Baba O'Riley (The Who Cover) - Live at Madison Square Garden - Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam performing "Baba O'Riley" by The Who live at Madison Square Garden with Steve Diggle of The Buzzcocks in New York City on July 8, 2003. Get Pearl Jam's new album, Lightning Bolt, here: smarturl.it/PJL...
Taken from "Live at the Garden", which documents the band's 2003 Riot Act tour and features the first performance with organist Boom Gaspar. You can get "Live at the Garden" at the Pearl Jam Shop here: bitly.com/PJShop
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[@alberthofmann5195]

Music is the best facet of humanity

[@dereksbooks]

Albert Hofmann And also the worst, see Taylor Swift, Drake, etc.

[@md_vandenberg]

+dereksbooks Those are the examples you name? Swift and Drake are hardly worth mentioning in a negative light. Now, if you had mentioned Chris Brown and Kanye West, than you'd be on the right track.

[@md_vandenberg]

***** An ego-maniac who throws a public tantrum so often that you could set your watch to isn't bad? La La Land sounds like a lovely place.

[@dereksbooks]

Matthew VandenBerg What William said. I was referring to the actual music. No judgment on Swift as a person. I don't know anything about her.

[@ahhwe-any7434]

lol. this song is old school. was this on ranbow or w.ever his name is or some movie w/Arnold s.? feels tread millish

[@TexasTrojanPony]

Is it just me or does that show look like the most fun in the world?

[@benradka9219]

They always are!!!! ;)

[@ppbonbon]

The one live show I went to was everything I ever wanted. Tossing tambourines, sharing wine, jumping around it’s just as much fun for them as it was for everyone in the stadium. Love em!!!

[@tomhudnall1818]

My absolute dream is to go to a Pearl Jam show. It’s bucket list for me!

[@Gloveberg1]

Because it's from 2003, before the world decided to spend their life looking at/through a cell phone instead of enjoying something live.

[@dabuggerr]

When people were not enslaved to use their mobiles

[@CasperLD]

A song you wish would never end

[@stephengoldring5316]

casperld and you wish you could right something as good stands up today

[@nocode0155]

Well said!

[@jackdare]

The Who contributed some real masterpieces!

[@mohanmohan6038]

Ikrr

[@Faks.09]

i wish wishlist never end

[@FranklyF]

Best “Baba O’Riley” cover I’ve ever listened to. It’s got the pure spirit of the original, but it’s great in its own way.

[@EclecticCleric]

Agreed. I always caution against covering The Who - no one has as much energy, but this is close.

[@robthornton6288]

@@EclecticCleric Spot on. Pearl Jam have so much energy, like the Who did in the day. Every one of the band were loving and having fun with their performance 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@Riz1909]

One of the best Baba O Riley covers, Pearl Jam kept the heart and soul of this classic - Great tribute to The Who.

[@SimDeck]

Eddie Vedder even in a dad t-shirt and short hair still oozes rock star class.

[@thethrowawaythatstayed7055]

Came to check someone had made this comment.

[@SimDeck]

@@thethrowawaythatstayed7055 hahah cheers!!

[@77Avadon77]

Even looking like Paul Reiser he still nails it. Lol 😅👍

[@jeremyh9841]

ahah how did he choose this cloth ? he slept in the wrong house ? he looks like fresh outta the church

[@kaiserschwert1184]

Eddie was almost 40 at this time, he looks like a dad with class lmao

[@Saviol1509]

There was not a single person in this arena that wasn't happy. Epic.

[@Tman93ify]

The crowd singing, chills.

[@peterparker104]

Spot on. Best part of the performance for me as well.

[@mindeloman]

No generation was considered more of a teenage wasteland than the X-ers. This is out anthem.

[@mindeloman]

Man....the smiles on these guys faces. It's always fun playing the songs of your heroes.

[@ManOfEthnicity]

You will never find a band that looks to be more genuinely happy when doing a a cover than Pearl Jam.

[@Robyn_iz_Here]

Nirvana

[@claudioinconis7616]

Because eddie is that kid that happened to even meet his heroes and be appreciated by them. He always puts joy and respect in his covers, way more than when playing his own songs

[@pieapp4652]

that was beautiful when the crowd sang it PERFECTLY!!!!

[@lyarnes]

That’s what Pearl Jam fans are the bomb diggity!

[@clintburton9916]

Gave me chills lol

[@davidcarter2720]

Best moment of the song.

[@cakelesscoder9562]

And here we have a bunch of blokes enjoying themselves on stage and getting the entire crowd pumped. In other words, a good old fashioned bunch of fun!

[@pieapp4652]

you already said that

[@cakelesscoder9562]

pie app did I? I watch this a lot and have a memory like a siv sometimes :P

[@zacharybueche8720]

I honstly don't know what it is, but this whole video gives off amazing vibes for me. I feel like they are all so happy when they are paying tribute to the who, especially since the crowd gets so into it. I know that pumps the artists up even more. great vid, great band, great song.

[@anwest]

Zachary Bueche I totally agree. The crowd was awesome! Pre-smartphone era....

[@jamessollazzo2966]

they look like jerk offs to me!

[@malekdarry323]

😀

[@kj6qvb]

And why not? Performing a rock & roll classic - no, the anthem of the rock & roll generation - in the cathedral of rock & roll, with 15,000 fans singing along - no, taking over - it's every rocker's dream!

[@nnikaa3]

😀

[@ryanmoore348]

I made it a tradition to always listened to this performance at the end of every college semester to celebrate my hard work, I just turned in my last exam for senior year and it’s so crazy to look back at where I was the last several times I listen to this

[@KissMyFatAxe]

When a band stops and the crowd sings together. That. That's what I live for. Those moments are beautiful

[@PuckeredMeatball]

The best cover I've seen. Everyone there gained an extra year of life from that energy.

[@ellielovesbands]

Jeff is so adorable! jumping around like a happy kid! This crowd is beautiful! I wish I was there

[@oakenshanks]

I can only imagine what it must feel like to have 30 or 40k people singing the lyrics back at you...my God.... awesomeness...

[@pieapp4652]

agree

[@tonymanfredi6844]

You actually feel the force of the crowds voice coming up on you thick

[@jackdare]

That's the best feeling for musicians on stage.. the reason to tour imo

[@jackdare]

@@tonymanfredi6844 True!

[@JAP42]

I saw The Who -- with Pino Palladino & Zach Starkey -- maybe 10 years ago at a huge venue. I was there with my 20-something son, & there were people who were there w/their children _and_ grandchildren. Three generatiions belting out "Don't cry, don't raise your eye, it's only teenage wasteland." "Epic" is an overused term, but that truly was an epic moment. And I hope that I live to take _my_ grandchild to experience the sharing of great music across generations.

[@bowlander]

I saw Pearl Jam play Baba O'Riley in 1993, it was a spiritual experience.

[@Gisselle011]

the amount of joy everyone had when they recognized the song is what rock and roll is all about

[@mattwarbuckle]

As one of many millions of "Biggest Who Fans In The World" I highly approve of the energy and rockingness here!

[@marktheelf53]

How think in a different way...that's MUSIC & LIFE!!!

[@matthewdavis4579]

The best cover of this classic ever, and they are having fun with it as well.

[@momentarytruce]

This looks like so much fun! I want to see them live so bad :(

[@vikaschongtham]

Just love the energy that the whole band brings to this song. And off course the audience singing in tandem for that short chorus. All in all just love Pearl Jam wit this classic

[@SeanRainey]

His voice is friggin legendary!!

[@deodutie]

What a fucking great audience

[@kittehhatetube]

Agreed, this is about the best part of it. You have PJ playing a cover and the audience still belt it out like it's one of their own. That's exactly how it would have gone down in a The Who gig. Big smiles all round... it's a damn nice cover.

[@pieapp4652]

+kittehhatetube agree

[@NYG2012]

I went to the show.

[@Inquendi]

This is not a T.V. Studio...Josh! Turn these lights out! This is a fucking rock concert.

[@kyo1322]

hahahaha! yup Josh is at it again!

[@heyyou9693]

This is the final encore, they always turn on the house lights to let the audience know they are the 7th member of Pearl Jam.

[@travzimmerman1340]

@@heyyou9693 It went over your head.

[@heyyou9693]

@@travzimmerman1340 "it went over my head" Back ground vocals: "over my head" "but it sure feels nice" Background vocals again: "over my head"

[@heyyou9693]

@@travzimmerman1340 it appears my comment went over your head, if you catch my drift. By the way, are you from Minnesota, fly over country?

[@faithchalton1325]

Now that’s music and what it does to people is evidently shown in this video and I’m loving it 🥰

[@georgeglory1]

probably the best who cover ive heard......ty PJ

[@michaelkunz1948]

your5 comment is 3 years ago...yea you are right-),,

[@heidieasterling2408]

Friggin teary-eyed after watching all that awesomeness!

[@YeshieSir]

Ah, younger Eddie Vedder rockin' that high school history teacher look. So weird to see now

[@mickfunny4185]

yeshie Mr.Vedder will this song be on the test?

[@doreendekruyf2430]

wish he was my history teacher..... long long time ago than we've made some history. omg this is so cliche

[@ritamchatterjee1022]

@@doreendekruyf2430 *creepy

[@jennifersmith6597]

How old is he here?

[@d21.]

@@jennifersmith6597 2003 so he was maybe 40

[@hazelwatson2238]

I saw them perform this November 23, 2013 in Los Angeles. This song live is magic. I love you PJ. Best experience in my 19 years of life.

[@princedavid54]

Never imagined any band other than The Who performing this song. A pretty good rendition, of course, missing several of the classic elements, but obviously the crowd grew up listening to our fogey rock ... and loved every second of it.

[@craigklotz2321]

sometimes special things bring a couple of tears to ones eyes

[@clashlc]

NICE

[@01CharlieMac]

Pretty G comment now aye!!! 👀

[@woodsy5036]

I miss going to concerts

[@Vampiirike]

Peal Jam and The Who... that's just f*ng awesome.

[@LyndaWhite-ju1gj]

I’m not even a Pearl Jam fan(I’m old) but Id give anything to be back in that fun time period and I really love watching Matt Camron play the drums.

[@ragingmong5593]

John Entwistle died just a year before this concert. RIP John "The Ox" Entwistle aka THUNDER FINGERS!

[@avictorbell2835]

All Pearl Jam shows are the greatest fun in the world

[@Rafisolomonov]

Fan Man at 0:12 understands what's about to go down

[@pianoekket]

I just heard the original and thought to myself "man wouldn't it be great if Eddie Vedder sang this" I'm so glad he did lol

[@gtrplayya]

Drummer is absolutely KILLER!

[@NESig]

Okay, they did justice to one of rock's greatest anthems! Long live rock!

[@robthornton6288]

Brilliant band! Without doubt the closest to The Who, who are my favourite band of all time, but growing up I also liked Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Yes and a few others, but if I was young today, Pearl Jam would be my #1 favourite band - they have musical talent, amazing energy and stage presence (as The Who did when they took the rock world by storm!) They're superb 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@tarakearns5150]

Thank you Pearl Jam ,,and every one who made this possible ,Rock on !!!!

[@JonathanKine]

Real rock, real bands, plays tribute and crowd is pumped! AWESOME!

[@etoile3414]

Cracking cover of a cracking song,vedder ripping it up,and that crowd chorus 🤘🤘🤘

[@jimmygiles1153]

It is so so so so cool that my new favorite Band PJ is huge fans of my last favorite band of the last 50 years - THE WHO!!!!!

[@robertdecker6010]

This band is everything that's right about the music biz

[@LesSmith45]

Probably the ONLY Band out there that can cover this song!!!! I have yet to see a GREAT cover of this song! Eddie pulls it off! Hell he is one of very few lead young guys that the old MASTERS of rock would allow on the stage with them. Eddie is always on stage with some GREAT classic rocker.

[@TokyoBlue587]

LesSmith45 Eddie's favorite band is the Who, he became friends with them and sang with them several times.

[@jazztifiable]

Mr Big did an impressive cover of this.....kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5fXqIGBhMRkjac

[@clintburton9916]

Holy shit the crowd singing gave me chills. I love this video.

[@jenniferjackson7364]

Eddie is the cutest and so full of energy. Pearl Jam having so much fun. Would have loved Tto have been at this Madison Square Garden concert 🖐🖐💖💖🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@prisonmike4971]

Wow, these guys look like they are having the most fun. Everyone.

[@kardelen8461]

It's so good to see that my favourite band is Pearl Jam and Eddie's favourite is The Who :)

[@sandybourdeau9300]

I didn’t know I needed to hear this today!

[@tomruben1175]

Goosebumps throughout the whole song! 1:22 1:42 2:14 2:46 aaah fuck it 0:00 - 4:31 Awesome guys, great energy. You will never let us down. Thank you.

[@elchinoporquesi]

I love Pearl Jam, I love this cover and I f*cking love the Steve Diggle's smiling face. He is so happy to be there, just like a kid playing

[@mpziomauri]

Very amazing: Pearl Jam sing who all together with Madison Square public

[@poppypitbull]

I’m in that crowd someplace. It was one of the loudest and rowdiest shows I’ve ever been to.

[@laurawatters914]

Love this performance!! Love the 2003 Pearl Jam, so powerful!! Everyone is having a blast!! Eddie does the best covers. Thank you for sharing!! 😊💓🤘✌️

[@hsvgts4349]

Epic. Best voice in rock and roll 🎸

[@MerkinMuffly]

3:38 Aw, Moon use to go off right about here.

[@almostideal1306]

Like Moon ever needed a time stamp to go off.

[@kevinneely9878]

Please explain. Who is Moon?

[@almostideal1306]

@@kevinneely9878 Keith Moon, the drummer for The Who

[@JonBecker81]

@@kevinneely9878 just curios, how old are you?

[@charlipez]

@@JonBecker81 haha ikr. how the hell

[@pietrolabruzzo5946]

Is very good baba in the duo tube verry good

[@Nick_Barone]

Some grad student stormed the stage and took the lead mic? oh wait nvm.. lol

[@irresistablegraceinchrist6690]

really really done well! felt it in the soul!

[@mayurpathak7347]

This sounds so P E R F E C T 😍

[@ravingmavis5801]

Superb cover ❤️

[@VILAFY]

Its so good to see people enjoying the music and not recording it in their stupid phones. :')

[@airmanfpv964]

its filmed in 2003

[@MCroninGames]

Late comment, but you complain when people record concerts with their phones even though theyre the people that upload the concert videos that you watch.

[@adamsanche5766]

Mike cronin the thing is that people should be enjoying the concert and not worrying about recording on their phone so they can watch it later

[@jesuswater6931]

Dude this was 4 years before cameras were on mobile phones

[@mike04574]

@@jesuswater6931 cameras on phones were on nokias before iphones

[@fidelalarcon4156]

Fabuloso.

[@brianyoung8578]

This video makes me happy. Everyone is having so much fun.

[@noirjacques3274]

No better band to cover this! 👍👌🤘

[@keetoncoffman]

1:42... holy. crap.

[@JayDeeinFL]

2022 checking in. Just a reminder when watching this 2003 performance.. 9/11 was still fresh in everybody's mind. Not to mention that this was from MSG in NY. I can see in the fan's faces that this is what they all needed at that time in our history.

[@milos-y8r]

Yes!!!!!!!!!❤😊❤

[@KiloEditZz]

3:33 Eddie falls over. Lol, takes it like a champ.

[@sarahstout7195]

He always falls over lol poor thing

[@07foxmulder]

Probably due to the 3-4 bottles of wine he downs per set lol

[@07foxmulder]

I also never noticed that lol and I've owned this DVD since it came out

[@PhillipeKnippel]

LOL, damn

[@saecusco]

what a massive kick, to play a fantastic song, from one of your biggest idols ... and pull it off!!!! awesome Pearl Jam!!!!!! .... one of the few who could do it!

[@jamesg199t]

Best local Dad rock cover band ever!!!🎉

[@bdbuds1]

This looks it would be such a fun song to play. Music is one of the most important things for your soul ❤️

[@joannedwyer4755]

Probaly the best cover ive heard of this song. Awesome

[@Fixxer315]

The best thing about this video? Not one goddamn cell phone in sight. BTW, I caught Pearl Jam later that year in Champaign, IL, and they closed the show with this song, and the house lights on since they were going over curfew. That and a ripping version of The Porch made for one of the better shows I've seen in my lifetime.

[@NYG2012]

And I'm sure you own a cell phone. idiot.

[@tothelighthouse9843]

Holy sh*t, that' a lotta people having a lotta fun. Including every damn gentleman on stage.

[@joanadarcfrancapironipiron3173]

Simplesmente maravilhoso!!!❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣❣

[@FredmChoice]

These Lads are at the Top Of Their Game....FEFREK'NPHENOMINAL

[@PeterParker-lf7ft]

That’s awesome.

[@pourthepuresofpoors6875]

they had fun on stage :')

[@MrFridaynightclub]

Love hearing a great cover of a great song. The crowd nailed it!!!

[@josemarcelonunezcortez5083]

01:42 maldito y querido rock n roll........gracias The Who..!!!

[@JanBinnendijk]

I saw the Who perform this song twice, (2013 and 2015), but this performance is also great!.. Rock On!

[@scaunter]

***** the loudest thing i've ever heard was the Who doing this song

[@Kedbuka]

Awesome. Nice to see these young people appreciate this great song.

[@crsacoustics1485]

Vedder...his voice...I will make their concert this year somehow!

[@Lala22292]

Love how the band is having as much fun as audience1111 awesome cover.

[@fig5611]

Awesome song from and awesome band!

[@cristinasantos6936]

Awesome!!!!

[@hanson2205]

Keith Moon Still lives in all of you

[@maddaddy8019]

Excellent cover and it looks like all were having fun.

[@lele010591]

WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!

[@marcobaroni3223]

Grande cover, bravissimi!!

[@crispee1978]

ive met steve diggle a couple of times at rebellion in blackpool, absolute ledge, really nice guy. will stand there and chat to anyone over a beer or 10, lol. an absolute gentleman.

[@crispee1978]

Marc Butler well im actually from a shithole called wigan, but i like your rhymin all the same, pmsl.

[@scaunter]

numnutz78 indeed, met him in toronto about 20 years ago and he is a true gentleman

[@trevisanegle]

Beautiful voice live.

[@bolsonaroarrotadordepentel1756]

That's pure gold.

[@bailodescalza]

Excellent cover! Respect to PJ!