We wanna hear the hits!!!

mace1229 said:

Both extremes seems equally ridiculous. All hits every time wouldn’t be fun, neither would only deep cuts. You need a mix.
I honestly can’t understand why anyone would hear RVM, Corduroy, or Elderly Woman and think to themselves “man I wish they were playing Let The Records Play or Speed of Sound right now.”
Anyone who claims they’re bored of a song because they heard it live 20, 30, 40, 50 times I assume doesn’t own any bootlegs because that would just get really boring then.

BF25394 said:

OP:

You've had 30 years to familiarize yourself with the band's repertoire beyond the (very) few songs that got played on the radio.  You live in an era where you don't even have to buy the albums to do this (alas), so the barrier to entry is very low from a financial standpoint.  I promise you: the songs you're not familiar with are, for the most part, just as good as the songs you know by heart.  You just don't know it because you never spent the time with them that you spent with the "hits."  That's not to say that every deep cut is Pearl Jam's best work, but neither is every "hit."

Anyway, the band's approach to shows is well-documented, so to expect it to change at this point-- and in mid-tour-- is unrealistic.  It's also unrealistic because the diversity of the band's set lists is Pearl Jam's stock-in-trade when it comes to live performance.  This is why a small but significant number of people go to see the band over and over again.  I am seeing nine shows on this tour, which will bring me to 72 shows lifetime.  If the band were playing the same songs with minimal variation every night, I can assure you I would not be doing this.

RiotAct10 said:

JimmyV said:

Open with Alive and blow people's minds. 

It has been done. June 9, 2003 Dallas is at least one example.

EddieBetterMan said:

Get_Right said:

mace1229 said:

Both extremes seems equally ridiculous. All hits every time wouldn’t be fun, neither would only deep cuts. You need a mix.
I honestly can’t understand why anyone would hear RVM, Corduroy, or Elderly Woman and think to themselves “man I wish they were playing Let The Records Play or Speed of Sound right now.”
Anyone who claims they’re bored of a song because they heard it live 20, 30, 40, 50 times I assume doesn’t own any bootlegs because that would just get really boring then.

You would be correct.  60 shows and it is rare I listen to any boots. In fact I rarely listen to any Pearl Jam except for the most recent record. I live for the live shows. And I wish they would retire all of the songs from Ten except Release. That said, I love all the songs live and do not complain when I get a greatest hits show. It happens. You pays your money and takes your chances.

Why would they retire all the songs from Ten? This forum is crazy. Iv followed the band since 92 , when I was 12 years old and you guys trip me out 😆 TEN is the primary to maybe ONLY reason reason 80% of concert goers (which are casuals by the way) that attend the shows , 20% of the fans are you guys traveling around wanting to hear dirty frank or sweet Lew  to plug into the list of songs your missing from your "songs list", trust me , NO ONE gives a rats ass when they play those songs outside the 20% or ppl in this forum watching the set list as dimitris is entering them in one by one 😆 🤣

 22. Bushleaguer

"Wow!!!! Lucky crowd!!!!!"

Yeah no, 90% in that building is like, "what the F is this garbage?" I personally like it buthe'll, id rather hear a hit at a show than "deep cuts" 

Gccastillo said:

I want to start by saying I love PJ and their shows. I seen PJ twice in my life and it was back to back shows at Fenway. I am going to the Vegas show on 5/20/2022. Although the shows are great and sound great I was disappointed after the first Fenway show. i was disappointed because I didnt hear all of their hits. I had to go to the second show to hear the hits they did not play in the first. Lets face we go to hear the hits as well as other songs. We pay a lot of $$$$ for their shows, more than most artists and to not hear all their hits at each show is just robbery! Some of us dont have the $$$ to go to back to back shows. Also you they tour so infrequently that you could go to many shows and still not hear the hits! My friend is going to the Vegas show with me and she has never seen PJ and I know she will be disappointed when they don't play all of their hits.I am begging you PJ to play all the hits that every fan wants to hear, please!!! I love your music!!

JimmyV said:

washed in black said:

Gccastillo said:

I want to start by saying I love PJ and their shows. I seen PJ twice in my life and it was back to back shows at Fenway. I am going to the Vegas show on 5/20/2022. Although the shows are great and sound great I was disappointed after the first Fenway show. i was disappointed because I didnt hear all of their hits. I had to go to the second show to hear the hits they did not play in the first. Lets face we go to hear the hits as well as other songs. We pay a lot of $$$$ for their shows, more than most artists and to not hear all their hits at each show is just robbery! Some of us dont have the $$$ to go to back to back shows. Also you they tour so infrequently that you could go to many shows and still not hear the hits! My friend is going to the Vegas show with me and she has never seen PJ and I know she will be disappointed when they don't play all of their hits.I am begging you PJ to play all the hits that every fan wants to hear, please!!! I love your music!!

The hit I want to hear is Undone!  And I would love to complete a few more albums with Big Wave, God's Dice, Getaway & My Father's Son! 

Since Vegas is the last show on the first leg, I'd say there's more of a chance to get something on the rare side as opposed to radio "hits". But, ultimately, that's up to Ed and the rest of the band.

We are one week shy of 12 years since Undone was last played.