We wanna hear the hits!!!

Get_Right

mace1229 said:

Both extremes seems equally ridiculous. All hits every time wouldn’t be fun, neither would only deep cuts. You need a mix.
I honestly can’t understand why anyone would hear RVM, Corduroy, or Elderly Woman and think to themselves “man I wish they were playing Let The Records Play or Speed of Sound right now.”
Anyone who claims they’re bored of a song because they heard it live 20, 30, 40, 50 times I assume doesn’t own any bootlegs because that would just get really boring then.

You would be correct.  60 shows and it is rare I listen to any boots. In fact I rarely listen to any Pearl Jam except for the most recent record. I live for the live shows. And I wish they would retire all of the songs from Ten except Release. That said, I love all the songs live and do not complain when I get a greatest hits show. It happens. You pays your money and takes your chances.

Go Animal

EddieBetterMan said:

Go Animal said:

I want to be at a show with the OP, and have this be the setlist:

1. Alright
2. Breakerfall
3. Gonna See My Friend
4. All Night
5. Dance Of The Clairvoyants
6. Of The Girl
7. Of The Earth
   
8. Severed Hand
9. Light Years
10. Undone
11. Just Breathe
12. You Are
13. Quick Escape
14. Lightning Bolt
15. The Fixer
    
16. Wasted Reprise
17. Life Wasted
18. Seven O'Clock
19. (encore break)
20. Worldwide Suicide
21. Superblood Wolfmoon
22. Green Disease
23. Love Reign O'er Me
24. River Cross
25. (encore break 2)
26. Fuckin' Up
    

Sorry but his show would be boring as hell 

You can sit next to him 🙃

PJNB

Go to a festival.

RiotAct10

JimmyV said:

Open with Alive and blow people's minds. 

It has been done. June 9, 2003 Dallas is at least one example.

MUZIK

I typically drain the lizard during even flow and return just in time for mikes solo 🎸 

works out every time! 

EddieBetterMan

Get_Right said:

mace1229 said:

Both extremes seems equally ridiculous. All hits every time wouldn’t be fun, neither would only deep cuts. You need a mix.
I honestly can’t understand why anyone would hear RVM, Corduroy, or Elderly Woman and think to themselves “man I wish they were playing Let The Records Play or Speed of Sound right now.”
Anyone who claims they’re bored of a song because they heard it live 20, 30, 40, 50 times I assume doesn’t own any bootlegs because that would just get really boring then.

You would be correct.  60 shows and it is rare I listen to any boots. In fact I rarely listen to any Pearl Jam except for the most recent record. I live for the live shows. And I wish they would retire all of the songs from Ten except Release. That said, I love all the songs live and do not complain when I get a greatest hits show. It happens. You pays your money and takes your chances.

Why would they retire all the songs from Ten? This forum is crazy. Iv followed the band since 92 , when I was 12 years old and you guys trip me out 😆 TEN is the primary to maybe ONLY reason reason 80% of concert goers (which are casuals by the way) that attend the shows , 20% of the fans are you guys traveling around wanting to hear dirty frank or sweet Lew  to plug into the list of songs your missing from your "songs list", trust me , NO ONE gives a rats ass when they play those songs outside the 20% or ppl in this forum watching the set list as dimitris is entering them in one by one 😆 🤣

 22. Bushleaguer

"Wow!!!! Lucky crowd!!!!!"

Yeah no, 90% in that building is like, "what the F is this garbage?" I personally like it buthe'll, id rather hear a hit at a show than "deep cuts" 

KV4053

BF25394 said:

OP:

You've had 30 years to familiarize yourself with the band's repertoire beyond the (very) few songs that got played on the radio.  You live in an era where you don't even have to buy the albums to do this (alas), so the barrier to entry is very low from a financial standpoint.  I promise you: the songs you're not familiar with are, for the most part, just as good as the songs you know by heart.  You just don't know it because you never spent the time with them that you spent with the "hits."  That's not to say that every deep cut is Pearl Jam's best work, but neither is every "hit."

Anyway, the band's approach to shows is well-documented, so to expect it to change at this point-- and in mid-tour-- is unrealistic.  It's also unrealistic because the diversity of the band's set lists is Pearl Jam's stock-in-trade when it comes to live performance.  This is why a small but significant number of people go to see the band over and over again.  I am seeing nine shows on this tour, which will bring me to 72 shows lifetime.  If the band were playing the same songs with minimal variation every night, I can assure you I would not be doing this.

Agreed.

parintachin73

I get where the OP is coming from but I couldn’t possibly disagree with a post more. If you want a PJ show of hits go to a festival show with a shortened setlist. One of the reasons there are still so many die-hards after all this time and not a lot of new albums is because they change it up night after night. There aren’t a lot of bands of their size and age that still do this. I’m not a huge DMB fan but it’s certainly something I give them credit for doing as well. I can think of a lot of bands that I don’t really want to see anymore because it’s just the same old shit (The Who, Tool, etc). If PJ were to start playing the same show all tour, I’d be done seeing them live. 

JimmyV

RiotAct10 said:

JimmyV said:

Open with Alive and blow people's minds. 

It has been done. June 9, 2003 Dallas is at least one example.

I am aware. It would still blow people's minds. 

JojoRice

Do a show with 24 different versions of Last Kiss 

Get_Right

EddieBetterMan said:

Get_Right said:

mace1229 said:

Both extremes seems equally ridiculous. All hits every time wouldn’t be fun, neither would only deep cuts. You need a mix.
I honestly can’t understand why anyone would hear RVM, Corduroy, or Elderly Woman and think to themselves “man I wish they were playing Let The Records Play or Speed of Sound right now.”
Anyone who claims they’re bored of a song because they heard it live 20, 30, 40, 50 times I assume doesn’t own any bootlegs because that would just get really boring then.

You would be correct.  60 shows and it is rare I listen to any boots. In fact I rarely listen to any Pearl Jam except for the most recent record. I live for the live shows. And I wish they would retire all of the songs from Ten except Release. That said, I love all the songs live and do not complain when I get a greatest hits show. It happens. You pays your money and takes your chances.

Why would they retire all the songs from Ten? This forum is crazy. Iv followed the band since 92 , when I was 12 years old and you guys trip me out 😆 TEN is the primary to maybe ONLY reason reason 80% of concert goers (which are casuals by the way) that attend the shows , 20% of the fans are you guys traveling around wanting to hear dirty frank or sweet Lew  to plug into the list of songs your missing from your "songs list", trust me , NO ONE gives a rats ass when they play those songs outside the 20% or ppl in this forum watching the set list as dimitris is entering them in one by one 😆 🤣

 22. Bushleaguer

"Wow!!!! Lucky crowd!!!!!"

Yeah no, 90% in that building is like, "what the F is this garbage?" I personally like it buthe'll, id rather hear a hit at a show than "deep cuts" 

I get it. Speaking only for myself. Sure would be nice if they played some Binaural, Riot Act or Avocado songs instead of Alive or Porch for the 500th time. Again, just my preference and for me, it is everything AFTER Ten that makes this band great.

elcazador83

Y'all think back to your first show and think about the setlist. Mine was Camden '03 as a 20 yr old. They played what now would be considered a ton of deep cuts

Of the girl

Breakerfall

Grievance

Get Right

Whipping

But I recall what had me super stoked was the first encore

Jeremy

Small Town
Better man

Daughter

Alive

I thought I was the luckiest guy ever to get those as the encore. Now looking back if that was the encore, all of you would think it was the worst encore ever. Remember we all start somewhere. Just trying to add some perspective.

Plus they ended with f#ckin up and ritfw, as a huge Neil Young fan this was awesome and my pops thoroughly enjoyed it.

JimmyV

This reminds me of the night Let's Play Two debuted in theatres. I saw it at a Drive-In in Mendon, MA. They billed it as Pearl Jam Night complete with a cover band before the movie. Lots of New England 10c people there. Good times, and the band was OK from what I remember. What stands out though was the singer stopping between songs to tell a story or talk to the audience, and then before the next song saying something like, "This is Jeremy" or "This is Porch." 

Yeah, dude. We know. 

mpedone

JojoRice said:

Do a show with 24 different versions of Last Kiss 

Why is there no vomit emoji?

washed in black

Gccastillo said:

I want to start by saying I love PJ and their shows. I seen PJ twice in my life and it was back to back shows at Fenway. I am going to the Vegas show on 5/20/2022. Although the shows are great and sound great I was disappointed after the first Fenway show. i was disappointed because I didnt hear all of their hits. I had to go to the second show to hear the hits they did not play in the first. Lets face we go to hear the hits as well as other songs. We pay a lot of $$$$ for their shows, more than most artists and to not hear all their hits at each show is just robbery! Some of us dont have the $$$ to go to back to back shows. Also you they tour so infrequently that you could go to many shows and still not hear the hits! My friend is going to the Vegas show with me and she has never seen PJ and I know she will be disappointed when they don't play all of their hits.I am begging you PJ to play all the hits that every fan wants to hear, please!!! I love your music!!

The hit I want to hear is Undone!  And I would love to complete a few more albums with Big Wave, God's Dice, Getaway & My Father's Son! 

Since Vegas is the last show on the first leg, I'd say there's more of a chance to get something on the rare side as opposed to radio "hits". But, ultimately, that's up to Ed and the rest of the band.

JimmyV

washed in black said:

Gccastillo said:

I want to start by saying I love PJ and their shows. I seen PJ twice in my life and it was back to back shows at Fenway. I am going to the Vegas show on 5/20/2022. Although the shows are great and sound great I was disappointed after the first Fenway show. i was disappointed because I didnt hear all of their hits. I had to go to the second show to hear the hits they did not play in the first. Lets face we go to hear the hits as well as other songs. We pay a lot of $$$$ for their shows, more than most artists and to not hear all their hits at each show is just robbery! Some of us dont have the $$$ to go to back to back shows. Also you they tour so infrequently that you could go to many shows and still not hear the hits! My friend is going to the Vegas show with me and she has never seen PJ and I know she will be disappointed when they don't play all of their hits.I am begging you PJ to play all the hits that every fan wants to hear, please!!! I love your music!!

The hit I want to hear is Undone!  And I would love to complete a few more albums with Big Wave, God's Dice, Getaway & My Father's Son! 

Since Vegas is the last show on the first leg, I'd say there's more of a chance to get something on the rare side as opposed to radio "hits". But, ultimately, that's up to Ed and the rest of the band.

We are one week shy of 12 years since Undone was last played. 

Merkin Baller

JimmyV said:

washed in black said:

Gccastillo said:

I want to start by saying I love PJ and their shows. I seen PJ twice in my life and it was back to back shows at Fenway. I am going to the Vegas show on 5/20/2022. Although the shows are great and sound great I was disappointed after the first Fenway show. i was disappointed because I didnt hear all of their hits. I had to go to the second show to hear the hits they did not play in the first. Lets face we go to hear the hits as well as other songs. We pay a lot of $$$$ for their shows, more than most artists and to not hear all their hits at each show is just robbery! Some of us dont have the $$$ to go to back to back shows. Also you they tour so infrequently that you could go to many shows and still not hear the hits! My friend is going to the Vegas show with me and she has never seen PJ and I know she will be disappointed when they don't play all of their hits.I am begging you PJ to play all the hits that every fan wants to hear, please!!! I love your music!!

The hit I want to hear is Undone!  And I would love to complete a few more albums with Big Wave, God's Dice, Getaway & My Father's Son! 

Since Vegas is the last show on the first leg, I'd say there's more of a chance to get something on the rare side as opposed to radio "hits". But, ultimately, that's up to Ed and the rest of the band.

We are one week shy of 12 years since Undone was last played. 

& what a night that was. 

washed in black

JimmyV said:

washed in black said:

Gccastillo said:

I want to start by saying I love PJ and their shows. I seen PJ twice in my life and it was back to back shows at Fenway. I am going to the Vegas show on 5/20/2022. Although the shows are great and sound great I was disappointed after the first Fenway show. i was disappointed because I didnt hear all of their hits. I had to go to the second show to hear the hits they did not play in the first. Lets face we go to hear the hits as well as other songs. We pay a lot of $$$$ for their shows, more than most artists and to not hear all their hits at each show is just robbery! Some of us dont have the $$$ to go to back to back shows. Also you they tour so infrequently that you could go to many shows and still not hear the hits! My friend is going to the Vegas show with me and she has never seen PJ and I know she will be disappointed when they don't play all of their hits.I am begging you PJ to play all the hits that every fan wants to hear, please!!! I love your music!!

The hit I want to hear is Undone!  And I would love to complete a few more albums with Big Wave, God's Dice, Getaway & My Father's Son! 

Since Vegas is the last show on the first leg, I'd say there's more of a chance to get something on the rare side as opposed to radio "hits". But, ultimately, that's up to Ed and the rest of the band.

We are one week shy of 12 years since Undone was last played. 

Yup, I remember following the setlist that night and thinking why couldn't they have saved it for tomorrow night in Newark when we would be at the show. That's my white whale and it's a big ocean....

Get_Right

I am not chasing any rarities or looking to complete any albums.  I just wish they would play less Ten and more from the other records. Like Rival.  Play Rival you pussies LOL.

opsopcopolis

Go Animal said:

I want to be at a show with the OP, and have this be the setlist:

1. Alright
2. Breakerfall
3. Gonna See My Friend
4. All Night
5. Dance Of The Clairvoyants
6. Of The Girl
7. Of The Earth
   
8. Severed Hand
9. Light Years
10. Undone
11. Just Breathe
12. You Are
13. Quick Escape
14. Lightning Bolt
15. The Fixer
    
16. Wasted Reprise
17. Life Wasted
18. Seven O'Clock
19. (encore break)
20. Worldwide Suicide
21. Superblood Wolfmoon
22. Green Disease
23. Love Reign O'er Me
24. River Cross
25. (encore break 2)
26. Fuckin' Up
    

WOULD