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Remember the first time you heard Versus?

Tboz51Tboz51 Posts: 2,808
edited December 2011 in The Porch
Second albums are usually the gut check of any band. They usually form the life long connection with a fan base, or quickly end the relationship.

Remember how hearing Animal made you feel? How passionate Blood was?

Remember how you played that cassette from side to side to side to side?

How the connection was so powerful on Daughter that it made you tear up and think of your well..... daughter?

Only to find out later that it wasn't exactly a pro dad and daughter song? :D

Do you have another band you love so much you scratch and claw to get to the front row just to see Ed read lyrics to Chloe Dancer on the floor?

Do you follow another band that (even has) 10+ albums. All of which you can re-sight 90+percent of the lyrics on?

Now.... Find some perspective in your life if you want to quit the fan club, burn down the 10C or think you are special or above happenstance.

Accidents happen and mistakes are made. Be happy to be alive in the time of Pearl Jam...

"The dissident, the dissident, the dissident is here...."


Good Day

:cry:
"Honesty will always be construed as negative to a dumbass"
:-)
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  • SolarWorldSolarWorld Posts: 1,902
    Whatever Mr.positive! TC solely exists to ruin fan's "plans", squash dreams, and stomp baby kittens. Get with the lynch mob buddy...
  • Tboz51Tboz51 Posts: 2,808
    SolarWorld wrote:
    Whatever Mr.positive! TC solely exists to ruin fan's "plans", squash dreams, and stomp baby kittens. Get with the lynch mob buddy...

    very funny, thank you...

    :lol:
    "Honesty will always be construed as negative to a dumbass"
    :-)
  • riotact03riotact03 Posts: 22
    I love how it has a feeling or feel with every 4 songs. Those 3 groups are fun to listen too! Plus it just sounds like it was made to be played on vinyl.
  • Tboz51Tboz51 Posts: 2,808
    riotact03 wrote:
    I love how it has a feeling or feel with every 4 songs. Those 3 groups are fun to listen too! Plus it just sounds like it was made to be played on vinyl.

    Funny you say it that way....

    I always thought Daughther into Glorified G into Dissident was the greatest 3 songs ever on any album I had ever heard...

    I always listened to them in that mind set.

    Good memories, thanks for saying it.
    "Honesty will always be construed as negative to a dumbass"
    :-)
  • riotact03riotact03 Posts: 22
    As i finished my post, i just couldn't help my self but to turn the turntable on and just rock out lol
  • F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,671
    :clap::clap:

    Bravo on the approach. It seems like people think the 10C membership fee gets a fuckload more than that money gets you anywhere else these days!

    I remember going side to side to side, just as you describe. Wow, 'Go' and 'Rvm' just blew me away. It was one of those albums that I saw a band tour in support of where I already knew all of the lyrics to the 'new' songs. Pearl Jam has a way with that!
    That tour was the first time I saw them (2x) and that first show is still my favorite show ever for a number of reasons....none of which have to do with playlist or the normal reasons one might rank a show highly.

    Love it!
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • Tboz51Tboz51 Posts: 2,808
    F Me In The Brain wrote:
    :clap::clap:

    Bravo on the approach. It seems like people think the 10C membership fee gets a fuckload more than that money gets you anywhere else these days!

    I remember going side to side to side, just as you describe. Wow, 'Go' and 'Rvm' just blew me away. It was one of those albums that I saw a band tour in support of where I already knew all of the lyrics to the 'new' songs. Pearl Jam has a way with that!
    That tour was the first time I saw them (2x) and that first show is still my favorite show ever for a number of reasons....none of which have to do with playlist or the normal reasons one might rank a show highly.

    Love it!

    Ironic you post this this way... I remember thinking in 92 how bad I wanted to go somewhere and see them.... How unbelievably unattainable that would be to a broke ass loser.

    I wish now (obviously) I had done what Jason Leung did and found a way to indulge and chase them.... I know now that given a chance next year in the US I will probably see every show....

    It is time for me to quit finding reasons not to go.

    Thanks for your thoughts...
    "Honesty will always be construed as negative to a dumbass"
    :-)
  • riotact03riotact03 Posts: 22
    Tboz51 wrote:
    It is time for me to quit finding reasons not to go.

    Funny you say that, i almost lost my job attending the Alpine shows this year. At a time where good jobs are nice to have or hard to come by, there was just no way i was missing that show!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Tboz51Tboz51 Posts: 2,808
    riotact03 wrote:
    Tboz51 wrote:
    It is time for me to quit finding reasons not to go.

    Funny you say that, i almost lost my job attending the Alpine shows this year. At a time where good jobs are nice to have or hard to come by, there was just no way i was missing that show!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I am still fence ridden over Europe.... It is like my journey to Kilimanjaro.....


    I wanna wave to all my friends.... ;)
    "Honesty will always be construed as negative to a dumbass"
    :-)
  • riotact03riotact03 Posts: 22
    Just as long as your up in your tree!
  • riotact03riotact03 Posts: 22
    Also, Its hard to make a song about rats sound awesome but they somehow pull it off
  • Tboz51Tboz51 Posts: 2,808
    riotact03 wrote:
    Also, Its hard to make a song about rats sound awesome but they somehow pull it off

    "Ben, the two of us need look no more"

    Fucking brilliant!

    What a homage.
    "Honesty will always be construed as negative to a dumbass"
    :-)
  • javis el errantejavis el errante Buenos Aires Posts: 6,144
    I remeber buying Vs. the day of my birthday, Nov 3rd, 1993, along with Full moon, dirty heart by INXS, same record store...

    The songs that struck my attention wasn't Animal or Blood, they were Go, Dissident, WMA, Rats and Small town...
    ... I am not in the business of being liked anymore ...

  • Tboz51Tboz51 Posts: 2,808
    javiselerrante wrote:
    I remeber buying Vs. the day of my birthday, Nov 3rd, 1993, along with Full moon, dirty heart by INXS, same record store...

    The songs that struck my attention wasn't Animal or Blood, they were Go, Dissident, WMA, Rats and Small town...

    I remember exactly where I was when I heard it... how excited I was.. and it was raining outside.

    That was a great day.

    :)
    "Honesty will always be construed as negative to a dumbass"
    :-)
  • frazbafrazba Posts: 601
    I bought it on cassette on release day while on holiday driving around the North East States, couldn't wait to get back to the rental car to hear it only to find out that the cassette player in the car was broken, it was weeks before I heard it.
  • Tboz51Tboz51 Posts: 2,808
    frazba wrote:
    I bought it on cassette on release day while on holiday driving around the North East States, couldn't wait to get back to the rental car to hear it only to find out that the cassette player in the car was broken, it was weeks before I heard it.
    That sucks ass...

    No chance to change cars I'd guess?

    That's what we all should do... Plan a trip 6 hours away on release day and burn thru the album 6 times.

    Leave a hour or so to desenthesize (probably terribly misspelled) with some Creed to counter balance.

    :crazy:
    "Honesty will always be construed as negative to a dumbass"
    :-)
  • demetriosdemetrios Posts: 95,005
    Oh yes! It was my first year @ Dartmouth High School. Took the bus at lunch break to Mic Mac Mall & picked up a cassette copy @ Sam The Record Mans (didn't own CD's that time). Played it first on my Sony Walkman. Really didn't want to go back in class but did. It was pretty much the album that changed my life. Why I remember it so is the following week my dad came back from Greece visiting the folks we heard that my grandfather died. :( The album was pretty much the only cassette tape in my walkman for that whole year till Vitalogy came around. I would listen to that one each morning to school & back.

    Life is a series of moments.
  • EmBleveEmBleve Posts: 3,019
    I love the whole album, and I remember the time frame, but I don't think I remember the first time I heard anything. :mrgreen:
  • Tboz51Tboz51 Posts: 2,808
    EmBleve wrote:
    I love the whole album, and I remember the time frame, but I don't think I remember the first time I heard anything. :mrgreen:

    I don't remember every album... I think Versus was the album I was BADLY wanting to be good.

    Locally there was a band called Sweet FA that had a really cool first album.

    I popped in the second album and my heart sank. :-/

    It sucked and I still listen to Sweet FA every once in a while.

    Heart of Gold, go YouTube it.
    "Honesty will always be construed as negative to a dumbass"
    :-)
  • EmBleveEmBleve Posts: 3,019
    Tboz51 wrote:
    EmBleve wrote:
    I love the whole album, and I remember the time frame, but I don't think I remember the first time I heard anything. :mrgreen:

    I don't remember every album... I think Versus was the album I was BADLY wanting to be good.

    Locally there was a band called Sweet FA that had a really cool first album.

    I popped in the second album and my heart sank. :-/

    It sucked and I still listen to Sweet FA every once in a while.

    Heart of Gold, go YouTube it.
    ok, I'll check it out.
  • Tboz51Tboz51 Posts: 2,808
    There first album is a nice bridge between hair music and PJ.

    excellent rock and roll.
    "Honesty will always be construed as negative to a dumbass"
    :-)
  • Tboz51Tboz51 Posts: 2,808
    demetrios wrote:
    Oh yes! It was my first year @ Dartmouth High School. Took the bus at lunch break to Mic Mac Mall & picked up a cassette copy @ Sam The Record Mans (didn't own CD's that time). Played it first on my Sony Walkman. Really didn't want to go back in class but did. It was pretty much the album that changed my life. Why I remember it so is the following week my dad came back from Greece visiting the folks we heard that my grandfather died. :( The album was pretty much the only cassette tape in my walkman for that whole year till Vitalogy came around. I would listen to that one each morning to school & back.

    Life is a series of moments.

    I knew you were genius... Dartmouth? Whoa!
    "Honesty will always be construed as negative to a dumbass"
    :-)
  • Black DiamondBlack Diamond Posts: 25,107
    It got released the same day my newleywed bride told me that she think she made a mistake getting married.

    Took a long drive, picked it up a casette at a local store in Richmond... and had the most cathartic experience I ever had...
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  • Tboz51Tboz51 Posts: 2,808
    Black Diamond wrote:
    It got released the same day my newleywed bride told me that she think she made a mistake getting married.

    Took a long drive, picked it up a casette at a local store in Richmond... and had the most cathartic experience I ever had...
    Um... I gather this isn't your current wife?

    If it is not (in fact) it may have been a total blessed day. :-)
    "Honesty will always be construed as negative to a dumbass"
    :-)
  • DS1119DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    Sitting in my Blazer...popped that bad boy in and then... :o :shock: :o :shock: :o :shock: :o :shock: :o :shock: :o :shock: :o :shock: :thumbup: :mrgreen:
  • Black DiamondBlack Diamond Posts: 25,107
    Tboz51 wrote:
    Black Diamond wrote:
    It got released the same day my newleywed bride told me that she think she made a mistake getting married.

    Took a long drive, picked it up a casette at a local store in Richmond... and had the most cathartic experience I ever had...
    Um... I gather this isn't your current wife?

    If it is not (in fact) it may have been a total blessed day. :-)
    No we broke up a few months later... It was a completely blessed day :D
    GoiMTvP.gif
  • Tboz51Tboz51 Posts: 2,808
    Black Diamond wrote:
    Tboz51 wrote:
    Black Diamond wrote:
    It got released the same day my newleywed bride told me that she think she made a mistake getting married.

    Took a long drive, picked it up a casette at a local store in Richmond... and had the most cathartic experience I ever had...
    Um... I gather this isn't your current wife?

    If it is not (in fact) it may have been a total blessed day. :-)
    No we broke up a few months later... It was a completely blessed day :D

    I am glad to hear that...

    Life comes at you pretty fast....
    "Honesty will always be construed as negative to a dumbass"
    :-)
  • CantKeepMeHereCantKeepMeHere Posts: 2,177
    Vs. for me wan introduced when Pearl Jam did Animal on the VMA's.... it was more than WOW
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  • JimmyVJimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,363
    I remember hearing Go for the first time. I was driving around in my very first car and listening to WAAF. It blew me away. There are other songs on that album I grew to like better but I will always remember hearing Go for the first time.
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    my brother drove me to Soundwaves in Houston for the midnight release. we BLARED it all the way home. :D
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