I remember that day oh so well. I was 23 at the time. On my 23rd birthday a few months prior (11/18/97), I went up to Oakland and saw PJ open for the Stones. I heard Brain of J. and DTE for the first time. I bought the cd and cassette (for my car) at Wherehouse exactly at 10:00am, and then proceeded to my dental appointment. The dentist even allowed me to wear my Walkman during the appointment.
Unfortunately I can't really recall much of the exact time I bought the CD, but I'm pretty sure it was on release day . . .
What I do remember is recording the radio premiere of it off of the radio a few days beforehand and listening to the tape ad nauseum, breaking down each song into what i liked/disliked about them . . . . getting ready for the release date.
I also remember, clearly, e-mailing with my buddies back and forth from University a few days after its release and each of us giving our two cents/reviews of the album after having listened to the CD several times over . . . then getting excited for the then upcoming Yield tour and seeing PJ on the 22nd of August in Barrie . . . 1998 was a life changing year for me in terms of my relationship with the band . . . went from casual fan to hardcore . .
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to a great album.
Barrie 08/22/98 Montreal 10/04/00 Toronto 10/05/00 Toronto 06/28/03 Kitchener 09/11/05 Ottawa 09/16/05 Toronto 08/21/09 Toronto 09/11/11 Ottawa 09/14/11 Buffalo 10/12/13 Ottawa 05/08/16 Chicago 08/20/18 Ottawa 09/03/22 Nashville 09/16/22
Love TEN - Hooked on VS - Dug but did not get Vitology <-was 18 at this point - Thought NoCode was horrible and never bought Yield In 1998 I bought the GTF single and hated it
fastforward till i was 24 and in wal-mart of all places I see LiveOnTwoLegs - I thought it was cool and some of the Binaural Tour Boots were dropping - So I picked it up - Wasn't GTF totally new to me now and amazing along with Evolution and MFC - even the NoCode tracks were amazing to me and I saw right away these dudes totally have left the TEN days behind them
So I went and got Yield <-- still my fav. pearl jam album to date and was blasted to the moon - next week bought NoCode and Binaural and Bootleg#1 in Portugal <-- the beginnings of my collection obsession, oh if I had only known
Yield changed me and helped me through some of the hardest times of my life - I was with my first wife for 6years and it was a dead end marriage - not having had kids made the break up alot easier - we were driving somewhere and Faithfull came on my truck cd player -
M.Y.T.H. is
Belief in the game controls that keeps us in a box of fear
We never listen
Voice inside so drowned out
Drowned you are, you are, you are a furry thing
And everything is you
Me you, you me, it's all related
What's a boy to do?
Just be darling and I will be too
Faithful to you
It all changed for me right then and there - i heard those lyrics differently then i ever had before or sense really - It's all state of mind -
Now I am happily remarried with the girl fo my
dreams and all that was years ago - but Happy Bday Yield you greasy bastard
ahh yes.. i remember it well... last year of high school we drove to the rekkid store as early as we could escape school to buy it and i became obsessed from the first chorus of brain of j. plus i was going to see them live for the first time ever a mere few weeks later..
I just want to say that these stories are great...All of them...
I was in 8th grade and my story is a lot different. I grew up in rural Vermont where I had never ehard of Pearl Jam until I went to college years later. I hear your stories and have nothing but regret. I think about all the bullshit I was doing in 8th grade. All the shitty music I was listening to. If only I had known that an album like Yield existed.... It would have changed my life. But, shit happenes for a reason and my life changed in college when I first heard Ledbetter (I was high as hell), and wondered who was that band. From that day forward things havent been the same. Thanks for sharing your stories.
Some how & i dont know how or why but i remember that day very well. Woke up to another beautiful summers day, had a hot one to get in the mood, went to CD store( that i dont remember), came home & loved it from the time i heard the false start of Brain of J! By the time All Those Yesterdays finished i wondered what all the people who were put off by No Code were listening to now but that is their loss. Great record with my favourite artwork. Happy Birthday to 12 years of evolution BABY!
Eastern Creek 95,Syd 1 98,Bris 2 98, Syd 1&2 03, Reading Fest 06, Bris 1 06, London 09, Hyde Park 10, Gold Coast BDO 14 Budapest 22 Krakow 22 Amsterdam 22 St Paul 1&2 23 Chicago 1&2 23 Chicago 1&2 24 New York 1 24 Philly 1&2 24 Boston 1&2 24 Gold Coast 24 Melbourne 1 24 Sydney 1&2 24
I was 13 when Yield came out. I believe I was just getting into Pearl Jam at this point, and my best friend came to school singing "It's evolution baby..." and that is my first memory of it. I soon after bought it. It is my absoulte favorite album by any band of all time. It is probably my most listened to album. It has my favorite song by any band of all time, Low Light, it is accompianed by an awesome video in SVT, which I watch sometimes just for fun and to cheer me up. Everything about that album is amazing, perfect, I love it so much.
Happy Birthday Yield!
Though saying all this starts to make me feel old as next year Yield will have existed for half my life (though I know many of you are older than me!) But I appreciate Yield so much. It makes me think of 7th grade. It is really when the music I listened to started down a whole new path. I can't say enough about this amazing album.
words seem so out of place.
8.21.00 Columbus | 6.24.03 Columbus | 7.9.03 NYC | 10.2.04 Toledo | 9.11.05 Kitchener | 5.20.06 Cleveland | 8.5.07 Chicago | 5.6.10 Columbus | 5.7.10 Noblesville | 5.9.10 Cleveland | 9.3.11 East Troy | 9.4.11 East Troy | 7.19.13 Chicago | 10.11.13 Pittsburgh | 10.1.14 Cincinnati | 4.8.16 Ft. Lauderdale | 4.9.16 Miami | 8.8.18 Seattle | 8.10.18 Seattle | 9.26.21 Dana Point | 10.1.21 Dana Point | 10.2.21 Dana Point | 9.16.22 Nashville | 9.17.22 Louisville | 9.18.22 St. Louis | 9.2.23 St. Paul | 9.15.23 Ft. Worth | 6.22.24 Dublin | 8.26.24 Noblesville 6.26.11 Detroit (EdVed) | 9.23.17 Louisville (EdVed) | 9.25.21 Dana Point (EdVed) | 10.01.22 Dana Point (EdVed) | 2.6.22 Newark (EdVed)
As we all know, it's pretty much impossible to quantify or qualify in mere words what your favorite band, or favorite album means to you. There's so much about the experience of connecting with words and music and having a soundtrack to your life, etc., that go far beyond what you can write in a bbs post.
But then there are some albums and some moments in your life that are forever stuck with you, and in which YOU are yourself forever stuck. For me, that album is Yield, that day is February 3, 1998. Because it was the last day of my brother's life. Someday, maybe I'll be able to articulate what this all has truly meant to my life, what effect Pearl Jam and Yield and losing a brother to cancer had on a 16-year-old high school kid. But that day is not today. Because in large part, I'm still there, and may always be: February 3, 1998.
Happy Birthday, Yield.
"Plaque on the wall says that/no one slept here
it's rare/to come upon/the bridge that has not
been around or been slept on.
Whatever the notion we/listen our prayers
the Man Upstairs is used/to all of this noise
I'm through with screaming
And echoes...that nobody hears
It goes...it goes...it goes...
Like echoes...nobody hears...
It goes. It goes. It goes LIKE THIS:
WE'RE FAITHFULL. WE ALL BELIEVE.
WE ALL BELIEVE IT. WE'RE FAITHFULL.
WE ALL BELIEVE. WE ALL BELIEVE IT."
As we all know, it's pretty much impossible to quantify or qualify in mere words what your favorite band, or favorite album means to you. There's so much about the experience of connecting with words and music and having a soundtrack to your life, etc., that go far beyond what you can write in a bbs post.
But then there are some albums and some moments in your life that are forever stuck with you, and in which YOU are yourself forever stuck. For me, that album is Yield, that day is February 3, 2008. Because it was the last day of my brother's life. Someday, maybe I'll be able to articulate what this all has truly meant to my life, what effect Pearl Jam and Yield and losing a brother to cancer had on a 16-year-old high school kid. But that day is not today. Because in large part, I'm still there, and may always be: February 3, 2008.
Happy Birthday, Yield.
"Plaque on the wall says that/no one slept here
it's rare/to come upon/the bridge that has not
been around or been slept on.
Whatever the notion we/listen our prayers
the Man Upstairs is used/to all of this noise
I'm through with screaming
And echoes...that nobody hears
It goes...it goes...it goes...
Like echoes...nobody hears...
It goes. It goes. It goes LIKE THIS:
WE'RE FAITHFULL. WE ALL BELIEVE.
WE ALL BELIEVE IT. WE'RE FAITHFULL.
WE ALL BELIEVE. WE ALL BELIEVE IT."
Yield was released on February 3, 1998, which was also my 16th birthday. Not wasting any time that day, I went directly to Newbury Comics after getting out of school, where my friend and I bought our copies with much anticipation. I know I'm preaching to the choir here, but that first listen blew my mind away. Listening to it LOUD was fantastic. I was amazed at how the band seemed reborn after the ups and downs they had faced together the past few years. My friend unfortunately passed away a few years later but every year now on this day I spin Yield, crack open a few and get nostalgic about growing up, growing older and letting Pearl Jam provide the soundtrack to my life, for better or worse. Pearl Jam is much more than 5 guys playing music. It sums up in many ways who I am as a person, where I've come from and where I need to be going. Yield, for me, is at the heart of this idea.
I am just curious if anyone else has a story or would just like to offer up a witty comment about what this monumental and breathtaking album means to them. Let's hear it.
But first let's raise a glass today to Yield. 12 years old. They grow up so fast.
COOL, TODAY IS MY BDAY TOO, 29, WONDER WHY MY NAME DIDN'T POP-UP ON THE BOARD'S BIRTHDAY? OH WELL
There are so many amazing stories I've been reading here. We all have different stories about where we were and how we were feeling. It's these types of things that make it all worth it on the board. Thanks again to everyone. Let's hear some more.
"FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
As we all know, it's pretty much impossible to quantify or qualify in mere words what your favorite band, or favorite album means to you. There's so much about the experience of connecting with words and music and having a soundtrack to your life, etc., that go far beyond what you can write in a bbs post.
But then there are some albums and some moments in your life that are forever stuck with you, and in which YOU are yourself forever stuck. For me, that album is Yield, that day is February 3, 2008. Because it was the last day of my brother's life. Someday, maybe I'll be able to articulate what this all has truly meant to my life, what effect Pearl Jam and Yield and losing a brother to cancer had on a 16-year-old high school kid. But that day is not today. Because in large part, I'm still there, and may always be: February 3, 2008.
Happy Birthday, Yield.
"Plaque on the wall says that/no one slept here
it's rare/to come upon/the bridge that has not
been around or been slept on.
Whatever the notion we/listen our prayers
the Man Upstairs is used/to all of this noise
I'm through with screaming
And echoes...that nobody hears
It goes...it goes...it goes...
Like echoes...nobody hears...
It goes. It goes. It goes LIKE THIS:
WE'RE FAITHFULL. WE ALL BELIEVE.
WE ALL BELIEVE IT. WE'RE FAITHFULL.
WE ALL BELIEVE. WE ALL BELIEVE IT."
I went to the Chicago shows with my PJ friend from high school.....he was telling me some similar stories about how the music seemed to follow him through his life and perfectly described events in his life
amazing stuff...
Remember the Thomas Nine !! (10/02/2018)
1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago 2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy 2013: London ON, Wrigley; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE) 2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston 2020: Oakland, Oakland:2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana 2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville 2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana
As I sit here and listen to Yield, I am still amazed at how incredibly awesome it is. There really isn't a weak song on the album, though I am not too fond of Pilate. 11/6/08
1,2,3,4.......1,2,3,4 ........Into Brain of J, one of the best leads to any album. I just LOVE the guitar riff in the song so much I was lucky enough to hear it for the first time in San Diego this past October. So cool live, even thought there was a little guitar slip up after the first verse. oops.
Faithfull is my most underrated song on the album, it just oozes awesomeness. I absolutely love everything about it. Heard it live as well and Ed's singing is so powerfull on it.
For some reason when I first started to listen to the album I never really listened to No Way. What a mistake the guitar riffs are thick and awesome and I can't get enough of it! Am so glad they re-introduced it into their set. Way up there on songs I gotta hear!
Given to Fly is what really made me a fan of Pearl Jam. The first time I heard i loved it so much. It has always been my favorite song of theirs. Hearing it live is awesome and listening to it at the beach while the waves crash the against the shore is also AWESOME!
Wishlist is a song I know a lot of people aren't a big on and I do enjoy it, but not a favorite on the album.
Pilate is another song I just can take or leave, I heard it live Philly which was cool, but I just can't get into it. Maybe it will change one day.
I love when PJ just cuts loose and rocks. Do the Evolution is such a cool song, But it a song that MUST be experienced live, wow it just blows you away.
Red Dot: similar sound to hummus which is a cool little short Irons song, not too shabby.
MFC must be heard while driving, it just has the driving feel to it. So cool. Too bad it doesn't get played live very often.
Low Light is one of PJ's best "ballads". It just kept growing on me from the first time I heard it until now. Hearing it live was so cool too. I have heard most of the songs from Yield, but there is still one left that I desperately want to hear. And I missed one of its best performances ever by one day.
That would be In Hiding. It has exploded into one of my all-time favorite songs. Just great writing both lyrically and musically. The chorus is so simple. They need to put this song into regular rotation. It is that good. When I first heard the version from the Spectrum on October 30, I couldn't believe how awesome it sounded and then to hear Eddie say it was the best he had ever heard it sung. I was like shoot I just missed it!!! I was lucky enough to make the Halloween show, but I will always regret not being able to make the previous night's show. Here are two links to great videos of this song from that night:
Push Me, Pull is one of the most random thing I have ever heard, but it is a cool little song.
All those Yesterdays is such a cool builder. I love Eddie's intro just his voice and the guitar work is so friggin' cool! I have always been a fan, but fell in love with it when I heard it live. So awesome. Here is the video from the LA show back in October: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESwFg6mLAYU
Man I love it.
One more random "song" from the album is the hidden track. I love it, I really do. There really aren't any words, but the music and the claps just make me happy to listen to it. It is hard to describe!
Wow, I still can't believe I first bought and listened to the album over ten years after its release date. I feel like I have listened to it forever. Not sure if I would have liked it in high school to be honest when it first was released. Happy Birthday to one of the most beautiful albums ever recorded. It's birthday for me will always be November 6, 2008.
Formerly Brew Crew Tix “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.
I had just moved out to California in January of 1998. I remember picking up Yield on my way home from work, popping it in the cd player, and cracking an ice cold Pacifico. Sat on the couch and could not stop smiling as I listened. About halfway through I hit repeat on the cd reomte... and the Pacificos.
Happy birthday to an incredible album that truly means a lot to me!
"Sometimes you find yourself having to put all your faith in no faith."
~not a dude~
2010: MSGx2
2012: Made In America
2013: Pittsburgh, Brooklynx2, Hartford, Baltimore
2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes, Detroit
2015: Global Citizen Festival
2016: Phillyx2, MSGx2, Fenwayx2 2018: Barcelona, Wrigleyx2
Happy B-day Fenway Faithful, Yield and whomever ever else's b-day it is! I was listening to the album earlier today (didn't even know it came out on this date).
I'm sure this was question was answered many times. But in the Given To Fly. What is that "noise" at the 2:45 mark of the song right after Ed says Sometimes? Sounds like a high pitch noise.
Not really a bad song on the album.
8/28/98- Camden, NJ
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
4/28/16- Philly, PA
4/29/16- Philly, PA
5/1/16- NYC
5/2/16- NYC
9/2/18- Boston, MA
9/4/18- Boston, MA
9/14/22- Camden, NJ
9/7/24- Philly, PA
9/9/24- Philly, PA
Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
I requested a song off Yield to Yrockonxpn for its b-day. He's gonna play Brain of J. SO if anyone near the philly area wants to listen he said he's gonna play it.
on now!
8/28/98- Camden, NJ
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
4/28/16- Philly, PA
4/29/16- Philly, PA
5/1/16- NYC
5/2/16- NYC
9/2/18- Boston, MA
9/4/18- Boston, MA
9/14/22- Camden, NJ
9/7/24- Philly, PA
9/9/24- Philly, PA
Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
One more random "song" from the album is the hidden track. I love it, I really do. There really aren't any words, but the music and the claps just make me happy to listen to it. It is hard to describe!
Ive listened to this about 15 times today
"FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
One more random "song" from the album is the hidden track. I love it, I really do. There really aren't any words, but the music and the claps just make me happy to listen to it. It is hard to describe!
Ive listened to this about 15 times today
Haha!!! I love your avatar! You can PM that one to me if you want. Kudos, friend.
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i wish i was wishlist playing 24/7 outside your home...on 80" speakers so i'd ring inside your dome!
What I do remember is recording the radio premiere of it off of the radio a few days beforehand and listening to the tape ad nauseum, breaking down each song into what i liked/disliked about them . . . . getting ready for the release date.
I also remember, clearly, e-mailing with my buddies back and forth from University a few days after its release and each of us giving our two cents/reviews of the album after having listened to the CD several times over . . . then getting excited for the then upcoming Yield tour and seeing PJ on the 22nd of August in Barrie . . . 1998 was a life changing year for me in terms of my relationship with the band . . . went from casual fan to hardcore . .
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to a great album.
Montreal 10/04/00
Toronto 10/05/00
Toronto 06/28/03
Kitchener 09/11/05
Ottawa 09/16/05
Toronto 08/21/09
Toronto 09/11/11
Ottawa 09/14/11
Buffalo 10/12/13
Ottawa 05/08/16
Chicago 08/20/18
Ottawa 09/03/22
Nashville 09/16/22
Love TEN - Hooked on VS - Dug but did not get Vitology <-was 18 at this point - Thought NoCode was horrible and never bought Yield In 1998 I bought the GTF single and hated it
fastforward till i was 24 and in wal-mart of all places I see LiveOnTwoLegs - I thought it was cool and some of the Binaural Tour Boots were dropping - So I picked it up - Wasn't GTF totally new to me now and amazing along with Evolution and MFC - even the NoCode tracks were amazing to me and I saw right away these dudes totally have left the TEN days behind them
So I went and got Yield <-- still my fav. pearl jam album to date and was blasted to the moon - next week bought NoCode and Binaural and Bootleg#1 in Portugal <-- the beginnings of my collection obsession, oh if I had only known
Yield changed me and helped me through some of the hardest times of my life - I was with my first wife for 6years and it was a dead end marriage - not having had kids made the break up alot easier - we were driving somewhere and Faithfull came on my truck cd player -
M.Y.T.H. is
Belief in the game controls that keeps us in a box of fear
We never listen
Voice inside so drowned out
Drowned you are, you are, you are a furry thing
And everything is you
Me you, you me, it's all related
What's a boy to do?
Just be darling and I will be too
Faithful to you
It all changed for me right then and there - i heard those lyrics differently then i ever had before or sense really - It's all state of mind -
Now I am happily remarried with the girl fo my
dreams and all that was years ago - but Happy Bday Yield you greasy bastard
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Love it....MFC and In Hiding just blew my ass away
1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago
2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy
2013: London ON, Wrigley; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE)
2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston
2020: Oakland, Oakland: 2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana
2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville
2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana
I was in 8th grade and my story is a lot different. I grew up in rural Vermont where I had never ehard of Pearl Jam until I went to college years later. I hear your stories and have nothing but regret. I think about all the bullshit I was doing in 8th grade. All the shitty music I was listening to. If only I had known that an album like Yield existed.... It would have changed my life. But, shit happenes for a reason and my life changed in college when I first heard Ledbetter (I was high as hell), and wondered who was that band. From that day forward things havent been the same. Thanks for sharing your stories.
Peace,
Bryan
Happy Birthday Yield!
Though saying all this starts to make me feel old as next year Yield will have existed for half my life (though I know many of you are older than me!) But I appreciate Yield so much. It makes me think of 7th grade. It is really when the music I listened to started down a whole new path. I can't say enough about this amazing album.
8.21.00 Columbus | 6.24.03 Columbus | 7.9.03 NYC | 10.2.04 Toledo | 9.11.05 Kitchener | 5.20.06 Cleveland | 8.5.07 Chicago | 5.6.10 Columbus | 5.7.10 Noblesville | 5.9.10 Cleveland | 9.3.11 East Troy | 9.4.11 East Troy | 7.19.13 Chicago | 10.11.13 Pittsburgh | 10.1.14 Cincinnati | 4.8.16 Ft. Lauderdale | 4.9.16 Miami | 8.8.18 Seattle | 8.10.18 Seattle | 9.26.21 Dana Point | 10.1.21 Dana Point | 10.2.21 Dana Point | 9.16.22 Nashville | 9.17.22 Louisville | 9.18.22 St. Louis | 9.2.23 St. Paul | 9.15.23 Ft. Worth | 6.22.24 Dublin | 8.26.24 Noblesville
6.26.11 Detroit (EdVed) | 9.23.17 Louisville (EdVed) | 9.25.21 Dana Point (EdVed) | 10.01.22 Dana Point (EdVed) | 2.6.22 Newark (EdVed)
But then there are some albums and some moments in your life that are forever stuck with you, and in which YOU are yourself forever stuck. For me, that album is Yield, that day is February 3, 1998. Because it was the last day of my brother's life. Someday, maybe I'll be able to articulate what this all has truly meant to my life, what effect Pearl Jam and Yield and losing a brother to cancer had on a 16-year-old high school kid. But that day is not today. Because in large part, I'm still there, and may always be: February 3, 1998.
Happy Birthday, Yield.
"Plaque on the wall says that/no one slept here
it's rare/to come upon/the bridge that has not
been around or been slept on.
Whatever the notion we/listen our prayers
the Man Upstairs is used/to all of this noise
I'm through with screaming
And echoes...that nobody hears
It goes...it goes...it goes...
Like echoes...nobody hears...
It goes. It goes. It goes LIKE THIS:
WE'RE FAITHFULL. WE ALL BELIEVE.
WE ALL BELIEVE IT. WE'RE FAITHFULL.
WE ALL BELIEVE. WE ALL BELIEVE IT."
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web.archive.org/web/20090204082549/http://sonymusic.com/artists/PearlJam/fanscene/2003/711man1.html
Wow
BOS-9/28/04,9/29/04,6/28/08,6/30/08, 9/5/16, 9/7/16, 9/2/18
MTL-9/15/05, OTT-9/16/05
PHL-5/27/06,5/28/06,10/30/09,10/31/09
CHI-8/2/07,8/5/07,8/23/09,8/24/09
HTFD-6/27/08
ATX-10/4/09, 10/12/14
KC-5/3/2010,STL-5/4/2010
Bridge School-10/23/2010,10/24/2010
PJ20-9/3/2011,9/4/2011
OKC-11/16/13
SEA-12/6/13
TUL-10/8/14
COOL, TODAY IS MY BDAY TOO, 29, WONDER WHY MY NAME DIDN'T POP-UP ON THE BOARD'S BIRTHDAY? OH WELL
that's some good ryhming I gotta say :P
The whole world will be different soon the whole world will be RELIEVED
#resistgezi #resistturkey #resisttaksim #direnturkiye #direngezi
#standingman #duranadam
I went to the Chicago shows with my PJ friend from high school.....he was telling me some similar stories about how the music seemed to follow him through his life and perfectly described events in his life
amazing stuff...
1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago
2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy
2013: London ON, Wrigley; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE)
2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston
2020: Oakland, Oakland: 2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana
2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville
2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana
1,2,3,4.......1,2,3,4 ........Into Brain of J, one of the best leads to any album. I just LOVE the guitar riff in the song so much I was lucky enough to hear it for the first time in San Diego this past October. So cool live, even thought there was a little guitar slip up after the first verse. oops.
Faithfull is my most underrated song on the album, it just oozes awesomeness. I absolutely love everything about it. Heard it live as well and Ed's singing is so powerfull on it.
For some reason when I first started to listen to the album I never really listened to No Way. What a mistake the guitar riffs are thick and awesome and I can't get enough of it! Am so glad they re-introduced it into their set. Way up there on songs I gotta hear!
Given to Fly is what really made me a fan of Pearl Jam. The first time I heard i loved it so much. It has always been my favorite song of theirs. Hearing it live is awesome and listening to it at the beach while the waves crash the against the shore is also AWESOME!
Wishlist is a song I know a lot of people aren't a big on and I do enjoy it, but not a favorite on the album.
Pilate is another song I just can take or leave, I heard it live Philly which was cool, but I just can't get into it. Maybe it will change one day.
I love when PJ just cuts loose and rocks. Do the Evolution is such a cool song, But it a song that MUST be experienced live, wow it just blows you away.
Red Dot: similar sound to hummus which is a cool little short Irons song, not too shabby.
MFC must be heard while driving, it just has the driving feel to it. So cool. Too bad it doesn't get played live very often.
Low Light is one of PJ's best "ballads". It just kept growing on me from the first time I heard it until now. Hearing it live was so cool too. I have heard most of the songs from Yield, but there is still one left that I desperately want to hear. And I missed one of its best performances ever by one day.
That would be In Hiding. It has exploded into one of my all-time favorite songs. Just great writing both lyrically and musically. The chorus is so simple. They need to put this song into regular rotation. It is that good. When I first heard the version from the Spectrum on October 30, I couldn't believe how awesome it sounded and then to hear Eddie say it was the best he had ever heard it sung. I was like shoot I just missed it!!! I was lucky enough to make the Halloween show, but I will always regret not being able to make the previous night's show. Here are two links to great videos of this song from that night:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwWkZWsRRdM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXE4-pgrUjg (Full Version)
Wow, what a goosebump giving rendition, phew.
Push Me, Pull is one of the most random thing I have ever heard, but it is a cool little song.
All those Yesterdays is such a cool builder. I love Eddie's intro just his voice and the guitar work is so friggin' cool! I have always been a fan, but fell in love with it when I heard it live. So awesome. Here is the video from the LA show back in October: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESwFg6mLAYU
Man I love it.
One more random "song" from the album is the hidden track. I love it, I really do. There really aren't any words, but the music and the claps just make me happy to listen to it. It is hard to describe!
Wow, I still can't believe I first bought and listened to the album over ten years after its release date. I feel like I have listened to it forever. Not sure if I would have liked it in high school to be honest when it first was released. Happy Birthday to one of the most beautiful albums ever recorded. It's birthday for me will always be November 6, 2008.
“If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.
~not a dude~
2010: MSGx2
2012: Made In America
2013: Pittsburgh, Brooklynx2, Hartford, Baltimore
2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes, Detroit
2015: Global Citizen Festival
2016: Phillyx2, MSGx2, Fenwayx2
2018: Barcelona, Wrigleyx2
I'm sure this was question was answered many times. But in the Given To Fly. What is that "noise" at the 2:45 mark of the song right after Ed says Sometimes? Sounds like a high pitch noise.
Not really a bad song on the album.
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
4/28/16- Philly, PA
4/29/16- Philly, PA
5/1/16- NYC
5/2/16- NYC
9/2/18- Boston, MA
9/4/18- Boston, MA
9/14/22- Camden, NJ
9/7/24- Philly, PA
9/9/24- Philly, PA
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
on now!
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
4/28/16- Philly, PA
4/29/16- Philly, PA
5/1/16- NYC
5/2/16- NYC
9/2/18- Boston, MA
9/4/18- Boston, MA
9/14/22- Camden, NJ
9/7/24- Philly, PA
9/9/24- Philly, PA
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
2008: MSG 1, Hartford, Mansfield 2, Ed Solo NYC 1
2009: London (O2), Philly 1, 2, 3, & 4
2010: Hartford, Boston, MSG 1 & 2
2011: Ed Solo Hartford
2012: Philly (MIA Fest)
2013: Worcester 2, Brooklyn 1 & 2, Hartford
Giving it a quick spin right now.
Haha!!! I love your avatar! You can PM that one to me if you want.