I've kind of written about this elsewhere, but my 12 and 14 year old sons got into PJ last year. The 12 year old got into the music first so we took him to see EV solo in Boston and then Mansfield 1. Even though I had seen PJ 3 times before, those 2 concerts and the experience of sharing it with my son really took my fandom and his to a whole new level and the 14 year old became just as big a fan, too. They just HAD to get Ten and Backspacer the day they came out on Rock Band. The 12 year old also took up guitar this year and thanks to Given to Wail has taught himself all or parts of many songs (I'd guess 40 or so). He'll be playing "Elderly Woman" at the local shopping mall in a recital over the holidays.
By the time this year rolled around, they were desperate to see PJ live now knowing ALL their music (almost certainly better than I do). Anyway, I was able to bring my younger son to see EV solo again in Albany and have such fond memories of us listening to some new bootlegs in the car all the way to and from Boston. My older son couldn't make that one, but I managed to arrange for him to see EV in Philly with my wife - they had to get off the train on the way back from a class trip to DC to get there, but he loved it.
I was still trying to get them to see the whole band and we happened to be vacationing in London when they were there, so we went to O2 but could not get in. We stood outside and listened to the encores and had a blast anyway.
We were lucky enough to get tickets to Philly 3 and 4. The anticipation was unbelievable for them - following setlists on line, making lists of all the songs they wanted to hear, etc. Then we won the lottery for Philly 3 at our first show as 10C members! That was the night of a lifetime for all of us. My older son's first PJ concert and he was front row. Ed acknowledged my younger son to the whole crowd, gave him his harmonica after Footsteps, and Matt gave him his drumsticks and wristband. Just when I was feeling a little bad for my older son because of the attention his little brother was getting, Ed gave him his setlist. Both boys got picks from Mike. It's almost a month later and just writing about this feels so great to remember - not just the concert which was amazing, but the shared experience of it as a family was really wonderful.
Anyway, it was just Thanksgiving so this is a great opportunity to thank the band again for their music. It has been an incredible gift to our family that has brought me even closer to my sons over the last year and a half and has given us many, many hours of shared pleasure. (Only my 14 year old daughter, ever the contrarian, refuses to jump on the PJ bandwagon. Although in a moment of weakness she will admit to liking Into the Wild).
My three year old daughter Olivia has become a big Pearl Jam fan, and it's made me so proud. She knows six songs off of Backspacer now and will ask for them by title. Every time we get in the car she will ask me to put on Pearl Jam. She says that The Fixer is her favorite song, but now she's really into "The Wave Song" (Amongst the Waves" and "The Thought Song" (Unthought Known). It is so cute to hear her sing along to the songs ("let's go swim tonight, darlin," "gems and RHINESTONES," "Nuffin left, nuffin left..."). I DVRed the ACL show this week and she wants me to play it over and over again. Last night after Thanksgiving dinner she wanted us to both put on our PJ Target t-shirts (I have two) and watch the show - she gets so excited whenever they show Boom! I can't wait to take her to a live show - I've seen them plenty of times already but that will be a special show when I can actually take her along. At what age is it ok to bring them to a show?
NY 9/29/96; NJ 9/8/98; NY 9/10/98; NY 8/24/00; Mansfield 7/2/03; Mansfield 7/11/03; Boston 9/28/04 (VFC); Post-Letterman, NY 5/4/06; Boston 5/24/06; Boston 5/25/06; Mansfield 6/28/08; Mansfield 6/30/08; Boston 5/17/10; Dublin 6/22/10; Alpine Valley 9/3/11; Alpine Valley 9/4/11; Worcester 10/15/13; Worcester 10/16/13; Brooklyn 10/18/13; Philadelphia 4/29/16; Boston 8/5/16; Boston 8/7/16, Seattle 8/8/18, Seattle 8/10/18, Boston 9/2/18, Boston 9/4/18
Mike Watt featuring EV, NY 4/27/95; Three Fish w/JA, NY 7/11/96; Three Fish w/JA, NY 6/11/99; EV Solo, Boston 8/1/08, Tres Mts. w/JA & MM, Boston 3/27/11; EV Solo, Boston 6/16/11
My 15 year old daughter first saw PJ with me in 2003, when she was 9. In 2006 after I'd joined the Ten Club I had one spare ticket, so she came again with me at the age of 12. She was also lucky enough to see them the other night in Sydney with me once more, so she's now seen them 3 times. My other daughter came to Adelaide with me, using up my spare Ten Club ticket. She's 14 and it was her first rock concert. She now keeps asking me to play PJ in the car, definitely came out of the concert liking them a whole lot more. Loves Big Wave. My 11 year old wanted to come to one of the concerts but there's no way I was going to take him, not tall enough for GA plus it would send me broke! He does like the DTE animated video a lot.
I have two Kids, a 6 yr old Girl and a 3 yr old Boy and my kids LOVE Pearl Jam, they have both been listening to them from the minute they were born. It's all i listen to in the Car and In the house, so there is no way they can get away from it!
My 6 Yr old constantly tells people just how much she loves Pearl Jam, she even goes around to her teachers at school and tells them just how much her Mummy loves Pearl Jam. Most recently, she went around telling everyone that I had "a new Pearl Jam Jacket and Thingy for her keys... and you're not allowed to touch them!!"
My Kids really love Backspacer at the moment... My son absloutley LOVES "The Fixer" "Amongst the Waves" and "Johnny Guitar", whereas my daughter really loves "Just Breathe" and "Got some".
I am soooo glad that My kids appriciate Pearl Jam... My Husband may say differently, but i DO NOT Care!! Having Past my LOVE of this MAGNIFICENT Band onto my Kids is more than enough to make me happy!!!
I'm a single mom. Recently my 7 yr old son was watchin IIC w/me and after watching a part with Ed & his daughter, he said: "I bet he's a great dad. To bad he's not my dad, he could teach me guitar." So sweet and sad. Guess what he's getting for Christmas? Guitar lessons. I love that kid.
If you don't get him the lessons I will!!
My two girls like PJ, my 13 yr old loves the Fixer, says it's always in her head ( not just because I play it all of the time!) When we first adopted her she was stuck on anything sung on the Disney Channel, now she requests Pearl Jam, and wants to go to a show with us! I finally came up with this idea, My husband and I will get 10C tix, and buy a pair (if possible :? ) and I'll keep the best seats, and she can bring a friend! I hope I get the chance to try that out!
My 3 1/2 yr old loves Faithful and Jeremy. I sang an awesome acoustic version of Jeremy to her every night when she was a baby.
I'll ride the wave where it takes me
I know I was born and I know that I'll die, the in between is mine. I Am Mine
Til the Lightning Bolt sets you free
My teenage daughter does not understand my love for PJ..Hates flannel and the grunge scene...it made me laugh to be at american eagle store with her and the guy shirts were long sleeve button up flannels. She said that maybe PJ was cool before everyone else caught on.
My younger daughters love pearl jam. My 4 year old rocks around the house screaming "i'm a pearl jam girl I wanna be a rock star..Both the younger ones love Dopwn. My eight year old likes to sit with me in a dark room with tthe christmas lights on listening to songs like black and nothingman. She asks on e question after another about the band..She asked" daddy why do you love pearl jam so much"? I said honey i don't know It is just something in my soul or something stupid like that..it made me think
Sure there's a few catchy songs, but I find it surprising kids like the band. They wouldn't have done anything for me musically before the age of 13.
I was 10 in 1991 when Ten came out and seriously they have been my favourite band ever since! Obviously children (including me back in the day) don't understand the meaning of the lyrics but they can totally understand great music from early on. My kids (nearly 5 & 2) and I jam out to Pearl Jam all the time, we have our little family band - I play my guitar my daughter plays hers and my son bashes on his drum. Its great to introduce your children to something that you feel passionately about and for them to show love back.
My dad used to listen to (& still does) The Doors, Fleetwood Mac, Bob Dylan when I was little and guess what .... I still like their music..
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By the time this year rolled around, they were desperate to see PJ live now knowing ALL their music (almost certainly better than I do). Anyway, I was able to bring my younger son to see EV solo again in Albany and have such fond memories of us listening to some new bootlegs in the car all the way to and from Boston. My older son couldn't make that one, but I managed to arrange for him to see EV in Philly with my wife - they had to get off the train on the way back from a class trip to DC to get there, but he loved it.
I was still trying to get them to see the whole band and we happened to be vacationing in London when they were there, so we went to O2 but could not get in. We stood outside and listened to the encores and had a blast anyway.
We were lucky enough to get tickets to Philly 3 and 4. The anticipation was unbelievable for them - following setlists on line, making lists of all the songs they wanted to hear, etc. Then we won the lottery for Philly 3 at our first show as 10C members! That was the night of a lifetime for all of us. My older son's first PJ concert and he was front row. Ed acknowledged my younger son to the whole crowd, gave him his harmonica after Footsteps, and Matt gave him his drumsticks and wristband. Just when I was feeling a little bad for my older son because of the attention his little brother was getting, Ed gave him his setlist. Both boys got picks from Mike. It's almost a month later and just writing about this feels so great to remember - not just the concert which was amazing, but the shared experience of it as a family was really wonderful.
Anyway, it was just Thanksgiving so this is a great opportunity to thank the band again for their music. It has been an incredible gift to our family that has brought me even closer to my sons over the last year and a half and has given us many, many hours of shared pleasure. (Only my 14 year old daughter, ever the contrarian, refuses to jump on the PJ bandwagon. Although in a moment of weakness she will admit to liking Into the Wild).
03: 7-11 Mansfield 3
04: 9-28 Boston 1
08: 6-28 Mansfield 1
09: 10-30 Philly 3, 10-31 Philly 4
10: 5-15 Hartford, 5-17 Boston
11: 9-3 Alpine Valley, 9-4 Alpine Valley
13: 10-15 Worcester 1, 10-16 Worcester 2, 10-25 Hartford
16: 4-29 Philly 2, 5-1 MSG 1, 8-5 Fenway 1, 8-7 Fenway 2
18: 9-2 Fenway 1, 9-4 Fenway 2
21: 9-26 Ohana
22: 5-6 LA, 5-7 LA, 5-16 Fresno
EV SOLO: 8-2-08 Boston 2, 6-8-09 Albany 1, 6-15-11 Providence, 6-16-11 Boston, 6-18-11 Hartford, 11-1-12 Las Vegas
Tres Mts: 3-27-11 Boston
NY 9/29/96; NJ 9/8/98; NY 9/10/98; NY 8/24/00; Mansfield 7/2/03; Mansfield 7/11/03; Boston 9/28/04 (VFC); Post-Letterman, NY 5/4/06; Boston 5/24/06; Boston 5/25/06; Mansfield 6/28/08; Mansfield 6/30/08; Boston 5/17/10; Dublin 6/22/10; Alpine Valley 9/3/11; Alpine Valley 9/4/11; Worcester 10/15/13; Worcester 10/16/13; Brooklyn 10/18/13; Philadelphia 4/29/16; Boston 8/5/16; Boston 8/7/16, Seattle 8/8/18, Seattle 8/10/18, Boston 9/2/18, Boston 9/4/18
Mike Watt featuring EV, NY 4/27/95; Three Fish w/JA, NY 7/11/96; Three Fish w/JA, NY 6/11/99; EV Solo, Boston 8/1/08, Tres Mts. w/JA & MM, Boston 3/27/11; EV Solo, Boston 6/16/11
my son is 10 and addicted to band same as his mom (me) is. which means - totally addicted.
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My 6 Yr old constantly tells people just how much she loves Pearl Jam, she even goes around to her teachers at school and tells them just how much her Mummy loves Pearl Jam. Most recently, she went around telling everyone that I had "a new Pearl Jam Jacket and Thingy for her keys... and you're not allowed to touch them!!"
My Kids really love Backspacer at the moment... My son absloutley LOVES "The Fixer" "Amongst the Waves" and "Johnny Guitar", whereas my daughter really loves "Just Breathe" and "Got some".
I am soooo glad that My kids appriciate Pearl Jam... My Husband may say differently, but i DO NOT Care!! Having Past my LOVE of this MAGNIFICENT Band onto my Kids is more than enough to make me happy!!!
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If you don't get him the lessons I will!!
My two girls like PJ, my 13 yr old loves the Fixer, says it's always in her head ( not just because I play it all of the time!) When we first adopted her she was stuck on anything sung on the Disney Channel, now she requests Pearl Jam, and wants to go to a show with us! I finally came up with this idea, My husband and I will get 10C tix, and buy a pair (if possible :? ) and I'll keep the best seats, and she can bring a friend! I hope I get the chance to try that out!
My 3 1/2 yr old loves Faithful and Jeremy. I sang an awesome acoustic version of Jeremy to her every night when she was a baby.
I know I was born and I know that I'll die, the in between is mine. I Am Mine
Til the Lightning Bolt sets you free
Wahine - I'm a Lightning Bolt
9/2/98, 7/1/03, 10/3/05, 5/30/06, 6/17/08, ED-8/16/08, 10/30/09, 5/13/10, 10/29/13, 10/14/14
-RIP Hippiemom -
perhaps I should sign my 4 and a half year old up for the 10c
then he will have great seats when he is old enough to go.....
My younger daughters love pearl jam. My 4 year old rocks around the house screaming "i'm a pearl jam girl I wanna be a rock star..Both the younger ones love Dopwn. My eight year old likes to sit with me in a dark room with tthe christmas lights on listening to songs like black and nothingman. She asks on e question after another about the band..She asked" daddy why do you love pearl jam so much"? I said honey i don't know It is just something in my soul or something stupid like that..it made me think
I was 10 in 1991 when Ten came out and seriously they have been my favourite band ever since! Obviously children (including me back in the day) don't understand the meaning of the lyrics but they can totally understand great music from early on. My kids (nearly 5 & 2) and I jam out to Pearl Jam all the time, we have our little family band - I play my guitar my daughter plays hers and my son bashes on his drum. Its great to introduce your children to something that you feel passionately about and for them to show love back.
My dad used to listen to (& still does) The Doors, Fleetwood Mac, Bob Dylan when I was little and guess what .... I still like their music..