The Bottom Line: I would highly recommend seeing them live in a big arena, even if you’re new to the world of Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam. You’ll love it.
neilioo's Full Review: Live: 03-03-03 - Tokyo, Japan [Limited] by Pearl J...
This is a good cheap double disk to get you excited about seeing Pearl Jam live, the only way to appreciate the mega-band.
Pearl Jam has been on the scene forever and has amazingly stayed true to their fan base and sound all these years. I honestly wonder how they have continuously put out hits without progressing over the years. For some this lack of progression is a bad thing, for the fans it is a testimony that their precious band will always be there.
Pearl Jam has that luster about their image that some understand and others wonder about. For most people that don’t know what the band is all about they assume the band is a rebellious rock group that made it into their forties with a strong fan base. Others that have actually heard the tunes dismiss them one first listen because their songs seem to rub people the wrong way on first listen.
Live is how to hear Pearl Jam
Live is how to hear Pearl Jam
Live is how to hear Pearl Jam
As you’re scrolling through this to give it a rating catch this point: You have to see Pearl Jam live before you die. Their music and performance is simply powerful when done on a stage in front of you. Arc, a track that set the Boston show apart from anyone I’ve ever seen, was a vocal compilation mixed onstage that started out weak and built on itself until I was speechless.
I would recommend buying a live album before hand to get a feel for their set list and this is a good one to own because both disks have a combination of stuff you’ve probably heard and haven’t. Both are equally good and both get an equal amount of playtime in my stereo. Tracks like
Even Flow
Betterman
Last Kiss
Daughter
Are some popular ones you’ve probably heard and are on this disk. Some that you probably haven’t and will end up liking are:
Release
Dissident
Small Town
Given To Fly
I Am Mine
The Bad
The only bad part about this disk is there are some parts where Eddie tries to speak Japanese and gets the crowd going. I don’t know maybe you wont mind and there aren’t many of them, but I think it could have been cut out of the disks. (Note that the songs are not in Japanese (haha wouldn’t that be funny if I got this disk home and they were all in a foreign language))
The Date Idea
If you’re trying to impress a cutie you should get a few tickets to the Pearl Jam show, buy or burn her a CD and slip one in the jacket. She will love you for it, especially if she’s not a fan yet. Although the shows can be expensive, these guys have been playing for so long that their shows are worth every penny you pay. This album is testimonial of that.
Boston, Third Night Showing, 2003
I went to the third show they played in Boston this summer. They claimed that there would not be a song repeated in all three of the shows. You could have gone to all three and heard different shows. This is how big these guys are, enough hits to fill three nights. Not only that, they came out early before the opening band and played a 2-hour acoustic set. I wonder now if anyone will ever be able to top that show?
If you didn’t read that, Read This
Pearl Jam is a live band, what better way to get stoked on the show you’re going to see than to buy a live disk and soak it up beforehand? This disk is a great introduction to the music of Pearl Jam but I would highly recommend seeing them live in a big arena, even if you’re new to the world of Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam. You’ll love it.
The whole tracklist
CD1
Release
Can’t Keep
Even Flow
Save You
Hail, Hail
Dissident
Love Boat Captain
Small Town
Given to Fly
Lukin
Not For You
Daughter
You Are
I Am Mine
Betterman
CD2
Corduroy
Do The Evolution
Blood
Bu$hleaguer
Know Your Rights
Go
Black
U
Breath
RVM (Rear View Mirror)
Don’t Be Shy
Soon Forget
Last Kiss
Yellow Ledbetter
Alive
That’s a heap of music!
Recommended:
Yes
Great Music to Play While: Getting ready to go out
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