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randomhero_204randomhero_204 Posts: 120
edited December 2008 in The Porch
I'm sorry but every PJ show I have seen has ALWAYS ended with Rocking in the Free World. I know this song is as much theres as it is Uncle Niel's but I would like to see a different show closer than this.... or Baba O'Riely or Yellow Ledbetter.

So my question to all you fine people out there is... In '09 what song would you most like to hear these fine 5 men end a show with?


Just dawned on me that I didnt say what I would like to see as a show closer.

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  • youngsteryoungster Posts: 6,576
    randomhero_204 wrote:
    I'm sorry but every PJ show I have seen has ALWAYS ended with Rocking in the Free World. I know this song is as much theres as it is Uncle Niel's but I would like to see a different show closer than this.... or Baba O'Riely or Yellow Ledbetter.

    So my question to all you fine people out there is... In '09 what song would you most like to hear these fine 5 men end a show with?

    Sonic Reducer has always been my favorite PJ cover. Would love to hear it close a show. Oh, and it's not 5 men, it's 6...ya can't forget BOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMM.
    He who forgets will be destined to remember.

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  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    Honestly, with being a big fan of The Who, I would really like to see them play 'The Real Me' a little bit more, but I'm not sure how good of a 'closing' song that would be.
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  • salt_creepsalt_creep Posts: 72
    I hope they don't retire any of those songs completely... maybe just lay off them some.

    If I were to nit-pick I'd also ask them to lay off covers all together... maybe do one per show or something. It seems lately that the majority of the 2nd encore is usually covers while some perfecty fine originals get forgotten about.

    In short, I don't care what they play as long as they mix it up some and try to stick to originals
  • emeraldkityemeraldkity Posts: 370
    If you have never seen them close a show with Yellow Ledbetter- I really think you need to go to more shows!
    ;)
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  • BustedDownThePretextBustedDownThePretext Posts: 330
    randomhero_204 wrote:
    I'm sorry but every PJ show I have seen has ALWAYS ended with Rocking in the Free World. I know this song is as much theres as it is Uncle Niel's but I would like to see a different show closer than this.... or Baba O'Riely or Yellow Ledbetter.

    So my question to all you fine people out there is... In '09 what song would you most like to hear these fine 5 men end a show with?

    well, there's no guarantee that they'll even tour in '09, but if they do, i don't care what they close with--i'll be happy enough just to see some shows.
    "and onward goes this thing of ours."

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  • luke.luke. Posts: 190
    ledbetter
  • mdgsolomdgsolo Posts: 796
    Yeah, I wish they would mix up the closing songs a bit more at times. Although, that said, hearing YL at the end of a particularly great show is like having a cigarette after great sex...
  • bertanbertan Posts: 266
    i say you were just unlucky. i've seen the boys twice and the closers were ledbetter and indifference. i'm not a fan of "retiring" songs, but i guess i would be ok with playing ritfw less.

    as for closers, indifference is a fuckin great one (although it would be much better if we actually could hear the bass in wembley), but i say it's about time to make DIRTY FRANK the official show closer of the next tour :D
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  • giventofly0812giventofly0812 Posts: 218
    i would like to see fuckin' up played as a closer more
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  • Yellow BedwetterYellow Bedwetter Posts: 2,832
    personally i love hearing baba, RITFW, and/or YL just not in consecutive nights

    what I REALLY wanna hear is a version of SPEEDWASH to open a show
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  • giventofly0812giventofly0812 Posts: 218
    Yellow Bedwetter wrote:
    personally i love hearing baba, RITFW, and/or YL just not in consecutive nights

    what I REALLY wanna hear is a version of SPEEDWASH to open a show


    i thought about that the other day, SPEEDWASH would be amazing
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  • unifiedsceneunifiedscene Posts: 462
    I just wonder why it's picked to close so many dvd's. It was used in tb2k, then again for immagine in cornie. They also closed Lollapalooza with it.
    she was underwhelmed, if that's a word
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,158
    Indifference is my favorite closer (unless Ben Harper is a special guest- then its my least favorite closer).
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  • LiteTheMatchLiteTheMatch Posts: 1,208
    I'd like to see Pearl Jam change their whole layout of their performance.

    :)
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  • giventofly0812giventofly0812 Posts: 218
    LiteTheMatch wrote:
    I'd like to see Pearl Jam change their whole layout of their performance.

    :)

    how so?
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  • GibsonGibson Posts: 2,644
    How about Porch? Great rhythm and tempo to end the night.
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  • Vedder_Girl77Vedder_Girl77 Posts: 4,335
    Alive is a good song to close the show with...also Fuckin' Up!
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  • LoveBoatAdmiralLoveBoatAdmiral Posts: 1,191
    emeraldkity wrote:
    If you have never seen them close a show with Yellow Ledbetter- I really think you need to go to more shows!
    ;)


    0 for 3 :-( I second the suggestion for ending more shows with Fuckin Up
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  • mdgsolomdgsolo Posts: 796
    An extended Present Tense ala Rearviewmirror jam...
  • not for me?not for me? Posts: 501
    BustedDownThePretext wrote:
    well, there's no guarantee that they'll even tour in '09, but if they do, i don't care what they close with--i'll be happy enough just to see some shows.
    They better tour in 09. It is their duty as our favorite band. I don't know how much longer I can go with out seeing them. VH1 Rock Honors was such a tease...
    An incredibly awesome tease followed by THE WHO!!!!! :D

    I think All or None would be a great closer with an incredible Mike solo that just leaves the place in an uproar. Or Alive is always a great choice. :)
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  • CahootsCahoots Posts: 140
    How about a new song from the double disk concept record they have been secretly working on.
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  • iamrockmusiciamrockmusic Posts: 443
    I haven't read any of the responses, but knew from the title, I'd agree with the original post. I get tired of hearing YL, RITFW and Baba also. I also get tired of drawn-out versions of Alive and RVM being frequent first set closers... And while we're at it, it's predictable that you'll hear Corduroy as one of the first three songs too.

    So, I won't pick a specific song to choose as a closer. I'll just say anything would do, and that I wish they'd be a bit more imaginative with the setlists overall.

    But at the end of the day, I'll still keep going to see them, even if they don't change a thing. :)
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  • vedder_soupvedder_soup Posts: 5,861
    i am all for the retirement of indifference as a CLOSER
    i love the song but i want to finish the night rocking, not on a slow number
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  • Lanegan7Lanegan7 Posts: 124
    they should close with Blood
  • skidmanskidman Posts: 66
    How bout you just take what they fuck'n give ya and shut the fuck up....
    Now bring me my beer.
  • HinnyHinny Posts: 1,610
    Time for Writer's Block, people.

    Just Ed banging away at a typewriter in the middle of the stage. He can even pull up a random kid from the crowd to do it, or something.
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  • BALLBOYBALLBOY Posts: 1,030
    Compared to say 1995 the song seems tired, the best version is Melb 95 with Dave Grohl on drums. It was a time when they were white hot live & Dave gave it the edge with his drumming, but now with Boom adding keyboards it just doesn't seem right, also with songs such as Alive & Deep, the older songs should just be the band. I would like to hear studio versions of all the covers they play, who else is up for that?
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  • randomhero_204randomhero_204 Posts: 120
    BALLBOY wrote:
    Compared to say 1995 the song seems tired, the best version is Melb 95 with Dave Grohl on drums. It was a time when they were white hot live & Dave gave it the edge with his drumming, but now with Boom adding keyboards it just doesn't seem right, also with songs such as Alive & Deep, the older songs should just be the band. I would like to hear studio versions of all the covers they play, who else is up for that?


    I would not be surprised to see Pearl Jam at some point release a covers album. Cat Power has two really good albums of covers, as well as Patti Smith....
    cook'em just to see the look on there face
  • celebrationcelebration Posts: 318
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  • washedinblack91washedinblack91 Posts: 3,078
    this thread sucks!!! it just makes me so homesick :( i really really REALLY need to be at a pj show right now. right now i dont care whats the closer, i just want a show right now!! god this is the most addictive/expensive drug :(

    btw all or none was a good choice, with that long mike solo, and i also would like leaving here. what i would love would be parting ways.
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