89. Yellow Ledbetter vs. Porch

Post by **stip** » Sun March 31, 2019 12:06 pm

Yellow Ledbetter (Hamburg 2000-06-26) vs. Porch (Drop In The Park 1992-09-20)

Post by **stip** » Sun March 31, 2019 12:07 pm

I adore the Yellow Ledbetter studio track, and I'm always happy enough to get Yellow Ledbetter as a live closer, but it's never been a song I cared much to listen to live versions of if I wasn't there. This is a good version, but I wish they didn't distort the guitars and played it with that beautiful clean sound it has in the studio. This is also a track that would really benefit from the crowd sing along during the chorus

So vote for porch

Post by **stip** » Sun March 31, 2019 12:15 pm

I will continue to think that this version of Porch is too long (5-6 minutes feels about right to me), but there are some great moments in the extended jam, and it's such a great time capsule to the time to those few years when pearl jam felt a bit dangerous, on top of everything else

VinylGuy · Post by **VinylGuy** » Sun March 31, 2019 2:41 pm

yeah, this Porch is awesome.

doone · Post by **doone** » Tue April 02, 2019 9:26 pm

Porch is too long but there's no good version of Ledbetter IMO.

E.H. Ruddock · Post by **E.H. Ruddock** » Tue April 02, 2019 11:11 pm

Porch from Zurich or Hawaii 92 are the best, but this one is close. The best YL apparently doesn't count because it isn't full band, but that's the Tibetan Freedom Concert. Porch gets my vote here

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