Great Cincy show BUTT!!!

Zoso

If I get that setlist this tour I would be more than happy.. plenty of No code and Riot Act so why the fuss. Why do u wanna hear the classics again.

Mac Dog

HeidiJam wrote:

No Black..., NO Given to fly... 2 songs off of VS...,No Binaural... NO yellow ledbetter, whats up with that?? PJ missed 03 show, i guess i thought show would be longer and have a better set list. I mean you couldn't ask for a better crowd...
Im not being negative, it was an amazing show but i was just wonder why there was a lack for classics and rare songs in the set list also did seem short for a pj concert.....

You ingrate. It could've been worse, you could've been in Pittsburgh.

Quit your whining and enjoy the shows. Christ, I hate the whining... you got to see the best band on the planet planet play Long Road, Green Disease, Not for You, Wishlist and Inside Job(also in Pittsburgh I know) in addition to everything else.

So shut up.

DeLukin

Mac Dog wrote:

You ingrate. It could've been worse, you could've been in Pittsburgh.

Quit your whining and enjoy the shows. Christ, I hate the whining... you got to see the best band on the planet planet play Long Road, Green Disease, Not for You, Wishlist and Inside Job(also in Pittsburgh I know) in addition to everything else.

So shut up.

Why the knock on Pittsburgh? I'd trade Long Road, Green Disease, Wishlist and Not for You for Waiting on a Friend (played in Pittsburgh) any day.

DeLukin

BeerBaron wrote:

Waiting on a Friend was the worst cover since Know Your Rights. You must be a Stones fan, but the fact is that most PJ fans are not big Stones fans. They could have picked a slightly more popular Stones song to cover. I didn't even know what it was (had to ask the guy next to me).

Were you in Cincy? Cause if you were, I am certain you would not trade that version of Nor For You for anything

I'm not a Stones fan but I loved the cover (I heard it during the sound check so I was ready for it). Not for You, while a great song and probably rocked in Cincy is a staple which I've heard before. So, I'll still take Waiting on a Friend (although I lied about trading Long Road for it).

rollingstone423

mdg164 wrote:

HeidiJam wrote:

I mean you couldn't ask for a better crowd...

Sure you could... the cincy crowd was LAME! Boston, NYC, Philly, D.C. and especially Pittsburgh were all better! Maybe that is why they got better shows!

NO WAY! I went to all those shows and the Cincy crowd BEAT EM ALL! WTF?! Best show on the tour so far- HANDS DOWN.,

grace6697

BeerBaron wrote:

They were all set to come out for a 3rd encore: the crew had even set up Jeff's stand up bass for Indifference (which WAS on the set list) ... then, all of the sudden the show got cut - I think it was because most of the fans left the seats and started leaving the building. The band wanted to see if we would stand there and cheer and tghey were going to come back out ... I waited for almost 10 minutes ... watched the crew set up for the 3rd encore and then watched them come back 3 minutes later and take the stuff away.

That show could have been epic ... but people just left the building

hmmm. i dunno. the techs seemed pretty eager to start clearing shit up. i sat directly parallel to the stage so i had a totally clear view. the techs were packing up and wanted to get out.

Thunderclap

My 2 cents: Of the four shows I went to, Cincinatti was maybe 3rd. My ranking is Chicago 2, Pittsburgh, Cincinatti then Chicago night 1. But I wasn't disappointed in any of the shows *ever* and I doubt I ever will be. The only things that disappointed me were

1. I didn't meet as many people as I had wanted. I met a lot but I still wanted to meet more
2. Didn't get a shirt at Cincy because...
3. The walkway around US Bank arena is too fucking small so with all the people there it would have taken me too long to get a shirt, meet up and hang out with friends and take care of mother nature when she called, and still get to my seat before the show started. I'm not into figuring out everyone's religion while making my way to the beer stand :mad:

Other than that I was stoked

KristNovoselic65

grace6697 wrote:

hmmm. i dunno. the techs seemed pretty eager to start clearing shit up. i sat directly parallel to the stage so i had a totally clear view. the techs were packing up and wanted to get out.

yeah i thought so too, but i wasnt that close so i couldn't really say. But since the lights came on, i thought that mabe the place had a curfey and the band was forced to wui after that. I agree with whoever said that Mike wanted too keep playing cuz i thought i saw him with his guitar too until everybody was leaving from the stage.

Abneriel

KristNovoselic65 wrote:

yeah i thought so too, but i wasnt that close so i couldn't really say. But since the lights came on, i thought that mabe the place had a curfey and the band was forced to wui after that. I agree with whoever said that Mike wanted too keep playing cuz i thought i saw him with his guitar too until everybody was leaving from the stage.

one more in agreement...

and although it would have been great to have them come out for a 3rd encore, closing with Baba O'Riley seemed to me like a touching tribute to The Who, especially since that was the place where they had the tragic incident in 1979 that PJ can relate to.

I also agree with the seemingly bland setlist that was played, but they were dead on with them. I can't wait for the boot! The crowd was very loud, but not really jumping around like the Vegas shows I went to when I lived out west.

kdpjam

no but (t) here....everybody was rocking in section 114....

mdg164

none2fragile wrote:

Oh, I forgot you are the authority on all things Pearl Jam and since you said that Boston was the best, then it shall be done. LOL. As I said before, opinions are like assholes. Your opinion doesn't make it a fact. Sorry. And nobody asked for your rude personal opinions to be shoved down their throat in every thread regarding Cincy. It's like you couldn't wait to put the show down for some weird personal reason. People had a really good time and were posting about how much they enjoyed themselves. So what if you think that Boston was waaaaaaaay better. We aren't talking about Boston or anywhere else, we are talking about Cincy. You seem to enjoy being a buzzkill. How sad. And Ed did say that. Listen to the boot my friend. It's funny the tude you have taken on, like you are the defender of Pennsylvania and the east coast. Lighten up.

Do your parents know you are on the computer? You are impossible to debate with. I make a valid point, you ignore it and spout gibberish.

People asked for opinions about the show, I gave them an honest unbiased opinion on how the show ranked against the other shows I have seen this tour. I am sorry that YOUR cincy show wasn't that good. That's what it comes down to, you are upset that I am saying bad things about YOUR show. You keep talking some nonesense about me defeding the east coast. Like I am sitting in my cube wearing an "East Coast Rocks" or a "Screw Cincy" shirt. It's absolutly ridiculous. You are the defensive one.

I am glad you had a good time, and since it seems it was your only show, then you won't know what you missed in other cities.

grace6697

BeerBaron wrote:

Did you not see the tech on Muike's side come out after Baba with the stand up bass and place it leaning up against Jeff's amp? There is no way they would do that unless they were going to play ... and someone specifically looked at the setlist and noticed indifference on it - a song which Jeff uses that instrument in.

no, i did not see that because i was parallel with the stage, stone's side. the techs on our side wanted out. it's almost like jeff and mike's tech and ed and stone's tech were not communicating with eachother.

RockKing

grace6697 wrote:

no, i did not see that because i was parallel with the stage, stone's side. the techs on our side wanted out. it's almost like jeff and mike's tech and ed and stone's tech were not communicating with eachother.

Someone said that Indifference was written on the setlist and was supposed to close the show. I also saw the bass tech bring out the standup bass and I saw him tuning it before the set, so it's safe to assume we were supposed to get something with the standup, and Indifference would make sense at that point in the set.

JoePJrocks

mdg164 wrote:

Just because east coast shows were better, doesn't mean there is a bias. Pittsburgh (not east coast) was the best crowd this tour, per vedder himself. He said it was louder than NYC and Boston. Having been at all of those shows, I happen to agree. Trust me, I rarely agree with Vedder, he is a political retard.

Why would you think someone doesn't like a crowd because of where the show was located... are you 12? That's just stupid. I agree a Cincy crowd could be as good as ANY other city. It just wasn't. Plain and simple.

The Cincy crowd was the loudest I've seen in 10 shows - Ed is NOT a political retard - you are the retard

know1

RockKing wrote:

Someone said that Indifference was written on the setlist and was supposed to close the show. I also saw the bass tech bring out the standup bass and I saw him tuning it before the set, so it's safe to assume we were supposed to get something with the standup, and Indifference would make sense at that point in the set.

The Ukelele was also tuned up prior to the show, but I don't think "Soon Forget" was on any setlists. I do think they intended to come back out one more time, but something changed...

grace6697

know1 wrote:

The Ukelele was also tuned up prior to the show, but I don't think "Soon Forget" was on any setlists. I do think they intended to come back out one more time, but something changed...

uke is out at every show. not a barometer for anything.

know1

grace6697 wrote:

uke is out at every show. not a barometer for anything.

That's exactly the point I was trying to make. I just didn't make it very well.

Glad you liked Cincy. I was a bit amused at the lack of Yield songs. I stopped by the CCFA fundraiser, but there didn't seem to be much going on (I think I stopped by about 5:00 and again after 6:00).

I went back to the Beer Sellar after the show and really enjoyed the band that played. I think their name was ESP. It would have been even better if there hadn't been a group of about 5 frat-boy, homosexuals-in-denial, jerks who were flailing all over the dance floor and constantly bumping into me/leaning on me.

RockKing

know1 wrote:

That's exactly the point I was trying to make. I just didn't make it very well.

But the standup bass is not out for every show. The only times I've seen it on stage is the shows when they play Daughter, Sometimes, Immortality, or Indifference. I always look to see if it's out, because I know if it's out, we're getting one of those 4 songs (usually Daughter, of course). But at that point in the show, Indifference would have made sense, and that lines up with the people who said they saw Indifference on the actual setlists. Regardless, it was a great show....I'm just curious what happened that they decided not to play Indifference.

know1

RockKing wrote:

But the standup bass is not out for every show. The only times I've seen it on stage is the shows when they play Daughter, Sometimes, Immortality, or Indifference. I always look to see if it's out, because I know if it's out, we're getting one of those 4 songs (usually Daughter, of course). But at that point in the show, Indifference would have made sense, and that lines up with the people who said they saw Indifference on the actual setlists. Regardless, it was a great show....I'm just curious what happened that they decided not to play Indifference.

Maybe Ed passed out...

RockKing

know1 wrote:

Maybe Ed passed out...

There's a strong possibility that's what happened.