The song that turned you onto PJ

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  • boxorbag
    boxorbag Posts: 246
    Definitely BLACK! Was really into the band after that. But when No Code came out I was going through some hard times and that entire album got me through saved my life and it has been all down hill since then with this band and I!
  • Hub.
    Hub. Posts: 1,991
    Jeremy, and that was the first song I heard from Pearl Jam. I wasn't hard to convince. :P
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  • redrock
    redrock Posts: 18,341
    smoke20 wrote:
    eddie on hunger strike

    Same here. First heard his voice on that song. Needed to know who he was and what else he was doing...
  • Soulfire42
    Soulfire42 Posts: 404
    For me it was all of Ten too. Was given a tape of it and from the first listen I felt like I had finally found "my" band. Strangely, it was Why Go? that was the song that stuck in my head originally and the one I found on infinite repeat as I toiled through a horrible job at the time. Instead of knowing it was "Why go home?" I thought it said, "Why go on?" So it became my theme song for that pointless job. ;)
  • Up Here In My Tree
    Up Here In My Tree Posts: 541
    I was already hooked on Mother Love Bone so when 10 came out I was anxious and, of course, got hooked on Alive like a crack addict. Then Once. Then Even Flow. And on and on and on...it's been a great ride.
  • pdalowsky
    pdalowsky Doncaster,UK Posts: 15,339
    It's like yesterday to me - first hearing the opening to Go... It blew me away on cassette!!!
  • Giuseppe Eisonhawk
    Giuseppe Eisonhawk Posts: 145
    Deep, Breathe, Dirty Frank...
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  • NoOne'sRival
    NoOne'sRival Posts: 299
    It was either Jeremy or Alive..I was NOT as young as some of these other fans, but was hooked just the same. Bought the album and then heard GARDEN, OCEANS and BLACK.... Need I say anymore?

    My fav VIDEO of all time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WOk7UNAvOw

    or is it this one?: http://tinyurl.com/273qeg3

    No, no, its this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DTFwYZ6YJU&feature=fvst
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  • Vedder_Girl77
    Vedder_Girl77 Posts: 4,344
    The first Pearl Jam song that I ever heard was Jeremy in very early 1992. I saw the video on MTV and I thought it was so cool and I absolutely loved the song. My parents went out and bought me Ten on cassette. I was a Freshman in High School at the time. Loved them ever since.
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  • Katyz
    Katyz Posts: 838
    I had a year of study abroad (I'm from UK) and ended up at URI. It was 1992 and everyone was crazy about Ten and PJ. I kinda liked a couple of songs but didn't get the big deal, and had no idea why all the girls were going nuts over Ed. (I only saw him in the overplayed Jeremy video and it isn't that flattering). Flash forward 20 years and I am on Youtube and stumble..literally....on Black from Pinkpop '92. OMG...I fell in love with the band, the song, the whole thing! Hooked to a point of obsession. I now am the proud owner of 8 bootlegs, almost all of their albums and have spent the last six months getting to know them...musically speaking. I now have the crazy idea that I HAVE to go to see them live...hope it happens or I'll freak out.

    The fresh face on Ed at that '92 festival, and the look of awe as he gazes out into the crowed just blew me away. When I found the Porch clip I finally say whay he was 'Crazy Eddie". I really love how they have grown as a band and not just stayed the same. Kicking myself for not paying attention earlier :x
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  • Katyz
    Katyz Posts: 838
    NJPJ wrote:
    It was either Jeremy or Alive..I was NOT as young as some of these other fans, but was hooked just the same. Bought the album and then heard GARDEN, OCEANS and BLACK.... Need I say anymore?

    My fav VIDEO of all time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WOk7UNAvOw

    or is it this one?: http://tinyurl.com/273qeg3

    No, no, its this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DTFwYZ6YJU&feature=fvst

    Love your taste in videos. These all rank in my top five...along with:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFVlJAi3Cso
    and
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xx-hzioTL8 - just to see the smile ;)
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  • PJArtist
    PJArtist New Orleans Posts: 542
    Black was the first for me. Then of course, I enjoyed VS. Then when VItalogy came out, I enjoyed Immortality, Corduroy, basically everything on that album. It made me fall in love with the music all over again! :)
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  • justam
    justam Posts: 21,415
    When Black was first on the radio I fell in love with Ed's voice. I don't know why. It just sounded so full of emotion and beautiful to me.

    And then I started noticing their other songs as they appeared on the radio. I lived in Seattle back then so they were played a lot.
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  • hrd2imgn
    hrd2imgn Southwest Burbs of Chicago Posts: 4,950
    though this is probably the 5th thread like this I always respond the same:

    Heard Evenflow in a record store and bought ten on the spot. The rest is history
  • Driftin'Along
    Driftin'Along Posts: 1,403
    i walked into my favorite record store one day (probably looking for something that sucked) and heard Nothing as it Seems over the stereo. Since that day my musical tastes have never been the same.
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  • RareBird
    RareBird Posts: 20
    when I was a kid, I remember watching late night tv when my parents were asleep....in the early 90's much music (canada) would play rock videos late at night as they were "too hardcore" for the daytime when they would play all that pop music...anyway, one night the video for "alive" came on and I remember being absolutely mezmorized by this guy with long hair and torn-up shorts throwing himself around a stage and swinging a microphone by its wire.....then I saw "jeremy" and couldn't understand being so drawn in by this band...I still get mezmorized
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  • my2hands
    my2hands Posts: 17,117
    The Whale Song
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,747
    Jeremy on radio,Alive on radio then Jeremy video...and after MTV Unplugged i knew which band will be the favorite for all my life..
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  • samsonite
    samsonite Posts: 210
    i was about 13 when ten came out. my parents were living in a tent at the lake piru campground and i met a couple older teens. this girl diana let me borrow ten and i was hooked! i loved it all but i remember "why go" really stood out at the time!

    i love this band!
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  • Maaz
    Maaz Nothern Germany Posts: 304
    TEN! :mrgreen:
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