Red Mosquito

stip wrote:

DeLima wrote:

stip wrote:Also, I started seeing pearl jam in 1996, and all my favorite shows were from the 03 and 06 tours. And in terms of sound I think the 05 tour is probably the best they ever did

This is pretty accurate, except the 2000 tour beats all. But pretty accurate otherwise.

Stip, can you correct the spelling in the thread title?

the three shows I saw that tour are probably 3 of my bottom 5. But I just had bad luck

What were the 3 shows?

Jones Beach 1 and 2, and the first philly show.

Lament wrote: Pearl Jam peaked at 4:30 in the afternoon at Jones Beach in 1992

Uhh, they were on actually earlier than that. The band had not broken supernova yet and they were given a very early slot on the bill. It went Lush then Pearl Jam. Second on a bill of about ten acts!

You should've been there.

Can someone graph this shit for me?

stip wrote:i stopped caring when they changed their name from Mookie Blaylock

They were still pretty good as the Honking Seals too. But they'd gotten a little fat and lazy with their success.

stip wrote:Jones Beach 1 and 2, and the first philly show.

Yeah JB 1 and 2 were not the best, particularly JB 1. I'm a bit surprised you're down on Philly 1. You shoulda gone to Boston 1 that tour.

It may have also been Philly 2. I'm not sure which one I saw. I have few memories of that show one way or the other. It's my forgotten show, so how good could it have been.

stip wrote:It may have also been Philly 2. I'm not sure which one I saw. I have few memories of that show one way or the other. It's my forgotten show, so how good could it have been.

Can you remember if they played Breath? That would have been a big deal at the time, and that'd give you the answer.

"When I gazed longingly into Wishlist's eyes that day at Jones Beach, I knew it would all be downhill from there. But I also knew it had all been worth it, because for a single moment when our eyes met in a stare, the world was perfect." -Ed, deleted scene from PJ20

warehouse wrote:im not sure how you can call a band lazy when they put on 3 hour concerts routinely and play songs from every era of their 20+ year career.

No, I don't mean lazy in the sense of energy and physical effort. Pearl Jam probably still score high marks in those departments. By lazy I mean...well, do they still close their shows with "Yellow Ledbetter"? Are they still doing "Rockin' In The Free World"? If so, then that's just a lazy option. Why not try and bring something different to the game instead of the tried and tested and safe?

Goddammit, you're a Spenno second account.

Wishlist wrote:

warehouse wrote:im not sure how you can call a band lazy when they put on 3 hour concerts routinely and play songs from every era of their 20+ year career.

No, I don't mean lazy in the sense of energy and physical effort. Pearl Jam probably still score high marks in those departments. By lazy I mean...well, do they still close their shows with "Yellow Ledbetter"? Are they still doing "Rockin' In The Free World"? If so, then that's just a lazy option. Why not try and bring something different to the game instead of the tried and tested and safe?

the only thing you could call "lazy" about their live show is their lack of creativity with the second encore. it seemed to me there were less covers this year, and i noticed 'indifference' close more shows than normal. they covered 'mother' by pink floyd when i saw them, which is a new cover as far as i know.

now this thread just sucks

cutuphalfdead wrote:now this thread just sucks

It certainly isn't what it was on page 1. Man that was a thread.

warehouse wrote:the only thing you could call "lazy" about their live show is their lack of creativity with the second encore.

That's not the only thing, it's just an example I gave you. And it is an apt example. Jeez, they've been closing their shows with that song for how many decades now? Man, even Springsteen doesn't close with "The Detroit Medley" anymore, but Pearl Jam is going to close their shows with....uhh, let me guess..."Yellow Ledbetter"!

Pearl Jam in 2014 pretty much sucks.

The variety in the setlists was much greater in 1992.

When they closed with Black in Dublin in 2000, it was sweet.

cutuphalfdead wrote:Pearl Jam in 2014 pretty much sucks.

Now's the time for them to listen to their fans, and release the album that LB should've been. It'll be called Lighting Re-Bolted.