Sidewalk cigarettes and scenes, (tem-pted) Singing these lyrics with the entire United Center last night instantly took me back to hearing this song for the first time at Randall’s Island, NY in 1996 and singing our hearts out that night as well!Īll their eyes trained on the street, yo, oh If you haven’t heard In My Tree live, you need to as it’s always something special, the way Ed engages and sings to the crowd it almost feels like a deeper connection on this song. I know Ed and the band work hard to make this happen it’s extra noticeable, seriously i think Pearl Jam is getting better and better… Like a fine bottle of Eddies wine!Īt this point I’m pretty thirsty and could use some water or a drink but honestly it was just amazing song after amazing song, and I didn’t want to miss anything going to get a drink, I couldn’t leave to get a drink with this setlist! Continuing to surf through their albums the band launched into Even Flow, Dance Of The Clairvoyants, and then Matt Cameron started playing those thunderous intro drums for In My Tree. It’s really amazing to see how hard the band has worked to play more diverse songs from their catalog and to beautifully work them into the setlist, along with the new Gigaton songs. Light Years was also a nice surprise, I think the fans appreciate these Binaural songs being played in these first few shows.
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Then into Faithfull, Quick Escape, and epic version of Animal which Ed mentioned before playing the song Jeff recently told him he thought the use of the song Animal in the TV show The Bear, was one of the best cinematic uses of their music he had ever seen/heard.
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With the full band now standing, the setlist for the night turned into a rocking one – kicking into W ho Ever Said, Corduroy, and then i think the best version of Gods’ Dice I’ve heard since the Binaural Tour (last played in 2018). It’s been great to see Retrograde become a new fan favorite, especially with the amazing lyrics “ Hear the sound in the distance, now / Could be thunder / Or a crowd” the crowd really took its cue last night and was special to hear that thunderous Chicago crowd roar inside the United Center!
The rest of the band returned to the stage for an amazing version of Retrograde which they started seated and then slowly individually stood up. Then Ed’s Jumbo acoustic guitar was handed to him by Simon Ed, Josh, and Boom played Just Breathe which I honestly wasn’t expecting so early in the set, but fit perfectly with the vibe of the band and evening, since the fellas are continuing to start their shows seated for the first few songs and mix things up. I thought about those that are no longer with us physically but still with us spiritually and with the energy they left on this earth that surrounds us.
This is the first time Release was played on this tour and I thought about the last time I heard it at Madison Square Garden almost a year ago (last September). Pearl Jam took the stage shortly after 8:50pm and as Ed walked on the stage, he greeted the crowd with a wave and then gifted us Release and Low Light as the first 2 songs of the evening. It was my first time in the United Center and was very cool to be in the building that Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls made famous/battled epic games and won 6 championships, seeing Jordan’s retired 23 banner hanging from the rafters was pretty damn cool. The waves took me to the United Center in Chicago, Illinois last night for the first Pearl Jam show back in Chicago since The Away Shows at Wrigley Field in 2018.
Thanks to Pearl Jam‘s management and their crew Photos courtesy of United Center/ Kena Krutsinger Share on Email Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Share on WhatsApp Share on Telegram I’ll Ride The Wave, Where It Takes Me…
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