Pearl Jam
August 27, 2000
USBoot No. 17 - Saratoga Performing Arts Center: Saratoga Springs, NY
Bootleg #42 --> Hitachi DVD-ROM GD-7500 --> EAC v0.9pb6 --> .shn via mkwACT 0.97 BETA 1
(by Peter Preston/pjp@inhiding.com on 9 February, 2001)
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Side A:
01 - Breakerfall - 03:49
02 - Whipping - 02:33
03 - Spin The Black Circle - 02:39
04 - Hail Hail - 03:17
05 - Corduroy - 04:29
06 - In My Tree - 05:32
07 - Dissident - 03:32
08 - Given To Fly - 03:58
09 - Nothing As It Seems - 05:43
10 - Grievance - 03:05
11 - Light Years - 05:41
12 - Daughter/(Beginning To See The Light/WMA/
Androgynous Mind) - 07:36
13 - Lukin - 01:09
14 - MFC - 02:55
15 - Wishlist - 04:04
16 - Better Man - 04:09
17 - Even Flow - 05:24
Total: 69:45
Side B:
01 - Insignificance - 04:37
02 - RVM - 07:59
03 - Encore Break - 01:44
(Encore 1)
04 - Sleight Of Hand - 04:41
05 - Do The Evolution - 03:24
06 - Once - 04:21
07 - Timeless Melody - 02:55
08 - Small Town - 03:29
09 - Leatherman - 02:20
10 - Porch - 07:44
(Encore 2)
11 - Soon Forget - 02:33
12 - Black - 07:17
13 - Yellow Ledbetter - 06:09
Total: 59:21
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Notes (from 5H):
Excellent show, great sound quality (perhaps only near the front?) in a
beautiful venue. Ed is wearing his "champagne breakfast club" shirt (which
he points to at the appropriate point in 'Grievance') and Mike is in the
sleeveless "Queen" shirt. After 'Light Years', (Ed says, "Is it 'Lamp
Years' tonight?"), Ed talks about the inventor of the lava lamp (Ed
Walker) having died that day and how he'd been an avid nudist his whole
life, right up to the day he died; "Lava lamps sort of reflect the circle
of life, y'know? Things rise, break apart and fall, only to rejoin at the
bottom and rise again ..." He turns to Matt (perhaps an analogy to his
early drumming with members of PJ, the Soundgarden breakup and now
returning). Then he trails off, laughing as he realizes he sounds like a
typical stoner.:)
Outstanding 'RVM' with an extended Sonic Youth-inspired noisejam in the
middle and a thundering finale. Ed mentions how the last time they were in
Saratoga was eight years before, opening for Soundgarden, and that he was
wearing the same shirt as that night. He says that Matt had told him that
he, too, was wearing the same shirt he had worn that day. Before
'Wishlist,' Ed tells a story about having met some primates a while ago
and learning about language research with the animals. Explains how this
next song, "even a chimp could play." Proceeds to mess up a line in the
song and breaks off, laughing at himself, adding "the only difference is
that the chimps remembered the words." Stoney's chuckling too, and Mike's
shaking his head and grinning. Ed has guitar troubles and switches from
his black Rick to his black Tele. Mike throws some 'Voodoo Chile' riffs
into 'Porch.' Ed nearly goes into the crowd as he grabs a fan's hand
toward the end the song ("touch you, hold you, feel you in my arms ..."). He
kneels at the edge of the stage holding the fan's hand. Pete is holding
Ed and Ed rubs Pete's bald head. A 30-second "Daltrey" mic swing at the
end of 'Porch' is AWESOME, although he misses the catch, and the mic skips
over the front of the crowd!
Messy clapping on 'Soon Forget' prompts Ed
to get the crowd clapping on the beat: "I appreciate the support, but it'd
be nice if it was on time." At the end of the last encore, as 'YL' is
winding down, Ed, Stone and Matt walk off stage, waving and thanking us.
Mikey however, sticks around, holding the solo and ripping into a
scorching piece of electric acrobatics, sampling Zep's 'Nobody's Fault But
Mine' with Jeff laughing hysterically. He goes on for a good 90 seconds or
so before finishing, throwing his pick out and joining the others offstage. A
strong show, with excellent energy levels and a lot of joy in the air.