Eddie said it would be the soundtrack to the beautiful sights above but also the “sounds of Afghanistan”. The band when realizing this during a 9 minute, politically charged version of “Wishlist”, decided to launch into “Rockin’ In The Free World” mid show for probably the first time in the band’s history. What made this show unique for me was what occurred in the middle when fireworks were being displayed over the Delaware river right above the Tweeter Center amphitheater. Mike McCready’s ferocious guitar solo in “Even Flow” seemed to last about 2-3 minutes in length with the crowd loving every second of it. The band took the stage and rifled through “Can’t Keep”, “Brain of J”, “Save You”, “Do The Evolution”, “Spin The Black Circle” and “Green Disease” at a breakneck pace before finally acknowledging the crowd after “Given To Fly”. Temperatures were in the high 90s and the humidity was extremely dense. In stark contrast to the rainy Phoenix show back in October 2000, the Camden/Philadelphia gig over 4th of July weekend was a hot and steamy affair. I’ll always have a special place in my heart for the Phoenix show because it was my first, the setlist was energetic and it left me hungry for more. Pearl Jam’s 10th anniversary concert was looming the following night in Las Vegas and with that came all the glory, hype and the first ever Pearl Jam performance of “Crown of Thorns”. Unfortunately this concert is now known as “the show before the show”.
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Highlights of the gig included hearing both “Long Road” and “I Got Shit” in the same setlist (That has got to be a rare combination), a hilarious Uncle John story, a cover of The La’s “Timeless Melody”, “Betterman” with the “Romanza” guitar intro with Eddie belting the final chorus note for almost 20 full seconds and lastly “Yellow Ledbetter” ending with a medley of Van Halen riffs (“Ain’t Talking About Love” & “Eruption”). Eddie even remarked during the show they only put this stop on the tour so the band could finally get some sunshine. The first rain I ever encountered while living in Arizona made for a wet and sloppy time on the lawn that evening. My first taste of the Pearl Jam live experience came my freshman year of college at Arizona State on the Binaural tour. Looking forward to a new Pearl Jam album and tour in 2019. Maybe some of you were at these gigs as well.
Some of the moments on these bootlegs literally transported me back in time.
It took about a week to listen to all the shows in chronological order but I’m glad I did it.
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I decided to relive all the Pearl Jam shows I’ve attended over the years via the fantastic bootleg series the band have provided fans since 2000.
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