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gerrythedon · 11-06-09, 11:43 PM

Pearl Jam Closes Philly Spectrum With Epic Set

Pearl Jam saved the best -- and rarest -- for last on Saturday night (Oct. 31) at the Wachovia Spectrum in Philadelphia, the final concert that will ever be held at the storied venue.

Playing the fourth of four shows this week at the arena, Pearl Jam let loose with a 41-song, three hour-and-35-minute performance that featured one of the strangest set lists of its career. A host of A-list guests, including Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel, had been rumored to appear, but ultimately the band did not need any extra star power to send the Spectrum off in style.

Pearl Jam emptied its proverbial vaults for the venue's finale, offering the first-ever live performances of the Tom Waits-style accordion dirge "Bugs" from 1994's "Vitalogy" and the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar tribute "Sweet Lew," sung by bassist Jeff Ament while frontman Eddie Vedder dribbled a basketball around the stage.

Also part of the set were just the third airing of the live 1994 improv "Out of My Mind," the first performance of "Pilate" from 1998's "Yield" in nine years and a rare cover of "Crown of Thorns" by the pre-Pearl Jam band Mother Love Bone. Vedder told the audience that a fan had offered a substantial charitable donation if the band would play "Out of My Mind," which was released 15 years ago as a live B-side on the "Not for You" single.

Getting into the Halloween spirit, Pearl Jam came out for the second encore dressed in full Devo costumes and proceeded to rattle off a note-perfect cover of that band's "Whip It."

But it wasn't all rarities targeted toward the uber-fan. For every obscurity, there were thundering renditions of classics such as "Corduroy," "Even Flow," "Jeremy," "Porch" and "Alive," and the capacity crowd was substantially louder than Vedder during other hits like "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town," "Black" and "Better Man."

Throughout, Vedder paid tribute the soon-to-be-demolished Spectrum and its history, at one point bringing a spry, 89-year-old stagehand on stage for a standing ovation. As the evening wound down, the house lights were turned on and confetti and balloons rained down on the audience for a cover of Neil Young's "Rockin' in the Free World." The show closed with the fan favorite "Yellow Ledbetter," which sported a "Star Spangled Banner" tag from guitarist Mike McCready.

Pearl Jam had pledged to perform as many different songs as possible during the Spectrum run, which yielded several other significant rarities earlier in the week, including performances of songs such as "Rival," "Ghost," "Mankind," "Tremor Christ," "Deep," "Habit," "Push Me, Pull Me" and the never-before-played "Ten"-era outtake "Hold On."

For Pearl Jam, the shows marked the end of a fall North American tour in support of its new album, "Backspacer." The band next heads to Australia and New Zealand for a short run, beginning Nov. 14 in Adelaide. No plans have yet been revealed for potential 2010 touring.

Here is Pearl Jam's Oct. 31 set list:

"Why Go"
"Last Exit"
"Corduroy"
"Severed Hand"
"The Fixer"
"Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town"
"You Are"
"Amongst the Waves"
"Even Flow"
"Pilate"
"Unthought Known"
"Daughter"
"Johnny Guitar"
"Rats"
"I'm Open"
"I Got Shit"
"Glorified G"
"Out Of My Mind"
"Black"
"Insignificance"
"Life Wasted"

Encore 1:
"Just Breathe" (w/ string quartet)
"The End" (w/ string quartet)
"Low Light"
"Speed of Sound"
"Jeremy" (w/ string quartet)
"Inside Job"
"Bugs (w/ string quartet)
"Spin the Black Circle"
"Porch"

Encore 2"
"Whip It"
"Got Some"
"Crown of Thorns"
"Satan's Bed"
"Sweet Lew"
"Do the Evolution"
"Better Man"
"Smile"
"Alive"
"Rockin in the Free World"
"Yellow Ledbetter"

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Rival11 · 11-07-09, 02:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fernsita

Love this album more and more each time I listen to it!!

I hear ya, I've been listening this album, and only this album since it's been released.

Rival11 · 11-07-09, 02:23 PM

[spoiler]

Quote:

Originally Posted by gerrythedon

Pearl Jam Closes Philly Spectrum With Epic Set

Pearl Jam saved the best -- and rarest -- for last on Saturday night (Oct. 31) at the Wachovia Spectrum in Philadelphia, the final concert that will ever be held at the storied venue.

Playing the fourth of four shows this week at the arena, Pearl Jam let loose with a 41-song, three hour-and-35-minute performance that featured one of the strangest set lists of its career. A host of A-list guests, including Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel, had been rumored to appear, but ultimately the band did not need any extra star power to send the Spectrum off in style.

Pearl Jam emptied its proverbial vaults for the venue's finale, offering the first-ever live performances of the Tom Waits-style accordion dirge "Bugs" from 1994's "Vitalogy" and the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar tribute "Sweet Lew," sung by bassist Jeff Ament while frontman Eddie Vedder dribbled a basketball around the stage.

Also part of the set were just the third airing of the live 1994 improv "Out of My Mind," the first performance of "Pilate" from 1998's "Yield" in nine years and a rare cover of "Crown of Thorns" by the pre-Pearl Jam band Mother Love Bone. Vedder told the audience that a fan had offered a substantial charitable donation if the band would play "Out of My Mind," which was released 15 years ago as a live B-side on the "Not for You" single.

Getting into the Halloween spirit, Pearl Jam came out for the second encore dressed in full Devo costumes and proceeded to rattle off a note-perfect cover of that band's "Whip It."

But it wasn't all rarities targeted toward the uber-fan. For every obscurity, there were thundering renditions of classics such as "Corduroy," "Even Flow," "Jeremy," "Porch" and "Alive," and the capacity crowd was substantially louder than Vedder during other hits like "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town," "Black" and "Better Man."

Throughout, Vedder paid tribute the soon-to-be-demolished Spectrum and its history, at one point bringing a spry, 89-year-old stagehand on stage for a standing ovation. As the evening wound down, the house lights were turned on and confetti and balloons rained down on the audience for a cover of Neil Young's "Rockin' in the Free World." The show closed with the fan favorite "Yellow Ledbetter," which sported a "Star Spangled Banner" tag from guitarist Mike McCready.

Pearl Jam had pledged to perform as many different songs as possible during the Spectrum run, which yielded several other significant rarities earlier in the week, including performances of songs such as "Rival," "Ghost," "Mankind," "Tremor Christ," "Deep," "Habit," "Push Me, Pull Me" and the never-before-played "Ten"-era outtake "Hold On."

For Pearl Jam, the shows marked the end of a fall North American tour in support of its new album, "Backspacer." The band next heads to Australia and New Zealand for a short run, beginning Nov. 14 in Adelaide. No plans have yet been revealed for potential 2010 touring.

Here is Pearl Jam's Oct. 31 set list:

"Why Go"
"Last Exit"
"Corduroy"
"Severed Hand"
"The Fixer"
"Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town"
"You Are"
"Amongst the Waves"
"Even Flow"
"Pilate"
"Unthought Known"
"Daughter"
"Johnny Guitar"
"Rats"
"I'm Open"
"I Got Shit"
"Glorified G"
"Out Of My Mind"
"Black"
"Insignificance"
"Life Wasted"

Encore 1:
"Just Breathe" (w/ string quartet)
"The End" (w/ string quartet)
"Low Light"
"Speed of Sound"
"Jeremy" (w/ string quartet)
"Inside Job"
"Bugs (w/ string quartet)
"Spin the Black Circle"
"Porch"

Encore 2"
"Whip It"
"Got Some"
"Crown of Thorns"
"Satan's Bed"
"Sweet Lew"
"Do the Evolution"
"Better Man"
"Smile"
"Alive"
"Rockin in the Free World"
"Yellow Ledbetter"

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Whoa, that's one weird ass set list - very cool.

emanon · 11-07-09, 08:38 PM

Revisited the Salt Lake City boot this afternoon...highly recommend that show!

WMAangel · 11-08-09, 12:52 AM

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Originally Posted by emanon

Revisited the Salt Lake City boot this afternoon...highly recommend that show!

Which year? They've played there multiple times, we need you to be more specific!

emanon · 11-08-09, 08:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WMAangel

Which year? They've played there multiple times, we need you to be more specific!

Sorry - I meant the most recent show - 9/28/09.

emanon · 11-12-09, 07:59 AM

I didn't receive an email about it (imagine that!) but it seems there's a big merch sale on the official site - 20-50% off a bunch of stuff. Use code "NEED IT"

Currently only for 10Club members, but open to all on the 16th or something.

WMAangel · 11-12-09, 01:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by emanon

I didn't receive an email about it (imagine that!) but it seems there's a big merch sale on the official site - 20-50% off a bunch of stuff. Use code "NEED IT"

Currently only for 10Club members, but open to all on the 16th or something.

Yep, looks like they're trying to clean stuff out for the holidays (and maybe so they can introduce new merch too).....
I picked up two shirts, two books, a tote bag, and four stickers for under 38 bucks!

dogmatica · 11-12-09, 01:51 PM

I picked up that Ames Bros. book for $25 (it's been $50 for way too long) and a few odds and ends, including a few extra copies of my favorite t-shirt of all time, Green Disease:

emanon · 11-12-09, 01:57 PM

Ames book is pretty cool, but I'm glad I didn't spend $50 on it. Got mine for nuthin' in the Flight To Mars '08 meet & greet goodie bag.

Picked up a couple of hoodies and couple of shirts. Dropped $90. Damn you, 10C!!!

Rival11 · 11-15-09, 11:33 PM

decided to finally head out and pick up the Ten Redux discs.......I never knew there were 3 versions of Even Flow:

Original and the 2 Brendan O'Brien remixes (You can listen to one on the new Ten release and the other on their greatest hits CD) really wish they just would have stayed with the one found on the greatest hits CD - I love that version as you can hear the guitar work as it was meant to be.

WMAangel · 11-16-09, 12:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rival11

decided to finally head out and pick up the Ten Redux discs.......I never knew there were 3 versions of Even Flow:

Original and the 2 Brendan O'Brien remixes (You can listen to one on the new Ten release and the other on their greatest hits CD) really wish they just would have stayed with the one found on the greatest hits CD - I love that version as you can hear the guitar work as it was meant to be.

The version on the "Rearviewmirror" greatest hits CD (which is the same one used for the Even Flow video) is not a remix, but a full blown re-recording of the song with Dave Abbruzzese on drums, done in January of 1992, long after Ten was already released....

Rival11 · 11-16-09, 11:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WMAangel

The version on the "Rearviewmirror" greatest hits CD (which is the same one used for the Even Flow video) is not a remix, but a full blown re-recording of the song with Dave Abbruzzese on drums, done in January of 1992, long after Ten was already released....

Guess you learn something new everyday - I did not know that - cool.

gerrythedon · 11-21-09, 02:23 AM

Damn same here, did not know that.

11-06-09, 11:43 PM	#126
gerrythedon DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Inglewood, Ca. Posts: 2,754	Re: PEARL JAM's new album - Backspacer - to be produced by Brendan O'Brien Pearl Jam Closes Philly Spectrum With Epic Set Pearl Jam saved the best -- and rarest -- for last on Saturday night (Oct. 31) at the Wachovia Spectrum in Philadelphia, the final concert that will ever be held at the storied venue. Playing the fourth of four shows this week at the arena, Pearl Jam let loose with a 41-song, three hour-and-35-minute performance that featured one of the strangest set lists of its career. A host of A-list guests, including Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel, had been rumored to appear, but ultimately the band did not need any extra star power to send the Spectrum off in style. Pearl Jam emptied its proverbial vaults for the venue's finale, offering the first-ever live performances of the Tom Waits-style accordion dirge "Bugs" from 1994's "Vitalogy" and the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar tribute "Sweet Lew," sung by bassist Jeff Ament while frontman Eddie Vedder dribbled a basketball around the stage. Also part of the set were just the third airing of the live 1994 improv "Out of My Mind," the first performance of "Pilate" from 1998's "Yield" in nine years and a rare cover of "Crown of Thorns" by the pre-Pearl Jam band Mother Love Bone. Vedder told the audience that a fan had offered a substantial charitable donation if the band would play "Out of My Mind," which was released 15 years ago as a live B-side on the "Not for You" single. Getting into the Halloween spirit, Pearl Jam came out for the second encore dressed in full Devo costumes and proceeded to rattle off a note-perfect cover of that band's "Whip It." But it wasn't all rarities targeted toward the uber-fan. For every obscurity, there were thundering renditions of classics such as "Corduroy," "Even Flow," "Jeremy," "Porch" and "Alive," and the capacity crowd was substantially louder than Vedder during other hits like "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town," "Black" and "Better Man." Throughout, Vedder paid tribute the soon-to-be-demolished Spectrum and its history, at one point bringing a spry, 89-year-old stagehand on stage for a standing ovation. As the evening wound down, the house lights were turned on and confetti and balloons rained down on the audience for a cover of Neil Young's "Rockin' in the Free World." The show closed with the fan favorite "Yellow Ledbetter," which sported a "Star Spangled Banner" tag from guitarist Mike McCready. Pearl Jam had pledged to perform as many different songs as possible during the Spectrum run, which yielded several other significant rarities earlier in the week, including performances of songs such as "Rival," "Ghost," "Mankind," "Tremor Christ," "Deep," "Habit," "Push Me, Pull Me" and the never-before-played "Ten"-era outtake "Hold On." For Pearl Jam, the shows marked the end of a fall North American tour in support of its new album, "Backspacer." The band next heads to Australia and New Zealand for a short run, beginning Nov. 14 in Adelaide. No plans have yet been revealed for potential 2010 touring. Here is Pearl Jam's Oct. 31 set list: "Why Go" "Last Exit" "Corduroy" "Severed Hand" "The Fixer" "Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town" "You Are" "Amongst the Waves" "Even Flow" "Pilate" "Unthought Known" "Daughter" "Johnny Guitar" "Rats" "I'm Open" "I Got Shit" "Glorified G" "Out Of My Mind" "Black" "Insignificance" "Life Wasted" Encore 1: "Just Breathe" (w/ string quartet) "The End" (w/ string quartet) "Low Light" "Speed of Sound" "Jeremy" (w/ string quartet) "Inside Job" "Bugs (w/ string quartet) "Spin the Black Circle" "Porch" Encore 2" "Whip It" "Got Some" "Crown of Thorns" "Satan's Bed" "Sweet Lew" "Do the Evolution" "Better Man" "Smile" "Alive" "Rockin in the Free World" "Yellow Ledbetter" BILLBOARD.com __________________ Get the fuck out of here, I just wanna get the fuck away from me. I rage, I glaze, I hurt, I hate. I hate it all, why? Why? Why me? I cannot sleep with a head like this. I wanna cry, I wanna scream. I rage, I glaze, I hurt, I hate, I wanna hate it all away.

11-07-09, 08:38 PM	#129
emanon DVD Talk Platinum Edition Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Rockford IL Posts: 3,933	Re: PEARL JAM's new album - Backspacer - to be produced by Brendan O'Brien Revisited the Salt Lake City boot this afternoon...highly recommend that show! __________________ What if the Native Americans just keep building their casinos and their highways until we have nowhere else to go? We have to stand up to them now! - Stan Marsh On the Dark Side" from DVD "Eddie and the Cruisers" 1983 with Martha Stewart from MTV - danol

11-12-09, 07:59 AM	#132
emanon DVD Talk Platinum Edition Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Rockford IL Posts: 3,933	Re: PEARL JAM's new album - Backspacer - to be produced by Brendan O'Brien I didn't receive an email about it (imagine that!) but it seems there's a big merch sale on the official site - 20-50% off a bunch of stuff. Use code "NEED IT" Currently only for 10Club members, but open to all on the 16th or something. __________________ What if the Native Americans just keep building their casinos and their highways until we have nowhere else to go? We have to stand up to them now! - Stan Marsh On the Dark Side" from DVD "Eddie and the Cruisers" 1983 with Martha Stewart from MTV - danol

11-12-09, 01:51 PM	#134
dogmatica DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Hopkins, MN Posts: 2,245	Re: PEARL JAM's new album - Backspacer - to be produced by Brendan O'Brien I picked up that Ames Bros. book for $25 (it's been $50 for way too long) and a few odds and ends, including a few extra copies of my favorite t-shirt of all time, Green Disease: __________________ 1. Giant signatures are always the best. \| 2. Always quote giant pics and entire posts. \| 3. Snark, snark, snark!

11-12-09, 01:57 PM	#135
emanon DVD Talk Platinum Edition Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Rockford IL Posts: 3,933	Re: PEARL JAM's new album - Backspacer - to be produced by Brendan O'Brien Ames book is pretty cool, but I'm glad I didn't spend $50 on it. Got mine for nuthin' in the Flight To Mars '08 meet & greet goodie bag. Picked up a couple of hoodies and couple of shirts. Dropped $90. Damn you, 10C!!! __________________ What if the Native Americans just keep building their casinos and their highways until we have nowhere else to go? We have to stand up to them now! - Stan Marsh On the Dark Side" from DVD "Eddie and the Cruisers" 1983 with Martha Stewart from MTV - danol Last edited by emanon; 11-12-09 at 01:59 PM.

11-15-09, 11:33 PM	#136
Rival11 DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 2,656	Re: PEARL JAM's new album - Backspacer - to be produced by Brendan O'Brien decided to finally head out and pick up the Ten Redux discs.......I never knew there were 3 versions of Even Flow: Original and the 2 Brendan O'Brien remixes (You can listen to one on the new Ten release and the other on their greatest hits CD) really wish they just would have stayed with the one found on the greatest hits CD - I love that version as you can hear the guitar work as it was meant to be.

11-21-09, 02:23 AM	#139
gerrythedon DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Inglewood, Ca. Posts: 2,754	Re: PEARL JAM's new album - Backspacer - to be produced by Brendan O'Brien Damn same here, did not know that. __________________ Get the fuck out of here, I just wanna get the fuck away from me. I rage, I glaze, I hurt, I hate. I hate it all, why? Why? Why me? I cannot sleep with a head like this. I wanna cry, I wanna scream. I rage, I glaze, I hurt, I hate, I wanna hate it all away.