Originally published at: Pearl Jam playing at a Tower Records in 1991 | Boing Boing
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boo, the video is gone : (
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The video is not gone, you just have to go to Youtube to play it. Pearl Jam’s admin disabled playing in a frame - probably something to do with monetization.
Re: “filling the space with no amplification” Eddie clearly is holding a mic with a cord. Is it just a prop? I think he is mic’d into an amp and it is just set with enough gain to keep up with the guitars and drums.
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At 5:50 he is putting the mic under his arm and it doesn’t seem to make any difference to the level, so it kind of seems like prop. Dude is loud.
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I lived in Seattle in 1990, and I would look in the Rocket each week to see what shows were going on. For months it seemed this band I didn’t know called Pearl Jam was playing every night at the same club (I can’t remember which one) and I would think “Pearl Jam? what a ridiculous name for a band, lets go to the Off Ramp to see No Means No.”
So I never saw Pearl Jam.
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To be fair NoMeansNo were pretty awesome.
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Yeah, dude always pulled agonized-looking faces. He and Springsteen look like they’re in the midst of a serious cardiovascular incident most of the time.
ETA: Plus, early 90s. There was so much affected “weirdness” going on. I can’t get mad at it because of how it so positively impacted culture, but yeah, some of it was damn silly.
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balegdah!
You made it further than I did. Thanks for setting me straight!
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Gotta love Tower Records, especially for stuff like this!
He also is nursing an injured hand (cut on a cymbal) and says he underwent his first acupuncture treatment 30 minutes before the show, so maybe he wasn’t feeling 100%. (Listen starting around 18:25.) He sounds in good spirits though.
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Still a better name than Mookie Blaylock, but not as good as Mother Love Bone.
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Live performers throughout history have exaggerated what they do so the audience in the back of the room can see it clearly
Performing with subtlety for a camera a few feet away is a relatively new thing
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all hail Ian Anderson, king of stage antics.
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Better than Peal Jam in my book.
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