Pearl Jam - Release (Limelight '92)

[MrNonickdude]

How can you hit the dislike in such an amazing song and band like this one ?? please go away, if i find out where you live i'll kick your door down and break every single finger in your hands, and your toes, this way i don't have to make a second trip.

This is an amazing song, long live Pearl Jam.

[lurycio]

Gives me goosebumps.

[adasoy00]

Can't stop crying and no one will never understand :')

[dumpnchase]

Thanks for uploading this. Limelight was a fun night club. I forgot that it had concerts. Great to see old footage of the band live and actually hear the band instead of the entire crowd.

[idigcars]

I think my dining room is bigger than that stage lol. Man, I miss that place

[OfficialTribe]

Rock and Roll Church! ol' schoolers know what i'm talkin about. ;)

[kingkeithearls]

bouncers that throw crowd surfers back into the crowd- the way it was and the way it should be!!!

[Medusafern]

I always thought (and I was born in 1965 and I loved PJ from their beginnings) that if Jesus Christ himself could sing, Eddie's voice would have been Jesus', and that his voice still is, oh Eddie, I love you, and the night I dreamed you leaning up against an orange Camaro in the moonlight, it was before Wishlist came out, and I said,"Eddie, please be okay." And he said, "Alright."

[BubbaZen10]

God i love this song! Thanks to whoever posted it. It makes me cry when i think of those days! Gotta agree with stubborngoat. It was incredible to see them back then. Saw them twice for Ten, once at Lolla and once at Mesa Amphitheatre. At Lolla the crowd went apeshit and tore out the seats when they came on! At Mesa, that show was one of the most transcendent, spiritual experiences i have ever had at a show!! Miss those days a lot! Peace and love to all PJ fans.

[tjwpearljam7048]

I love the chant at the end kick ass song I love it I feel the energy man damn... PEARL JAM!!

[NegativeCreep06]

its the first time i've heard it and i can feel the energy the feeling, i almost cried

[Smith89123]

Best Opener.

[HellFireKane]

My dad passed away this year from lou gehrig's disease. This song has even more meaning to me than it did before. Happy fathers day dad...I miss you.

[BubbaZen10]

@HellFireKane God bless man! Very powerful song indeed. Your post got to me.

[HellFireKane]

@BubbaZen10 Thank you. Coming from a person I don't even know it means a lot that you care. God bless you too.

[ouluvme2]

Back when they had a drummer...

[vedder1106]

everytime, everytime i listend to this epic song, I can only remember those days when I felt that there was no more for me in this place, pj went trough all my bad days with me, THANKS PJ. Now days I think I'm better, found my place and enjoy life and still enjoy so so so much listening to this song.

[floydica101]

i was only 5yrs old during this time but i still remember these time like it was yesterday! due to all the kick ass music that was coming out. And my older brother being all grunged out! haha but it rubbed of on me. and ever since i was 5 yrs old pearl jam was always one of my all time favs! and i just got to see them for the first time last year with my brother and i felt like i was 5 yrs old again standing next to my older bro watching these dudes. thats why i love PJ!

[HardRocks666]

un baritono espectacular, inconfundible

[monket654321]

THE BEST!

[sylviatube]

so many many night - I would sit in the dark of my room and in my own sadness. I would listen to this song with my eyes closed and imagine myself soul float up into the heavens - Release me from my darkness, Oh these lyrics, have pulled me up and out of my very own abyss.

[sylviatube]

It has been over ten to fifteen years and this song still hits a deep, sharp place in my heart and soul.

[vpjammer10]

damn... wish i'd been there... T-T but but but i was only 2... XD

[dragolarz]

thanks for this vid, yeah!

[Katalyste]

Going off what Stubborngoat said...this is not the beginning of the concert you can clearly see this is the end. If you go to Pearl Jam's website and look up LimeLight April 12th 1992 you can see the whole set list they did. I think it is great that they have all their concert set lists on a website. This is probably my fav Pearl Jam Song ever.

[mamasam78]

im 30 years old and im waiting to have yet a band like this one in my youth history but i think im ghonna get old before that, they were and they are irrepetibles!!!

[mamasam78]

Thanks for ur gndcd402!! its incredible to see this videos tahnks a lot !!!

[mamasam78]

Thanks for ur gndcd402!!

[JubeProductions]

great song from "back in the day"......i've seen them open with this song it's a great opener because of the way it builds......oceans is another great opener.

[ankadon]

LOVE THE SONG

[thepanamahat]

I've never ever seen security like that before. . .amazing

[L1VeMu2iK]

i'm pretty sure this isn't the opening song, stubborngoat. if you watch the whole video it looks like it's the last song. looks like a great concert although their live show would only get better!

[samueletozzi]

Dave Abbruzzese... *_* <3

[ankadon]

OMG he sounds SO MUCH better live than on the record!!!

[BillSaveley]

I saw this tour. I saw them at the Cabaret Metro in Chicago (3-28-92). The show was magical..... They were so raw... so focused... so important. Still are. I would see them again on the Alive tour in Milwaukee and at a place in Madison WI. I saw them again at the New Regal Theater (1994) and a few times again over the years (Soldier Field, Allstate Arena). Nothing can match the first time I saw them. Electric.

[EddieVedder93]

Epic song pearl jam 4eva!

[DWDave67]

This is the best song PJ has ever recorded. EV's power on this song is incredible.

[williamlegoboyricks]

I was there!!!!!! Thanks for sharing!

[metalcruzer]

SHIT!!!!!!! was in the Navy at this time!! would die to havebeen there!!

[metalcruzer]

OMG!!!!!!!!Iwas in the Navy at this time, would KILL to have been there!!! Not literally of course!

[TattooMarvel]

holy shit ive been there before lol

[RockNRollOk]

Can't see Ed for hav the vid b/c the security guy is in the way...Love PJ!

[cazzapjgirl]

absolutely brilliant part of PJ history here.......WOW!!!

[WhereYaBoss]

This is a really hard song to sing live.

[nivostms]

eaak krasi pearl jam kai xero psomi!!!!!!

[captainortega]

@nivostms EETSI

[CatAndMousee]

words cant even describe the love i have for this band.

[cathrasher1974]

@CatAndMousee

i know exactly How you feel. I may not always agree with ed as far as politics go but their music and his solo projects are untouchable.

[WilSU182]

@CatAndMousee same here!!!!!!!!

[mw383]

anyone have the Axis show from fall '91?

[WhereYaBoss]

Funny. He's using a polarid camera...the olden days 1991-1992. Sigh...

[mandrilmalo]

taking pictures of the public. thats quite original haha. pearl jam is awesome.

[jagh75]

Is not that I don't like Matt.. but Dave is fucking amazing !! Best PJ drummer ever...

[giggletronics]

this is what bands are supposed to be like

[stubborngoat]

I was there for this show--unreal that it is on YouTube. I'm pretty sure this is the opening tune. Thought it was strange that they opened with a slow song, but then went into "Even Flow", I think. After this song is over, Eddie says to the crowd, "Are you ready?" The crowd goes nuts, and they burst into "EF."

Great times, being in your early twenties, going to a live show in NY, seeing your favorite band before they hit it big. Definitely in the right place at the right time.

[CourtyardPigeon]

I know what you mean...there is another show that I went to in 1992 and it's on here...it's like going back in time...

[WhereYaBoss]

Wow, that's an amazing story. I know you wrote this 4 months ago, but damn that sounded like a great time.

[RevJim1313]

@stubborngoat I was there too. Well said. One of the more memorable evenings of my youth for a variety of reasons. GREAT show.

[BUwink]

@stubborngoat i think they opened with oceans but even flow was right behind it. great show though. you can notice how tired they look i think this is one of the last songs.

[Jackstanford7]

@stubborngoat They opened with Occeans at this show then went into Even flow, they closed with this :)

[CJWINTERS12]

@stubborngoat uhmmm they hit it big way before this song....maybe you should listen a little...



[captainortega]

@stubborngoat seems like the ending song to me :p

[BubbaZen10]

@captainortega Remember, at the beginning of Ten, they play that spacey bit that i guess is technically still part of Release that's longer at the end of the album. They probably played that at the beginning of the show and that's what stubborngoat was maybe thinking of.

[nym5cb]

@BubbaZen10 That spacey bit is known as "Master/ Slave." It is considered to be a hidden track on the album.

[BubbaZen10]

@nym5cb Right on man!! Thanks for that. Never knew the name of that bit, and it's always been pretty much one of my favs of theirs!! PEACE

[BandOfCrooks]

@stubborngoat are you an idiot? did you even watch the video? it's obviously the last song of the set you fucking moron..

[lniese]

@BandOfCrooks Relax man. It's a pretty chill song and you need to lay down the redbull or something. No one comments on YouTube to get a poke in the eye. Not even you probably so I'll leave it at "Relax..."

[subcomandantetroncos]

@stubborngoat It was, actually, very common (and still is, truth be told) for PJ to open the gig with "Release" they did it over the years, is a way to convoy attention before the music breakout.

[midnightsun2288]

he has an amazing voice

[jonmonbuckeye1]

what's up with the fat guy in the hat? lol

[giggletronics]

probably just security

[westy44cal]

Yea I pussed out I know...can I now get a thumbs up? :) I recently missed their show in the Garden due to business obligations..go figure

[wickaboo]

please bro....don't ever blame marijuana for your laziness....i would get super baked and go to that show

[westy44cal]

Christ. I was supposed to go to this show but I smoked way too much pot that day and couldn't make it. Another reason why we shouldn't do drugs kids :). Pearl is a special band. i wish i saw them in their infancy!

[ROCKNINJA777]

92 was the year of the pearl. everyone in their fuckin best

[d15er]

Dave is so fun to watch...holy shit

[mileswarm]

Yeeees. Live version with Dave Abbruzzese.

That´s what I miss in my headphones

[AKOATZIN]

I agree with you theeagle50 I just love Pearl Jam they are just a great band period but on my case the main reason I love this band is because of Eddie Vedder vocals I just love his voice my 10 yr old son told me that he sings like a angel we just love his voice.

[lickknob11]

In 1994 I auditioned to join a band. This song was what I sang with them to become their singer. I closed my eyes and sang my ass off. I opened my eyes as we finished the song and they were all smiling. I got the gig due to this tune.

[itscurbe]

Its strange to think of bands like Pearl Jam playing in anything other than a sold out stadium

[theeagle50]

why is it that on every old pearl jam video thers always "o daves the best, no matts the best, no jacks the best...? the fact is, regardless of whos the best, Matt is now the drummer, and theres nothing anybody on youtube can say that will change that. be happy that pearl jam is still making music... just love the music you are given

[JohnnyTrotz]

one of my favorite songs of them, nice to hear that live.

[metsfan5319]

i love the crowd surfing during this its weird but cool. id love to see them play the limelight again 10c only show.

[Brento44]

Bring back Dave Abbruzzese!!!! Best drummer they ever had..

[jnpainting1]

He was a pretty badass drummer, Matt Cameron fills the seat pretty well though don't you think? From Soundgarden to Pearl Jam is an interesting mix

[literisfrenchfor]

Matt Cameron sucks in Pearl Jam. He went from awesome in Soundgarden and Temple Of The Dog to suck in Pearl Jam. Dave A was the best Pearl Jam drummer.

[jnpainting1]

Dave Ambruzze overplays on so much stuff! He has a few good tracks but generally he gets ahead of himself.

Who's he playing with now?

[wolfpyros]

lol ya dave overplays, and so do i, overplaying is soo much fun. an UP Front Drummer he is. i love that about his style

[biff022]

great call about Cameron. He went from being a great jazzy prog metal drummer in SG to a shitty classic 4/4 drummer in PJ. I like Krusen's cymbal fills and Iron's swing for PJ.

[CosmicAstralCode]

Absolutely correct.

[rufuspfl]

just listen to the different styles the way matt and dave play this song live,love the way dave uses the old snare!

[Holyjammer]

I only can imagine the feeling that had been to do crowd surfing while hearing and seeing Release live. Lucky people!

I didn't met Eddie in person but I believe he's one of the most humble and kindest people alive. His gestures and posture are an amazing example to all of us.

[pearljm67]

I feel the same way! Eddie and all of Pearl Jam are incredible!!!!!

[buddyjesus87]

ah, awesome to see another Release clip, I really love the song given I know exactly how the singer is feeling :)