Whenever I listen to PJ's Unplugged performance...

[Biff Pocoroba]

Taped 25 years ago today.

[Anders]

That is incredible. 25 years.

[Bammer]

never stop posting mikejasond

[TremorJam]

25 years ago this weekend, this performance hooked me on PJ. There was something incredibly inspiring and REAL about it. Listening to it now doesn't evoke the same feelings, but I will always cite this show as why I love PJ and specifically, Live PJ..

[evenslow]

It is perhaps PJ's most effective gateway drug.

[PHATJ]

It is perhaps PJ's most effective gateway drug.

I'm sure we just had this conversation in another thread...

[VinylGuy]

I just love the unplugged.

[evenslow]

It is perhaps PJ's most effective gateway drug.

I'm sure we just had this conversation in another thread...

yeah i thought this when i posted but fuck it my posts are gold even in repeat mode.

[WtOB?]

There are few bands less suited to an acoustic performance than 1992 Pearl Jam. Arguably the most unduly praised performance of the band's career.

absolutely. it's also a great example of the lack of versatility dave a had. he changed nothing about the way he plays those songs to suit the acoustic setting.

[Birds in Hell]

Unplugged is about the last thing I'd play for someone if I were trying to convince them that Pearl Jam are (or at least were) a good band.

[Anders]

I always thought this was a really strong performance. Live At Benaroya Hall is even better, proving that the band works really well in an accoustic setting.

[Birds in Hell]

There are few bands less suited to an acoustic performance than 1992 Pearl Jam. Arguably the most unduly praised performance of the band's career.

absolutely. it's also a great example of the lack of versatility dave a had. he changed nothing about the way he plays those songs to suit the acoustic setting.

Counterpoint: the band's 1992 Bridge School Beneift performance is a much better Abbruzzese-era acoustic show than Unplugged with a great one-off rearrangement of Jeremy (kind of a precursor to "New Jeremy" with Jack a few years later) and the first performance of Daughter:




Nothing wrong with Dave's playing here at all.

[darth_vedder]

I wonder why they never officially released this on CD. I think they did a dvd or something with the Ten Redux, but I always figured there would be a proper release. I guess I was wrong. Maybe it will be a "vault" show release one day?