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Any idea why Low Light was used as an opener for Wrigley I?

buck502000buck502000 Birthplace of GIBSON guitar Posts: 8,951
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    ComeToTXComeToTX Austin Posts: 7,575
    It was the first one on the set list probably.
    This show, another show, a show here and a show there.
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    2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,143
    Sun setting perhaps?
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    buck502000buck502000 Birthplace of GIBSON guitar Posts: 8,951
    2-feign-reluctance said:

    Sun setting perhaps?

    Good answer
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    mcgruff10mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 27,883
    ComeToTX said:

    It was the first one on the set list probably.

    lol. awesome.
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    buck502000buck502000 Birthplace of GIBSON guitar Posts: 8,951
    The more I think about it, it might the fact 2013 was a total shit show and an hour before it was sprinkling. The clouds roll by.....
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    mcgruff10mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 27,883
    2-feign-reluctance said:

    Sun setting perhaps?

    well then why didn't they open with that at one of the fenway shows professor?! ;)
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    SmellymanSmellyman Asia Posts: 4,520
    ComeToTX said:

    It was the first one on the set list probably.

    The correct answer
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    SmallestOceansSmallestOceans Posts: 13,542
    So that we could all question Eddie Vedder's setlist choices from a show five months after the fact.

    But really it was played so that the men waiting for their girlfriends who got stuck in the long restroom line wouldn't get pissed that they missed a Brain of J opener.
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    SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 NYC Posts: 25,848
    Not sure but I saw it as an opener in 2008. That may have been the first and only other time it opened. Feels like an odd but interesting choice.
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    ZodZod Posts: 10,162
    Because it's from Yield, and if you're going to play an epic show, why not pick something from Yield? :)
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    BrainofBGABrainofBGA Australia Posts: 3,937
    I quite like the song as an opener, I think the song has really evolved over the years and theyre playing it better than ever, mind you they hardly played it at all until the 2013 tour where it became a semi regular tune. Glad I got to hear it at the Melbourne BDO almost three years ago to the day.
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    Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 29,013
    BrainofBGA said:

    I quite like the song as an opener, I think the song has really evolved over the years and theyre playing it better than ever, mind you they hardly played it at all until the 2013 tour where it became a semi regular tune. Glad I got to hear it at the Melbourne BDO almost three years ago to the day.

    Agree, I like it early in the set. Never heard it as an opener... I think... but that would be great I think.
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    derbydavederbydave Columbus, OH Posts: 11,254
    Spiritual_Chaos said:

    BrainofBGA said:

    I quite like the song as an opener, I think the song has really evolved over the years and theyre playing it better than ever, mind you they hardly played it at all until the 2013 tour where it became a semi regular tune. Glad I got to hear it at the Melbourne BDO almost three years ago to the day.

    Agree, I like it early in the set. Never heard it as an opener... I think... but that would be great I think.
    Love getting this song early!!
    I've heard Low Light live 7 times.
    Opener at Wrigley '16 #1
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    it's been played early in the set at every show except Missoula where it was in the first encore!!
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    bbiggsbbiggs Posts: 6,931
    2-feign-reluctance said:

    Sun setting perhaps?

    Definitely this ^. I thought it was a good choice and worked well followed up with Release.
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    Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 29,013
    derbydave said:

    Spiritual_Chaos said:

    BrainofBGA said:

    I quite like the song as an opener, I think the song has really evolved over the years and theyre playing it better than ever, mind you they hardly played it at all until the 2013 tour where it became a semi regular tune. Glad I got to hear it at the Melbourne BDO almost three years ago to the day.

    Agree, I like it early in the set. Never heard it as an opener... I think... but that would be great I think.
    Love getting this song early!!
    I've heard Low Light live 7 times.
    Opener at Wrigley '16 #1
    2nd in Columbia, St. Louis & Buffalo
    3rd in Memphis
    5th at Wrigley '13
    it's been played early in the set at every show except Missoula where it was in the first encore!!
    I've heard it 4 times;

    London 07
    Berlin 10
    Philly 13
    Amsterdam 14

    Love it. (Like all Jeffs songs except for Gods Dice I guess)
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    CJ23113CJ23113 Long Island Posts: 187
    They can play whatever they want whenever they want
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    Pearl JamesPearl James Pittsburgh/Chicago Posts: 420
    To get people to go to their seats. Place was like half empty when they took the stage lol
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    Abe FromanAbe Froman Posts: 5,061
    Because its awesome
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    pjhawkspjhawks Posts: 12,197
    "because sometimes you just gotta say what the fuck"
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    on2legson2legs Standing in the Jersey rain… Posts: 14,430
    Gotten it 9 times and never get tired of it.
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    BrainofBGABrainofBGA Australia Posts: 3,937
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    InMyTree544InMyTree544 Posts: 13
    my favorite pj song. when they opened with it, i was so happy i was in my seat. i like what matt does on the song live as well.
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    AceCoolAceCool Texas Posts: 455
    Maybe Ed just felt like putting it on the set list that night.
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    rktscirktsci Posts: 19
    My guess was they were going to start with Release (similar to Fenway 1), but Ed wanted to mention a fan that spent 4 days (I think that was it) in the GA line prior to the song, so they bumped it to number two and opened with Low Light so they could start right into a song when coming on stage.
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    tschavtschav Posts: 2,770
    SmallestOceans said:

    But really it was played so that the men waiting for their girlfriends who got stuck in the long restroom line wouldn't get pissed that they missed a Brain of J opener.

    Pearl James said:

    To get people to go to their seats. Place was like half empty when they took the stage lol

    All the ballpark shows seemed to start out with slower tracks. Opening with Leash with 10k people still trying to find their seats would've turned the field into one giant GA pit.
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