Pearl Jam: Touring Band 2000

I saw the Alpine Valley show ("Dissident" in Touring Band was shot there) and I felt the 20 degree cold air blowing through my ears mixed in with Pearl Jam's music while watching this DVD. The sound is excellent and it includes a Matt (Cameron)-cam, interesting because the drummer is overlooked too much in music, that shows the drummer side of a concert. This movie is well-titled and will allow the audience to feel what it's really like at a Pearl Jam concert. A+.

Being a big fan of Pearl Jam may make my opinion somewhat biased, but the quality and planning of this music dvd is enough to make any despiser or rock and roll think twice about buying this movie. An excellent menu, brilliant sound quality, and amazing editing bring out the best of this Seattle band. A highly reccomended movie to any music video lover.

I'm speechless; what else can anyone say after watching over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over this DVD? Pearl Jam is one of the greatest events in music of all time. It's honesty is only surpassed by the godly songs they create, and Touring band 2000 it's a legacy of sheer spiritual sounds live; a frame for the deep communion this five musicians have with themselves and with their audience. It's a must have for any music lover. Period.

Well it isn't seeing them in person, but it's pretty close. Anyone who has ever seen them live needs to own this. You will re-live the happiness that you enjoyed that wonderful night when you last saw them. And for anyone who has not been so fortunate as to see them live, you can see for yourself just what you have been missing.

Pearl Jam (Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Ed Vedder, and Matt Cameron) open the set (songs taken from different shows from the 2000 tour) with a moving rendition of "Long Road" and then proceed through the early setlist rockers "Corduroy", "Grievance", and "Animal". Before "Given To Fly", Ed notices a woman who is translating what he says to the crowd in sign language. He invites her on stage for the next song, and then dances with her as the song closes. During the "Rearviewmirror" jam, a highlight of any Pearl Jam show, the video cuts from the performing band and shows some kind of distorted image of the band members walking around - like some kind of hallucination. Then as the jam ends, it cuts back to the performance video.

As the band finishes the first encore with "Parting Ways", the camera follows the band as they walk backstage, giving the audience an angle they never see. They return to the stage and rip through Neil Young's "Rockin in the Free World". During the song, Ed helps a young boy up on stage. As Ed sings, the boy just keeps on rockin out. During the closing jam, Ed puts the boy on his shoulders and carries him back alongside drummer Matt Cameron. Ed hands the boy some drum sticks and the boy plays along with Matt.

The DVD extra features are very nice as well. Included are three montages from the European leg of the tour, set to previously unreleased instrumentals. Also included are 3 Matt cam videos ("Evacuation", "Evenflow", "In My Tree") where the camera stays on drummer Matt Cameron for the entire song; as well as music videos for "Oceans" and the animated rocker "Do The Evolution".

This DVD is reason enough for any Pearl Jam fan to go out and BUY a DVD player. There is no better way to keep your sanity until the next tour, than with "Touring Band 2000".

One of the best live concert films ever released. Touring Band 2000 is a compilation of some of Pearl Jam's best performances of their 2000 Tour to support their Binaural album. While each of the performances is from the U.S. tour, there are also some montage sequences of the European tour in the special features. Hardcore fans and newcomers alike will love the tracklisting as they play some of their lesser known works, as well as some of their "radio friendly" tunes. Special features include several music videos, some montages of the European tour as well as kind of a gag reel of the band goofing off throughout the tour. Also included is the "Matt Cam" which is a camera set on drummer Matt Cameron as he does his stuff to several songs. This is a must have for all music lovers, and especially Pearl Jam fans, as it gives a very intimate look at what was once a very private band.