From Pearljam.com - the top 60 live songs

1. Even Flow - 839 (have they ever not played it?)
2. Alive - 778
3. Porch - 611
4. Black - 580
5. Corduroy - 565
6. Jeremy - 545
7. Betterman -529
8. Do the Evolution - 517
9. Daughter - 506

10. Small Town -490
11. Given to Fly - 472
12. RVM -455
13. Who GO -441

14. Animal - 397
15. Solat- 381
16. Yellow Ledbetter -366
17. Once - 340
18. RITFW - 337
19. Go - 333

20. Wishlist - 267
21. Hail Hail -242
22. Lukin - 239
23. Not For You -220
24. Last Exit - 220
25. Deep -201

26. Dissident - 193
27. Blood - 186
28. Save You - 179
29. Immortality - 176
30. STBC - 174
31. Insignificance - 171
32. Whipping -169
33. Indifference - 167
34. Crazy Mary - 166
35. Release -164
36. Bab O'Riley -163
37. MFC -159
38. Garden -149
39. Unthought Known - 147
40. Last Kiss - 144
40. Grievance - 144
42. I Got Id - 143
43. I Am Mine - 142
44. Present Tense -138
45. Nothingman - 137
45. Severed Hand -137
47. Just Breathe -136
48. Glorified G - 129
49. Leash -128
49. Off he Goes - 128
49. Brian of J -128
52. World Wide Suicide -115
53. Footsteps -114
54. Mind Your Manners -112
55. Life Wasted -109
55. Got Some - 109
57. Sometimes - 104
58. Comatose - 102
59. WMA - 102



And in the 90 -100 range
60. NAIS -99
61. Long Road - 98
61. Habit - 98
61. Faithful -98
61. LBC -98
65. Light Years -95
65. Down - 95
65. The Fixer -95
65. Lightning Bolt -95
69. Oceans - 93
69. In My Tree - 93
69. Wash - 93
72. In Hiding -92

Ten (10): Even Flow, Alive, Porch, Black, Jeremy, Why Go, Once, Deep, Release, Garden
Vs (11): Daughter, Small Town, RVM, Animal, Go, Dissident, Blood, Indifference, Glorified G, Leash. WMA
Vitalogy (8): Corduroy, Betterman, NFY, Last Exit, Immortality, STBC, Whipping, Nothingman
No Code (5): Hail Hail, Lukin, Present Tense, Off He Goes, Sometimes
Yield (5): Do the Evolution, Given to Fly, Wishlist, MFC, Brain of J
Binaural (2): Insignificance, Grievance
Riot Act (2): Save You, I Am Mine
S/T (4): Severed Hand, WWS, Life Wasted, Comatose
Backspacer (3): Unthought Known, Just Breathe, Got Some
Lightning Bolt (1): Mind Your Manners
Non-Album (4): SOLAT, Yellow Ledebtter, I Got Id, Footsteps
Covers (4): RITFW, Crazy mary, Baba o’Riely, Last Kiss

I actually would not have guessed that some of the ST on songs were played as much as they were. Also kind of shocking Oceans hasn't made an appearance 100 times. I would have guessed Release was rarer.

And given how often everything else on Vitalogy is played I don't know why Tremor Christ and Satan's Bed don't show up more. It's not like either seems particularly hard to sing or play.

<- doesn't feel like prepping a class

Some non-album big hitters.

Wash 93
Down 95
Long Road 98
Footsteps 114
I Got Shit 143
Last Kiss 144
Yellow Ledbetter 366
SOLAT 381

I would have expected this thread to have been created BEFORE your No Code appearance on the SOLAT pod, Stip.

that's what I did it for, but the time has come to share it here

Interesting to see Deep there, im sure it was overplayed in the early years.

Also interesting than LB had only one song, their single and BS has three and The Fixer is not one of them.

Fixer and Lightning Bolt are both just under 100.

Honestly I'm surprised those albums are as well represented as they are. How many mega tours were there other than the two tours promoting each of those albums?

yeah, i understand.

Still is weird how i perceive some songs...for example LBC is a rarity these days, and Lightning Bolt felt like something you were going to get because thats the song they played from that album.

Kind of surprised to see Backspacer having more representation here than Binaural.

I thought the stuff you mentioned about the band not love No Code as an album was interesting (especially in the context of songs played live). Given this research, would you say the same about any of their other albums -- that the band doesn't like the album?

Binaural seems to be the one they dont quite like. Stone at least. And im not sure how they feel about LB.

I feel like I remember Stone saying he didn't like Vitalogy much. Is that true? Not sure why I have that in my head. But yeah it seems they each have one they don't care for as much. I'd love to hear their unfiltered thoughts on the BS and LB, specifically.

Mike said that at the time, he wasnt sure about Vitalogy. Havent heard Stone saying something bad about that album but he said that Binaural is the black sheep of all of them.

I think the band loves Backspacer and i guess they have some mixed feeling about LB with time.

Hopefully NaiS gets to 100 tonight

I should probably have included the caveat that maybe it's not an album they think translates live. I think the same could be true of Binaural, as VG points out. And in fairness, there are 2 No Code songs and 2 Yield songs, and 2 Binaural songs in the 90s. But Vitalogy, just one album removed from No Code, has 8 of its 10 songs in the 100 range. No Code would just have 7 of 13, and Yield 7 of 12 (not counting red dot). So clearly some albums just don't enjoy the broad representation that the first 3 do. Riot Act is at 3 of 14 if you go 90+ (not counting Arc). For S/T to be ahead of Binaural and Riot Act (missing two majors tours), For Backspacer to be tied with Binaural (missing 3 major tours), and even for Lightning Bolt to not be far off (missing 4) is interesting.


Having said that Backspacer songs other than the really popular ones, really do not have very much representation in the sets. 4 90 plus songs and then a huge drop off. Amongst the Waves is at 50, The end is at 30, and nothing else is 20+. While they all had extra tours, you don't see that stark a contrast with the Binaural, Riot Act, and S/T runs). Interestingly the Lightning Bolt songs after the big two average a lot more play than the songs from Backspacer.

yeah, thats also true...how representative is the number of songs they actually do live. Backspacer has what...4 songs maybe? while they seem to get alone fine with more stuff from Binaural or ST, even if they dont play them more often.

Im going trough their 2000 tour and its also cool to hear how different they approach to their material change from tour to tour...for example, that tour is not a particularly good one for all the muscular songs from Ten or Vs, and its great for the Binaural material.

I am pretty happy with how well Gigaton has translated live so far. But Gigaton was crafted to stay within ranges that Eddie is pretty comfortable with these days so that should help keep a more varied rotation

Oh yeah, they nailed these songs live. They also feel super conected with the material, and they seem..more important? not sure how to put it into words but i feel in all the Gigaton songs there is a way more complex idea or feeling than in most of LB.