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You really do not get a line like this from any other band

FitzFitz Posts: 169
edited May 2010 in The Porch
'Cause you don't give blood then take it back again'

Grievance
"First of all, there’s the palpable camaraderie and good feeling you get from the entire band as they smile and nod at each other, and huddle together in various formations throughout the show --- They look like they really like each other. They look stoked!"
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  • ONCE DEVIDEDONCE DEVIDED Posts: 1,131
    or
    Futures above, but in the past he's slow and sinking
    AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE
  • aNiMaLaNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    Model, role model, roll some models in blood
    get some flesh to stick, so they look like us
  • quiet riot actquiet riot act Posts: 55
    boom boom boom let's go back to my room

    oh wait......

    bring it on cause i'm no victim
  • My3rdEyeMy3rdEye Posts: 927
    Fitz wrote:
    'Cause you don't give blood then take it back again'

    Grievance

    Grievance IS one of the best rock songs ever written. It is everything a rock song should be. Rebellious, angry, loud...

    "For every tool they lend us... a loss of independence"

    Think about how true that line is.

    Great, great song in my opinion.
    My blog for your boots:
    http://inthepresenttense.blogspot.com/
  • HatfieldHatfield Posts: 122
    "For every tool they lend us, a loss of independence"
    '96 - 10/5
    '98 - 9/1 9/4 9/18
    '00 - 8/6 8/7 8/15 8/17 9/5
    '03 - 4/9 4/15 4/19 7/11 7/12
    '04 - 10/6 10/8
    '05 - 9/11 9/12 9/13 9/15
    '06 - 5/27 5/28 7/7 7/13 7/18 7/22 7/23
  • KatzenjammerKatzenjammer Posts: 57
    God's Dice and Greivance are my faves from that album. Something about Binaural...
  • mohomoho Posts: 541
    Grievance is the best rock song off the last three albums, nothing else compares. It's the anger, the complexity of the music and that drum beat at the start the first sound on the song: Matt's tom pounding out deep, springy and hard as nails!
    JUST PLAY THE F***ING NOTE!!!
  • JoanneJoanne Posts: 98
    Indeed - there is no better line.
    We're still making records for people who listen to it all the way through, eyes closed, in that space.
  • JaneNYJaneNY Posts: 4,438
    Great great song. Grievance is one I hope for every time at a show. I listen hard for those drums at the beginning.
    R.i.p. Rigoberto Alpizar.
    R.i.p. My Dad - May 28, 2007
    R.i.p. Black Tail (cat) - Sept. 20, 2008
  • Bangers_n_mashBangers_n_mash Posts: 1,241
    Eddie writes em good alright! Grievance is rockin (one of my favs) but at the same time time there's also a singalong aspect to it.
    uʍop ǝpısdn ǝɹ,ǝʍ 'punoɹ ʎɐʍ ɹǝɥʇo ǝɥʇ ןןɐ s,ʇı
  • ||Release_Me||||Release_Me|| Posts: 1,871
    Grievance is pure anger and i love it. The song is perfectly crafted and has great lyrics from Ed. They're some of his best.

    I also love "I'm a thief, I'm a liar, there's my church, i sing in the choir..."

    I don't think any other band could pull off cool lines like this!
    "This town deserves a better class of criminal... and I'm gonna give it to them."

  • spearheadspearhead Posts: 600
    ...We're all deserving So much more!
    I was alone and far away when I heard the band start playing!

    ...I was always a DeadHead, but when I first heard Winston Rodney, aka the Burning Spear, sing, I became a SpearHead too!
  • JamilyManJamilyMan Posts: 240
    "Well I just heard the news today
    It seems my life is going to change
    I closed my eyes, begin to pray
    Then tears of joy stream down my face"

    Oh wait.... nevermind... my bad!
    For those who scoff at "Jamily" in my name... 9 years ago, when my first daughter was born there were jokes about whether my priority would be my family or PJ. I smiled and quipped "I am a JamilyMan." What was a family joke became a hated term among jammers. Didn't see that one coming!
  • bustoutbustout Posts: 123
    From the new album:

    "Empty chair where dad sits ... how loud can silence get?"

    "Thought becomes numb and naive"
    How Many Friends Have I Really Got?
  • itsevobabyitsevobaby Posts: 1,809
    aNiMaL wrote:
    Model, role model, roll some models in blood
    get some flesh to stick, so they look like us
    i shit & i stink, i'm real, join the club :D

    don't mean to push but i'm being shoved!!

    fuck i love the lyrics to that song
    Look Alive,
    See These Bones
  • itsevobabyitsevobaby Posts: 1,809
    pledge my grievance to the flag



    6 words. ed makes them dance like puppets. he is the word-meister.
    Look Alive,
    See These Bones
  • Music For RhinosMusic For Rhinos Posts: 1,693
    mad love for grievance.

    great song and love jeff's bass work on it.
  • MoonTurtleMoonTurtle Posts: 752
    Up here so high the sky I scrape
    Had my eyes peeled both wide open, and I got a glimpse
    Of my innocence... got back my inner sense...
  • Kilgore_TroutKilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    as much as people hate on binaural i can honestly say its my favorite record lyrically... ed got over that writers block in a BIG way... great for long thoughtful drives late at night
    "Senza speme vivemo in disio"

    http://seanbriceart.com/
  • washedinblack91washedinblack91 Posts: 3,078
    if we're talking really great lyrics i just HAVE to mention
    "to myself I surrender to the one I'll never please"
    and the way he just sings that lyric! WOW! it's so simply sad.
    PJ: 9/29/04, 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/30/08, 10/30/09, 10/31/09, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 9/3/11, 9/4/11, 10/18/13, 8/7/16
    eV: 8/4/08, 8/5/08, 6/21/11
    SG: 10/4/08<-- MET STONE!!!
  • MoonTurtleMoonTurtle Posts: 752
    completely agree!!!

    washedinblack91 wrote:
    if we're talking really great lyrics i just HAVE to mention
    "to myself I surrender to the one I'll never please"
    and the way he just sings that lyric! WOW! it's so simply sad.
  • pjfan31pjfan31 Posts: 7,331
    I love this song. My favourite moment with this song was in Sydney 1 2006.

    Ed fucked up he forgot to sing the
    'Progress,... taste it,... invest-it-all
    Champagne breakfast for everyone'

    As quick as anything he sings

    'I shared my grievance with the crowd

    Break the innocent when they're proud.
    I'm not perfect I let you down'
    Sydney 11/02/2003
    Sydney 14/02/2003
    Sydney 07/11/2006
    Sydney 18/11/2006
    Sydney 22/11/2009
    EV Sydney 18/03/2011
    EV Sydney 19/03/2011
    EV Sydney 20/03/2011
    Melbourne 24/01/2014
    Sydney 26/01/2014
    EV Sydney 13/02/2014
  • Stypo420Stypo420 Posts: 519
    I was hoping for Grievance at the three shows I went to. Finally got it at MSG2 I rocked out hard . The music and lyrics hit like a brick to the jaw. I had adrenaline bumping in my vines when that song finished.

    Thank You pearl Jam for that damn near "religious" experience.
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