Red Mosquito

The LB live outro just makes me like the album version less and less. It would have been such a better song without the fade. They give the song such an amazing outro live, why would you spoil that with a fade on the album???

TheTVtalkstome wrote:The LB live outro just makes me like the album version less and less. It would have been such a better song without the fade. They give the song such an amazing outro live, why would you spoil that with a fade on the album???

So that the live version gives you something special to look forward to. I've said it a million times but the album fade makes the live version that much better.

Just watched last night's performance. Unless I'm forgetting something obvious, that was easily their best live TV performance since Grievance on Letterman, amirite?

bluestate wrote:Just watched last night's performance. Unless I'm forgetting something obvious, that was easily their best live TV performance since Grievance on Letterman, amirite?

I thought all night was pretty great a couple of years ago, but that's the only other really good one i can think of

Whether you love it, like it or are just indifferent about it, this song really fits the band's current form like a glove. If someone asked me "what does Pearl Jam sound like in 2013?" This the first clip I'd show them.

Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:

bluestate wrote:Just watched last night's performance. Unless I'm forgetting something obvious, that was easily their best live TV performance since Grievance on Letterman, amirite?

I thought all night was pretty great a couple of years ago, but that's the only other really good one i can think of

Forgot about that and you know what, still haven't watched that yet... *youtubes immediately*

Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:

bluestate wrote:Just watched last night's performance. Unless I'm forgetting something obvious, that was easily their best live TV performance since Grievance on Letterman, amirite?

I thought all night was pretty great a couple of years ago, but that's the only other really good one i can think of

Other good ones since 2000:

Masters of War Letterman 2004?
Severed Hand SNL 2006

Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:

bluestate wrote:Just watched last night's performance. Unless I'm forgetting something obvious, that was easily their best live TV performance since Grievance on Letterman, amirite?

I thought all night was pretty great a couple of years ago, but that's the only other really good one i can think of

I think Life Wasted in '06 was pretty great. I know a lot of people don't like the song, but the performance seemed very good.

bluestate wrote:

Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:

bluestate wrote:Just watched last night's performance. Unless I'm forgetting something obvious, that was easily their best live TV performance since Grievance on Letterman, amirite?

I thought all night was pretty great a couple of years ago, but that's the only other really good one i can think of

Forgot about that and you know what, still haven't watched that yet... *youtubes immediately*

I can't find it. Where did they play it? The last one I remember was Ole on Fallon in 2011.

bluestate wrote:Just watched last night's performance. Unless I'm forgetting something obvious, that was easily their best live TV performance since Grievance on Letterman, amirite?

Balls In Your Mouth

does the vh1 tribute to the who count? b/c they owned that shit.

warehouse wrote:

bluestate wrote:Just watched last night's performance. Unless I'm forgetting something obvious, that was easily their best live TV performance since Grievance on Letterman, amirite?

Balls In Your Mouth

does the vh1 tribute to the who count? b/c they owned that shit.

Oh, right. Yeah, the VH1 performance would probably have to be the one.

stupidmop wrote:that was the best performance of that song ive seen. But my god do i hate the outro screams. On all versions.

I love those screams. I'm so glad they are there.

Life Wasted from 06 gave me chills.

warehouse wrote:

bluestate wrote:Just watched last night's performance. Unless I'm forgetting something obvious, that was easily their best live TV performance since Grievance on Letterman, amirite?

Balls In Your Mouth

does the vh1 tribute to the who count? b/c they owned that shit.

that's about as good as they get.

evenslow wrote:

warehouse wrote:

bluestate wrote:Just watched last night's performance. Unless I'm forgetting something obvious, that was easily their best live TV performance since Grievance on Letterman, amirite?

Balls In Your Mouth

does the vh1 tribute to the who count? b/c they owned that shit.

that's about as good as they get.

The VH1 tribute show was the best performance I can remember them doing. Period.

PHATJ wrote:

evenslow wrote:

warehouse wrote:

bluestate wrote:Just watched last night's performance. Unless I'm forgetting something obvious, that was easily their best live TV performance since Grievance on Letterman, amirite?

Balls In Your Mouth

does the vh1 tribute to the who count? b/c they owned that shit.

that's about as good as they get.

The VH1 tribute show was the best performance I can remember them doing. Period.

Spoiler: show

Release_Me wrote:

harmless wrote:Remembering lyrics is an inherent part of sounding good vocally, in my book. When the band is singing in English, and when the lyrics are meant to be a crucial part of the song...

Flubbing lyrics doesn't really affect how the vocals sound, but they do have a lot to do with the overall appreciation of the song. Since I know the song, I don't care if he repeats the same verses second time around as he did in Wrigley. If you hadn't heard the studio, as we hadn't then, it really didn't affect the appreciation of the song even.

One of his most iconic (maybe the most) performances was flubbed.
Black/unplugged.

digster wrote:I enjoyed that Lightning Bolt performance; I've always thought the song was ok, but it always felt slightly too polite, for lack of a better word. It was nice it get a little dirty in the live performance.

i can see that

Me too. There's no distance at all between Lightning Bolt and classic rock.

darth_vedder wrote:

--- wrote:just watched sirens and all i could think was

Not even fucking close. God, do you ever have anything good to say about this band?

---'s fondness for 2000-era PJ is legend.

I thought these performances were solid enough, just subject to the limitations inherent to Ed's current voice, which is probably just how it's going to be from here on out. Surely people can hear that he's struggling to carry the tune sometimes--he definitely was during large chunks of "Sirens." He sounded like a beast at the end of "Lightning Bolt." The band seemed pretty on during both performances.