"...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.....”
Ever since I lost my dad, I cry like a baby during release. Opening with that song both at Alpine and Wrigley just tore right through me...
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Watching Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns from Wrigley made me cry when I watched it yesterday. Even just hearing the opening chords brought tears to my eyes. It was just beautiful!
Long Road. -- lost my mom in 2005 and this is the one that gets me. And the Chicago night 1 in 2009 bootleg can get to me a bit since that show had a lot of emotion running through it due to Jeff's friend's passing that spring.
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God, Yes. More times than I can count, more songs than I can remember. Sometimes just the sound of Ed's voice can choke me up. I remember once, when I was really going through some tough shit, "Hard To Imagine" hit me like a ton of bricks and I broke down. It was so cathartic. And the day Backspacer was released coincided with one of the longest, toughest nights of my life. "Unthought Known," "Speed of Sound," and "Force of Nature" got me through that night. I'm not ashamed to say Pearl Jam's music has brought me to tears. It's part of why I love it so much. And after my father died, "Come Back" absolutely tore me up. I was driving home from visiting my mom, and that song came on as I was driving through the mountains of East Tennessee. Every word seemed to express exactly what I knew my mother was going through. I was driving and crying. It was beautiful.
"Like a cloud dropping rain
I'm discarding all thought
I'll dry up
Leaving puddles on the ground"
"...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.....”
"...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.....”
Friend of mine has been battling brain cancer for years now. About 3 months ago found out there was no hope. Found out last night he has 2 months according to the doctor. Put in a mixed CD while cooking dinner of PJ I made about a year ago tonight. Making dinner and The End came on and I just broke down. He has 3 kids, 3, 6 and 16. Life just isnt fair. Whatever problems we have in our lives, be it work, a breakup or whatever. It just puts things in perspective.
"...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.....”
Yes. The first time I saw them in manchester in 2000, I was brought to tears when they played nothingman. And in 2009 when they opened with long road. The last time I saw them in manchester, my mum had recently been diagnosed with cancer and she made the gig. It was such a powerful experience and felt tearful throughout the whole concert. Thankyou prearl jam.
Friend of mine has been battling brain cancer for years now. About 3 months ago found out there was no hope. Found out last night he has 2 months according to the doctor. Put in a mixed CD while cooking dinner of PJ I made about a year ago tonight. Making dinner and The End came on and I just broke down. He has 3 kids, 3, 6 and 16. Life just isnt fair. Whatever problems we have in our lives, be it work, a breakup or whatever. It just puts things in perspective.
Can't agree more with the last sentence. Sometimes we forget how little our own problems really are in the grand scheme of things.
"...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.....”
Come Back did the first time i heard it. it was shortly after a friend of mine was killed in iraq. made me think of his wife and daughter. great song, but i don't play it much. hits too close to home. Release definitely brought tears to my eyes the first time i heard it live. crowd reaction was so moving. it was as if all of the pent up negative energy in the arena was let go with just two words spoken in unison by 20,000+ "release me"
I'm sure many of us have this same feeling but I feel that as I get older and experience new things in life (birth of a child, marriage, etc.) some of the songs take on new meanings and feelings. Lately I get choked up during Man of the Hour and Long Road. Maybe it's because I've decided those are my funeral songs (along with Satisfied Mind by Johnny Cash). My wife is also listening to a lot of PJ for the first time and her overwhelming feedback of the music/lyrics/vocals is the emotion that is conveyed. She has been closed to tears many times from many different songs.
"Not only do you have sunshine but you have better thunder...fuckers." -Ed, Phx 10/21/00
PJ * 10/21/00 - Phx * 6/7/03 - Phx * 6/29/06 - Milwaukee * 6/30/06 - Milwaukee * 11/19/13 - Phx *
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"...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 will probably be burned for this one, but the combination of Just Breathe and The End did it to me. My father in law had died and these songs hit home... Hard... I remember I was in Nijmegen (Netherlands) and Ed played Just Breathe, well, it just choked me. It all came back. I was bruised and punched because of the bad security of London Calling a few days before (even was a bit scared of the crowd), but when this song came, it just washed me away...
They are simple and stripped down songs, small songs, with large messages.
You guys will think this is a "too soon" moment, but last night "Sirens" made me cry. Regardless of what your interpretations of the song are, it made me think about how in love with my fiance I am and how lucky I am to be with her. Anyways, that's my story of how Pearl Jam has made me cry haha.
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my mom passed away in 2010 and without going into details about her relationship with my dad..
just seems as if she could've spoken, she would have left saying those words ~
"Forgive every being,
the bad feelings
it's just me"
Just Breathe after a friends wife died of breast cancer. The End as well. Just chokes me up. He could have wrote The End.
i couldnt stop it...
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
2011 - PJ 20 East Troy, Night 1 & 2 ~~~ 2013 - Wrigley ~~~ 2014 - Moline ~~~ 2016 - Wrigley, Night 1 & 2 ~~~ 2018 - Wrigley, Night 1 & 2 ~~~ 2022 - STL~~~ 2023 - Chicago, Night 1 & 2
I'm discarding all thought
I'll dry up
Leaving puddles on the ground"
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
for the least they could possibly do
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
In answer to the original poster - Yes, quite a few times, but some of those times are private
Send my credentials to the house of detention
Sometimes it sneaks up on me in the middle of the song.
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
Thumbing my Way
Present Tense
Come Back - (especially the 06 Italy shows for some reason)
Guaranteed - if it counts
Nothingman
Parachutes
Probably some more. PJ has gotten me through many hard times. What can I say, I'm a sensitive dude.
I am hanging in the balance of a perfect finished plan
Like every sparrow falling, like every grain of sand.
That being said, I still choke up every time I hear "Man of the Hour".
Can't agree more with the last sentence. Sometimes we forget how little our own problems really are in the grand scheme of things.
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
PJ * 10/21/00 - Phx * 6/7/03 - Phx * 6/29/06 - Milwaukee * 6/30/06 - Milwaukee * 11/19/13 - Phx *
EV * 11/4/12 - Phx, AZ *
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
They are simple and stripped down songs, small songs, with large messages.
Seeing I hate BDO and won't be going, it made me cry (on the inside).