Pearl Jam - 1995-11-04 San Jose, CA (Full Concert)

[@olearysd]

At the 1:54 mark, Eddie finishes his red bottle of wine. I remember everyone put their hands up as he "blessed" the crowd with a few left-over drops. I put my hands forward in the front row, and he leaned over and threw the bottle to me. The body guards took it from me, and said I would get it back... and I did! Still got it in my room at home!

[@olearysd]

Amazing seeing this video here!

[@virginiaknighten4687]

That’s totally awesome! In Houston back in the mid 60’s I saw The Beach Boys and got a bottle of 7UP that the drummer Dennis Wilson put down beside me. I picked it up and put it to my lips. There was a little alcohol in it. I kept it until I got married.

[@danielcoy4938]

the fact u got it back is incredible, fuck yes

[@Mombu29]

KOME gave away a really decent cd boot of this show not to long after. Still one my favorite shows, as I was lucky enough to be there. It was 89 degrees in San Jose that afternoon November 4th, 1995, and one of the greatest memories of my life.

[@kkel187]

I got one of those boot leg CD’s. It has the entire concert from start to finish. One of my favorite concerts of all time. Especially after the disappointment of the show at golden gate park.

[@ChristanMDahl]

Me too, great concert, lost the CD😢😢 when I returned to Denmark a year later

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[@kellieb68]

I was there so close to front... Eddies eyes were so blue... Best show blew me away. I love Pearl Jam. I am in this video so cool...

[@jessmccauley3572]

Me too (up front, I mean) I ate a tic tac all day. It was so hot sitting down there waiting for it to begin.

[@joshvjoshv]

i was at this concert when i was 20.... what an experience to be in the pit at such a great show. this brings me back to an amazing time.... thanks for posting this.

[@joshherzog3621]

joshvjoshv .....was the same age....light when it started....dark when it ended....has never been an outside show in San Jose like it since.....

[@worldwideslinger]

Yep...my girlfriend and I were 22-23. Went to the Golden Gate show when Eddie got sick with food poisoning and Neil Young came out and played for 2hrs. Ed came back out and told everyone to keep their tickets and this show would be free. I road tripped from Washington State University in Pullman just for this show. Snuck an SLR camera in and took 40-50 photos. We were up and to the right from this camera view.

[@McKenzieMartialArts]

I was also 20 years old. This was my first PJ concert. Still got the free bootleg they handed out.

[@shane34lv]

Best show ive ever seen. Eddie seemed to have found peace by this show. I had seen them 5x before but he was just so happy during this show. It was the makeup for the golden gate show when he had food poisoning.

[@TheNBSPerry]

He finally got what he wanted. To be less powerful of a band. You can hear it in his voice that the end is near

[@bumblebee-ol3jd]

I am so happy I was at this show when it happened and here it is on you tube. Thank you for bringing a great memory back to life for me.

[@sactown4911]

I was there! One of the legendary PJ concerts. Up close in the pit at Spartan Stadium...what a crowd, what great opening bands! And PJ was incredible!

[@drone_blues_]

1:34:40 Why Go - there's just something real kool about Jack's imperfect almost ape-like drumming, he drums that song like he doesn't care not trying to sound like any other drummer who has played it, I really dig that groove

[@JaydenCamp-f1c]

Pre-Set: 00:23- Dead Man (Live Debut) Set 1: 06:27- Release 11:23- Even Flow 16:36- Last Exit 19:28- Animal 22:13- Dissident 26:14- Not for You 32:35- Rearviewmirror 38:53- Guitar Solo 39:35- Small Town 43:36- Go 46:44- Glorified G 49:55- Daughter (Young Man Blues/WMA) 59:25- Deep 1:03:47- Jeremy 1:10:40- Corduroy 1:16:44- Lukin 1:17:50- I Got Shit 1:21:44- Spin the Black Circle 1:25:45- Red Mosquito 1:30:07- So you want to be a Rock ‘n Roll Star Solo (Partial) 1:31:19- Brain of J 1:34:42- Why Go 1:38:04- Black 1:44:03- Alive 1:49:43- Blood 1:56:58- Encore Break 2:02:35- Leaving Here 2:05:17- Better Man 2:09:20- Immortality 2:15:20- Porch 2:25:24- So you want to be a Rock ‘n Roll Star (Full Song with Ben Harper & Kim Warnick) 2:30:30- Indifference

[@chronos1791]

I won tickets to this show off the radio. I was dirt ass poor in the military, so this was extra special! Only time I ever crowd surfed! To this day (2024), this is still the #1 concert I have ever seen, and I have been to lots of shows!! Amazing band, amazing night!

[@FreeMTrider]

Make up show for the Golden Gate gig was more than any band could do. Pearl Jam was so cool about it. I remember getting free tickets in the mail for this show. This was right when they hit their prime.

[@kareemmonster]

+FreeMTrider Agreed my friend! You know what is funny? When they played the original gig in Golden Gate Park - when Vedder got "sick" - The replacement was Neil YOUNG!!!! Holy Jesus!

[@kareemmonster]

+M Brickey By the way - do you know what happened with Eddie in Golden Gate Park? Was he drunk?

[@FreeMTrider]

M Brickey Neil Young must have played Rocking in the Free world four or five times...lol. I know when PJ was on song seven or eight, Eddie looked like crap. I was pretty close to the stage and he looked pale as a ghost and they said he threw up between songs. I remember something was announced stating he had the flu? They rest of the band looked good and played with Young, so I don't think it was from partying...but those were crazy days too..lol.

[@SomethingAboutVintage]

+M Brickey he had the stomach flu

[@TheItalianDNA]

I was at both shows too. I think the Golden Gate show was a turning point for the band and the grunge scene. I was in the pit getting shoved as they ripped the VITALOGY set list and the energy was intense. One song after another, more intense than the previous. It reminded me a lot of their earlier shows where Vedder would stage dive and climb on scaffolding. Grunge at it's best. The make-up show in San Jose was great but really was more subdued for me. The band sounded great and there were some great jamming moments, but for me the intensity and angst which made the essence of a lot of PJ music just wasn't there. Shortly thereafter No Code was released and the band seemed to change direction. I dig their newer stuff, but I feel the glory days of PJ was definitely the VS. - Vitalogy era. I wish they would have continued in that direction, but being on the heels of Cobain's death and the second wave of "diluted grunge" knocking at the door I bet they felt compelled to dilute their music as well to hit a more mainstream audience.

[@laurawatters914]

Red Mosquito was awesome, Mike McCready sounded just like a mosquito with his guitar, freakin amazing!! Black made me cry like a baby.

[@michaelguardado6531]

My first headling PJ show! Fucking amazing energy that day, I'm somewhere in that frantic pit! Also discovered who Ben Harper was that magical day. Thanks for the amazing flashback...god I love youtube for this!

[@robertchacon7745]

So happy to have found this. I was at that show and my memory is very hazy about it. This helps recall that great show.

[@skylarmccready]

Me too! Had some killer ectasy going so I don't remember much but a lot of people climbing over us. We were in the 11th row!! It was our makeup concert for him being ill in San Fran. SUCH a BLAST!!

[@erikgardner1325]

Ben Harper opening with Innocent Criminals was awesome. It was so hot. We lost all our friends but would then find them and lose them again. They sprayed us down with fire hoses it was so bad. Eddie made up for the bridge show benefit when he was sick, he really rocked this one like 2x as long as normal. We were all getting crushed against the security rails up front the push was so bad. Smaller people were getting crushed, security would help pull them up and out to the sides, theyd drink water and be right back in 2 songs. Pretty sure my very tall buddy Justin yelled yellow ledbetter at the end and they did a final encore (that's a fuzzy memory). One of the best times of my life this night.

[@sv-yh3mq]

@erikgardner1325- I had to leave that crushing, and saw it was crazy down there from the bleachers Mike's side. The pit was huge, people constantly crowd- surfing to the front, pulled out and over the rail by security and pushed-walked out one way or other- it looked like a rough end to making it to the front rail- the way security were grabbing & setting the individuals to move them on out that path below the front of the stage.I think I remember a guard sternly state, " And don't come back!" as persons were leaving the front after going over the rail, Lol!

[@danielenon2012]

Love this version of brain of J. Brilliant

[@dos_mas_805]

I was at the Golden Gate Park show when Eddie got sick and had to stop the show, but was lucky enough to see Bad Religion and Neil Young that day. I was 18yrs old and went to work the salmon season in Alaska after that and came back to find Pearl Jam had scheduled this make up show. I went and was fairly close to the front and had my mind blown! I clearly remember Eddie coming out and playing the solo acoustic song as a special intro and also was introduced to Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals that day...what a fucking epic day!!!

[@virginiaknighten4687]

Sounds like you had a couple of adventures! That’s awesome!

[@gilc7626]

Was there. One of the best concerts of my life. Was a awesome day night. Nice weather. Remember security hoseing off the crowd. PJ went on what seamed like forever to make up for their canceled show in SF. Great memories. Still have my ticket stub.

[@jasonblanchard7749]

I was there! I got pulled out of the pit on the left side and walked out under the band to the right side! Amazing show!

[@KPD017]

I was there! Got crushed by the crowd rushing the stage! 😎 Good times and excellent concert.

[@sv-yh3mq]

@KPD017 - Lol- I couldn't handle that crush and had to exit that field- Sat in the bleachers for most of that show- had a good spot way over Mike's side, overlooking the front side of the stage.

[@TasosPJ]

This is so good!

[@chalo7694]

Irons, master of the groove!

[@nyfg14]

I was there for my 1st show in SF, for Neil Jam show (on vacation) Moved out there in Oct 1995 just in time for the makeup show. Very much later I would meet the woman who'd eventually become my wife. All because of our love for Pearl Fucking Jam!

[@blahblibidyblahblah]

holy fucking christ! Mike McCready! First that insane solo for Black, and then you just give probably the best performance Blood has ever had. Amazing fucking show.

[@richardfabbri1989]

Love that moment 🤩

[@noahpopa6885]

Yes. I was at both, too. They fit in another tour stop in November to make up for the Golden Gate Park concert. Bad Religion and Neil Young were both great (at the June show), but everyone was there to see Pearl Jam. They played something like seven songs and then Eddie had to call it quits.

[@evanisovich]

Nice! Live debut of Dead Man :)

[@mikedelarosa7683]

Was there!!!

[@Wasovaso]

Good sound quality, I feel like I was there

[@LorcaHart]

i'm a kid right my mom saw pearl jam in rome of 1993 i just talked to my pe teacher he was at this show it was his first concert he said the pit was huge and that he was 15 and that's what pits were made for lol

[@dimitrispearljam]

epic!!!!!

[@laurawatters914]

WOW! What a crazy concert! Awesome concert but crazy! Love Pearl Jam, absolutely love Eddie Vedder 💓 never been to a Pearl Jam concert, very much I regret, been my favorite band since the beginning.

[@pennysmom0720]

Me either 😔 I was listening to a lot of R.E.M back then.I was recently introduced to them via my 15 year old niece! I've been listening to them almost exclusively for pretty much the last 6 months! 😯🥰

[@virginiaknighten4687]

@@pennysmom0720 I understand. When I discovered them about 5 years ago, I nearly lost my mind! I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. And Eddie is totally gorgeous. I was about 68 at that time. Completely hooked.

[@virginiaknighten4687]

This is a crazy concert. The Security People have their hands full.

[@ListedMia-sm4xm]

@@virginiaknighten4687your so cute I think of you often how cool you must be!

[@virginiaknighten4687]

@@ListedMia-sm4xm awww thank you friend. I’m flattered by your words. I guess I’ve always tried to be young at heart…as was my mother and grandmother. But probably not great-grandmother…I vaguely remember her and her little house with feather beds and pillows. Now dear @ListedMia-sm4xm you sound pretty cool yourself❤️✌️🙋🏻‍♀️😎

[@sableann4255]

I WAS THERE!!!!

[@ChristanMDahl]

Holy crap, I was at that concert 😀😀 I live in Denmark and now Pearl Jam are playing in Denmark 2021, damm times fly by to fast.......

[@virginiaknighten4687]

Did Covid mess up the concert?

[@robertnash7877]

My favorite concert live ever, I was one of those angry 18 year olds enjoying the wave.

[@user-zx1ir7jt4c]

Weird to hear how different all the drummers were. Here Jack Irons plays Even Flow at a much faster beat than Matt Cameron, and I love Matt... but Dave was my favorite PJ drummer of all!

[@sv-yh3mq]

pjvideoguy- did you have this on vhs video tape back in the day? The look through the camera lens from a coat / jacket "tent" is making me remember

[@pjvideoguy]

@@sv-yh3mq definitely had at least one copy of this show on vhs at some point in the 90s. Got rid of most my tapes that weren’t 1st generation copies or a source for circulating dvds.

[@sv-yh3mq]

​@@pjvideoguyThanks very much This was a very cool Pearl Jam show for me. My first time seeing Pearl Jam was at the Bridge School benefit the year prior- so This was my first Proper Pearl Jam show and it was This, Live - I was able to see them in May 2024😊- so I've had a bowlful of them Live a long the way. Grateful to get to mesh this video with memories of "being there"-

[@weedesertrust7638]

1:31:18 2:15:20 Don’t mind me just putting time stamps for my favorite songs

[@zemog311]

I was at the 6-24-1995 show in San Fran when Eddie was to sick? to continue playing. Neil Young Continued his set for 2+ hours. Is the the redo show I went to in San Jose?

[@MsCjmaxi]

I was at the Golden Gate concert. Not sure why I never made it to this one.

[@ListedMia-sm4xm]

I just wish mccready and Jeff got as much footage as Eddie and stone

[@shane34lv]

Pm me if any of my peeps from satcom at onizuka air station remember me dragging y'all there. Love u all, sarko, mike puig, arnulto urias.

[@LTG22]

I was there..I saw! Ben Harper opened!!!

[@sactown4911]

+LTG22 and Bad Religion...great show!

[@noahpopa6885]

+Gary W Actually I think you're thinking of the original June show in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. At this "makeup" show in November, the openers were the Fastbacks and Ben Harper.

[@UConnFootball]

EPIC

[@kssanto1]

This was the year I got married. I took my new bride and had a great time.

[@mckenziedavidson2355]

Dude that's really cool I was there also and it was fate because it wAs a makeup show and I had the day off.

[@mckenziedavidson2355]

I was 21

[@virginiaknighten4687]

Looks like the security guys had their hands full...

[@sv-yh3mq]

@virginiaknighten4687- you are right about that, because I was up in the bleachers, nearest Mike's side, and I saw a lot of people crowd surf all the way to and over the front rail, getting pulled over it by a guard, "put" onto their feet, and pushed out of there. I think I'd heard them say, "and don't do it again" - it looked like a grab and herd 'em out, with vigor- It was wild!

[@mikedelarosa7683]

the Fast backs sucked... Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals Rocked!!!! My Third PJ show and 2nd drummer... I would see more!!!

[@sv-yh3mq]

@mikedelarosa7683* this was my 2nd time seeing Pearl Jam live, and it was awesome- and I've gone onward to see them over the years, and it has been a good thing. My +1 to Pearl Jam shows has been my granddaughter, Natalia since 2021- we've seen PJ live seven times together- and it has been fun! At this show, in '95, I took my then teenage daughter, ( Nat's future mom) with her best friend. We had a blast. I still have the Mr Point t- shirt from that show. I couldn't stay on the field, because of the crush, so I moved to Mike's side, and I remember in the dark, seeing the field of people, open up round circles of ( slam?) dancing, and it was random, opening as a circle, then closing, while others formed spontaneously- and looked like a big giant living, breathing cell looking down at the masses in the field from the bleachers. That place was packed!

[@buzz1daddy]

Fastbacks Rule!!!!

[@ryn-pg9wb]

1:10:40 corduroy

[@biffypaul17]

Jacks drumming is spot on....but he ain't no Dave A!!

[@juanchopj]

still better than Matt

[@Fakename70]

OK, but, at least Jackie didn't manage to get himself sacked from the biggest rock band in the world, though. Unlike your hero.

[@evanisovich]

Dave A ain’t no Jack Irons, either.

[@Tiberius_Productions]

Okay, Dave’s the best musician for the band, Jack was the best fill in, and Matt has the best chemistry with the band. Plain and simple. Matt’s been around the longest because he obviously is their favorite drummer to be around, nothing wrong with that.

[@santiagomarrero122]

I agree with T I B E R U S. I think that Dave was the best and most skilled drummer, Irons was an amazing fill in, but also a great songwriter and very creative. And Matt is a really good drummer who the band have great chemistry with.

[@liveon4legspodcast]

Hey everyone, we just covered this show on our PJ Podcast - check it out here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGa1koKJd9KYr7c

[@ColeyHinson91]

I like bands who dress like slobs...