7. God's Dice vs. In the Moonlight

Post by **stip** » Wed February 13, 2019 12:35 am

Gods' Dice (Jones Beach 2000-08-23) vs In The Moonlight (Alpine Valley 2011-09-03)

Post by **stip** » Wed February 13, 2019 12:36 am

matches like this make me weep for having to vote against a stellar performance of Red Mosquito.

I was at that God's Dice show, but overall that stand of shows rank towards the bottom of my pearl jam experiences (other than night 3 - I don't recall which night this one was). Very solid performance of a song I don't care for that elevates it slightly, but not enough that I'd come back to it.

I also could care less about In the Moonlight, but at least that performance feels like an event, given the song's rarity and the guest. It gets my vote

wease · Post by **wease** » Wed February 13, 2019 1:34 am

In The Moonlight. I was there and it fucking kicked ass.

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Wed February 13, 2019 1:42 am

It might be an unpopular opinion but Gods Dice has really grown on me over the years and that’s a rocking performance.

wease · Post by **wease** » Wed February 13, 2019 1:46 am

PHATJ wrote:It might be an unpopular opinion but Gods Dice has really grown on me over the years and that’s a rocking performance.

I fucking love the tune.

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Wed February 13, 2019 2:05 am

wease wrote:
PHATJ wrote:It might be an unpopular opinion but Gods Dice has really grown on me over the years and that’s a rocking performance.
I fucking love the tune.

My love for Binaural exploded when I realized that I had grown to appreciate and even love some of the “lesser” songs on the album. Gods Dice was a part of that revelation.

Post by **evenslow** » Wed February 13, 2019 4:16 am

God's Dice has always been awesome and that's a nice performance.

ABNorman · Post by **ABNorman** » Wed February 13, 2019 2:41 pm

Don't like either of these, but that performance of GD is great.

VinylGuy · Post by **VinylGuy** » Wed February 13, 2019 3:05 pm

I was present in that In The Moonlight performance.

What a moment.

doone · Post by **doone** » Wed February 13, 2019 4:25 pm

man, I hate In the Moonlight so much.

Monkey_Driven · Post by **Monkey_Driven** » Wed February 13, 2019 5:55 pm

I love God's Dice, but this is the definitive performance of In the Moonlight. Josh Homme is perfect for that part.

EJ · Post by EJ » Wed February 13, 2019 5:56 pm

Monkey_Driven wrote:I love God's Dice, but this is the definitive performance of In the Moonlight. Josh Homme is perfect for that part.

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Wed February 13, 2019 6:13 pm

doone wrote:man, I hate In the Moonlight so much.

Why? I love the studio version, but I’m glad GD is winning here.

bada · Post by **bada** » Wed February 13, 2019 6:13 pm

Really dig God's Dice but love In The Moonlight and that's a red hot performance.

Post by **epilogue** » Wed February 13, 2019 11:25 pm

In. The. Moonlight.

doone · Post by **doone** » Thu February 14, 2019 1:31 am

PHATJ wrote:
doone wrote:man, I hate In the Moonlight so much.
Why? I love the studio version, but I’m glad GD is winning here.

Doesn't suit Ed or the band in my opinion.

ridleybradout · Post by **ridleybradout** » Thu February 14, 2019 2:57 am

evenslow wrote:God's Dice ~~has always been~~ used to be awesome and that's a nice performance.

Kevin Davis · Post by **Kevin Davis** » Thu February 14, 2019 4:19 am

This version of "In the Moonlight" is probably my favorite live PJ performance of the last ten years. A low bar, some might say, but I don't mean it as faint praise -- it's a great performance of one of my absolute favorite songs. I can't muster the excitement for a whole tournament of live PJ, but I can muster the excitement to back this performance till it loses (which will probably be too soon).

Post by **epilogue** » Thu February 14, 2019 8:26 pm

Red Mosquito