F*** the 10Club

DS114969 wrote:

If you don't want to hear the same song every show then don't go to every show

If you want to hear as many songs as possible and ones that arn't played as much then you gotta go to every show

God, i think im making myself out to look like i hate every song that i have heard before.... I was just bummed not to hear Of The Girl because Binaural is my most favourite album ever and for those you look at setlists they very very very very rarely play songs off it. Thus is just sucked to not hear it over here haha

Im sorry Canadians, i really did mean NA! Just on Europe and NA mode and just forgot to think where they actually played in NA..

drsluggo wrote:

asgoodased wrote:

If anyone complains that PJ's set list aren't diverse enough, then they have never followed any other band on tour, ever.

And that's a really, really, really good point - PJ is the only band I'll hit more than one show of on a tour for that reason alone.

Exactly. If you follow any other act, you're lucky to hear 1 or 2 different songs per show. Sure, there are a few bands that are exceptions to that rule, but they are few and far between. If you go to two back to back PJ shows, you'll probably hear 5 or 6 repeats, heck, maybe even 10, but over half the show will usually be different, and thats pretty much unheard of.

asgoodased wrote:

Pushin Forward Back wrote:

asgoodased wrote:

If anyone complains that PJ's set list aren't diverse enough, then they have never followed any other band on tour, ever.

Not true Phish, Panic, Grateful Dead, even Black Crowes different setlish each night NO REPEATS at all !!


Pearl Jam could learn something from that-

They've never played the same song? Exactly how big IS there catalogue?

As one that followed The Grateful Dead on tour a one point....I disagree.

i went to my first PJ gig expecting either loads of songs i didnt know off the new album,or none of the less well known ones that i loved.i was really plesently suprised that they mixed around so much.its all cool.i am burning setlists of all the shows really they are amazing listening.

i am bored of whinging,i am bored of whinging about whinging,i am bored of whinging about whinging about whinging.is there no happy compromise to be found for anyone?

there are a lot worse things you all could be doing of an evening then watching PJ from the god seats,playing a couple of songs you dont like.and there are worse things people could be saying here then complaining about sitting in the god seats watching PJ playing a couple of songs they dont like.

its all going round and round in circles here.seriously is there not more to this board then endless recycled arguments and smart arse replies?

and while i'm adding my 2 cents in,why the hell do you all have to have the same Av's?god damn thats confusing.

Brisk. wrote:

Ledbetterman10 wrote:

Brisk. wrote:

People are entitled to want to hear something other even flow.

they usually play like 27 songs in addition to Even Flow

The number of songs is irrelevant, but anyway its a similar bunch.

I just can't believe they played Of The Girl in the states and not in Europe, makes me sad.

No worries... They will return to Europe... After they practiced in the US that is

A friend and I have seen REM a lot in the last 10 years - and neither of us (and a lot of other folks) don;t want to hear 'Losing My Religion' played ever again. And at least one band member has confirmed it would be nice to leave it off the setlist occasionally, and I suspect he meant more than occasionally. Stipe has for years introduced it as no longer being their song, but the audience's. When a band gets that big, and plays nightly to that many people, everyone wants to hear that one song in particular that they love - and of those there are a lot of people that this is their one time seeing the band, or they see them one a tour or less. So they want to hear the 'big' songs.

Last summer, after REM released their first 'rock' album in years, they dusted off quite a few older, more rarely played uptempo songs to match the newer ones. I had a blast, sometimes getting giddy when another song I had not heard them play live either in a long time or ever began. But you could see large chunks of the crowd starting to lose interest when they played a few of those in a row. And then saw how they came back once the 'hits' returned.

As much as my friend and I grumble about it, we have taken to doing something else: we turn around and see how the crowd goes crazy when they hear those opening mandolin strings being played. And it is incredible to see and feel. And it keeps me in the spirit of the thing.

Pearl Jam can't be everything to everybody, but everyone gets something they want. And that should be enough.

That's me in the corner...