Puzzling Song Selection

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  • Posts: 325
    More complaining about the set list, this time from a blog at the Broward New Times, an alternative weekly newspaper that I thought would have a better review.

    http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/crossfade/2008/06/last_night_pearl_jam_at_cruzan.php

    Maybe because the band hadn't played Florida in five years, they all forgot what a Pearl Jam concert was like.
    *Does not include encore of Garden and Leash.
  • Posts: 3,502
    with the last name such as that reporting...what more could you expect?...~


    BY MICHAEL HAMERSLY
    ********************************
    "Forgive every being,
    the bad feelings 
    it's just me"


  • Maryland Posts: 9,905
    I thought for an openeing night, it was pretty good. And the southern shows will all probably get a heavier dose of the last albulm since they did not get the last tour. I have a feeling Tampa will see a very differnt set list than last night.
    ...got a mind full of questions and a teacher in my soul...
  • Posts: 7,762
    I never, ever email writers about shit, especially music reviewers. I figure their opinion is their opinion. But's taking all my strength not to email this guy.

    I don't think he realizes what a PJ show is all about. I'd like to direct him to the setlist thread from last night, where most people were going apeshit over the setlist. And those who "grumbled" were grumbling because there were TOO MANY hits.

    Honestly ... I don't know what this guy was thinking.
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • Posts: 240
    twat.
  • Posts: 130
    ajedigecko wrote:
    either the writer is completely clueless or completely sarcastic.....there is no middle ground.

    I read that this morning...I have one word for this "writer". IDIOT.

    I was at the show last night...not only did I not hear grumbling of any kind,
    all around people were quite pumped. Before, during & after.

    This guy should stick to writing fiction...his non -fiction work sucks.
    PEARL JAM - It's what's for breakfast

    "Promise only what you can deliver. Then deliver more than you promise."
    --Anonymous

    The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them. -Patrick Henry, revolutionary (1736-1799)
  • Posts: 969
    intodeep wrote:
    I thought this was funny:
    Yellow Ledbetter followed, with guitarist Mike McCready nailing its signature Red Hot Chili Peppers-like guitar riff.

    Hi hi I really like this, and Iwould love to get my hands on that chili peppers song he refers to - must be their best.
    Run away my son. See it all. Oh see the world.
  • Posts: 258
    This is my email to the reviewer guy:

    mhamersly@MiamiHerald.com

    subject: Your lame ass Pearl Jam review

    I'm going to assume you are not a pearl Jam fan. That's cool, but don't dis these guys because you don't know the songs. When a band wants to tap into their vast catalogue to give a crowd a unique experience and connect in a non-jukebox kinda way, that's a good thing. You can't knock them for not replaying the same shit over and over at every show. If you were truly a rock crtic you would have appreciated the fact that they dug out "Who you Are", a song not played in 10 years. This is not a Pearl Jam cover band, this is the real thing. They have rock and roll morals you'll never understand, but be cool, I'm sure the All American Retards or some other "real" rock band will be around soon to wet your appetite for the hits. Maybe you should petition Radiohead to play Creep again when they come around. I mean it is what the fans want, right?
    90 shows and counting...some of my favs: Randall's Island night 2, Milwaukee '95 night 2, Hawaii '06, St Johns '05, PJ20!
  • Posts: 590
    RearViewMirrorVs wrote:
    Maybe they should have played their hit "daughter" which has a oingo boingo type bass line. Or perhaps "Release" which has a rather Jon Secada feel to it.

    What an tool, this guy.

    Hahaha......great stuff, laughed out loud at my desk.
    "This is about as perfect a crowd as you can get. I hate to placate, I ain't placating...." - EV, 9/29/96


  • Posts: 7,762
    chimpat wrote:
    Hahaha......great stuff, laughed out loud at my desk.

    I wish they would have opened with Release, which sounds like Primus and Garth Brooks had a baby.
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do

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