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RearviewreleaseRearviewrelease Posts: 721
edited August 2009 in The Porch
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!
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2013/10/25 - Hartford
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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,696
    Rearviewrelease wrote:

    But...wish me luck!

    Why? So you can scream in my ear?? :shock: :shock: ;)
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • RearviewreleaseRearviewrelease Posts: 721
    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.
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  • jecicajecica Posts: 954
    If you remember all the words AND when and what shows they were played at, than I would be impressed. :lol:
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  • takin_punchestakin_punches Posts: 28
    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!
  • RearviewreleaseRearviewrelease Posts: 721
    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 :mrgreen:
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    2013/10/17 - Worcester
    2013/10/25 - Hartford
    2015/09/26 - Global Citizen Festival
    2016/08/05 - Fenway
    2016/08/07 - Fenway
  • PearlyOceansPearlyOceans Posts: 156
    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 :lol:
  • Bathgate66Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
    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 !

    :)
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  • PureandEasyPureandEasy Posts: 5,818
    and it's all about the words, you are missing out on some serious great lyrics there buddy
    Don't come closer or I'll have to go
  • AtlantaJammerAtlantaJammer Posts: 2,611
    PureandEasy wrote:
    and it's all about the words, you are missing out on some serious great lyrics there buddy


    Ditto
  • blondieblue227blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,509
    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 :lol:

    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. :lol::D
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  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,567
    I dont know many lyrics :D
  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,948
    Despite listening to it about 10 million times, I'm still not sure I know all the Evenflow lyrics.
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  • DissidentmanDissidentman Posts: 15,378
    I'm going to attempt to memorize all the notes.
  • blondieblue227blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,509
    Ledbetterman10 wrote:
    Despite listening to it about 10 million times, I'm still not sure I know all the Evenflow lyrics.


    i know rite! :mrgreen:
    that's part of the beauty of pj IMO.
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  • jwhite173jwhite173 Posts: 61
    "... 4 or 5 virgins and a pelican"!
  • 12345AGNST112345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    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.
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  • DissidentmanDissidentman Posts: 15,378
    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 SpokenJeremys Spoken Posts: 7,578
    I'm pretty good with all the studio albums except some Riot Act.

    Save you is fun to sing along to.
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  • RC153010RC153010 Posts: 864
    Just like preparing for the CPA exam
  • AtlantaJammerAtlantaJammer Posts: 2,611
    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... :mrgreen:
  • doomponydoompony Wellington, NZ Posts: 4,501
    i used to know all the albums inside out, but as i got older, i couldn't lie in bed listening every night through headphones... without falling asleep like a granny. so because of the hard yards put in in my youth i reckon i'm 100% on all the songs/lyrics up until Riot Act... then things get hazy. But I'm gonna work on it now...
  • doomponydoompony Wellington, NZ Posts: 4,501
    allow me to get you started...

    http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/ ... 858498727/
  • climb_high_nzclimb_high_nz Posts: 564
    I have a weird ability to remember to lyrics to songs.
    Not just for PJ but any lyrics to songs.
    My friends and family think I'm a freak.
    I remember lyrics to songs from when I was kid. I'm 32 now and still cramming them in there.

    When I was younger I used to do what you did doom monkey. Headphones whilst lying in bed until wee hours of the morning. I'll give you a helping hand over the next few months before the shows.

    Try listening to one album at a time.

    Ed mumbles like mutha fucka sometimes so I bet we all hear different things...but thats for another thread.
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  • doomponydoompony Wellington, NZ Posts: 4,501
    monkey??

    i used to listen to ten, then vs, then vitalogy until the wee hours.. then id have to put ten back on to get rid of the stupid mop freakies...

    the other night i pulled up the lyrics to avocado and gave it a proper listen... i've heard it 100s of times, but never paid close attention. bloody thing had me tears.....
  • climb_high_nzclimb_high_nz Posts: 564
    doompony wrote:
    monkey??

    i used to listen to ten, then vs, then vitalogy until the wee hours.. then id have to put ten back on to get rid of the stupid mop freakies...

    the other night i pulled up the lyrics to avocado and gave it a proper listen... i've heard it 100s of times, but never paid close attention. bloody thing had me tears.....


    Attention is the key at the end of the day. But so is repitition. Over and over again. Becomes another language i suppose.
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  • doomponydoompony Wellington, NZ Posts: 4,501
    avocado is the only one i REALLY need to work on. oh, and some of the newer tracks on lost dogs... riot act to a lesser extent. but i'm committed to the cause. nothing like going to a gig and knowing EVERY song. it doesn't happen often. i was once at a gig where i was the only person not in the band who'd heard every song and it was magic.
  • climb_high_nzclimb_high_nz Posts: 564
    doompony wrote:
    avocado is the only one i REALLY need to work on. oh, and some of the newer tracks on lost dogs... riot act to a lesser extent. but i'm committed to the cause. nothing like going to a gig and knowing EVERY song. it doesn't happen often. i was once at a gig where i was the only person not in the band who'd heard every song and it was magic.

    Goes with the territory I guess...magic and mythical creatures. You could store the lyrics in your horn
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  • doomponydoompony Wellington, NZ Posts: 4,501
    but then where would i keep my keys?

    i used to be able to recite the songs in the order they appeared on the albums, in order of album release. i wouldnt be able to do that now. :(

    i'm old. or a bad fan.
  • climb_high_nzclimb_high_nz Posts: 564
    doompony wrote:
    but then where would i keep my keys?

    i used to be able to recite the songs in the order they appeared on the albums, in order of album release. i wouldnt be able to do that now. :(

    i'm old. or a bad fan.


    Just getting old monkey of doom. We are all getting old
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  • doomponydoompony Wellington, NZ Posts: 4,501
    i take solace in being younger (Just) than macaulay culkin
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