I don't really do crying but the ones that are most likely to tip me over the edge are: Man of the Hour, I Got Shit, Immortality, Release, Last Kiss, Hard To Imagine, Indifference, Fatal.
They are a bit too bloodey good at inventing songs that break your heart when you hear them. It doesn't always seem to matter if the content is completely relevant or not, it's the raw emotion behind songs like these that feels like some one has just punched me on the inside. Ouch.
Some of the stories in this thread are very moving and I send my sympathy to those who have faced such terrible things.
I don't really do crying but the ones that are most likely to tip me over the edge are:
That's what I meant.... not actual crying, but damn close. It's like "why am I choking up?!" :eek: There's just a power there that I don't feel with any other music .
If I had known then what I know now...
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Not always sad tears though, GTF and others often fill me with happy thoughts that just make me well up!
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... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
Sometimes, if I hear Hard To Imagine or Crown of Thorns when I'm really depressed, I'll start crying.
The first time I watched Immagine In Cornice, during the scene where Ed starts playing Immortality during a sound check, I started bawling. It just reminded me of a friend of mine that I no longer speak with.
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Well...this is embarrassing I was listening to Not For You from the Gorge 06 and when Ed sings little improv at the end, goes a little like this...and to think I just about gave it all up... but now all there is left is love...love.....
And I wasn't even F.......g there.
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Jeez I started tearing up reading some of the stories in this thread! Just thinking about my own life and the fact that we all some day die and that I love my Mom, Dad and sisters. No one in my family is close to dying, but you never know and when the day comes especially when my Mom dies, I will be crying for weeks straight.
I think about all of that ^ when I listen to songs like Thumbing my way, Man of the Hour and Come Back and tear up!
When I listen to Release I imagine my own death (if I were to die today at 20) and what everyone will be like at my funeral, especially my Mom. When her Mom died she would be reading to me and just stop and start bawling for weeks maybe months. I was young and didn't know what to say or how to comfort her :( Anyways I can only imagine if I or one of my sisters were to die today hat she would have a very very difficult time. She has trouble saying Bye to me every time I go back to college.
Sorry for the rambling, but I had to write those emotions down. 20 year old male and PJ makes me tear up like a baby
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I posted this in the "Your first live song" thread.
I've never really been to a "Pearl Jam show", but I went to the VH1 Rock Honors this year. I had really crappy seats with horrible acoustics, and I wanted to get closer to see Pearl Jam and the Who. So I went on a journey to find better seats. I hopped a couple fences, got chased by a security guard, and ended up sneaking to around the 30th row. And right as I got to my new seat "Love Reign O'er Me" started up. I was awestruck by it. I could not believe how beautiful that song could possibly be. I had shivers through the whole song and felt a euphoria that otherwise can only be felt by me if I'm high. A song had really never made me cry before but by the end of it I had tears running down my cheeks. The power of it was unbelievable. The T.V. recording did not do it justice at all. If I had not been there to experience it, I wouldn't be who I am today.
Yes. Release night 2 at MSG this past year got me. I was so fucking happy to be there. Present tense, Inside Job, Black, Come Back and some others have the onion effect on me too. Also when Mike really tears it up that gets to me as well as the crowd really singing every word loudly.
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Some advice from tope: if you are at an airport, waiting to get on a plane to fly away from most of your friends and family and your home, DO NOT listen to footsteps!!
Also Throw Your Arms Around Me usually gets me.
BUT on the other side of the coin, I've found that Save You cheers me up nomatter what! Funny, huh, I never would have picked it. Something about those guitar riffs, actually now that I think about it I probably do air guitar every time I hear the riffs, and who can be sad doing air guitar? he he
cool thread, thanks for all your awesome stories.
it's so endearing to hear that guys get affected by PJ too, sometimes I wondered, now I know...
Absolutely, so many songs are incredibly cathartic, in a good way, and some just give me goosebumps. Oceans, Elderly Woman, all that stuff, just... wow!
I posted this in the "Your first live song" thread.
I've never really been to a "Pearl Jam show", but I went to the VH1 Rock Honors this year. I had really crappy seats with horrible acoustics, and I wanted to get closer to see Pearl Jam and the Who. So I went on a journey to find better seats. I hopped a couple fences, got chased by a security guard, and ended up sneaking to around the 30th row. And right as I got to my new seat "Love Reign O'er Me" started up. I was awestruck by it. I could not believe how beautiful that song could possibly be. I had shivers through the whole song and felt a euphoria that otherwise can only be felt by me if I'm high. A song had really never made me cry before but by the end of it I had tears running down my cheeks. The power of it was unbelievable. The T.V. recording did not do it justice at all. If I had not been there to experience it, I wouldn't be who I am today.
Nice story! Nice "seat upgrade" too.
LROM got me too, at the Vic.
If I had known then what I know now...
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I saw them for the first time in 03 and did not really know much about them (I just went with my mom because she had an extra 10c ticket) then I got really obsessed with them and I had to wait until their 06 tour to see them again. I was really excited and all the sudden I saw Ed walk on stage and I started crying. It surprised me...I did not think I would cry but I did.
Also when I saw Ed solo in California I cried during Arc...but I pretty much knew that was going to happen.
I was just listening to a boot... I was choking up during the audience participation in both Porch and Present Tense. It happens all the time with me... and Arc? Oh, fuck!
I'm a guy!
yeeeah man. The things The Master does to Immortality. WOW.
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I saw them for the first time in 03 and did not really know much about them (I just went with my mom because she had an extra 10c ticket) then I got really obsessed with them and I had to wait until their 06 tour to see them again. I was really excited and all the sudden I saw Ed walk on stage and I started crying. It surprised me...I did not think I would cry but I did.
Also when I saw Ed solo in California I cried during Arc...but I pretty much knew that was going to happen.
i LOVE that!!!!! i cried the second i saw Ed walk out behind the curtain at the Rock Honors! And i NEVER get exxxcited seeing Ed!!! I cried cuz i hadd not seen them in almost a year and i was exxxcited!!!!
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many,many times,dude! It's not a particular song for me(although RELEASE always seems to rouse the tears) it's just the mood of the moment + the songs. Can't quite put it into words really. Beleive me though, I know exactly where you are coming from though. I am quite sure the band would be okay with this!
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I posted this in the "Your first live song" thread.
I've never really been to a "Pearl Jam show", but I went to the VH1 Rock Honors this year. I had really crappy seats with horrible acoustics, and I wanted to get closer to see Pearl Jam and the Who. So I went on a journey to find better seats. I hopped a couple fences, got chased by a security guard, and ended up sneaking to around the 30th row. And right as I got to my new seat "Love Reign O'er Me" started up. I was awestruck by it. I could not believe how beautiful that song could possibly be. I had shivers through the whole song and felt a euphoria that otherwise can only be felt by me if I'm high. A song had really never made me cry before but by the end of it I had tears running down my cheeks. The power of it was unbelievable. The T.V. recording did not do it justice at all. If I had not been there to experience it, I wouldn't be who I am today.
oh my god YES!!!! TV definitely did not do it justice!!!!! Completely feel you on this.
~~~~~~ALWAYS HAVE A GOOD TIME~~~~~~
Sir Mike McCready is....THE MASTER!!! WAHHH!!!
EVENFLOW PSYCHOS H.N.I.C~FEEL THE FLOW!!!
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I was just listening to a boot... I was choking up during the audience participation in both Porch and Present Tense. It happens all the time with me... and Arc? Oh, fuck!
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They are a bit too bloodey good at inventing songs that break your heart when you hear them. It doesn't always seem to matter if the content is completely relevant or not, it's the raw emotion behind songs like these that feels like some one has just punched me on the inside. Ouch.
Some of the stories in this thread are very moving and I send my sympathy to those who have faced such terrible things.
...because it's so bad.
That's what I meant.... not actual crying, but damn close. It's like "why am I choking up?!" :eek: There's just a power there that I don't feel with any other music
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Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
Not always sad tears though, GTF and others often fill me with happy thoughts that just make me well up!
... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
The first time I watched Immagine In Cornice, during the scene where Ed starts playing Immortality during a sound check, I started bawling. It just reminded me of a friend of mine that I no longer speak with.
And I wasn't even F.......g there.
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Too many shows but never enough!
These guys are the fruit of the earth...
Release is another, a few others have got me live.
Having stuff going on in my life I am fairly liable to cry to a selection of songs when I listen to them anytime.
But at the same time I have found listening to be a release of sorts to help get through difficult times
I think about all of that ^ when I listen to songs like Thumbing my way, Man of the Hour and Come Back and tear up!
When I listen to Release I imagine my own death (if I were to die today at 20) and what everyone will be like at my funeral, especially my Mom. When her Mom died she would be reading to me and just stop and start bawling for weeks maybe months. I was young and didn't know what to say or how to comfort her :( Anyways I can only imagine if I or one of my sisters were to die today hat she would have a very very difficult time. She has trouble saying Bye to me every time I go back to college.
Sorry for the rambling, but I had to write those emotions down. 20 year old male and PJ makes me tear up like a baby
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there are a few others that make me cry in a good way
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I've never really been to a "Pearl Jam show", but I went to the VH1 Rock Honors this year. I had really crappy seats with horrible acoustics, and I wanted to get closer to see Pearl Jam and the Who. So I went on a journey to find better seats. I hopped a couple fences, got chased by a security guard, and ended up sneaking to around the 30th row. And right as I got to my new seat "Love Reign O'er Me" started up. I was awestruck by it. I could not believe how beautiful that song could possibly be. I had shivers through the whole song and felt a euphoria that otherwise can only be felt by me if I'm high. A song had really never made me cry before but by the end of it I had tears running down my cheeks. The power of it was unbelievable. The T.V. recording did not do it justice at all. If I had not been there to experience it, I wouldn't be who I am today.
Some advice from tope: if you are at an airport, waiting to get on a plane to fly away from most of your friends and family and your home, DO NOT listen to footsteps!!
Also Throw Your Arms Around Me usually gets me.
BUT on the other side of the coin, I've found that Save You cheers me up nomatter what! Funny, huh, I never would have picked it. Something about those guitar riffs, actually now that I think about it I probably do air guitar every time I hear the riffs, and who can be sad doing air guitar? he he
cool thread, thanks for all your awesome stories.
it's so endearing to hear that guys get affected by PJ too, sometimes I wondered, now I know...
Nice story! Nice "seat upgrade" too.
LROM got me too, at the Vic.
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
Also when I saw Ed solo in California I cried during Arc...but I pretty much knew that was going to happen.
Sir Mike McCready is....THE MASTER!!! WAHHH!!!
EVENFLOW PSYCHOS H.N.I.C~FEEL THE FLOW!!!
"Pearl Jam fans are obsessed, they'd see the boys in HELL if tickets were sold."-CROJAM95
It takes balls to put out a UKE album!
Sir Mike McCready is....THE MASTER!!! WAHHH!!!
EVENFLOW PSYCHOS H.N.I.C~FEEL THE FLOW!!!
"Pearl Jam fans are obsessed, they'd see the boys in HELL if tickets were sold."-CROJAM95
It takes balls to put out a UKE album!
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Sir Mike McCready is....THE MASTER!!! WAHHH!!!
EVENFLOW PSYCHOS H.N.I.C~FEEL THE FLOW!!!
"Pearl Jam fans are obsessed, they'd see the boys in HELL if tickets were sold."-CROJAM95
It takes balls to put out a UKE album!
oh yes!