How does life return to normal afet a show?
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I have listened to PJ for years but only joined the fan club this year. During this year I have listened to their music more than ever. My life has seemed to shift. I finally was able to go to a show, Philly, nite 4. Now all I can do is listen to the songs and watch the clips on You Tube. I have read many times about the PJ experience and the family of fans? My question to those of you who have seen many shows, How do you return to normal life after? I just can't seem to leave the Spectrum.
How I choose to feel,... Is how I am.
How I choose to feel,... Is how I am.
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I am still floating, just found the IMMAGINE IN CORNICE DVD for 9.99. Got a crowd recording of the two shows I was at in Philly and diggin on that.
Just roll with it.
Also start stashing the cash away now because it is only a matter of time before 10c sends out one of those "donotreply" emails with tour schedule and pre-sale date.
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You just have to make sure you balance your life with lots of other things that you enjoy doing. There's always a letdown after a show/tour, but the key is to have interesting things awaiting you upon your return. Play guitar, read a book, learn a language, go on a roadtrip, go skiing, eat at your favorite restaurant. It's life; enjoy it!
and yes, Pearl Jam shows are as high on my list of things I love to do as anything in the world, but it's far from the only thing I like to do!
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Darthspacegrass is right, you just have to sort of roll along with it. I was at night 3 and I haven't left yet either. But I'm more just taking it with me every day rather than letting it pull me back (which is easier said than done!). Your experiences help shape who you are, so this is part of you now and always will be. And there will always be people here that understand where you are coming from. We all have the addiction!
Cheers
if the experience has really hit you and still is hittin you, don't fight it... though it's easier to be completely taken, without being conscious of it, when you're still young... I heard Ten when i was 12/13, but when i first heard Vs, a lotta shit just dawned on me, and ever since, my entire life and myself, have been shaped and informed by Pearl Jam's music... and it's not a negative thing at all... cuz that's what a form of art, or anything for that matter, can do to us... whether it's love, religion, or something so specific as Pearl Jam's music... i believe living in extremes... to me it's a very honest and meaningful way to lead this life... so long as others do not get hurt by your way of living... i myself have kind of an obsessive personality... at times it has caused me a lot of pain and struggle, (and maybe more this than happiness or joy, though the latter too) but when i look back at things, it's all been worth it ...and real...
without being able to do anything about it, i became and still am madly devoted to Pearl Jam, in that how i live my life, the way i interact with others, what i believe in, has all been informed by this music... and by Eddie's words... to me he is a humble, decent, genuine and honest man (as are the other members) and to me he is also a personal prophet... prophets too are just men, not supernatural beings... i'm not sayin Eddie is a prophet... just to me he is, and for the better....
i've gone through all kinds of highs and lows after a Pearl Jam show, and generally due to having dug their music n words since a young age... and the feelings have never left me.... they just evolve... and as i age and develop, those feelings just become instillled in me and make up who i am... to me, my conscience is all important, not cuz i made myself this way, but cuz it is how it is, and it was like this before i ever heard Pearl Jam...it just so happened that this music always reflected what i truly believe in, love and hold dear.. . i just hope i'm a better man, because of it...
sorry for this madly personal response, but hell, it;s a personal subject:)
Well said acrossOceans. Being madly personal is why PJ exists, and why we're all here. Bravo
I will roll with it and live life. I am going to see Bruce next week and that will be another powerful experience, but I wish it was PJ. When you finally "get it" with Pearl Jam it is just such a overwhelming awakening. I "got it" with Bruce when I was 16 and heard Born to Run and then at 20 when I saw him in concert I was "in" that experience for a while. I never thougth any band would mean more to me than B and E St but I have found the one, PJ.
It's instilled...to wanna live
Do you mean you really want it to? Isn't "normal" a little overrated? (Not that I'd know or anything.)
I've previously been to 29ish Grateful Dead shows, and I haven't danced at any of them the way I was COMPELLED to (that's right, it was completely out of my control) at the Oct 28 show. And you know how those crazy Deadheads twirl.
Pearl Jam is much more than a rock band, aren't they? What are they?
What are those songs, then, cuz they ain't just rock songs, are they?
They just twist right around you and take you whole.
The songs that are killing me right now (that is, generally, this month) are Grievance and Marker in the Sand.
They make me want to smile when the sun don't shine.
What are they? Examples of escaping our past, living a good life with freedom, dignity and some real fun added in. Isn't that what we all want? Hate to sound like a f
life coach.
As I type I think no,they are much more...what, I don't exactly get but surely are twisting around in me right now to. I've listend to and loved alot of music but it has never felt like this and felt and felt and felt... Sometimes I wonder if they have subliminal messages in the songs. Ha.
This week I am stuck on Porch, Insignificance and watching Immagine in Cornice. Next week who knows...Isn't that fun.
Thanks for your words.
(Maybe Heaven will be a Pearl Jam concert EVERY night)!!
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
You never really get over the feeling of seeing them live. But who would want to
I love how we all do this "Song shift" thing where we fall in love with different songs each week, day, hour, etc. I always get stuck on a few songs at a time ... just wrap them around my head and live in my own little world with them, letting them wash through my mind and body until I feel as though I've experienced every emotion the songs have to offer.
Right now I'm REALLY into Alone. So sad. Everyone stop your playlists right now and go listen to it =p It's the most beautiful song in the world. Until I get stuck on the next one :roll:
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Now you've got me hooked on Severed Hand, cheers
I agree with everything you said in your other post, about Stone and about their songs in general. I just can't think of anything to add to it, you did well =p
Breathing hard,... Making hay,... Yeh this is living,...