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mcgruff10 · November 2018

Lerxst1992 said:

drakeheuer14 said:

drakeheuer14 said:

Having an opening act sucks. Even if they are good, they aren’t who I came to see.

The only thing that is worse is a second opener

Who was Chili Peppers second opener 27 years ago that impressed all the FM radio honchos in attendance city after city to get their tunes on the air?

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while.

Lerxst1992 · November 2018

mcgruff10 said:

Lerxst1992 said:

drakeheuer14 said:

drakeheuer14 said:

Having an opening act sucks. Even if they are good, they aren’t who I came to see.

The only thing that is worse is a second opener

Who was Chili Peppers second opener 27 years ago that impressed all the FM radio honchos in attendance city after city to get their tunes on the air?

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while.

Expect a terse reply from The Association Supporting Blind Squirrels

100 Pacer · November 2018

I’ve enjoyed their openers.

Yes, even S-K.

Loujoe · November 2018

Lerxst1992 said:

drakeheuer14 said:

drakeheuer14 said:

Having an opening act sucks. Even if they are good, they aren’t who I came to see.

The only thing that is worse is a second opener

Who was Chili Peppers second opener 27 years ago that impressed all the FM radio honchos in attendance city after city to get their tunes on the air?

Went to that show. Missed pearl jam-did not care about them back then(whoops regret) saw pumpkins &RHCP. Had to go to NYC to scalp tickets early then home to pick up friend then back to nyc. Then bud saw PJ same show in Oregon and said they were the best! Ahhh shucks. next time (which there will never be) I'd let my bud sit at home & catch the whole show...end of rant

Spiritual_Chaos · November 2018

100 Pacer said:

I’ve enjoyed their openers.

Yes, even S-K.

Only one I thought was legit "bad" was Futureheads in Copenhagen 2007. The rest has been okey to great.

huntersthompson · November 2018

rummy said:

pledgeagrievance said:

GA blows
PJ shows have turned into minor league baseball theatrics. T-shirt cannons coming soon

Awesome! No more waiting in merch lines!

No merch lines....people will be waiting to get shot in the stomach with the T-shirt cannon and then turn around and shoot someone else with the same shirt with their personal t-shirt cannon at two or three times the velocity of the original one....

rummy · November 2018

Compilations are better than the actual bootlegs.

Lerxst1992 · November 2018

This may be unpopular here but I'll give it a whirl:

Elton John is a more dynamic touring artist than Pearl Jam. His farewell tour, expected to run 2018- to 2021, will encompass...

300 shows.

Worth stating again..

300 shows

That's about 18 years worth of shows for our beloved Pearl Jam (in this limited tour era...I hope they are healthy)

At the Garden last night enjoying the show and remembering the good old days when PJ would be on that stage and play arenas

And Elton played a SOLID 2 hours and 35 minutes.

Not bad for an accomplished star who hit the stage 23 years before Ten

PJNB · November 2018

Lerxst1992 said:

This may be unpopular here but I'll give it a whirl:

Elton John is a more dynamic touring artist than Pearl Jam. His farewell tour, expected to run 2018- to 2021, will encompass...

300 shows.

Worth stating again..

300 shows

That's about 18 years worth of shows for our beloved Pearl Jam (in this limited tour era...I hope they are healthy)

At the Garden last night enjoying the show and remembering the good old days when PJ would be on that stage and play arenas

And Elton played a SOLID 2 hours and 35 minutes.

Not bad for an accomplished star who hit the stage 23 years before Ten

I went to a show this year and it was fantastic. Problem is though for me is the copy and paste style of his shows. Conversations between songs and setlist are the exact same night in and night out. I watched a couple of his live videos from the past in the 2004-05 era and some of his comments between songs were identical to what I heard in Quebec this year. Like word for word. Ya the number of shows is up but there is no way I would have watched 7 of his shows this year like I did with Pearl Jam.

mcgruff10 · November 2018

PJNB said:

Lerxst1992 said:

This may be unpopular here but I'll give it a whirl:

Elton John is a more dynamic touring artist than Pearl Jam. His farewell tour, expected to run 2018- to 2021, will encompass...

300 shows.

Worth stating again..

300 shows

That's about 18 years worth of shows for our beloved Pearl Jam (in this limited tour era...I hope they are healthy)

At the Garden last night enjoying the show and remembering the good old days when PJ would be on that stage and play arenas

And Elton played a SOLID 2 hours and 35 minutes.

Not bad for an accomplished star who hit the stage 23 years before Ten

I went to a show this year and it was fantastic. Problem is though for me is the copy and paste style of his shows. Conversations between songs and setlist are the exact same night in and night out. I watched a couple of his live videos from the past in the 2004-05 era and some of his comments between songs were identical to what I heard in Quebec this year. Like word for word. Ya the number of shows is up but there is no way I would have watched 7 of his shows this year like I did with Pearl Jam.

Certain bands are definitely only meant to be seen once a tour. U2 is one of those bands, thankfully pj is not one of those bands.

Spiritual_Chaos · November 2018

- I don't think a singer in a rockband should need to use two different mics to use during the same song.

huntersthompson · November 2018

Spiritual_Chaos said:

- I don't think a singer in a rockband should need to use two different mics to use during the same song.

I saw Jack White in SF and he used three....on the same stand...in an attempt to make an understatement, he put on a pretty good show, despite the multiple mics...

oftenreading · November 2018

huntersthompson said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

- I don't think a singer in a rockband should need to use two different mics to use during the same song.

I saw Jack White in SF and he used three....on the same stand...in an attempt to make an understatement, he put on a pretty good show, despite the multiple mics...

Tech people, what do the different mics do? I assume they modulate the voice in some way, but I had always assumed that was done elsewhere in the stream, so to speak.

Lerxst1992 · November 2018

mcgruff10 said:

PJNB said:

Lerxst1992 said:

This may be unpopular here but I'll give it a whirl:

Elton John is a more dynamic touring artist than Pearl Jam. His farewell tour, expected to run 2018- to 2021, will encompass...

300 shows.

Worth stating again..

300 shows

That's about 18 years worth of shows for our beloved Pearl Jam (in this limited tour era...I hope they are healthy)

At the Garden last night enjoying the show and remembering the good old days when PJ would be on that stage and play arenas

And Elton played a SOLID 2 hours and 35 minutes.

Not bad for an accomplished star who hit the stage 23 years before Ten

I went to a show this year and it was fantastic. Problem is though for me is the copy and paste style of his shows. Conversations between songs and setlist are the exact same night in and night out. I watched a couple of his live videos from the past in the 2004-05 era and some of his comments between songs were identical to what I heard in Quebec this year. Like word for word. Ya the number of shows is up but there is no way I would have watched 7 of his shows this year like I did with Pearl Jam.

Certain bands are definitely only meant to be seen once a tour. U2 is one of those bands, thankfully pj is not one of those bands.

I agree Elton put on a great show...fantastic being a better word...but all 30 shows this year, same exact setlist.

As much as I love PJ mixing it up, id trade that in for a couple of 40 show years like Elton is doing this year. I dont think we'll ever see that again from seattle.

300 shows over 4 years? 71 years old? That is impressive. 2 hours 35 minutes, same show time as PJ. Double impressive. And im a casual Elton fan.

I dont believe Elton playin 300 shows, or 18 years worth of Pearl Jam dates, has anything to do with the same setlist

What the same setlist allows for is an incredible 4k video and a modest light show without the dark black hole effects and spotlights shining out at me instead of onto the stage, as occurs with PJ. Is there even a Seattle band on that stage?

PB11041 · November 2018

Lerxst1992 said:

mcgruff10 said:

PJNB said:

Lerxst1992 said:

This may be unpopular here but I'll give it a whirl:

Elton John is a more dynamic touring artist than Pearl Jam. His farewell tour, expected to run 2018- to 2021, will encompass...

300 shows.

Worth stating again..

300 shows

That's about 18 years worth of shows for our beloved Pearl Jam (in this limited tour era...I hope they are healthy)

At the Garden last night enjoying the show and remembering the good old days when PJ would be on that stage and play arenas

And Elton played a SOLID 2 hours and 35 minutes.

Not bad for an accomplished star who hit the stage 23 years before Ten

I went to a show this year and it was fantastic. Problem is though for me is the copy and paste style of his shows. Conversations between songs and setlist are the exact same night in and night out. I watched a couple of his live videos from the past in the 2004-05 era and some of his comments between songs were identical to what I heard in Quebec this year. Like word for word. Ya the number of shows is up but there is no way I would have watched 7 of his shows this year like I did with Pearl Jam.

Certain bands are definitely only meant to be seen once a tour. U2 is one of those bands, thankfully pj is not one of those bands.

I agree Elton put on a great show...fantastic being a better word...but all 30 shows this year, same exact setlist.

As much as I love PJ mixing it up, id trade that in for a couple of 40 show years like Elton is doing this year. I dont think we'll ever see that again from seattle.

300 shows over 4 years? 71 years old? That is impressive. 2 hours 35 minutes, same show time as PJ. Double impressive. And im a casual Elton fan.

I dont believe Elton playin 300 shows, or 18 years worth of Pearl Jam dates, has anything to do with the same setlist

What the same setlist allows for is an incredible 4k video and a modest light show without the dark black hole effects and spotlights shining out at me instead of onto the stage, as occurs with PJ. Is there even a Seattle band on that stage?

I think we are on the verge of a couple of bigger tour years. I think the biggest reason they have been sporadic in the past is they all had young families, and going on the road for for basically three months at a time is not easy.

drakeheuer14 · November 2018

PB11041 said:

Lerxst1992 said:

mcgruff10 said:

PJNB said:

Lerxst1992 said:

This may be unpopular here but I'll give it a whirl:

Elton John is a more dynamic touring artist than Pearl Jam. His farewell tour, expected to run 2018- to 2021, will encompass...

300 shows.

Worth stating again..

300 shows

That's about 18 years worth of shows for our beloved Pearl Jam (in this limited tour era...I hope they are healthy)

At the Garden last night enjoying the show and remembering the good old days when PJ would be on that stage and play arenas

And Elton played a SOLID 2 hours and 35 minutes.

Not bad for an accomplished star who hit the stage 23 years before Ten

I went to a show this year and it was fantastic. Problem is though for me is the copy and paste style of his shows. Conversations between songs and setlist are the exact same night in and night out. I watched a couple of his live videos from the past in the 2004-05 era and some of his comments between songs were identical to what I heard in Quebec this year. Like word for word. Ya the number of shows is up but there is no way I would have watched 7 of his shows this year like I did with Pearl Jam.

Certain bands are definitely only meant to be seen once a tour. U2 is one of those bands, thankfully pj is not one of those bands.

I agree Elton put on a great show...fantastic being a better word...but all 30 shows this year, same exact setlist.

As much as I love PJ mixing it up, id trade that in for a couple of 40 show years like Elton is doing this year. I dont think we'll ever see that again from seattle.

300 shows over 4 years? 71 years old? That is impressive. 2 hours 35 minutes, same show time as PJ. Double impressive. And im a casual Elton fan.

I dont believe Elton playin 300 shows, or 18 years worth of Pearl Jam dates, has anything to do with the same setlist

What the same setlist allows for is an incredible 4k video and a modest light show without the dark black hole effects and spotlights shining out at me instead of onto the stage, as occurs with PJ. Is there even a Seattle band on that stage?

I think we are on the verge of a couple of bigger tour years. I think the biggest reason they have been sporadic in the past is they all had young families, and going on the road for for basically three months at a time is not easy.

I agree. I think they are going to surprise us all pretty soon

hrd2imgn · November 2018

I hate all the lectures, politics, shaming, and I used to be pooor rants, Ed goes on, just talk less and play more.

kramer73 · November 2018

hrd2imgn said:

I hate all the lectures, politics, shaming, and I used to be pooor rants, Ed goes on, just talk less and play more.

are you new to the band?

Ledbetterman10 · November 2018

kramer73 said:

hrd2imgn said:

I hate all the lectures, politics, shaming, and I used to be pooor rants, Ed goes on, just talk less and play more.

are you new to the band?

Why ask that? Some of us that have been into the band since the mid-90's don't like that stuff.

PB11041 · November 2018

Would like to see a strong well played 20-24 song set over a 36 song filler up any day.

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