“I like the Replacements, I like their stance. They’re question marks. I saw them at the Variety Arts Center downtown; I liked their show. I particularly liked the insect ritual going on at the foot of the stage. There was this guy trying to climb up, and they kept throwing him back, like a carp. No, you can't get in the boat! It was like something out of Mondo Cane, hahaha. And it was really great to watch. And I liked the fact that one of the kids, Tommy?, had dropped out of high school. Being on the road with this band, the idea of all his schoolmates stuck there with the fucking history of Minnesota, and he's on a bus somewhere sipping out of a brandy bottle, going down the road of life.”
-Tom Waits
Eddie Vedder really took a backseat and didn't try to make the show about himself at all, just made a great contribution to the performance and added to the song.
There is nothing better than a singer singing someone else's song not needing a cheat sheet.
Watch how Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam and R.E.M performing 'Man on The Moon, live at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductions, in 2007.