Better Men

Surprise, surprise. Pearl Jam tore the house down over at Bonnaroo this past weekend. I swear this band gets better with age. I remember when I first saw them in Pittsburgh in 2003, Eddie jested that his voice was made of "galvanized steel". It looks like he wasn't joking. Pearl Jam played an incendiary three hour, 25-song set during their headlining stint at the Tennessee festival that included the usual hits, a helping of rarities, and some covers. Why I didn't make the 13-hour drive, God only knows. I've been complaining as of late about the band's absurdly high MSG ticket prices. But if they're gonna whip out a setlist like this, maybe it's well worth it:

1. "Hard To Imagine"
2. "Corduroy"
3. "All Night"
4. "Why Go"
5. "Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town"
6. "Down"
7. "Who You Are"
8. "Severed Hand"
9. "1/2 Full"
10. "Animal"
11. "Even Flow"
12. "Daughter"
13. "Gone"
14. "Love Reign O'er Me" (The Who)
15. "Do The Evolution"
16. "Rearviewmirror"
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17. "W.M.A."
18. "Better Man" -->"Save It For Later"-->"Better Man"
19. "Black"
20. "Crazy Mary"
21. "Porch"
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22. "No More"
23. "Release"
24. "Alive"
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25. "All Along The Watchtower" (Dylan)