static set lists, if only Live were more flexible Options

[phungi]

Not to get into a Live vs Pearl Jam (or Live vs another band) argument, but someone posted the following on a Pearl Jam forum about the current tour:

These 6 shows have been incredible so far!!!! Sick setlists all the way through.

I did some tabulating... and through the 6 shows thus far they've played 79...

yes... 79... different songs...

79 songs over 6 concerts consecutively is pretty amazing.

Given Live's discography (7 studio albums, numerous covers) they could certainly mix it up a bit more. I pulled 6 set lists from the "On the Road" threads, and calculated 25 different songs over 6 shows (alphabetically, with # of times played)

All Over You (6)
Believe (2)
Blowin' In the Wind (2)
Dance with you (1)
Dolphins Cry (6)
Forever (6)
Gas Head (6)
Heaven (6)
Hold Me Up (6)
I Alone (6)
Iris (1)
Lakinis Juice (6)
Lightning Crashes (6)
Purifier (2)
Run to the Water (2)
Selling the Drama (2)
Shit Towne (2)
Sofia (6)
Supernatural (1)
The Distance (5)
They Stood up for Love (2)
Top (2)
Turn My Head (6)
Waitress (1)
White Discussion (6)

I may be off by a count or two, but these are the only songs played over 6 nights... not a very diverse set list, considering they have a catalog of 88 studio songs as well as 10+ covers. As much as I will miss them if they do not reunite after this hiatus, I already miss them not being the premier touring band that lives up to the name +Live+.

Just my opinion, of course...

[Pokey]

Ive been saying this for years, its a shame that it seemed like it was a case of too little too late, right before they split it seemed they were finally starting to mix it up with songs like gas hed, top, supernatural, hold me up, all coming out of nowhere into the setlist. its nothing like what bands such as Ween or Pearl Jam do where it's just a totally different set every night, but really that was never gonna happen with live, as much as it could have and should have been done ... but yeah, a shame that right after that they went on this break because you know as soon as they come back together, as much as it'll be awesome to see them together again, they'll go right back to the 'best of' setlist they've had for ages because they won't have performed any of them as a united band in a few years.