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Pearl Jam please close each show with a Pearl Jam song

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  • 1ThoughtKnown1ThoughtKnown Posts: 6,155
    More covers!!! Oh yeah 
  • mpedonempedone 540xxx - Manchester, NH Posts: 1,947
    Cropduster-80 said:
    Really, what they close with is no big deal to me.

    however what I don’t like is expected encores. Most bands do it and it’s a bit silly.  If you want two sets or whatever that’s fine.  Expecting your show will be so good you pre plan an encore is a bit pretentious.  We also are conditioned to expect one and don’t even consider it a bonus when it happens.  It’s now part of the show 

    if you do consider the last song a bonus/a separate thing, I suppose what that song is doesn’t matter as much 

    I don’t have the stats but I would bet the last song of the main set is usually a PJ song 

    Tampa '16 was a great example of the "bonus" song. They played Baba O'Riley, and were done, but Mike wanted to play more. Teased YL, played Little Wing.
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  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 30,538
    edited August 2022
    Close with Evenflow. No one would diss Evenflow if it was the last oomph of energyfilled song played.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • elcazador83elcazador83 Posts: 101
    No more covers. Purple Rain in Fresno was a buzzkill. I know I am probably in the minority saying that .
  • Cropduster-80Cropduster-80 Posts: 2,034
    edited August 2022
    mpedone said:
    Cropduster-80 said:
    Really, what they close with is no big deal to me.

    however what I don’t like is expected encores. Most bands do it and it’s a bit silly.  If you want two sets or whatever that’s fine.  Expecting your show will be so good you pre plan an encore is a bit pretentious.  We also are conditioned to expect one and don’t even consider it a bonus when it happens.  It’s now part of the show 

    if you do consider the last song a bonus/a separate thing, I suppose what that song is doesn’t matter as much 

    I don’t have the stats but I would bet the last song of the main set is usually a PJ song 

    Tampa '16 was a great example of the "bonus" song. They played Baba O'Riley, and were done, but Mike wanted to play more. Teased YL, played Little Wing.
    That’s what I love. It’s more the surprise.

    if that happed at any show I ever went to there is no way I would care what they played 

    I’ve never been to a concert from any band that didn’t do the standard encore routine. Maybe a few didn’t have one at all though

    knowing you are getting some songs for sure regardless adds to it being anticlimactic as much as song choice 
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  • demetriosdemetrios Posts: 92,823
    They closed Quebec City last night with Indifference. Good times!
  • Lerxst1992Lerxst1992 Posts: 6,666
    If my math is proper, so far 3 for 3 on this leg. Thanks PJ !!
  • JimmyVJimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,188
    Lerxst1992 said:
    If my math is proper, so far 3 for 3 on this leg. Thanks PJ !!
    I bet RITFW comes out to play tonight in Toronto. 
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