Pearl Jam Rocks!

I knew there was a reason Pearl Jam was my favorite band that went beyond the awesome music and lyrics, laid back attitude, local roots, liberal politics and extensive non profit work!

Reading that Rock Band will have a Pearl Jam track pack with its setlist voted entirely by fans was a great way to start my Monday! Now if they only manage to include my favorites...it's such a long list. Here's hoping tracks like Red Mosquito and Do The Evolution sneak in among the concert/fan staples like Given to Fly, Corduroy, Rearviewmirror, et al. There's such an amazing breadth of songs that it's tough to imagine any setlist doing the band justice. Perhaps we'll be lucky enough to see a setlist the length of a PJ show....3 hours worth of music! It will also be interesting to see if covers are included - PJ's versions of Rockin in the Free World (Neil Young), Fortunate Son (CCR), Baba O'Riley (The Who), and a whole load of other songs would be awesome additions if they can get permission. The song I would most like to hear is PJ's "Little Wing" cover (video here, from Georgia video here from Washington - with added bonus Star Spangled Banner). I like it better than the Hendrix original (/ducks) or the Stevie Ray Vaughn and Eric Clapton covers.

For the record, I recently made a casual "rough estimate count" of the number of Pearl Jam songs, and the tally (before cover songs of which there are dozens) of album tracks exceeded 100. I included b-sides and soundtrack songs (studio recorded) that were played live and did not include all of the fan club Christmas singles, so the tally really is a rough estimate.

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/05/11/pearl-jam-returns-in-new-rock-band-project-with-fan-voted-set/