Oslo didn't deserve Strangest Tribe

josevolution

I could care less the song does nothing for me at all as a matter of fact all these white whale songs most of'em do nothing at all for me and most of the time they just don't go over well ....

hedonist

I think the song itself is beside the point.

Maybe the band will now say, fuck the OP's town - he is not fit to behold this

I can understanding wishing to have been there but this derision nonsense...stupida fucking game.

gotsome420

This is the worst thread I have seen on the boards since I joined in 2011. I hope they play all you're white whale songs in Olso from now on.

Suziemay

Foriginal Sin said:

Should have been played in NYC, Chicago or somewhere in the states. I've watched 4 different videos, there was NOT any sort of reaction when the song started. As Gordon Ramsay would say, "It's a shame"

Stop harassing him, people. He saw FOUR DIFFERENT VIDEOS of the show. Clearly that makes OP the authority on this matter!

Although he did quote Gordon Ramsay which makes me question his credibility.

Jason P

I say we rejoice in the fact that it is now officially a part of future set lists. It's now a rule.

MARK IT AN EIGHT!!!

elvistheking44

josevolution said:

I could care less the song does nothing for me at all as a matter of fact all these white whale songs most of'em do nothing at all for me and most of the time they just don't go over well ....

BINGO! They go over well with the 25 people commenting about it here.

Abe Froman

Foriginal Sin said:

boyo79 said:

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I've read some stupid threads on here but this has to top them all

Alright, I won something!!!!!! Go 'Merica!
And on a real note I don't see how you can be against my thought.

I'm against your thought. As well as a lot of others it looks like. Question OP, if a rarity is played in Boston or NY and doesn't get the reaction you think it should, did that city not "deserve" the song? And is the band supposed to know how a crowd will react to every song now?

Gmoney

i'll tell ya what, the reactions to several songs at wrigley last year were luke warm at best. hold on, all night, setting forth... seemed like the vast majority of people didn't know them. Now i wasn't in the pit, but i was right behind it. I imagine the reaction to strangest tribe there would have been just as mellow.

DavidD

Beautiful song good for you Oslo, you deserve it.
Don't understand what the OP was trying to say?

False_Belief

Just ran the OP through Google Translate's new 'Adult Baby Entitled Pearl Jam Fan' setting and got the following result:

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAH!! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!"

Caught-A-Bolt-Of-Lightning

Oh yes...let's ensure that every special thing that Pearl Jam does only occurs in New York, Chicago, Boston or Seattle. As a matter of fact the band should just play those cities and release the shows for the rest of us to listen to and we should be grateful that they share the shows with us...and gratefully that it only takes months to get the CDs released to the great unwashed masses outside the Fantastic Four cities.

Me...I'd go so far as to suggest that the band skip New York, Boston and Chicago for an entire tour and play a nice long 3 1/2 - 4 hour show in say Tulsa,Ok (No...I don't live in Oklahoma...) that literally leaves those present completely exhausted from the experience. Naturally the band could not do such a thing for fear that the servers that support the forums would simply melt down from all of the whining posts from those in New York, Boston and Chicago who feel so amazingly entitled.

I am disgusted.

veddertown

Sour grapes. Here's hoping Ed brings out his typewriter at your next show and debuts a very long version of Writer's Block for you. Maybe someone can start a petition? >-

kramer73

boyo79 said:

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I've read some stupid threads on here but this has to top them all

JimmyV

Boston, Philly, Seattle, Chicago... Oslo. Her place on this list is now secure. No reason to fight it. The band has spoken.

CharlieP

They completely butchered Sleeping by myself right before Strangest tribe and I think that made them concentrate more on delivering ST well (which they did). People really listened, you could almost hear a needle drop. It was a special moment for sure. I´m glad i was there

badbrains

Brother-Newark, NJ-2010. Yup, I said Newark, NJ. Or MSGII as us rangers fans call it.

Edit- I saw they played it Chicago in 09 too.

JimmyV

CharlieP said:

They completely butchered Sleeping by myself right before Strangest tribe and I think that made them concentrate more on delivering ST well (which they did). People really listened, you could almost hear a needle drop. It was a special moment for sure. I´m glad i was there

Reading this, I'm glad you were too. I love that they whipped this song out the way they did. So random, yet so fitting with the kind of shows they are playing in the "Evening With" era.

We got Fatal and Other Side on back to back nights in Worcester. Not sure the crowd reactions were any different than what you saw in Oslo.

shecky

kramer73 said:

boyo79 said:

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I've read some stupid threads on here but this has to top them all

That sums it up pretty well.
Oslo was PRECISELY the proper place for this gem to at last see the light of day.
Oslo or perhaps the lovely planet Venus.

Attaway77

That sums it up pretty well.
Oslo was PRECISELY the proper place for this gem to at last see the light of day.
Oslo or perhaps the lovely planet Venus.

PLEASE PLAY BROTHER WHEN YOU VISIT VENUS, WE TRAVELING ALIENS WILL APPRECIATE IT!!

Cosmo

Ever met people from Norway?
Yeah... Strangest Tribe is quite fitting.
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And I will never understand why people just can't be happy for other people. Why does it always have to be 'me'? Can't we be happy for what other people get... even if it is not ourselves?
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Personally, I'm happy for Norway. And while those Norwegians I've met are quite strange... I still love them.