Let's Talk about the 2003 Tour

[Wendy Carlos's Twin]

I could care less if the band moves around and jumps around a lot. I'd rather see them play a tight, well rehearsed set. I mean, the last time I saw them in Philly, they were having a blast drinking wine, jumping around the stage and riling up the audience, but the performance fucking sucked. This is all too apparent when you listen to the boots. It might have been fun at the time, but it's a memory not worth reliving in my opinion.

[hlniv]

I'm working on a Binaural/Riot Act live compilation cut entirely from the 2003 leg 1 April shows through State College.

I've been listening through some of these shows, and man, they're the tits. Just about all of them are primo PJ and really put 2013-14 PJ to shame.

Any suggestions on song performances from these two albums in that run?

Oh yeah, and I have some ideas for artwork, but I suck at actually working with images. Anyone feel like volunteering to help with the artwork? I want to do it right with this one.

[matt reeder]

I'm working on a Binaural/Riot Act live compilation cut entirely from the 2003 leg 1 April shows through State College.

I've been listening through some of these shows, and man, they're the tits. Just about all of them are primo PJ and really put 2013-14 PJ to shame.

Any suggestions on song performances from these two albums in that run?

Oh yeah, and I have some ideas for artwork, but I suck at actually working with images. Anyone feel like volunteering to help with the artwork? I want to do it right with this one.

Breakerfall, Parting Ways and Light Years - Nashville
Nothing As It Seems - Philly
Save You - Uniondale
All or None - Albany

I made one too which I can upload at some point if there is interest.

Definitely

Here's a link: https://mega.co.nz/#!FBh30KqR!D6AUzGNX6 ... NMDpQSItG4

Tracklist:
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PEARL JAM
"Live On 2003" Legs
Live February - July 2003

Disc One:
1. Wash [Holmdel, 7/14]
2. Even Flow [Raleigh, 4/15]
3. Save You [Uniondale, 4/30]
4. Tremor Christ [Melbourne I, 2/18]
5. Low Light [Mansfield II, 7/03]
6. Love Boat Captain [Nashville, 4/18]
7. Breakerfall [Nashville, 4/18]
8. Given To Fly [Sydney III, 2/14]
9. Can't Keep [Lexington, 4/21]
10. Brain of J [Bonner Springs, 6/12]
11. I Am Mine [Melbourne III, 2/20]
12. Immortality [Lexington, 4/21]
13. You Are [East Troy, 6/21]
14. Glorified G [Lexington, 4/21]
15. Breath [Charlotte, 4/16]
16. Jools And Jim [Oklahoma City, 4/03] --> Not For You [Missoula, 5/28]
17. Corduroy [Fargo, 6/15]
18. Parting Ways [Nashville, 4/18]

Disc Two:
1. Jeremy [Lexington, 4/21]
2. Deep [Champaign, 4/23]
3. Blood [Oklahoma City, 4/03]
4. encore break 1 [Mansfield I, 7/02]
5. Thumbing My Way [Mansfield I, 7/02]
6. Drifting [Oklahoma City, 4/03]
7. All Or None [Albany, 4/29]
8. Spin the Black Circle [Washington, 7/01]
9. Do the Evolution [Charlotte, 4/16]
10. Know Your Rights [Uniondale, 4/30]
11. Porch [Fargo, 6/15]
13. encore break 2 [Melbourne II, 2/19]
14. Throw Your Arms Around Me [Melbourne II, 2/19]
15. Chloe Dancer / Crown Of Thorns [Atlanta, 4/19]
16. Black [Mexico City II, 7/18]
17. Alive [Champaign, 4/23]
18. Baba O'Riley [Champaign, 4/23]

Disc 3: Japan
1. Oceans [Osaka, 3/04]
2. Can't Keep [Tokyo, 3/03]
3. Ghost [Osaka, 3/04]
4. Even Flow [Osaka, 3/04]
5. Corduroy [Yokohama, 3/01]
6. I Am Mine [Yokohama, 3/01]
7. Rival [Yokohama, 3/01]
8. Nothingman [Osaka, 3/04]
9. Leatherman [Osaka, 3/04]
10. Better Man [Osaka, 3/04]
11. Half-Full [Sendai, 2/28]
12. Footsteps [Nagoya, 3/06]
13. Porch [Osaka, 3/04]
14. Save You [Osaka, 3/04]
15. Smile [Osaka, 3/04]
16. Yellow Ledbetter [Tokyo, 3/03]
17. Alive [Tokyo, 3/03]

Notes: This mix, which is based on a mix I made for traveling back in 2003, is an attempt at highlighting both how amazing the 2003 tour was but also how great some of the less-talked about shows are. Indeed, with 24 shows represented, there's a lot to choose from. I never had the opportunity (or the desire) to listen to every show from this tour, but I've listened to at least 50 and these performances are the best of the best. You might be able to think of another version as good as one here, but you won't find one that is better for pretty much any of these songs. Enjoy. I spent a lot of time making this and I love the final product. Japan needed its own disc because those shows were so different from the rest of the tour. About 5 of these songs were incorporated into the original mix but they stood out like a sore thumb, so I decided to give the Japan shows their own disc. Enjoy!

matt
April 2013
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Enjoy!

[bada]

I really love this Save You (Council Bluffs 6-13-2003).

[ridleybradout]

Cheers Matt - you've been a busy man of late!

Look forward to listening to this

[numbers]

This is still my favorite tour to listen to. I know most people like 00 a lot better, and I love that one too, but this one really does it for me.

[dimejinky99]

im a bit haunted by this show..I was fucking terrified cos there was a full on lightning storm goin on overhead the whole time...the show was an hour late starting and nearly cancelled because of it...but now im looking at the setlist...it's the second strangest set ive ever seen them play personally...they should do this more often...



note perfect versions of get right and ghost also, by the way



VERIZON WIRELESS AMPHITHEATRE KANSAS
BONNER SPRINGS, KANSAS
Thu 12 June, 2003
SET 1
Release
Breakerfall
Brain Of J.
Get Right
Ghost
Immortality
Whipping
Not For You
Off He Goes
Help Help
1/2 Full
MFC
You Are
Better Man
Save You
ENCORE 1
Go
Corduroy
Glorified G
Even Flow
Alive


ENCORE 2
Fuckin' Up
Baba O'Riley

[E.H. Ruddock]

Any show with Get Right on the setlist is a good show.

[Kevin Davis]

That's my favorite 2003 show, I think.

[numbers]

That show had a really good version of release IIRC.

[dimejinky99]

Magic moment...like i said, pouring down rain, full on lightning storm overhead...just as ed finishes the 'oh dear dad can you see me now..' a bolt of lightning tore across the sky...crowd went nuts, ed 'hi dad'..
Most memorable moment i've ever had at a Pj show

[Monkey_Driven]

This was the last great Pearl Jam tour.

2005 Canadian Tour disagrees.

[matt reeder]

This was the last great Pearl Jam tour.

2005 Canadian Tour disagrees.

2006 European and Australian Tour disagree.

[twoheadedboy]

Was the 2007 tour more like 2006 or 2008, Matt? I don't think I've ever heard any of those Euro shows other than an audience boot or two, though I remember being pretty underwhelmed.

In any event, with hindsight...2006 was the end of Pearl Jam being great live, '07 - Aug '09 was the beginning of their waning period, Sept '09 - 2012 was the next stage, and now we're in a different stage. Still, minus USA '95 and 1996 (which both still had great days/moments!), Pearl Jam was as good as anybody live from 1992 - 2006, 15 years in which you can argue which album or era or drummer is the best but not that they weren't consistently at the top of their game almost every night, month, and year.

[twoheadedboy]

I'm working on a Binaural/Riot Act live compilation cut entirely from the 2003 leg 1 April shows through State College.

I've been listening through some of these shows, and man, they're the tits. Just about all of them are primo PJ and really put 2013-14 PJ to shame.

Any suggestions on song performances from these two albums in that run?

Oh yeah, and I have some ideas for artwork, but I suck at actually working with images. Anyone feel like volunteering to help with the artwork? I want to do it right with this one.

Breakerfall, Parting Ways and Light Years - Nashville
Nothing As It Seems - Philly
Save You - Uniondale
All or None - Albany

I made one too which I can upload at some point if there is interest.

Definitely

Here's a link: https://mega.co.nz/#!FBh30KqR!D6AUzGNX6 ... NMDpQSItG4

Tracklist:
------------------
PEARL JAM
"Live On 2003" Legs
Live February - July 2003

Disc One:
1. Wash [Holmdel, 7/14]
2. Even Flow [Raleigh, 4/15]
3. Save You [Uniondale, 4/30]
4. Tremor Christ [Melbourne I, 2/18]
5. Low Light [Mansfield II, 7/03]
6. Love Boat Captain [Nashville, 4/18]
7. Breakerfall [Nashville, 4/18]
8. Given To Fly [Sydney III, 2/14]
9. Can't Keep [Lexington, 4/21]
10. Brain of J [Bonner Springs, 6/12]
11. I Am Mine [Melbourne III, 2/20]
12. Immortality [Lexington, 4/21]
13. You Are [East Troy, 6/21]
14. Glorified G [Lexington, 4/21]
15. Breath [Charlotte, 4/16]
16. Jools And Jim [Oklahoma City, 4/03] --> Not For You [Missoula, 5/28]
17. Corduroy [Fargo, 6/15]
18. Parting Ways [Nashville, 4/18]

Disc Two:
1. Jeremy [Lexington, 4/21]
2. Deep [Champaign, 4/23]
3. Blood [Oklahoma City, 4/03]
4. encore break 1 [Mansfield I, 7/02]
5. Thumbing My Way [Mansfield I, 7/02]
6. Drifting [Oklahoma City, 4/03]
7. All Or None [Albany, 4/29]
8. Spin the Black Circle [Washington, 7/01]
9. Do the Evolution [Charlotte, 4/16]
10. Know Your Rights [Uniondale, 4/30]
11. Porch [Fargo, 6/15]
13. encore break 2 [Melbourne II, 2/19]
14. Throw Your Arms Around Me [Melbourne II, 2/19]
15. Chloe Dancer / Crown Of Thorns [Atlanta, 4/19]
16. Black [Mexico City II, 7/18]
17. Alive [Champaign, 4/23]
18. Baba O'Riley [Champaign, 4/23]

Disc 3: Japan
1. Oceans [Osaka, 3/04]
2. Can't Keep [Tokyo, 3/03]
3. Ghost [Osaka, 3/04]
4. Even Flow [Osaka, 3/04]
5. Corduroy [Yokohama, 3/01]
6. I Am Mine [Yokohama, 3/01]
7. Rival [Yokohama, 3/01]
8. Nothingman [Osaka, 3/04]
9. Leatherman [Osaka, 3/04]
10. Better Man [Osaka, 3/04]
11. Half-Full [Sendai, 2/28]
12. Footsteps [Nagoya, 3/06]
13. Porch [Osaka, 3/04]
14. Save You [Osaka, 3/04]
15. Smile [Osaka, 3/04]
16. Yellow Ledbetter [Tokyo, 3/03]
17. Alive [Tokyo, 3/03]

Notes: This mix, which is based on a mix I made for traveling back in 2003, is an attempt at highlighting both how amazing the 2003 tour was but also how great some of the less-talked about shows are. Indeed, with 24 shows represented, there's a lot to choose from. I never had the opportunity (or the desire) to listen to every show from this tour, but I've listened to at least 50 and these performances are the best of the best. You might be able to think of another version as good as one here, but you won't find one that is better for pretty much any of these songs. Enjoy. I spent a lot of time making this and I love the final product. Japan needed its own disc because those shows were so different from the rest of the tour. About 5 of these songs were incorporated into the original mix but they stood out like a sore thumb, so I decided to give the Japan shows their own disc. Enjoy!

matt
April 2013
--------------
Enjoy!

What, no Cropduster?

[Wendy Carlos's Twin]

No Sydney "Cropduster" = massive fail

[matt reeder]

No Sydney "Cropduster" = massive fail

One of my least favorite PJ songs. It is what is is. When you make a mix you put on what you like. I don't like "Cropduster".

[vedder316]

How do the Mansfield boots sound? I've listened to probably 10-15 shows on this tour but never the Mansfield shows.

[matt reeder]

How do the Mansfield boots sound? I've listened to probably 10-15 shows on this tour but never the Mansfield shows.

Night 1 = Excellent
Night 2 = Good
Night 3 = At times incredible, at times good, at times shit

[Monkey_Driven]

How do the Mansfield boots sound? I've listened to probably 10-15 shows on this tour but never the Mansfield shows.

Night 1 = Excellent
Night 2 = Good
Night 3 = At times incredible, at times good, at times shit