Bring back the real Ghost in 2025!

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  • fox_mulderX
    fox_mulderX Posts: 1,134
    hopethatuchoke wrote:
    The problem with Ghost, and most Binaural and Riot Act songs and maybe to some extent ST, is they suck the life out of the crowd (other than 10 Clubbers). People just don't know the songs or the songs aren't as strong as the rest of their catalog. I vividly remember them playing Cropduster at the Spectrum and it just KILLED the momentum they generated with the beginning of the show. I suppose the exact same can be said about b-sides but I prefer b-sides to most songs on both of those albums. I think there is a reason that songs considered rarities are rarities for a reason in the band's eyes.

    i'm in the 10 club and if anything from riot act is played (except can't keep) it sucks the life out me. i'd be pissed if i went to a pearl jam show and they played cropduster or green disease. riot act is not concert friendly.
  • Chazz
    Chazz Posts: 1,156
    veddertown wrote:
    More Riot Act and Binaural in 2011-12 please... 8-)

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  • BrainofBGA
    BrainofBGA Australia Posts: 4,558
    RC153010 wrote:
    Ghost was played at the spectrum and it was awesome. i thought show one was the best out of the four.

    Just listened to show #1 again over the last two days which I hadn't done from beginning to end since I bought the boots and it's a damn fine show. Sounds great massive energy ~ Ghost And Rival in particular are great. Although I favour Rival now as a song on this performance alone! :)
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,554
    Yeah, more Riot Act. And.... fuck it... HELP HELP!
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  • veddertown
    veddertown Scotland Posts: 5,260
    hopethatuchoke wrote:
    The problem with Ghost, and most Binaural and Riot Act songs and maybe to some extent ST, is they suck the life out of the crowd (other than 10 Clubbers). People just don't know the songs or the songs aren't as strong as the rest of their catalog. I vividly remember them playing Cropduster at the Spectrum and it just KILLED the momentum they generated with the beginning of the show. I suppose the exact same can be said about b-sides but I prefer b-sides to most songs on both of those albums. I think there is a reason that songs considered rarities are rarities for a reason in the band's eyes.

    All fair points but PJ are paid to fill the seats not try to keep fickle people in them. Unless they only concentrate on mainly singles and play most of Ten each night they'll always have followers who'll leave once they've heard what they want. The band are well aware of that as much as they are aware of how excited we get when they pull something rare out of the hat. They seem good at appeasing most fans but at the same time there's a lot of neglected songs that people want to hear and it would be great to hear a few standards dropped to make room for them sometimes. They released these songs so they must like them to some extent? Riot Act and Binaural are highly thought of by a lot of people! Peace... :mrgreen:
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  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 30,038
    edited January 2015
    Bump! :D
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  • Force Of Nature
    Force Of Nature York, England Posts: 1,137
    I guess you could look at it from 2 ways. Maybe why you think it 'sucks the life out the crowd' is because they don't know the song. I don't think he casual fan would think it is bad, just that they don't know it. If they played it more I'm sure it wouldn't suck the life out when more people are getting into it. Think of other studio tracks people know just because they play them much more regularly.

    On the flip side, if they played it more it would lose that special feeling us fans get of the rarities. Lucky to see it on 1 out of 18 performances :-D
  • Mad Mohab
    Mad Mohab Posts: 310
    Great song, one of my favourites. On the Riot Act tour I went to hear three songs - Can't Keep, Ghost and Cropduster. Great memories!
  • derbydave
    derbydave Columbus, OH Posts: 11,254
    Mad Mohab wrote: »
    Great song, one of my favourites. On the Riot Act tour I went to hear three songs - Can't Keep, Ghost and Cropduster. Great memories!

    I got all 3 of those at 1 show...Columbus '03!!!
    Got Ghost again in Missoula in 2012!!
    GREAT SONG :-bd
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  • ldent42
    ldent42 NYC Posts: 7,859
    I was fortunate enough to see Ghost live at Leeds last year. Personally, I love the song - but even though I was in the GA near the front I guess many people wither don't know it or don't like it cuz they all start yapping to each other. Since it's not a particularly loud or fast song, they don't have to scream into each others ear to be heard, so their conversations are easily heard and actually unavoidable, which is distracting for me.
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  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 30,038
    But they can make it faster and louder if they want. The proof is the Seattle 2002 version.
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  • oceaninmyeyes
    oceaninmyeyes Posts: 4,646
    I saw Ghost in Denver a few months ago, and I thought of you, Dimi, when I was listening to the boot in the car today. ;) BTW, the life was not sucked out of the crowd -- it was awesome! \m/ \:D/ =D> =D>
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  • Paulina87
    Paulina87 Poland Posts: 3,303
    derbydave wrote: »
    Mad Mohab wrote: »
    Great song, one of my favourites. On the Riot Act tour I went to hear three songs - Can't Keep, Ghost and Cropduster. Great memories!

    I got all 3 of those at 1 show...Columbus '03!!!
    Got Ghost again in Missoula in 2012!!
    GREAT SONG :-bd

    how lucky!!! :)
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  • guacamolejoe
    guacamolejoe Posts: 2,396
    Ghost in Denver, was by far the "trippest" sound I heard PJ ever play ^:)^ .

    Sorry D, I hope one day we get to enjoy this together.

    And no, I was not tripping that night. Just enjoyed the "greenery" :bz of Colorado ;)
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  • annabellaqueen
    annabellaqueen Posts: 89
    Riot Act is probably my least favorite Pearl Jam album, and the first time I heard "Ghost" in concert I didn't recognize it. That said, it was KILLER. First song I looked up after the concert. Would totally love to hear this song again.
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  • Lost In Ohio
    Lost In Ohio Posts: 7,271
    derbydave wrote: »
    Mad Mohab wrote: »
    Great song, one of my favourites. On the Riot Act tour I went to hear three songs - Can't Keep, Ghost and Cropduster. Great memories!

    I got all 3 of those at 1 show...Columbus '03!!!
    Got Ghost again in Missoula in 2012!!
    GREAT SONG :-bd


    That Columbus 03 show... being my first show, it'd be fun to go back in time and re-watch it. There were several surprises...
    But I'll gladly take that awesome Cincinnati Daughter tag...it was worth the wait over not getting one in Columbus for all those years. That third encore...people started leaving, but not me! (I had a feeling...)
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  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    no shit
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  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 30,038
    bump
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  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 30,038
    At any of the following shows: Seattle 1 & 2, Dublin, Manchester, London :prayer:
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  • spankyMP
    spankyMP NY to NC to NH Posts: 2,019
    I'll allow it, I still need to check Ghost off my list.
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