Setting Sun

SVRDhand13 · September 18

Surprised I only heard this song twice over six shows. My second favorite on the album only behind Stevie (which I got three times!).

schaefferlax · September 18

SVRDhand13 said:

Surprised I only heard this song twice over six shows. My second favorite on the album only behind Stevie (which I got three times!).

Lucky! Was hoping to get that in Bmore or Boston

Gern Blansten · September 18

I don't get the absence of Got to Give...played once

demetrios · September 19

Gern Blansten said:

I don't get the absence of Got to Give...played once

Me neither.

Steadyd84 · September 19

demetrios said:

Gern Blansten said:

I don't get the absence of Got to Give...played once

Me neither.

Yeah, was really hoping to get it either night @ MSG or Fenway. One of my favs on the new record.

OfThePearl · September 19

deb1211 said:

I was so sad this was cut as the Baltimore closer..that would have been the best end for my tour shows

I was hoping for it there, too, and was wearing your Setting Sun bracelet from Vegas (I love it). That should have done it!
The second half of it was my favorite part of the whole album from day one.
I've gotten it several times, but if they play it both nights at Ohana, that would be more than fine with me!

HH140540 · September 20

Disappointed to not see this at Philly or Baltimore. To me it’s modern day Indifference.

demetrios · September 20

HH140540 said:

Disappointed to not see this at Philly or Baltimore. To me it’s modern day Indifference.

I was pretty shocked they didn't play it. 3 shows straight & no Setting Sun?

GlowGirl · September 20

demetrios said:

HH140540 said:

Disappointed to not see this at Philly or Baltimore. To me it’s modern day Indifference.

I was pretty shocked they didn't play it. 3 shows straight & no Setting Sun?

I know. I finally got it again at Fenway1

Gern Blansten · September 20

I'm more surprised at the lack of Got to Give. I've Got to Hear that live.

SVRDhand13 · September 20

Gern Blansten said:

I'm more surprised at the lack of Got to Give. I've Got to Hear that live.

To me it sounds like the band and Ed struggled throughout some parts of the song. I've accepted I'll never get it live (preventing me from completing DM) but fortunately it's my least favorite on the album (still like it though!).

HailHailVitalogy · September 20

This is going to sound ridiculous but Setting Sun has become one of my 10-15 favorite PJ songs of all time and it’s 50% of the reason I’ve decided to go to Ohana last minute. Got it at all 3 shows in May and it was amazing all 3 times. Got it twice out of 6 shows on the fall leg, none the last 4 shows I did. Craving it along with Got To Give. I thought GTG sounded great on the Van 2 bootleg. Eddie crushed that high note but definitely a few little mishaps on the outro….but can’t tell me they can’t figure it out they fucking wrote it lol

BF25394 · September 21

HailHailVitalogy said:

This is going to sound ridiculous but Setting Sun has become one of my 10-15 favorite PJ songs of all time and it’s 50% of the reason I’ve decided to go to Ohana last minute. Got it at all 3 shows in May and it was amazing all 3 times. Got it twice out of 6 shows on the fall leg, none the last 4 shows I did. Craving it along with Got To Give. I thought GTG sounded great on the Van 2 bootleg. Eddie crushed that high note but definitely a few little mishaps on the outro….but can’t tell me they can’t figure it out they fucking wrote it lol

It's not ridiculous for members of the Pearl Jam fan club to love Pearl Jam. It's a great song off a great album. Why shouldn't it be one of your favorites?

JimmyV · September 21

I was glad we got this one at Fenway.

KN219077 · September 21

I thought Setting Sun and Upper Hand were the two songs that absolutely sounded and felt like classics when hearing them live.

jimjam1982 · September 21

I think i will appreciate this one when it's a 1 in 5 show closer type song to end the gig. It sounds great but if it's not last it's a weird placement in the middle of the encore. In fact it's a downright buzz kill in the middle of the encore.

Spunkie · September 21

demetrios said:

https://youtu.be/Nfzl1zCkq-A

Thank you for the video!

... this affirms my decision to travel to the other side of our planet when I wonder wtf was I thinking last Nov when I went all in!

We All Believe · October 9

Today was my first date with my ex. 5 years ago. I wish I could stop thinking about her, wish I wasn't so sad still. It sucks. Nothing I can do about it. I accepted the fact that she wasn't coming back a couple of years ago, but it still sucks.

This song is NOT helping lolol, but I can't stop listening to it.

We All Believe · October 9

HailHailVitalogy said:

This is going to sound ridiculous but Setting Sun has become one of my 10-15 favorite PJ songs of all time and it’s 50% of the reason I’ve decided to go to Ohana last minute. Got it at all 3 shows in May and it was amazing all 3 times. Got it twice out of 6 shows on the fall leg, none the last 4 shows I did. Craving it along with Got To Give. I thought GTG sounded great on the Van 2 bootleg. Eddie crushed that high note but definitely a few little mishaps on the outro….but can’t tell me they can’t figure it out they fucking wrote it lol

Not ridiculous at all, at least to me. It's currently battling Amongst The Waves for the top spot on my all-time list, and it's currently winning.

Gern Blansten · October 9

HailHailVitalogy said:

This is going to sound ridiculous but Setting Sun has become one of my 10-15 favorite PJ songs of all time and it’s 50% of the reason I’ve decided to go to Ohana last minute. Got it at all 3 shows in May and it was amazing all 3 times. Got it twice out of 6 shows on the fall leg, none the last 4 shows I did. Craving it along with Got To Give. I thought GTG sounded great on the Van 2 bootleg. Eddie crushed that high note but definitely a few little mishaps on the outro….but can’t tell me they can’t figure it out they fucking wrote it lol

yeah GTG isn't getting played but it isn't because it's "hard to play" or sing, etc. A god damn mystery.

I really thought we would get it at Ohana and I never thought we wouldn't hear Setting Sun

RatherStarved · October 9

Gern Blansten said:

HailHailVitalogy said:

This is going to sound ridiculous but Setting Sun has become one of my 10-15 favorite PJ songs of all time and it’s 50% of the reason I’ve decided to go to Ohana last minute. Got it at all 3 shows in May and it was amazing all 3 times. Got it twice out of 6 shows on the fall leg, none the last 4 shows I did. Craving it along with Got To Give. I thought GTG sounded great on the Van 2 bootleg. Eddie crushed that high note but definitely a few little mishaps on the outro….but can’t tell me they can’t figure it out they fucking wrote it lol

yeah GTG isn't getting played but it isn't because it's "hard to play" or sing, etc. A god damn mystery.

I really thought we would get it at Ohana and I never thought we wouldn't hear Setting Sun

We would have got SS Ohana N2 if not for the rant about Trump’s watches and also Ed wasting a few minutes telling the fan who wanted to play drums that it wasn’t happening.

Gern Blansten · October 9

RatherStarved said:

Gern Blansten said:

HailHailVitalogy said:

This is going to sound ridiculous but Setting Sun has become one of my 10-15 favorite PJ songs of all time and it’s 50% of the reason I’ve decided to go to Ohana last minute. Got it at all 3 shows in May and it was amazing all 3 times. Got it twice out of 6 shows on the fall leg, none the last 4 shows I did. Craving it along with Got To Give. I thought GTG sounded great on the Van 2 bootleg. Eddie crushed that high note but definitely a few little mishaps on the outro….but can’t tell me they can’t figure it out they fucking wrote it lol

yeah GTG isn't getting played but it isn't because it's "hard to play" or sing, etc. A god damn mystery.

I really thought we would get it at Ohana and I never thought we wouldn't hear Setting Sun

We would have got SS Ohana N2 if not for the rant about Trump’s watches and also Ed wasting a few minutes telling the fan who wanted to play drums that it wasn’t happening.

I'm sorry Ed hurt your feelings. It's never easy to hear that your orange hero is a gigantic piece of shit.

We All Believe · October 19

Pleasant surprise:

Went to my local Starbucks after seeing "Joker: Folie à Deux" (which was EXCELLENT BTW, another pleasant surprise) and "Setting Sun" was playing in the store.

I was shocked lol. Thought maybe my phone was hooked up to the store's Bluetooth somehow.

I'm friendly with all of the baristas there, so I asked them who was controlling the music. They said it's a playlist that Starbucks generates.

I then proceeded to tell all of them (late-20s at the most) to listen to the song later when it wasn't so busy, and that even though it was mind-numbingly sad it was also maybe my favorite/Pearl Jam's best song. They all laughed lol.

BF25394 · October 20

We All Believe said:

Pleasant surprise:

Went to my local Starbucks after seeing "Joker: Folie à Deux" (which was EXCELLENT BTW, another pleasant surprise) and "Setting Sun" was playing in the store.

I was shocked lol. Thought maybe my phone was hooked up to the store's Bluetooth somehow.

I'm friendly with all of the baristas there, so I asked them who was controlling the music. They said it's a playlist that Starbucks generates.

I then proceeded to tell all of them (late-20s at the most) to listen to the song later when it wasn't so busy, and that even though it was mind-numbingly sad it was also maybe my favorite/Pearl Jam's best song. They all laughed lol.

It's a hopeful song! "We can become one last setting sun OR BE THE SUN AT THE BREAK OF DAWN... let us not fade."

MikeDigs · October 21

It's having hope amongst the sadness. Brilliant song. Love it so much

HailHailVitalogy · October 21

https://youtu.be/QETLrJJzfhc?si=b3Y6mFxMeeW4pI4G

By far the best version

deb1211 · October 21

HailHailVitalogy said:

https://youtu.be/QETLrJJzfhc?si=b3Y6mFxMeeW4pI4G

By far the best version

Was there ..so amazing. I'm so glad I had 2 nights in Vegas with this closing. Magical

OfThePearl · October 21

Love the close ups of Stone's guitar work. We don't get enough of that. No wonder the second half of this song (my favorite part of the whole album from day one) just sounds like pure classic PJ.
Each member of PJ, when featured, is the best member of the band at that moment. Each is SO integral to the whole. Just love these guys so much!

demetrios · October 22

GlowGirl said:

demetrios said:

HH140540 said:

Disappointed to not see this at Philly or Baltimore. To me it’s modern day Indifference.

I was pretty shocked they didn't play it. 3 shows straight & no Setting Sun?

I know. I finally got it again at Fenway1

Thank god we saw it played live in Seattle. Still surprised they didn't play it in Philly or Baltimore.

demetrios · November 28

“Setting Sun” (First Official Performance)

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021252/uploads/editor/zk/3nhja8a3w33r.png

https://pearljam.com/video/setting-sun-first-official-performance

For Ten Club Eyes Only: Watch “Setting Sun”, the very first, official performance captured live at the band’s Seattle headquarters as part of The Dark Matter Interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe.

Setting Sun

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