Originally posted by LikeASong:Can't see what's wrong in repeating 4, 6 or even more staples that simply work and are fan favorites. We've discussed this to death regarding U2, and even though Pearl Jam's audiences are a little different, there are still a lot of % of the audience that are casual fans and wouldn't be overally satisfied if they got a set purely consiting of new songs plus rarities. I include myself among them. I would be PISSED if I didn't get Alive, Better Man, RVM, Do The Evolution or some others at my show. And I suppose there would be a lot like me in the audience. Not everyone is a die hard or want to get 10 deep cuts at their shows. I don't.
You're right in a sense but its amazing, I feel like "most " of the casual fans have been weeded out over the years because of the craziness of their sets. I mean , when they busted out "Black Red Yellow" at Msg in 2010 the crowd went crazy. Can't say the same when I saw U2 do Zooropa. It' absolutely was a dud with my audience. And Zooropa is an album track! Not an obscure b side. At the end of the day you can never please everyone. I would of preferred those other songs you mentioned Ed but who cares. Like i said my initial reaction to those repeats were uggghhh until I fed off the unbelievable crowd energy.