04 6 00 Manchester Evening News Arena Manchester England by Pearl Jam

04 6 00 Manchester Evening News Arena Manchester England

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04 6 00 Manchester Evening News Arena Manchester England

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Disclaimer: Owner of all 72 official PJ bootlegs. Of all the bootlegs in this series, at least 60 out of the 72 are well worth the money and preserve great Pearl Jam performances on disc. But some shows just had to be below average, and this show in Manchester is one of the worst bootlegs in the series. The problems tonight are a generally careless and sloppy performance, plus many musical errors, and it appears that the band just didn't care what kind of impression they were making. For example, "Evacuation" and "Even Flow" are woefully uncoordinated, with lazy playing by Stone Gossard and Mike McCready that really throws off Matt Cameron's concentration. "Daughter" and "Wishlist" both start poorly and end inconclusively, when the band members simply give up one by one instead of putting together a strong ending. The villain tonight is Stone, who commits many obvious and painful errors that he shouldn't be making on songs he's been playing for ten years. Stone absolutely demolishes the final chorus of "Once," throwing the whole band into a state of confusion. Mike could have saved this show if he felt like it, but he didn't. Mike is barely present for much of the show, and probably spent many songs sitting on a road case and smoking, just standing up once in a while when he got to do a showcase solo. The lowest point is an insultingly lazy take on "Garden" in which everybody sounds like they don't even feel like doing the song. This track barely makes it through to completion. Pearl Jam has really served the fans well by releasing all these bootlegs. Most are great, and a few are below average but forgivable for such a long tour. But this one is definitely near the low end in quality. Comment | Permalink | function showYesNoCommunityResponse(uId,result,value) { var msgLayer = getElement("thanks" + uId); if ( result == "SUCCESS" ) { msgLayer.innerHTML = "Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided to other Amazon.com readers and reviewers. Your vote will be counted and will appear on the product page within 24 hours."; } else { showVoteErrorResponse(msgLayer,result,value); } } (Report this)

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