*** Toronto, ON Fanviews Here 5/10/16 ***

ajflicker

gibbits said:

Maybe the greatest show I have seen. Wasn't happy my section was full of pussies who didn't seem to understand or care Binaural was being played! Most of them sat down and sent texts through songs like Sleight of Hand. Sad considering how many diehards were shut out.

All that being said, an unparalleled performance from the boys tonight!

They could be same people who go front row to leafs games and sit on their laptop or phone conducting business.

Johnny Abruzzo

Anyone not satisfied with this show should just stop going to Pearl Jam concerts.

ajflicker

Johnny Abruzzo said:

Anyone not satisfied with this show should just stop going to Pearl Jam concerts.

Any pearl jam show is great. Its pearl jam.

slobberdog68

HughFreakingDillon said:

People bitching about Binaural show? Are you out of your minds??? Id be on cloud fucking 9 right now.

After the first 5 albums, there are 2-3 great songs on the rest of the albums. Say what you want about me, but this was my least favorite show out of 5. They really need to stop reading these boards or else they'll be playing nothing but obscure songs for the "collectors."

Well, apparently they played all the hits at MSG and that didn't go over well here either! The boys can't win!!

BS44325 said:

Stellar show. Awesome Set. Except for Imagine. That song makes me want to vomit.

mcgruff10 said:

Why couldn't they have played parting ways at msg?!?! Let me sleep and grievance= awesome.
If you like binaural it's an epic show, if you don't then it's a snooze fest. It's really not that hard to see both ends of the spectrum on this one.

Exactly. If I took my brother who is a casual fan (and was in his glory @ Philly2) to this show, I would never hear the end of it. I love Binaural, every single song but I can see how the more casual fan would hate hearing it all at once.

100 Pacer

Wow. Just...wow. What else can one say?

The last 3 proper shows I attended to date have been Moline (No Code), Greenville (VS.), & Toronto (Binaural). As I was saying to a few others, it didn't occur to me what was happening in Moline & Greenville immediately but as soon as I heard the 1st notes from Breakerfall I just knew.

Look: whether the casual fans enjoyed the show or not isn't the issue nor was it crucial for the band to even play an album show in all honesty. What personally blew me away was just how much FUN the band members themselves were having. This TRULY felt like a weeknight rehearsal for them at the warehouse practice space and the rest of us just happened to crash it. They were all so happy, so giddy, in such great moods that it floored me. They've just been on tour for a month - I know my body feels like I had my ass kicked in after last night and they've been doing this shit for weeks and still rocking out like it's the 1st night of the tour! Are you kidding me Pearl Jam? Are you kidding me?! lol

If you didn't like the show so be it. If you loved the show I share your enthusiasm. I think, however, we can all agree the band WANTED to blow our collective minds last night and I think based on their facial expressions and body language they really felt like they had!

lampshade27

I've stopped wanting super rare songs and not being happy when the "hits" are played because I've let it ruin shows before. I fell in love with this band because of songs like Even Flow and Corduroy, so why would I not love hearing them? They're still great, great songs and rule live.

Of course when I change my attitude, I get Binaural! 5 songs I've never heard before right there. It was outstanding.

Say what you will about playing the familiar stuff, when they break into something like Alive it brings the entire building together and it's a beautiful thing.

BS44325

Johnny Abruzzo said:

Anyone not satisfied with this show should just stop going to Pearl Jam concerts.

100%. The other lesson is that if the band is ever going to play two shows in one city you better be at both. Over the course of two nights you will get something crazy like a Binaural plus a nice spread of different songs. The shows always compliment each other and really should be judged as a pair.

MayDay10

Thread is filled with people complaining about 1 or 2 complainers fyi

Wma31394

Looks like a solid set to me

slobberdog68

You fuckin' cocksuckers... You fuckin' bitch... You fuckin'... You know we come up here as a collective band and we give and we give and you just fuckin' want more...

nicknyr15

mcgruff10 said:

Why couldn't they have played parting ways at msg?!?! Let me sleep and grievance= awesome.
If you like binaural it's an epic show, if you don't then it's a snooze fest. It's really not that hard to see both ends of the spectrum on this one.

Exactly. Happy for all the binaural lovers but it would of been a snooze fest for me. It's my least favorite album for sure and I'm positive the crowd wasn't in the show until corduroy. However, I think it's an AWESOMe Move by the band to play this album. It shows such balls to play their least accessible album in full. Great stuff.

my2hands

I have absolutely NO IDEA how a Pearl Jam fan doesn't like Binaural... its probably their finest example of songwriting in the catalog... it didn't sell 10 million and go mainstream, so fucking what... its a great album

MayDay10

I was in 10c seats... I think people were more than into binaural. Face it, people aren't going to go bananas after of the girl, light years, God's dice, etc. Indifference through parting ways picked up big time.

I feel good about myself because I detected it when breaker fall started and knew at gods dice

PeterED

Johnny Abruzzo said:

Anyone not satisfied with this show should just stop going to Pearl Jam concerts.

No kidding.

A full album to please the hard-core fans, a great main set finish, and two great encores.

And for those complaining about the "casual fans", I suspect there will be a lot more tomorrow night given that there was no 10C presale. It will be interesting to see what that set looks like...

NWOntario

Kanye East said:

NWOntario said:

Tonight was an all-timer. There was a moment during (I think) "Comfortably Numb" when it really occurred to me that we were in the midst of something special. I'm not sure I'd have felt that way if, for instance, I'd never heard a song off Binaural till this evening...but the performance was stunning, and I say that as someone who generally doesn't like the album all that much. I spent a lot of the show ruminating over the band and how big a role its music's played in my life (tonight was PJ40 for me btw), and it's astonishing that they're still doing what they do and, really, they're the only band on the planet that's doing it at this level on this scale.

PJ41 on Thursday outta be special, too: I'm taking my partner to her first-ever Pearl Jam show. We'll be in GA. We'll be deliriously happy.

40 shows and you never heard a song off Binaural? How is that even possible?

I said I'm not sure how I'd have felt about the show if I'd never heard a song off Binaural till last night.

Steph S

Last night was the best show I've been to! Loved it! 3 people deep in front of Eddie. Jeff was on fire. Tomorrow...not so lucky. In the nose bleeds. 300's in the corner behind Mike. Good news is my sister is giving up her seat for my 7 year old daughter! Great Aunt! Lucy REALLY hopes she gets her lullaby (present tense) tomorrow. Anyone know where I can get headphones for her? Cheap?

jdesantis1983

mcgruff10 said:

If you like binaural it's an epic show, if you don't then it's a snooze fest. It's really not that hard to see both ends of the spectrum on this one.

Exactly. For me, I'd probably enjoy Avocado or even Lightning Bolt more than Binaural but that's just my personal taste, I only revisit 4 or 5 songs from it. I'd enjoy any show, but I'd probably enjoy a greatest hits set more, and for those who love Binaural this is probably top 5 for them. To each their own.

tonywellington

Show 15 for me and Binaural is in my bottom third of their albums. Still my 7th favourite PJ album is something I love. Still a great show, unique from all the others I have seen. I just took it as a chance to hear some stuff I would never expect to like "Parting Ways" and "Thin Air". It was obvious the hits were coming after they fired off 13 Binaural songs. Nothing to complain about, it was its own show.

bobby dazzlers

DarthMaeglin said:

Did I see a crowd surfer (who was quickly pulled over the rail, it seemed) during (I think) Alive?

Wonder if I should just edit my first post instead of adding random rememberances as they occur, lol?

Yes someone crowdsurfed!

nycrats

Ok just yeah wow.
I can appreciate binaural is not a favorite to most when selecting pj great albums but for me I am in love with so many of those songs. At philly 2 when breakerfall was played first after ten I didn't say a word but was like maybe!? Don't get excited there is no way. The last night hearing it in the 4 spot I thought, ok I think we have a good shot here, just keep it in your pants. Please play gods dice please play gods dice please please. Bam, holy shit, it hit me that this is happening

I noticed the crowd was pretty tame but I was loving it. I mean after that knowing I was gonna be at a show w thin air light years nais grievance of the girl insigniffigancw parting ways, holy shit parting ways is so good why don't they play it more! Sleight of hand, rival (with fuck up) just so many songs if I hear 2 of them at a show it puts it up a notch. I heard em all. So glad to be at this show, total lotto win. Seriously everything after that was gravy for me, sensory overload by that point, and there was some great stuff after too. Anyone ever have the sensation that you physically have nothing left and then you hear rvm start up and you say ok, I got this, one more lets go nuts! It wills something else and finds that other gear when you know you've spent your shit and are about to get a break.

The floor was great. Tons of room to dance in the back.

I k ow the band has a massive catalogue but if I am home playing tunes I really think insigniffigance of the girl grievance is my all time favorite 3 consecutive song stretch on any album.

Sorry some didn't like this one, but for a few of us it was bliss, thanks pj

Love this album, love this band. Thanks Toronto.