Episode 389: London, ONT, CA – 9/12/2005

After years of spanning the US entertaining crowds in nearly all 50 states, it was finally time for Pearl Jam to venture north and do a full run of Canada in 2005. The tour began all the way on the west coast in Vancouver and ended in St. John’s on the other coast. These shows took the band to places that rarely get to hold acts of their stature such as Thunder Bay, Kitchener and Halifax. This show in London was smack dab in the middle of the tour at a time where the band was enjoying their surroundings and clicking on all cylinders on stage.

This tour was unofficially seen as a platform for the Lost Dogs b-side album, which meant rarities appear at nearly every show. The London crowd was treated to a good one, the third ever performance of Black, Red, Yellow. This show is also historically notable for being the first time that Modern Girl was used as a tag – just not where you’d think. Before becoming a staple on Not For You, Modern Girl got a test drive as a tag onto Better Man.

Join us for this one as our guest producer, Brian Horwitz, joins us this week to also play the role of guest co-host! We’ll dig deep into what it’s like to see one of those songs that Ed coins “for the serious collectors” and talk about the evolutions of songs like In My Tree and Not For You.