Anybody wish they'd shake up the set closers?

[mikejasond]

San Sebastian 2000 has RVM mid set, with no extended jam. It's actually a really nice version of the song, and clocks in around the 5:40 mark for playing time. Give it a listen if you haven't heard it in awhile / ever.

Personally, I think Indifference is one of the worst possible songs they could close with. It's such a downer to end an otherwise fun night.

Yeah I don't like them ending with that, or a cover like RITFW. Yellow Ledbetter is a great one but I wish they had more?

[Self]

If they don't end with one of the few closers they have been using all these years, will people ever leave?

[CopperTom]

Set closers I've heard:

RVM 16
DTE 2
Blood 2
Jeremy 1
Go 2
Porch 4
Why Go 2
Save You 1
Life Wasted 1
Better Man 3

[MattA75]

Porch (4)
RVM (3)
Why Go (2)
Blood (2)
Once
Jeremy
DTE
Black - I'm pretty sure this wasn't supposed to be the set closer, but Ed got emotional and the band left
Alive
Leash

Once was badass as a set closer, they really should use that a bit more often to change things up

[Bammer]

chud keeps spreadsheets of everything in his life

I had quite the PJ spreadsheet going there for several years.

[CopperTom]

chud keeps spreadsheets of everything in his life

I had quite the PJ spreadsheet going there for several years.

Go on...

[Norris]

I don't use that app nor do I keep a spreadsheet.

[Bammer]

chud keeps spreadsheets of everything in his life

I had quite the PJ spreadsheet going there for several years.

Go on...

Oh man it was a little bit of everything.
- Song meanings (can't remember where I found that info)
- List of tracks from each album where I kept tabs on which I'd seen in concert and how many times, plus ranking which was my favorite track "per number" across the entire catalog (for example my favorite track #1 was Once, favorite track #2 was Animal, etc.)
- Same for unreleased tracks and B-sides
- How much of each album I'd seen live

For the most part, the things that the stat tracker app does now.

I don't use that app nor do I keep a spreadsheet.

LIES!

[spike]

yeah, i don't believe him either.

[matt reeder]

Porch
Rearviewmirror
Rearviewmirror
Blood
Blood
Life Wasted
Life Wasted
Rearviewmirror

That is from memory, because I haven't been to all that many shows and I have an excellent memory. I love "Blood" as a set closer but Ed doesn't really have the vocal chords to do it anymore.

[LetMeSleep]

Porch
RVM
Got Some
Blood
Betterman
RVM

[ridleybradout]

Only two non-Porch/RVM for me:

Blood
Porch
RVM
Porch
RVM
DTE
RVM

I've also seen 3 EV solo shows, all closing with Porch (I think they all do that though).

[William Bloke]

Set closers I've heard:

RVM 16
DTE 2
Blood 2
Jeremy 1
Go 2
Porch 4
Why Go 2
Save You 1
Life Wasted 1
Better Man 3

*Fixed for me.

[tooch]

Main Set Closers I've Heard:

Porch (9)
RVM (7)
Alive (5)
Jeremy (2)
STBC (2)
Black
Immortality
Parting Ways
Once
Why Go
Blood
Go
Do the Evolution
Life Wasted

[Kevin Davis]

Songs I have seen close the main set of a Pearl Jam show:

Alive (1998)
Corduroy (2006)
Even Flow (2006)
Blood (2009)
Better Man (2014)

No RVM or Porch. Out of those five shows, I've only had RVM once (2009) and Porch twice (2006 & 2014).

Interesting idea.

RVM (STL 2000)
Porch (Champaign 2003)
RVM (Chicago 2003)
RVM (STL 2004)
Spin the Black Circle (Chicago 1 2009)
The Fixer (STL 2010)
RVM (STL 2014)
Porch (Moline 2014)

[dprival78]

SOLAT would be a good set closer