Vitalogy
I Finally Get It!!!
Like all Pearl Jam music, I tend to strongly dislike it at first. This was no exception for Vitalogy. Last night during another case of insomnia, I put Vitalogy in to give it another go. This time, for some reason, I got it! it just makes sense now!
At first I had a really hard time listening to it because of some tracks like Aye Davanita and foxymophandlemamma. I also hated Satan's Bed.
Listening to this album again for some reason clicked. It made sense with my mental state at this point in my life and I love it now.
Pearl Jam, for me, has for some reason been an acquired taste like coffee and reading. For every album it has been like this. I think it makes me appreciate PJ even more because I go through this initial struggle to understand them.
I feel that it's better than a band or song you hear that immediately becomes your favorite, because in a year or two you will probably have found another band or song, and you will have forgotten your previous one.
anyway, I just wanted to share my late revelation to you all.
Merry Christmas,
-Joe
Like all Pearl Jam music, I tend to strongly dislike it at first. This was no exception for Vitalogy. Last night during another case of insomnia, I put Vitalogy in to give it another go. This time, for some reason, I got it! it just makes sense now!
At first I had a really hard time listening to it because of some tracks like Aye Davanita and foxymophandlemamma. I also hated Satan's Bed.
Listening to this album again for some reason clicked. It made sense with my mental state at this point in my life and I love it now.
Pearl Jam, for me, has for some reason been an acquired taste like coffee and reading. For every album it has been like this. I think it makes me appreciate PJ even more because I go through this initial struggle to understand them.
I feel that it's better than a band or song you hear that immediately becomes your favorite, because in a year or two you will probably have found another band or song, and you will have forgotten your previous one.
anyway, I just wanted to share my late revelation to you all.
Merry Christmas,
-Joe
2006 - Washington D.C.
2010 - Bristow, VA
2013 - Charlottesville, VA
2010 - Bristow, VA
2013 - Charlottesville, VA
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Besides being the only Pearl Jam album with significant amounts of filler, the rest of this album is really awesome. I'd never really appreciated Tremor Christ for some reason, until very recently. On the other hand, Immortality is a long-time favorite and my current "favorite song" (by anyone). This is also the first PJ album (maybe anyone's album) that I bought the day it came out, so it has some specialy significance. Of course, my vinyl isn't holding up so well...
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"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
So I put my headphones on and started going through songs and I really had forgotten what a SOLID PURE MAGICAL record this is!
I mean I can listen to it all the way through without the need to skip ANY of the songs. And yes, heyfoxymophandlemama does it for me. I just love the way the intensity grows on that one. :think:
This is Pearl Jam's proudest moment. I really have to get this on VINYL!
"And, i can still fantasize, but i keep it to myself...
Keep it to myself...keep it to myself...
...that i can walk without hands of theirs...
And, i can still fantasize, but i keep it to myself...
Keep it to myself...keep it to myself...
I think i deserve to be loved, don't you?
...that i can walk without hands of theirs...
And, i can still fantasize, but i keep it to myself...
Keep it to myself...keep it to myself...
I think i deserve to be loved, don't you?
Very much so... "
Soundgarden - 1996-10-15
Pearl Jam - 2000-06-30
Fugazi - 2000-10-10
The Mars Volta - 2003-03-24
Too bad I Got Id and Long Road couldn't have been recorded just a year or so earlier and made it on the record. Personally they would have been a great substitute for the filler crap like Foxy Mop Handle...blah, blah and Pry To. I could do without Bugs although at least it's more of a "traditional formatted" song.
Anyway, cheers!
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Yeah, the whole production (or anti-production) is something that really shines on Vitalogy. It's raw, punky, edgy and captures song's live-vibe perfectly.
Soundgarden - 1996-10-15
Pearl Jam - 2000-06-30
Fugazi - 2000-10-10
The Mars Volta - 2003-03-24
Word! I was just thinking if they ever put out anything that could be remotely considered "punk" it would be that one. I think it is cool because I've heard that it was mostly all songs Ed put together. If that is true it really is the only album that shows his influences directly.
2000 - St. Louis
2003 - West Palm Beach, St. Louis, Champaign, Bonner Springs, and East Troy
2004 - St. Louis, Asheville, and Kissimmee
2005 - Kitchener and London, Ontario
2006 - Chicago Night 1, Cincinnati, and St. Paul Night 1
2007 - Lollapalooza
2010 - St. Louis and Noblesville
2011 - East Troy PJ20 Night 1 and Night 2
2013 - Wrigley and Oklahoma City
2014 - St. Louis and Memphis
2016 - Lexington
2018 - Wrigley Night 1
"I know I was born and I know that I'll die...the in between is mine"
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5/17/10 Boston, 10/15/13 Worcester, 10/16/13 Worcester, 10/25/13 Hartford
8/5/16 Fenway, 8/7/16 Fenway
EV Solo: 6/16/11 Boston, 6/18/11 Hartford,
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The album "Ed put together" must've been No Code. I've read an interview where he said the album would've been better if it had been more of a band effort. IMHO Vitalogy is a BAND record. Songs were made during the VS. tour, @ soundchecks etc. and most of the songs were tested in front of a live audience well before they were commercially released.
Soundgarden - 1996-10-15
Pearl Jam - 2000-06-30
Fugazi - 2000-10-10
The Mars Volta - 2003-03-24
oh yeah! How about Corduroy from Bridge School '96! That's wicked too
Soundgarden - 1996-10-15
Pearl Jam - 2000-06-30
Fugazi - 2000-10-10
The Mars Volta - 2003-03-24
how does it get a bad rap? i'm pretty sure it was critically praised when it came out and even people who don't listen to pearl jam like the songs corduroy and better man.
i agree, i got id and long road would have sounded amazing on it.
In SVT Ed says something to the effect of "it was the third record, I was playing a bunch of songs on guitar myself, but now its a collective effort, everybody with their hammers and claws..."
Third record is Vitalogy. However, I agree that No Code is also an at least in part an Ed arrangement... the main point of evidence is right on the album packaging... "album concept Jerome Turner"
I used to put my Vitalogy tape in my walkman and listen to it while running... even still the album always infuses me with energy.
Vitalogy was critically praised... Spin The Black Circle won a grammy.