Pearl Jam
April 22, 2003
Savvis Center: St. Louis, MO
Official Bootleg #29
Source: SBD
SHN Transfer: EAC > WAV > mkw Audio Compression > SHN
Rip and Encoding by Chris Greatens (cgreaten@hotmail.com)
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Disc 1:
01 - Present Tense - 06:15
02 - Save You - 03:43
03 - Animal - 03:05
04 - Green Disease - 02:37
05 - Grievance - 03:21
06 - Faithful - 04:40
07 - Given To Fly - 03:52
08 - Even Flow - 07:59
09 - Sleight Of Hand - 04:29
10 - You Are - 05:20
11 - Small Town - 03:05
12 - Not For You - 05:55
13 - Love Boat Captain - 05:07
14 - Wishlist - 04:55
15 - Help Help - 03:45
Total: 68:09
Disc 2:
01 - Do The Evolution - 04:26
02 - Alive - 06:33
03 - Encore Break - 01:07
(Encore 1)
04 - Go - 02:52
05 - State Of Love And Trust - 03:40
06 - Black - 08:18
07 - Improv - 04:22
08 - Rearviewmirror - 09:37
09 - Encore Break - 02:07
(Encore 2)
10 - Soon Forget - 04:22
11 - Betterman/(Save It For Later) - 07:37
12 - Daughter - 10:04
13 - Indifference - 05:05
Total: 70:12
Notes (from 5H):
A fairly dark stage with Mike playing the first notes of 'Present Tense' to
open and the crowd going nuts. The high energy continues through the next few
songs, with 'Animal' and 'Even Flow' reminiscent of ten years past, Ed's eyes
rolling back in his head and menacing grin; Mike spinning in circles, running
everywhere like an uncaged animal and never missing a note. Drenched in sweat,
Ed looks up at the Stanley Cup banners (Savvis Center is the home of the St.
Louis Blues) and says that the flags help the acoustic out but that the crowd's
feet must be freezing, leading to 'Sleight Of Hand,' backed nicely by 'You Are'
with effectively dramatic lighting.
There is an amusing exchange before 'Elderly Woman.' Ed is ready to start the
song and Stone is switching guitars and getting a drink, causing Ed to wait. It
was one of those "you go" ... "no you go ahead" type things and they bantered
back and forth a bit with big grins on their faces. An intense 'Not For You'
with a lyric change to "small my table, seats saint Lou" getting a huge
response from the crowd. The main set closes with an energetic 'DTE' (Jeff's
bass line rules!) and 'Alive,' with Ed swinging the mic around Daltrey style
during the Mike's solo. Ed creeps behind one of the suit and tie security
guards below Mike, goofing on him in a crouching "scary" pose like he is going
to pounce on him, but the guard is so serious that he won't look up, causing
the band to crack up.
A rather lengthy improv follows a deliberately slow 'Black.' The improv's
lyrical theme revolves around "I don't know where, I wanna go, I just know I
need to go. ... get me the fuck outta here," and later "when I feel that regime
change, starts at home, starts at home, take me home, let's go." There are a
lot of percussive and animal-like vocal sounds from Ed. The improv eventually
wraps up, leading into a tight 'RVM' featuring a very extended bridge section
underneath Keely's beautiful lighting to close the encore.
Ed returns with the wine bottle ("A toast to you, St. Lou. A toast to Dead
Moon, who you've never heard of."), thanks Sparta, jokes about the hockey score
and picks up the uke giving a lyrically flawless 'Soon Forget,' the crowd not
clapping along, but enjoying the song. He concludes the song holding a note
forever, then doing a variety of jumps and windmills with the uke. Ed asks the
crowd to take the first verse and the audience obliges singing 'Better Man,'
putting on a good show and Ed picking up the lyrics at the first chorus, tagged
at the end with a very slow 'SIFL.' 'Daughter' is next, with no tag, but a
very, very extended jam with Ed trying a variety of different solos with the
harmonica. Then he uses the mirror and spotlight to reflect a beam of light
around the audience for a few minutes with great Ed/crowd interaction. Ed
speaks about communicating and "just not fighting," finishing the night with a
beautiful performance of 'Indifference.'