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Pearl Jam live - Pee Breaks and Beer Runs.

LloydXmasLloydXmas Posts: 7,539
edited November 2009 in Given To Fly (live)
I know we all love pearl jam, but there are always those songs that they play during a live show that allow you to either take a leak or grab another beer. For me those songs include the following:

last Kiss
Nothing as it Seems
Smile (I just don't get this song)
Jeremy

I would like to here everyone elses thoughts on this topic
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  • MD97728MD97728 Posts: 115
    are you kidding? there is no way i'd take a pee break or beer run during ANY song of PJ!!! i'd wear a freaking diaper if i had too but i would not miss any song.
  • jmuthjmuth Posts: 29
    Don't be so dramatic, there are always songs for any band. PJ piss songs
    last kiss
    off he goes
    thumbing my way
  • Jeff MurrayJeff Murray Posts: 1,259
    I try to be like a camel so I don't miss anything. I rarely leave a show, any, not just PJ, during a set. But then again I'm not a big drinker prior to a show. I rather hold off until after the show to have a couple of beers with fellow fans and talk about a great show.
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  • DeLukinDeLukin Posts: 2,757
    Unfortunately Evenflow seems to be one of those songs. Which is a shame, because there is a lot of opportunity for crowd participation and of course Mike rips it. I've never been a fan of drinking inside of the venue (costs too much, makes you have to pee, and prohibits rocking out for fear of spilling your expensive beverage) so I get my drink on (in moderation) in the parking lot and try to de-hydrate after the gates open and during the opening band.
    I smile, but who am I kidding...
  • philthehipphilthehip Posts: 2,084
    MD97728 wrote:
    are you kidding? there is no way i'd take a pee break or beer run during ANY song of PJ!!! i'd wear a freaking diaper if i had too but i would not miss any song.

    Im with you, infact I have a slightly weak bladder so do not do my drinking before and during gigs. I am there for the gig not as a night out drinking so I have a few beers after the gig. That goes for whatever band I see
  • Abe FromanAbe Froman Posts: 5,320
    Last Kiss
    Evenflow
    Dissident (this is truly the only PJ song i really don't like)
  • RubberbandmanRubberbandman Posts: 439
    leatherman ( but its growing on me )
    evenflow ( way too over played have heard it a zillion times)

    and anytime i can hit it perfect between songs

    and i really have to point out the above :roll: songs are great tunes
    off he goes? dissident? smile? some of the greatest PJ songs
  • Abe FromanAbe Froman Posts: 5,320
    I don't know what it is about Dissident. I just can't stand that song, and I pretty much LOVE everything PJ has a hand in. It's the only PJ song I always skip when it comes on.
  • WildsWilds Posts: 4,329
    During my last run of concerts I made it through a couple without having to go.

    But for a few I did have to go. I usually go during some of my favorite songs. NOT cause I dislike the song, but rather because I have heard it already a dozen times, and I know I'll get it the next time.

    I targeted Given to Fly, Evenflow, and I want to say Red Mosquito during the LA shows.

    I'm usually back before the song ends and still get to enjoy it.

    Now for Red Mosquito..... I loved hearing that song. In fact it was one of my most anticipated songs.

    After hearing it at LA1, LA2, LA3, and LA4 in order, I was able to run to the restroom right after 'The End', and be back before the first note had been played, or at least I was coming back as the song started.

    So when you've got to go, I say go, but plan on doing it during a song change, especially if you know what the next song is and just heard it 4 times in a row.
  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,567
    Guess its okay for americans as you got your own seats but if you want to drink beer or spill it on everyone then go to a pub, if you want to enjoy a good show rock then just stay there. Just drives me insane when you get these morons with at least 4 beers each trying to make their way back through the crowd to their space.
  • RubberbandmanRubberbandman Posts: 439
    doesn't make a difference if your Russian or American lol if you have to go you have to go
    for me could care less if there is 20 people i have to climb over, either move or ill pee on you lol
    could be soda or water doesnt have to be beer,
  • blueeyedevilblueeyedevil Posts: 173
    Last Kiss sends me running for the beer, or to release the beer I've already consumed. Evacuation sends me out of the room as well, but I don't feel that I need an excuse like beer or peeing to justify that.
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  • Evacuation RulesEvacuation Rules Posts: 2,162
    blueeyedevil wrote:
    Evacuation sends me out of the room as well, but I don't feel that I need an excuse like beer or peeing to justify that.

    Nah, it just means you're a sheep like all the other Evacuation haters.
  • HinnHinn Posts: 1,517
    Felt really guilty, needing to take a pee break during NAIS and I Am Mine at the Spectrum. Being offered free beer all around the parking lots made me forget my golden rule of making sure I don't drink too much when it's getting close to show time.

    I'm never going there again.
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  • theoceansmademetheoceansmademe Posts: 1,132
    I have never taken a beer run or pee break after PJ has taken the stage.

    However, once the house light come on I make my way to the exit, usually during Yellow Led or Rockin' in the Free World.
  • scottbirdscottbird Posts: 132
    I hate to leave in the middle of the show, but I went during Just Breathe/ The End,(saw them play it at every show on the tour) also not the biggest world wide suicide fan.
  • BoltOfLightnin'BoltOfLightnin' South Jersey Posts: 708
    i'm pretty good at holding it...but Evenflow is usually my pee break song. I made it all the way through the 10/30 show at the spectrum, but the halloween show...i HAD to go...and went during Black...mostly out of fear that I would miss something better :) (like smile!)

    and i don't go for beers...that's what my husband is for ;)
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  • LOITERINGLOITERING Posts: 120
    I don't know what it is but the more I consume for a show the better it turns out to be...my two best shows are Grand Rapids '06 and Hartford '08 and I drank more before those shows than any other...point being if you see me at a show give me a drink...just look at the setlists.
    10/02/04 - Toledo, OH
    09/12/05 - London, ON
    05/19/06 - Grand Rapids, MI
    06/27/08 - Hartford, CT; 06/28/08 - Mansfield, MA
    08/21/08 - Chicago, IL (EV); 08/22/08 - Chicago, IL (EV)
    10/07/09 - Los Angeles, CA; 10/09/09 - San Diego, CA
    05/06/10 - Columbus, OH; 05/07/10 - Noblesville, IN
    06/26/11 - Detroit, MI (EV)
    10/12/13 - Buffalo, NY
    10/16/14 - Detroit, MI
    08/20/16 - Chicago, IL; 08/22/16 - Chicago, IL
    08/13/18 - Missoula, MT
    09/02/23 - St. Paul, MN
    08/26/24 - Noblesville, IN; 8/31/24 - Chicago, IL

  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,656
    The Fixer, back to back with Parachutes would be my ultimate pee break. If Parachutes was still going on, I'd probably jump into the beer line too. :shock: :lol:
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • Gary CarterGary Carter Posts: 14,067
    i take mine during black or daughter. huge plus if they play both. in philly i took my piss break/beer run during the 1st encore break/just breathe.
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  • EastiesEasties Posts: 479
    VanquarTheGreat wrote:
    I don't know what it is about Dissident. I just can't stand that song, and I pretty much LOVE everything PJ has a hand in. It's the only PJ song I always skip when it comes on.

    That's so interesting. I LOVE Dissident!!
  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,721
    call the police..and when pearl jam play a show u must report to the police station of your area,and let u go after the show finish
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  • theoceansmademetheoceansmademe Posts: 1,132
    Easties wrote:
    VanquarTheGreat wrote:
    I don't know what it is about Dissident. I just can't stand that song, and I pretty much LOVE everything PJ has a hand in. It's the only PJ song I always skip when it comes on.

    That's so interesting. I LOVE Dissident!!

    Dissident is the shit. I love that song.

    Nothing said, what a waste
    When she had contact...with the conflict...
    There was meaning, but she sold him to the state
    She had to turn around
    When she couldn't hold...she folded...
    A dissident is here
  • LloydXmasLloydXmas Posts: 7,539
    metsfan wrote:
    i take mine during black or daughter. huge plus if they play both. in philly i took my piss break/beer run during the 1st encore break/just breathe.

    good point about black. Not too sure about daughter because of the tunes they mix in with that song.
  • blueeyedevilblueeyedevil Posts: 173
    Evacuation Rules wrote:
    blueeyedevil wrote:
    Evacuation sends me out of the room as well, but I don't feel that I need an excuse like beer or peeing to justify that.

    Nah, it just means you're a sheep like all the other Evacuation haters.

    Or maybe, just maybe, I've thought the song was wretched since I listened to it on the release date of Binaural. And perhaps, after listening to it numerous times over the years, I stil hold that same opinion. Plus, I've heard it several times at the 10 shows I've attended. If that makes me a "sheep" in your eyes, then BAAAAHHHHHHHH (or whatever sound a sheep makes).

    If you didn't notice the title of this thread, it refers to what songs people use for "pee breaks and beer runs", doesn't it? I haven't had to ask if it was okay to pee since grade school, and I don't intend to start again now that I know you disapprove of my song selection. The next time you attend a show in NJ, PA, or NY, take a look around the floor if Evacuation is played. I'll be the guy with a beer in his hand, heading towards the pisser, wearing a big smile on my face knowing that my little stroll is irritating you.

    Or you may recognize me from all of my wool.....BAAAHHHHHHHHHH. :lol:
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  • Evacuation RulesEvacuation Rules Posts: 2,162
    blueeyedevil wrote:
    Evacuation Rules wrote:
    blueeyedevil wrote:
    Evacuation sends me out of the room as well, but I don't feel that I need an excuse like beer or peeing to justify that.

    Nah, it just means you're a sheep like all the other Evacuation haters.

    Or maybe, just maybe, I've thought the song was wretched since I listened to it on the release date of Binaural. And perhaps, after listening to it numerous times over the years, I stil hold that same opinion. Plus, I've heard it several times at the 10 shows I've attended. If that makes me a "sheep" in your eyes, then BAAAAHHHHHHHH (or whatever sound a sheep makes).

    If you didn't notice the title of this thread, it refers to what songs people use for "pee breaks and beer runs", doesn't it? I haven't had to ask if it was okay to pee since grade school, and I don't intend to start again now that I know you disapprove of my song selection. The next time you attend a show in NJ, PA, or NY, take a look around the floor if Evacuation is played. I'll be the guy with a beer in his hand, heading towards the pisser, wearing a big smile on my face knowing that my little stroll is irritating you.

    Or you may recognize me from all of my wool.....BAAAHHHHHHHHHH. :lol:

    I don't care if you take a pee break during Evacuation. That's your stupidity. My problem is that when anybody makes a comment about that song, they always cite "proof" that everyone else hates it too, as if it makes your worthless opinion more valid. Guess what, you're wrong.
  • Nittany1bnNittany1bn Near Philadelphia Posts: 214
    betterman
    nothingman
    elderly woman....
    alive
    because i've seen these songs so many times, and the crowd sings along so loud you can't hear 'em any way.
    (except during an encore...never go during an encore)
  • Evacuation RulesEvacuation Rules Posts: 2,162
    Nittany1bn wrote:
    betterman
    nothingman
    elderly woman....
    alive
    because i've seen these songs so many times, and
    the crowd sings along so loud you can't hear 'em any way.

    Very good point. This was why I pissed during Betterman @ Philly 2.
  • Random_WookieRandom_Wookie Posts: 1,099
    GA shows I will try and hold it, made it through melbourne on friday without having to go (this includes waiting to get in and the support acts).

    Seated shows I would try and pee during the encore breaks and hope i make it back in time. But if I had to choose a song it would be last kiss. I just dont like the song, not sure why. :o

    Dont think I have drank whilst at the gig, have only ever had a couple before as they charge way too much for beers at the venue
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