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    JD SalJD Sal Posts: 790
    Well, at least a 6 month old baby agrees with you Fanch :)

    http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?p=5035733#post5035733
    GraySaturday wrote:
    I just played some pearl jam for the first time for the baby I nanny for. He's 6 months. Here's his reaction:

    Smile: he loved it and started kicking and flapping his arms everywhere

    Elderly woman: he was climbing on me and laughing

    I am mine: he laid on his back and did baby talk along with the song

    Thumbing my way: he cried and then threw up all over me!!


    Haha. 3/4 ain't bad!
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    walkunafraidwalkunafraid Posts: 2,569
    Your mom sucks!

    hehehe
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    DPrival78DPrival78 CT Posts: 2,259
    TMW is neither here nor there for me. it seems like it should be better than it actually is.. if that makes any sense. it has the potential, but ultimately it doesn't quite live up to it.

    eddie got it right with man of the hour.
    i'm more a fan of popular bands.. like the bee-gees, pearl jam
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    pkh43pkh43 Posts: 253
    fanch75 wrote:
    I never hear this song more than 5 seconds, b/c that's how long it takes to hear those shitty opening chords. I know what horrid boredom lies beyond.

    Discuss.

    You suck. . . . .and your boring
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    prince119prince119 Posts: 104
    "I let go of a rope, thinkin that's what held me back......and in time I realize it's now wrapped around my neck"

    That might be one of the better lyrics in the PJ catalog.
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    tie-dye ladytie-dye lady Posts: 305
    upina2001 wrote:
    I'd just like to say you are full of shit.

    period.

    I'd go for an exclamation point! or several !!!!



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    fanch75fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    Wow, people are angry! They love them some "thumbing my way."
    Do you remember Rock & Roll Radio?
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    HawkshoreHawkshore Posts: 2,151
    fanch75 wrote:
    Wow, people are angry! They love them some "thumbing my way."


    Hey at least you know you have won if Kat & Sea ever decide to give out an award for the thread that elicts the most you suck as a reponse. :p
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    JD SalJD Sal Posts: 790
    Alright, I'll be honest...I never much cared for TMW until I read a thread on here a while back regarding what the song is about. This guy said he attended the funeral of a friend, who happened to be Ed's hair stylist. The guy was gay and died from AIDS, and Ed wrote TMW about him and apparently read the lyrics at his funeral. The OP was given the note from Ed and he showed a framed picture of the original lyrics. I'm sure some people remember this, ya?

    Also, I prefer some of the most recent live versions of TMW where Ed changes octaves and hits higher notes at the end, instead of the same baritone voice the entire song.
    "If no one sees you, you're not here at all"
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    hard_sunhard_sun Posts: 382
    that's great song
    a little bit slower, but i like it
    especially live versions:D
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    UpSideDownUpSideDown Posts: 1,966
    I like it live.........Ed has started to open his voice up on it and give it more range.



    Riot Act is a fucking great album.
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    slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    JD Sal wrote:
    Alright, I'll be honest...I never much cared for TMW until I read a thread on here a while back regarding what the song is about. This guy said he attended the funeral of a friend, who happened to be Ed's hair stylist. The guy was gay and died from AIDS, and Ed wrote TMW about him and apparently read the lyrics at his funeral. The OP was given the note from Ed and he showed a framed picture of the original lyrics. I'm sure some people remember this, ya?

    Also, I prefer some of the most recent live versions of TMW where Ed changes octaves and hits higher notes at the end, instead of the same baritone voice the entire song.

    The most surprising thing about this story: Ed has a hair stylist (seriously?!? What for?!?)

    The least surprising thing: That hair stylist was gay.
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
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    glasshouseglasshouse Posts: 1,762
    thumbing my way sure beats the living piss out of gone. talk about boredom. yawn.

    http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=266458
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    StereotypeStereotype Maribor, Slovenia Posts: 885
    Riot Act isn't my favourite album..but this song is among those that I really like. I heard it live in Zagreb and it touched me deeply. I know it's simple but the simplicity gets into me. The simplicity also alows the message to get clearer, louder and the emotions really step forward with eaze.
    I wish I could describe it better but music can't be successfully put into words anyway..what I wanted to say is -It's not a bad song at all.
    What reallly puzzles me..is what motive is behind the act of opening a thread about how bad one song is?
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    fanch75fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    glasshouse wrote:
    thumbing my way sure beats the living piss out of gone. talk about boredom. yawn.

    http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=266458

    I think Gone is fine, but I like your style.
    Do you remember Rock & Roll Radio?
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    Aghost N. HidingAghost N. Hiding Posts: 17
    Its a matter of what song strikes that emotion chord inside.If the lyrics and mood of song make you feel something then thats a good thing right?....I personally like it alot, because I feel I can relate....someone who doesnt relate would have a hard time feeling it.....same for come back.
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    Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 12,493
    I do not care for the song

    but its not a bad song
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    fanch75fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    slightofjeff wrote:
    The most surprising thing about this story: Ed has a hair stylist (seriously?!? What for?!?)

    The least surprising thing: That hair stylist was gay.

    Yeah, I figured that Vedder would be more of a barbershop or Great Clips kind of guy, as opposed to going to Louis Freutchier or whoever for getting his herr did.
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    lance_graylance_gray Posts: 166
    Yeah, other than Bee Girl I hate this song. It just really sucks and I don't know why they put it on RA. It's totally out of place there.
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    MCGMCG Posts: 780
    fanch75 wrote:
    I never hear this song more than 5 seconds, b/c that's how long it takes to hear those shitty opening chords. I know what horrid boredom lies beyond.

    Discuss.

    Bah! Rendonkulous.
    Which came first,
    the bad idea or me befallen by it?
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    fanch75fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    Bump for Friday.
    Do you remember Rock & Roll Radio?
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    YieldInHidingYieldInHiding Posts: 1,841
    I think you're off on this one, pallie.
    No longer overwhelmed it seems so simple now.
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    URthekeyURthekey Posts: 1,681
    No matter how cold the winter, theres a springtime ahead........

    I'm feelin it.
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    Cropduster84Cropduster84 Posts: 1,283
    Aghost N. Hiding wrote:
    Its a matter of what song strikes that emotion chord inside.If the lyrics and mood of song make you feel something then thats a good thing right?....I personally like it alot, because I feel I can relate....someone who doesnt relate would have a hard time feeling it.....same for come back.


    You are spot on.....

    Thumbing My Way has such a personal significance to me....

    One of the most beautiful things Ed has written.....
    'The more I studied religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.' - Sir Richard Francis Burton
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    fanch75fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    YieldInHiding wrote:
    I think you're off on this one, pallie.

    I'm still out on Genosis, fighting the riot act wars.
    Do you remember Rock & Roll Radio?
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    Jason PJason P Posts: 19,124
    Worst Song Ever (on Riot Act)
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    cc10106cc10106 Posts: 385
    there is nothing even remotely 'suck' about this song. it doesn't fit in with all the jock rock stuff PJ has made, that's for sure. that's prob the reason for the thread.
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    dotheevolution1dotheevolution1 Posts: 104
    Worst, pearl jam song, ever.
    puts his faith in love and, tremor christ.

    "I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
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    bharQbharQ Posts: 1,201
    Calgary 05 is the best version ive heard

    and nooooo im not bias
    09/04/05 - Calgary, AB
    08/02/07 - LOLLA!!!
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    darthvedder81darthvedder81 Posts: 688
    I dunno man, structurally "Thumbing" is probably the best song on RA. I say "Bushleaguer" can go away and I've never been a big fan of the lazy dirge that is "1/2 Full."
    So this life is sacrifice...
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