Red Mosquito

Light Years is really well received and they play it well. I like it more live than on the record. I'm surprised it doesn't get more love. And it doesn't seem hard to sing in terms of range.

stip wrote:Light Years is really well received and they play it well. I like it more live than on the record. I'm surprised it doesn't get more love. And it doesn't seem hard to sing in terms of range.

hopefully they bust it out in Australia

Insignificance got scratched before I think they'll play it. SoH too

mikejasond wrote:I have now been to ten Pearl Jam shows (one was a short Global Citizen Festival set though), and in that time I have only seen ONE performance of a Binaural song (Sleight of Hand at my very first show in Brooklyn 2013). Im kind of surprised I've never heard any of the others. It's by far my least heard album (I've even heard five performances of riot act songs - 4 different songs and 1 twice). It's weird since you'd think some of the songs are good live

I've seen the band five times, but four times post-Binaural.

I've seen three songs from the album (Gods' Dice, NAIS and Thin Air) but they were all in the two shows I saw in 2006.

Sorry to veer off-topic but this sent me down a rabbit hole of wondering what the least-played Pearl Jam original song I've seen was (No Way) and the least-played song I've seen more than once (Red Mosquito).

I'm running 3/5 for both Once and Blood, which seems statistically unusual for someone who didn't see the band play before 1998 - and I've only seen Black and RVM once.

stip wrote:Light Years is really well received and they play it well. I like it more live than on the record. I'm surprised it doesn't get more love. And it doesn't seem hard to sing in terms of range.

It’s my White Whale…

One time I saw every single song from Binaural, all in one show!

Rival is a top 2 or 3 Binaural track for me, but I don’t mind that it isn’t played, as they’ve never really captured it fully live. It needs that double tracked Ed vocal.

spike wrote:Rival is a top 2 or 3 Binaural track for me, but I don’t mind that it isn’t played, as they’ve never really captured it fully live. It needs that double tracked Ed vocal.

Ed and Josh, baby. Ed and Josh.

wease wrote:

spike wrote:Rival is a top 2 or 3 Binaural track for me, but I don’t mind that it isn’t played, as they’ve never really captured it fully live. It needs that double tracked Ed vocal.

Ed and Josh, baby. Ed and Josh.

I'd expect that pairing to produce an awfully pedestrian rendition.

spike wrote:Rival is a top 2 or 3 Binaural track for me, but I don’t mind that it isn’t played, as they’ve never really captured it fully live. It needs that double tracked Ed vocal.

One of the katowice 2000 shows might be the only one I am familiar with, but I always thought it was good

spike wrote:Rival is a top 2 or 3 Binaural track for me, but I don’t mind that it isn’t played, as they’ve never really captured it fully live. It needs that double tracked Ed vocal.

And here I thought it was Stone backing him.

Rival is so good, it's my "underrated gem" from the album. I wouldn't expect it in regular rotation though, along with about 1/2 the rest of the album. I don't know why Insignificance, Light Years, NAIS, and Parting Ways aren't played more often though. Those 4 particularly I think would work well with most of their recent set lists.

yeah, Nais and Insignificance should be played almost every night. Then add Parting Ways, Breakerfall and Light Years depending on the night. Rival, Sleight Of Hand and Thin Air can appear here and there.

I wouldn't be mad if they play Parting Ways and Insignificance more. Thin Air too.

I've been listening to some Binaural era shows lately.

Just some randos: Boise, Kansas City, Philly 2.

i have heard only a handful of good insignificance performances. NAIS, Light Years, Thin Air, Parting Ways, Rival, and Grievance I wouldnt mind appearing more often

I've randomly hear God's Dice at 3-4 shows. Never Light Years, Parting Ways, NAIS, or Rival though.

If I don't count Fatal as official Binaural, the last song I heard live from the album was SoH in 2016. They certainly don't songs from it enough in my opinion. Or from ST.

Kalevi wrote:

spike wrote:Rival is a top 2 or 3 Binaural track for me, but I don’t mind that it isn’t played, as they’ve never really captured it fully live. It needs that double tracked Ed vocal.

One of the katowice 2000 shows might be the only one I am familiar with, but I always thought it was good

The first time I ever heard a full PJ live show was one of those 2000 Katowice shows. It greatly increased my fandom.

I go back even further - 5/21/10 they played Grievance. Saw them 6 times since then with no Binaural songs.