everything has changed...
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i found this archived deep within the net... haven't seen it in 8 years and had to share.
dorky? yes... downright honest & highly cherished memories- yes, that too... this is my pearl jam story & i'm sticking to it
Everything Has Changed - Absolutely Nothing's Changed
A Fan's Gift to Pearl Jam: Her Cherished Memories of Them
By BugGrrrl (written 2/24/01)
You know, I can remember the first time that I had ever heard Pearl Jam. At the time, I was living in a house where only Fine Young Cannibals, Gloria Estefan, and Dr. Dre were played on a continuous basis. I grew rather sick of it quickly. I thought that I would never find my "niche", until that fateful day, almost ten years ago now, that I turned on the radio.
Jeremy was playing, and I had never heard anything like it before. It made shivers run up and down my spine, like it was speaking to me, and me only. And when the course first came in, "Jeremy spoke in class today", I unknowingly started to bob my head up and down. I became entranced so suddenly by the intensely terrifying lyrics, the melodically heavy guitars, and the gripping bass and drums. It completely energized me for life. It had grabbed me up, slapped me around a couple of times, and said, "You're not the only one. You're not- I swear". I immediately shoved a blank tape into the stereo and anxiously waited for the next time it would come on. It took almost three weeks, but I finally got it. And it felt even better the second, third, and fiftieth time around.
Now, I had heard other singles by them here and there, like the almighty Alive, the infamous and powerful Even Flow, and other "oldies but goodies"; But it wasn't until almost two years later that I had completely fallen in love.
A friend of mine had brought a copy of Ten over to my house. From the first sounds of Once, I felt it. That voice, that guitar, that everything about them. No matter how much it pissed the neighbors off, it was never loud enough for us. We jumped around, headbanged, and played our little air guitars. However, something strange happened just then- that oh so slow and catching beginning riff to Black started in. We fell to the hardwood floor, and stared at each other in complete confusion. "What the hell, man? I can't headbang to this!" I screamed. Nevertheless, when that voice of Mr. Vedder's started in, goddamn. It almost brought me to tears. I didn't need to headbang all of a sudden. I just sat there, closed my eyes real tight, and felt the music. That beauty in it all- I had never felt before.
Just then, I knew what my mission was to be. To go out, and buy every Pearl Jam tape that I could possibly find. I had been saving up allowances, lunch moneys, and birthday money for such an occasion as this. When I finally convinced my mother to bring me to Nobody Beats the Wiz, I not only bought Ten, but I also got Vs., Singles, Even Flow, Alive, Jeremy, Go, Dissident, and every other possible album that was Pearl Jam related that I could get my hands on. The cashier kinda looked at me like I was insane. And yes, I was insane. I was insane for Pearl Jam.
dorky? yes... downright honest & highly cherished memories- yes, that too... this is my pearl jam story & i'm sticking to it
Everything Has Changed - Absolutely Nothing's Changed
A Fan's Gift to Pearl Jam: Her Cherished Memories of Them
By BugGrrrl (written 2/24/01)
You know, I can remember the first time that I had ever heard Pearl Jam. At the time, I was living in a house where only Fine Young Cannibals, Gloria Estefan, and Dr. Dre were played on a continuous basis. I grew rather sick of it quickly. I thought that I would never find my "niche", until that fateful day, almost ten years ago now, that I turned on the radio.
Jeremy was playing, and I had never heard anything like it before. It made shivers run up and down my spine, like it was speaking to me, and me only. And when the course first came in, "Jeremy spoke in class today", I unknowingly started to bob my head up and down. I became entranced so suddenly by the intensely terrifying lyrics, the melodically heavy guitars, and the gripping bass and drums. It completely energized me for life. It had grabbed me up, slapped me around a couple of times, and said, "You're not the only one. You're not- I swear". I immediately shoved a blank tape into the stereo and anxiously waited for the next time it would come on. It took almost three weeks, but I finally got it. And it felt even better the second, third, and fiftieth time around.
Now, I had heard other singles by them here and there, like the almighty Alive, the infamous and powerful Even Flow, and other "oldies but goodies"; But it wasn't until almost two years later that I had completely fallen in love.
A friend of mine had brought a copy of Ten over to my house. From the first sounds of Once, I felt it. That voice, that guitar, that everything about them. No matter how much it pissed the neighbors off, it was never loud enough for us. We jumped around, headbanged, and played our little air guitars. However, something strange happened just then- that oh so slow and catching beginning riff to Black started in. We fell to the hardwood floor, and stared at each other in complete confusion. "What the hell, man? I can't headbang to this!" I screamed. Nevertheless, when that voice of Mr. Vedder's started in, goddamn. It almost brought me to tears. I didn't need to headbang all of a sudden. I just sat there, closed my eyes real tight, and felt the music. That beauty in it all- I had never felt before.
Just then, I knew what my mission was to be. To go out, and buy every Pearl Jam tape that I could possibly find. I had been saving up allowances, lunch moneys, and birthday money for such an occasion as this. When I finally convinced my mother to bring me to Nobody Beats the Wiz, I not only bought Ten, but I also got Vs., Singles, Even Flow, Alive, Jeremy, Go, Dissident, and every other possible album that was Pearl Jam related that I could get my hands on. The cashier kinda looked at me like I was insane. And yes, I was insane. I was insane for Pearl Jam.
"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
If nothing is everything, I'll have it all
Hard to Imagine: http://lightyourpillow.blogspot.com
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same here lol, and i never listen to that album much anymore!
thanks for the share!
"To question your government is not unpatriotic --
to not question your government is unpatriotic."
-- Sen. Chuck Hagel
pc_loadletter? the fuck does that mean???
Actually, according to the song index lyrics, he/she is correct.
Sydney - 11.03.1998
Melbourne - 18.02.2003
Sydney - 07.11.2006
Nijmegen - 28.06.2007
New York - 24.06.2008
London - 18.08.2009
London - 25.06.2010
PJ: 20-08-98 MTL; 04-10-00 MTL; 29-06-03 MTL; 28-06-03 TO; 15-09-05 MTL; 16-09-05 OT; 19-09-05 TO; 09-05-06 TO; 10-09-06 TO; 27-06-08 CT; 28-06-08 MA; 30-06-08 MA; 21-08-09 TO; 7-09-11 MTL; 14-09-11 OT;
EV: 09-08-08 MTL; 10-08-08 MTL; 12-08-08 TO; 13-08-08 TO;
getting the first single was the first time i had a jump on the record, usually id just get them as after thoughts. I thought if Insignificance is a b-side this record is going to be amazing. it made it, but i was not wrong.
is superior to
Everything Has Chains - Absolutely Nothing's Changed
DAMN YOU EDDIE!
If nothing is everything, I'll have it all
Hard to Imagine: http://lightyourpillow.blogspot.com
that was so me at age 13.
"It's Evolution Baby"
Montreal '00; Toronto '03; Montreal '03; Kitchener '05; London '05; Hamilton '05; Toronto '05; Toronto '06 x2; Boston '06; Toronto '08 x2 (Eddie)