Pearl Jam - W.M.A. - Miami - 4/09/16 ( 3 Multi Cam SBD )

[@ontherox007]

I'm grateful they keep playing this song. It's one of my favorites.

[@CarazyDiamond]

Rox I guess there were 3 major issues with this song and all are bit technical. 1 - master drummer Dave Abbruzzese did double drums loop. The the song also credits Dave Abbruzzese as a song contributor. Lastly Eddie also had to do double vocals take on this song to create the ambiance which you must’ve observed missing from this live play. A great song from the grunge era!!!

[@unionprounion6356]

@@CarazyDiamond the reworked version they were doing back in 2008 was cool too and much easier to do live

[@user-tz2zz5ij1s]

It’s such a rarity. I wish they would play it more.

[@user-tz2zz5ij1s]

@@unionprounion6356 Bonaroo 2008 is the best version. I hate that this song is all but retired or regulated to a Daughter tag.

[@mkay0]

Thinking about this song today

[@terrihancock7419]

Me too ✊

[@d0ct0rwh0dat]

I think a lot of us have been all week. 😞

[@aldarko9487]

SOOooooooooo fucking relevant...... masterful lyrics

[@unionprounion6356]

They really had their finger on the social consciousness of the 90s but I'd say it's just as relevant today

[@siny10305]

Can’t help but listen to this song a few times today. Unfortunately stands the test of time

[@brockhalter3564]

Such an undervalued song.

[@liltlegian]

one of the best song wrote by Eddie Vedder who the Media never understood , George Floyd Justice !!

[@Faks.09]

@@liltlegian he was a junkie wtf

[@WVUer21]

This song was one of the first to make me learn bass guitar. Thank you, sincerely, Jeff.

[@Hermanator1023]

Who else is shocked as to how relevant this song still is in 20 fuckin' 20? Let's be better people! Stay safe everyone!

[@thedadyouneverhadchannel3544]

You’re a brainwashed zombie.

[@michaelscott7258]

@@thedadyouneverhadchannel3544 dafuq?

[@macgraal7150]

Criminals will get shot

[@chadbutros3935]

Shitlib...yea, keep wearing your underwear on your face. PJ's commie politics were something that most of their early fans tolerated because they were so damn good. But after Abbruzzese's departure and their immediate transformation into a shitty garage band, nobody gave a damn about them and they were rightfully hated for being pretentious assholes. nb4 the whole 'they don't need you, they still pack concerts', yes they still limp on with a remnant of their most devout and sycophantic fanbase, consisting of the lowest denominator of tone-deaf, arrested development fanboys who cling unconditionally to their idols. But they had the world in the palm of their hands and had the potential to really elevate rock to greater heights. Instead, they helped to kill rock by regressing to a lifeless, Neil Young tier hobo sound.

[@jackTHEEtab]

Too bad Dave couldnt stay with the band. Never was much of a fan but a friends neighbor made me listen to this track and I was blown away! Dave’s drums are phenominal on this track. I gave PJ a second listen and became a fan after that 🤘.

[@wildmercuryfilms]

I love Dave, and HE WAS BY FAR Pearl Jam’s best drummer. But -- Matt was there 1st -- Matt played Drums on Stone Jeff Mike’s Demo that eventually got to Eddie through Jack Irons. Matt was there way before they were even called Pearl Jam, and before Eddie even heard the Demo.

[@DollyKauionalani]

Dave Abbruzesse man...... I miss Dave.

[@Gretzky2857]

Me too!

[@balockaybumblebee]

@@pixesx8093 no.... No he does not. Matt plays this too straight forward and it falls flat compared to the studio version. No.... Just no

[@Faks.09]

@@balockaybumblebeei agree, of course Dave played it better because he wrote it, still it's not a reason to hate Matt and whine about Dave Man he was fired 27 years ago, hating of Matt will not change anything

[@buysjproperties]

@@pixesx8093 wrong video to declare that 🤣

[@wildmercuryfilms]

I love Dave, and HE WAS BY FAR Pearl Jam’s best drummer. But -- Matt was there 1st -- Matt played Drums on Stone Jeff Mike’s Demo that eventually got to Eddie through Jack Irons. Matt was there way before they were even called Pearl Jam, and before Eddie even heard the Demo.

[@paolo-n2000]

Credit Dave Abbruzzeze for the drums he recorded on this track...

[@chadbutros3935]

Indeed. Plain to see that the drums were really what made this song. Without Dave's bombastic rhythms on this track, it sounds like an amateur cover.

[@wildmercuryfilms]

@@chadbutros3935 Agreed. I love Dave, and HE WAS BY FAR Pearl Jam’s best drummer. But -- Matt was there 1st -- Matt played Drums on Stone Jeff Mike’s Demo that eventually got to Eddie through Jack Irons. Matt was there way before they were even called Pearl Jam, and before Eddie even heard the Demo.

[@AndrewDavis-sw7vb]

Such an awesome groove, and a foretelling last verse.

[@Tobiasgreene]

Great song and bass line.

[@Iloveyhwh_1974]

Cameron fucked this beat up, in a bad way.

[@chadbutros3935]

I don't think there is a single classic PJ song that he does justice to. This one is def one of the worst tho

[@awfulwaffle3688]

Thats not how the drums go

[@balockaybumblebee]

THANK YOU... I'd said this before. Pearl jam lost all their heart when they fired Dave

[@Faks.09]

@@balockaybumblebee the drum beat is different, and i can understand some people dislike it, especially because it was written by Dave But what you wrote is an overstatement

[@chadbutros3935]

@@Faks.09 How much autographed PJ memorabilia do you have? Are you worried that it will lose value on eBay or something?

[@Faks.09]

@@chadbutros3935 zero, and i never used ebay in my life What's your point?

[@gregorypatricksmith8611]

It was a recorded loop on vs… this is live; on beat and good tempo

[@cyberhorst]

Todays Pearl Jam sounds like an average Pearl Jam coverband. In the Abbruzzese era from '91 to '94 they had been the best live band at all. Long ago.

[@jasmay07]

Agree, drums on this are terrible.... Matt Cameron is a great drummer, but a horrible fit for Pearl Jam....

[@sdeveau7970]

This was released in 1993. Someone was paying attention.

[@CyrillZaremba]

Des précurseurs

[@luisfelipecalderonolivares9842]

Cómo hace falta Dave en la batería!

[@laurawatters914]

I love hearing Jeff's bass on this song!! Amazing performance by everyone, Eddie sounds amazing!! I love this song such a wonderful vibe and beat, love it!! Thank you for sharing this awesome video, I've watched this many times. 😊💓🤘✌️

[@jhonyferreiracosta7513]

Pesado demais São Paulo-SP

[@michelinefreitas1408]

Likes 411!! #WAM perfect!! From Brazil!!

[@07foxmulder]

What in God’s name is Matt playing?

[@chriskartalidis9687]

One hour practice probably...

[@Iloveyhwh_1974]

Thank you!!!! He fucked it up, in a very bad way.

[@dyr234]

How about one of you plays the song then, since you like giving matt flac so much.

[@johnbonham617]

came on just to see if Matt plays it correctly since it's more his style (Matt's).. annnndddd... NOPE.

[@Iloveyhwh_1974]

john bonham 😂

[@GUMBOOTS9]

Matt drums though?! Aaargh.

[@dyr234]

Oh I know what a tragedy huh. Fuck sakes.

[@chadbutros3935]

He really doesn't get PJ's sound. His sound aesthetic is total shit. Sad to see such a formerly great band reduced to a parody of themselves. Suits them right for dirty dogging Dave.

[@balockaybumblebee]

Would be better if Dave was still playing drums.

[@myfurryfam365]

Song is down a few octaves and drums definitely aren't the same. Still a banger tho

[@balockaybumblebee]

Dave had a flow like no other. Matt is good but he's too straight forward of a player to do Ten or Vs. any justice.

[@eddiefiasco6731]

2 whole steps but the point remains. As singers age they have to keep lowering the key by a step or two and many times the feel is lost.

[@gregorypatricksmith8611]

Same key .. he’s singing the 3rd and 4th below

[@luckylayne]

I love MC…but he couldn’t learn the original part? It’s what makes the song for me.

[@matteometaldi2044]

Thank you ! Great !

[@StevenYasgar]

Ed giving the vocals the same energy Matt gives the drums. 😩

[@luisfelipecalderonolivares9842]

Touché

[@chadbutros3935]

Dave is such a good drummer that i would bet if he returned to PJ even now (after they've been sucking for almost 30 years), he would still manage to energize their sound and we would at least have a chance of seeing them return to form.

[@philipcyriac5938]

Killer bass !!

[@StevenRitchie]

Thanks

[@nischal8278]

This is my favorite song from pearl jam when I drunk fully boozed I could listen this song.

[@RK_peace]

"Police stopped my brother again" can easily be replaced with "Police took my breath again"

[@carollockhart7756]

OR....police SHOT my brother again!!

[@dyr234]

@@carollockhart7756 i sing that often when i play wma.

[@Faks.09]

More like "drugs took my breath again" The dude said that BEFORE police hit him to the ground

[@jesseenger9614]

Need Abbruzesse for this.

[@samcorcoran470]

Yes. that's it. I couldn't put my finger on it. It does not sound right without the hand drums. That's what makes those early boots so special.

[@Calbenmike]

Jesse Enger They need Abbruzzese, period.

[@FirstLast-cf4mi]

Christ. Abbruzesse really made that band man. The Soundgarden guy has less feeling than a drum machine. But hey..they're whinging about RACIZT HWHITE POLIZE MANS so whatever.

[@ihatethatstuff]

Impossible to put 2 thumbs up

[@mikeyj990ify]

First Last matt cameron is ten times the drummer dave was. He just didnt play this song right

[@samanthaehrlich248]

Hope I live to see the day that this song is no longer relevant

[@chadbutros3935]

Welcome to that time now. It's irrelevant because it sounds lifeless and lazy and wouldn't inspire anyone if it was recorded with this kind of sub par instrumentation now. The version off of Vs lives on I guess.

#JusticeForGeorgeFloyd ✊

[@Faks.09]

Dude it was proven that he is criminal, he was high af and he said "i can't breathe" before he was kicked down There's video on the KZbin

[@derekoreilly72]

So relevant these days! :(

[@guyritchie8theeold794]

Call to arms mother!@#$ers!

[@FirstLast-cf4mi]

Loved this tune as a kid. Now see it for the lame racebaiting virtue signal that it really is. Its ok to be white and thank fuck for cops too.

[@marioiatta3349]

Un pepone!!!!!!

[@TheEvdoggy]

And why is this not a modern anthem?

[@DawTVFoodReviews]

I ask the same?

[@chadbutros3935]

Because it sounds like shit with a horribly lifeless beat and goofy old liberals swinging around like children.

[@Sludgee9]

Eddie just....don't give a fuck no more...no conviction..

[@peterladetto708]

The drumming is not true to the original recording

[@chadbutros3935]

Is there any legacy Pearl Jam song that Matt Cameron doesn't make sound like shit? He drains the life out of any song, almost like he's trying to make them sound as bad as he can.

[@blppt]

The old stuff isn't done in his style. Binaural and on, he rips.

[@kuwab0317]

the song losing it soul because matt cameron didn't catch up the groove

[@Faks.09]

soul depend on drums? wtf

[@chadbutros3935]

@@Faks.09 It can. Why wouldn't that be possible? Oh yea, I forgot, you're the fanboy with all of the autographed PJ memorabilia. Go suck it and let us have an honest conversation about the musicality and instrumentation in the song portrayed in this video you fuckwad.

[@johncoker13]

Not all white people are privileged enough to relate to this song

[@chadbutros3935]

I never cared about the lyrics. This song is all about the drums and the groove, which died after Abbruzzese left the band. But yea, PJ's shitty politics started to come out on Vs. in songs like Glorified G and this one. At least this one was a cool song. Glorified G was definitely the worst song on Vs.

[@professorfarmgirl9662]

#GeorgeFloyd

[@Splashblaylock]

George Floyd 😢 🖤💜💛

[@TheNBSPerry]

was a criminal who died from a fentanyl overdose not asphyxiation :D

[@tomyale1119]

@@TheNBSPerry fuck off, you think you could survive being knelt on the neck for 8 minutes

[@user-bp1xe7xn4v]

@@tomyale1119 that guy actually claimed he couldn't breathe even before he was on the ground

[@Faks.09]

@@tomyale1119 he wasn't tho

[@kimbye1]

When did W.M.A become a marimba song? This is unlistenable!

[@CJ9899]

Lmao 🤣🤣🤣

[@marlynhedderick6522]

🤘🏾❤🉑️ #GeorgeFloyd

[@balkee42]

Sheesh ed think u could sing it with maybe half the power and ferocity u did in 94

[@pbharrison1]

Matt played it his way, and PJ like to mix it up and keep things fresh, as all good musicians do. The message in the song was as powerful as ever.

[@chadbutros3935]

Matt playing it 'his way' is an affront to fans who want to hear it the 'record's way'. Straying from the recorded versions so drastically is not the mark of a good musician. It's an indication that he doesn't care what fans like. Is he such an egotistical ahole that he presumes his way sounds better, or does he just lack the ability to play like Dave?

[@GB-hj3xp]

No Dave A, no watchie

[@kamest]

Anthony Jeselnik's drumming is freaking awesome on there

[@andyferno9274]

Hold that guitar good Eddie’🙄

[@JenniferWhite-l6r]

Anderson Anthony Lewis George Lee Linda

[@Koettnylle]

Cameron is a great drummer, but the original drumming on WMA is better

[@Faks.09]

i really don't understand some people in the comment section, i like Matt's drumms

[@chadbutros3935]

There's a lot you don't understand. It's called being dumb.

[@TheGossman]

Band sounds great but the drumming sucks

[@Rodrigombia1990]

Nope, he can't reach the high notes anymore

[@ericrosenfeld1882]

truth

[@NoxiousPond]

24 years later? of course he cant

[@goldenhourkodak]

@@NoxiousPond He can, it just wrecks his voice for the rest of the night. Listen to performances of Blood or Rats from 2018.

[@TheNBSPerry]

you can sing for 25 years and still sing high notes if you take care of yourself. Theres no excuse :)

[@Faks.09]

@@TheNBSPerry not if you barely ruined your voice with screaming