Pearl Jam - Black

 

Yesterday I experienced along with a sold-out Globe Arena a completely incomparable evening with Pearl Jam. That it was no less than 12 years since the band was on stage in Sweden, so this was more than welcome. The band lined up hit after hit during their set and played 30 songs (see the setlist below), a concert that lasted for about 2h 50m, it was like you were in heaven, what a magical evening it was. That this is quickly taking over the throne as the year's primary gig is there no talk about.

Pearl Jam is an American rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1990. Since its inception, the band's line-up has included Eddie Vedder (vocals), Stone Gossard (guitar), Jeff Ament (bass), and Mike McCready (guitar). The band's current drummer is Matt Cameron, also of Soundgarden, who has been with the band since 1998.

Here are some pictures i took with my compact:

My Instagram on the drum case!

Todays tune "Black" is taken from the band's debut album, Ten (1991). Featuring lyrics written by vocalist Eddie Vedder and music written by guitarist Stone Gossard, "Black" is a soliloquy by a broken-hearted man, who is remembering his absent lover.

"Black" became one of Pearl Jam's best known songs and is a central emotional piece on the album Ten. Despite pressure from Epic Records, the band refused to make it into a single, feeling that it was too personal and the feeling of it would be lost by a video or a single release. Vedder stated that "fragile songs get crushed by the business. I don't want to be a part of it. I don't think the band wants to be part of it."

Black live at Pinkpop, 1992



Black - Unplugged

Setlist from the Stockholm show:

Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town
Corduroy
Got Some
Why Go
Amongst The Waves
Wishlist
Given To Fly
Comatose
Even Flow
World Wide Suicide
Garden
Better Things (The Kinks cover)
Unthought Known
All Those Yesterdays
The Fixer
1/2 Full
Jeremy

Encore:

Off He Goes
Just Breathe
State Of Love And Trust
Do The Evolution
Love, Reign O'er Me
Porch

Encore 2:

Once
Better Man
Crazy Mary
Black
Alive
Rockin' in the Free World
Yellow Ledbetter

Note: All Those Yesterdays was played for the first time since 2010 and for the first time in Europe at all.

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