*** Pearl Jam San Diego, CA Fanviews 5/3/22 ***

walkunafraid said:

Red Lukin said:

Besides the new songs, as well as footsteps, once and long road it looks like a pretty boring show. Same old songs.

Why not just take out the 10-20 most over played songs and play something else.

So many good songs that are never or rarely played.

I miss 2003.

Because not every fan -- nor the majority of them -- have been going to shows since 2003 nor have seen them as many times as you have.

I have some friends and family attending the show in LA on Saturday who will be seeing PJ for the first time, and they would have loved this type of setlist as opposed to one with a bunch of obscure and non-hit tracks.

I've been to PJ shows that feature a broader selection of deep cuts, and those have been the *least* energetic shows I've attended.

Fans have become so obsessed with the "specialness" of being in attendance for a rare song or five that it's like all other songs are trash to them.

GTF, Alive, Corduroy, Evenflow were the songs that were the most energetic and most well-received by the audience as a whole last night. That energy needs to be part of a set. As much as I love hearing a rare or obscure track, I'm not self-focused enough to believe that a whole show of them would best for the performance as a whole.

This is the best take on here

mshnayder said:

walkunafraid said:

Red Lukin said:

Besides the new songs, as well as footsteps, once and long road it looks like a pretty boring show. Same old songs.

Why not just take out the 10-20 most over played songs and play something else.

So many good songs that are never or rarely played.

I miss 2003.

Because not every fan -- nor the majority of them -- have been going to shows since 2003 nor have seen them as many times as you have.

I have some friends and family attending the show in LA on Saturday who will be seeing PJ for the first time, and they would have loved this type of setlist as opposed to one with a bunch of obscure and non-hit tracks.

I've been to PJ shows that feature a broader selection of deep cuts, and those have been the *least* energetic shows I've attended.

Fans have become so obsessed with the "specialness" of being in attendance for a rare song or five that it's like all other songs are trash to them.

GTF, Alive, Corduroy, Evenflow were the songs that were the most energetic and most well-received by the audience as a whole last night. That energy needs to be part of a set. As much as I love hearing a rare or obscure track, I'm not self-focused enough to believe that a whole show of them would best for the performance as a whole.

This is the best take on here

Why does a show have to be energetic to be a success?

DEGBTI said:

This is an awesome picture! Thanks for sharing it. 😍

Also, I think some fans need to take a step back. Pearl Jam gives us their heart and soul at every tour stop and some people just want more, more, more. It’s pretty sad actually. Maybe some of you shouldn’t see as many shows as you do. You sound too spoiled. 

This was my first Pearl Jam show as they have eluded me for decades and this was the exact setlist I wanted - I neither required nor was in the mood for a Benaroya Hall type setlist - maybe after a few shows are under my belt.  Eddie’s voice and energy was better than any video I have seen of them in the last few years ( it even comes through in videos of last night’s performance) so I was stoked about that.  I was elated to see the backwards trilogy, better man, daughter, jeremy, once, corduroy, opening the show with Oceans ( they don’t do this THAT often).  I was happy that the Gigaton songs sounded as good as they did.  I enjoyed the anecdotes and stories - it felt like a family affair and everything.  It was truly jubilant and I met the best people and got great, close video footage.  I walked onto the floor right before Eddie opened the show and got 5 people from the stage. San Diego is so chill. I got one of Jeff’s picks after and it is dope.  I have a weird feeling that 35 song setlists may be a thing of the past as they get older and have openers.  We’ll see.  Anyway, it was a glorious night - I feel bad for anybody that was disappointed by this performance as I left with nothing but gratitude. 

NEweather said:

Uglyman said:

Ok, I don’t know if this happened at any other show but maybe I didn’t notice at Ohana…Ed had a backing track. I think it was Dance of Clairvoyants. Josh was singing back up but Ed stopped signing to interact and I heard him still singing. Is this new?

       (I hear something maybe along those lines in Ohana Encore boot, that I didn't hear during it live. Think it's the second day, Quick Escape- i'd have to listen again to be sure. )

 ( yet, on the OE boot, it doesnt sound like a backing track, it was blending vocals- and Ed was On It, the other vocalist needed a shift- in my opinion only-)

Watched some of the YouTube videos and Ed’s voice sounded great! The minimal stage set was awesome just like ‘03. Band played almost three hours and no covers to start the tour. Amazing. Would have loved to attend and look forward to seeing what the next shows have in store!

@given2fly23 waiting on your review.

bootlegger10 said:

walkunafraid said:

PJammin' said:

DEGBTI said:

This is an awesome picture! Thanks for sharing it. 😍

Also, I think some fans need to take a step back. Pearl Jam gives us their heart and soul at every tour stop and some people just want more, more, more. It’s pretty sad actually. Maybe some of you shouldn’t see as many shows as you do. You sound too spoiled. 

This x100. It used to be that the one thing that would unite an increasingly divisive fan base was live shows and setlist tracking, but it looks like that's turning into just another thing for people to bitch about. I posted this on Facebook earlier today but I'll repeat it here:

I used to think it might be cool if the band popped by the forums every once in a while to check out what their fans were discussing. Now I dread it. It was clear the band poured their hearts and souls into the performance last night and enjoyed every second of it. If any of them came by and saw the level of bitching and whining about a set that was “only” 23 songs/2:45 they’d be completely justified in thinking, “Fuck it, I give up, we’re done.” 

I rarely revert to the “entitled fucks” card, but given the amount of bitching/whining by “fans” of the band - most of whom weren’t even at the damn show - about what was a very special and beautiful gig, I just have to call out what a lot of entitled fucks many of you are.

A band known for marathon shows (29-35 songs a night) and mixing up the setlists plays a 23 song setlist with the majority of the show being Ten and the new album plus a few other hits.  People go to multiple shows because of the marathon shows and changing up the setlists.  They went because anything could happen.  The band knows this too.

We shouldn't be surprised that traveling fans are concerned about shorter setlists with less variety.  That is not an attack on the band, but just a realization that there may not be an incentive to see 5 shows a tour.  

It is earlier though.  San Diego was one show and appears to be a special one Ed put together being his hometown.  I think they'll get back to 29 songs a night.  But people aren't being entitled if they are used to the 30+ songs a night and then it switches to 23 songs with less variety.  The product changed and so the customers can decide what to do.  Again, way early in the tour.

Nobody is saying the band doesn’t care or isn’t making an effort.  Nobody is saying they don’t sound good.  

Yep. Its a fan forum full of dedicated fans that follow the band around. Some (like me) are gonna be setlist whores. Gotta expect some criticism/discussion when there’s a drastic change to the format of the shows. 

100 Pacer said:

@given2fly23 waiting on your review.

Ha, thanks bud. My GF asked me for my 2-3 highlights and this is what I wrote back…
“Long Road in the middle of the set was beautiful. Dedicated his brother who passed away. The Footsteps-Once-Alive trilogy was awesome because it was actually written here and I think it’s the first time they did it here. In general it was a shorter set and full of hits, but part of me is glad we got it out of our system. Not sure we would’ve enjoyed deep cuts any more than hits last night cuz we were already at max stoke! I teared up and started bouncing as soon as the lights went down. The guy in front of me turned around and goes “you are jacked up!” He didn’t last through half the set.”

PJNB said:

given2fly23 said:

100 Pacer said:

@given2fly23 waiting on your review.

Ha, thanks bud. My GF asked me for my 2-3 highlights and this is what I wrote back…
“Long Road in the middle of the set was beautiful. Dedicated his brother who passed away. The Footsteps-Once-Alive trilogy was awesome because it was actually written here and I think it’s the first time they did it here. In general it was a shorter set and full of hits, but part of me is glad we got it out of our system. Not sure we would’ve enjoyed deep cuts any more than hits last night cuz we were already at max stoke! I teared up and started bouncing as soon as the lights went down. The guy in front of me turned around and goes “you are jacked up!” He didn’t last through half the set.”

LMAO 

Can't wait to see that energy at the last shows of the tour man. 

That’s my church man. After 107 shows, I still get the same butterflies of excitement waiting for the band to walk out as I did at Soldier Field for my first concert ever. Standing next to my brother in our wing seats (thank you @Rubysdad and 10C!) feels like home.