Memorize All Pearl Jam Songs and Rarities by 10/31

Rearviewrelease

So as I was listening to Pearl Jam I realized something....I know way less songs and lyrics by heart then I should. Right now it looks something like this....

TEN

Once- YES
Even Flow- YES
Alive- YES
Why Go- YES
Black- YES
Jeremy- YES
Oceans - NO
Porch- YES
Garden- YES
Deep- NO
Release- YES

VS.

Go - YES
Animal - YES
Daughter- YES
Glorified G- YES
Dissident- YES
W.M.A. - YES
Blood- YES
Rearviewmirror- YES
Rats- YES
Small Town- YES
Leash- YES
Indiffierence- YES

Vitalogy

Last Exit- NO
Spin the Black Circle- NO
Not For You- NO
Tremor Christ- NO
Nothingman- NO
Whipping- NO
Pry, To- LOL
Corduroy- YES
Bugs- LOL
Satan's Bed- YES
Better Man- YES
Aye Davanita- NO
Immortality- NO
Mop- LOL

No Code

Sometimes- NO
Hail, Hail- NO
Who You Are- NO
In My Tree- NO
Smile- YES
Off He Goes- NO
Habit- NO
Red Mosquito- YES
Lukin- YES
Present Tense- NO
Mankind- NO
I'm Open- NO
Around the Bend- NO

Yield

Brain of J.- NO
Faithfull- NO
No Way- NO
Given to Fly- YES
Wishlist- NO
Pilate - NO
Do the Evolution - YES
Untitled - LOL
MFC- NO
Low Light- NO
In Hiding- NO
Push Me, Pull Me- NO
All Those Yesterdays- NO

Binaural

NONE

Riot Act

NONE

Pearl Jam

Life Wasted- YES
World Wide Suicide- YES
Comatose- YES
Severed Hand- YES
Marker in the Sand- YES
Parachutes-NO
Unemployable- YES
Big Wave- NO
Gone- NO
Wasted Reprise- YES
Army Reserve- YES
Come Back- NO
Inside Job- YES

Lost Dogs

NONE except Footsteps, Wash, Yellow Ledbetter and Last Kiss


As you can see.....I don't have a lot memorized. I started listening to them recently, ala ST, and then started listening to Ten and VS. like mad. Never really listened to Binaural or Riot Act ever, and the middle three were also very very rare plays.

My plan, or wish rather, is to memorize and know every single song for the show, so that when I'm in the 10C area for the first time...I can sing along to any song they throw at us.

Who wants to join me on this adventure. Maybe we could post updates of our methods, how many we do in an allotted amount of time etc. etc.

Starting with Ten songs I don't know and then going from there....we'll see what happens

I'm also ashamed to not know any really popular songs like Present Tense by heart. Since I didn't buy the albums right when they cam out...I never listened to them as much as I did ST, which was an everyday thing.

But...wish me luck!

Hopefully by Halloween my brain will be stuffed with PJ lyrics!

Wobbie

Rearviewrelease wrote:

But...wish me luck!

Why? So you can scream in my ear?? :shock: :shock:

Rearviewrelease

imalive wrote:

Rearviewrelease wrote:

But...wish me luck!

Why? So you can scream in my ear?? :shock: :shock:

Lol.

I guess I should have worded it differently.

This is more a personal thing. I'd rather the words to the songs, not so I can sing along and be annoying, but so I can be more connected.

My last 2 shows whenever they played a song I didn't really know...I felt ashamed to be there.

That's why I'm doing this.

jecica

If you remember all the words AND when and what shows they were played at, than I would be impressed.

takin_punches

You are doing better than me. I can't even guess how many times I've listened to Vs. & Vitalogy (a couple of my favorite Pearl Jam albums) & I only have about half the songs down. Ten is the only album I have a majority of the songs memorized (75%).

I am thinking if I look at the printed lyrics while listening the memorization would come quick..but it's just something I've never worried about. I guess I have just been more about the emotion/energy from lyrics but this is something I should change; I know I'm missing out on some messages from the songs!

Rearviewrelease

takin_punches wrote:

You are doing better than me. I can't even guess how many times I've listened to Vs. & Vitalogy (a couple of my favorite Pearl Jam albums) & I only have about half the songs down. Ten is the only album I have a majority of the songs memorized (75%).

I am thinking if I look at the printed lyrics while listening the memorization would come quick..but it's just something I've never worried about. I guess I have just been more about the emotion/energy from lyrics but this is something I should change; I know I'm missing out on some messages from the songs!

Exactly how I felt!

I loved the songs live, but I felt like I was missing something not knowing the words.

Maybe you should join this memorization journey with me

PearlyOceans

I've been a fan for almost 15 years and even I don't know the lyrics to half of the songs. Since English isn't my first language I need to sit down with the lyrics in front of me, because often I can't even hear what Ed is singing. But I never took time to do so. Maybe I should some day soon. I can't stand it that I don't know the lyrics

Bathgate66

hopefully you've reconsidered and have given binaural , no code and even riot act some listens,

theres way too many no's under these albums man.

tighten up ,...know all the albums.
youre not gonna hear alot of them but its good to know when they do pop up !

PureandEasy

and it's all about the words, you are missing out on some serious great lyrics there buddy

AtlantaJammer

PureandEasy wrote:

and it's all about the words, you are missing out on some serious great lyrics there buddy

Ditto

blondieblue227

PearlyOceans wrote:

I've been a fan for almost 15 years and even I don't know the lyrics to half of the songs. Since English isn't my first language I need to sit down with the lyrics in front of me, because often I can't even hear what Ed is singing. But I never took time to do so. Maybe I should some day soon. I can't stand it that I don't know the lyrics

17 fan here. same here. i don't know all the lyrics.But it doesn’t bother me. I look at lyrics the first week when their cd is released and that’s it. if I don’t know them by then oh well.

Maybe I don’t feel bad because ed mumbles! I like that he does. That way I insert what I think he said. takes the pressure off.

Brisk.

I dont know many lyrics

Ledbetterman10

Despite listening to it about 10 million times, I'm still not sure I know all the Evenflow lyrics.

Dissidentman

I'm going to attempt to memorize all the notes.

blondieblue227

Ledbetterman10 wrote:

Despite listening to it about 10 million times, I'm still not sure I know all the Evenflow lyrics.

i know rite!
that's part of the beauty of pj IMO.

jwhite173

"... 4 or 5 virgins and a pelican"!

12345AGNST1

You think your bad? I dont know ANY complete lyrics. I am TERRIBLE at remembering lyrics. Plus I hardly ever pay attention to lyrics anyway.

The closest song I can get fully is probably Small Town.

Dissidentman

12345AGNST1 wrote:

You think your bad? I dont know ANY complete lyrics. I am TERRIBLE at remembering lyrics. Plus I hardly ever pay attention to lyrics anyway.

The closest song I can get fully is probably Small Town.

So Yellow Ledbetter and Lukin aren't commited to memory??

Jeremys Spoken

I'm pretty good with all the studio albums except some Riot Act.

Save you is fun to sing along to.

RC153010

Just like preparing for the CPA exam

AtlantaJammer

Jeremys Spoken wrote:

I'm pretty good with all the studio albums except some Riot Act.

Save you is fun to sing along to.

Best song ever...