Most commonly played song that you've never seen?

dcp3y · May 21

Thrilled to cross off Indifference with Nashville N1 opener. Also crossed off Got to Give with that show. Nice to get two songs crossed off on my 30th show.

Leaves NAIS as my most played missing song (thru now 31 shows). Not played at the Ice Bowl on the Binaural tour!?! You Are is behind that. As a vinyl collector…wishing they play these singles more frequently in future set lists.

Also of note, Stone did not sing this 11 date 2025 DM tour and wishing that happened at Nashville N2 when the whole crowd was pleading for it. Eying Mankind sooner or later.

stones · May 21

Also of note, Stone did not sing this 11 date 2025 DM tour and wishing that happened at Nashville N2 when the whole crowd was pleading for it. Eying Mankind sooner or later.

Unless you count Gremmie at Ohana last year which isn't lead vocal for Stone then they haven't let Stone sing since Mankind in Amsterdam, July 2022. That same show had Mike/Matt sing Black Diamond and Josh sing Purple Rain as Ed was recovering from a throat issue so other members of the band chipped in to help out...

Vitalogensia · May 21

I’m at 35 shows now, top is Alone (51 times), Crown of Thorns (38), Bu$hleaguer (32), and the one I want to see more than the others, All Those Yesterdays (26).

curmudgeoness · May 21

Breakerfall (90 plays, 44 shows)

But I have seen: Whale Song, Bugs, Gremmie, two of three (!) Sweet Lew performances, two of four performances of Got to Give and Other Side....

En La Clandestinidad · May 21

PB11041 said:

En La Clandestinidad said:

PB11041 said:

Gern Blansten said:

36 shows...still no NAIS

another tough one, only 22 times 2006 onwards.

Wow, that is also my most unheard through 31 shows but seeing that stat shows you how incredibly rare it is now. I started going to shows in 2009 and a lot of the songs I heard that tour are rarely played now.

We still get fairly varied sets, but I think it's a lot less now than it used to be. One or two "rare" songs per night seem to be all.

15 of the 22 times in North America as well, which gets a bit to the luck factor. I am not saying this to be a dick, it is just luck of the draw, I have caught it 4 of the last 11 times it was played. And I am not an "every show guy", been to my fair share, but sometimes the way the setlist fall is random. The only time I felt very good odds of getting it was Missoula last summer given Missoula is often going to have a good handful of Jeff tunes on the set.

In the course of their touring, 1 or 2 rarer songs per night is actually pretty pretty good. In hindsight some older sets look full of rarities because time has made them rarities. They have actually done a really good job given their slavish deference to Ten post covid in dropping some nuggets almost every night, some certainly loom more rare than others, but basically every night this last run got at least 2-3 lesser played songs per night (not including Dark Matter songs and covers) it sort of all depends on your personal stats and what you are chasing.

these are selections that have a rarity score above 80 from Livefootsteps.org

4.24 - Oceans (102nd) Amongst the Waves (56th) Leatherman (67th) - technically Down should be in here too, but it is crazy that it is has been played as much as Oceans. Footsteps technically too given when it was debuted to today it scores an 86 this one pops up again on 5.16
4.26 - Of the Girl (57th) Faithfull (106th)
4.29 - Can't Keep (28th) In Hiding (100th) Inside Job (71st)
5.1 - All Those Yesterdays (25th) Off he Goes (127th) Leash (137th)
5.3 - Tremor Christ (87th) Love Boat Captain (100th) Red Mosquito (96th)
5.6 - Lowlight (95th) Brain of J (135th) Green Disease (67th) Come Back (58th)
5.8 - Long Road (99th) this show is the least of the bunch though but a case can be made for Insignificance in that it has only been played 6 times 2014 onward.
5.11 - Light Years (97th) Hold On (6th!) Smile (92nd) Satan's Bed (43rd)
5.13 - Amongst the Waves (57th) Untitled (55th) In My Tree (103rd) Bee Girl (27th)
5.16 - Sleight of Hand (52nd) Grievance (while not an 80 rarity score, was "In Hiding" for 123 shows since 8.5.15) Man of the Hour (54th) as noted footsteps technically and also another appearance by Lowlight
5.18 - This show really only has Future Days as a bust out at 18th time played, but at rarity score above 80 you do have Garden which I over looked earlier and Nothingman and Deep also overlooked earlier and Faithfull for 2nd time this run. Plus the Hungerstrike etc

If you have not checked out Livefootsteps.org highly recommend Dave's work. It is a treasure trove of information and we are lucky he was crazy enough to do this for stat nerds.

Wow, I will most definitely check it out. I have been so fortunate to be at shows where some rare stuff has been played (All Those Yesterdays, Rival, Alone (5 times!) Bugs twice, and I am sure so many rare songs) I have a spreadsheet on top of the PJ setlist app too

En La Clandestinidad · May 21

MFC was the one I couldn't believe I kept chasing until I finally got it at like show 28 in Camden 2022

payling · May 21

You Are - played 72 times

MG79478 · May 21

bootlegger10 said:

Grievance was a WTF moment for Pittsburgh 1. Grievance. Great song. Fun song. But holy hell, how has it come to the point where Grievance is a white whale? Too many songs to fit in a 25 song set I guess.

I too was surprised at the choice. I've seen grievance more than the song that it got scratched for. I've seen it more than 84% of the original PJ songs I've heard. It's been played at 25% of the shows I've ever been to. Quite frankly it was one I was glad they put away after hearing it so often over the years. When he asked for a request, a once in a lifetime opportunity, I expected a rare gem such as otherside, brother, or hitchhiker would be chosen.

En La Clandestinidad · May 21

payling said:

You Are - played 72 times

Weird how this is, I was 4-8 in You Are my first 8 shows, none since

pjpjpaul · May 21

Been to over 30 shows and have yet to see Whipping.

JimmyV · May 21

Got curious. My top ten most played/never heard.

MFC
World Wide Suicide
Habit
Wash
Love Boat Captain
Light Years
Breakerfall
Leaving Here
You Are
Green Disease

KK257911 · May 21

13 shows

No ONCE

not even once...

Needed to close out TEN.

rightcoaster · May 21

GlowGirl said:

23scidoo said:

deb1211 said:

I've only had 11 shows, but for me it's Release.

I miss it every time...yet have seen Out of my Mind 2x, Tremor Christ 2x, of the girl 3x m, glorified g 2x and Wash 3x

And I was in Chicago in 2018 when they didn't play Release.

12 shows, no Release either..

The first song I ever saw them play live at my very first show was Release. I have only seen it played 4 times total in all the years since.

11 shows…no Release

bootlegger10 · May 21

Good luck hearing Animal, Go, Glorified G, Dissident, Blood, Leash, Rats. Their best album. Sold a million units in one week. And they only play Elderly and Daughter regularly, with Indifference and RVM every once in a while. How is that possible? They don’t have to play Ten so much.

nicknyr15 · May 22

bootlegger10 said:

Good luck hearing Animal, Go, Glorified G, Dissident, Blood, Leash, Rats. Their best album. Sold a million units in one week. And they only play Elderly and Daughter regularly, with Indifference and RVM every once in a while. How is that possible? They don’t have to play Ten so much.

Animal and rats in the encore in Philly last year was nuts.

jarkkonieminen · May 22

26 shows. My top 10 most played/never heard:
WWS
Gods Dice
Unemployable
Mankind
Who You Are
Gone
Pilate
Big Wave
Evacuation
The End

Spiritual_Chaos · May 22

Where is a list of the most played songs?

Spiritual_Chaos · May 22

I imagine it is WMA or something. But i mean, really one maybe should count songs from the year one saw their first show. If I count from 2006, WMA is not a song that has been played much.

stones · May 22

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Where is a list of the most played songs?

https://livefootsteps.org/stats/ or the PJ stat tracker app on Apple devices.

Vytis33 · May 22

^^^ That PJ stat tracker app is incredible by the way. Not sure who runs it but if they’re here thank you.

19 shows and still haven’t seen Insignificance but have All Those Yesterdays three times somehow

Spiritual_Chaos · May 22

stones said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Where is a list of the most played songs?

https://livefootsteps.org/stats/ or the PJ stat tracker app on Apple devices.

Thank you. I guess it is DEEP then (played 222 times).

Don't feel much of a need to hear it live though. Have wanted to hear Sad and Alone since 2006. So I rather have them play those.

JeBurkhardt · May 22

19 shows, top 5 most played I haven't heard:
Blood
MFC
World Wide Suicide
Off He Goes
Got Some

Shaindli1 · May 22

It's been over a decade since WWS has been played.

Mission accepted! 😉

Vitalogensia · May 22

It’s really interesting to see the songs people are missing, especially ones I’ve seen a few times. I’m grateful for every song I hear, but this has made each even better.

JeBurkhardt · May 22

Shaindli1 said:

It's been over a decade since WWS has been played.

Mission accepted! 😉

colors blend · May 22

19 shows and still chasing Indifference.

payling · May 22

56 shows - top 5 played I’m still chasing:
You Are
Gone
Push me, pull me
Cropduster
Ghost

But my white whale is No Way

MG79478 · 12:32PM

MG79478 said:

Kearn5y said:

30 shows without Wash & Oceans with both played 101 times.

I've seen wash 11 damn times in only 71 shows. It took me 40 shows to hear oceans, have heard it 7 times since.

For me it's setting sun (19). It was on the setlist at Baltimore, and they scratched it for YL.

Update after the recent shows, I heard setting sun twice. My new list is:

Superblood Wolfmoon (17)
Getaway (16)
Can't Deny me (16)
Ole (14)
Brother (8)
Something Special (8)
Take the Long Way (7)
Alright (6)
Otherside (4)
Just a girl (2)
Last Soldier (2)
Gremmie out of control (1)
Whale Song (1)
Hitchhiker (1)
Stupid Mop (1)
Comes then goes (0.5) - I was there for the tag

Ledbetterman10 · 12:55PM

Had to go pretty far down the list: Bushleaguer

rummy · 1:24PM

Vitalogensia said:

I’m at 35 shows now, top is Alone (51 times), Crown of Thorns (38), Bu$hleaguer (32), and the one I want to see more than the others, All Those Yesterdays (26).

Not trying to rub it in (and I appreciate me opening with this statement makes me seem like I’m rubbing it in) but I’ve witnessed both “Alone” and “Crown” (and NAIS, for that matter) THREE times each after “only” 10 shows. I wish we could make trades like baseball cards here…

I’ve yet to see them perform “Deep” and “Dissident” and it’s driving me bananas - especially because I’ve “just missed them” a couple of times.

Most commonly played song that you've never seen?

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