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19/6/00 - Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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This is the CD that all of us grunge fans in Slovenia have been waiting for since 19. 6. 2000. Eddie Vedder and other members of this incredible band have come to Ljubljana on that hot June day and brought with them all the best songs from there new album Binarual (Insignificance, Breakerfall, Nothing As It Seems,...) and other great songs (Indifference, Last Kiss, Daughter,...). I dont think Hala Tivoli has ever seen that great show before. Audience was going crayz, singing with Eddie and trying to climb onto the stage. More than 2 hours of great music was enough to satisfy every Pearl Jam fan, and now, whit this CD out, I can say that Peral Jam is one of the best bands in the whole world that thinks about there fans and trys to do everything to make them happy. And they are doing really great, cause every song that they make is on my Wishlist. I wish that we will see you again, Pearl Jam.

I can't understand why this CD isn't getting more attention. Everyone's talking about Hamburg, Milan and Katowice, which are all great shows, but this one is definitely in the same league. The setlist is terrific, the band is hot, and the chemistry with the crowd is electric. A "must have" for even the casual Pearl Jam fan.

Disclaimer: Owner of all 72 official PJ bootlegs. This show in the obscure location of Ljubljana, Slovenia is one of the pleasant surprises of the European bootleg series. This is a gritty, intense performance, with a highly intriguing set list full of tunes that appear very rarely elsewhere in the tour, all played with extra soul and flair. Granted, this show gets off to a rather weak start, with Eddie Vedder flubbing many of the lyrics in "Corduroy" (they play this song every single night, for cryin' out loud), and Mike McCready and Stone Gossard are really out of sync in "Breakerfall" and "Hail Hail." After this bumpy start however, the band explodes into a powerful performance of their heaviest songs, and a smaller number of ballads than usual. Some of the surprises in the set list include great renditions of "Brain of J," "Faithful," and "Spin the Black Circle." There are absolutely incredible takes on "Red Mosquito" and "I Got Shit," two of my personal favorites which are not played very often on the tour. "Porch" appears for the very first time in the tour to close the second set, and they would use this firecracker of a song many more times thereafter. One interesting thing about the European bootlegs is that they show you how people in a surprising number of nations can speak English, and Eddie can rap with the crowd without a translator and everybody loves it (or maybe they're just excited to hear him speak at all, and don't really know what he's saying). Watch for Eddie's slam at Slobodan Milosevic in this show. The key to this performance is the unexpected use of "Indifference" to close the show. This quiet and moody song takes on a spine-tingling aspect as the crowd sings along to the disturbing lyrics on loneliness and depression. This is one of the most goosebump-inducing moments in the entire series.

INDIFFERENCE. It was the only date on the european tour where they played it. You can feel the intimacy with the audience from this recording of that song. The other songs also make for a varied set including all the classics. Admittedly it's not as good as the #4 London CD, but it is still well worth the 5 stars I have given it.

This is a great show which I enjoy. First, I appreciate the geography lesson because I did not know where Ljubijana is. I learned that it is the largest city in the nation of Slovenia, a small country situated on the Balkan Peninsula and bordered by Italy, Austria, Hungary and Croatia. It has access to the sea through the Bay of Trieste in the northern Adriatic. I am impressed with the recording quality as well as the performance by the band. The second disk is my favourite because Eddy Vetter establishes a connection with the enraptured audience. The final three songs of the set, PORCH, SOON FORGET and INDIFFERENCE, are intimate as to project Eddy into my living room. If you are interested in moving live performances by popular rock bands, or are interested in the music of PEARL JAM, this CD will interest you.

At long last, after hearing shouted requests on previous Bootlegs for "Porch", Pearl Jam let's it loose. This is a down to earth, no frills show that I frequently find myself coming back to more frequently than the fabled Milan or Hamburg shows. The band's playing and the adoration evidenced by this neglected part of their fan base is part of the reason. It's a shame this could not have been one of the longer shows in the tour. This release is now one of the harder to find ones of the series, so expect to pay a premium for it if you find it. It's worth the price. Oh, and did I tell you it has "Porch"?

I got this bootleg as soon as I realized that collecting the 2000 tour was something I wanted to do, and I expected just one thing from it: a good Corduroy opener. Instead, Ed blows it like it's Immortality, and it hurts the momentum of both the crowd and the band up through MFC. The sound quality of the venue is also questionable, as plenty of otherwise good performances are rife with feedback. It doesn't seem that the band really hits its stride until halfway through, with Habit. Admittedly, the rest of the set is terrific, possibly running long because of the flub early on. Alive ends the main set with a flourish, and the encore mixed hits with rarities , the highlights of which are Sleight of Hand (INCREDIBLE) and Indifference (Even better). Casual fans will appreciate the presence of Last Kiss, Betterman, and Daughter.

You get a lot of music on this set, and much of it is excellent, but the flaws that appear on every bootleg absolutely plague this set.

"but it could have been the band were not entirely comfortable in this tiny offshoot of Yugoslavia, as Eddie's closing comment ("Be safe. Have good lives. Goodbye.") seems to indicate they have no intention of returning any time soon." is the comment made by some ignorant fool in some hick town in america. If I ever meet the person that made this comment, I'm going to cut off his "tiny offshoot" By the way, great CD by Pearl Jam, and I would really like to know if they felt "uncomfortable" in Slovenia. God only knows why they would, its one of the cleanest and safest countries in the world!

This set seems to be missing something. Apart from the rather flat mix, and the too loud drums, the band just doesn't entirely gel, making for a few interesting variations (Brain of J., Nothing As It Seems, Last Kiss, RVM) but overall completely eclipsed by the better shows of the series (Hamburg, Poland, Milan). Why Eddie occasional flubs the lyrics this far into the tour is anybody's guess, all but completely destroying `Soon Forget,' but it could have been the band were not entirely comfortable in this tiny offshoot of Yugoslavia, as Eddie's closing comment ("Be safe. Have good lives. Goodbye.") seems to indicate they have no intention of returning any time soon. The single stand out is a big one, the rarely performed `Indifference,' and the last song of the set, haunting and ethereal, but not good enough to balance the mediocrity of the rest. This one is for completists only - and even then I doubt it will get much play in view of the competition.