epstein, Yellow Ledbetter

Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutheford
Ed Pre-Opener: You've Got To Hide Your Love Away

Ed Accompanying Support Act (MMJ): It Makes No Difference

Set 1: Severed Hand, Corduroy, World Wide Suicide, Do The Evolution, Marker In The Sand, Given To Fly, Dissident, Even Flow, Army Reserve, Immortality, Green Disease, Not For You/(Modern Girl), Alone, Jeremy, Why Go, Life Wasted, Rearviewmirror

Encore 1: Wasted Reprise, Man Of The Hour, Come Back, Footsteps, Once, Alive

Encore 2: Last Exit, Comatose, Leatherman, Glorified G, Leash, Baba O'Riley, Indifference

 

[djerdap]

Almost all the shows you´ve been to are one of my favorite bootlegs. Especially the Jones Beach 2000 show. That´s one of the best setlists ever. I´m a big Vitalogy/No Code fan.

I have been in Verona and Zagreb this year and they are easily the best shows I've ever witnessed.