Not changing the arrangements of (most of) the songs over all these years. They play 'em faster, but otherwise most are played pretty much the same way they've always been. For a band that changes up its setlists, they really play it safe when it comes to arrangements/improvisation. Now more than ever. Add to that not changing their core cover songs -- RITFW, Baba, etc. I generally leave every live show after the first encore because encore 2 is typically something I've already seen many, many times before.
PryTo wrote:Not changing the arrangements of (most of) the songs over all these years. They play 'em faster, but otherwise most are played pretty much the same way they've always been. For a band that changes up its setlists, they really play it safe when it comes to arrangements/improvisation. Now more than ever. Add to that not changing their core cover songs -- RITFW, Baba, etc. I generally leave every live show after the first encore because encore 2 is typically something I've already seen many, many times before.
I'm glad they do it this way. If they were doing the "heritage act" thing and playing medleys of their "hits," for example, it'd be super lame.
PryTo wrote:Not changing the arrangements of (most of) the songs over all these years. They play 'em faster, but otherwise most are played pretty much the same way they've always been. For a band that changes up its setlists, they really play it safe when it comes to arrangements/improvisation. Now more than ever. Add to that not changing their core cover songs -- RITFW, Baba, etc. I generally leave every live show after the first encore because encore 2 is typically something I've already seen many, many times before.
I'm glad they do it this way. If they were doing the "heritage act" thing and playing medleys of their "hits," for example, it'd be super lame.
I think this was meant more in the "Bridge School Corduroy" kind of way.
PryTo wrote:Not changing the arrangements of (most of) the songs over all these years. They play 'em faster, but otherwise most are played pretty much the same way they've always been. For a band that changes up its setlists, they really play it safe when it comes to arrangements/improvisation. Now more than ever. Add to that not changing their core cover songs -- RITFW, Baba, etc. I generally leave every live show after the first encore because encore 2 is typically something I've already seen many, many times before.
I'm glad they do it this way. If they were doing the "heritage act" thing and playing medleys of their "hits," for example, it'd be super lame.
I think this was meant more in the "Bridge School Corduroy" kind of way.
Released that album of songs written with hand gestures/physical crowd interaction in mind.
PEARL JAM - WITH OUR FISTS RAISED TO THE SKY
1. With Our Fists Raised to the Sky
2. (We'll Be) Jumping Through the Chorus
3. Middle Finger to Your Neighbor
4. High-Five a Stranger (Now You've Got a Friend)
5. Elbow the Ghosts Who Creep Up Behind You
6. Sway Like the Trees, The Wind, The Breeze
7. Surfing the Earth (Strike a Pose on Your Board)
8. Pretend Your Hand is a Monocle
9. Sleeping By Myself (Let's See Those Palms)
10. Count Backwards from Ten Till We Do it Again
11. Better Man (Live)