When the quintet detours into 'Dirty Work,' an old Steely Dan tune, Stone Gossard praises the chord changes, which brings an incredulous response from Vedder before his bandmates dissolve in laughter. The most revelatory footage comes from a low-key band rehearsal on Murphy's rooftop while L trains roll past.

The concert footage adds little to what we already know about Pearl Jam: a reliable heritage act with a boatload of anthems perfect for entertaining a stadium full of lighter-waving revelers on a starlit summer night. Vedder 'used to come here as a kid and get a hot dog,' she says of her bar. When Pearl Jam finally retook the stage just before midnight to resume the show, Vedder said, 'Ernie Banks likes to say, 'Let's play two.' I say, 'Let's play until 2 (a.m.).' ' In 2013, in the middle of one of the worst Cubs seasons ever, Pearl Jam played Wrigley for the first time and the concert was interrupted by a massive storm. As a kid who spent part of his childhood in Evanston, he would hang out in the right field bleachers to watch his favorite player, Jose Cardenal, chase flyballs. Pearl Jam diehards who come to the movie expecting to see blow-by-blow coverage of a big musical weekend in the band's career may be disappointed to find the movie is also a mini-history of the Cubs, brimming with baseball highlights and commentary.Īll valid concerns, except one: Vedder is indeed a long-suffering Cubs diehard. Pearl Jam's fame was nearly instant after signing with a major label out of the box in the early '90s, and some Cubs fans may view Vedder as just another celebrity coattail rider at the team's victory parade.

The premise might strike some viewers as more than a little disingenuous.

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