Red Mosquito

Black vs Even Flow

Even Flow for all my reasons in the other thread

Black

Think Even Flow is about a top 100 Pearl Jam song. Mid tier song on Ten.

Even Flow, Alive, Black, Jeremy. Those four songs changed my approach to music listening forever. After hearing them I no longer wanted music to play in the background while I did some other activity. I wanted music to be the activity, similar to reading a book or watching a movie, only better.

I don’t like voting against any of those 4 songs.

Even Flow

C'mon now:

That’s my favorite live version, set up so well coming out of Oceans.

In that case my vote is

Nice to see everyone coming around on Even Flow again. I'm old enough to remember when it was considered to be the "piss break" song.

Farmer John wrote:Nice to see everyone coming around on Even Flow again. I'm old enough to remember when it was considered to be the "piss break" song.

I’ve never heard this.

blueviper wrote:

Farmer John wrote:Nice to see everyone coming around on Even Flow again. I'm old enough to remember when it was considered to be the "piss break" song.

I’ve never heard this.

I'm probably basing that on one or two posts I once saw on RM, but it's true!

Porch

Farmer John wrote:

blueviper wrote:

Farmer John wrote:Nice to see everyone coming around on Even Flow again. I'm old enough to remember when it was considered to be the "piss break" song.

I’ve never heard this.

I'm probably basing that on one or two posts I once saw on RM, but it's true!

Yes, there was an RM era where folks here would complain about it (a lot of it being MC playing it too fast), and it being the piss break song in the set whilst us high and mighty fans waiting diligently for the Strangest Tribe breakout.

Farmer John wrote:

blueviper wrote:

Farmer John wrote:Nice to see everyone coming around on Even Flow again. I'm old enough to remember when it was considered to be the "piss break" song.

I’ve never heard this.

I'm probably basing that on one or two posts I once saw on RM, but it's true!

I see it at the shows, still. Pisses me off!

blueviper wrote:

Farmer John wrote:Nice to see everyone coming around on Even Flow again. I'm old enough to remember when it was considered to be the "piss break" song.

I’ve never heard this.

epilogue wrote:

blueviper wrote:

Farmer John wrote:Nice to see everyone coming around on Even Flow again. I'm old enough to remember when it was considered to be the "piss break" song.

I’ve never heard this.

*Still a piss break song if:
• You’ve been to 10+ PJ concerts
• Are more excited about the new(er) material
• You’re in assigned seats and drinking beer

after the first couple tours with Matt, even flow became a struggle to listen to live

the tempo was insanely fast

it lost its groove and character

you used to be able to make out interesting details in mike's solos

instead the speed just rendered the whole thing a wall of noise

original dave krusen even flow, nice and slow, had character, groove, was in no hurry to get anywhere

you just chilled in the groovy pocket

Original Dave K even flow was built for grooving

Mattspeed even flow was built for urination

liebzz wrote:

Farmer John wrote:

blueviper wrote:

Farmer John wrote:Nice to see everyone coming around on Even Flow again. I'm old enough to remember when it was considered to be the "piss break" song.

I’ve never heard this.

I'm probably basing that on one or two posts I once saw on RM, but it's true!

Yes, there was an RM era where folks here would complain about it (a lot of it being MC playing it too fast), and it being the piss break song in the set whilst us high and mighty fans waiting diligently for the Strangest Tribe breakout.

I believe some setlist relayers would literally post "Piss Break" here on the board when Even Flow started up.

Even flow works at all speeds for me. It isn't the most emotional, cathartic, or anthemic song of Pearl Jam's but even more so than Porch captures the live experience of Pearl Jam from the whole ensemble of players and crowd. Remember this from first seeing the music video to the last time I saw it live.

Also the piss break is clearly the encore break, gives you a sense of urgency to get back and not miss anything.

Is it true that Pearl Jam changed the ticket availability for ten club members from seniority to random because fans in the first row were doing things like opening newspapers while Even Flow was played?

Even Flow wins, decisively.