PEARL JAM Ed Explains Why “Better Man” is NOT a Good Wedding Song CHICAGO IL WRIGLEY FIELD 08/29/24

I'm I'm going to return to that so get [Music] ready so yesterday I'm I'm with this friend and they had a friend that when they got married they wanted their first dance it was the wife's decision so it's going to be her decision and and she wanted the the first dance to be better man [Music] [Applause] [Music] I said you know that's a song about an abusive relationship right but she was she was just she was just going with the line to her man she couldn't find a better man and I respect that so I'm going to rewrite another version for their wedding um and speaking of I got another I got another friend that met his wife and Will met about 37 years ago and they've been married for 35 uh it's their anniversary and uh I think this is a a better wedding song uh Joe and Eliza happy anniversary [Applause] [Music]