2016-08-22: Chicago, Illinois

[Simple Torture]

This version of Crazy Mary wasn't anywhere online, so I fixed that. There's a lyrical flub, but it doesn't ruin the mood of this tune:

[Norah]

nice decription

[Strat]

nice decription

[Simple Torture]

I think it's Stone's guitar that makes that so much better. He used something similar for Black on the same tour, and it's sooooo much better than what he does now.

[Norah]

The 2000 tour was perfect.

[Strat]

I think it's Stone's guitar that makes that so much better. He used something similar for Black on the same tour, and it's sooooo much better than what he does now.

I believe he was using Savage amps on that tour. Think its just his les paul through a savage. Nice little meaty humbucker pushed clean tone

[Strat]

I want to go home and drink a bottle of whiskey and listen to Chicago 00

[Simple Torture]

Someone else had this uploaded, so I get to skip that step:

[Strat]

The best part about those days, toher than how great they sounded, were the following:

Nobody expected to be front row
Nobody expected to get a swig of eddies wine. You can hear the crowd start yelling near the end of the above CM version. It was a fun exciting surprise. Now during Crazy mary everyone rushes as hard and fast as they can to the front so they can snap a picture or get eddies wine bottle.
How fucking great they sounded

[spike]

Who were the two dudes on stage playing guitar during RITFW?

[Norah]

Stone and Mike?

[Strat]

Who were the two dudes on stage playing guitar during RITFW?

Spoiler: show

[Strat]

Someone else had this uploaded, so I get to skip that step:

G dangit that solo

[Bammer]

The 2000 tour was perfect.

Due, mostly, to the drumset.

[spike]

Stone and Mike?

You are a true asset to this online community.

[spike]

Who were the two dudes on stage playing guitar during RITFW?

Spoiler: show

chud beat you to it, buddy. image search a little faster next time.

[Strat]

Who were the two dudes on stage playing guitar during RITFW?

Spoiler: show

chud beat you to it, buddy. image search a little faster next time.

The point of my post was the awesome Fan art

[matt reeder]

Oh pearl jam

They really seem to be teetering on the verge of still amazing and casino circuit style band.

Its really fascinating. The shows are so wonderful but the fact they ignore everything great about them is mind blowing. But what happens is every once in awhile they will throw in a song like sleight of hand (or any of your other non hit favorites) and totally nail it. This is the stuff that keeps me coming back. Or they will deliver a hit classic that reminds you why you are there in the first place. On the flipside, they will butcher songs, play only songs fro mtheir first 3 records and the worst from their most recent, and a bunch of covers they do ALL the time.

kind of maddening, really. Then add in some jamily trouble and there you have it.

This was my experience during the show I saw in 2013. But there was more than enough amazing (All Those Yesterdays, Deep, smoking versions of some early songs) to compensate for the casino stuff (Mother, endless version of Better Man). The strange thing was that Ed started ranting about why we should still hate Dick Cheney, and I had a pretty lucid flashback to 2003, and I got super nostalgic about it even though it was followed by a terrible version of "Life Wasted". One of the problems this band has today is that they aren't angry enough. Their whole shtick now is that they survived the 90s, and now they're...still alive. And ready to party.

OTE sucks

As usual, you're wrong.

The best part about those days, toher than how great they sounded, were the following:

Nobody expected to be front row
Nobody expected to get a swig of eddies wine. You can hear the crowd start yelling near the end of the above CM version. It was a fun exciting surprise. Now during Crazy mary everyone rushes as hard and fast as they can to the front so they can snap a picture or get eddies wine bottle.
How fucking great they sounded

Would we appreciate this if this were still the case? The band spoiled their fans during those days, but they themselves were at perhaps the lowest point of their professional lives (at least, post success). We look back with fondness on the 2000 and 2003 tours but the band doesn't really seem to look at that era in the same way.

And frankly, as much as I love the 2000 tour, I love it for its singular nature, much as I love the 1994 and 1995 tours. They are a singular moment in the band's history that sound amazing because of the passion with which they were playing. They've always played with passion, as they do now - but those tours had a little something extra.

If you're expecting them to get up and play like they did in 2000, you're bound to be let down. But they can still bring it better than any arena-touring band out there, and they do a good job of mixing up things that we want to hear with things that a casual fan will enjoy. They still sound great, and even though Ed has become the weak link, he's still capable of sounding great when he needs to.

The key to enjoying shows like this is to divorce yourself from your memories and expectations and just enjoy the show for what it is.

[Strat]

Oh pearl jam

The key to enjoying shows like this is to divorce yourself from your memories and expectations and just enjoy the show for what it is.

Absolutely and i had an exceptionally amazing time at the last 5 shows ive been too. They are amazing, just different.

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now