We don't have the quintessential cover of the Pearl Jam live shows (they have played that Neil Young song 208 times being the cover that they have played the most) and I don't think the encore was filmed but anyway what we have in the DVD is simply a flawless performance. If you go to the official website of Pearl Jam and check the set list of this unplugged performance you will find that is this: "Oceans", "State of Love and Trust", "Alive", "Black", Jeremy", "Porch", "Even Flow", "Rockin in the Free World". That song is the only one not from Ten that we get to enjoy with this DVD (one of the bonus tracks from the reissue is the version of "State of Love and Trust" of the Ten sessions) and after it we have pretty much the most famous Pearl Jam song, the classics "Alive", "Black", "Jeremy" and "Even Flow". The first Pearl Jam album I purchased was Ten and later I remember I got what is today their latest album (a new one is coming!), Pearl Jam, and the greatest hits double CD rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991–2003), with the greatest hits album I listened for the very first songs that now are some of my favourites including "State of Love and Trust". A really beautiful edition, amazing package, great booklet, 2 CDs (Ten remastered and Ten "Redux" plus 6 bonus tracks), both are great and a DVD with the unplugged performance. As for today I have listened pretty much all of their stuff and I love pretty much all of them a week and a day ago I purchased the deluxe version of the reissue of their debut album Ten. However my love for Pearl Jam music is relatively very new, in other words when Pearl Jam visited Mexico City for second time I didn't care that much, I just remember few months later I was regretting for not attending those shows, certainly I listened to their stuff and I was very glad for doing it. I have never been really into Alice in Chains or Stone Temple Pilots, I love some songs of those bands though, or any other band you may relate with those. Pearl Jam is definitely one of my favourite bands of the 90s, I like a lot Nirvana (their MTV unplugged is also great) and Soundgarden but I prefer any day to listen to Pearl Jam. In fact just looking at Eddie Vedder's face is a show unto itself: he's a lead singer to rank with the greats, aside from the vocal power from projecting so much on his face (you don't know whether he'll kill someone, have an epileptic fit, or just pet a sheep), and he has a lot of joy in his performance, at one pointy riding a wave or something on his stool! This is what fans want to see, and circa 1992 the most versatile and perhaps just flat-out talented Seattle band deliver the goods. But of course it's impossible to neglect the classics like Alive, Even Flow or Jeremy which after being played out on radio for so many years still pack a wallop when given the ferocity and harrowing spirit of the live performance. We get, for example, one of the finest and most energetic performances of any song of the 90s, with their number Porch. And yet, for 35 minutes, Pearl Jam fans or just anyone looking for a solid rock show get their minutes worth. It is what is is, and gives the MTV folks perhaps TOO much time for commercials. It's one of those cases where the only real flaw is a typical limitation of television: it's only 35 minutes long! Even on the recently re-release on DVD (it comes with the deluxe package of the Ten reissue) there are no extra songs, no extra pieces of fat like when Nirvana or Alice in Chains had their unplugged performances released. They're so into the swing of things, as are the audience, that nothing goes wrong. Pearl Jam live rarely disappoints and this collection of songs straight from their first smash Ten (save for the State of Love and Trust song which you'll recognize if you've listened to enough rock radio over the years but for some idiotic reason was left off the album) is one of their classic shows.
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