How did Ten change you life?

BrianGoldsmith

Heard Alive and Black and found the energy to continue....

MF151004

Heard even flow first and was hooked. I soon realized album after album that their music has become the soundtrack to my life, the good and the bad.

philthehip

I was 10 when my sister came back from the US with it. I heard it and liked it straight away but it was not until I was about 14 that I realised that they were the band I would follow all my or their lives. And the music has never let me down. I can find all the strength that will ever be needed. When my Father died 10 years ago it was the music that saved me from the chaos in head. Thats alot to be thankful for really.

cajunkiwi

I was fully into hair metal... went to Australia to play soccer on a tour and that was the only cassette someone brought, so it's all we listened to for two weeks. I never brought another hair metal album again. I saw the light :-)

Seriously, though, it's been the soundtrack to my life - no matter where in the world I've lived, no matter what mood I've been in, or what's been going on in my life, I've had Ten to brighten my day.

I'll always unapologetically like "old" Pearl Jam more than "new" Pearl Jam - back in the early 90s I could identify with them, and the lyrics in their songs made it seem like they could identify with me. They were a lot more personal, and if I was ever having a shitty day I had their music to turn to. I always figured, if they could turn Andy's death into Temple & Ten, then I could make something positive and worthwhile out of any bad situation I found myself in.

Signed,
Someone who totally misunderstood the chorus to Alive, and used it as a rallying cry whenever times got tough.

BALLBOY

It virtually made all other music redundant. There are a few others i listen to but if you asked me today if i knew what new music or bands were around i wouldn't know.

dcfaithful

Ten made me realize that my music taste was very bland and I needed to expand and become more eclectic. Pearl Jam, and their influences became my influences. Ten was a real eye-opener for me.

pandora

Ten helped me use music to live through my anger and despair at the changes that were uncontrollable at that time in my life.
It was a time of great change that needed music and lyrics. Eternally grateful to have found Pearl Jam they have helped me through it all these past 20 years.

dimitrispearljam

TEN talk in my mind,in my soul,in my heart from 91......still does....still changing my life....
still THANK YOU PEARL JAM

mysticweed

How did TEN change my life? Brought Pearl Jam into my life.
nuff said

DangDang

Ten changed my life because before Ten, the lyrics "and twisted thoughts that spin..round my head..mMmMmMmMrr.are..spinning" did not spin around in my head.

:ugeek:

loveatree

it validated my feelings and thoughts...thank you pearl jam

PASSION76

Ten changed my life because it was real and emotional, I was 16 and i related to it. I didn't feel so alone after having Ten in my life.

craigb

Before I discovered Pearl Jam, I was a Fall Out Boy fan.

I think that speaks for itself.

sparticlesoup

to the best of my recollection it was, chronologically:

Metallica
pot
job
high school
acid
Pink Floyd
Pearl Jam-Ten
my mother dies
girlfriend calls
listen to upcoming Vs. songs on WHJY with her
girlfriend gives me walking papers
mission starts

Princess KJ

Put it this way, New Kids on the Block were my favorite band before Ten.

So Ten made me grow up musically in a big way (alienating all my friends in the process, but hey- that's teenagers for you!). But, like everyone else here, Ten was just the start of a life-long musical accompaniment.

eMMI

How did Ten change my life? It made me a Pearl Jam fan.

Really, so many things have come from me becoming a PJ fan and joining this forum. Friends, travels, love..

And to think that's all just an awesome bonus to go with the brilliant music! I can relate to the songs (Ten and other), they can make me laugh and cry and everything in between. I reckon I wouldn't be the person I am now without Pearl Jam, and that's saying quite a bit, cause I think I'm a pretty good person.

Oceans 98

I was eleven years old and listening to MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice, and then I convinced my mom to buy me the ten cassette after hearing Alive. From there I realized how much the music spoke to me and it was if the band grew with me. From teenage angst to activism, as I got older I realized with every album there is something in there that relates to my life, my interests, or my concerns at that specific moment. It’s almost eerie in a way. Needless to say, they are a very talented group of musicians!

Eraserhead

I borrowed it off a work colleague about 13/14 years ago, and from the first few listens I just didn't get it (loved Nirvana at the time, and was told I'd like Ten, too). TBH, I wasn't that impressed at all.

A year or two later, I borrowed it again (from the same guy), and something clicked. Don't ask me how or why, but the second time around it all fell into place and I didn't look back.

Which was nice.

Stypo420

what an interesting question how did ten change my life? Well I'm not sure if it changed my life or if it shaped my life. It was early May 1992 I was 12 years old weeks away from my thirteenth birthday,three weeks earlier my father died suddenly from a massive heart attack. An older friend he must have been 16 as he drove anyway I was in a really dark place he dropped over some CD's said music may help. Ten was the first and maybe last CD I grabbed from this stack, I found an outlet for my rage with reminders of peace and love, even the reassurance that comes from hearing personal hart-ace sung out loud it is freeing it removes the pressure the guilt if only for that moment. I'm sorry i am not a better writer I only wish I could articulate the magnitude of the effect this album had on my life ugh! Anyway above all else it was the first sense of feeling I had in weeks, suddenly I was ALIVE inside the emotion helped me realize that I would see the other side of this tragedy. To this day the song Release gives me chills I've listened to a couple boots that have caused me to well up, seeing the guys for the first time since 1996 in Boston and MSG2 this tour if the play Release i will need a tissue wuss right? hey it is what it is. I got away from the band in the early 2000's I was in Love she didn't get PJ I put down the cd's and forgot to look back. Until 2 years ago I got a Rhapsody subscription and came across all the live stuff I listen to a couple shows then a few more each day feeling it a little more that energy and it was coming across on these recordings well they hooked me again. Here I am 31years old and into this Band like I was still 16. I love there messages, music, spirit, even with the nasty capitalist business world they exist in they still posses their souls. at any rate Ten lead to the other releases and the few boots I was able to get I was to young at the start to even begin to realize PJ's greatness regardless of my fondness at the time. In fact re listening to everything over these last two years has actually been very mentaly and even spiritually (people who know me would call bullshit but it has been damn near spiritual) rewarding. Ok I'm done rambling now

DangDang

"Let it Bleed" got moved to the row below.

pandora

lgoose420 wrote:

what an interesting question how did ten change my life? Well I'm not sure if it changed my life or if it shaped my life. It was early May 1992 I was 12 years old weeks away from my thirteenth birthday,three weeks earlier my father died suddenly from a massive heart attack. An older friend he must have been 16 as he drove anyway I was in a really dark place he dropped over some CD's said music may help. Ten was the first and maybe last CD I grabbed from this stack, I found an outlet for my rage with reminders of peace and love, even the reassurance that comes from hearing personal hart-ace sung out loud it is freeing it removes the pressure the guilt if only for that moment. I'm sorry i am not a better writer I only wish I could articulate the magnitude of the effect this album had on my life ugh! Anyway above all else it was the first sense of feeling I had in weeks, suddenly I was ALIVE inside the emotion helped me realize that I would see the other side of this tragedy. To this day the song Release gives me chills I've listened to a couple boots that have caused me to well up, seeing the guys for the first time since 1996 in Boston and MSG2 this tour if the play Release i will need a tissue wuss right? hey it is what it is. I got away from the band in the early 2000's I was in Love she didn't get PJ I put down the cd's and forgot to look back. Until 2 years ago I got a Rhapsody subscription and came across all the live stuff I listen to a couple shows then a few more each day feeling it a little more that energy and it was coming across on these recordings well they hooked me again. Here I am 31years old and into this Band like I was still 16. I love there messages, music, spirit, even with the nasty capitalist business world they exist in they still posses their souls. at any rate Ten lead to the other releases and the few boots I was able to get I was to young at the start to even begin to realize PJ's greatness regardless of my fondness at the time. In fact re listening to everything over these last two years has actually been very mentaly and even spiritually (people who know me would call bullshit but it has been damn near spiritual) rewarding. Ok I'm done rambling now

This is beautiful. A really wonderful outcome, to now be back embracing your life, the losses, the lessons, once again thru Pearl Jam. If the band could read this they would be very moved. I know I am. Thank you for sharing this.

Stypo420

pandora wrote:

This is beautiful. A really wonderful outcome, to now be back embracing your life, the losses, the lessons, once again thru Pearl Jam. If the band could read this they would be very moved. I know I am. Thank you for sharing this.

Thank you for your kind words I only wish I wrote A bit better, but it may just be imposable to articulate the effect this band had on my adolescence/life. I'm just happy to have found them again it really allowed me to access memories that I had tightly locked away, they are free now as am I. It felt good to write that, it need to be said and it feels even better after reading you response Thank You Pandora.

TJW98

MF151004 wrote:

Heard even flow first and was hooked. I soon realized album after album that their music has become the soundtrack to my life, the good and the bad.

They got a song for every emotion, its freaking great.