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do pearl jam play to many cover songs in one night?

dannydanny Posts: 2,277
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personally for me 2 or 3 is enough,i would like to hear more of there own! i am not slating them at all 3 to 4 hours on stage is awesome
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  • Abe FromanAbe Froman Posts: 5,235
    Nope.
  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,548
    Abe Froman said:

    Nope.

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  • Foriginal SinForiginal Sin Posts: 1,769
    No way. In fact a show of 33 covers would be fucking amazing
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  • tino_11tino_11 Posts: 2,097
    I would always prefer to hear their own songs over covers.
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  • deadendpdeadendp Posts: 10,434
    I always prefer to hear them perform over not performing.

    In other words, no.
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  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 Posts: 28,383
    Op i agree with you, way too many covers. I've said it many times before, but i'd love to be at a show where nothing but pearl jam songs are played.
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  • DavidDDavidD Posts: 2,482
    No. Masters of war and patriot was incredible last night!
  • BEnglish017BEnglish017 Posts: 455
    Seemed like an excessive amount of covers but I thought they were pretty damn good. Baba doesn't really seem like a cover anymore...
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  • MickeyMouseMickeyMouse Posts: 1,055
    I never thought so until after Fenway I when I realized they did 7 covers and scratched some originals that I would have preferred. 2-4 for them is standard and that's fine but I thought 7 was a lot.
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  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 30,055
    Yes. And No.
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  • on2legson2legs Standing in the Jersey rain… Posts: 14,898
    I think we're getting all the covers because there hasn't been any new material since 2013. If and when they put out some new stuff I imagine the extra couple of covers will be squeezed out of the set lists.
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  • EB218946EB218946 Posts: 3,916
    no way - they do every cover with justice and then some!
  • Weston1283Weston1283 Fredericksburg, VA Posts: 4,798
    I think so. Probably my only complaint about this band is the amount of covers they play. 1-2 is cool, but when you're a band with 120+ songs, i don't want 5-6 of the 30-34 songs to be covers. Just an opinion though. Some people love the covers and it's great for those who do.
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  • KV4053KV4053 Posts: 1,503
    No.
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  • JimmyVJimmyV Posts: 19,117
    Sometimes yes. Sometimes no. Covers have always been part of this band's show. We all know that. When the setlist changes every night sometimes you'll get a show with more covers than you'd like or expect.
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  • MikeoMikeo Posts: 199
    I reject your premise. ....
  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,236
    Awesome covers - awesome band! Mike has really got that CN solo where he wants it!
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  • Force Of NatureForce Of Nature Posts: 1,061
    most of the songs they cover arent ones I would have listened to before, so for me it really doesnt bother me. I just want to see the guys performing whatever they like
  • shetellsherselfshetellsherself New Jersey Posts: 8,818
    The covers they play are so often played better than the originals imo. I love hearing their respectful yet creative spin on an already kick ass song. Masters of war is just immense and seems like it should never, ever be played by any other band again. It's like the song finally found its home on mikes guitar and in eds angry, heartfelt passion.
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  • drakeheuer14drakeheuer14 Posts: 4,444
    shetellsherself said:

    The covers they play are so often played better than the originals imo. I love hearing their respectful yet creative spin on an already kick ass song. Masters of war is just immense and seems like it should never, ever be played by any other band again. It's like the song finally found its home on mikes guitar and in eds angry, heartfelt passion.

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  • Abe FromanAbe Froman Posts: 5,235
    Masters of War - Wrigley 1. Listen to it. You'll want them to play more covers after that.
  • InBetweenIsMneInBetweenIsMne Posts: 426
    I love the covers. My only negative is that they walked out to Baba and then they played it. For some reason that seamed passé to me. Could be that I've heard it a little much lately.

    Other than that we got some great covers last night!
  • RP112579RP112579 Posts: 3,379
    Sometimes they play a couple too many. But, it doesn't really bother me. They obviously have fun doing them and they are very good at making them their own.
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  • buck502000buck502000 Posts: 8,951
    My wife and I had this last night after the show - I said they did/do play too many covers.
  • Bob Mayo on the keyboards Bob Bob Mayo on the keyboards Bob Posts: 564
    No complaints here. Symphonic baba was walk on music to every show in 2000 I think. So many of those covers are pearl jam standards now (mow, miracles, baba) it didn't even occur to me there were a lot of them. I loved hearing surrender.
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  • CopperTomCopperTom Posts: 3,011
    I would prefer no covers. 7 covers last night. 0 from No Code. 0 from Riot Act. At least 1 song from each album should be played each show.
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  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    I am a huge fan of a well-placed cover or two, but seven is a bit much. It's really the only thing I would tweak about last night. Still fun though. I sang the shit out of Masters and Surrender and Baba.
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  • parintachin73parintachin73 Posts: 740
    I think 5-7 covers in a 3hr show is perfect. There are a few I'd like to see retired and a few that I'd like back in the rotation, but that's just personal preference.
  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,236
    That MOW last night was pure awesomeness. Pearl Jam finally put their stamp on it.
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  • jmug23jmug23 Posts: 778
    CopperTom said:

    I would prefer no covers. 7 covers last night. 0 from No Code. 0 from Riot Act. At least 1 song from each album should be played each show.

    I agree. Would love to see their own music more. They have so many great songs we rarely get to hear. That being said, they seem to enjoy playing covers, so whatever makes the boys happy:)
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