Search - Pearl Jam :: 10/22/00 - Las Vegas, Nevada

SMOOTH!!!!

Thomas B. Emery | East Lansing, Michigan United States | 04/19/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I have followed this band from the beginning and my passion for PJ keeps growing every year. What other band would even think about releasing live recordings of two entire tours? Their appreciation for their fans is unmatched. Speaking of unmatched, the Las Vegas show blew me away and probably won't leave my cd player for another couple of months. The sound quality is amazing but hey...could pearl jam ever sound bad? The set list is outstanding especially the covers of Mother Love Bone's "Crown of Thorns", Elvis' "Can't Help Falling in Love"(my personal favorite 'cause the song with Eddie's voice is like spanish fly to the ladies), and The Who's "Baba O'Reilly". I highly recommend this cd for it's sentimental value since it is the 10th Anniversary of Pearl Jam show but you will not be disappointed with any of their live cds. In a world full of corporate boy bands and sound alike rock/rap bands; it is nice to know that there are five guys still making music for themselves and their fans and not the [...] TRL generation."

Pearl Jam's 10 year anniversary special

Me | 03/28/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Pearl Jam released over 70 official bootlegs, documenting their entire official tour in support of Binaural.Out of these 70 shows, there is a dozen or so that really stand out, like Milan, Verona, Katowice II, Pittsburgh, Jones Beach III and St. Louis.And then, there are the best of the best. The shows that every Pearl Jam fan MUST have in their collection. They are Seattle II, the final show of the tour, and Las Vegas, the band's 10th anniversary show.When Pearl Jam took the stage in Las Vegas on October 22nd, 2000, it seemed that the very elements were against them. Eddie Vedder apparently had a severe cold, and the entire band was extraordinarily nervous. The first few songs show this off really well. The band sort of stumbles through the short instrumental Interstellar Overdrive, Corduroy, Breakerfall, Grievance and Last Exit. Things start to pick up with Animal, at the end of which Eddie tells the crowd how nervous the band is. From there on, Pearl Jam seems to find new confidence, and the rest of the set is simply smoking. The band nails literally every song they play, driving the crowd into a frenzy. Eddie gives a huge speech before Even Flow mainly about the demo tapes that got him the gig as the band's lead singer. The references to the pre-Pearl Jam days continue during the encore, when the band plays an incredible rendition of Mother Love Bone's Crown Of Thorns (for those of you not in the know, Mother Love Bone was the band that several members of Pearl Jam used to be in. The death of Mother Love Bone's singer, Andy Wood, spawned the Pearl Jam-Soundgarden side project called Temple Of The Dog). Brendan O'Brien, Pearl Jam's long-time collaborator, plays keyboards on this one, as well as Black and I Can't Help Falling In Love, an Elvis cover. Finally, the show ends with the Who's Baba O'Rilley and Pearl Jam's very own Yellow Ledbetter. An amazing show throughout and a definite must-have!"

Great way to celebrate an anniversary

M. Hendrickx | Chicago, il United States | 03/28/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This concert of course marks the 10th anniversary of Pearl Jam's first concert ever, at the Off Ramp Cafe in Seattle. They chose to begin the concert from the rocking angle, with a particularly inspired cover of Interstellar Overdrive by Pink Floyd, leading into Corduroy, rather than the more typical slow intro with Release, Of the Girl, or Long Road. This leads into a main setlist fairly typical, although no less inspiring and magical, of the Binaural tour. However, the final leg of the setlist is one of a kind. Ed thanks many of the people who have helped them over the years, and then leads into Mother Love Bones' "Crown of Thorns". The guys nail the song. Later they play Elvis' "Can't Help Falling in Love", which is a slower version than the one they performed in Memphis. Other notables of the set are a ripping "Porch" with a great McCready solo. To end the show, the audience is treated to both Baba O'Riley and Yellow Ledbetter.There were high expectations for this anniversary show, and as usual, the band did not disappoint."