The song that inspired you?

My song is Alive especially the solo made me wanna play guitar and now I am. I have sort of a spiritual connection with PJ's music. PJ's music gets me through hard times too.
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  • 37pheet37pheet Posts: 433
    welll there r many but the 1st is release, just because i had alotta pressure on me back then, and it seemed to fit. also ewbtciast, cause that is the song i asked my wife to marry me to. there are more but those 2 stick out the greatest.
  • Started listening to PJ 5 years ago. One and only reason i picked up a guitar., haven't put it down since, and still listening.
  • In Hiding Helps me pretty often...
  • Corduroy

    still inspires me to push on & not give up. there's a certain mixture of anger, stubbornness, the desire to not give in plus sheer audacity & gall that i love about it. all the while acknowledging that no matter what happens we'll still lose control and eventually what will be, will be.

    Everything has changed. Absolutely nothing's changed.
  • so many.

    it's funny you say Alive inspired you to play guitar OP. I was listening to SAD last night and thought, man I would love to learn to play that riff.
  • Ms. HaikuMs. Haiku Posts: 7,265
    Given to Fly always gives me a runner's high. It inspires me to enjoy the moment. It's like I'm flying with the angels. It's the best feeling!
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  • In Hiding Helps me pretty often...

    Me too...this song is incredible and I am so happy they played it on my birthday 2008 camden I.
  • Well Alive did make wanna play guitar but I relate it to the lose of my father in a way. A lot of songs from PJ kept me going though some hard times.
  • The first six songs off of Ten inspire me. The pure emotion in those songs was like nothing I have ever heard all those years ago when that album came out, especially Black. Greatest love song ever written. That one and Alive make you wanna weep. Why Go is great for its anger, as is Once and Jeremy. Even Flow is just total energy from the first note. Great question. Too bad it is not getting more responses. Hopefully soon.
  • shinmasaliushinmasaliu Posts: 36
    edited October 2009
    Given to Fly when I wanna feel like the world is MINE!

    Love Boat Captain and Inside Job seem to pick me up when I'm low, most of the time.

    I am Mine is a good confidence builder for me too :D
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    This is, this is ... my ... last exit.
  • Sorry for double post!

    Black is the deepest and most passionate thing I've ever heard. Footsteps is also sung with such heart, such feeling, it deserves a mention.

    I agree with Once being for anger.

    State of Love and Trust really gets to me when I'm alone and messed up.
    This is, this is ... my ... last exit.
  • just few days ago I listened to Black in the car after very bad day. it helped me so much

    I also feel much better with I am mine and Given to fly
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  • Depends on the mood really.

    When I'm feeling a bit angry with the world "Grievance", "Blood" or "Why Go" always helps as does "Evolution".

    In a reflective mood then its got to be "Nothing as it Seems" or "In My Tree"

    The most emotive songs for me are "Black" and "Garden"

    The most uplifting song has to be "Given to Fly" that song leaves me feeling happy and makes me feel that I could take on anything.
    I know I was born and I know that'll I die but the inbetween is mine!

    Wembley 2000
    Wembley 2007
    Manchester 2009
  • I Am Mine is very uplifting and makes me get a grip of myself.

    Immortality is the second song (after I Am Mine) that sparked a real connection with Pearl Jam. It's the first time that I've felt about a band as if they are there for us and we are there for them (if that makes sense!).

    Thumbing My Way makes me realise how lucky I am and kind of teaches you how the littlest mistakes can cause the most regret.

    Given To Fly doesn't really need an explanation.
    It's gonna be a glorious day...
  • MysteryTrainMysteryTrain Posts: 1,189
    Definitely Amongst The Waves for me.
  • KevDylan wrote:
    Definitely Amongst The Waves for me.

    It's quite uplifting isn't it.

    I've reserved this song for when I've given up alcohol heh...

    Be screamin' it from the rooftops :mrgreen:
    This is, this is ... my ... last exit.
  • Nothingman reminds me of a time I vowed I'd never go back to.

    Given To Fly has helped me so many times to get over so many things. It always gives me strength.

    Light Years didn't really mean anything to me until my Dad died 6 weeks ago. I'm having "We were but stones... your light made us stars" included in my tribute tattoo for him.

    Alive is a song that reminds me of good times. Although it's not a happy song, hearing it makes me realise that things will always get better.

    Just Breathe's line "I’m a lucky man to count on both hands the ones I love, Some folks just have one, others they got none" reminds me and makes me grateful of how many good people I have around me and how lucky I am to be loved the way I am.
    Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...

    ... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
  • As a male, who was sodomized from the age 12 - 14 by my father’s brother. I’m now aged in the mid-late fifties; there are a plethora of songs that fit various stages of my life. However there are 2 songs that have really inspired me.

    Black
    To my way of thinking Black’s lyrics are the best depiction of the emotional feelings, of one that has been sexually abused as a child. This inspired me to delve deeper into PJ’s music.

    Rearviewmirror
    For years I sang along knowing that I somehow had to pluck up the courage to do the same, whilst being sceptical of the clearer, clearer bit. Eventually on the 31st of September 2003 I jumped in the car with Rearviewmirror on repeat went to the police station and made a statement. Outside the station after wards I lit a smoke lent against a garden bed when this strange tingling in my shoulders and neck a feeling a large weight had been lifted, and for the first time in 37 years I felt good about myself.
    (The court proceedings didn’t go to plan but I expected that! The prosecutor told me at the start he wouldn’t be prosecuting perpetrator because of his age. Even though the perpetrator pled guilty! It was all over in 2006.)
    It is now 2009 and to my astonishment I cannot remember what is in the statement of 2003 not one sordid detail. For that I’m truly grateful to all of you.

    Looking forward to seeing you live at Etihad Stadium on November 20
  • PASSION76PASSION76 Posts: 136
    WOW, that's a hard one so many PJ songs have inspired me to hang on through some pretty hard times especially REARVIEWMIRROR. PJ has also inspired me to never give up on my dream to be the best drummer i can be and also be true to myself.
  • The reason I am and will always be a diehard PJ fan, even if I don't like all of their songs, is purely because of TEN. It came out when I was 13 and going through some heavy stuff and Alive and Release were two that felt like they were written for me. Not to mention Footsteps, on the Jeremy CD single....then Daughter..there is a pattern here if you follow :-) But I am now a hopeful and strong independent person and didn't let all that childhood crap hold me down or be an excuse. I probably owe it to their music. To this day, I listen to them as if it's the first time. Hard to explain, but easy to feel. They just simply rock! My life wouldn't be the same without their words, music and heart.
  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    Release mainly, but the others....

    Nothingman, Low Light, and Sleight Of Hand. Thanks Jeff.
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  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    Grandad wrote:
    As a male, who was sodomized from the age 12 - 14 by my father’s brother. I’m now aged in the mid-late fifties; there are a plethora of songs that fit various stages of my life. However there are 2 songs that have really inspired me.

    Black
    To my way of thinking Black’s lyrics are the best depiction of the emotional feelings, of one that has been sexually abused as a child. This inspired me to delve deeper into PJ’s music.

    Rearviewmirror
    For years I sang along knowing that I somehow had to pluck up the courage to do the same, whilst being sceptical of the clearer, clearer bit. Eventually on the 31st of September 2003 I jumped in the car with Rearviewmirror on repeat went to the police station and made a statement. Outside the station after wards I lit a smoke lent against a garden bed when this strange tingling in my shoulders and neck a feeling a large weight had been lifted, and for the first time in 37 years I felt good about myself.
    (The court proceedings didn’t go to plan but I expected that! The prosecutor told me at the start he wouldn’t be prosecuting perpetrator because of his age. Even though the perpetrator pled guilty! It was all over in 2006.)
    It is now 2009 and to my astonishment I cannot remember what is in the statement of 2003 not one sordid detail. For that I’m truly grateful to all of you.

    Looking forward to seeing you live at Etihad Stadium on November 20

    Grandad,

    Bravest 1st post, I have EVER read

    I admire your strength. You have gained courage that many people out there still need. Reading your post was refreshing, and eye-opening.

    I hope you have found the peace of mind and freedom that you've obviously been needing for years.
    7/2/06 - Denver, CO
    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
  • mfc2006mfc2006 Posts: 37,446
    release.

    there are many others, but this song helped me through the darkest period in my life when my Dad died. thank you, Pearl Jam.
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  • DempsDemps Posts: 102
    Breath

    "I suggest you step out on your porch...run away my son, see it all...oh see the world..."

    Probably the lyric that has had the most impact on my life.

    Thin Air
    Who You Are
    Love Boat Captain
    Oceans
    Porch
    Faithful
    No Way

    All of these songs make me want to be a better person in various ways.
    I suggest you step out on your porch...run away my son...see it all...oh see the world // I wait on the porch...hoping someday I'll be let in

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  • pj8pj8 Posts: 408
    In Hiding Helps me pretty often...
    I definetly agree. It gives me a positive feeling. Ed's voice is so amazing in this song. 8-)
  • Release
    WMA
    Given to Fly
    Save You
    Love Boat Captain
    Slight of Hand
    Parachutes
    This is not for you
    Just breathe
    etc.........
  • ANJ886ANJ886 Posts: 3
    Elderly Woman..

    It inspired me to get out of my small town and make something of myself!
  • I gotta go with Given to Fly, really loving Amongst the Waves too
  • where to start....for sure Alive....
    i just wanna scream hello,,
    by some stupid fuck....
    if there was a reason,there was no reason..
    He was okay,... but wondering... about wandering
    etc..
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • I AM MINE.
    "I knew all the rules, but the rules did not know me. Guaranteed."

    1996 Merriweather, MD; 1998 Camden, NJ; 2000 Camden, NJ; 2003 Camden, NJ; 2005 Philly, PA; 2006 Camden, NJ(nights 1 & 2); 2006 Arnhem, NED; 2008 Camden, NJ(nights 1 & 2), Washington DC, MSG(night 2) 2009 Philly Spectrum Shows(nights 1,2,3,4) 2010 Hartford,CT and MSG(night 2)

    ED Solo - 2008 Washington DC, 2009 Philly, PA(nights 1&2)*Met Eddie =)
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