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Post subject: Re: Which bootleg are you listening to?
Posted: Sun September 12, 2021 1:04 am
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Hatfield wrote:
You are coming up on my favorite live experience at the time: Pittsburgh. My first 30 song show. We had snuck down to row five, dead center and the guy whose seats they were didn't come until Insignificance came on. That Even Flow opener Get ready for some fun.
Post subject: Re: Which bootleg are you listening to?
Posted: Sun September 12, 2021 1:14 am
Future Drummer
Joined: Sat January 05, 2013 9:37 am Posts: 2809
liebzz wrote:
The fan favorites list that the Ten Club was using and had streamed on Sirius CM station maybe last month?
Bah. It's typical that "fan favorites" are favorites for no other reason than a show having been heavily anticapted/hyped up or memorable venue-wise. I remember lots of excitement at the time about the 3-night stand in Jones Beach and no chatter about Saratoga or Pittsburgh, but when the bootlegs came out it proved what the better shows were.
Post subject: Re: Which bootleg are you listening to?
Posted: Sun September 12, 2021 4:09 am
A Return To Form
Joined: Sun January 05, 2014 8:12 pm Posts: 177 Location: San Francisco, CA
Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:
liebzz wrote:
The fan favorites list that the Ten Club was using and had streamed on Sirius CM station maybe last month?
Bah. It's typical that "fan favorites" are favorites for no other reason than a show having been heavily anticapted/hyped up or memorable venue-wise. I remember lots of excitement at the time about the 3-night stand in Jones Beach and no chatter about Saratoga or Pittsburgh, but when the bootlegs came out it proved what the better shows were.
THANK YOU. I could go on a ten-graf wine-fueled rant about exactly this, but you pretty much nailed it. Truncated version: So much "but they played for three and half hours" (but shit the bed on a lot of those songs) or "they did a big show at a legendary baseball stadium that's available on cable on-demand" that somehow equates to greatness. Fuck that.
Check out any of the shows WCT noted or DC '98 or Portland or Toronto '00 or Bonner Springs or Mexico City I '03 or Edmonton '05 before flogging the State College/Mansfield/Joe Buck steez for the 1000th time. That Sirius XM "fan favorites" list pretty much sucks ass.
The fan favorites list that the Ten Club was using and had streamed on Sirius CM station maybe last month?
Bah. It's typical that "fan favorites" are favorites for no other reason than a show having been heavily anticapted/hyped up or memorable venue-wise. I remember lots of excitement at the time about the 3-night stand in Jones Beach and no chatter about Saratoga or Pittsburgh, but when the bootlegs came out it proved what the better shows were.
THANK YOU. I could go on a ten-graf wine-fueled rant about exactly this, but you pretty much nailed it. Truncated version: So much "but they played for three and half hours" (but shit the bed on a lot of those songs) or "they did a big show at a legendary baseball stadium that's available on cable on-demand" that somehow equates to greatness. Fuck that.
Check out any of the shows WCT noted or DC '98 or Portland or Toronto '00 or Bonner Springs or Mexico City I '03 or Edmonton '05 before flogging the State College/Mansfield/Joe Buck steez for the 1000th time. That Sirius XM "fan favorites" list pretty much sucks ass.
Its awful. A majority of the shows are post 2006 which is laughable. AND I STILL LOVE PEARL JAM LIVE!
Post subject: Re: Which bootleg are you listening to?
Posted: Sun September 12, 2021 10:35 pm
Fake NYC Setlist Relayer
Joined: Thu January 03, 2013 7:55 pm Posts: 7403
I mean, I got you there. My favorite shows, most are pre-2006 because that is when I listened to them most. I mean Mansfield belongs on the list, and I was at JB2 and Saratoga in 2000 and agree on that. Having listened to the bootlegs, I remember JB1 meh, JB2 good, JB3 great, but that’s just from memory - I liked Saratoga more than all three though JB3 was close.
Also, MSG 2 from ‘98 is everything everyone cracked it up to be.
Post subject: Re: Which bootleg are you listening to?
Posted: Mon September 13, 2021 1:01 pm
Future Drummer
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 3:07 pm Posts: 3315
Hatfield wrote:
oasisfan35 wrote:
2000-09-04 Columbia
Plagued by feedback on disc one.
You are coming up on my favorite live experience at the time: Pittsburgh. My first 30 song show. We had snuck down to row five, dead center and the guy whose seats they were didn't come until Insignificance came on. That Even Flow opener Get ready for some fun.
2000-09-05 Pittsburgh
The BRY release includes the pre-set which is perfect since the show proper gets right to it. Clearly a high energy show being the last of the leg but it's great to hear Ed mention there's no need to save his voice yet keep it all in check.
Nothing As It Seems serves as a bit of a breather yet again, well placed as the seventh track in to the main set. Performances are spot-on and the boot sounds fantastic.
Last Exit followed by rearviewmirror is always a treat but I am really looking forward to Wash.
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Post subject: Re: Which bootleg are you listening to?
Posted: Fri October 01, 2021 6:52 pm
A Return To Form
Joined: Sun January 05, 2014 8:12 pm Posts: 177 Location: San Francisco, CA
Hatfield wrote:
Simple Torture wrote:
Canada '05 gets a lot of hype, most of it deserved, but I feel like the shows don't really, really heat up until Winnipeg.
I'm not going to disagree with you there, but once they hit Kitchner, it maintained a peak all the way to Atlantic City.
For me, the western portion -- specifically, Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver -- feature the best shows of that tour. I'd put London ONT right up there, too.
Post subject: Re: Which bootleg are you listening to?
Posted: Sun October 03, 2021 12:23 pm
Banned from the Pit
Joined: Mon July 22, 2013 6:13 pm Posts: 35
The 05 Canada run was great, I was at both Kitchener and London, it’s just such a shame that the bootlegs sound so bad. Way too much Boom in the mix, the guitars have no punch, and the drums sound bad too.
Post subject: Re: Which bootleg are you listening to?
Posted: Wed October 06, 2021 10:08 pm
Future Drummer
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 2:42 am Posts: 2436 Location: Minneapolis
to this day whenever i hear not for you, my response to 'where [the fuck] did they come from?' is usually 'SASKATOOON!' from that winnipeg show.
it's probably been discussed ad infinitum somewhere, but for me 05 might be the last great pearl jam tour. in hindsight, anyway. those shows feel like the end of an era. they've been a different band since 06.
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