2018-09-02: Boston, Massachusetts

[Strat]

I dont get why Ed tries to sing Blood that late in the set. You wont make it buddy.

For that reason alone it's one of the relatively few songs I would not mind seeing disappear completely from sets.

Though to his credit, he is finally learning how to sing some of these songs without screeching.

[Monkey_Driven]

Blood and Leash should both be retired from the live set.

[Strat]

Blood and Leash should both be retired from the live set.

Leash has never been good with Matt C. Awful, really.

Blood is still great. The band is super intense and even though Ed can't scream like that, the song still manages that same intensity due to the great playing by the group. I enjoy hearing it.

[Monkey_Driven]

Blood and Leash should both be retired from the live set.

Leash has never been good with Matt C. Awful, really.

Blood is still great. The band is super intense and even though Ed can't scream like that, the song still manages that same intensity due to the great playing by the group. I enjoy hearing it.

I don't mind Blood as a song or modern performances, it needs to be retired due to the strain on Ed's voice for the rest of the show.

[Norah]

3 hours is too fucking much. Leave 'em wanting more.

Pearl Jam’s ideal setlist length was achieved around 1998/2000, it’s been too much of a good (mileage may vary) thing ever since.

spenno gets it

[opsopcopolis]

Love Blood but I wouldn't mind not seeing it again tbh. He just can't do it. Same with Comatose

[Captain Termite]

More disorganized thoughts about the show (based on memory):

Black had a nice long electrified Mike guitar outro, and I would have been fine with that but the crowd wanted some "do do do's" so Ed got on the mic and steered it instead into some nice vocal tags. So the whole song was pretty long (in a good way).

I didn't think the Porch jam really worked.

By some miracle, they played Tremor Christ excellently and it sounded good in the venue.

I really like Taillights Fade, and it matches Pearl Jam, so it was a good cover choice and enjoyable for me. I didn't realize until afterwards that Buffalo Tom played that show in the club next to Fenway that was part of that story Ed told in 2016 about sneaking into the park. I just thought Ed was being forgetful and re-telling that same story.

The first encore "break" seemed like it was about 30 seconds long.

[Bi_3]

All the people here at Woody’s Grill and Tap loved this show. Might we be wrong?

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[Norah]

All the people here at Woody’s Grill and Tap loved this show. Might we be wrong?

The 44,980 fans who had a great time are wrong. The 20 grumbling posters on RM are right.

Now you're getting it!

[Bi_3]

All the people here at Woody’s Grill and Tap loved this show. Might we be wrong?

The 44,980 fans who had a great time are wrong. The 20 grumbling posters on RM are right.

Now you're getting it!

The fucking sheeple cannot be allowed to be recognized

[numbers]

I had a great time.

[Strat]

That buffalo tom cover is fantastic.

[dimejinky99]

THEYll be playing it again tonight I’m told.

[Bi_3]

THEYll be playing it again tonight I’m told.

Eh. I guess they did the same thing with Walk the Line two years ago

[opsopcopolis]

THEYll be playing it again tonight I’m told.

Eh. I guess they did the same thing with Walk the Line two years ago

meh

[stompbox]

Is it fair to say it is unreasonable of the fans to have such high expectations? Yes, but at the same time PJ set it up.

These multiple shows in just a few cities, complete with travel packages in $300-$600 per night hotel rooms, and the rare ballpark events pushing $150 per ticket also contribute to high expectations. People spent a shit ton of money on these shows.

I know I did, but quite frankly, having never been out west.... I viewed the shows as something else fun I did on vacation. The shows paled in comparison to seeing the waterfalls in Portland, hiking Mt Hood, hiking Mount Rainier, touring Seattle, hiking Glacier National Park.... Seattle 1, Seattle 2 and Missoula never even had a chance competing against those. However, others traveled just for the shows and it puts a whole new level of importance of those shows on them.

Two shows in a location with a day off gives the band ample of time to settle in, plan and practice.

[Norah]

People spent a shit ton of money on these shows.

Maybe they'll learn their lesson.

[bodysnatcher]

People spent a shit ton of money on these shows.

Maybe they'll learn their lesson.

i'd be willing to bet that at least one person in the world took out a second mortgage just to go on this entire tour

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now