One of my all time favorites from Pearl Jam!Gotta love the crowds energy like that!

Please keep the Pearl Jam reactions coming!!

That was the best one to pick its amazing..its the crowd that makes it so special...all those fans singing like that . 😍 shows the pj fandom

The last one was for a charity Eddie and his wife are involved in EBRP research. They raised $1 million that day

My fav band of all time. Fuckin emotional rollercoaster.

Imagine writing and performing a song and lyrics where about 20,000 people are singing the lyrics back at you. And the call and response from 20 thousand fans is awesome.

Give it up to Post Malone, he tried

The ‘don’t run away’ section in the first version is a portion of a song called Save it for Later by the (English) Beat that PJ tags into during Betterman pretty frequently. If you’ve seen the Adam Sandler film Big Daddy it’s in the soundtrack at some point. They did a Sleater  Kinney song in 2003 for shows that SK opened for them on, and Picture in a Frame in their 06 European leg. But that’s why he went into ‘Better now’ in the one with Post Malone, it’s an open portion of the song to insert whatever is fun into at the moment.

I hope you do go hear the original 90's version of Betterman, Its almost my favorite song by PJ. It's beautifully melancholy and the album version is slightly slower. Its one of the few songs Vedder sings where you can understand every word. The song was written about his mothers relationship with his stepdad. Heres a link to the best live version, that stays loyal to the album arrangement - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPBhbCbWrY4

Pearl Jam recorded Betterman 30 years ago. Post has a good ear and wanted to sing it with the God. The origins of a great song were born from the writer

The Post Malone one was from a charity show for EB Research, it was also a tribute concert to Leslie Jordan, who was also heavily involved in the EB Research charity.

Listen to the studio version when you get a chance

I was at that Madison Square Garden show

Really loved the collaboration always a big acoustic fan!

Missed this one when it was posted. Must be such a great feeling standing there listening to the fans sing your songs. Even in countries where they don't speak English.

I really admire Eddie's contributions over time especially to different causes including the Kelly Slater Foundation for raising awareness of environmental causes. Aside from that, I just love Pearl Jam in general.

I wish I could have been part of that crowd.

EDDIE VEDDER WROTE THIS AWESOME SONG WHEN HE WAS 15 YEARS OLD IN HIGHSCHOOL. IT'S ABOUT HIS MOTHER, HIS STEP FATHER ABUSED HIS MOTHER. THIS HAPPENS EVERY PEARL JAM CONCERT FANS ALWAYS SINGS BACK TO THEM. AMAZING!! I LOVE THAT POST MALONE AND EDDIE VEDDER DID THIS TOGETHER. I THINK IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL MOMENT. POST WAS SO HAPPY ESPECIALLY WHEN EDDIE STARTED SINGING HIS SONG "BETTER NOW" THIS IS FOR CHARITY. EB RESEARCH 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 🦋 A TERRIBLE  SKIN DIEASE THAT YOUNG PEOPLE, CHILDREN. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MOMENT!! I DEFINITELY LOVE YOUR REACTION NIKKI!! THE EVOLUTION OF EDDIE VEDDER IS AMAZING!! 😊🩷🤘✌️

FIRE!!!!

Absolutely love your Pearl Jam reviews.  Greatly appreciate the way you dig into the actual meaning of his wonderful story telling.