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Foriginal SinForiginal Sin Posts: 1,771
edited August 2016 in The Porch
http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/08/bruce-springsteen-just-broke-his-record-for-longest-us-concert-twice/

I truely feel that PJ will attempt to hit this mark one day. Wrigley 2013, based on the original setlist, had a chance. But either way, without an opener and Bruce being one of Ed's heroes, why not go for it (I'm obviously in postpartum).
Chicago 6/29/98, Alpine Valley(EV) 6/13/99, Alpine Valley 10/08/00, Chicago 10/09/00, Phoenix 10/20/00, Orlando 4/12/03, Tampa 4/13/03, San Diego 6/05/03, Vegas 6/06/03, Phoenix 6/07/03, Chicago 6/18/03, Alpine Valley 6/21/03, Orlando 10/08/04, D.C. 10/11/04, Chicago 5/16/06, Chicago 5/17/06, LA 7/12/08, Chicago 8/23/09, Chicago 8/24/09, LA 10/07/09, San Diego 10/09/09 (Front Row Center, Finally), Phoenix(EV) 11/4/11, Wrigley 7/19/13, Phoenix 11/19/13, Denver 10/22/14, Wrigley 8/20/16, Wrigley 8/22/16
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  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,152
    I was at the second night! The record may be broken again tonight for night 3.
    severed hand thirteen
    2006: Gorge 7/23 2008: Hartford 6/27 Beacon 7/1 2009: Spectrum 10/30-31
    2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
    2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
    2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
    2017: RRHoF 4/7   2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4   2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18 
    2022: MSG 9/11  2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 Posts: 28,403
    I'm going tonight! It should be unreal!
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • my2handsmy2hands Posts: 17,117
    I'm going to see him Wednesday in philly...

    Honestly, I hope it's not a 4 hour show... love the effort but longer doesn't exactly mean better

    What time are they taking the stage by the way?
  • phan84phan84 Posts: 48
    my2hands said:

    I'm going to see him Wednesday in philly...

    Honestly, I hope it's not a 4 hour show... love the effort but longer doesn't exactly mean better

    What time are they taking the stage by the way?

    Ya that's kinda how I feel. Longer really doesn't mean better. I know it is incredible that he does a four hour show, but I really don't feel it necessary. At a certain point I kinda see it reaching a perfect running time for a concert, and then sometimes it goes downhill after that. 2:45 - 3:00 is perfect to me.
  • foodboyfoodboy Posts: 988
    you wouldn't say that if it was pearl jam. the boss was the show that really changed music and the concert experience for me back in 78' the darkness tour. those shows were over 3 hours back then when only the grateful dead played long shows as well. today i know the boss is a great talent and one of the best of all times , but for me his evolution has become too staged and too hollywood. i hope pearl jam does not become this.
  • CROJAM95CROJAM95 Posts: 9,801
    2nd night @ metlife he played like an hour with the house lights on

    Great show
  • Empty GlassEmpty Glass Posts: 12,329
    A Bruce show is a damn good party. I'd never leave a damn good party early or hope it to be over. If Bruce wants to play for 5 hours, I'm there.
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  • ikiTikiT Posts: 11,054
    just my opinion, but 4 hours of boring is still pretty effing boring.
    Bristow 05132010 to Amsterdam 2 06132018
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,152
    my2hands said:

    I'm going to see him Wednesday in philly...

    Honestly, I hope it's not a 4 hour show... love the effort but longer doesn't exactly mean better

    What time are they taking the stage by the way?

    8 pm. I loved the four hours but it was also a Thursday night and I took Friday off from work. There were two songs I would have replaced and I loved the rest of the show. Didn't feel like 4 hours at all because we were having fun.
    severed hand thirteen
    2006: Gorge 7/23 2008: Hartford 6/27 Beacon 7/1 2009: Spectrum 10/30-31
    2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
    2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
    2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
    2017: RRHoF 4/7   2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4   2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18 
    2022: MSG 9/11  2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance Posts: 23,243
    Tiki said:

    just my opinion, but 4 hours of boring is still pretty effing boring.

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  • Daron OshayDaron Oshay Posts: 2,550
    SVRDhand13 said:

    I was at the second night! The record may be broken again tonight for night 3.

    I still haven't recovered. I'm old.
  • Daron OshayDaron Oshay Posts: 2,550
    edited August 2016
    2-feign-reluctance said:

    Tiki said:

    just my opinion, but 4 hours of boring is still pretty effing boring.

    I wasn't bored for a literal second. But to each their own.
  • pjsteelerfanpjsteelerfan Posts: 9,895
    2-feign-reluctance said:

    Tiki said:

    just my opinion, but 4 hours of boring is still pretty effing boring.

    I'm sure there are people that would say 3 hours of PJ is boring.
    ...got a mind full of questions and a teacher in my soul...
  • phan84phan84 Posts: 48
    foodboy said:

    you wouldn't say that if it was pearl jam. the boss was the show that really changed music and the concert experience for me back in 78' the darkness tour. those shows were over 3 hours back then when only the grateful dead played long shows as well. today i know the boss is a great talent and one of the best of all times , but for me his evolution has become too staged and too hollywood. i hope pearl jam does not become this.

    I love Bruce - I've seen him about 10 times. His concerts are absolutely incredible. I just feel like my energy level starts to go downhill around the three hour mark regardless of what I'm doing.
  • BlredyellowBlredyellow Posts: 843
    MUCH respect to Bruce. He also has a 10-piece (or more) band behind him and doesn't play "Comatose," "Blood," "Do the Evolution," "Mind Your Manners," "Spin the Black Circle," etc. It's actually amazing that PJ plays 3-plus hours, considering how hard and intense many of their rock songs are. And it's a win-win for both fanbases that both artists care so much about their legacies and crowds. I'll take a "tight" 3-hour PJ set over a bloated 4-hour set any day.
  • BlredyellowBlredyellow Posts: 843
    Bruce also does show bits. He pours water over his head and out of his boots. It's cute and funny. But Ed will NEVER do that type of stuff, thankfully. PJ was, is and will always be a rock band (that can also play "Nothingman" and "Oceans" and "Bee Girl.")
  • TJ25487TJ25487 Posts: 1,475
    pjsteelerfan said:

    2-feign-reluctance said:

    Tiki said:

    just my opinion, but 4 hours of boring is still pretty effing boring.

    I'm sure there are people that would say 3 hours of PJ is boring.
    Until they see PJ for 3 hours. Then they will change their minds. Hahaha!
  • bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 15,845
    I would say that 2.25 hours is a perfect length for a Pearl Jam show, but the songs they would kick out to get to that length would be the songs I want to hear (they would leave Alive, Black, Porch, RITFW, Betterman) so I'm glad PJ gets close to 3 hours.

    If any thinks that Springsteen doesn't exert as much energy as Eddie during a show they are crazy. Springsteen doesn't have encore breaks. Pearl Jam has two encore breaks plus Ed talks a lot during shows (probably 20 minutes at the Fenway show).

    Springsteen shows are anything but boring. They are one massive party. The energy at his Wrigley shows a few years back was amazing.

  • GivenToJam88GivenToJam88 Posts: 1,187
    Looking forward to a big night tonight!
    2006: 5/28
    2008: 6/19, 6/24, 6/25
    2009: 6/14 (EV), 10/27, 10/28
    2010: 5/17
    2011: 6/21 (EV), 6/22 (EV), 9/11, 9/12
    2012: 9/2
    2013: 10/15, 10/16, 10/19, 10/21, 10/22, 10/27, 11/23, 11/24
    2014: 10/19
    2016: 5/1, 5/2, 5/8
    2018: 8/20, 9/2, 9/4
  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance Posts: 23,243
    pjsteelerfan said:

    2-feign-reluctance said:

    Tiki said:

    just my opinion, but 4 hours of boring is still pretty effing boring.

    I'm sure there are people that would say 3 hours of PJ is boring.
    Yeah, just never got into Bruce and the E-Street thing, or the Grateful Dead, or Bob Dylan. I get their iconic nature though. Some of Bruce's solo stuff is good. Just not a fan of saxaphones, 4 guitar players, keyboards, etc,. I'm stoked for you all though! Sounds like many of you hold Pearl Jam and Bruce in the same high regards.
    www.cluthelee.com
  • GivenToJam88GivenToJam88 Posts: 1,187
    2-feign-reluctance said:

    pjsteelerfan said:

    2-feign-reluctance said:

    Tiki said:

    just my opinion, but 4 hours of boring is still pretty effing boring.

    I'm sure there are people that would say 3 hours of PJ is boring.
    Yeah, just never got into Bruce and the E-Street thing, or the Grateful Dead, or Bob Dylan. I get their iconic nature though. Some of Bruce's solo stuff is good. Just not a fan of saxaphones, 4 guitar players, keyboards, etc,. I'm stoked for you all though! Sounds like many of you hold Pearl Jam and Bruce in the same high regards.
    5 guitar players :)
    2006: 5/28
    2008: 6/19, 6/24, 6/25
    2009: 6/14 (EV), 10/27, 10/28
    2010: 5/17
    2011: 6/21 (EV), 6/22 (EV), 9/11, 9/12
    2012: 9/2
    2013: 10/15, 10/16, 10/19, 10/21, 10/22, 10/27, 11/23, 11/24
    2014: 10/19
    2016: 5/1, 5/2, 5/8
    2018: 8/20, 9/2, 9/4
  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance Posts: 23,243
    GivenToJam88 said:

    2-feign-reluctance said:

    pjsteelerfan said:

    2-feign-reluctance said:

    Tiki said:

    just my opinion, but 4 hours of boring is still pretty effing boring.

    I'm sure there are people that would say 3 hours of PJ is boring.
    Yeah, just never got into Bruce and the E-Street thing, or the Grateful Dead, or Bob Dylan. I get their iconic nature though. Some of Bruce's solo stuff is good. Just not a fan of saxaphones, 4 guitar players, keyboards, etc,. I'm stoked for you all though! Sounds like many of you hold Pearl Jam and Bruce in the same high regards.
    5 guitar players :)
    :lol: You guys make me laugh! Have fun at the shows all...
    www.cluthelee.com
  • mickcaseymickcasey Posts: 96
    I saw Bruce on Sun in Chicago. If you're not a fan you'll think it's a great concert but kinda boring. if you're a true fan of Bruce you'll want him to play for 5 hrs. He totally changed the set list during the show. The encores do get a bit repetitive but that's when the casual fan has the most fun. No one can compete with Bruce live. PJ is close.
  • bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 15,845
    mickcasey said:

    I saw Bruce on Sun in Chicago. If you're not a fan you'll think it's a great concert but kinda boring. if you're a true fan of Bruce you'll want him to play for 5 hrs. He totally changed the set list during the show. The encores do get a bit repetitive but that's when the casual fan has the most fun. No one can compete with Bruce live. PJ is close.

    I agree. Bruce > PJ live by a slight margin.
  • GivenToJam88GivenToJam88 Posts: 1,187
    There would be no PJ Live if it weren't for Bruce Live!
    2006: 5/28
    2008: 6/19, 6/24, 6/25
    2009: 6/14 (EV), 10/27, 10/28
    2010: 5/17
    2011: 6/21 (EV), 6/22 (EV), 9/11, 9/12
    2012: 9/2
    2013: 10/15, 10/16, 10/19, 10/21, 10/22, 10/27, 11/23, 11/24
    2014: 10/19
    2016: 5/1, 5/2, 5/8
    2018: 8/20, 9/2, 9/4
  • mickcaseymickcasey Posts: 96
    What's great is that we now get boots of Bruce and PJ. Except PJ is missing a few key shows. Wrigley 2013/Alpine/Canada 2013 show. Some of the best set lists too. Grrrrr
  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 30,184
    bootlegger10 said:

    mickcasey said:

    I saw Bruce on Sun in Chicago. If you're not a fan you'll think it's a great concert but kinda boring. if you're a true fan of Bruce you'll want him to play for 5 hrs. He totally changed the set list during the show. The encores do get a bit repetitive but that's when the casual fan has the most fun. No one can compete with Bruce live. PJ is close.

    I agree. Bruce > PJ live by a slight margin.
    No way.

    Neil Young > PJ > Bruce
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • green_girlgreen_girl Posts: 931
    I was hoping this thread would be about the Melissa McCarthy movie.
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,152
    Spiritual_Chaos said:

    bootlegger10 said:

    mickcasey said:

    I saw Bruce on Sun in Chicago. If you're not a fan you'll think it's a great concert but kinda boring. if you're a true fan of Bruce you'll want him to play for 5 hrs. He totally changed the set list during the show. The encores do get a bit repetitive but that's when the casual fan has the most fun. No one can compete with Bruce live. PJ is close.

    I agree. Bruce > PJ live by a slight margin.
    No way.

    Neil Young > PJ > Bruce
    Seen them all. PJ wins.
    severed hand thirteen
    2006: Gorge 7/23 2008: Hartford 6/27 Beacon 7/1 2009: Spectrum 10/30-31
    2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
    2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
    2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
    2017: RRHoF 4/7   2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4   2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18 
    2022: MSG 9/11  2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
  • ledveddermanledvedderman Posts: 7,761
    green_girl said:

    I was hoping this thread would be about the Melissa McCarthy movie.

    BAHAHAHA!
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