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  1. Originally posted by KieranU2:[..]

    Wow. This is why I love Pearl Jam.

    Watching 'Immagine in Cornice', it's great seeing them make up the encores. Just a random selection of songs they choose to play a minute before they go stage to play them. The beauty of being able to change your sets every night against the blandness of having a staple set gig after gig.

    Do they really write the setlists a few mins before going onstage?

  2. Sure. Sometimes. And a lot of times they'll change it mid show. If u follow the handwritten sets you'll see a good amount of audibles called.


  3. The main set could be written four hours, forty minutes or even four minutes before they arrive on stage. Eddie Vedder usually has a hunch about how the audience are going to behave so he might pop four slow songs to start and then proceed with 'Go', 'Animal' then 'Do the Evolution'. Then they'll determine how the audience have reacted by playing certain songs in the encore. As Nick said, they sometimes change the set midway through the show and Vedder will scribble out a song and change it with another, or simply add a song in.
  4. ...or take off a song in curfew is looming.
  5. It used to be 1 slow song to start. But because every show is pretty much 3hrs or more now Since 2013 i think the slow start is smart and necessary.
  6. If you pay attention to the sets, they are structured brillianty. Sometimes they flow better than others but for the most part after every show we're allin awe of the set. Which isn't easy with such a spoiled fan base.

    I could talk PJ and their sets endlessly.
  7. Originally posted by RUMMY:It does indeed give one a reason to follow a band around, doesn't it. There are times in the past that I considered seeing a band a second time within a short period (eg, Oasis in 2002 and 2005 and U2 in 2009) but in terms of song variety it didn't really seem worth the effort.


    It's the reason following them this summer and basically never did this with U2. The variety in setlists is great, and listening to them live, the whole fan experience, amazing
  8. I agree with that, sometimes they can be horrendously inconsistent but that is bound to happen.

    Depends how they're feeling – they could even start with five screams, like 'Go', 'Animal', 'Hail Hail', 'Why Go' then 'Do the Evolution'. Before you know, your legs are already killing you.
  9. Originally posted by RUMMY:[..]

    Nice - about a four hour drive, I see. Sounds familiar. Nice it's a Friday night show.

    Are you also going to Moline?

    Nope, only got tickets for the show tonight! Section 111 facing the stage. Great seats! I was lucky

  10. Awesome. Enjoy.
  11. I knew they swapped songs, or added other ones, in the middle of the show or during the encore. But I didn't know they used to properly write the setlist just few minutes before going onstage - that's amazing. Another reason to admire this guys.
  12. Originally posted by LikeASong:I knew they swapped songs, or added other ones, in the middle of the show or during the encore. But I didn't know they used to properly write the setlist just few minutes before going onstage - that's amazing. Another reason to admire this guys.

    There's a great little bit in the PJ20 movie towards the end where they discuss the setlist process. It's worth checking out. Actually if u have the time the whole movie is worth watching, even if you're a casual fan.
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