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Take away the lyrics... what's your fave PJ song?

CheeksCheeks Posts: 151
edited December 2013 in Words and Music...Communication
I've been listening to PJ today and trying to focus solely on the music and not Ed's voice or the lyrics (as difficult as that is). What are your favourite songs based just on the music?

So far, I'm leaning towards WMA and Nothing as it seems. But I'm sure that will change as the day progresses.

It's hard to do since all the elements of the band are so beautifully intertwined (part of the PJ magic)... but it's helping get me through this never-ending work day! Is it really only 11am?
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  • RedBadBoyJacksonRedBadBoyJackson Posts: 53
    well, this one:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jamgcl8bO6w
    :mrgreen:
  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,687
    take away the lyrics?/
    then..no question..
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30BlueyXoyg
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  • YLed2YLed2 Posts: 5,534
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    take away the lyrics?/
    then..no question..
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30BlueyXoyg

    :lol: knew Dimi was coming with this.... :lol:

    This is an impossible question to answer.....but......I'm going with Y Led or Release. Can't make up my mind which one.
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  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,687
    YLed2 wrote:
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    take away the lyrics?/
    then..no question..
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30BlueyXoyg

    :lol: knew Dimi was coming with this.... :lol:

    This is an impossible question to answer.....but......I'm going with Y Led or Release. Can't make up my mind which one.
    :mrgreen:
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    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • 88keys88keys Posts: 151
    Alive and Even Flow because Mike's solos are badass.

    Others are Comatose, Blood, Habit, Spin The Black Circle, Corduroy, Insignificance, God's Dice, Green Disease, Do the Evolution.... I could go on and on here. To me, Pearl Jam's music is just as intense and emotional as Ed's voice and lyrics.
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  • BrainOfMABrainOfMA Posts: 553
    In My Tree, Jack's drumming is amazing :D
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  • staceycurcistaceycurci Posts: 97
    Of the girl and nothing as it seems
  • jm245068jm245068 Posts: 8
    Hard to imagine.... listen to the 11/21/96 sound check in Barcelona, Spain :):):):):)
  • big mickbig mick Posts: 773
    The End, beautiful acoustic guitar.
    Down would be good too. :?:
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  • silvia dpsilvia dp Posts: 31
    indifference, rearviewmirror, garden, corduroy...

    But 20 years are so much... different periods, different feelings,...
    I could say that, depending on the mood, each single day I find something "interesting" in a specific song...
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    Rats
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  • moretonbayfigmoretonbayfig Posts: 805
    Brain of J
    Release
    Do The Evolution
  • theoceansmademetheoceansmademe Posts: 1,132
    RehabDoll wrote:
    In My Tree, Jack's drumming is amazing :D
    Agree 100%

    The groove of No Code is insane.

    Next would be just about any song from Yield, starting with In Hiding
  • Yield84Yield84 Posts: 7
    Immortality like warm up in imagine in cornice.. Thunderclap .. But like said its quite a difficult question to ask
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  • Agata2218Agata2218 Posts: 7
    Just the music?Then it would be Yellow Ledbetter, that guitar there just gives me shivers...amazing...
    but my PJ favourite song is-Indefference...every time he sings -I will light the kandle till it burns up my arm-I have shivers again:)
  • davidronndavidronn Posts: 26
    Sleight of Hand and In Hiding.

    Sleight of Hand because of the chorus. McCready comes in with this crazy wah-wah distortion thing that's just incredible. All the while Jeff and Stone (I can only assume it's both of them. Maybe Matt too?) are there with some excellent back-up vocals. It's quite chilling actually.

    In Hiding because of the start of the second verse when the piano kicks in. It adds just a bit more punch to already excellent music.
  • Jon ChorbaJon Chorba Posts: 268
    Animal
    You Are
    Brother
    Even Flow
    Yellow Ledbetter


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  • sven82sven82 Posts: 152
    Corduroy, DTE, In My Tree, I Am Mine, Force Of Nature, Sad, SOLAT, Nothingman, Of The Girl, Low Light
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  • Brain of DaveBrain of Dave Posts: 149
    I like "No Way." Its slow and dark and I love the breakdown with the feedback and drum effects.

    Two good ones were picked for the soundtrack, "Of the Girl" and "Footsteps."
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  • mikalinamikalina Posts: 7,206
    No lyrics - just music....

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  • morgannspicermorgannspicer Posts: 266
    Of The Girl
    Thumbing My Way
    Red Mosquito
    Rats
    Given To Fly
    Insignificance
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  • Dan Big Kapone MartinDan Big Kapone Martin Posts: 1
    I absolutely love footsteps. Or if you're listening to the PJ20 soundtrack its "Times of Trouble" and you actually do get just the music. Love it
  • big mickbig mick Posts: 773
    Speed Of Sound? I'm listening to it now and think the song ebbs and flows musically and certain instruments take prominence at different times and Matt's drums are perfect.
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  • all.five.horizonsall.five.horizons Posts: 35
    fave song? hum, i would say yellow ledbetter, nothing as it seems, given to fly, just breathe, black, man of the hour and sad :)
  • Meg8686Meg8686 Posts: 1,234
    mikalina wrote:
    No lyrics - just music....Education.

    hell yes :)
    also Immortality,
    Sometimes I speak of nothing at all.
  • Meg8686Meg8686 Posts: 1,234
    Parting ways
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  • Releaseme92Releaseme92 Posts: 42
    So many years, so many songs but maybe I can narrow it down to: Who You Are, Last Exit, WMA, In My Tree (Love the percussion on these!), and Release. This list can get soooo much longer! ;)
  • Last-12-ExitLast-12-Exit Posts: 8,661
    #1- faithful
    #2- given to fly
    #3- in my tree
  • bindy123bindy123 Posts: 210
    have just spent countless hours over the last week on itunes systematically going through every pearl jam album tryng to answer this question....think i can narrow it down to four or five...so in no particular order

    Garden
    Release
    Given to Fly
    Wash
    Into the Wilds Hard Sun...
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  • candleofthought26candleofthought26 Posts: 81
    Nothing as it seems for me too - Mike's guitar solo is cathartic.
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