What does this audience want?

fortyshades

They use to play Alive less frequent, than the last tour .I like the surprises. The left hooks. Now it was like: okay Alive, another song en than YL/ Infifference depending  if it was a two nighter or not. Don't get lazy with the setlist. I miss Fuckin Up. 

fortyshades

pjhawks said:

droptheleash9 said:

cp3iverson said:

Best performance i ever attended was a greatest hits show.  They were 100% going for it and they killed it.  

Same boat here. My favorite was a greatest hits show but the band was just so on point that night, the set list flowed perfectly, crowd was rocking. There have been other shows where they’ve played a ton of rare stuff, which obviously I loved, but just took some of the life out of the building. Ideally, I like a mix of both old, new, hits, and rarities.

Agree setlist flow is more important than what songs are played. 

I have to say, saw them at Prague a few times. It was one of those rare shows where they played some rarities in a dog. And good songs: Sad, You, Leatherman etc. I know that there are many Ten fans here, but to me those ratities are special. They have been prolific after Ten. Show it and play it. Don't become an nostalgia band. Give us the jams. Love Off the Earth with a great guitar solo of Mike instead of Even Flow again.    

Tjm007

I don’t want to hear Eddie scolding is about his latest woke political beef between songs.

As for songs ? Merkinball in its entirety.

mace1229

ForceofNature101 said:

gotthebottle said:

ForceofNature101 said:

I never understood the people who have "piss break" songs, like I just never got it.  

If I caught Pearl Jam shows 200 times in a row and all of those shows had Even Flow in them I would be perfectly happy.  The hits are hits for a reason, they are amazing songs.  

Like has been said before ...SOME OF US CAN'T HELP IT....once you get to a certain age you can't control everything. Why do you have to dis people cause they have to take a bathroom break? It doesn't mean someone doesn't love the songs, but if they don't that's fine too.

Like I said in another reply before this one, we are talking about two different things. There is a difference between "I need to take a piss now" and pre-designating songs such as "if they play ___ I will go grab a beer or take a piss" and calling songs piss break songs on forums and whatnot.  The latter is the mindset I have always been baffled by

I’m with you. It almost seems like it’s the part of the cool kids club to say you’ll skip even flow. It’s a great song. I don’t care if I’ve heard it 20 times, I know I’ll get to see a great solo. 

I just got off a 2 hour flight. I don’t think I saw more than 5 people use the restroom. I really don’t think there is this much of a dire need to go pee during a show. Obviously some of us can’t help it and sometimes it just happens, but based on the number of people who seem excited for a song so they can lee/get beer it really seems like it’s just part the cool club to dis on even flow more often than necessity.
It would make more sense if they just said the first song they didn’t like, or the first cover, or the first encore, or the first rant/speech. So many other things would make more sense than to single out even flow every time. The first encore may have longer lines, but you get 3-5 minute break, chances are Ed will come out with some story before he plays. Why not miss that? Most of us know when that encore is coming, get a head start to the lines the last 20 seconds of the song before.

foodboy

i have never missed a song even if not my favourite . but i do agree that i wish they would cut out some of their most played songs and go a little deeper with more rarities. i understand they have to play their hits just as the who would play won't get fooled again etc. at every show. i wish the stones over their career would have done this as well. there shows are almost the same year after year. thats why i stopped going. how many times can you hear start me up satisfaction,brown sugar.  great songs but every single time. 

NEweather

MR242791 said:

I don't like missing songs cause i wanna sing and then I buy the bootleg of the album and tell everyone i'm on the album too singing

This ^ - love it! 

1rogeraspain2

Don't drink much. Usually don't need a bathroom break during the show, but ... I am tired (for lack of a better word) of hearing live versions of Ten songs. Ten is a great album -- started it all for me when it first came out. Have been a fan since day one, but still ... With such a terrific catalogue of music that doesn't come from Ten, I'd MUCH rather hear non-Ten stuff than Ten stuff. Been there, done that -- let's hear more stuff from other records. Not stating a fact -- just an opinion.

TinaE

NEweather said:

MR242791 said:

I don't like missing songs cause i wanna sing and then I buy the bootleg of the album and tell everyone i'm on the album too singing

This ^ - love it! 

Just like that!!