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Guess which songs Pearl Jam will never play well again

Posted: Thu September 03, 2026 2:24 pm
by Norah
Guess.

Re: Guess which songs Pearl Jam will never play well again

Posted: Thu September 03, 2026 2:29 pm
by tree_
Once
Even Flow
Alive
Why Go
Black
Jeremy
Oceans
Porch
Garden
Deep
Release

Go
Animal
Daughter
Glorified G
Dissident
W.M.A.
Blood
Rearviewmirror
Rats
Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town
Leash
Indifference

Last Exit
Spin the Black Circle
Not for You
Tremor Christ
Nothingman
Whipping
Pry, To
Corduroy
Bugs
Satan's Bed
Better Man
Aye Davanita
Immortality
Hey Foxymophandlemama, That's Me

Sometimes
Hail, Hail
Who You Are
In My Tree
Smile
Off He Goes
Habit
Red Mosquito
Lukin
Present Tense
Mankind
I'm Open
Around the Bend

Brain of J.
Faithfull
No Way
Given to Fly
Wishlist
Pilate
Do the Evolution
Red Dot
MFC
Low Light
In Hiding
Push Me, Pull Me
All Those Yesterdays

Breakerfall
Gods' Dice
Evacuation
Light Years
Nothing as It Seems
Thin Air
Insignificance
Of the Girl
Grievance
Rival
Sleight of Hand
Soon Forget
Parting Ways

Can't Keep
Save You
Love Boat Captain
Cropduster
Ghost
Green Disease
Help Help
Bu$hleaguer
1/2 Full
Arc
All or None

Life Wasted
World Wide Suicide
Comatose
Severed Hand
Marker in the Sand
Parachutes
Unemployable
Big Wave
Gone
Wasted Reprise
Army Reserve
Come Back
Inside Job

Gonna See My Friend
Got Some
The Fixer
Johnny Guitar
Just Breathe
Amongst the Waves
Unthought Known
Supersonic
Speed of Sound
Force of Nature
The End

Getaway
Mind Your Manners
My Father's Son
Sirens
Lightning Bolt
Infallible
Pendulum
Swallowed Whole
Let the Records Play
Sleeping by Myself
Yellow Moon
Future Days

Who Ever Said
Superblood Wolfmoon
Dance of the Clairvoyants
Quick Escape
Alright
Seven O'Clock
Never Destination
Take the Long Way
Buckle Up
Comes Then Goes
Retrograde
River Cross

Scared of Fear
React, Respond
Wreckage
Dark Matter
Won't Tell
Upper Hand
Waiting for Stevie
Running
Something Special
Got to Give
Setting Sun

State of Love and Trust
Breath
Yellow Ledbetter
Alone
Dirty Frank
Footsteps
Wash
Brother
Just a Girl
Hold On
Angel
Hard to Imagine
I Got Id
Long Road
Dead Man
All Night
Don't Gimme No Lip
Down
Education
Fatal
Hitchhiker
In the Moonlight
Leavin' Here
Other Side
Sad
Strangest Tribe
Drifting
Let Me Sleep
Undone
You
Black, Red, Yellow
U
Bee Girl
Whale Song
Sweet Lew
Gremmie Out of Control
Santa Cruz
Santa God
Get It Back
Of the Earth
Olé
Can't Deny Me
Out of Sand
Happy When I'm Crying
Olympic Platinum
Last Soldier
2,000 Mile Blues
Acoustic #1
Picture
Ramblings 91
Ramblings 92
Ramblings 93
Stupid Mop
Future Days (live)
Present Tense (Redux)

Re: Guess which songs Pearl Jam will never play well again

Posted: Thu September 03, 2026 2:43 pm
by Norah
that's a good guess

Re: Guess which songs Pearl Jam will never play well again

Posted: Thu September 03, 2026 11:45 pm
by Matters
A lot of good guesses but come on now, has there ever been a bad performance of Animal?

Re: Guess which songs Pearl Jam will never play well again

Posted: Fri September 04, 2026 1:25 am
by Birds in Hell
Matters wrote: Thu September 03, 2026 11:45 pm A lot of good guesses but come on now, has there ever been a bad performance of Animal?
In recent years?

Almost all of them.

I don’t think it was ever a song that was comfortably in Matt’s wheelhouse.

Re: Guess which songs Pearl Jam will never play well again

Posted: Fri September 04, 2026 2:19 am
by Johnny Turner
Animal performances from 2000's Tour were the best they ever played (even better than with Dave Ab)

Re: Guess which songs Pearl Jam will never play well again

Posted: Fri September 04, 2026 2:23 am
by Johnny Turner
But from 2007 on, Eddie can't sing it that well so yeah - Animal is a good guess
Go, Blood, Rats, Brain of J, Spin the Black Circle, Habit .. any song that requires some vocal higher pitch

Re: Guess which songs Pearl Jam will never play well again

Posted: Fri September 04, 2026 6:44 am
by Matters
SOLAT

Re: Guess which songs Pearl Jam will never play well again

Posted: Fri September 04, 2026 2:25 pm
by Clem Halibut
Blood

Re: Guess which songs Pearl Jam will never play well again

Posted: Fri September 04, 2026 2:31 pm
by Farmer John
Clem Halibut wrote: Fri September 04, 2026 2:25 pmBlood
They should give Blood the Lukin II treatment

Re: Guess which songs Pearl Jam will never play well again

Posted: Fri September 04, 2026 11:55 pm
by 96583UP
Fuck Me In the Brain shalt never reach it's zenith agane

Re: Guess which songs Pearl Jam will never play well again

Posted: Sat September 05, 2026 4:39 am
by daft twat
This thread seems a touch cynical.

Re: Guess which songs Pearl Jam will never play well again

Posted: Sat September 05, 2026 6:40 am
by Matters
daft twat wrote: Sat September 05, 2026 4:39 am This thread seems a touch cynical.
It’s a fair thought at this point and if the band proves us wrong, we’ll all be happy.

Re: Guess which songs Pearl Jam will never play well again

Posted: Sat September 05, 2026 6:54 am
by Matters
Birds in Hell wrote: Fri September 04, 2026 1:25 am
Matters wrote: Thu September 03, 2026 11:45 pm A lot of good guesses but come on now, has there ever been a bad performance of Animal?
In recent years?

Almost all of them.

I don’t think it was ever a song that was comfortably in Matt’s wheelhouse.
I’ve been combing through some Animal performances going back as far as 2000 and damn, you’re right. I guess I loved the song too much to pick up on it sooner.

Re: Guess which songs Pearl Jam will never play well again

Posted: Sat September 05, 2026 7:48 am
by Birds in Hell
Matters wrote: Sat September 05, 2026 6:54 am
Birds in Hell wrote: Fri September 04, 2026 1:25 am
Matters wrote: Thu September 03, 2026 11:45 pm A lot of good guesses but come on now, has there ever been a bad performance of Animal?
In recent years?

Almost all of them.

I don’t think it was ever a song that was comfortably in Matt’s wheelhouse.
I’ve been combing through some Animal performances going back as far as 2000 and damn, you’re right. I guess I loved the song too much to pick up on it sooner.
Animal is a disco song with heavy guitars, it needs to groove.

Re: Guess which songs Pearl Jam will never play well again

Posted: Sat September 05, 2026 11:42 am
by wease
Animal is the one pre-Jack song I preferred Jack playing on over Matt.

Re: Guess which songs Pearl Jam will never play well again

Posted: Sun September 06, 2026 2:59 am
by epilogue
daft twat wrote: Sat September 05, 2026 4:39 am This thread seems a touch cynical.
A touch?

Re: Guess which songs Pearl Jam will never play well again

Posted: Sun September 06, 2026 3:00 am
by epilogue
Matters wrote: Sat September 05, 2026 6:40 am
daft twat wrote: Sat September 05, 2026 4:39 am This thread seems a touch cynical.
It’s a fair thought at this point and if the band proves us wrong, we’ll all be happy.
Is it fair?

I have yet to hear them play a song badly in the room.

Re: Guess which songs Pearl Jam will never play well again

Posted: Sun September 06, 2026 3:55 am
by Matters
epilogue wrote: Sun September 06, 2026 3:00 am
Matters wrote: Sat September 05, 2026 6:40 am
daft twat wrote: Sat September 05, 2026 4:39 am This thread seems a touch cynical.
It’s a fair thought at this point and if the band proves us wrong, we’ll all be happy.
Is it fair?

I have yet to hear them play a song badly in the room.
I have. Sometimes SF 2 2006. Have you heard them perform a song badly in recent years compared to how they played it 25-30 years ago? Go, SOLAT? We didn’t set the bar, they did. It’s not even a criticism, just a justified observation. We’re all getting old.

Re: Guess which songs Pearl Jam will never play well again

Posted: Sun September 06, 2026 4:09 am
by Matters
It would be kinda insulting to the band to not acknowledge how great they were in their prime and how long that prime lasted but we all know that’s in the past. It doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy their performances now and I do appreciate those who defend them because they’re still pretty darn good.