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"Falling Down"

ajurlacherajurlacher Posts: 48
edited April 2008 in The Porch
I have just discovered Falling Down from Red Rocks 95. I am absolutely floored by this song. The music, the raw, incredible emotion in the words, it's absolutely perfect. It is hard not to get a little teary eyed when listening to it. It's the lost Pearl Jam gem.
Thoughts?
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  • BEnglish017BEnglish017 Posts: 455
    never heard it or heard of it
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  • artjamartjam Posts: 227
    Its true, this is a FANTASTIC song. I really wish they would take this into the studio someday.
  • Pearl JenPearl Jen Posts: 136
    I love this song! It is sooo beautiful! It's a good road trip on a sunny afternoon song.
  • gobrowns19gobrowns19 Posts: 1,447
    Really cool :) Stone is awesome on this.
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  • CaptainEvenflowCaptainEvenflow Posts: 12
    does anyone have a link or maybe can upload this song somewhere? never heard it but would like to.
  • DiRtyFranK38DiRtyFranK38 Posts: 3,131
    Love it, but the other unreleased/improv tune "open road" also performed at a show in '95 is definitely better IMO.
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  • fuckfuck Posts: 4,069
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=asBmQXEsm5M&watch_response

    That's Open Road. The link to Falling Down is also in that video if you guys wanna watch it. Both songs are incredible.
  • LostdogsinthegardenLostdogsinthegarden Posts: 844
    I totally love this song!
  • CaptainEvenflowCaptainEvenflow Posts: 12
    FiveAgainstOne....Thanks immensely
  • beachdwellerbeachdweller Posts: 1,532
    ajurlacher wrote:
    I have just discovered Falling Down from Red Rocks 95. I am absolutely floored by this song. The music, the raw, incredible emotion in the words, it's absolutely perfect. It is hard not to get a little teary eyed when listening to it. It's the lost Pearl Jam gem.
    Thoughts?

    love this song, was very disappointed (being selfish of course), that it wasn't included on Lost Dogs...maybe Lost Dogs II?
    "Music, for me, was fucking heroin." eV (nothing Ed has said is more true for me personally than this quote)

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  • hopethatuchokehopethatuchoke Posts: 2,927
    beachdweller wrote:
    love this song, was very disappointed (being selfish of course), that it wasn't included on Lost Dogs...maybe Lost Dogs II?


    What was selfish about that?
  • nowayimfaithfullnowayimfaithfull Posts: 2,051
    yeah the song was great, but did anybody see the video from their first show.
    I never saw that shit, it was priceless.
    before they were pearl jam, thanx for that link, 15 years and never saw anything from that show.
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  • DiRtyFranK38DiRtyFranK38 Posts: 3,131
    ahh man open road is so amazing. i always knew it sounded like a soundgarden song .. i just realized which one. it sounds ALOT like "overfloater" by soundgarden. the singing style and all. amazing stuff. definitely experimental for pj. i think its brilliant.
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  • stuckinlinestuckinline Posts: 3,369
    hey dirtyfrank38, clean out your pm box. thanks



    is there an mp3 of open road?
  • U R A Crazy BreedU R A Crazy Breed Posts: 8,370
    thanks dude!
  • 1STmammal2wearPants1STmammal2wearPants Worcester, MA Posts: 2,938
    I thought this thread was about the Michael Douglas movie. Awesome flick.
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  • U R A Crazy BreedU R A Crazy Breed Posts: 8,370
    1STmammal2wearPants wrote:
    I thought this thread was about the Michael Douglas movie. Awesome flick.


    hell yes,i love that movie!
  • YieldvsVitalogyYieldvsVitalogy Posts: 6
    Never heard of this before, thanks to the dude who posted the youtube link!
  • Guitarhero27Guitarhero27 Posts: 2,146
    buy the rockfords album and you'll hear the studio version of falling down
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  • lug nutlug nut Posts: 11
    this song is amazing - the copy i have is a true grainy boot but i've loved it for years - it is however a cover song (This Boy?) - it was written by a an artist (can't remeber her name)and played on the radio a small bit back in '95 or so - it is actually a song about/mocking Ed and he kind of sang it in jest or disempower it although it turned out so well live and i never think of it as being an aweful song about him - apparently the artist eventually apologized to Ed and was embarassed upon meeting him a few years later...that is the story i read on this and it was a long time ago that i read about it - some details are fuzzy - whatever the case - i wish they would play it live. as well as "open road/improv" and "ship song" by nick cave - which could have been the best/most beautiful ever cover if they had finsihed the song at red rocks - i think stone kept going off in a different direction than Ed on that one - too bad - guys please try that one again on this tour.
  • Guitarhero27Guitarhero27 Posts: 2,146
    lug nut wrote:
    this song is amazing - the copy i have is a true grainy boot but i've loved it for years - it is however a cover song (This Boy?) - it was written by a an artist (can't remeber her name)and played on the radio a small bit back in '95 or so - it is actually a song about/mocking Ed and he kind of sang it in jest or disempower it although it turned out so well live and i never think of it as being an aweful song about him - apparently the artist eventually apologized to Ed and was embarassed upon meeting him a few years later...that is the story i read on this and it was a long time ago that i read about it - some details are fuzzy - whatever the case - i wish they would play it live. as well as "open road/improv" and "ship song" by nick cave - which could have been the best/most beautiful ever cover if they had finsihed the song at red rocks - i think stone kept going off in a different direction than Ed on that one - too bad - guys please try that one again on this tour.

    No....buy the rockfords album and you'll hear it
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  • PJGARDENPJGARDEN Posts: 1,484
    Guitarhero27 wrote:
    No....buy the rockfords album and you'll hear it

    What are you talking about?
  • Guitarhero27Guitarhero27 Posts: 2,146
    The music for Fallen Down was later used in the song "Distress" by The Rockfords (a side band including Mike McCready playing guitar) inferring that Mike either wrote or co-wrote the music since it was used in his side project, however according to the Pearl Jam Rumor Pit #32, Ed wrote the music.
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  • gregkitefangregkitefan Posts: 1,115
    Pearl Jam Rumor Pit
    Issue #32

    It states that Ed wrote the song.
    It is called "Fallen"
    Go to the song section in the Sky I Scape.........
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  • PJGARDENPJGARDEN Posts: 1,484
    Guitarhero27 wrote:
    The music for Fallen Down was later used in the song "Distress" by The Rockfords (a side band including Mike McCready playing guitar) inferring that Mike either wrote or co-wrote the music since it was used in his side project, however according to the Pearl Jam Rumor Pit #32, Ed wrote the music.

    Thanks:) I have the album but never made the connection. I'll have to listen to the two of them later.
  • PJGARDENPJGARDEN Posts: 1,484
    So mp3 of Open Road anyone????? Please!!
  • jbalicki10jbalicki10 Posts: 517
    PJGARDEN wrote:
    What are you talking about?

    Just like with Temple of the Dog with Footsteps. Music was written by Mike Mcready and 2 artists had interpetations of the music. Ed had Fallen, and I forget the chick on the Rockfords had hers.
  • GmoneyGmoney Posts: 1,618
    ahhh, i love this song. used to have an old boot called pearl jam new songs III, had this track and another little gem called Words out of place...
    Further back and forth a wave will break on me, today...
  • darthvedderdarthvedder Posts: 2,574
    Guitarhero27 wrote:
    buy the rockfords album and you'll hear the studio version of falling down

    Yeah, a bastardized version of it called Distress. I love Mr. McCready, but I don't like what he did here.
  • stylo17stylo17 Posts: 1,001
    "Falling Down," a top favorite of mine
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    ♬♪♫ cause a soldier's death is so much better than defeat just hanging around
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