9 covers

2-feign-reluctance said:

PJ_Soul said:

2-feign-reluctance said:

PJ_Soul said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

PJ_Soul said:

mpedone said:

risris said:

I don’t know if it’s been said but they are playing two shows which means both shows can’t be a greatest hits show.  I don’t want to pay for 2 shows to hear the exact same set list. 

I’ll say this, for the people that were there only for N1 9 covers does seem excessive. (Although I will argue that Setting Forth and Help don’t really count, but that’s a discussion for another day)

At the end of the day for those that are going to both shows, if you look at the setlits from both I’m pretty sure you will run the gamut of all the songs that make a Pearl Jam show what it is. And we will all be happy in the end. 

P.S.  Wednesday’s show was my fourth and I finally got to hear RITFW and Comfortably Numb. As well I finally got to hear Release, All Those Yesterday’s(one of my favourites), and Long Road. For every person who has seen them 30/40/50 times there are some of us who have yet to hear the covers(and originals)that make Pearl Jam who they are.........the best live band in the world. 

I think your last paragraph is why some are throwing around the term "entitled". Sure, if you've been to 20-30 shows, you might be sick of seeing Even Flow and RITFW, and I'm sure you have some whale from Ten or VS. that you've never seen, so every show they don't play it just makes your wooden leg ache a little more, but on the other hand, there are people in that stadium who are seeing Pearl Jam for the first or second time, and might not have seen RITFW, or might not be bored with Even Flow, and to them, it's not a big deal that they played a song they wrote and recorded with Neil Young instead of Glorified G or Garden. It's easy to forget this, as, if you've been to 20-30 shows most of the people going to one of their first PJ shows will be behind you, but they are there.

I figure it's easy for people who are happy to hear it to feel one way, and people who are not happy to hear it for the 20th time to feel another way. I'm not sure why the people who have seen them 40 times should base their feelings on how a newby feels, or vice versa. One has nothing to do with the other.

no, but this is where the entitlement comment comes in: expecting a band to cater to a small portion of the audience that has seen them dozens of times as opposed to the vast majority who has not. the band can't be expected to alter their performance for a very small minority. they already change the setlist every damn show. It kind of boggles my mind what some people expect from this band. 

I just don't think that griping about something equals expecting the band to do anything. I'm sure everyone knows the band is going to whatever is it they want to do either way. Expressing disappointment or a desire for something else just isn't entitlement at all IMHO. Now if anyone actually expected PJ to listen to what they personally have to say, and then get mad when they don't... that would be a sense of entitlement.

You two, haha! It's like an intellectual cage match here. I bet you two were a hit in college!

Lol, do people imagine my "voice" as irritated or angry or what?? I'm almost never arguing on these boards, just having a conversation where we're not agreeing all the time! Just read my posts in a happy, friendly, relaxed tone, and you'll know where I'm actually coming from when I have these conversations, lol. I just like talking about stuff!

Nah, I don't. You and Hugh seriously post the most thought out posts on the forums.

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

Funny how personal tastes are: I've never been a fan of Do The Evolution.

It's tolerable, but I've never dug it.

I'm hoping for In Hiding, WMA and Of The Girl tonight. If none are played then oh well. It's still going to be great.

just for saying that I'm dragging you back into the DP thread. DTE is the best! 

Lol

Don't do it. We've been getting along so great these days.