oh, they're still alive.

pearl jam + my morning jacket
@ continental airlines arena
6.01.06.
set list:

eddie vedder: hide your love away.

my morning jacket: it makes no difference (w/ eddie vedder), off the record, what a wonderful man, gideon, wordless chorus, o is the one that is real, one big holiday, anytime, magheeta.

pearl jam: severed hand, corduroy, world wide suicide, do the evolution, marker in the sand, given to fly, dissident, evenflow, army reserve, immortality, green disease, not for you/modern girl, alone, jeremy, why go, life wasted, rearviewmirror.

encore 1: wasted reprise, man of the hour, come back, footsteps, once, alive.

encore 2: last exit, comatose, leatherman, glorified g, leash, baba o’riley, indifference.

say what you will about pearl jam, but they’ve got a knack for picking top of the line supporting acts (buzzcocks, death cab for cutie, sleater-kinney). my morning jacket are no exception to this rule. though relatively unknown within the realm of aging post-collegiate jock-rockers, they managed to impress a good majority of the anxious crowd, spreading their louisville charm, in the form of delicious harmonies (including the jim james/eddie vedder collaboration on the band’s, “it makes no difference”) and country rock breakdowns.



pearl jam then took the same stage where i first saw them perform over ten years ago, and wasted no time delving deep into the hard rock heart of their new material. luckily the fan-club heavy audience was fully prepared to sing along with even the newest songs. and this loyalty paid off, when the band later broke out their big hits like jeremy and evenflow, along with lesser known favorites including the mamasan trilogy (alive, once, footsteps), alone, leatherman, man of the hour, and leash. recalling post 9/11 jeers for their anti-bush politics, as well as the now infamous sign which appeared in new york years back, reading “play leash, you pussies,” eddie vedder insisted they would always come back for more, thanking us for giving them the best job a guy could ever have.