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tremor christ

AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
edited October 2008 in The Porch
i've been listening to this song a lot lately and loving it more than ever!
i have some ideas of what it might be about, but really can't put my finger on it- can anyone help?
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  • YoullseeDragonsYoullseeDragons Posts: 2,144
    I was wondering the same. I have been listening to the Boston 4-12-1994 show and that song kills! Check it out.
  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,344
    samjam wrote:
    i've been listening to this song a lot lately and loving it more than ever!
    i have some ideas of what it might be about, but really can't put my finger on it- can anyone help?



    something bleak that's for sure.
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  • YoullseeDragonsYoullseeDragons Posts: 2,144
    Found this:


    The song was recorded in New Orleans. Guitarist Stone Gossard on the song:

    "Tremor Christ" seemed to write itself. It was just a riff-and-a-half, basically. On a muggy, beautiful New Orleans afternoon we came into a very cool studio and it poured out. That and "Nothingman", which Jeff wrote, were recorded a day apart. They were very spontaneous, but with a simple yet indescribably beautiful vibe to them.

    Guitarist Mike McCready on the song:

    I wrote part of that one. It's kind of an odd, marching Beatles tune. It's just a strange song. It was written in New Orleans. The groove reconciles itself after you get into it.
  • youngsteryoungster Boston Posts: 6,576
    who cares, great song!
    He who forgets will be destined to remember.

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  • pearljamgirl07pearljamgirl07 Posts: 792
    love it!!! one of my fav songs ever
    "You're the eve of my destruction in the garden of fears"
  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    great song and sound, but a very tough one for me to interpret

    Winded is the sailor...drifting by the storm...
    Wounded is the organ he left all...bloodied on the shore...
    Gorgeous was his savior, sees her...drowning in his wake...
    Daily taste the salt of her tears, but...a chance blamed fate...

    Little secrets, tremors...turned to quake...
    The smallest oceans still get...big, big waves...

    Ransom paid the devil...
    He whispers pleasing words...
    Triumphant are the angels if they can...a get there first...

    Little secrets tremors...turned to quake...
    The smallest oceans still get...big, big waves...

    Ill decide...take the dive...
    Take my time...not my life...
    Wait for signs...believe in lies...
    To get by...its divine...whoa...
    Oh, you know what its like...

    Turns the bow back, tows and...drops the line...
    Puts his faith and love in tremor christ...


    definately some commentary on religion.
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  • ChampagneBreakfast4EveryoneChampagneBreakfast4Everyone Posts: 215
    Tremor Christ is one of my top 10 PJ songs and I always hear shit from my friends for it. The music, the lyrics, its all perfect.
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  • smallestoceans7982smallestoceans7982 Posts: 296
    Welcome to the I f*cking love Tremor Christ club! :D
    "I heard some people up here pointing out the ukelele...it's a mandolin, you uncultured bastards!" EV

    If nothing is everything, I'll have it all

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  • JP2026766JP2026766 Posts: 1,125
    One of the many that need to be played more often.

    Mansfield II '08

    EV Solo Shows:

    NYC I
    NJPAC

    I. LOVE. YIELD.
  • smallestoceans7982smallestoceans7982 Posts: 296
    ThrowUrArmsAroundMe wrote:
    One of the many that need to be played more often.
    If I were to copy your siggy line, mine would say I. LOVE. TREMOR. CHRIST.

    :D:D:D
    "I heard some people up here pointing out the ukelele...it's a mandolin, you uncultured bastards!" EV

    If nothing is everything, I'll have it all

    Hard to Imagine: http://lightyourpillow.blogspot.com
  • JP2026766JP2026766 Posts: 1,125
    smallestoceans7982 wrote:
    If I were to copy your siggy line, mine would say I. LOVE. TREMOR. CHRIST.

    :D:D:D

    Haha. I thought for sure it was going to be one of the songs they'd break out at least once for that '08 tour.

    Mansfield II '08

    EV Solo Shows:

    NYC I
    NJPAC

    I. LOVE. YIELD.
  • Glorified Irish GuyGlorified Irish Guy Posts: 350
    iv been loving this song lately. I think it tells the story of eddies parents, the intenseness in is voice really makes the song as powerful as it is, i actually thought this song was complete shit when i first heard it but now its got over 100plays on my ipod :D
  • muiren77muiren77 Posts: 3,511
    i think its about a person who was on the brink of losing his faith due to the life experiences he went through but luckily he did not let go...
    what is essential is invisible to the eye

    apparently, 07162056 is THE date...
  • 12345AGNST112345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    listening to it right now......high as fuck. :D

    edit:my 200,8th post! wooohhh...
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  • CitizenRickCitizenRick Posts: 1,079
    Not really sure about it's meaning...but yet another gem off of the masterpiece that is Vitalogy.

    So passionate...so haunting.
    "Had my eyes peeled both wide open, and I got a glimpse...of my innocense, got back my inner sence, baby got it...still got it"
  • Thorns2010Thorns2010 Posts: 2,201
    There are only 2 songs I haven't seen live that I NEED TO SEE!!!!

    Tremor Christ being one, and Oceans the other.
  • smallestoceans7982smallestoceans7982 Posts: 296
    ThrowUrArmsAroundMe wrote:
    Haha. I thought for sure it was going to be one of the songs they'd break out at least once for that '08 tour.
    I know, right? wtf Ed?!!
    "I heard some people up here pointing out the ukelele...it's a mandolin, you uncultured bastards!" EV

    If nothing is everything, I'll have it all

    Hard to Imagine: http://lightyourpillow.blogspot.com
  • ClariceClarice Posts: 256
    "...That and "Nothingman", which Jeff wrote, were recorded a day apart"

    Jeff wrote the music, cause Ed wrote the lyrics, no?

    I like Tremor Christi, is one my favourites. Great song.
  • PJSEMPREPJSEMPRE Posts: 687
    ThrowUrArmsAroundMe wrote:
    One of the many that need to be played more often.
    Agree!
    It's a great song.
    Let's say knowledge is a tree, yeah.
    It's growing up just like me.
  • rival.rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    top 5 pj songs.
  • rival.rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    12345AGNST1 wrote:
    listening to it right now......high as fuck. :D

    edit:my 200,8th post! wooohhh...

    fair lawn isn't far from me! come share!
  • CitizenRickCitizenRick Posts: 1,079
    SOLAT319 wrote:
    I can't believe my "VITALOGY IS A FUCKING MASTERPIECE! CLUB" members stopped bumping our thread :D

    How dare they!

    Bastards!
    "Had my eyes peeled both wide open, and I got a glimpse...of my innocense, got back my inner sence, baby got it...still got it"
  • smallestoceans7982smallestoceans7982 Posts: 296
    SOLAT319 wrote:
    I can't believe my "VITALOGY IS A FUCKING MASTERPIECE! CLUB" members stopped bumping our thread :D
    I would join :D
    "I heard some people up here pointing out the ukelele...it's a mandolin, you uncultured bastards!" EV

    If nothing is everything, I'll have it all

    Hard to Imagine: http://lightyourpillow.blogspot.com
  • woundedorganwoundedorgan Posts: 607
    read Old Man and the Sea
    God Loves Pearl Jam
  • Gonzo1977Gonzo1977 Posts: 1,696
    Great song. One of the very best.

    This song needs to be played more often.
  • smallestoceans7982smallestoceans7982 Posts: 296
    Tremor Christ just might be the Holy Grail its' self... :p
    "I heard some people up here pointing out the ukelele...it's a mandolin, you uncultured bastards!" EV

    If nothing is everything, I'll have it all

    Hard to Imagine: http://lightyourpillow.blogspot.com
  • Bulldog88Bulldog88 Posts: 380
    This one is high on my list as well!
  • iamicaiamica Chicago Posts: 2,628
    This is a killer song.
    "Oh, you KNOW what it's like?!?"
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  • pjamaholicpjamaholic Posts: 1,225
    pearljamgirl07 wrote:
    love it!!! one of my fav songs ever

    Join the club, can't believe they played it live the first time I ever saw them!
  • dannydanny Posts: 2,279
    samjam wrote:
    i've been listening to this song a lot lately and loving it more than ever!
    i have some ideas of what it might be about, but really can't put my finger on it- can anyone help?


    great song!
    danny d
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