Well, I've finished Buffalo and am well into Penn State now. Both are excellent shows although I don't know if I'd rate either one the best of the Spring 2003 tour. You do get quite a bit of everything between the two concerts, but I still think they should have played more of Riot Act (at least 8 of the 15 songs per show?) back then. It's interesting how they'll play a lot of Ten and Vs each night but aside from Better Man and Corduroy, the rest of Vitalogy seems somewhat of a rare occasion. This still seems to be the case with their performances. Anyway, as I said, both are great shows and I plan to listen to them again before "moving on."
A couple negative notes just to create conversation/debate:
I can't say that I'm much of a Sting fan and I don't think that "Driven to Tears" is right for PJ.
I realize that it wasn't rehearsed so I should be too hard on them, but the impromptu performance of Satan's Bed was pretty rough.
I love the version from Ireland,06.01.00..great funny story before..and the version of Go is a killer...long fade - out..try that version..its great....
The story was indeed funny. Listening to Go now. Gotta love pearljambootlegs.com.
2000 must've been a great year for Go then Hope they play it in Stockholm. Damn, if I listen to all their albums ahead of Stockholm my wishlist will have a hundred songs...
Hmm, since I have the number one PJ expert on the forum here... Is Deep any good live? It's the least-good song on Ten in my opinion. I could imagine it being killer live though.