Turning his back

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  • jwoodcock
    jwoodcock Posts: 22
    So no footage. That is okay, this is the time they became super mysterious. Around the stolen notebook time like someone else posted. You didn't have the technology back then to know for sure. I just wanted to see if the story I heard from other people was true. I guess it wasn't. I think what some of you guys are not understanding with my comments is that you think Eddie's frustration is all about the media. It is well documented that this was his main focus, but he equally hated success and fame at the time. With fame comes less privacy, irritating conversations with people who think they know you "never would of known of me before" "got so crowded, I can't make room". How about when he hears someone chant "Eddie, Eddie". How many times has he gotten fired up at this. I don't see why everyone on here gets so fired up. It is not a question about disliking some goof ball fans. I just wondered about the youtube clip. Here is another one for you. I was watching the best songs of the 90's and during there band intro they showed a discussted clip of Eddie being irritated and it talked about them being dissenchanted with some fans. I just want to watch these things myself and make my own decission due to the fact that I could not be there during that time.
  • Kilgore_Trout
    Kilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    umm... youtube?

    http://youtube.com/results?search_query=pearl+jam+1995

    this interweb is really something!
    "Senza speme vivemo in disio"

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  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    wolfamongwolves wrote:
    Even though Ed said a few times during later shows that it wasn't, I think it's fairly obvious from the lyrics that it is about the fans, though in particular those who invade his space & privacy, and demand too much of him and the band. It's a running theme throughout all of Vitalogy.

    I think it's more about turning your back on the music industry than the fans, although I can certainly see how you might get that interpretation.

    Wasn't it there a '94 show, before Vitalogy was even released, that he introduced the song as "This is not not for you?"

    Also, I think the "all that's sacred comes from youth" line points to the song being "for" the fans, not necessarily "about" them.
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    pjtradeking wrote:
    I thought that speech came from the Soldier Field 95 show?? Was that Hartford? I am gonna have to get that boot out and take listen.

    At Solider Field, the song was introduced by Ed's story about "the billboard that's every-fuckin-where" in Chicago for a radio station that says, "something, something This is Not For You."

    "Well, the joke's on them, because it's not for them."
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • jwoodcock
    jwoodcock Posts: 22
    I love all the different interpretations, that is what makes Pearl Jam so great. I thought is was about Ed getting sick of everyone saying that there songs were written about them or something or for them in a way. You know the crazy superfan. I remember him stating in an interview that it was crazy how many people related to the songs and stuff and I always thought this song was saying this is not about you or it wasn't written for you. I swear there is an interview about this somewhere. I used to know more about this, but I haven't read the articles in years. I think I saw it on Five Horizons.
  • pjtradeking
    pjtradeking Posts: 4,045
    slightofjeff wrote:
    At Solider Field, the song was introduced by Ed's story about "the billboard that's every-fuckin-where" in Chicago for a radio station that says, "something, something This is Not For You."

    "Well, the joke's on them, because it's not for them."

    Cool, THANKS! I knew there was SOME sort of speach at Soldier Field as well.
    Never, ever, flipping forget
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    My friend was going to see Eddie last night. Since he was in Vegas, I gave him 5 Grand to gamble with. I told him I wanted it all to go on Black. Bastard! PhillyCrownOfThorns-11-2-12
  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    Mike Gossard wrote:
    isnt Lukin about the stalker fans and all the things that go with it?

    It's about one specific stalker fan, to be honest ...
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • Fighting Hellfish
    Fighting Hellfish Posts: 3,175
    I always thought NFY was about the record company execs, TicketMaster, and the marketing execs, Pepsi type guys who would try to blanket a PJ show with their ads and logos. I interpreted it to mean that the music they were making was not for some corporate suit, or for some hack company to sell tickets and keep a hefty cut for themselves. it was for them , and their fans. That's just my thinking. I agree with the sentiment that that's one of the things that make this band so great. The songs are wide open to interpretation, and I've even heard Ed say that whatever interpretation YOU have, that's it

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