Live On 4 Legs: Pearl Jam Podcast

2020 was supposed to be a massive year for Pearl Jam. With the release of their first record in seven years, they were set to do a massive world tour to promote the album, however, a global pandemic threw a wrench in their plans and everything was pushed back. While Covid-19 was still prominent in 2021, Pearl Jam decided to go forth with four outdoor festival shows to ease back into the concert experience. Eddie Vedder's Ohana Festival added an additional weekend dubbed Ohana Encore where Pearl Jam headlined both nights.

It was a return to normalcy at a time where everyone was looking for concerts to ease some of the struggle of feeling isolated during the pandemic. And it was the first time where Pearl Jam was able to showcase the songs from Gigaton that helped the fans get through the Covid years. With the beautiful beach atmosphere and the music traveling through the air, for two nights in Dana Point, California, fans could forget about the stress of quarantines and pandemics and just enjoy the pure sensation of live music. New songs, old songs, borrowed songs and heck even some forgotten songs were played as the many in attendance basked in something that was dearly missed.

We'll have a lot to talk about in this show including how Gigaton was viewed a year and a half after the record, discussions of doing a podcast during Covid and what moments earn the "holy shit" moniker, and is Sweet Lew one of them?

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The Chronology Series this week takes us to 2018, a year with big shows and even bigger storylines. On Pearl Jam's European run in London, Ed played the show with his vocal chords being not even close to his usual standards. He was placed on vocal rest for a few days causing the following show in London to be canceled. While he would come back strong on the rest of the tour, this would be the first of multiple times in the last handful of years where Ed has his share of vocal trouble, leading to song and setlist structure changes that would impact future shows.

The Amsterdam show that we're covering in this episode took place two shows before London, and there are many moments in this show where it was clear that Eddie was not at his best. His range will peak at times, the vocal power would run out of gas and it was not the performance that he is clearly known to bring to the table. There is also the factor that this set had only 27 songs with one encore and lasted about two hours and fifteen minutes. At the time in 2018, that was unfathomable for an arena show to have this outcome, but it would later become the norm in the post-Covid era.

We'll look at those storylines objectively and try to find moments that make this show feel memorable. Songs like Untitled/MFC, 1/2 Full, Inside Job and Rearviewmirror were all hits, so we'll give them their due, and perhaps do the opposite for Can't Deny Me. All of that, and find out what snack Javi irrationally has a hatred for.

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2016 was a huge touring year for Pearl Jam. Every show of theirs felt like a massive event with a surprise that could shock the crowd at any moment. From the three full album shows to the ballpark spectacles, there is a lot that fans still love to go back on a decade later. But within the big shows are usually shows with less of a reputation due to either location or being overshadowed by everything around it. Ottawa 2016 is the next show on the Chronology Series, and it fits right in with the unsung shows from 2016 that don't get the flowers that they deserve.

This Ottawa show does not start off on the best foot. The beginning came off as a little sluggish, and it took some time in order for this one to hit it's stride. But when it does, it features some incredible moments that would be hard for any show to top. Highlights from this show include Love Boat Captain, I Am Mine, Faithfull and Speed Of Sound, but the two moments from the first encore that make an everlasting impact on this show are their cover of Love Reign O'er Me and Better Man. We'll go in depth on both songs and how locked in this band was, and we'll talk about whether a full Save It For Later tag is something that you can sense coming.

Also, we'll reacquaint ourselves with a character from a Live On 4 Legs episode from YEARS ago, and discuss why the hell Big Wave is being played in a city that doesn't have any surfing?

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Este es nuestro primer episodio realizado íntegramente en español y está dedicado al concierto que Pearl Jam ofreció en Santiago de Chile en 2015. Acompaña a Javier y a sus amigos Camilo y Sandra —miembros de la comunidad chilena de fans de Pearl Jam— mientras comparten historias sobre lo que este concierto y la música de la banda significan para ellos, además de relatar cómo su presencia en línea ayudó a conseguir que se incluyera una dedicatoria especial para este espectáculo durante la interpretación del tema Light Years.

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The Chronology Series takes a stop at 2014 for this episode. It's a year full of big time Pearl Jam shows including some full album experiments, 3 hour marathons and showstopping performances. This episode covers their Milton Keynes show that ended the European run that July. This show was a quintessential performance of the era with a masterful setlist construction that didn't need to be chock full of surprises to blow people away.

This show has an "it" quality that you hope for when traveling to see this band. The main set is charged up with songs that typically get played early in the night, giving it a feel of anything goes and barely stopping for air. We'll get to talking about some of the changes made from Lightning Bolt songs that we discussed in our 2013 episodes that had evolved after a year of playing them. This includes a more substantial outro on Sirens and a better placement for Let The Records Play alongside Spin The Black Circle. We'll also talk about an appearance from Pete Townshend's brother Simon for the song I Am The Answer, the connection of the early Mother Love Bone and Bad Radio songs played at this show, and an rage inducing rant during Daughter where Ed pleads to stop using tax payer money to drop bombs on children.

This memorable show has been on our radar for a while, so the question heading in is how close will this get into the LO4L Hall of Fame? Will conversations about Pete Puma and children of The Beatles help push it to the top? Tune in to find out!

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