image : B, amateur

son : A+

filmé du côté de Mike

05/25/00 - Palau St. Jordi: Barcelona, Spain (Video)

(existe aussi en CD)

attendance: 10,000 (capacity 20,000)
set : Long Road, Breakerfall, Corduroy, Hail Hail, Animal, Even Flow, Nothing As It Seems, Light Years, Given To Fly, Insignificance, Daughter/(The Wrong Child), Rearviewmirror, I Got Shit, Thin Air, Black, Better Man, Do The Evolution, Alive
enc 1 : Grievance, State of Love And Trust, Wishlist, Elderly Woman, Go
enc 2 : Last Kiss, Yellow Ledbetter

notes : The band are cheery and in good spirits. Jeff has joined the Pearl Jam Hair Club For Men in that his hair is now a bright orange. Mike is wearing a vintage Queen tshirt complete with rhinestones. In 'Hail Hail' Ed sings, "Are we going to the same place - Barcelona?" 'Even Flow' is introduced as, "This next song is called 'I save cigarette butts for a poor girl." 'GTF' is impassioned; a sweaty tshirt is flung from the crowd and lands right on Ed's mic stand. He picks it up, smells it, and comments "smells great." Mike sings along to himself during 'Insignificance.' 'RVM' is an unexpected surprise and a big crowd favorite. The jam is different, not meandering, but more staccato with a definite melody. Mike runs around behind Matt and comes up behind Stone in all of two seconds, scaring him. At the end, Mike runs back and the guitar goes crashing to the ground; he looks awfully pleased with himself. Ed tells a charming story about going sightseeing and taking photos during the day at one of the Antonio Gaudi buildings: "If he had been a musician he would have been the first Jimi Hendrix" - and that while he was doing that these kids got in his photo, some comments about young love, and then he somehow ties it all into 'Thin Air,' carefully pointing out it was written by Stone. There are different lighting effects, punctuated by two large inflated balloons in the shape of planets on which the nebulae and other backdrops are projected to interesting effect. A fine show, but nothing to write home about.