(thanks to iceage for the thread idea)

I'm talking about your favorite musical moments

1. The outro solo in I Am Mine

2. While not actually Pearl Jam, the vocalizations Eddie does in Hard Sun starting around 2:15ish. I really really miss that stuff.

3. The outro solo in Life Wasted

4. The 'somewhere there's a siren singing' part of Force of Nature

5. the way Eddie screams 'another way moving into the last verse in World Wide Suicide

6. The intro (and outro) to Gonna See My Friend. I just love how sloppy and exuberant it is

7. The start of Sad. What a great, mysterious riff, and the band does such a great job coloring it in (the way Eddie pronounces the word Gray in the first verse is also excellent)

8. The way eddie growls the word eternity into the chorus of comatose

9. The 'I'm a lucky man...' part of Just Breathe

10. The music and the vocal melody in the verses in The Fixer

ok, if I were to pick one moment instead of tours, it would be :

1. "got up outta there, ran for Canadaaa" in Given to fly in Ottawa 05 (i think)
2. Crowd singing Do the evolution guitar in Buenos Aires
3. Esta bien tag in Mexico 05
4. "God what do you saaaaayy?" at the end of Marker in the Sand
5. Know your rights/RITFW/slam mic at Uniondale 03
6. Present Tense at Antwerp 06 (first ever Belgian show after 2 cancellations)
7. Sleater-Kinney opening leading to Modern Girl tag (London 05)
8. Benaroya : 25 minutes to go
9. I was the only one left behind in the movies when Man of the Hour started after watching Big Fish. I stayed in my seat with all people looking weird at me and the personnel starting to clean the place
10. "Feel the sky blankets you, with gems and rhinestones" in Unthought Known

the first thing i thought of was pearl jam+robert plant, but i dont think thats what stip was looking for

after number one, in no particular order

1. Bonnaroo -from getting both RVM and Porch, three encores, an absolutely incredible WMA after fifteen years, first All Night, first Who You Are in ages, first Hard to Imagine as opener, Release into ALive in the encore, thousands upon thousands of people, great setlist, and a perfect night.


2. 'driftin awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay'
3. 'won't someone save the world' and following guitar part
4. 'I'll answer this when iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii get hooooooooooome'
5 opening drum beat of Cant Keep

i'll add some more later.

outro solo on i am mine, definitely
save you bridge (and clapping along live)
big wave outro
the coin drops in of the girl/chains in sleight of hand
got some outro (the 'got some if you need it, i got some if you NEEEEEEEEEEEEEED it)
the 'hyaahh!' on education/'hey.... heyy' on johnny guitar/'uuurgah' on got some
the change to an ascending note guitar pattern on the second verse from descending note guitar pattern on the first verse in johnny guitar
the studio intro on inside job
'i know i was born and i know that i'll die. the in-between is mine. i am mine'
'i said yeaaaaaaaah'

in no order:

1. the second verse of light years
2. "constant recoil, sometimes life.. don't leave you alone.. mmmm" into the last LBC chorus
3. unthought known - really the whole thing, but especially when it kicks into the chorus after the second "..for you to walk on"
4. grievance outro
5. "the plates began to shift.. perfect lefts come rollin in.."
6. "and i'm not livin' this life without you, i'm selfish and clear.. uhh"
7. unemployable, the whole thing
8. the last minute of come back (esp. live when they add a few bars on to the end and mike takes a longer solo)
9. "leave your hatred.. on the crrrooossssssss" > solo > last chorus of comatose
10. the fixer bridge > repeated intro part > last chorus/outro

yeah, if we're talking stuff outside the albums, nothing can beat bonnaroo for me. i really can't put into sufficient words what that show and experience felt like to me. it had everything i wanted in a pearl jam show, and it happened at my own heaven on earth.

1. Bridge into the last chorus of Insignificance, until the end of the song. Hell, the whole song.

2. Mike's solo on All Or None. It's up there with Alive as his best.

3. "How's our father supposed to be told?"

4. "Progress, taste it, invest it all! Champagne breakfast for everyone!"

5. "I'll see you on the other siiiiide....another man, moved by sleight of hand."

6. Mike's solo on I Am Mine.

7. Eddie and the weird guitar part in Parachutes; "and war..... break the sky and tell me what it's for."

8. The last chorus of Nothing As It Seems.

9. I really like the intro to Got Some.

10. The transition from "and just one wish could bring her back" into the last chorus of Sad.

Purely from the records:

1. Sad - end of bridge into the "if just one wish..." to the end
2. All or None - "to myself I surrender" until the end
3. Insignificance - bridge to outro
4. Grievance - "progress taste it invest it all..." section
5. I am Mine - last chorus and outro
6. Parting Ways - 'drifting away' outro
7. Light Years - second verse
8. The End - whole melody...everything about it really
9. Gonna See My Friend - bridge into "astral plane" verse
10. Sleight of Hand - last chorus until the end.

1. Insignificance (whole song)
2. "It's OK" tag (NY 2000)
3. Sad (whole song)
4. Breakdown in Hitchhiker
5. Breakdown in Marker In The Sand
6. The Philly 3 experience
7. Reverting back to the drum heavy version of In My Tree
8. Mansfield 3 acoustic gig
9. Letterman performance of Grievance
10. Busting out "Who You Are" for the 2008 tour.

in no particular order outside of the first one

Mike's solo at the end of Come Back
Outro solo to I Am Mine
"I'll see you on the other side!" on Sleight of Hand...fucking awesome
"Taking on...on...on", on Thin Air leading up to Stone's little guitar flourish at the end of that bridge (at least I think it's Stone and not Mike)
"I want to run into the sea!" on Grievance
"Blackout weaves it's way to the city"...by far the best part of that song, in every way (music, mood, lyrics) possible
The chiming guitars on the outro to Marker in the Sand
"Gems and RHINESTONES"...still makes me smile everytime I listen to it
That little dying gasp Eddie gives at the end of The End...chilling
"Drifting away...." at the end of Parting Ways

#1 Musical moment: The riff + jangling piano in Rival

#1 Non-musical moment: Making Kanye's blog.

#1: The wave of Ranking threads on the RM message board








#2 - #10: Other

The coin drop in Of The Girl.

1. All of Ed's one word "mumbles" (lack of a better term) in Go.
2. "I know I was born and I know that I'll die, the in between is mine" line.
3. "Whooose got the brain of JFK"
4. Mike in Comatose
5. Jeff's bass in Just Breathe
6. Mike's solo on Porch
7. The "eurrgh" after first verse in Got Some.
8. Sad intro
9. The bridge in Present Tense
10. The studio of Crazy Mary, with female backing vocals. (Victoria Williams, right?)

I reserve the right to add to this as I think of more...

Re: Top 10 Favorite Pearl Jam moments this decade

Oh, DAMMIT. Thanks Jorge, it was before 8 am here when I made that post. Guess I suck at reading comprehension.

I guess technically it should be "last decade" since it's 2010.

Off the top of my head....and in no particular order.

"It's ok" tag

War tag on Daughter - Showbox 2002

Love Reign O're Me & The Real Me (VH1 The Who tribute)

Sad intro

Ed's delivery on The End, specifically:

Slide on next to me
I’m just a human being
I will take the blame
Bust just the same
This is not me

Puzzles & Games

Nothing As It Seems, specifically:

Saving up a sunny day,.. something maybe two tone...
Anything to call his own,.. a chip off the cornerstone...
Who's kidding, rainy day,...one way ticket headstone...
Occupations overthrown,.. a whisper thru a megaphone...

Insignificance, specifically the last third of the song

Man of the Hour live...Ed's newish delivery on:

He was guiding me, love, his own way

Grievance on Letterman 2000