Long Road

NoCode1996
NoCode1996 Posts: 75
edited August 2012 in The Porch
Any love for this song? A personal favourite of mine, love the lyrics and Vedders vocals on this song
Behind her eyes there's curtains and they've been closed to hide the flames. Remains.
She knows their futures burning but she can smile just the same. Same.
And though her mood is fine today there's a fear they'll soon be parting ways.
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  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    love this song. it has helped through a lot.
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  • DriftingByTheStorm
    DriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    Yes.
    Long Road - Michael Stipe & Eddie Vedder croon

    ::swoon::
    If I was to smile and I held out my hand
    If I opened it now would you not understand?
  • Jason78
    Jason78 Posts: 400
    Oh hell yeah! One of my top 5. They opened w/ this night 4 in Universal City '09 and I knew it was on. I thought to my self "that's what kind of show this is gonna be, huh"?!
  • Lament
    Lament Posts: 294
    Taking into account all aspects of a single recording (the composition itself, the performance/performances being captured, the mixing of said performances) you would be hard pressed to find ANYTHING in the entire Pearl Jam catalog that even comes close to the studio version of Long Road. Everything about it is perfect.
  • oona left
    oona left Posts: 1,677
    "Long Road" is an incredible piece of music.
  • Kathi
    Kathi Posts: 1,828
    love it! so glad I got to hear it live.
  • Beck..
    Beck.. Posts: 535
    Opened with Long road at Manchester 09,gave me goose bumps,love it 8-)
  • barger395
    barger395 Posts: 855
    LOVE it!!! it's on my list of songs I hope to experience live one day!!

    Cheers,
    Barger
    Seen the Best Rock Band on the Planet a few times here and there.
  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,690
    Pearl Jam & Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Long Road - Groundwork 2001 Seattle - 10-22-2001

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt_xtljRUqs
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  • rab
    rab Posts: 81
    stood in berlin next to a guy who said "i really hate long road. but i love ritfw"

    well we got both, and everybody was happy - because for me it's also a great song
    How I choose to feel, is how I am

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  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    rab wrote:
    stood in berlin next to a guy who said "i really hate long road. but i love ritfw"

    well we got both, and everybody was happy - because for me it's also a great song
    maybe u meant hate as opener? :mrgreen:
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  • PeArLgOoNeR
    PeArLgOoNeR Posts: 1,250
    It's in my fave 5!

    got it 3 times in my 8 shows!

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  • danny
    danny Posts: 2,283
    im sorry but i just dont like it!
    danny d
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,146
    This is by far my favorite song by pearl jam. I love the simplicity of the guitar but appreciate how complex and deep the lyrics are. In one of my favorite pj moments of all time I was first row in front of ed at my first show at randall's island '96. During the encore he mouthed off the mic "hey we don't know what to play next....". I swear he gazed out the crowd of 33,000 and his eyes connected with mine. I shouted out "long road"; he nodded and started playing it. It's one of the few times it's been played not as an opener. Needless to say I was beyond pumped.
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  • PeArLgOoNeR
    PeArLgOoNeR Posts: 1,250
    mcgruff10 wrote:
    This is by far my favorite song by pearl jam. I love the simplicity of the guitar but appreciate how complex and deep the lyrics are. In one of my favorite pj moments of all time I was first row in front of ed at my first show at randall's island '96. During the encore he mouthed off the mic "hey we don't know what to play next....". I swear he gazed out the crowd of 33,000 and his eyes connected with mine. I shouted out "long road"; he nodded and started playing it. It's one of the few times it's been played not as an opener. Needless to say I was beyond pumped.

    SWEET!

    I always think of the simple rythm of the song as a tolling bell

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  • Dissidentman
    Dissidentman Posts: 15,378
    Great song. 1st I learned on guitar.
  • samjam
    samjam New York Posts: 9,283
    Incredible song. So simple but so, so powerful. Those lyrics hit hard. What a beautiful song! Was so happy hearing it at EV solo last year, but I hope to hear it open a PJ show someday!
    "Sometimes you find yourself having to put all your faith in no faith."
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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,690
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWHW3UGMr8s
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  • veddertown
    veddertown Scotland Posts: 5,260
    PeArLgOoNeR wrote:
    mcgruff10 wrote:
    This is by far my favorite song by pearl jam. I love the simplicity of the guitar but appreciate how complex and deep the lyrics are. In one of my favorite pj moments of all time I was first row in front of ed at my first show at randall's island '96. During the encore he mouthed off the mic "hey we don't know what to play next....". I swear he gazed out the crowd of 33,000 and his eyes connected with mine. I shouted out "long road"; he nodded and started playing it. It's one of the few times it's been played not as an opener. Needless to say I was beyond pumped.

    SWEET!

    I always think of the simple rythm of the song as a tolling bell

    You need to listen to San Diego 06 and get the story to really appreciate this but the tolling bell has huge significance. It's also a very good show. It was my first live PJ song in Dublin and a week later again I got it in Berlin. One of PJ's finest moments.
    Like a book among the many on a shelf...

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  • lcusick
    lcusick Posts: 310
    I cried when I heard it live- so beautiful with such meaningful lyrics :!:

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