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Summary: Makes you glad to be alive...
Review: PLEASE PLAY THIS MOVIE LOUD.Not my words, but an instruction written by Eddie Vedder on the inside cover of the DVD case. But what sound advice it is. Never before have I seen a music video that pleases on so many levels. To be honest it isn't quite perfect. But that's only because some of my personal 'Jam' favourites are missing from the set-list. Aside from that, the tracks that are included are classics, and performed with such vigour and vitality, that you really wish you'd been there at every single concert. From rousing renditions of Corduroy and Grievance, right through Given To Fly and Even Flow, and ending with Neil Young's powerful and energetic Rocking in the Free World, it's difficult to stop the disc and take a break. The extras provided are good. We get the videos of Oceans and the remarkably interpreted Evolution, as well as montage videos of the band on tour and generally larking about. It's great to see a band behaving so naturally on stage and clearly enjoying themselves so much. They don't seem to take themselves so seriously nowadays, and it shows through their music. I absolutely adore this music, and always will, that's why the disc has a treasured place in my collection. Whether you worship Pearl Jam, like them or have never heard them before, buy this DVD and get enlightened. Oh, and don't forget... PLAY IT LOUD.
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Summary: Exactly what you'd expect from Pearl Jam
Review: This video is perfect example of Pearl Jam's crudeness. Nothing this band does is polished, from the album covers, lyrics, and the rough edge sounding music. Which is also what makes this band special and great. Unlike other concert videos these were not professionally recorded or mixed and are quite raw. The picture quality is rather poor for a DVD. The sound quality isn't great either although it was true to their actual concert sound (saw them Portland and the bands sound quality wasn't that great there either). They only had one or two cameras recording and I got a bit frustrated with some of the camera angles. The set of songs were impressive and the roughness and style of the video did grow on me. I would recommend this video to any die hard Pearl Jam fan, just beware of the rougher production values. 1 star for sound and picture quality. 5 stars for set list and content. This gives us the avg rating of 3 stars.
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Summary: Boring - Awful Performances - Waste Of Money
Review: When Pearl Jam first started out they used to be an awesome band live!!!
If you've seen the video clip to Even Flow, you'll see Eddie Vedder jumping around like a maniac going nuts full of energy, which represents the music, the same goes for the rest of the band.
But I think ever since Vitolagy, Pearl Jam have decided they don't wanna rock hard anymore, they would rather stand round on stage playing their instruments and be boring and uninteresting. I bought this DVD and thought it would be good, but it aint.
The Music is'nt performed well and Eddie Vedders singing is just blurted out tuneless mumbling and blabber.
And Eddie Vedder should shave his beard off and leave it shaved off, beacuse on this DVD he looks like he's 100 years old.
The Live at the Garden DVD, is'nt much better in fact its worse than this one, Pearl Jam are not great anymore they are boring, apart from certain songs off their records since Vitolagy.
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Summary: Very cool
Review: I recently picked this up, and I'm pretty impressed. I've just gotten really into Pearl Jam a few months ago, and man I've been missing out! Most modern rock bands sound pretty bad, but Pearl Jam is awesome. This video has a great selection of sonsg, including some of my favorites like "Animal", "Even Flow", "Daughter" and "Rockin' In The Free World". I had heard a majority of the songs when i bought it, but watching them live they are even better. It's filmed extremely well, usually focusing on Eddie and the rest of the band, and when Mike plays a solo they show him really well. You can also watch from a camera filming only Matt behind the drumset. He's such a good drummer! I wish they would have included "Alive", but this is still a great collection of songs, and watching them live makes it even more great! If you are a fan of Pearl Jam, I strongly recommend this.
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Summary: Very Dissapointing
Review: In Pearl Jams first years, they were an energetic band live on stage, and rather impressive to watch too.
I thought this DVD would be alot better than it was, but when I think about it this DVD is quite awful.
The setlist is the only thing good about it, if only it had been performed better, things might have been alright!
Eddie Vedder(The Singer) sounds terrible and the music is performed badly too.
One reviewer suggested them rehearsing and I can only agree!
Alot of Pearl Jam songs of Yield and No Code are expermimental and kind of ruin what should be a solid setlist, thats not to say that No Code and Yield are bad albums, no way.
And Binurals songs are good but sound kind of misrable and boring too, which is a real shame.
Don't buy it, if you want a good music DVD get U2 "Go Home " or the Foo Fighters DVD.
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Summary: Untitled..
Review: I will start by saying that Pearl Jam is the greatest band in the world. I discovered them in 1994 and now I own all cds, singles, official bootlegs (72) and of course Touring band 2000. I was really looking forward to this one. I saw Pearl Jam live in Oslo 29 june, the day before the Roskinlde tragedy and I was more than impressed. It was the first time I saw Pearl Jam live. I really enjoyed watching the European footage on the DVD, especially the fans, they were insane! The setlist could have been better. Where are black, small town, present tense, light years, immortality, release, off he goes and Alive. Taking this under consideration, this is not some kind of greatest hits. Still, the songs you will hear on this DVD are awsome! The highlight is Given to fly. Listen to Eddie's powerfull voice! Daughter is very interesting. There must be many good versions of that song! Long road is a good opener. I listen to it more and more, Insignificance is the best rocky song. Even flow could be taken from another place. My personal favourite is the other philadelpia show, they play it much better and Mike's Solo is insane! The same with Jeremy and Animal! The only wekness here is Evacuation. Doesn't get to me! they should have put in state of love and trust from Detroit instead! A conclusion is that the DVD is greater than any other music dvd out there, you get 28 songs, 2 musicvideos, matt-cam where you can follow the drummer Matt Cameron, Smile which is some funny stuff and European montage with fans, the band and the different cities! I highly recommend it. It proves Pearl jam to be the one of the greatest live acts ever to hit the stage! It is not just something everybody says. It is true! Find out! On the Las Vegas show and Seattle 2 they say that this might be it! That this was the last time ever.... we get to see the greatest band in the world.! Hope not! But then, releasing 72 bootlegs is a pretty good way to end it all. It is a great gift for all fans in the world. Hope to see and hear PJ again! Pearl Jam wil never die, Long live Pearl Jam!!
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Summary: Best 20 bucks I've ever spent.
Review: If you haven't yet purchased or at least seen this video, please stop denying yourself an absolutely incredible home concert experience and go take a look. I guarantee you will not be disappointed. If you've ever seen live Pearl Jam, be it in person or on a video, then you know what you're getting as far as the band's stage presence goes. You're not going to get lasers, you're not going to get mind bending special effects. You will, however see rock n' roll in it's purest modern day form. Great (not excessive) camera angles, excellent 5.1 audio format, a nearly flawless track list and great special features ensure you will not become bored with this anytime soon. For those of you not familiar with the "Do the Evolution" video, you don't know what you're missing. The animation is incredible and really follows the story of song to a "T". The body of the live compilation includes about 30 songs. Unfortunately, Alive and Black are not included. Don't let the absense of some of the more popular songs deter you from buying this. You would only be cheating yourself and you'll probably rediscover great songs like Leatherman and I Got ID that you may have overlooked in the past. I have owned this for a couple months now and I still play at least ten minutes of it every day. My friends request it almost every time they come over to hang out but I refuse to lend my copy to anybody because I would never get it back. Oh yeah, I almost forgot, PLAY THIS MOVIE LOUD!!!!!
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Summary: pure genius
Review: this is an awesome dvd from a great band.the songs and music are terrific and it is well worth your money buy it.
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Summary: Incoherent
Review: Vedder's garbled lyrics, and the rest of this crew's blaring, rambling noise makes Pearl Jam "live" less than a thrill. They can't even duplicate the tempo of their studio recordings. I'd been burned once before by these guys on their "Single Video Theory" joke, but took a chance on this, based on reviews. My mistake. These glowing reviews must be from hard-core fans, not music lovers, cause these guys "live" are zombies. Instead of worrying about the next performance to tape and market, they should consider rehearsing. I've heard garage bands that sound better.
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Summary: Brilliant!
Review: Pearl Jam are probably the best live band of the last 20 years, with the only exception being U2. This DVD is just further proof of that, with each song seperately selected from different shows from thier North American tour in 2000. Every song is performed with as much energy and passion as the last. A must have for any PJ fan and any fan of live music.
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