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Does any one here have any love for the Whale Song?

DBenn76DBenn76 Posts: 6
edited April 2011 in The Porch
I know it's kind of an obscure song, but I like it. It's got an amazing guitar solo! (I'm assuming that's Mike McCready, right?)
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  • Kurtman44Kurtman44 Posts: 161
    ...i never made it to the solo...
  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,970
    I have love for The Whale Song. Believe it or not, I've probably listened to it more times many that I have Better Man and Small Town combined.
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  • halvhalv Posts: 708
    Love this song, especially the lyrics. They should use it on Whale Wars.
  • bigeye21bigeye21 Posts: 981
    I dig. 8-)
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  • SatansFutonSatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    Kurtman44 wrote:
    ...i never made it to the solo...

    Same
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  • Soulfire42Soulfire42 Posts: 404
    Unfortunately, I have to place it on my list of true throw-away songs. It's just... bad.
  • we-were-but-stoneswe-were-but-stones Posts: 678
    good thread, the whale song is great ! mighty jack ! :D

    They won't fight back. I'm sure they know how. Beings that love are too proud.
    They won't fight back. I'm sure they know how. Beings that love are too proud.
    They swim. It's really free. It's a beautiful thing to see. They sing.
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  • PapPap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,687
    we-were-but-stones wrote:
    good thread, the whale song is great ! mighty jack ! :D

    They won't fight back. I'm sure they know how. Beings that love are too proud.
    They won't fight back. I'm sure they know how. Beings that love are too proud.
    They swim. It's really free. It's a beautiful thing to see. They sing.
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  • boyo79boyo79 Warrington, UK Posts: 6,525
    Its a nice little ditty with a great meaning behind it.

    But I only listen to it when I put Lost Dogs on. Which reminds me, I need to put Lost Dogs on my mp3 player - its due a listen :D
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  • TBibbyTBibby Posts: 393
    bigeye21 wrote:
    I dig. 8-)
  • clashmanclashman Posts: 320
    we love jack irons, we do.
  • wolfamongwolveswolfamongwolves Posts: 2,414
    I love Jack as a drummer, but as a lyricist & singer... :?

    The music for Whale Song is great, particularly the Ebow. But it's down there with Sweet Lew for having the most banal, twee, cringe-inducing lyrics in the whole catalogue. Nice sentiment, though.
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  • pandorapandora Posts: 21,855
    Pap wrote:
    we-were-but-stones wrote:
    good thread, the whale song is great ! mighty jack ! :D

    They won't fight back. I'm sure they know how. Beings that love are too proud.
    They won't fight back. I'm sure they know how. Beings that love are too proud.
    They swim. It's really free. It's a beautiful thing to see. They sing.
    :thumbup: :clap: :wave:
    :wave: :thumbup: :clap: the lyrics very meaning to me .... I think it is beautiful smilie_girl_232.gif

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  • we-were-but-stoneswe-were-but-stones Posts: 678
    those lyrics are very meaningful & beautiful,

    i can see it in my own head, the whale who refuses to throw a punch no matter the situation as they have too much love for everything/one, pretty moving in my opinion
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  • PissBottleManPissBottleMan Union City, TN Posts: 4,155
    Very underrated song. Thumbs up Jack!

    "Hunters of land. Hunters of sea. Exploit anything for money.
    I refer to anybody that takes advantage of what that is free.

    Very YIELDish.

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  • jwagnerjwagner Posts: 435
    I love it. More for the lyrics than the music. The lyrics sum up how I look at animals in general: with awe and respect.
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  • PapPap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,687
    pandora wrote:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhGSY2sxwTU
    Thought arrived: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrVETr8w6Gw&feature=related I think that a whale just sang to me. :)
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  • RiverrunnerRiverrunner Posts: 2,419
    This is a great song, mostly due to the lyrics and its message. I love this song.
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  • JonnyPistachioJonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    PissBottleMan wrote:
    Very underrated song. Thumbs up Jack!

    "Hunters of land. Hunters of sea. Exploit anything for money.
    I refer to anybody that takes advantage of what that is free.

    Very YIELDish.

    PBM

    I agree. I used to not pay too much attention to it, but it was on my mp3 payer when I went for a jog once, and I have loved it ever since. Its kinda an odd song, but its fun too.
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  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,432
    It's pretty cool for a throwaway-ish tune
  • neilybabes86neilybabes86 Posts: 16,057
    good stuff
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  • dr0ptheleashdr0ptheleash Posts: 1,264
    I love that they cared enough to make a song like that. Lovely message, with lots of respect.
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  • PureandEasyPureandEasy Posts: 5,818
    This one definitely grew on me over the years. I dig it :lol:
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  • SatansFutonSatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    There are many instances of whales "fighting back" or on some occasions just attacking ships for no reason. Although after being hunted the way they have, I guess even if one particular ship doesn't provoke that whale there is a "reason" behind it, so I don't blame them too much. The most famous whale attack was the attack on the Essex, an incident that turned several of the survivors into cannibals during the ordeal afterwards, and it was the incident that inspired Moby Dick. The Essex wasn't exactly minding its own business though, as they were hunting a pod of sperm whales.

    So when I've heard the line "They won't fight back. I'm sure they know how. Beings that love are too proud." it always struck me as kind of strange. I get what Jack was trying to say though, and his heart was in the right place.
    "See a broad to get dat booty yak 'em, leg 'er down, a smack 'em yak 'em!"
  • surfsprite2surfsprite2 Posts: 35
    I have been fortunate in my life to see a few different times Grey Whales Swimming in the Ocean near the Farallon Islands, 26 miles past the Golden Gate in San Francisco. They are beautiful, majestic Mammals. Pearl Jam (Jack) wrote a beautiful song, paying honor to Whales and Our Oceans. I love this song! Thank you Pearl Jam for caring.


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  • ceskaceska New York Posts: 1,130
    Ha, yeah sure....The time and place to play it was when Ed said OTOTO at the Hartford Civic Center last year (former home of the Whalers, current home the of CT Whale), as they once played Rats for the River Rats in Albany.
  • joe2317joe2317 Posts: 151
    LOVE the whale song.
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  • PissBottleManPissBottleMan Union City, TN Posts: 4,155
    ceska wrote:
    Ha, yeah sure....The time and place to play it was when Ed said OTOTO at the Hartford Civic Center last year (former home of the Whalers, current home the of CT Whale), as they once played Rats for the River Rats in Albany.

    "Breakfast, shmreakfast. Look at the score, for Christ's sake. It's only the second period and I'm up 12 to 2. Breakfasts come and go, Rene, but Hartford, "the Whale," they only beat Vancouver once, maybe twice in a lifetime."

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  • TouringFan2000TouringFan2000 Posts: 305
    much love for the whale song. (i'd rather listen to whale song than parachutes or speed of sound any day.)
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