I just finished listening to Indifference from L.A. 2009-10-07, and it was GREAT, except... for that it was TOTALLY ruined by that douchebag who was not Eddie who sang the first verse and then came back to ruin it again in the middle.

My question is.... are there any nice 2009 versions of Indifference where this tool (I think it is Ben Harper, the unfortunate opening act....) does NOT interfere with the vocals???

Ben Harper is the man

I dig Ben Harper, but the guy needs to stay away from my Indifference.

If you watch/listen close on the garden dvd, he has to ask eddie for the first lyric

He was prob just nervous, he'd done the song more than once before that. I'm apparently in a minority camp that thinks the best versions of Indifference are the ones with Ben Harper.

the only time Ben has really nailed Indifference was night 2 of Bridge School '01. 10.21 I think was the date. Live at the Garden version is wretched.

I saw Ben play it at a solo gig back when I was in college, during an acoustic encore. I yelled out for it, he started it up, and it was fucking awesome.

Although I can see how when you get that in your setlist at a PJ gig, you only want to hear Eddie handle the vocals.

That also happens to be the best of Pearl Jam's Bridge sets.

They closed with it in Manchester last year. Great version, especially in person. The crowd screaming never fails to make my hairs stand on end.

Melbourne 09 Indifference was not good either.

ben harper kicks ass on indifference.

Maybe that is the problem, he should spend more time concentrating on his singing then.

I like Ben alot but listen to that Melbourne 09 version and tell me with a straight face he did a good job.