Search - Pearl Jam :: 8/14/00 - New Orleans, Louisiana

Went Along for the Ride, came away a fan

Joseph Townsend | Hattiesburg, Ms. USA | 03/21/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"My 30 year high school reunion was scheduled for Labor Day Weekend, I didn't want to go to this concert, but it was SO important for my 17 year old son to be there along with one of his pals, so after first saying no, I reluctantly agreed to go along and we went to this concert. Sonic Youth opened up. Thye were good (and Loud). Pearl Jam finally took the stage and their (unusual,for this tour) opening song was Long Road. I sat in amazement as the the lead singer and the drummer slowly built from a minor chord to a wonderful major that left me moved, both with the mystical lyrics and the wonderful progression of good, really good, music. The song would continue to haunt me as I attended my class reunion and came in contact with so many of my old friends and loved ones. I am now a true believer, a fan, but not an expert. I like this c/d a lot as well as the other live one from this tour that we have, Code 23. I wish that it included Smile and baba o'riley, both of which are on the other live c/d, but I love that version of Long Road, as well as Off He Goes, Beterman, Daughter, and Small Town. I was glad to see the interaction between the band and the fans. I had heard of the tragic loss of life at an earlier concert. I felt the band was reaching out to these young fans, wanting them to be safe and happy. From a fan of the 60's music, I recommend this band to the folks from my generation. I heard the Stones, the Who, Faces and others live years ago. Pearl Jam was better."

Great show from a great band... the one i missed

cybernautm71 | louisiana | 03/01/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"if my friends could have gotten their act together i was going to go to see this concert date... but, thanks to a combination of happenings... i didn't get a chance to go see pearl jam's only louisiana performance off their binaural tour.having said that... it stands to reason that i would grab this official bootleg of that show... to beat myself up over what i missed... and, i am.i have ten of the european date bootlegs... that was the combination it took for me to get at least one performance of every single song i wanted... so... i think i have an idea of what an average night on this tour sounded like. having said all that... the new orleans show is much much meatier. i suppose it has something to do with the way they set up the mixing levels.. but... gossard and ament sound wonderful on these discs... the bass is real heavy... at times threatening to drown the song... but, never fully getting the chance... because ament's guitar just soars above it effortlessly. for me... the stand out songs on this date's performance... would have to be the second disc... not that i'm knocking the first side... nosiree... just that the back half of the show has a steller performance of yellow ledbetter... and a trancelike performance of jeremy... which follows the only part of the banter vedder had between songs... that got a tad bit political (appropriate since this show was on the day of the democratic convention)... but... the 2 songs that i am beating myself up for missing the most... is a wonderfully low-key version of crazy mary... and sonic reducer...i wish i had gone solo on this concert... but, alas... i can't change the past. thanks to pearl jam, however, i can at least listen to it in stereo."

Underrated Performance

Lenbert Litterbert | TX | 04/14/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I regularly listen to about 20 of these 2000/01 tour recordings now, five years after the fact. Other reviewers have been helpful in steering me to some of the tightest performances and best produced recordings (Philadelphia 1, Jones Beach 2 and 3, and Pittsburgh for starters), but this one isn't given due credit. When I pop this New Orleans show into the CD player after another PJ concert, the superior power and clarity of the recording is immediately obvious. On this particular night, not only was the band tight, focused, and rocking, but the guitar techs and recording engineers nailed the settings for compression and edgy, crisp sound textures. Every squeal, crunch, and flutter matches the dynamics of each moment of every song. Check it out."