Growing up I always loved The Who, my dad loved them so I heard them all the time. I became obsessed with PJ when I was 16-17 and found it very satisfying that they also shared my love of The Who. Ther were, and still are 2 of my 3 favorite bands. When I first heard PJ cover the Who I was blown away. It was "Naked Eye" and I thought Vedder took the song to the next level. Over the years I have heard them do many, many covers. I have heard Vedder sing with Pete, the latest cover, etc.

what I want to know is if we could get a complete list together of all the covers and compilations PJ\Vedder has done of Who songs.

Check "the setlist archive" on theskyiscrape.com's homepage for the total list of songs PJ has done (artist is listed in parenthesis).

I know what you mean about growing up with the Who. I first borrowed "Who's Next" and "The Who By Numbers" from my local library when I was in 5th grade. Shortly afterwards, my mom's friend lent me a copy of Led Zeppelin's "Houses of the Holy". That pretty much did it for me.
But hearing those songs come from PJ either make me smile or make me frown. I think Baba is something PJ completely butchered. I never liked it. I think they did a great job on The Seeker and Naked Eye.

Zep is my 3rd or top 3 bands. I think they do a great job on Baba, the capture the energy of the song but the outtro doesn't do the song justice.

I didn't want to dig through all the songs. Thought there would be fans like me who knew every song they have done off the top of their head like I used to. My memory has gone to shit.

I didn't feel like digging through the list.

I actually like most of the PJ versions better than the Who versions.

:burnsinhell:

Every time I see The Who live it's confusing because they play all those 'Pearl Jam covers' My next time will be at Roskilde 2007.

groetjes,
Mirella

both times i saw the who, they played baba fairly early in the set. it was strange.

I've seen the who 3 times and they always play it early probably because they have bigger and better songs. For example, last time I saw them they ended with a 10 minute version of magic bus. Before that, the new bassist did a fairly good version of boris the spider.

oh yeah, they had better songs later in the set, i just meant that it was a strange thing. i've gotten baba very near the end of maybe 7 or 8 of the pj shows i have been to, so when it came on early in the who set, it was sorta humorous i guess.

i want to hear therm do The Real Me, although i'm not sure if Ament can pull it off

http://www.theskyiscrape.com/website/wi ... ory:Covers

Baba O'Riley
I Can't Explain
Let My Love Open The Door (Townshend song)
Love Reign O'er Me
My Generation
Naked Eye
Sheraton Gibson
Squeeze Box
The Kids Are Alright
The Real Me

I've always wanted to hear them do Dr. Jimmy. I think they would do a great job on anything from Quadrophenia.

I'd love to hear PJ do some sort of rock opera, I think they could pull it off.

Does that include songs Vedder has done live with Townshend? I could have sworn I've heard him do more than that list.

How could I forget this!?!

This is probably the best Who cover they've ever done. Every time you listen to it, you can almost feel that energy surrounding you.

no.

Ed without Pearl Jam;

Tattoo
I'm One
Let's See Action
Getting In Tune
Heaven And Hell
Young Man Blues
Fortune Teller
A Quick One
I'm A Boy
See Me, Feel Me/ Listening To You
Sparks
Heart To Hang Onto
Magic Bus
Till The River Runs Dry (that might be a another cover not sure)

i got all that info mostly from

http://www.theskyiscrape.com/website/wi ... 1999-07-14
http://www.theskyiscrape.com/website/wi ... 999-07-28a
http://www.theskyiscrape.com/website/wi ... 999-07-28b
http://www.theskyiscrape.com/website/wi ... 1999-07-29
http://www.theskyiscrape.com/website/wi ... 2000-11-27

quite possibly. I wish there was a version on this on a real professional sounding boot

they should dig this one back out

Soldier Field 95.

So you are calling me a lazy fuck?

Just kidding, thanks for gathering that.

I find it amazing, and feel proud, that they have played with and are respected by so many rock legends. Usually this happens when bands have been around a long time and start getting "old". They got that respect early on and through their peak years. I love it.

Indeed

nah i just put those links there because that way you know i'm not talking out of my ass, also Buggy makes me

i also just remembered:

Girl's Eyes
Leaving Here

http://www.theskyiscrape.com/website/wi ... 1996-11-05

Has anybody heard WASP's cover of The Real Me? It'll be hard to top that one.

This is pretty much the complete list. However, "I'm One" was played on 3/15/94

But you guys are forgetting two very obvious songs:
Leaving Here and Blue Red and Grey