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during hard to imagine in new york 08, tears of joy.
during come back (hartford or mansfield 08) first time that i could cry since my grandma left
at the beginning of come back in berlin, had to sit down.
I was having some rough times with the girl friend one weekend. Went to workout and during a one of my sets Come back came on and my eyes started to water. And when I saw black for the first time in concert.
Mshill- So glad I was standing next to you that night.
I got some if you need it.
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Truly more times than I can even count, but there are some moments that stick out.
The first time I heard the cover of Last Kiss I was driving home from the funeral of someone I really cared about, I was in 12th grade at the time. I cried like a baby, and actually today, almost 12 years later, it had the same effect on me when I was driving to work. I cannot hear that song without thinking of my friend.
Every single time I listen to The End I cry. I actually have a hard time listening to that song when I'm driving just because it's not safe to drive and blubber like a baby at the same time.
My first time seeing Pearl Jam back in 2000 was a pretty emotional time. I probably cried at least 5 times during the show.
Then just thinking of the impact Pearl Jam has had on me and on my life makes me tear up with happiness
Isn't it great to be a fan of the best band ever??
<b>One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain</b> <i>~Bob Marley</i>
yea last tour columbus come back not cause the missing person /man it hit me hard i couldnt stop i guess everything that i had been going thru all came out. unplugged black that one gets me every time!
Soooo many times.. it is the music and words that touch my soul and is the soundtrack to my life..
Black - forever will
Just Breathe -"stay with me.... lets just breathe" - I shed a tear at every Eddie's solo show when he performed this
Come Back
Nothingman
Man of the Hour
Light Years
Nothingman
Release
Wishlist
Betterman - particularly Eddies new solo version
Also two that haven't been mentioned (I don't think anyway)
Smile - "I miss you already"
Garden - I got really choked up with the version PJ they played at Philly...
1995: Perth
2006: Sydney x 2
2009: Philly, Sydney
2013: San Diego, LA1 & 2, Oakland, Portland, Spokane, Vancouver, Seattle
YEA AGAIN YESTERDAY, I WAS DRIVING AT WORK AND WATCHING THE NYC DVD. THUMBING MY WAY CAME ON, GOT A LITTLE EMOTIONAL AND THEN TODAY IT WAS SLIGHT OF HAND LP VERSION. TO TEAR JERKERS I MUST ADMIT
I'm from Chile and I saw PJ here in 2005, both shows. The first day I went with two friends. They kicked off with Release and it was a very emotional moment for us. However it was when they played Given to Fly that the strongest moment of the night happened. I couldn't help but crying.
They had played Release, Corduroy, Last Exit, Hail Hail, and Evolution so far, so Given to Fly came as a wonderful piece to hear and in some way it changed the energetic pace of the concert to this somewhat more emotional tone. It was amazing.
November 22nd, 2005.
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"Off He Goes" for sure- more than once- especially some of the live versions. Sometimes it's just the saddness of the song, sometimes my own pain, sometimes both.
A number of times in my life I've broken into tears listening to various bands including Pearl Jam, Neil Young, Jimi Hendrix, Paul Westerberg, Lou Reed and White Stripes purely for reasons of being blown away by how awesome and/or intense they are.
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.
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Yes. There are a few lyrics that always hit me...namely, "My God, it's been so long, never dreamed you'd return."
It just does.
Please don't forget this forum is specifically about lyrics for discussion. Any other Pearl Jam topic should be on Porch. Thanks.
Yes. There are a few lyrics that always hit me...namely, "My God, it's been so long, never dreamed you'd return."
It just does.
x
you are right...it just does ..like those lyrics the ones killing me every time...
the beggining...
"dont feel like home...he is a little out..."
the end....
"it's nothing as it seems, the little that you see, it's home... "
i cant help it...tear me apart...
"...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.....”
Things were different then. All is different now.
I tried to explain. I hope this works somehow.
Things were different then. All is different now.
I tried to explain. Oh, somehow.
This always seems to choke me up live. Cant seem to belt it out without getting a little misty.
Mansfield, MA - Jul 02, 2003; Mansfield, MA - Jul 03, 2003; Mansfield, MA - Jul 11, 2003; Boston, MA - Sep 29, 2004; Reading, PA - Oct 01, 2004; Hartford, CT - May 13, 2006; Boston, MA - May 24, 2006; Boston, MA - May 25, 2006; Hartford, CT - Jun 27, 2008; Mansfield, MA - Jun 28, 2008; Mansfield, MA - June 30, 2008; Hartford, CT - May 15, 2010; Boston, MA - May 17, 2010; [EV - Providence, RI - June 15, 2011; EV - Hartford, CT - June 18, 2011]; Worcester, MA - Oct. 15, 2013; Worcester, MA - Oct. 16, 2013; Hartford, CT - Oct. 25, 2013; Boston, MA - August 5, 2016; Boston, MA - August 7, 2016...
The entire show at the Forum in Copenhagen. Extremely emotional since I was at the Roskilde show and almost lost one of my best friends. Actually did not listen to PJ for years but since that show they have again been a big part of my life...
Corduroy...not exactly the song i thought would bring me to tears but my first love had just shit canned me, I was on a wicked bender and the lyrics "can't let you roam inside my head", and "guess i'll lie alone just like before", hit me like a ton of bricks!
On August 23, 2009 in concert in Chicago, they opened with Long Road and played Corduroy right after. As they played the two, I had a moment where I realized how much Pearl Jam's lyrics mean to me and have so much connection with my own life. I bawled right through Corduroy. Fortunately it was a loud concert so no one could hear
"Mona Lisa must have had the highway blues you can tell by the way she smiles."
When Backspacer came out, I bought the CD and premiered it (to myself) during a four hour drive. It was clear to hear the changes, not only in their style of rock, but also in the crispness of the instruments, as well as the way Ed pronounces words. But during this first, undisturbed listen, the lyrics, to me, became a real retrospect on the band, as well as an outline of their "next chapter". This feeling really comes from the lyrics of "The Fixer" "Just Breathe", and "Speed of Sound".
But being as a fan since the beginning, when I heard the opening lyrics of "The End" for the first time (What were all those dreams we shared those many years ago?), images of the last 20yrs began to spin through my head. From the opening of the Evenflow video, to early rock posters I had of the band on my bedroom walls, to Jeff's famous line "Hey Cliff, while we're young?" and Ed's "A compliment for us, is a compliment for you!" in "Singles", to Vedder climbing the stage scaffolding at Lollapalooza, to shots from their Unplugged set, to their SNL appearance where we saw Ed first with a guitar opening up "Not For You", to the news stories of the fights with Ticketmaster, To the announcement of Matt re-joining the band as timekeeper, and much much more up to the announcement of the '05 Canadian tour, to the posters and ads put together for the Newfoundland Pearl Jam weekend, to meeting Jeff and Mike in '05, to promo pics for Backspacer and the video for "The Fixer". And then the track closes with: "The End, comes near, I’m here. But not much longer."
When the song was over, I played it again, but went through the last 20yrs of my own life, with this music.
Not all out crying... but yeah, there were tears.
I wanna cry when I see them come on stage. sometimes I do, sometimes it turns into a smile.
amy
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New Orleans LA 7/4/95 reschedule 9/17/95
Chicago IL 1998, 10/9/00, 06/18/03, 05/16/06, 05/17/06
08/23/09, 08/24/09, Lolla 08/05/07
Champaign IL 4/23/03
Grand Rapids MI VFC 10/03/04
Grand Rapids MI 19May06
Noblesville IN 05/07/10 Cleveland OH 05/09/10
PJ 20 2011
Baltimore MD, Charlottesville VA, Seattle WA 2013
St. Louis MO, Milwaukee WI 2014
Tampa FL, Chicago IL, Lexington KY 2016 Missoula MT 2018
I got shit makes me wanting to cry all the time. I don't know why, but this song hits it home all the time ...
And I fight back in my mind. Never lets me be right.
I got memories. I got shit so much it don't show.
I always start to sob when I hear this, and I everytime I listen to this song it makes me cry anyhow. OH MY these lyrics are killing me! ... I so manipulatible, if that word exists ...
And I can play it over again and again and again and the feeling never fades ...
Please, Pearl Jam, consider a Benaroya Hall vinyl reissue!
I can think of many times but the one that sticks out:
Black from Live on Two Legs.
What Mike does with his guitar conveys such raw emotion, even more so then the lyrics. So moving
9.3.11 - PJ20 Night 1
9.4.11 - PJ20 Night 2
10.11.13 - Pittsburgh
10.20.14 - Milwaukee
8.22.16 - Wrigley Field Night 2
There are several that make me cry, and most recently "Light Years", as my son's best friend just died, and I think of him whenever I hear it.
"Black" and "Just Breathe" made me cry when I saw PJ at Bridge last year. And whenever I watch "Come Back" from the Berlin 2010 concert I cry. I am getting tears in my eyes just thinking about these songs. I don't think I have ever gotten so emotional about any other band's music, and I've been listening to music for a long, long time!
Yes, when my mom died, my family asked me to play a song at her funeral. I chose thumbing my way back to heaven. I kept it all together during the time in which she had passed away quietly on the morning of Decembere 20th, 2004 until that moment, when I realized that would be the last time I would lay my eyes my best friend. My mom loved to listen to me play my guitar, and so I turned my back to everyone in church. While I played, they closed her coffin lid, and the tears came. I barely made it through the rest of the song. When I finished, I gave her coffin a kiss, laid a red rose on top of it, and walked the twelve miles home in the snow, hoping that she undertood that I couldn't go see her put into the cold ground. Every now and then, when I hear that song, my mind drifts back to that moment, and I become more grateful for the gift of her.
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during hard to imagine in new york 08, tears of joy.
during come back (hartford or mansfield 08) first time that i could cry since my grandma left
at the beginning of come back in berlin, had to sit down.
5/20/06 Cleveland 6/24/06 Cincinnati 5/6/10 Columbus 5/7/10 Indiana 5/9/10 Cleveland 5/10/10 Buffalo 6/26/11 EV Detroit 9/3-4/11 Alpine Valley WI 9/11-12/11 Toronto 2011 Atlanta 2012
The first time I heard the cover of Last Kiss I was driving home from the funeral of someone I really cared about, I was in 12th grade at the time. I cried like a baby, and actually today, almost 12 years later, it had the same effect on me when I was driving to work. I cannot hear that song without thinking of my friend.
Every single time I listen to The End I cry. I actually have a hard time listening to that song when I'm driving just because it's not safe to drive and blubber like a baby at the same time.
My first time seeing Pearl Jam back in 2000 was a pretty emotional time. I probably cried at least 5 times during the show.
Then just thinking of the impact Pearl Jam has had on me and on my life makes me tear up with happiness
Isn't it great to be a fan of the best band ever??
Black
The End
Release
Save You
And that's what I love about them.
As the earth to the sun.
Black - forever will
Just Breathe -"stay with me.... lets just breathe" - I shed a tear at every Eddie's solo show when he performed this
Come Back
Nothingman
Man of the Hour
Light Years
Nothingman
Release
Wishlist
Betterman - particularly Eddies new solo version
Also two that haven't been mentioned (I don't think anyway)
Smile - "I miss you already"
Garden - I got really choked up with the version PJ they played at Philly...
2006: Sydney x 2
2009: Philly, Sydney
2013: San Diego, LA1 & 2, Oakland, Portland, Spokane, Vancouver, Seattle
EV Solo - Canberra, Newcastle, Sydney x 2
want to be enlightened"
They had played Release, Corduroy, Last Exit, Hail Hail, and Evolution so far, so Given to Fly came as a wonderful piece to hear and in some way it changed the energetic pace of the concert to this somewhat more emotional tone. It was amazing.
A number of times in my life I've broken into tears listening to various bands including Pearl Jam, Neil Young, Jimi Hendrix, Paul Westerberg, Lou Reed and White Stripes purely for reasons of being blown away by how awesome and/or intense they are.
It just does.
Please don't forget this forum is specifically about lyrics for discussion. Any other Pearl Jam topic should be on Porch. Thanks.
x
the beggining...
"dont feel like home...he is a little out..."
the end....
"it's nothing as it seems, the little that you see, it's home... "
i cant help it...tear me apart...
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
I tried to explain. I hope this works somehow.
Things were different then. All is different now.
I tried to explain. Oh, somehow.
This always seems to choke me up live. Cant seem to belt it out without getting a little misty.
Present Tense makes me sad and I find it uplifting at the same time.
"My god its been so long, never dreamed you'd re-turn"
http://community.pearljam.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=109175&start=0
When Backspacer came out, I bought the CD and premiered it (to myself) during a four hour drive. It was clear to hear the changes, not only in their style of rock, but also in the crispness of the instruments, as well as the way Ed pronounces words. But during this first, undisturbed listen, the lyrics, to me, became a real retrospect on the band, as well as an outline of their "next chapter". This feeling really comes from the lyrics of "The Fixer" "Just Breathe", and "Speed of Sound".
But being as a fan since the beginning, when I heard the opening lyrics of "The End" for the first time (What were all those dreams we shared those many years ago?), images of the last 20yrs began to spin through my head. From the opening of the Evenflow video, to early rock posters I had of the band on my bedroom walls, to Jeff's famous line "Hey Cliff, while we're young?" and Ed's "A compliment for us, is a compliment for you!" in "Singles", to Vedder climbing the stage scaffolding at Lollapalooza, to shots from their Unplugged set, to their SNL appearance where we saw Ed first with a guitar opening up "Not For You", to the news stories of the fights with Ticketmaster, To the announcement of Matt re-joining the band as timekeeper, and much much more up to the announcement of the '05 Canadian tour, to the posters and ads put together for the Newfoundland Pearl Jam weekend, to meeting Jeff and Mike in '05, to promo pics for Backspacer and the video for "The Fixer". And then the track closes with: "The End, comes near, I’m here. But not much longer."
When the song was over, I played it again, but went through the last 20yrs of my own life, with this music.
Not all out crying... but yeah, there were tears.
Here's to 20 more!!
amy
New Orleans LA 7/4/95 reschedule 9/17/95
Chicago IL 1998, 10/9/00, 06/18/03, 05/16/06, 05/17/06
08/23/09, 08/24/09, Lolla 08/05/07
Champaign IL 4/23/03
Grand Rapids MI VFC 10/03/04
Grand Rapids MI 19May06
Noblesville IN 05/07/10 Cleveland OH 05/09/10
PJ 20 2011
Baltimore MD, Charlottesville VA, Seattle WA 2013
St. Louis MO, Milwaukee WI 2014
Tampa FL, Chicago IL, Lexington KY 2016
Missoula MT 2018
And I fight back in my mind. Never lets me be right.
I got memories. I got shit so much it don't show.
I always start to sob when I hear this, and I everytime I listen to this song it makes me cry anyhow. OH MY these lyrics are killing me! ... I so manipulatible, if that word exists ...
And I can play it over again and again and again and the feeling never fades ...
Black from Live on Two Legs.
What Mike does with his guitar conveys such raw emotion, even more so then the lyrics. So moving
9.4.11 - PJ20 Night 2
10.11.13 - Pittsburgh
10.20.14 - Milwaukee
8.22.16 - Wrigley Field Night 2
"Black" and "Just Breathe" made me cry when I saw PJ at Bridge last year. And whenever I watch "Come Back" from the Berlin 2010 concert I cry. I am getting tears in my eyes just thinking about these songs. I don't think I have ever gotten so emotional about any other band's music, and I've been listening to music for a long, long time!
"what a long, strange trip it's been"