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Evenflow is SICK

mikerlmikerl Posts: 580
edited August 2013 in The Porch
i occasionally see posts that regard Evenflow as a "piss break" song. Or people "wish they didn't play it so often". Or "its played too fast now!!"

i dont give a shit, i love that song. its god damn epic. i hope they play it at BOTH worcester shows, and that the solo/jam is SUPER long. hell yea.

I dont get the hate for the hits... you know what else i wanna hear?


Elderly Woman
Betterman
Alive
Jeremy (never mind, they can hang that one up)

Not everyone in the crowd knows "hold on". there is nothing like Evenflow to bring the night to the next level!

TO ME, this song will always sound like THIS when the band is playing it, even if it has become a fast paced requirement from the band:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C61z6nCo-A
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    Black73Black73 Posts: 1,018
    mikerl wrote:
    ...i love that song. its god damn epic. ...
    This
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    SENROCKSENROCK Posts: 10,736
    mikerl wrote:
    i occasionally see posts that regard Evenflow as a "piss break" song. Or people "wish they didn't play it so often". Or "its played too fast now!!"

    i dont give a shit, i love that song. its god damn epic. i hope they play it at BOTH worcester shows, and that the solo/jam is SUPER long. hell yea.

    I dont get the hate for the hits... you know what else i wanna hear?


    Elderly Woman
    Betterman
    Alive
    Jeremy (never mind, they can hang that one up)

    Not everyone in the crowd knows "hold on". there is nothing like Evenflow to bring the night to the next level!

    TO ME, this song will always sound like THIS when the band is playing it, even if it has become a fast paced requirement from the band:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C61z6nCo-A


    This is the best thread here. :D
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    EVENFLOW PSYCHOS H.N.I.C~FEEL THE FLOW!!!

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    SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 NYC Posts: 25,855
    Its their most played song, so the die hards just hear it too much. I generally skip it on the bootlegs so it sounds fresh to me live at a show. Mike's shredding will never get old!
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    mikerlmikerl Posts: 580
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    Its their most played song, so the die hards just hear it too much. I generally skip it on the bootlegs so it sounds fresh to me live at a show. Mike's shredding will never get old!

    if i had to guess, i would bet it has been played at every one of the 13 shows i have been to so far. LOVE IT
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    SENROCKSENROCK Posts: 10,736
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    Its their most played song, so the die hards just hear it too much. I generally skip it on the bootlegs so it sounds fresh to me live at a show. Mike's shredding will never get old!

    I am a "die hard" and it is NEVER too much for me. EVER.

    i don't understand the people that decided its a whiz break. thats just ridiculous.
    ~~~~~~ALWAYS HAVE A GOOD TIME~~~~~~
    Sir Mike McCready is....THE MASTER!!! WAHHH!!!
    EVENFLOW PSYCHOS H.N.I.C~FEEL THE FLOW!!!

    "Pearl Jam fans are obsessed, they'd see the boys in HELL if tickets were sold."-CROJAM95

    It takes balls to put out a UKE album!
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    GirlLovesPJGirlLovesPJ New Jersey Posts: 1,013
    Thank you for this thread OP! :D

    Evenflow rocks!!!
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    dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam NINUNINOPRO Posts: 139,158
    its one of their best song..its one of their hymn
    the only reason this song not to be in the setlist,is when they play 2 nights in the row at the same venue-city and they choose not to replay it..
    but for me,when they start writting the setlist,even to a back to back show must be the song they add first..
    its more than epic,at every second of it..
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    veddertownveddertown Scotland Posts: 5,260
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    its one of their best song..its one of their hymn
    the only reason this song not to be in the setlist,is when they play 2 nights in the row at the same venue-city and they choose not to replay it..
    but for me,when they start writting the setlist,even to a back to back show must be the song they add first..
    its more than epic,at every second of it..

    EPIC!!! :mrgreen:
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    veddertownveddertown Scotland Posts: 5,260
    :Dviewtopic.php?f=4&t=134650&hilit=+even+flow+appreciation
    Like a book among the many on a shelf...

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    mikerlmikerl Posts: 580
    veddertown wrote:
    :Dviewtopic.php?f=4&t=134650&hilit=+even+flow+appreciation


    perhaps i'll hang out over in this thread from now on... my people.
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    pjhawkspjhawks Posts: 12,201
    it is still great but I do tend to skip it on the bootlegs. one of the reasons it's a piss break song is because it usually comes in the 8th to 12th song of the set range and after tailgating before the show that usually constitutes the time to go again.

    I think it could use a new place in the set. closing the show (or before Yellow Ledbetter) I think would be cool. Put it in RITW spot.
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    mikerlmikerl Posts: 580
    pjhawks wrote:
    it is still great but I do tend to skip it on the bootlegs. one of the reasons it's a piss break song is because it usually comes in the 8th to 12th song of the set range and after tailgating before the show that usually constitutes the time to go again.

    I think it could use a new place in the set. closing the show (or before Yellow Ledbetter) I think would be cool. Put it in RITW spot.


    i agree about RITFW. if fact, fewer covers overall. if we skip RITFW, that means we might get a "Faithfull".
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    Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 29,016
    Should be played later, like Alive is.

    RITFW should be played as often as lets say Baba, and not every show like nowadays.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
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    SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 NYC Posts: 25,855
    mikerl wrote:
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    Its their most played song, so the die hards just hear it too much. I generally skip it on the bootlegs so it sounds fresh to me live at a show. Mike's shredding will never get old!

    if i had to guess, i would bet it has been played at every one of the 13 shows i have been to so far. LOVE IT

    Download the PJ Stat Tracker and find out! :D

    I have seen Evenflow 8 out of my 11 shows (73%)
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    2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
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    rr165892rr165892 Posts: 5,697
    Eddie didn't climb the speaker rigs to Last Kiss or just breathe,No that was Fucking Even Flow.This Epic gem is part of the Holy Trinity of Must Play songs (Alive, Betterman and you could add Porch).It brings the show energy to a new place and its always a better place.Piss break, Pleeeease.You hold it in for this classic. I am disappointed if it isn't played..

    I Love this song and have since the day it was released.It is Rock Masterpiece and a Heavy weight jam.IMO you cannot truly embrace the evolution of this band without paying respects to the sludgy kick ass songs that got it all going.Also to the casual fans,spouses kids that get dragged to a show by diehards like us ,they know it ,can sing to it.Can get their groove on.

    I like moving it into the encore portion of the show.
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    CapstonerCapstoner Posts: 727
    EF is awesome. I would not be taking a piss break to begin with, must be some weak bladders, :P
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    CAVSTARR313CAVSTARR313 Posts: 8,756
    I have found that no matter how much beer I drink, if a sweat a ton, I dont have to piss..

    But I have always found it fascinating that some people can actually schedule there piss breaks.. If I gotta go, I gotta go.. just have to accept that I will be running through the crowd during "Green Disease" or something like that..

    But, if it happens during a real rarity, I am just gonna let it go where i stand ;)
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    bobby dazzlersbobby dazzlers Posts: 1,995
    Isn't it spelled sik?
    I'm pretty sure that's how the kids are doing it these days.
    ;)

    Even flow is a great tune!!
    It's a hopeless... situation
    And I'm starting to believe
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    CAVSTARR313CAVSTARR313 Posts: 8,756
    bobby dazzlers wrote:
    Isn't it spelled sik?
    I'm pretty sure that's how the kids are doing it these days.
    ;)

    Even flow is a great tune!!
    kids are stupid

    love your avatar by the way
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    dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam NINUNINOPRO Posts: 139,158
    Eddie: "hey guys,lets do the setlist now..
    ok,Even Flow in,hey,,Mike where you want me to put it?"
    Mike"10th,before Nothing as it seems"
    Eddie "done"

    thats the conversation always the band must have..at every show!!
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    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
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    lazlobluelazloblue Houston Posts: 738
    I Love seeing Even Flow live. It think its a classic --rock your socks off-- kind of jam.
    The fast pace, and then the extra long jam that follows, give all the band member a chance to really shine.
    I always enjoy the energy of this song.
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    nbscrumhalfnbscrumhalf Posts: 29
    SENROCK wrote:
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    Its their most played song, so the die hards just hear it too much. I generally skip it on the bootlegs so it sounds fresh to me live at a show. Mike's shredding will never get old!

    I am a "die hard" and it is NEVER too much for me. EVER.

    i don't understand the people that decided its a whiz break. thats just ridiculous.

    I don't understand the people take whiz breaks during Pearl Jam shows... that's just ridiculous...
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    Black73Black73 Posts: 1,018
    nbscrumhalf wrote:
    SENROCK wrote:
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    Its their most played song, so the die hards just hear it too much. I generally skip it on the bootlegs so it sounds fresh to me live at a show. Mike's shredding will never get old!

    I am a "die hard" and it is NEVER too much for me. EVER.

    i don't understand the people that decided its a whiz break. thats just ridiculous.

    I don't understand the people take whiz breaks during Pearl Jam shows... that's just ridiculous...
    I took my son to his first Pearl Jam show at age 8 in Columbus in 2010. People heading to the exits during Even Flow, and he asked where they were going. I told him, and he replies, "There should be no 'pee break' songs...this is a Pearl Jam concert! I'm staying for every song, and I'll pee after the show." He then asks, "Dad, can I take off my shirt and rock out to Even Flow?" He's the reason I have "EVN FLOW" on my license plates.
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    Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 29,016
    nbscrumhalf wrote:
    SENROCK wrote:
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    Its their most played song, so the die hards just hear it too much. I generally skip it on the bootlegs so it sounds fresh to me live at a show. Mike's shredding will never get old!

    I am a "die hard" and it is NEVER too much for me. EVER.

    i don't understand the people that decided its a whiz break. thats just ridiculous.

    I don't understand the people take whiz breaks during Pearl Jam shows... that's just ridiculous...
    If you gotta go...
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    RoeghmannRoeghmann Posts: 968
    YES!
    Run away my son. See it all. Oh see the world.
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    mookieblalockmookieblalock Posts: 3,178
    I've been to 2 shows without Evenflow. Philly 3 '09 and MSG 2 '10. I didn't even realize it until after the show each time they omitted it.
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    jnikojniko Posts: 292
    It's the one song I always feel compelled to take out my camera and do a little filming. Usually during Mike's solo. I must have ten clips with this song and maybe one or two other clips. This song rocks
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    Black DiamondBlack Diamond Posts: 25,107
    I say,,, Let them pee... more dance room for me...
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    Caught-A-Bolt-Of-LightningCaught-A-Bolt-Of-Lightning Posts: 1,332
    First...I love Even Flow. It was/is the song that hooked me on the band. And when I hear it on the radio I still crank it up just like I did in '91/'92.

    However...as I've said before in a different posting in this forum it has lost all of it's dark, ominous tone when played live. No extended bridge section being grounded/lead by Jeff's bass. It is a speed tune now..like they just want it to be over. A previous posting here mentions that Ed used to climb into the rafters during Even Flow. I doubt he'd have time to climb up a 6-foot ladder now...

    Here you go guys and gals....popcorn is on me...

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    mcrokmcrok Posts: 628
    Just wish Eddie would do the "Wahhhh!!!!" right in the beginning like he did back in the day....Bring it back.
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