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  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,990

    mca47 said:

    PJ20.
    I know a lot of people will grumble about this, but for me it was a HUGE disappointment. I had a blast hanging out and tailgating with everyone but the shows were pretty "meh".
    For a show ABOUT Pearl Jam, I was bummed when practically every song had a "guest" musician.
    Probably didn't help that my seats sucked too. First night under the pavilion three people from the end...the sound was horrible! It was just loud noise.
    Second night (Speedy can attest to this) I was literally 3.5 miles away. I could have easily just stayed in the parking lot and drank far cheaper beer.
    That said, I still had fun, but the shows themselves were highly disappointing.

    Weird how different experiences can be. I had one of the best weekends of my life! Loved the guest artists during the PJ set and thought the TOTD stuff was perfect for the setting. Not to mention all the other acts all weekend. Damn that shit was fun. I guess it helps that I love QOTSA, Glen Hansard, Liam Finn, Mudhoney, X, and Chris Cornell.

    Yeah same here. First off, it was even close to "every song" having a guest musician. And I thought the ones that did were pretty cool. We've seen PJ play covers with other artists a thousand times, but never really their own songs. I thought Josh Homme and Liam Finn were particularly great on In The Moonlight and Habit. The Strokes guy wasn't very good but he didn't hurt things either. I thought the weekend was as great as great could be. My only nitpick is the idiotic setlist descision to play Arms Aloft second on the first night. What the fuck was that? After such an EPIC Release, they needed to play a Pearl Jam song that rocks there (Last Exit, Hail Hail, Animal, ANYTIHNG BUT A COVER).That was so strange. But again, minor nitpick. Otherwise, I thought the setlists, the guest appearances, QOTSA, and Temple of the Dog were all awesome.
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  • Abe Froman
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    mca47 said:

    PJ20.
    I know a lot of people will grumble about this, but for me it was a HUGE disappointment. I had a blast hanging out and tailgating with everyone but the shows were pretty "meh".
    For a show ABOUT Pearl Jam, I was bummed when practically every song had a "guest" musician.
    Probably didn't help that my seats sucked too. First night under the pavilion three people from the end...the sound was horrible! It was just loud noise.
    Second night (Speedy can attest to this) I was literally 3.5 miles away. I could have easily just stayed in the parking lot and drank far cheaper beer.
    That said, I still had fun, but the shows themselves were highly disappointing.

    Weird how different experiences can be. I had one of the best weekends of my life! Loved the guest artists during the PJ set and thought the TOTD stuff was perfect for the setting. Not to mention all the other acts all weekend. Damn that shit was fun. I guess it helps that I love QOTSA, Glen Hansard, Liam Finn, Mudhoney, X, and Chris Cornell.

    Yeah same here. First off, it was even close to "every song" having a guest musician. And I thought the ones that did were pretty cool. We've seen PJ play covers with other artists a thousand times, but never really their own songs. I thought Josh Homme and Liam Finn were particularly great on In The Moonlight and Habit. The Strokes guy wasn't very good but he didn't hurt things either. I thought the weekend was as great as great could be. My only nitpick is the idiotic setlist descision to play Arms Aloft second on the first night. What the fuck was that? After such an EPIC Release, they needed to play a Pearl Jam song that rocks there (Last Exit, Hail Hail, Animal, ANYTIHNG BUT A COVER).That was so strange. But again, minor nitpick. Otherwise, I thought the setlists, the guest appearances, QOTSA, and Temple of the Dog were all awesome.
    Agreed. Arms Aloft was a very strange choice. And my only other very small nitpick was the omission of Crown of Thorns. But yeah like you said other than those two choices it was a fucking awesome experience.
  • lolobugg
    lolobugg BLUE RDGE MTNS Posts: 8,195

    mca47 said:

    PJ20.
    I know a lot of people will grumble about this, but for me it was a HUGE disappointment. I had a blast hanging out and tailgating with everyone but the shows were pretty "meh".
    For a show ABOUT Pearl Jam, I was bummed when practically every song had a "guest" musician.
    Probably didn't help that my seats sucked too. First night under the pavilion three people from the end...the sound was horrible! It was just loud noise.
    Second night (Speedy can attest to this) I was literally 3.5 miles away. I could have easily just stayed in the parking lot and drank far cheaper beer.
    That said, I still had fun, but the shows themselves were highly disappointing.

    Weird how different experiences can be. I had one of the best weekends of my life! Loved the guest artists during the PJ set and thought the TOTD stuff was perfect for the setting. Not to mention all the other acts all weekend. Damn that shit was fun. I guess it helps that I love QOTSA, Glen Hansard, Liam Finn, Mudhoney, X, and Chris Cornell.

    Yeah same here. First off, it was even close to "every song" having a guest musician. And I thought the ones that did were pretty cool. We've seen PJ play covers with other artists a thousand times, but never really their own songs. I thought Josh Homme and Liam Finn were particularly great on In The Moonlight and Habit. The Strokes guy wasn't very good but he didn't hurt things either. I thought the weekend was as great as great could be. My only nitpick is the idiotic setlist descision to play Arms Aloft second on the first night. What the fuck was that? After such an EPIC Release, they needed to play a Pearl Jam song that rocks there (Last Exit, Hail Hail, Animal, ANYTIHNG BUT A COVER).That was so strange. But again, minor nitpick. Otherwise, I thought the setlists, the guest appearances, QOTSA, and Temple of the Dog were all awesome.
    Agreed. Arms Aloft was a very strange choice. And my only other very small nitpick was the omission of Crown of Thorns. But yeah like you said other than those two choices it was a fucking awesome experience.
    I would have like to seen Jack Irons play on "Who You Are" or "In My Tree" but great weekend overall.

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  • 2-feign-reluctance
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    Always felt the first night were for all us weirdos who like rare songs, second night for the 'regular' people! Hahahaha!!
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  • Red Mosqito
    Red Mosqito Posts: 1,239

    I travelled from Australia to Missoula for the 2012 show and while the experience of seeing PJ in a small venue was great, the setlist wasn't the best for me personally. I only got one song out of 29 I had heard before and it was only my 12th show.

    Wow, now that's some dedication right there! My wife thought I was crazy for going to Missoula just to see the band and I only live in California! I could easily see how you would be disappointed with the Missoula show coming all the way from down under! With that being said, I absolutely loved the Missoula show.

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  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,334
    lolobugg said:

    mca47 said:

    PJ20.
    I know a lot of people will grumble about this, but for me it was a HUGE disappointment. I had a blast hanging out and tailgating with everyone but the shows were pretty "meh".
    For a show ABOUT Pearl Jam, I was bummed when practically every song had a "guest" musician.
    Probably didn't help that my seats sucked too. First night under the pavilion three people from the end...the sound was horrible! It was just loud noise.
    Second night (Speedy can attest to this) I was literally 3.5 miles away. I could have easily just stayed in the parking lot and drank far cheaper beer.
    That said, I still had fun, but the shows themselves were highly disappointing.

    Weird how different experiences can be. I had one of the best weekends of my life! Loved the guest artists during the PJ set and thought the TOTD stuff was perfect for the setting. Not to mention all the other acts all weekend. Damn that shit was fun. I guess it helps that I love QOTSA, Glen Hansard, Liam Finn, Mudhoney, X, and Chris Cornell.

    Yeah same here. First off, it was even close to "every song" having a guest musician. And I thought the ones that did were pretty cool. We've seen PJ play covers with other artists a thousand times, but never really their own songs. I thought Josh Homme and Liam Finn were particularly great on In The Moonlight and Habit. The Strokes guy wasn't very good but he didn't hurt things either. I thought the weekend was as great as great could be. My only nitpick is the idiotic setlist descision to play Arms Aloft second on the first night. What the fuck was that? After such an EPIC Release, they needed to play a Pearl Jam song that rocks there (Last Exit, Hail Hail, Animal, ANYTIHNG BUT A COVER).That was so strange. But again, minor nitpick. Otherwise, I thought the setlists, the guest appearances, QOTSA, and Temple of the Dog were all awesome.
    Agreed. Arms Aloft was a very strange choice. And my only other very small nitpick was the omission of Crown of Thorns. But yeah like you said other than those two choices it was a fucking awesome experience.
    I would have like to seen Jack Irons play on "Who You Are" or "In My Tree" but great weekend overall.
    I still had a blast, just wasn't a fan of all the guest singers, my shitty seats, the horrible sound in the pav the first night.
    PJ20, as a concert is far down on my list of the 12-13 or whatever it is PJ shows I've been to.
    Hell, I thought the Alpine '03 show was a lot better. PJ20 probably beats out Alpine '00 though...that was just too fn cold! ha
  • Lost In Ohio
    Lost In Ohio Posts: 7,243

    mca47 said:

    PJ20.
    I know a lot of people will grumble about this, but for me it was a HUGE disappointment. I had a blast hanging out and tailgating with everyone but the shows were pretty "meh".
    For a show ABOUT Pearl Jam, I was bummed when practically every song had a "guest" musician.
    Probably didn't help that my seats sucked too. First night under the pavilion three people from the end...the sound was horrible! It was just loud noise.
    Second night (Speedy can attest to this) I was literally 3.5 miles away. I could have easily just stayed in the parking lot and drank far cheaper beer.
    That said, I still had fun, but the shows themselves were highly disappointing.

    Weird how different experiences can be. I had one of the best weekends of my life! Loved the guest artists during the PJ set and thought the TOTD stuff was perfect for the setting. Not to mention all the other acts all weekend. Damn that shit was fun. I guess it helps that I love QOTSA, Glen Hansard, Liam Finn, Mudhoney, X, and Chris Cornell.

    Yeah same here. First off, it was even close to "every song" having a guest musician. And I thought the ones that did were pretty cool. We've seen PJ play covers with other artists a thousand times, but never really their own songs. I thought Josh Homme and Liam Finn were particularly great on In The Moonlight and Habit. The Strokes guy wasn't very good but he didn't hurt things either. I thought the weekend was as great as great could be. My only nitpick is the idiotic setlist descision to play Arms Aloft second on the first night. What the fuck was that? After such an EPIC Release, they needed to play a Pearl Jam song that rocks there (Last Exit, Hail Hail, Animal, ANYTIHNG BUT A COVER).That was so strange. But again, minor nitpick. Otherwise, I thought the setlists, the guest appearances, QOTSA, and Temple of the Dog were all awesome.
    Agreed. Arms Aloft was a very strange choice. And my only other very small nitpick was the omission of Crown of Thorns. But yeah like you said other than those two choices it was a fucking awesome experience.

    Yet, they saved Chloe/Crown (first time ever in that order, right? Or at least first in a while) for a few nights later in Toronto.

    Huh?
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