who thinks ten gets played to much on tour?

danny

i personally love the bootlegs but sometimes i think a bit to much of ten,i think some songs of the other albums dont get even played hardly marker in the sand etc

2-feign-reluctance

too much? Ten is their most successful album to date. Not going anywhere anytime soon IMHO. I think they do a bang up job of mixing up the sets myself.

2-feign-reluctance

Hehe...

bootlegger10

Personally I could do without as much from Ten but then you would lose a lot of the crowd which would be worse. When you think about it there five songs out of 30 so not horrible. Even Flow, Alive, Black, Porch, Jeremy with a Why Go, once or Release thrown in sometimes.

pjsteelerfan

2-feign-reluctance said:

too much? Ten is there most successful album to date. Not going anywhere anytime soon IMHO. I think they do a bang up job of mixing up the sets myself.

I agree, the songs off Ten are what help sell tickets. vast majority of people going to the shows are going to see their big hitters.

nothinasitseems

^ that, and there are always people going where it's their first show, and i'm sure first-time fans - whether casual or longtime - want to hear the hits from their biggest record.

javis el errante

I do, I love Pearl Jam, I like Ten A LOT, but it's my least fav, every show lots of Ten song get played, fact, but another fact is that Ten is a fan favorite, both hardcore and casual, so no wonder it gets played a lot, I believe that Even Flow, Alive and Porch always should be in a PJ set, I know they will always be, some might add Black and Jeremy, I'm not that sure about that, the rest can be interchange, I've been only to five shows, always the same city, and except for Oceans, I got all the songs at least once, and currently, except for Oceans, all Ten songs get their fair share in every tour...

pjhawks

Not I. those songs fucking rock live still. In fact I'd like to hear Once played more often.

2-feign-reluctance

a lot of the hard core folks would probably substitute Ten songs on their dream set list, so I kind of get where the OP is coming from here.

just_one

Its a normal thing for a band to do. Its their biggest álbum for non hardcore fans.

that being said songs like Black or Jeremy could really take a hiatus from the setlists.

PP193448

I could hear Release Garden and Why Go at every show. Those rock live. Haven't heard Deep yet, so that's my Ten whale. Black and Once are also good live. Even Flow is just too good to leave off too. The rest can be shelved for a little while.

ikiT

I love Even Flow, and Why Go for that matter, and the way the boys mix it up is pretty awesome, but I would love to be at or hear about a Riot Act heavy show...

SVRDhand13

It's their most popular album and they need to play for the masses as well as the diehards. I think that the amount they play works out well.

kramer73

The fans should be so lucky to have a band with such diverse setlists, and including songs from their first album.

oceaninmyeyes

the tiki bomb said:

I love Even Flow, and Why Go for that matter, and the way the boys mix it up is pretty awesome, but I would love to be at or hear about a Riot Act heavy show...

Agreed, but you won't catch me complaining. They can play whatever the hell they want to, as long as I can go.

PJ_Soul

oceaninmyeyes said:

the tiki bomb said:

I love Even Flow, and Why Go for that matter, and the way the boys mix it up is pretty awesome, but I would love to be at or hear about a Riot Act heavy show...

Agreed, but you won't catch me complaining. They can play whatever the hell they want to, as long as I can go.

Totally agree. I don't think they play too much Ten. They just don't play nearly enough from No Code through Self-Titled. I REALLY wish they'd change that. If that means less from Ten, so be it. But still, you don't see me complaining at a show either!

ikiT

oceaninmyeyes said:

the tiki bomb said:

I love Even Flow, and Why Go for that matter, and the way the boys mix it up is pretty awesome, but I would love to be at or hear about a Riot Act heavy show...

Agreed, but you won't catch me complaining. They can play whatever the hell they want to, as long as I can go.

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PJINFLA

I'm surprised the band plays as much of Ten as they do on tour but I never get tired of hearing it.
I would love to hear them play it in it's entirety in concert. I personally could do without anything after Riot Act but I realize the band has to promote their new music to try and stay relevant.

Sarava

While most of us here like everything, but a lot of people at the shows know stuff from their more popular albums. I dragged my friend to the Moline show, and he was lost during No Code. But when they played Garden, he's singing right along. In the end I think they do a good job, considering different people of different levels of fan-hood are at all of these shows.

JB128716

You think it's bad now? I saw them in '92 and almost every song was from Ten.

red mos

JB128716 said:

You think it's bad now? I saw them in '92 and almost every song was from Ten.

LOL!

bootlegger10

Think about if they played Even Flow every night or Grievance every night. We all would be hanging Grievance in the public square. The songs off of Ten are all-time.

red mos

I'd like to hear release, deep, once, garden, and Oceans because I haven't heard those live yet.

PJ_Soul

JB128716 said:

You think it's bad now? I saw them in '92 and almost every song was from Ten.

Haha. That's actually why I'm not bananas for early boots!

dtr0624

i would lose it if i finally got to check off once, garden, or oceans. ten is insane live. porch rips, mike on alive is crazy. that album isnt going anywhere anytime soon lol. that being said you also have the people who are looking to "check off songs" and complete albums they have seen live (i need rats and dissident for vs and in hiding and push/pull for yeild lol) lol but id love to see no code, binaural hardly ever gets played, aand to cross of inside job from avacado is in my top 5 i havent seen. i like how it is now though. its a pretty good mix up of mystery every single night (will they open with xxx, do you think they will play xxx, etc.) philly 1 and 2 are 2 completely different shows. one was a "hits" show and night one was more of a fan show. 10 is who they are and its imho a great album and awesome live.

mcgruff10

My only suggestion would be to switch where they are played in the set. Maybe alive main set and Evenflow in an encore. Porch as a non set closer, release to open the second set or close a show....

-Buru-

^ yeah, spice it up a little - throw us off lol. But I am thankful that Pearl Jam constantly changes up their sets, few bands do and that is pretty special.

I would draw the line at 5 songs from any given album, so that you can get some variety (unless you are going for a Moline type show and playing an album in its entirety). Songs from Ten are a big hit amongst the crowds, so I understand why the shows may be Ten-heavy.

And we do need more Oceans and Garden.

PJ_Soul

mcgruff10 said:

My only suggestion would be to switch where they are played in the set. Maybe alive main set and Evenflow in an encore. Porch as a non set closer, release to open the second set or close a show....

Good idea. It's too predictable now.

Red Lukin

I've been hoping someone starts a petition to stop playing alive and black in the encore.

CopperTom

I just wish every album had at least 1 song played from it each night.

rr165892

Maybe shelve some of the stuff off backspacer and Lightning Bolt.I mean almost every concert now opens with pendulum.
I agree Riot act,Vs, Avocado all deserve more songs.Shit,Would you rather hear Ghost and 1/2 full