Search - Pearl Jam :: 10/14/00 - Houston, Texas

I bought it because I attended the show....

J. DEATS | Houston, TX USA | 04/21/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This is the show that I was able to attend on their US tour, so natually I wanted to pickup this set. The quality is not as good as the other offical bootleg I have (Verona, Italy) but it's not bad either. Great set-list (better than the 15th show in Houston IMO) Hightlight points are: track 10 (listed as utitled) which serves as a completely improvised intro to MFC and later track 9 (listed as improv) an improvised intro to Last kiss. This version of Yellow Ledbetter, Even Flow and Betterman are superior to the Verona, Italy show (sorry that's all I have to compare them to of the bootlegs).I sudgested buying the CDs for the shows you were able to attend and maybe the final 3-disc seattle show (which seems to be everyones favorite and will be my next purchase)."

A few unique happenings

Texas PJ Fan | Austin | 04/04/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Compared to several of the other PJ "bootlegs" (I have Seattle, Katowice, West Palm Beach, Indianapolis, and Houston I & II) the recording is below average. However, if you're really into PJ, you may want to own it to hear a few unique things. First, during Untitled #9, Ed sings about Bush, "my son is slow". Also, when they breakout into "Mankind", Mike "sabotages" Stone, and illustrates "infighting...exactly what's wrong with our government today." Then, during the encore, Ed breaks a string on his Ukulele and has to stop mid song--he recovers nicely though. Probably my favorite moment came when Ed introduced a "new one...called Burried Alive". They break out into a great version of Even Flow (also know to have been named after an "Eagle Ray"-West Palm Beach & a "Lamprey"--Seattle)."