Pearl Jam MTV Unplugged Revisited: An Unlikely Journey To The Show

A night full of broken barricades and pepper spray, one of the glanced over shows from the No Code tour happened in Hartford, Connecticut only days following the massive Randall's Island shows. As wild as some of the mid-90's shows such as Miami 1994 got, this one had a moment that ended in the arrest of 13 fans. During Blood, a massive surge from the lawn crowd broke down the barricade, forcing riot police to invoke pepper spray, which in return caused fans in the seats to leave their section and rush towards the stage. The situation was handled better by Ed than by the police, but after a show that kicked off it's main set with a ton of momentum, the band couldn't let the situation potentially end the night sooner than anticipated. In this episode, we'll touch up on that entire ordeal as well as a great moment during Not For You where Ed gives a speech similar to the infamous Porch speech at Randall's Island. Also in this episode, we'll touch up on ticket updates after the Ten Club lottery dropped, and we celebrate the life of Foo Fighters drummer, Taylor Hawkins. Visit the Pearl Jam Concertpedia - http://liveon4legs.com Donate to the Show - http://patreon.com/liveon4legs

30 Mar 20221h 36min

After a long trip back into 1992 to get a taste of the band's rise to fame, this episode brings you back to the 1998 Yield tour right after Matt Cameron joined the band. It's the second show of the second leg emanating from East Lansing, Michigan, home of the Michigan State Spartans. Thanks to our Horizon Leg Patron Nick Smith for requesting this show and joining us briefly to chat about it! The second half of the Yield tour is well renowned for so many reasons. Although this show may not be recognized as much as others such as Mansfield or Madison Square Garden, this can be seen as a show that had the seedlings to building into what you'd get to see later in the tour. Reason for that comes from a fan holding up a sign requesting that the band play Breath. This is seemingly the beginning of what would all culminate at that memorable MSG show.  The story from this one is Matt Cameron. After some tougher shows on the first leg where he was still attempting to get the catalog under his belt, he came back in August on an absolute tear. We'll get to talk about some of the Cameron stand outs from this night such as Spin The Black Circle, Brain of J, Rearviewmirror, Hail, Hail, I Got Shit and Black. This version of RVM is one that you won't want to miss. Visit the Pearl Jam Concertpedia - http://liveon4legs.com Donate to the Pod - http://patreon.com/liveon4legs

23 Mar 20221h 28min

It's one of the most important Pearl Jam shows in their history with iconic moments that are likely engrained in your memory from as far back as 1992. In this episode, we're celebrating the 30th anniversary of the MTV Unplugged performance. We'll touch up on everything that led up to this very moment happening. How they were called to do the show when they were in Europe and had less than three days to prepare before performing. It kind of came off the heels of that legendary Zurich show where they played on such a small stage that they were basically forced to switch over to acoustic, and like to PJ20 movies tells it, that moment led directly to this event happening. We're going to tell some stories from this show that maybe you're a bit unfamiliar with, including an incident where the band was forced to rent equipment due to their own not arriving from Europe in time. You'll get to hear some quotes from Jeff, Mike and Stone discussing about how this and other facets of the event happened. At the time they returned, the band saw their popularity in the states rise as Ten was sneaking onto Billboard's Top 20.  The songs! Of course the songs are important. Some of the most impactful performances of all-time. From a stand out State Of Love And Trust proving that most of their catalog was going to transition well, to Black being one of the greatest Eddie vocal performances of all-time including the absolutely iconic We Belong Together tag, and then of course, Porch. We'll go through and break down the entire moment where Eddie wrote PRO CHOICE!!! on his arm. Again, just legendary moments. And we'll share maybe a story you haven't heard, do you know what Vs. song was being played in a commercial break during this? We'll have your answer in the episode! Also joining us for this one is our friends at Hallucinogenic Recipe, Patrick and Brian, who will talk about the aspects of finding this on bootleg and some of the strange titles that were given to State Of Love And Trust. Visit The Pearl Jam Concertpedia - http://liveon4legs.com Donate to the Show - http://patreon.com/liveon4legs

16 Mar 20221h 49min

The moment we've all been waiting for! For two years during this horrible pandemic we've had to suffer through quarantining, through disease and through the aggravation that live music wouldn't be hear to alleviate the first two. So now we can finally set our plans, get to the GA line early and stock up on merch for the first occasion in a very long time! We're reacting to the news here because it's obviously going to be the only thing people want to hear about right now (asides for maybe Unplugged). So we'll go through all of the dates, talk about some of the new venues and the last time Pearl Jam stepped foot in those places, maybe make a few predictions along the way and let you know where you may be able to find us for events and hang outs on show day. Buckle up, the boys are back! Visit the Pearl Jam Concertpedia - http://liveon4legs.com Donate to the Show - http://patreon.com/liveon4legs

15 Mar 202230min

"Another wild, fabulous Holland show... in other words, it has to be seen to be believed" If you've frequented the Five Horizons site over the past few decades, you would know that most of their show descriptions had a detailed re-telling of the performances, elaborating on the songs and speeches to give you the sense of what happened. If you've read the description for this Rotterdam show before, you'd know that the quote above would be the only indication of what this show was about. At the time, they hosted video on their site, but now you can find this entire show on YouTube, so for many of you that may have read this over the past handful of years, you may have no idea what you're in for. Let's just say Mike McCready gives us his all. Along with all that... this was the final show of Pearl Jam's five-night run in Holland during March of 1992. The band his always spoken highly of this run of shows and how much they loved the area and the local fans. We discussed Den Haag and Utrecht already, but this one is a good endcap of their European run in 1992. In the last two episodes, we talked a lot about stage divers presence and how it interfered with what was happening on stage. This time, Ed takes a new approach putting a stop to it before it even began. The crowd obliges, for the most part, and the band's energy is truly able to resonate on stage. The band is having fun playing the music they are proud of writing, and when they'd head back to the states in a week's time, they'll find out that everything has changed. Visit the Pearl Jam Concertpedia - http://liveon4legs.com Donate to the show - http://patreon.com/liveon4legs

9 Mar 20221h 31min

You may have seen the shirt, now it's time to hear the show! This episode is about the show emanating from the Tivoli club in Utrecht. It's continuing our 4-show mini-series highlighting the best of their March run from 1992. To help us out once again to discuss the bootleg aspect of the show is Patrick and Brian from Hallucinogenic Recipe (@elusiverecipe on Twitter). This show has a lot of very similar talking points as the Den Haag show did - it's a very similar, near identical setlist structure, the band sounds great and there are countless amounts of stage divers and crowd surfers getting involved with the show again. It happens more often in here than in Den Haag, and the approach Ed takes is a little more relaxed this time. Even after Jeff has an issue with his pedals getting messed with. The crowd comes into play towards the end with an absolutely bizarre scene happening on stage. We'll also discuss what we know of the origin of the famous Tivoli shirt, the bike girl who Eddie befriended at this show and would be reunited with 3 years ago, Ed's off day tattoo and how Mike was able to get away with saying "suck my ass" and "jerkoff" in a Dutch interview. Read the Concertpedia - http://liveon4legs.com Donate to the show - http://patreon.com/liveon4legs

2 Mar 20221h 30min

This episode kicks off our run of 1992 shows celebrating the 30th anniversary of four classics. We go to The Netherlands and focus on one of the best and most notable shows from the first European run in February and March out of Den Haag. This was one of the first of the great soundboard recordings that circulated, and for that, we are bringing in our brother podcast Hallucinogenic Recipe to talk about the trading and collecting aspect that made this a popular show within the community. This show has everything you want from 1992, good Ed speeches, a dangerous Porch, one of the best I've Got A Feeling jams ever and the seldom played original improv built around Fugazi's Suggestion in Saying No. We'll talk about this rendition and why it doesn't go down as one of their original songs in the same way an improv like Outta My Mind does. Though getting it here and almost no where else (that we at least have a recording of) gives this show a little extra weight and makes it timeless. "That's my little brother!" Ed shouts when Jeff cedes his bass to his brother Jason during I've Got A Feeling. While it may take some time for Jason to catch up with the band, we also get a wild array of tags within this 15 minute (you heard me correctly) slobberknocker. One of the best versions that again can be directly traced to this show as a defining moment recognized by fans of all ages. Visit the Pearl Jam Concertpedia - http://liveon4legs.com Donate to the show - http://patreon.com/liveon4legs

23 Feb 20221h 35min

One of our favorite Pearl Jam years to discuss on this podcast is the 2003 Riot Act tour. So many memorable moments from tons of shows spread across the map. In this episode we head to Alpine Valley where the band last played back in 2000 to freezing cold temperatures appropriately dubbed The Ice Bowl. They return to East Troy, Wisconsin during Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year. In beautiful weather and a great mood, the band plays an inspired show in front of a top notch audience. Deep cuts were heavily infused from the beginning of the main set with songs such as Sometimes, God's Dice, Faithfull, Immortality and Insignificance taking place within the new Riot Act songs while heavy hitters such as Better Man, Jeremy, Even Flow, Daughter and Rearviewmirror all hit in that order to end the set. On top of that, take the last two of that group, both songs from Vs., and add the first four played in the encore - Go, Animal, Elderly Woman and Glorified G and you have an extremely rare instance where six songs are being played off the record right in a row. We also have fun moments from this night, some that get a bit political, some that involve a random fan running out onto the stage during Crazy Mary. But as Ed says in the show, tune in to see 'what American is gonna get a blowjob tonight' We'll also discuss a little bit of the Earthling record as well as a special dedication that happened at the Chicago show Visit the Pearl Jam Concertpedia - http://liveon4legs.com Donate to the Show - http://patreon.com/liveon4legs

16 Feb 20221h 40min