My husband did security for them at a hotel back in the early 90's. Ended up eating a burger and smoking a joint with Eddie in his room at like 3:00 am. Said he was just about the nicest guy he ever met. Said the whole band was just super cool. They were addressing him as "Sir" and everything was genuine "Please" and "Thank You"...Genuinely a class bunch of guys. Was the best crew my husband ever worked with by far...
My mom bought me the first CD I ever owned and a discman for Christmas one year and it was this CD , one of the greatest albums ever , she passed away recently of brain cancer and man I’m sitting here thinking how amazing my mom was to buy this cd when I was in junior high and a cd player that would carry some of the most memorable moments of teenage years. Love and miss you mom!
Pearl Jam are still touring and are about to announce their North America tour. Even though it's 30 years later, I highly recommend going and if you can do all the events like pre-parties. We Pearl Jam fans are a family and if you let them will welcome you with open arms. I know people who might not be alive today without this community. I have certainly benefitted from it and know that when shit hits the fan, that family will help out. Apart from that they still give everything they've got and no two shows are the same (they make up their set list just before the show) and it's always unbelievable when the entire crowd sings along to hits like this one, Black, Release, Daughter and many more. I know the tickets aren't cheap but this band is so bloody worth it.
Thankfully Vedder isn't as reckless as he used to be back in the 90s. There were a lot of close calls and people were convinced that he'd end up falling from something and that would be the end of it. There are some videos out there of those earlier shows, with him swinging from a mic cable over the audience or climbing up 50 feet above the stage. There is one story he told about when he climbed up above the stage and reached the top only to discover that the I-beam he was clinging to only had enough space for his fingertips, and it was covered in dust. I think that was the time he realized that he was seconds away from an early death. He even apologized to all the other band members when they accepted an award (it might have been their induction to the Rock and Roll hall of fame) for putting them through all of that. He's a great guy, they all are, but there were moments back then when we all thought he was probably going to die during a show. Needless to say, we're all extremely glad he didn't!
Saw them in 1992 at second Lollapalooza with Soundgarden and other bands, easily one of the best concerts ive ever seen...on their first song they literally caused a flood of people to crash down a huge hill embankment down into the amphitheater like a giant human wave.
I was so upset I didn’t get to go to that show, but got a T-shirt from a friend who went. But at least I did see Pearl Jam live for the first time that year. It really was a great time to have been a teenager! (Didn’t make it to Lollapalooza until ‘94, which was still an awesome year.)
Are you talking Mesa amphitheater in AZ? The local dj here at kupd talks shit cuz Eddie is now not wild, save the planet Eddie, well guess what moron, people grow. Idiot (John holmberg)
I confirm what someone else just recommended: If you like their energy on stage and if you think this was Eddie going crazy, watch them do "Porch" at Pinkpop 92.
This brings back memories. I was in my early 20's when this song and this group broke out. It was an amazing time for music. The songs and singers were just so full of passion and you could feel it when they performed. Another group from this time was 'Stone Temple Pilots'. The lead singer Scott Weiland was fantastic. Their songs and music great. No cell phones anywhere to be seen. A simpler time.
Pearl Jam is a band that everyone dismisses because "everyone likes Pearl Jam". Then when they finally sit down an actually listen to them they realize "oh shit, these guys are good" Edit: There's another show where Eddie climbs up onto the metal beam that is part of the roof of the venue they were playing at (think big box store roof support) and falls into the crowd.
I was only 6 years old at the height of their popularity, and I grew up around other music so i just recently discovered Pearl jam at the age of 36...and they're now absolutely one of my favorites, they're just so so good. I wish i knew about them earlier on. Hopefully I'll still have a chance to see them in concert one day soon.
The band thought they would have to find a new singer because they always feared that Vedder was going to die. Reason being, Eddie had a notorious habit of climbing the stage scaffolding, while singing.
He was a guy who trusted his body, you don't go swinging from the rafters unless you do. Can't swear to it, but believe he was involved in stuff like surfing when young. They all looked sort of gleamingly healthy, fairly different from a lot of others involved in grunge. Another thing you notice when watching early Pearl Jam- no matter how strenuous his performance, he never lost his breath, maintained that powerful voice.
I was very very fortunate to grow up listening to metallica all kinds of rock and the grunge bands thanks to my big bro.he was a true child of the time.still a great guy just settled down.i took over the reigns
That swinging the microphone was a part of Roger Daltrys singing style. It’s a great effect. You got to know what you’re doing. That could leave a mark
This was the time before Internet came up. You just had the album, the radio airplay and then the concerts. the people went to the concerts out of pure passion and still got something offered. that was better than the internet today. this was LIVE.
Pearl Jam 1992 Pinkpop concert the song is Porch, best dive into crowd ever!! Check it out!! I ❤️ Pearl Jam!! Awesome reactions guys, enjoyed it alot!! 😊💓🤘✌️
Went to a concert in New Orleans in the ninety's the Ramones opened for them between the rain,the mosh pits,and the crowd surfing it was one of the most amazing times of my life.HOG
I'm a HUGE Pearl Jam fan, saw them many, many times. I am so sorry you guys missed the grunge era. However, Justin Hawkins of The Darkness is still doing this! 🤣 It's a Love Thing!
In addition to his young energy..Ed is an amazing storyteller . I love listening to the live shows because you get so much passion and Ed's cool stories. If you watch PJ20 Ed talks about the wild climbing and jumps and said it was the power of the music but his band mates were terrified he would get seriously hurt or die while he did that but they weren't gonna be able to talk him out of it
Back in the late 80's and early 90's the most popular club in Seattle was a place called the RCKCNDY which had 4 different stages. On any give night you might see Pearl Jam or Soundgarden or Nirvana or Alice N Chains or the Screaming Trees or Hammerbox or Mudhoney or the Tragically Hip or who knows. The only thing for sure was that you would get drunk and have tinnitus. It was simply the best place to live when you were under 40 in any city or at any age in the history of mankind! Oh this was the Paramount theater and I have been there for some great shows but unfortunately wasn't there for this one.
This video a live version of Even Flow. This video is filmed live. It was very well recorded faithful to the original, but it is different from the studio recording if you listen closely. Same deal with the Alive video
Speaking of kids, watch an awards show or some other music special of today where Pearl Jam is playing and watch Eddie's daughter's face. 'Coolest dad ever' face. She will be at a table in the audience with her mom and other family.
I recently watched something on UA-cam with him singing, and he has aged really wel. All clean cut and everything! Thank god he's still with us and didn't take the route of Chester and Chris Cornell. ❤
And that’s how Gen X gets down! 😉😂🤣😂🤣. And everyone wondered what one would get out of playing on the monkey bars. You never know when you’ll grow up to be a rockstar and need to climb the scaffold to jump into the audience. 🙃
I know I’m late to the party! 1. Yeah, Eddie ruined it for ya! Venues probably be like remember those dumbasses in the 90’s that used to climb out shit & jump into the audience…” 😂🤣😂🤣. 2. You may have already reacted~ I’m new to the channel. You need to do “Better Man” at either Madison Square Garden or their Hall of Fame induction (which is my favorite because he gives love to Boo) Sorry, there’s no jumping around in either but you can tell how genuinely touched Eddie is every time the crowd responds to this song the way they do. 🥹
Eddie Vedder was wild back in the day! Y’all wanna see someone wild? Check out Fair to Midland ~ Dance of the Manatee live @ The Machine Shop!!! Dude has a crazy vocal range.
My husband did security for them at a hotel back in the early 90's. Ended up eating a burger and smoking a joint with Eddie in his room at like 3:00 am. Said he was just about the nicest guy he ever met. Said the whole band was just super cool. They were addressing him as "Sir" and everything was genuine "Please" and "Thank You"...Genuinely a class bunch of guys. Was the best crew my husband ever worked with by far...
Thanks for sharing, that's heartwarming to read.
TEN.
One of the best album ever made.
Start to finish, legit every track is great
The best album ever made. Period.
Top to bottom. Not one skip song. In my mind one of top 10 albums ever.
Absolutely the best grunge album next to the first Alice and chains record
Totally!
I was lucky enough to see them three times back in the early and mid 90s. Absolutely electric experiences.
The next Pearl Jam NEED to be " Porch, Live at Pinkpop 1992 " Damn!
YESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!
Oh my God yess!! This one’s gonna kick you back to elementary school 🤣
I came here looking for this suggestion!
Rearviewmirror on SNL 1994 has ridiculous energy.
Mike McCready the guitarist is truly a great guitarist. One of the best in
the last 30 or 40 years.
Aaaahm... No.
@@gabrielp9646 UUmmmmm yeaaah.
Definitely
Eddie Vedder was an absolute monster on stage.
is a monster!
Turns out you can still go and see them and they are even better now than they were then! They are all amazing at their crafts!
My mom bought me the first CD I ever owned and a discman for Christmas one year and it was this CD , one of the greatest albums ever , she passed away recently of brain cancer and man I’m sitting here thinking how amazing my mom was to buy this cd when I was in junior high and a cd player that would carry some of the most memorable moments of teenage years. Love and miss you mom!
Pearl Jam are still touring and are about to announce their North America tour. Even though it's 30 years later, I highly recommend going and if you can do all the events like pre-parties. We Pearl Jam fans are a family and if you let them will welcome you with open arms. I know people who might not be alive today without this community. I have certainly benefitted from it and know that when shit hits the fan, that family will help out. Apart from that they still give everything they've got and no two shows are the same (they make up their set list just before the show) and it's always unbelievable when the entire crowd sings along to hits like this one, Black, Release, Daughter and many more. I know the tickets aren't cheap but this band is so bloody worth it.
I fell in love with this band back when this video came out. We’re still together and doing it several times a week.
Thankfully Vedder isn't as reckless as he used to be back in the 90s. There were a lot of close calls and people were convinced that he'd end up falling from something and that would be the end of it. There are some videos out there of those earlier shows, with him swinging from a mic cable over the audience or climbing up 50 feet above the stage. There is one story he told about when he climbed up above the stage and reached the top only to discover that the I-beam he was clinging to only had enough space for his fingertips, and it was covered in dust. I think that was the time he realized that he was seconds away from an early death. He even apologized to all the other band members when they accepted an award (it might have been their induction to the Rock and Roll hall of fame) for putting them through all of that.
He's a great guy, they all are, but there were moments back then when we all thought he was probably going to die during a show. Needless to say, we're all extremely glad he didn't!
The drumming underneath the guitar solo is so damn good
The 90s were different, passion for music, having fun on stage and in public, today that is lost.
Saw them in 1992 at second Lollapalooza with Soundgarden and other bands, easily one of the best concerts ive ever seen...on their first song they literally caused a flood of people to crash down a huge hill embankment down into the amphitheater like a giant human wave.
I’m so jealous, it’s embarrassing….😔
I was so upset I didn’t get to go to that show, but got a T-shirt from a friend who went. But at least I did see Pearl Jam live for the first time that year. It really was a great time to have been a teenager!
(Didn’t make it to Lollapalooza until ‘94, which was still an awesome year.)
Well jelly! Wish I could have seen them all!!
Are you talking Mesa amphitheater in AZ? The local dj here at kupd talks shit cuz Eddie is now not wild, save the planet Eddie, well guess what moron, people grow. Idiot (John holmberg)
I confirm what someone else just recommended: If you like their energy on stage and if you think this was Eddie going crazy, watch them do "Porch" at Pinkpop 92.
This brings back memories. I was in my early 20's when this song and this group broke out. It was an amazing time for music. The songs and singers were just so full of passion and you could feel it when they performed. Another group from this time was 'Stone Temple Pilots'. The lead singer Scott Weiland was fantastic. Their songs and music great.
No cell phones anywhere to be seen. A simpler time.
That was basically any live gig in the 90s. Going to gigs then was loose as F. Those days are sadly gone.
Broken fingers? Hell, I would have happily been smooshed into oblivion, to break Eddie Vedder's fall, lol.
Pearl Jam is a band that everyone dismisses because "everyone likes Pearl Jam". Then when they finally sit down an actually listen to them they realize "oh shit, these guys are good"
Edit: There's another show where Eddie climbs up onto the metal beam that is part of the roof of the venue they were playing at (think big box store roof support) and falls into the crowd.
Pink Pop 92 I guess
To which I reply " I told you they were great, not good".
The best band of all time
I was only 6 years old at the height of their popularity, and I grew up around other music so i just recently discovered Pearl jam at the age of 36...and they're now absolutely one of my favorites, they're just so so good. I wish i knew about them earlier on. Hopefully I'll still have a chance to see them in concert one day soon.
I was 12 the first time I saw this so it's so especial for me. Hello from spain
I've been to several Pearl Jam concerts in the 90's and he always jumped into the crowd and we surfed him. They are incredible live!!!
The band thought they would have to find a new singer because they always feared that Vedder was going to die. Reason being, Eddie had a notorious habit of climbing the stage scaffolding, while singing.
He was a guy who trusted his body, you don't go swinging from the rafters unless you do. Can't swear to it, but believe he was involved in stuff like surfing when young. They all looked sort of gleamingly healthy, fairly different from a lot of others involved in grunge. Another thing you notice when watching early Pearl Jam- no matter how strenuous his performance, he never lost his breath, maintained that powerful voice.
"Porch, Live at Pinkpop 1992" Eddie Vedder jumps again... and it's epic as well.
I was very very fortunate to grow up listening to metallica all kinds of rock and the grunge bands thanks to my big bro.he was a true child of the time.still a great guy just settled down.i took over the reigns
Super singer👍😻
That swinging the microphone was a part of Roger Daltrys singing style. It’s a great effect. You got to know what you’re doing. That could leave a mark
This was the time before Internet came up. You just had the album, the radio airplay and then the concerts. the people went to the concerts out of pure passion and still got something offered. that was better than the internet today. this was LIVE.
Grunge pits were surprisingly safe. Lotsa contact, but understand that if you fell, everyone picked you up. God I miss it .
You should check out Pearl Jam "Porch" Pinkpop 92
Hellz ya, I remember when this came out! Yes, I am 48 And These were the times to ROCK!
The glorious 90's when artists still had the balls to stage dive
One the best concerts I’ve ever seen live they put on a hell of a show.
Pearl Jam 1992 Pinkpop concert the song is Porch, best dive into crowd ever!! Check it out!! I ❤️ Pearl Jam!! Awesome reactions guys, enjoyed it alot!! 😊💓🤘✌️
Aaarrrggghhh!
Yes!!! Memories... great band LIVE!! They have been so consistent, too. All so talented, and Eddie Vedar's voice.... woaw! 🤘🎶
Susie just loves Pearl Jam…
Me too since 1992 The whole 90’s era was great…
Went to a concert in New Orleans in the ninety's the Ramones opened for them between the rain,the mosh pits,and the crowd surfing it was one of the most amazing times of my life.HOG
I'm a HUGE Pearl Jam fan, saw them many, many times. I am so sorry you guys missed the grunge era. However, Justin Hawkins of The Darkness is still doing this! 🤣 It's a Love Thing!
In addition to his young energy..Ed is an amazing storyteller . I love listening to the live shows because you get so much passion and Ed's cool stories. If you watch PJ20 Ed talks about the wild climbing and jumps and said it was the power of the music but his band mates were terrified he would get seriously hurt or die while he did that but they weren't gonna be able to talk him out of it
Promoters and venues hated PJ and often required additional insurance because of Eddie's antics.
You two are super intertaning.
Great reaction!! 😀 Thanks
My fave PJ song. Well top 5 anyway. God bless everyone.
You just love Pearl Jam. Known them since. 1992
Back in the late 80's and early 90's the most popular club in Seattle was a place called the RCKCNDY which had 4 different stages. On any give night you might see Pearl Jam or Soundgarden or Nirvana or Alice N Chains or the Screaming Trees or Hammerbox or Mudhoney or the Tragically Hip or who knows. The only thing for sure was that you would get drunk and have tinnitus. It was simply the best place to live when you were under 40 in any city or at any age in the history of mankind! Oh this was the Paramount theater and I have been there for some great shows but unfortunately wasn't there for this one.
GREAT SONG FROM PEARL JAM🤝
. I was in my 40s in the 90s and I got this CD and I’m not ashamed to say that I am still an Eddie Vedder fan girl.
All the grunge bands are great and sooooooo relevant today
Gotta love Eddie
Seen them a bunch of times in the 90's. Frickin rocked every time!!
I was 20 when this was done 🤷🏼♂️🖤🤘🏻
That bass! 🔥
Saw the PJ20 tour in Vancouver. Those guys love Canada. Mudhoney was the opener, an underrated Seattle Scene band.
This video a live version of Even Flow. This video is filmed live. It was very well recorded faithful to the original, but it is different from the studio recording if you listen closely. Same deal with the Alive video
I'm a die-hard Pearl Jam fan I've seen them 12 times check out black MTV Unplugged or porch pinkpop 1992
This guy sang right through me. Amazing live band. Thanks for the memory guy's!!!😊🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Golden 90's
Pearl Jam and Eddie Vedder! One of my favourite combination! Beautiful song and great comments (again) by You guys!!!
Speaking of kids, watch an awards show or some other music special of today where Pearl Jam is playing and watch Eddie's daughter's face. 'Coolest dad ever' face. She will be at a table in the audience with her mom and other family.
I recently watched something on UA-cam with him singing, and he has aged really wel. All clean cut and everything! Thank god he's still with us and didn't take the route of Chester and Chris Cornell. ❤
Porch from Pinkpop festival 1992. Legendary performance
I once had the pleasure of helping to catch Eddie.
Hey Seattle! I was there! I am old! Keep Rock Alive!! 🤘🏽🖤🔥🙌🏼 ℁
Classic Crazy Eddie!! Check out Eddie Vedder Epic Stage dives compilation, so Sick
Eddie Vetter... beautiful man w/ a great voice...
I am a big fan of Pearl Jam but this was the official video to the song so therefore this is the recorded version and not live
You need to bond with their first album, "10"! Amazing! You should do a video just reacting to that whole album!
You guys have to check out their song "State of Love & Trust", live unplugged! It is a ripper and a rocker! Excellent vocals by Eddie!
They are still making albums and touring. Try Quick Escape from their latest album.
Your face expressions say it all love this review I wish to have gone to the concert as well fab
Pearl jam - Porch. Pinkpop 1992.
Came to say that exact phrase
Have loved your reactions to Rammstein (huge fan), but I also love Pearl Jam. So cool to see you do "Even Flow". Pearl Jam, yes!!
Porch and Black are musts!
I think they picked up Eddie off the beach..Crazy!
Gotta second. Porch - pink pop '92
You guys you guys you guys!!! Pearl Jam DO THE EVOLUTION reaction please!!! You wont regret it!!!!!!!!!
They are still touring
You guys really need to check out Pearl Jam Porche at Pinkpop 1992. Hold on to your heads
Saw them Live at Sydney football stadium in 2009
ten album is one of my all time fav , got to see them in there hey day and 20 yeqrs later , still rock
Animal Live at mtv video awards is gonna blow your mind. Eddie’s a sceamer.
The glory of the grunge era
And that’s how Gen X gets down! 😉😂🤣😂🤣. And everyone wondered what one would get out of playing on the monkey bars. You never know when you’ll grow up to be a rockstar and need to climb the scaffold to jump into the audience. 🙃
Great song. Great reaction.
Years ago SNL did a parody of this with Adam Sandler singing. So funny
Never understood the hype about Nirvana, that time. Pearl Jam ihmo is the winner, and and i own the Nirvana Album, too
Yeah, PJ and AIC for me. I think it’s that Nirvana was the most “punk” if you will, of the grunge bands and had that punk energy.
I remember hearing that they had to retake this song 40 times trying to get it perfect and then they finally gave up and said screw it
When you see the older Eddie Vedder you forget he had this level of energy once. He's still fantastic though.
Bring back Dave Abbruzzese and he will get that "Old" Energy back
Please react to Pearl Jam - “Do The Evolution “
Hi guys!! You have to listen “Porch” live version pink pop festival 1992 …….Was insane !!!
You should react to them doing Porch live at pink pop 92!
You will like Go
This takes me back.
Seriously watch porch from pink pop for real
You should react to " Corduroy " live 2016
Watch "Do the Evolution" official video next you will love it.
I know I’m late to the party!
1. Yeah, Eddie ruined it for ya! Venues probably be like remember those dumbasses in the 90’s that used to climb out shit & jump into the audience…” 😂🤣😂🤣.
2. You may have already reacted~ I’m new to the channel. You need to do “Better Man” at either Madison Square Garden or their Hall of Fame induction (which is my favorite because he gives love to Boo) Sorry, there’s no jumping around in either but you can tell how genuinely touched Eddie is every time the crowd responds to this song the way they do. 🥹
the holiest of holies: nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, alice of chains, melvins.
Eddie Vedder was wild back in the day!
Y’all wanna see someone wild? Check out Fair to Midland ~ Dance of the Manatee live @ The Machine Shop!!! Dude has a crazy vocal range.