Pearl Jam Mailed It In On Monday Night

jordn6971 said:

BettrMan21 said:

jordn6971 said:

Come Back in Black said:

jordn6971 said:

Eddie needing a handle and platform to stand on so he could swing on those lightning bolt orbs was always hilarious to me.

Now your trolling. Why are you even here? It sucks you are not a fan anymore. It's run it's course for you. You aren't getting anything out of it anymore. Best to just move on.

Bullshit I love their music still as much as anyone here. I'm just not happy with the live shows lately. The previous post was about how they are just out there to entertain. There is no spontaneity in swinging from that orb when they attatch a handle to it. Very lame.

Ed's also 50. That's much different than 30. And he's a father. I commend him for still wanting to do some onstage tricks. However, speaking as a 38 year old father, I commend him more for doing so much more safely.

It was cool the first time but then he started doing it every night.

Eddie swinging on the globe seemed forced and cheesey to me. 100% glad he stopped

jimc3 said:

Statistically MSG2 was not a low rarities show. These are the facts: www.livefootsteps.org/setlist/?show_id=998

I don't need statistics or analytics to break down a set list for me... I personally am glad I decided not to go to MSG 2 after seeing the set list, outside of an amazing appearance by Cheap Trick and a brief cameo by Sting, I love Driven to Tears by the way, I had absolutely zero regrets skipping the show when I saw the set list because of the heavy amount of repeated "hits"

People literally came from all over the world for these two MSG shows, to think there was not a large portion of die-hard fans in the building for both shows is a mistake... I think they are capable of mixing it up better than they did at MSG... they have an amazing catalog of songs and frankly I don't give a shit about the casual fan or the crowd's reaction to an unknown song... I know when I went to my first show I loved the rarities as much as the hits, and as a matter of fact knowing they sprinkled in rarities and mixed sets is probably the reason I wanted to go back the next night, and three days later, and the next year, and every year since 2003...

I completely understand the need to make sure it is a great show for everyone from the casual fan to the diehard fan, from the people in the front to the people all the way in the back in the top of the arena, but I think they could pull that off without using so many repeated songs... Maybe that is me having too much confidence in the best band on the planet? Maybe that is me just loving their entire catalog, especially some of the songs that are rarely or never played... Personally I think most of their best songs are NOT the hits...

To be completely honest I am now not going to add Fenway 2 to my trip to Boston because frankly I can see that they are going to cater to a lot of casual fans and will again repeat many of the hits for both nights, especially since they are two nights apart... So for me it is not worth the cost of adding the 2nd show

This does not mean they are not the best band on the planet, they are absolutely the best band on the f****** planet... I also believe they are the best live band on the planet without question... In my opinion they also have the best catalog of any band on the planet and I would like them to celebrate the entire catalog, not just the hits from the 90s... especially at back-to-back shows at such a special Arena where so many people traveled from far and wide

nicknyr15 said:

my2hands said:

jimc3 said:

Statistically MSG2 was not a low rarities show. These are the facts: www.livefootsteps.org/setlist/?show_id=998

I don't need statistics or analytics to break down a set list for me... I personally am glad I decided not to go to MSG 2 after seeing the set list, outside of an amazing appearance by Cheap Trick and a brief Cameo by Sting, I love Driven to Tears by the way, I had absolutely zero regrets skipping the show when I saw the set list because of the heavy amount of repeated "hits"

People literally came from all over the world for these two MSG shows, to think there was not a large portion of die-hard fans in the building for both shows is a mistake... I think they are capable of mixing it up better than they did at MSG... they have an amazing catalog of songs and frankly I don't give a shit about the casual fan or the crowd's reaction to an unknown song... I know when I went to my first show I loved the rarities as much as the hits, and as a matter of fact knowing they sprinkled in rarities and mixed sets is probably the reason I wanted to go back the next night, and three days later, and the next year, and every year since 2003...

I completely understand the need to make sure it is a great show for everyone from the casual fan to the diehard fan, from the people in the front to the people all the way in the back in the top of the arena, but I think they could pull that off without using so many repeated songs... Maybe that is me having too much confidence in the best band on the planet? Maybe that is me just loving their entire catalog, especially some of the songs that are rarely or never played... Personally I think most of their best songs are NOT the hits...

To be completely honest I am now not going to add Fenway 2 to my trip to Boston because frankly I can see that they are going to cater to a lot of casual fans and will again repeat many of the hits for both nights, especially since they are two nights apart... So for me it is not worth the cost of adding the 2nd show

This does not mean they are not the best band on the planet, they are absolutely the best band on the f****** planet... I also believe they are the best live band on the planet without question... In my opinion they also have the best catalogue of any band on the planet and I would like them to celebrate the entire catalog, not just the hits from the 90s... especially at back-to-back shows at such a special Arena where so many people traveled from far and wide

I , however, would have been bummed if I missed night 2. Garden, Deep, leash, man trilogy, present tense, breath. All up there for me.

I agree that there were some great gems at MSG 2, which would be a completely amazing stand alone show, especially with the guest appearances on the great covers... but because I was in the building the night before I would have been disappointed to hear 11 repeats 24 hours later in the same building, 8 of which were in the 1st set (I REALLY don't understand that)... especially with the cost and effort of going to NYC for 2 shows... I can just imagine myself standing there in the 1st set being underwhelmed hearing so many repeats from just 24 hours before...

the other problem I have with all of the repeats, 9 of them were all written 18 years ago or longer... which reeks of a nostalgia act to me, and I NEVER want PJ to settle into being a nostalgia act... they have written some amazing songs since 1998 and I don't think they need to be largely ignored just because those albums didn't sell 5 million copies and the drunk guy in the top level wont know them... maybe some fans are happy to move into the nostalgia years and want to hear the same 15 hits written 20 years ago every night, but that is definitely not me at this point...

I can now assume with confidence that 90% of the songs below will be repeated at both nights for Fenway & Wrigley... while at the same time almost completely ignoring No Code, Binaural, Riot Act, Avocado, and Backspacer... which is fine, i love those old songs, I just think they continued to write great songs after 1998 and would love to hear them...

Alive
Even Flow
Jeremy
Black
Porch
Small Town
Rearviewmirror
Daughter
Corduroy
Betterman
Given To Fly
Do The Evolution
Mind Your Manners
Lightning Bolt