Sixdrakes said:
62strat said:
Man I'm torn on whether or not to go to Pearl Jam.
I bought the tickets third party back in March of 2020, so it's been a while, and that money is sunken at this point. I could probably sell for $1000 (front row club level) and profit a few hundred bucks.
Reality is, I like Ten front to back, then for vs and vitalogy, I like the singles, and that's where it ends with me.
Looking at setlists, it's of course all over the place.. back in may they had cameron out from covid, and had Krusen sit in one night, and played nearly all of Ten; that would have been a dream setlist.
The most recent 6-7 shows they play anywhere from 3-4 songs off ten, then maybe another single off vs/vitalogy, so it's a lot of money to see 6-7 songs.
Though the other night at MSG, they played 10 songs off the first two albums, plus chloe dancer/crown of thorns. I would be elated to get a setlist like that and wouldn't even question going.
As much as I respect artists like them that change it up every night.. and I mean completely different sets, it sure doesn't help a fan like myself who only knows/likes a third of their catalog.
I really wish I could find out what they are playing!
I've never seen them. My wife was a die hard fan in when they burst on the scene and met them and saw them in 93/94 or so, but hasn't seen them since as her fandom depth is just like mine.. it stops at vitalogy.
Their US album sales, in album order, are 13x plat, 7x plat, 5x plat, plat, plat, then gold for most recent 6, so clearly a lot of fans are just like me. It's a wonder they don't consistently put a lot more of their classic stuff in shows.
To compare, I've seen Alice in chains about 10 times since 2007ish, and every show is 75% '90-'95 hits, with a few of whatever is new sprinkled in. They seem to get it.
I went to the LA Night 1 and MSG shows. I'm going to the OKC and Denver shows next week. You will not regret going to see them live. Every concert of theirs I have been to has been a unique experience. The energy from the crowd is unexplainable until you've experienced it yourself. They typically put on really good shows in Oklahoma and the Denver show is the last of the 2022 tour. I expect both of these shows to be beyond my expectations. Again, I highly recommend you keeping the tickets and attending the show.
We'll, as my luck would have it, of every set list I looked up of theirs on this tour, my show least represented Ten.
TWO f-in songs from ten. Two. Meh.
They almost made it up with Chloe dancer/crown of thorns. It did for the wifey anyway, she loved Apple front to back so she was all over that and it was unexpected.
But man, insult to injury, they throw in spin the black circle and rearview mirror as 2 of the early album songs. I almost forgot about those 'hits'. Black circle is just not my cup of tea.
No black, Jeremy, porch, dissident, daughter, go, why go, animal, oceans, garden, once, release, immortality
So many good songs left off that were sprinkled all over the last 10 shows.
Oh well. I do really like just breathe, and it was a tour debut in Denver. Also, Ledbetter is probably a top 3 for me, and they snuck that in, hasn't been played at many shows. (I think just 2 out decent 11 show run)
Long Road
Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town
Thin Air
Just Breathe
Present Tense
Interstellar Overdrive (Pink Floyd cover
Corduroy
Spin the Black Circle
Throw Your Hatred Down(Neil Young cover)
Given to Fly
Who Ever Said
Even Flow
Dance of the Clairvoyants
River Cross
Save You
Better Man
Last Kiss(Wayne Cochran cover)
Faithfull
Lukin
Rearviewmirror
Encore:
I Won't Back Down (Tom Petty cover)
Chloe Dancer (Mother Love Bone cover)
Crown of Thorns (Mother Love Bone cover)
Alive
Baba O'Riley (The Who cover)
Yellow Ledbetter
Side note - Lukin? Had to look it up cause I remember when they played it. Man, sorry PJ fans., but that is crap.
Also, I wish McCready would play some sort of resemblance of album solos. Even flow? It was a bunch of noise. Playing guitar behind his head, and it didn't sound good at all. I'm a guitar player of 30 years, and very much appreciate his solos on the record. I know Alive solo note for note. Not one of those was played tonight.
I digress. I've been to 200+ concerts and am a fan of live music at the end of the day.