The funniest thing is that for many years I stuck up for "Evacuation" when everybody shit on it and said it was a horrible song.

So what do I get at my Philly show? The worst-ever performance of "Evacuation".

That was enough for me.

I also listened to this and wow... just wow. If the band doesn’t care about their songs, why should you? Can o have some more suggestions for comedy gold?

The Philly run is loaded with moments like that. Just start with the first show and work your way through. The comedy never stops.

Do you think the band has ever listened to Pearl Jam before?

I'm more amazed that the fanbase can't tell a good performance from a bad one. You would think that run of Philly shows was their crowning achievement if you read about it on the pit. They are constantly being mentioned in "pick me some shows to buy" threads too. It's pretty ridiculous. That's why I will never let a moment pass to mention how shitty those shows were. Plus I was there, so the people who always say "you don't know because you weren't there" can suck my dick.

Honestly, the reason I stopped listening to the bootlegs obsessively was because I ordered the Bonnaroo 2008 show on CD and when I listened to it, I was so horrified by the performance it killed my will to go through the trouble of looking for the shows past that.

but they played the fixer every night

Has anybody thought of making a compilation of cringe-worthy performances? The worst vocal flubs and squeaks? The band playing in six different time zones? Do they rehearse anymore?

But I can't even get the motivation up to work on the Covers discs for this, so I can't see it ever happening.

I think we did have a thread for trainwreck performances a while back, and I did consider making a compilation for it.

Can we please call that compilation “Loss of Agency”?

more like "Pearl Jam: 2009-2018" amirite?!

Habit from Werchter this week must be a shoe-in for this. A new level of give-no-fucks, it turned into a Trainwreck so they just gave up half way through, you can hear Ed go "ahh fuck it, next song".

The perfect summation of modern day PJ, on one hand they raise 10 mil or whatever it was for homeless charities, but on the other they can't be fucked to even half learn their own songs.