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!
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.
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.
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?
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.
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
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?
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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Kissimmee 04/Montreal 05/Chicago 06/Gorge 06/Leeds 06/London 07/Lollapalooza 07/EV Chicago 08/EV Santa Barbara 08/Bonnaroo 08/EV @ McCartney NY 09/EV Atlanta 09/Spectrum 09 (4 shows)/Jazz Fest '10/Voices for Justice (EV) 10/Columbus 10/Noblesville 10/EV Sydney, Melbourne 11/EV Philadelphia, Detroit 11/Alpine weekend/Toronto 11 (2 shows)/Made in America 2012/Deluna Fest 2012/Missoula 2012/Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Dallas, OKC, Portland, Spokane, Vancouver, Seattle 2013/Global Citizen/Florida 16/MSG 16/Wrigley 16
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.
"Not only do you have sunshine but you have better thunder...fuckers." -Ed, Phx 10/21/00
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EV * 11/4/12 - Phx, AZ *
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
Through Every Breakthrough, Breakdown, and Breakup...
"What a Different Life had I not Found This Love With You.."
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..
"...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
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!
It was 1992 and the video was in heavy rotation on Much Music. Loved the video, picked up the tape and fell in love on first listen.
Shows: Montreal 98, Barrie 98, Montreal 00, Montreal 03, Montreal 05, Ottawa 05, Toronto 06, Vancouver Night 1 08 (EV), Vancouver Night 2 08 (EV), MSG1 08, MSG2 08, Montreal Night 2 08 (EV), Toronto Night 1 08 (EV), Toronto 09, Hartford 11 (EV), Ottawa 11, Ottawa 16, Ottawa 22.
The fixer got me started on PJ. Technically Alive though before I heard the fixer on the radio I would play Alive on Rockband. The guitar solo is awesome and the drums are tight to go wild on (imagining they are real drums of course )!
For me it was the first time I heard/saw Even Flow on Much Music, in 1992. I had to endure a horrible family camping trip that summer - I don't know what I would have done without my Ten tape and yellow Sony walkman (remember those?! They were indestructible....kinda like Ten ).
love is all good people need....and music sets the sick ones free...
For me, not so much a particular song, but an experience.
I had started to become a "fan" around Vitalogy, and looked forward to the releases of No Code & Yield. So I guess you could say it was Better Man or some other single off of Vitalogy if I were to try and pin point a particular song . . . but it wasn't until seeing them live in Barrie, ON on my 20th birthday in 1998 that I became obsessed and would say I became a hardcore fan
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
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Same here. First heard his voice on that song. Needed to know who he was and what else he was doing...
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"maybe it me or it maybe you"
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
"Doo do do do doo do doo, Doo do do do doo do doo..."
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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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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Kissimmee 04/Montreal 05/Chicago 06/Gorge 06/Leeds 06/London 07/Lollapalooza 07/EV Chicago 08/EV Santa Barbara 08/Bonnaroo 08/EV @ McCartney NY 09/EV Atlanta 09/Spectrum 09 (4 shows)/Jazz Fest '10/Voices for Justice (EV) 10/Columbus 10/Noblesville 10/EV Sydney, Melbourne 11/EV Philadelphia, Detroit 11/Alpine weekend/Toronto 11 (2 shows)/Made in America 2012/Deluna Fest 2012/Missoula 2012/Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Dallas, OKC, Portland, Spokane, Vancouver, Seattle 2013/Global Citizen/Florida 16/MSG 16/Wrigley 16
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.
Heard Evenflow in a record store and bought ten on the spot. The rest is history
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"What a Different Life had I not Found This Love With You.."
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
i love this band!
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Yep
It was 1992 and the video was in heavy rotation on Much Music. Loved the video, picked up the tape and fell in love on first listen.
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I had started to become a "fan" around Vitalogy, and looked forward to the releases of No Code & Yield. So I guess you could say it was Better Man or some other single off of Vitalogy if I were to try and pin point a particular song . . . but it wasn't until seeing them live in Barrie, ON on my 20th birthday in 1998 that I became obsessed and would say I became a hardcore fan
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
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