Lets talk about the 2009 tour

Kevin Davis · Post by **Kevin Davis** » Sat June 01, 2013 12:17 am

You can blame the material; I blame Pearl Jam's dumb-assed fanbase for not knowing how to conduct themselves when faced with quieter, more nuanced material and maintain they probably would have done the same thing during "Sleight of Hand" and "Hard to Imagine."

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Sat June 01, 2013 12:30 am

Kevin Davis wrote:You can blame the material; I blame Pearl Jam's dumb-assed fanbase for not knowing how to conduct themselves when faced with quieter, more nuanced material and maintain they probably would have done the same thing during "Sleight of Hand" and "Hard to Imagine."

Pearl Jam fans are the worst.

matt reeder · Post by **matt reeder** » Sat June 01, 2013 1:46 am

Kevin Davis wrote:You can blame the material; I blame Pearl Jam's dumb-assed fanbase for not knowing how to conduct themselves when faced with quieter, more nuanced material and maintain they probably would have done the same thing during "Sleight of Hand" and "Hard to Imagine."

Probably, but I think "Hard to Imagine" would have gotten the fans more worked up than fucking "Speed of Sound". I would have rather heard the Coldplay song of the same name.

You're right, though.

Post by **Jorge** » Sat June 01, 2013 1:56 am

bluestate wrote:It was torture to be standing there watching my favorite band in what should've been one of the greatest moments of my life, while my favorite team was letting the World Series slip away to my most hated team in the universe... torture. I felt like something special was stolen from me that night. Even PJ couldn't make me feel better.

Really now.

Birds in Hell · Post by **Birds in Hell** » Sat June 01, 2013 2:45 am

theplatypus wrote:
bluestate wrote:It was torture to be standing there watching my favorite band in what should've been one of the greatest moments of my life, while my favorite team was letting the World Series slip away to my most hated team in the universe... torture. I felt like something special was stolen from me that night. Even PJ couldn't make me feel better.
Really now.

I don't get sports.

WtOB? · Post by **WtOB?** » Sat June 01, 2013 3:00 am

Birds in Hell wrote:
theplatypus wrote:
bluestate wrote:It was torture to be standing there watching my favorite band in what should've been one of the greatest moments of my life, while my favorite team was letting the World Series slip away to my most hated team in the universe... torture. I felt like something special was stolen from me that night. Even PJ couldn't make me feel better.
Really now.
I don't get sports.

Cricket is good.

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Sat June 01, 2013 3:02 am

WtOB? wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:
theplatypus wrote:
bluestate wrote:It was torture to be standing there watching my favorite band in what should've been one of the greatest moments of my life, while my favorite team was letting the World Series slip away to my most hated team in the universe... torture. I felt like something special was stolen from me that night. Even PJ couldn't make me feel better.
Really now.
I don't get sports.
Cricket is good.

Yeah but you can do more damage with a baseball bat.

Post by **epilogue** » Sat June 01, 2013 4:37 pm

I think all this just goes to show how baseball ruins everything.

mkay0 · Post by **mkay0** » Sun June 16, 2013 3:49 pm

I was at Chicago for both nights in 2009. I really, really enjoyed those shows, and still do on boots.

Night one's end of the first set was as riled up as PJ has ever gotten me - last three songs in that set were Insignificance, Got Some and StBC. I was hype as hell.

My wife, fiancé at the time, is very into Neil Young and the Who, so these shows had plenty for her. Love Reign O'er Me, The Real Me x2, Needle and the Damage Done, Fuckin Up were all played.

LikeLukin · Post by **LikeLukin** » Tue June 25, 2013 6:07 pm

Haven't posted here in a long time. Was reading threads at the pit a few minutes ago but had to get the fuck out of there. That place is a bigger shit show than I remembered.

Anyway, I actually threw on an '09 bootleg last night before going to sleep. I have the box set of this tour but most of the discs remain in the packaging. For whatever reason I decided to open up the Perth boot and tossed Disc 1 in the player. I have to say I was very pleasantly surprised. I think the pace and flow of the setlist is great, the tightness of the performance is great, and Ed's voice is actually not tooo bad for an '09 show. I even enjoyed Unthought Known, what the fuck is going on?! I will move on to Disc 2 tonight, where I am pessimistically (or realistically) expecting some typical buzz-killing encores. I hope I am wrong.

Cheers

CopperTom · Post by **CopperTom** » Sat May 21, 2016 12:05 am

The Spectrum 4 set list is in the latest issue of Deep. What was the first song in the first encore? I can't make it out.

AndySlash · Post by **AndySlash** » Sat May 21, 2016 12:19 am

"Bruce Song?"

VinylGuy · Post by **VinylGuy** » Sat May 21, 2016 2:22 am

ACL 09 was a blast. Ill never forget that one...

CopperTom · Post by **CopperTom** » Mon May 23, 2016 4:48 pm

AndySlash wrote:"Bruce Song?"

One for sale. Mike's. $300

Wendy Carlos's Twin · Post by **Wendy Carlos's Twin** » Mon May 23, 2016 6:22 pm

corduroy2121 wrote:huh?? they just won the World Series the year before. you really let yourself get that depressed over not winning it again? if you allowed that to ruin a Pearl Jam concert for you, that's a real shame

Pearl Jam themselves opened that door by having can-can girls parade around with scorecards.

And regardless, they performed like shit all 4 nights. I have never seen a bigger rift between fan reaction to a set of shows and what actually occurred onstage.

CopperTom · Post by **CopperTom** » Mon May 23, 2016 6:31 pm

Your never ending quest continues.

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Mon May 23, 2016 6:42 pm

Just admit that he's right.

matt reeder · Post by **matt reeder** » Mon May 23, 2016 6:46 pm

The Ridgefield show I saw on this tour was actually quite good. I'd say it's in the top 3-4 shows on the US leg of the tour, and definitely one of the 2-3 tightest shows. I was surprised.

For my money though the three best shows of the entire 2009 tour are the last three, Brisbane, Auckland and Christchurch. I pretty much don't ever pull out any shows from this tour other than those three and Ridgefield.

E.H. Ruddock · Post by **E.H. Ruddock** » Mon May 23, 2016 6:49 pm

matt reeder wrote:The Ridgefield show I saw on this tour was actually quite good. I'd say it's in the top 3-4 shows on the US leg of the tour, and definitely one of the 2-3 tightest shows. I was surprised.

For my money though the three best shows of the entire 2009 tour are the last three, Brisbane, Auckland and Christchurch. I pretty much don't ever pull out any shows from this tour other than those three and Ridgefield.

That Ridgefield show was way better than either Seattle show I was at a couple of nights earlier.

CopperTom · Post by **CopperTom** » Mon May 23, 2016 6:55 pm

cutuphalfdead wrote:Just admit that he's right.

No one was praising those shows. He decided to reply to a post from over 3 years ago just to bash it again. Just admit that he's on a never ending quest to bash these shows.

Red Mosquito

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