PJ20 Soundtrack Tracklist

A very interesting real (and online) international scavenger hunt has led to the official tracklist being revealed yesterday, following months of eager anticipation. Take note that most of these songs may not be the band's most well-known, but they are supposed to play an important part in their twenty-year history. I'm particularly looking forward to Walk With Me, the Neil Young song (from Le Noise) that was performed at last year's Annual Bridge School Benefit. Rock on, Cameron Crowe!

UPDATE: Here are the links to my reviews:
PART 1 & PART 2

Disc 1 – From the Film PJ20

• Release – Verona, Italy (9/16/06)
• Alive – Seattle, WA (12/22/90)
• Garden – Zurich, Switzerland (2/19/92)
• Why Go – Hamburg, Germany (3/10/92)
• Black – MTV Unplugged, NYC (3/16/92)
• Blood – Auckland, New Zealand (3/25/95)
• Last Exit – Taipei, Taiwan (2/24/95)
• Not For You – Manila, Philippines (2/26/95)
• Do The Evolution – Monkeywrench Radio, Seattle, WA (1/31/98)
• Thumbing My Way – Chop Suey, Seattle, WA (9/6/02)
• Crown of Thorns – Las Vegas, NV (10/22/00)
• Let Me Sleep – Verona, Italy (9/16/06)
• Walk With Me (with Neil Young) – Bridge School Benefit (10/23/10)
• Just Breathe – SNL, New York (3/13/10)

Disc 2 – Rarities and Inspiration . . .

• Say Hello 2 Heaven – Temple of the Dog Demo, 1990
• Times of Trouble – Demo, 1990
• Acoustic #1 – Demo 1991
• It Ain’t Like That – Demo 1990
• Need to Know – Demo, 2007
• Be Like Wind – McCready Score 2010
• Given To Fly – McCready Instrumental 2010
• Nothing As It Seems – Demo 1999
• Nothing As It Seems – Seattle, WA (10/22/01)
• Indifference – Bologna, Italy (9/14/06)
• Of The Girl – Instrumental 2000
• Faithfull – Pistola, Italy (9/20/06) (Soundcheck)
• Bu$hleaguer – Nassau, NY (4/30/03)
• Betterman – New York City (5/21/10)
• Rearview Mirror – Universal City, CA (10/1/09)

tracklist courtesy of theuncool.com

A loophole in the US Copyright Law...

READ THIS ARTICLE; just a glimpse into how screwed up the music business has always been. The bright side is that this whole affair could possibly spell disaster for the record companies in the near future. It's astonishing that for almost half a lifetime they've been making tons of money off the artists' (or even 'employees', as they are known to those big shots) creativity and hard work. Now the time has come for the artists to take back what is rightfully theirs. Many of the article's comments provide some interesting and important insight into workings of the recording industry.

PJ20 Screening

There's gonna be a lot of screens around the world showing PJ20 come the third week of September....including my country!! Who would've thought, such a tiny little place? Though I won't be surprised if the turnout is low. Isn't this a fabulous time to be a Pearl Jam fan!

Southeast Asia

GV Plaza, Singapore
GV VivoCity, Singapore

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Life From Daryl's House

One of the greatest joys in life is watching Daryl Hall's unique web-only show, where each month for the past few years, he and his friends play their favorite songs live, along the way inviting peers, legends and up-and-coming artists for the ride. The results are awe-inspiring. I must confess I haven't been following the series for a year, and only resumed recently; thanks to a YouTube search that yielded the performance of a recent episode of Todd Rundgren and Daryl Hall performing a stunning I Saw The Light. From then on non-stop, it was just clip after clip, episode after episode. There are countless brilliant moments -- The Doors' Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger jamming with the band, Daryl's soulful rendition of You're A Big Girl Now, an emotional but rousing The Weight, in memory of the late T-Bone Wolk, longtime Hall & Oates collaborator (Episode 30), the entire first Christmas episode (featuring John Oates), many many more. And if you want some true blue soul, check out the episode with Smokey Robinson, especially the performances of Sara Smile and Ooo Baby Baby. Musical heaven. Bout time Hall & Oates get inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame.

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Even Better Than The Real Thing?

This is a continuation from my previous post about the upcoming Achtung Baby box set. I guess I'm gonna have to settle for the Super Deluxe edition. Six CDs and four DVDs. The press release didn't mention if the Achtung Baby and Zooropa albums were remastered. I'm not crazy about discs 3 and 4; Uber Remixes?? The last thing you want is people remixing U2 songs (like in that terrible fan club exclusive Artificial Horizon). Of course Disc 5 is something I gotta have; B-sides and bonus tracks, with rare songs like Satellite Of Love, Heaven And Hell and Lady With The Spinning Head. The last disc is intriguing; "baby" versions of Achtung Baby?? Sounds like work-in-progress demos to me, which is cool.

Now the DVD portions; I think they kinda screwed up on this one. Most fans already own the ZooTv Sydney show. If I'm not wrong, there were couple of other shows from that tour which were pro-shot (Yankee Stadium, Dublin, Stockholm) ; I don't understand why those are not released. Also the music videos from Achtung Baby are included, stuff which fans also own. What I can only hope for now is the blu-ray version of the concert and the bonus material, that'll make the viewing experience much better (seriously, the quality of that Sydney DVD wasn't good at all). Also I wished those two albums (Achtung and Zooropa) would get a blu-ray audio treatment; though it's probably not gonna happen.

I'll still get the set for the 92-page hardcover book and those art prints, and of course the brand new documentary, From The Sky Down. I don't actually own a physical copy of Zooropa, so buying this will complete my U2 album collection. On the other hand, I'm not entirely satisfied with the whole thing; I see lotta missed opportunities here. Don't even compare this to last year's Darkness On The Edge Of Town boxset. Now that was SOMETHING. Give the fans what they want, not what they already have.

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P.S. The Uber Deluxe set is RIDICULOUSLY FUCKING EXPENSIVE. Even the new Grateful Dead Europe '72 box set (containing 72 CDs) doesn't cost that much.

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Achtung Baby: Uber Deluxe Edition (Mercury/UMC (U.K.)/Island/UMe (U.S.), 2011)

Disc 1: Achtung Baby (originally released as Island LP U28 (U.K.)/314 510 347-2 (U.S.), 1991)

1. Zoo Station
2. Even Better Than the Real Thing
3. One
4. Until the End of the World
5. Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
6. So Cruel
7. The Fly
8. Mysterious Ways
9. Tryin’ to Throw Your Arms Around the World
10. Ultra Violet (Light My Way)
11. Acrobat
12. Love is Blindness

Disc 2: Zooropa (originally released as Island LP U29 (U.K.)/314 518 047-1 (U.S.), 1993)

1. Zooropa
2. Babyface
3. Numb
4. Lemon
5. Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
6. Daddy’s Gonna Pay for Your Crashed Car
7. Some Days Are Better Than Others
8. The First Time
9. Dirty Day
10. The Wanderer

Disc 3: Uber Remixes

1. Night and Day (Steel String Remix)
2. Even Better Than the Real Thing (Perfecto Mix)
3. Mysterious Ways (Solar Plexus Extended Club Mix)
4. Lemon (Perfecto Mix)
5. Can’t Help Falling in Love (Triple Peaks Remix)
6. Lady with the Spinning Head (Extended Dance Remix)
7. Even Better Than the Real Thing (V16 Exit Wound Remix)
8. Mysterious Ways (Ultimatum Mix)
9. The Lounge Fly
10. Mysterious Ways (The Perfecto Remix)
11. One (Apollo 440) (Mix Master S-109)

Disc 4: Unter Remixes

1. Mysterious Ways (Tabla Motown Remix)
2. Mysterious Ways (Appollo 440 Magic Hour Remix)
3. Can’t Help Falling in Love (Mystery Train Dub)
4. One (Apollo 440 – Ambient Master S-109)
5. Lemon (Momo’s Reprise)
6. Salomé (Zooromancer Remix)
7. Even Better Than the Real Thing (Trance Mix)
8. Numb (Gimme Some More Dignity Mix)
9. Mysterious Ways (Solar Plexus Magic Hour Remix)
10. Numb (The Soul Assassins Mix)
11. Even Better Than the Real Thing (Apollo 440 Stealth Sonic Remix)

Disc 5: B-Sides and Bonus Tracks

1. Lady with the Spinning Head (UV1)
2. Blow Your House (Analogue Mix – Bono Edit)
3. Salomé
4. Even Better Than the Real Thing (Single Version)
5. Satelite of Love
6. Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses (Temple Bar Remix)
7. Heaven and Hell (In Truth Mix)
8. Oh Berlin (Analogue Mix 1)
9. Near the Island (Instrumental)
10. Down All the Days (Version 1)
11. Paint it Black
12. Fortunate Son
13. Alex Descends Into Hell for a Bottle of Milk/Korova 1
14. Where Did It All Go Wrong? (Demo from STS-Dublin, July 1990)
15. Everybody Loves a Winner
16. Even Better Than the Real Thing (Fish Out of Water Mix)

Disc 6: “Baby” Achtung Baby (track list identical to original album)

LPs 1 and 2: Achtung Baby

5 x 7″ vinyl singles

1. The Fly
2. Mysterious Ways
3. Even Better than the Real Thing
4. One
5. Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses

DVDs

1. From the Sky Down: A Documentary
2. Videos
3. Bonus Material
4. ZOO TV: Live from Sydney – The Concert

Disc 3, Track 1 and Disc 4, Tracks 1 and 5 released on Island CD single CID IS 515 (U.K.)/422 866 533-2 (U.S.), 1992

Disc 3, Tracks 2 and 7 and Disc 4, Tracks 7 and 11 released on Island CD single C REAL 2 (U.K.)/422 864 281-2 (U.S.), 1992

Disc 3, Track 3 and Disc 4, Tracks 1-2 released on Island 12″ single 12 IS 509 (U.K.)/422 866 189-1 (U.S.), 1991

Disc 3, Track 4 and Disc 4, Track 5 released on Island 12″ single 422-862 957-1 (U.S.), 1993

Disc 3, Track 5 and Disc 4, Track 6 released on Island CD single CIDX 550 (U.K.), 1992

Disc 3, Track 6 and Disc 5, Tracks 3-4 and 13 released on Island 12″ single 12 IS 525 (U.K.)/422 866 977-1 (U.S.), 1992

Disc 3, Tracks 8 and 10 released on Island promotional CD single U2-FREE (AUS), 1991

Disc 3, Track 9 and Disc 5, Track 13 released on Island 12″ single 12 IS 500 (U.K.)/ 422 868 885-1 (U.S.), 1991

Disc 4, Track 3 released on Island 12″ promotional single 12 IS 550 DJ (U.K.), 1992

Disc 4, Track 7 released on Island 12″ single REAL U2 (U.K.), 1992

Disc 4, Tracks 8 and 10 released on Melon: Remixes for Propaganda (Island MELONCD 1 (U.K.), 1995)

Disc 5, Tracks 6, 11 and 12 released on Island CD single CID 550 (U.K.)/422 864 521-2 (U.S.), 1992

All other tracks previously unreleased.

-- tracklist courtesy of theseconddisc.com

Baby Turns 20

Yes, manager Paul McGuinness was right -- the Uber Deluxe Edition is one kind of expensive. And how bout those Fly sunglasses?

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