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“Better Man” by Pearl Jam
(Words/Music: Eddie Vedder, Album: Bootlegs: Hartford Encores, 05.13.06)

A couple years ago, I was checking out the official Bootlegs available from Pearl jam and noticed this one. I noticed that it had considerably more songs than most of the other Bootlegs. After reading up on it a bit, I learned about this odd history of cancellations and reschedulings and sound issues that Pearl Jam had when booked to play in CT. This epic, nearly four hour concert was their way of making it up to the fine people of the Nutmeg and Constitution State. Unfortunately, I missed the concert, but at least Pearl Jam is forward-thinking enough to make the recording available to their fans.

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Originally Posted By veroushka

veroushka:

Pearl Jam

08 June, 1992

This was pretty much the stage show when I saw them at Lollapalooza outside of Toronto that year.

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02/25/2012 - Dogfish Head Pearl Jam Twenty Faithful Ale (Dogfish Head Craft Brewery - Milton, Delaware) I’ve been looking for, then found, then held on to this limited release beer from the adventurous brewers at Dogfish Head to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of Pearl Jam’s album and to coincide with the release of the PJ20 documentary directed by Cameron Crowe.  The beer itself is a deliciously crafted “Belgian-style ale” to which is added black currants in a series of 10 increments. The result is a clean and crisp beer with a hint of dark fruit upon the finish. The closest thing I can compare it to would be Long Trail’s Blackbeary Wheat, a favorite of mine in an iced glass on a hot and humid summer day.

02/25/2012 - Dogfish Head Pearl Jam Twenty Faithful Ale (Dogfish Head Craft Brewery - Milton, Delaware)

I’ve been looking for, then found, then held on to this limited release beer from the adventurous brewers at Dogfish Head to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of Pearl Jam’s album and to coincide with the release of the PJ20 documentary directed by Cameron Crowe. 

The beer itself is a deliciously crafted “Belgian-style ale” to which is added black currants in a series of 10 increments. The result is a clean and crisp beer with a hint of dark fruit upon the finish. The closest thing I can compare it to would be Long Trail’s Blackbeary Wheat, a favorite of mine in an iced glass on a hot and humid summer day.

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PJ20Without mixing any words, this was fucking amazing. Written, directed and narrated by musical journalist and film director Cameron Crowe (Singles, Almost Famous), PJ20 shows the evolution of the band from the beginnings with Green River and Mother Love Bone through Temple of the Dog and Mookie Blaylock and eventually coming out as Pearl Jam. Crowe incorporates so much outstanding archival footage in telling this story, that, even though the film commemorates the 20th Anniversary of Pearl Jam’s debut album Ten, there’s a feeling that Crowe has been making this documentary for well over 20 years. I am continually Impressed by what great music fans the guys in the band are. And when you throw in other members of the Seattle sound into the mix (like Dave Grohl) it really makes you think about what a great musical city Seattle is. These guys always seem like fans who got into a band, made the decisions a fan would make (whether it’s in the songs or in decisions like breaking away from Ticketmaster in order to keep ticket prices down), and ended up getting huge. Despite their success, the guys always seem humbled by the attention they get and twenty years later still work with the idea that it could disappear at any moment. Perhaps that’s why the band works with an urgency which comes through in the music.On a side note, the documentary made me want to punch Andy Rooney in the face. He makes some incredibly disparaging and ignorant comments about the teens of “the grunge generation” after Kurt Cobain’s suicide.

PJ20

Without mixing any words, this was fucking amazing. Written, directed and narrated by musical journalist and film director Cameron Crowe (Singles, Almost Famous), PJ20 shows the evolution of the band from the beginnings with Green River and Mother Love Bone through Temple of the Dog and Mookie Blaylock and eventually coming out as Pearl Jam. Crowe incorporates so much outstanding archival footage in telling this story, that, even though the film commemorates the 20th Anniversary of Pearl Jam’s debut album Ten, there’s a feeling that Crowe has been making this documentary for well over 20 years.

I am continually Impressed by what great music fans the guys in the band are. And when you throw in other members of the Seattle sound into the mix (like Dave Grohl) it really makes you think about what a great musical city Seattle is. These guys always seem like fans who got into a band, made the decisions a fan would make (whether it’s in the songs or in decisions like breaking away from Ticketmaster in order to keep ticket prices down), and ended up getting huge. Despite their success, the guys always seem humbled by the attention they get and twenty years later still work with the idea that it could disappear at any moment. Perhaps that’s why the band works with an urgency which comes through in the music.

On a side note, the documentary made me want to punch Andy Rooney in the face. He makes some incredibly disparaging and ignorant comments about the teens of “the grunge generation” after Kurt Cobain’s suicide.

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“Better Man” by Pearl Jam (live from MSG 5/21/2010)

It always gets me when an entire crowd signs along with a song. The thought that a piece of art has been created which simultaneously affects so many people at the exact same time. It may be the closest thing we have to actual magic.

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Pearl Jam remembers the Roskilde tragedy (from PJ20)

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“Keep On Rocking in the Free World” by Neil Young with Pearl Jam (live from the MTV Music Awards)

I remember the first time I saw this. I thought it was such an odd mix, with a new alternative band and some old school rock guy on stage together. But as I watched, they had a tremendous chemistry on stage. Going forward, the reverence the members of the Seattle sound bands had for Neil Young seemed perfectly placed. Young was a do-it-yourself musician who did not make decisions based on financial success or for a need of increased celebrity. Basically, he was not only a good pairing with Pearl Jam, he was, indeed, the godfather of grunge.

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Pearl Jam discussing Kurt Cobain (from PJ20)

Some really interesting stuff here about the love/hate relationship between Pearl Jam and Nirvana and the affect Cobain’s death had on the Seattle music scene and Pearl Jam specifically.

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“Baba O’Riley” by Pearl Jam (The Who cover from Lollapalooza, 1992)

Pearl Jam at the beginning of their career find themselves growing up and bonding on stage during one of the greatest rock festival tours in history. Problem: they didn’t have a lot of songs to play. They solved the problem by playing some covers. And by the time I saw them in Toronto, they had already begun working out a couple songs for their next album. They also took to playing extended jams in the middle of certain songs - although this was partly due to Eddie Vedder’s penchant for climbing on things. 

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