watch the end of the who movie Tommy . Last 2 minutes of film. I watched it awhile ago and started laughing when after he climbs the mountain and the sun starts rising I realized..... I have a tattoo of Roger Daltry on my leg. Arms raised in a V . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPybjZ0f4y4
Randell's island 1,2-1996
Ft Lauderdale-1996
New Jersey-1998
MSG 1,2-1998
Jones beach 1,2,3-2000
Nassau-2003
msg 1,2-2003
Boston-2004
Kissimmee-2004
Philly-2006
New Jersey 2-2006
MSG 1 , 2 2008
Eddie Vedder Solo 1,2-2008
watch the end of the who movie Tommy . Last 2 minutes of film. I watched it awhile ago and started laughing when after he climbs the mountain and the sun starts rising I realized..... I have a tattoo of Roger Daltry on my leg. Arms raised in a V . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPybjZ0f4y4
that is just TOO coincidental! WOW.
Gimli 1993
Fargo 2003
Winnipeg 2005
Winnipeg 2011
St. Paul 2014
watch the end of the who movie Tommy . Last 2 minutes of film. I watched it awhile ago and started laughing when after he climbs the mountain and the sun starts rising I realized..... I have a tattoo of Roger Daltry on my leg. Arms raised in a V . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPybjZ0f4y4
that is just TOO coincidental! WOW.
Of mountain tops.. Check
With him on top... Check
Lemon yellow sun... Check
Arms raised in a V... Check
I think we have found the inspiration for that lyric.
Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
watch the end of the who movie Tommy . Last 2 minutes of film. I watched it awhile ago and started laughing when after he climbs the mountain and the sun starts rising I realized..... I have a tattoo of Roger Daltry on my leg. Arms raised in a V . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPybjZ0f4y4
that is just TOO coincidental! WOW.
Of mountain tops.. Check
With him on top... Check
Lemon yellow sun... Check
Arms raised in a V... Check
I think we have found the inspiration for that lyric.
:shock:
Slowly the veil drops away from eV's secret lyrical imagery laboratory to reveal not an anguished youth, but one who held some things in deep, deep reverence. I don't know... this might make the song even better now...
"A lot more people are capable of being big out there that just don't give themselves a chance." -Stone Gossard
It's always meant to me, that after all the bullshit that all the characters in eddie's songs have dealt with, most of which characteristics stem from eddie himself, that at the end of the day he can still stand and say "i'm still Alive". he has a way of weaving parts of himself into most of the songs. that's why we all can relate.
It's always meant to me, that after all the bullshit that all the characters in eddie's songs have dealt with, most of which characteristics stem from eddie himself, that at the end of the day he can still stand and say "i'm still Alive". he has a way of weaving parts of himself into most of the songs. that's why we all can relate.
well said.
Peace, Love.
"To question your government is not unpatriotic --
to not question your government is unpatriotic."
-- Sen. Chuck Hagel
Some pretty deep interpretations here, which is cool...but in reality, it was just a quick drawing Jeff did for the Alive single.
Osaka, Japan (2/21/95), San Diego (7/10/98), Las Vegas (10/22/00), San Diego (10/25/00), Las Vegas (6/6/03), Las Vegas (7/6/06), Los Angeles (7/9/06), VH1 Rock Honors (7/12/08), Ed Solo (7/8/11), Ed Solo (11/1/12), Los Angeles (11/23/13)
The good drummer had a tattoo of the stickman on his arm.
Oh sh*t...here we go again!!!
Osaka, Japan (2/21/95), San Diego (7/10/98), Las Vegas (10/22/00), San Diego (10/25/00), Las Vegas (6/6/03), Las Vegas (7/6/06), Los Angeles (7/9/06), VH1 Rock Honors (7/12/08), Ed Solo (7/8/11), Ed Solo (11/1/12), Los Angeles (11/23/13)
The good drummer had a tattoo of the stickman on his arm.
Oh sh*t...here we go again!!!
I believe it existed before Dave joined the band. From what I recall (which I could be wrong) Dave was reluctant to join the band at first, but right after he joined and became part of pearl jam, he very quickly added that tattoo... which I believe was part of PJ's imagery at that point.
ADD 5,200 to the post count you see, thank you.
*NYC 9/28/96 *NYC 9/29/96 *NJ 9/8/98 (front row "may i play drums with you")
*MSG 9/10/98 (backstage) *MSG 9/11/98 (backstage)
*Jones Beach 8/23/00 *Jones Beach 8/24/00 *Jones Beach 8/25/00
*Mansfield 8/29/00 *Mansfield 8/30/00 *Nassau 4/30/03 *Nissan VA 7/1/03
*Borgata 10/1/05 *Camden 5/27/06 *Camden 5/28/06 *DC 5/30/06
*VA Beach 6/17/08 *DC 6/22/08 *MSG 6/24/08 (backstage) *MSG 6/25/08
*EV DC 8/17/08 *EV Baltimore 6/15/09 *Philly 10/31/09
*Bristow VA 5/13/10 *MSG 5/20/10 *MSG 5/21/10
I believe it existed before Dave joined the band. From what I recall (which I could be wrong) Dave was reluctant to join the band at first, but right after he joined and became part of pearl jam, he very quickly added that tattoo... which I believe was part of PJ's imagery at that point.
I believe that is correct.
Jeff is the one that originally drew it and then Dave had it tattooed on his arm.
The good drummer had a tattoo of the stickman on his arm.
Thats just wrong there couldn't be a better drummer than Matt- I witnessed it up close- he is awesomely wonderfully talented and also does a great accompaniment to an accordian- hes really cute too
The good drummer had a tattoo of the stickman on his arm.
Thats just wrong there couldn't be a better drummer than Matt- I witnessed it up close- he is awesomely wonderfully talented and also does a great accompaniment to an accordian- hes really cute too
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
My opinion just happens to be different than yours.
I thought the original art work was a large painting that Jeff did..
Not a drawing. I remember seeing it some where at sometime, and it took up a good portion of a wall.
The good drummer had a tattoo of the stickman on his arm.
Thats just wrong there couldn't be a better drummer than Matt- I witnessed it up close- he is awesomely wonderfully talented and also does a great accompaniment to an accordian- hes really cute too
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
My opinion just happens to be different than yours.
Differing opinions are healthy and good.
ADD 5,200 to the post count you see, thank you.
*NYC 9/28/96 *NYC 9/29/96 *NJ 9/8/98 (front row "may i play drums with you")
*MSG 9/10/98 (backstage) *MSG 9/11/98 (backstage)
*Jones Beach 8/23/00 *Jones Beach 8/24/00 *Jones Beach 8/25/00
*Mansfield 8/29/00 *Mansfield 8/30/00 *Nassau 4/30/03 *Nissan VA 7/1/03
*Borgata 10/1/05 *Camden 5/27/06 *Camden 5/28/06 *DC 5/30/06
*VA Beach 6/17/08 *DC 6/22/08 *MSG 6/24/08 (backstage) *MSG 6/25/08
*EV DC 8/17/08 *EV Baltimore 6/15/09 *Philly 10/31/09
*Bristow VA 5/13/10 *MSG 5/20/10 *MSG 5/21/10
Matt is the best PJ drummer ever....So jazzy, and unpredictable....I just listening to how he and Jeff feed off each other...and then it just expands...In my opinion, PJ just took off on a whole new direction when he joined...they are having FUN...kicking ass...and taking names...Off topic...but I gotta represent Matt....
Dave wanted to be a rockstar...not a musician... :shock:
On a related note - I noticed there is a discussion in Howard Zinn's "A People's History...." about the "Riot Act"...and wondered hey - is this why Ed suggested the album name to the band. I know they had some difficulty finding a name for that album, but found the correlation interesting....
Why is the greatest album ever made, one which just oozes meaning called ten?
The Mookie Blaylock line pumped out just never sat right with me.
Vs offered insight. Originally called 5 against 1 at a time when Ed was fighting with his family, a very late change during printing of the album cover meant not all had Vs on the spine. I think, A shark in blood water was the other name said to be on the table for the album's Title.
Consider it confirmation that early on the album name incompassed the theme of the album.
Many Many Years later whilst reading a Japanese Martial Arts Text, I had a PJ revelation. When I read that a mountain was climbed to pay 'ten.' Read reference (In Shinto the original religion in Japan 'ten' meaning homage to heaven).
Is that stick figure brushed with Japanese calligraphy?
We all know alive's meaning. Add I will walk into your garden. Garden of stone. And Oh dear dad can you see me now.
In the shape of a romanised symbol for ten X. The Japanese brush strokes of the stick man were our clue all along. Stick mans arms are both out symbolising here I am alive, as they are reaching out towards heaven above.
I figured this is worth mentioning here since we’re getting into the meaning of he Stickman. Like many others, I have the Stickman as a tattoo. It was my first tat and I got it as a reminder. I was going through depression as many teenagers do and snuck out one night. Roaming my small Wisconsin town I came across the train tracks figuring I would end it all right there. I waited about an hour and nothing but the wind n silence came through. Within that time frame I figured trains must not come through after 1am, so I figured it wasn’t my time yet. As I begin to walk away, not even 5ft off the tracks, I hear a train horn blasting. If I had waited a couple more minutes I’d been gone for good. Around this time I was in the start of heavily listening to Pearl Jam. Come to the first time I listened to “Alive” after that, it took on a whole other meaning. In short, that simple Ament drawing stands for “I’m still alive” as much as it possibly can to me. It cancels out any self conscious thoughts of “but all the other Pearl Jam obsessors have one” or “it’s been done so many times before”.
Hey nanana ain't that somethin PJ Chi 2--08-24-2009 SG Chi 1--01-23-2013 PJ Wrigley--07-19-2013 CCornell Chi--10-06-2015 PJ Wrigley--08-20 & 22 2016 PJ Wrigley--08-18 & 20 2018 Denver— 09-22-2022
I figured this is worth mentioning here since we’re getting into the meaning of he Stickman. Like many others, I have the Stickman as a tattoo. It was my first tat and I got it as a reminder. I was going through depression as many teenagers do and snuck out one night. Roaming my small Wisconsin town I came across the train tracks figuring I would end it all right there. I waited about an hour and nothing but the wind n silence came through. Within that time frame I figured trains must not come through after 1am, so I figured it wasn’t my time yet. As I begin to walk away, not even 5ft off the tracks, I hear a train horn blasting. If I had waited a couple more minutes I’d been gone for good. Around this time I was in the start of heavily listening to Pearl Jam. Come to the first time I listened to “Alive” after that, it took on a whole other meaning. In short, that simple Ament drawing stands for “I’m still alive” as much as it possibly can to me. It cancels out any self conscious thoughts of “but all the other Pearl Jam obsessors have one” or “it’s been done so many times before”.
Glad you're still here, depression sucks
Wouldn't it be funny if the world ended in 2010, with lots of fire?
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Not sure of its meaning really.
Ft Lauderdale-1996
New Jersey-1998
MSG 1,2-1998
Jones beach 1,2,3-2000
Nassau-2003
msg 1,2-2003
Boston-2004
Kissimmee-2004
Philly-2006
New Jersey 2-2006
MSG 1 , 2 2008
Eddie Vedder Solo 1,2-2008
that is just TOO coincidental! WOW.
Fargo 2003
Winnipeg 2005
Winnipeg 2011
St. Paul 2014
With him on top... Check
Lemon yellow sun... Check
Arms raised in a V... Check
I think we have found the inspiration for that lyric.
:shock:
Slowly the veil drops away from eV's secret lyrical imagery laboratory to reveal not an anguished youth, but one who held some things in deep, deep reverence. I don't know... this might make the song even better now...
well said.
"To question your government is not unpatriotic --
to not question your government is unpatriotic."
-- Sen. Chuck Hagel
Oh sh*t...here we go again!!!
Not like he's wrong though.
I believe it existed before Dave joined the band. From what I recall (which I could be wrong) Dave was reluctant to join the band at first, but right after he joined and became part of pearl jam, he very quickly added that tattoo... which I believe was part of PJ's imagery at that point.
*NYC 9/28/96 *NYC 9/29/96 *NJ 9/8/98 (front row "may i play drums with you")
*MSG 9/10/98 (backstage) *MSG 9/11/98 (backstage)
*Jones Beach 8/23/00 *Jones Beach 8/24/00 *Jones Beach 8/25/00
*Mansfield 8/29/00 *Mansfield 8/30/00 *Nassau 4/30/03 *Nissan VA 7/1/03
*Borgata 10/1/05 *Camden 5/27/06 *Camden 5/28/06 *DC 5/30/06
*VA Beach 6/17/08 *DC 6/22/08 *MSG 6/24/08 (backstage) *MSG 6/25/08
*EV DC 8/17/08 *EV Baltimore 6/15/09 *Philly 10/31/09
*Bristow VA 5/13/10 *MSG 5/20/10 *MSG 5/21/10
I believe that is correct.
Jeff is the one that originally drew it and then Dave had it tattooed on his arm.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
My opinion just happens to be different than yours.
Not a drawing. I remember seeing it some where at sometime, and it took up a good portion of a wall.
Differing opinions are healthy and good.
*NYC 9/28/96 *NYC 9/29/96 *NJ 9/8/98 (front row "may i play drums with you")
*MSG 9/10/98 (backstage) *MSG 9/11/98 (backstage)
*Jones Beach 8/23/00 *Jones Beach 8/24/00 *Jones Beach 8/25/00
*Mansfield 8/29/00 *Mansfield 8/30/00 *Nassau 4/30/03 *Nissan VA 7/1/03
*Borgata 10/1/05 *Camden 5/27/06 *Camden 5/28/06 *DC 5/30/06
*VA Beach 6/17/08 *DC 6/22/08 *MSG 6/24/08 (backstage) *MSG 6/25/08
*EV DC 8/17/08 *EV Baltimore 6/15/09 *Philly 10/31/09
*Bristow VA 5/13/10 *MSG 5/20/10 *MSG 5/21/10
that's how he hit the high notes.
*NYC 9/28/96 *NYC 9/29/96 *NJ 9/8/98 (front row "may i play drums with you")
*MSG 9/10/98 (backstage) *MSG 9/11/98 (backstage)
*Jones Beach 8/23/00 *Jones Beach 8/24/00 *Jones Beach 8/25/00
*Mansfield 8/29/00 *Mansfield 8/30/00 *Nassau 4/30/03 *Nissan VA 7/1/03
*Borgata 10/1/05 *Camden 5/27/06 *Camden 5/28/06 *DC 5/30/06
*VA Beach 6/17/08 *DC 6/22/08 *MSG 6/24/08 (backstage) *MSG 6/25/08
*EV DC 8/17/08 *EV Baltimore 6/15/09 *Philly 10/31/09
*Bristow VA 5/13/10 *MSG 5/20/10 *MSG 5/21/10
They always seemed to keep a smile on his face
Dave wanted to be a rockstar...not a musician... :shock:
Just my 2-cents...
I like 'Riot Act' too...so....
The Mookie Blaylock line pumped out just never sat right with me.
Vs offered insight. Originally called 5 against 1 at a time when Ed was fighting with his family, a very late change during printing of the album cover meant not all had Vs on the spine. I think, A shark in blood water was the other name said to be on the table for the album's Title.
Consider it confirmation that early on the album name incompassed the theme of the album.
Many Many Years later whilst reading a Japanese Martial Arts Text, I had a PJ revelation. When I read that a mountain was climbed to pay 'ten.' Read reference (In Shinto the original religion in Japan 'ten' meaning homage to heaven).
Is that stick figure brushed with Japanese calligraphy?
We all know alive's meaning. Add I will walk into your garden. Garden of stone. And Oh dear dad can you see me now.
In the shape of a romanised symbol for ten X. The Japanese brush strokes of the stick man were our clue all along. Stick mans arms are both out symbolising here I am alive, as they are reaching out towards heaven above.
It's Just Brilliant.
ain't that somethin
PJ Chi 2--08-24-2009
SG Chi 1--01-23-2013
PJ Wrigley--07-19-2013
CCornell Chi--10-06-2015
PJ Wrigley--08-20 & 22 2016
PJ Wrigley--08-18 & 20 2018
Denver— 09-22-2022
Glad you're still here, depression sucks