Which Pearl Jam song means the most to you?

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  • FrankieGFrankieG Posts: 9,100
    off he goes
    2003: 7/14 NJ ... 2006: 6/1 NJ, 6/3 NJ ... 2007: 8/5 IL ... 2008: 6/24 NY, 6/25 NY, 8/7 EV NJ ... 2009: 10/27 PA, 10/28 PA, 10/30 PA, 10/31 PA
    2010: 5/20 NY, 5/21 NY ... 2011: 6/21 EV NY, 9/3 WI, 9/4 WI ... 2012: 9/2 PA, 9/22 GA ... 2013: 10/18 NY, 10/19 NY, 10/21 PA, 10/22 PA, 10/27 MD
    2015: 9/23 NY, 9/26 NY ... 2016: 4/28 PA, 4/29 PA, 5/1 NY, 5/2 NY, 6/11 TN, 8/7 MA, 11/4 TOTD PA, 11/5 TOTD PA ... 2018: 8/10 WA
    2022: 9/14 NJ ... 2024: 5/28 WA, 9/7 PA, 9/9 PA ---- http://imgur.com/a/nk0s7
  • luanisluanis Posts: 159
    edited August 2012
    Release

    And it's funny because the first time I heard this song, which was a very long time ago back in the 90's, I loved it, it meant something but I didn't know what exacly. I also didn't know it was written by Eddie for his father back then.
    Then my dad died in 1998 and I remember the first time I heard after that I cried my ass off cause it reminded me of my dad so much and it became that PJ song for me, you know? I get emotional just by thinking about it.
    Then I found out the meaning of that song for Eddie. It blew my mind.
    Post edited by luanis on
    Pearl Jam:
    Restelo Stadium - May 23rd 2000 ; Pavilhao Atlantico - Sep 4th 2006 ; Passeio Maritimo Alges - Jun 8th 2007 ; Optimus Alive! - Jul 10th 2010 ; NOS Alive - Jul 14th 2018

    Eddie Vedder Solo:
    Sudoeste Festival, Zambujeira do Mar - Aug 3rd 2012 ; Super Bock Super Rock, Meco - Jul 18th 2014
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  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,549
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • I'd say "I wish I was a radio song, the one that you turned up I wish...I wish...I wish...I wish... I guess it never stops"
    _E_l_t_o_n_w_i_s_e_
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,150
    Footsteps
    severed hand thirteen
    2006: Gorge 7/23 2008: Hartford 6/27 Beacon 7/1 2009: Spectrum 10/30-31
    2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
    2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
    2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
    2017: RRHoF 4/7   2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4   2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18 
    2022: MSG 9/11  2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
  • PapPap Posts: 28,788
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  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,549
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • big mickbig mick Posts: 773
    Light Years, Come Back, The End :|
    Reading England 2006, Manchester England 2009, London England 2010, Manchester 1 2012, EV London 1 2012
  • Meg8686Meg8686 Posts: 1,234
    Present Tense changed my life dude :)
    Sometimes I speak of nothing at all.
  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,549
    Meg8686 wrote:
    Present Tense changed my life dude :)
    ahem...
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • Meg8686Meg8686 Posts: 1,234
    Meg8686 wrote:
    Present Tense changed my life dude :)
    ahem...
    :D I took the lyrics as literal advice, moved 200 miles, changed careers, started living life... Pearl jam give the best advice. Other tracks that mean a lot to me- Beegirl, Life wasted, Breakerfall, Sometimes, Small town, habit, Sleight of hand, In hiding, Release .. so many.
    Sometimes I speak of nothing at all.
  • BerasapjBerasapj Posts: 292
    Light years and comeback
    Manchester 1&2 2012

    Waiting for the next PJ euro Tour

    Hoping not to get drown in the wave of life
  • shetellsherselfshetellsherself New Jersey Posts: 8,818
    Light years.... Today anyway.

    You gotta spend it all
    5/3/92 Omaha, NE
    6/19/95 Red Rocks
    9/11/98 MSG
    11/19/12 EV solo Tulsa
    7/19/13 Wrigley 10/19/13 Brooklyn 2 10/21/13 Philly 1 10/22/13 Philly 2 10/25/13 Hartford
    10/08/14 Tulsa 10/09/14 Lincoln
    9/26/15 NYC Global Citizen
    4/16/16 Greenville 4/28/16 Philly 1 4/29/16 Philly 2 5/1/16 MSG 1 5/2/16 MSG 2 8/7/16 Fenway 2 8/20/16 Wrigley 1
    4/7/17 RRHOF New York City
    9/2/18 Fenway 1 9/4/2018 Fenway 2
    9/18/21 Asbury Park
    2/4/22 EV Earthlings NYC 2/6/22 EV Earthlings Newark 9/11/22 MSG 9/14/22 Camden
    9/3/24 MSG 1 9/4/24 MSG 2 9/7/24 Philly 1 9/9/24 Philly 2
  • PapPap Posts: 28,788
    Meg8686 wrote:
    Present Tense changed my life dude :)
    I'm happy for you! :D
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  • pandorapandora Posts: 21,855
    It will always be Indifference
  • ikiTikiT Posts: 11,054
    ewbtciast, always

    The 2 times I've seen PJ, they've opened with it.
    Bristow 05132010 to Amsterdam 2 06132018
  • LH255703LH255703 Posts: 112
    I got shit
  • jmurrayjmurray Posts: 3,538
    Release
  • Daughter
  • Tora74Tora74 Posts: 107
    BLACK

    RELEASE

    GIVEN TO FLY

    OH You meant which one. How can one just pick one there are so many AWESOME ones :lol:


    PEACE!!!
    Things were different then. All is different now.
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  • I got shit
    "I gather speed from you fucking with me"

    PJ in Stockholm, Sweden, 7th July 2012. EV solo in London, 31st July 2012. PJ in Stockholm 28th of June 2014. PJ in Milton Keynes UK, 11th of July 2014, Eddie solo in London 6th of June 2017. PJ London 18th of June, 2018, and 17th of July, 2018.
  • Just Breathe. My mother passed away on September 4th. She had lost her hearing some time ago, so I would write out lyrics to songs I knew she loved, or knew she would love if she could hear them. About 6 months ago I had given her the lyrics to Just Breathe. It meant the world to her so I requested it to be played at her memorial service so she could hear it as she made her way to heaven. The song meant a lot to me before that, now it means the world to me!

    I miss you, Mom...
  • Just Breathe. My mother passed away on September 4th. She had lost her hearing some time ago, so I would write out lyrics to songs I knew she loved, or knew she would love if she could hear them. About 6 months ago I had given her the lyrics to Just Breathe. It meant the world to her so I requested it to be played at her memorial service so she could hear it as she made her way to heaven. The song meant a lot to me before that, now it means the world to me!

    I miss you, Mom...

    Wow. Left speechless here. I'm so sorry for you loss :(
  • It changes, as life changes.

    Right now, for me, it's Footsteps. Like so many PJ songs, it rings true.

    Unthought Known, Down, Hail Hail, and Present Tense are always on my list.
    Who the f*ck goes around skinning cats~~Ed

    It all comes down to changing your head~~John Lennon

    MSG 6-24-08/MSG 5-21-10/Philly MIA 9-2-12/Chicago Wrigley Field 7-19-13/Brooklyn NY 1&2 10-2013/Philly 1&2 10-2013
  • EraserheadEraserhead Posts: 2,926
    Release

    Hearing it live for the first time in 2009 (Adelaide) was one of the greatest moments of my life. My dad passed away 10 years ago, and he'd be pretty proud to see me enjoying myself down under in Oz ("Ooooh dear dad...").

    :thumbup:
    Manchester 04.06.00, Leeds 25.08.06, Wembley 18.06.07, Dusseldorf 21.06.07, Shepherds Bush 11.08.09, Manchester 17.08.09, Adelaide 17.11.09, Melbourne 20.11.09, Sydney 22.11.09, Brisbane 25.11.09, MSG1 20.05.10, MSG2 21.05.10, Dublin 22.06.10, Belfast 23.06.10, London 25.06.10, Long Beach 06.07.11 (EV), Los Angeles 08.07.11 (EV), Toronto 11.09.11, Toronto 12.09.11, Ottawa 14.09.11, Hamilton 14.09.11, Manchester 20.06.12, Manchester 21.06.12, Amsterdam 26.06.2012, Amsterdam 27.06.2012, Berlin 04.07.12, Berlin 05.07.12, Stockholm 07.07.12, Oslo 09.07.12, Copenhagen 10.07.12, Manchester 28.07.12 (EV), Brooklyn 18.10.13, Brooklyn 19.10.13, Philly 21.10.13, Philly 22.10.13, San Diego 21.11.13, LA 23.11.13, LA 24.11.13, Oakland 26.11.13, Portland 29.11.13, Spokane 30.11.13, Calgary 02.12.13, Vancouver 04.12.13, Seattle 06.12.13, Trieste 22.06.14, Vienna 25.06.14, Berlin 26.06.14, Stockholm 28.06.14, Leeds 08.07.14, Philly 28.04.16, Philly 28.04.16, MSG1 01.05.16, MSG2 02.05.16
  • Too many really, as a previous poster said, different times in my life give importance to different songs.
    Just Breathe and Man of the Hour will have a special place forever.
    From the first time I heard Man of The Hour it reminded me of my grandfather, a larger than life figure who meant so much to so many different people for so many different reasons. When he passed away in May it just seemed so fitting "a snowflake falls in May". I decided I wanted to speak at his funeral (very out of character of me as I have been somewhat terrified of public speaking) and used a line from Just Breathe in the speech and closed it by saying "The Man of the hour has taken his final bow, this is just goodbye for now"
  • ALIVE

    In November of 1991, I was hit by a truck while crossing a street - I was an avid runner - miraculously, I survived with two broken legs, fractured ribs and vertebrae. THIS song became my creed as I healed and the doctors told me if I were lucky enough to walk again, it would be with a severe limp & complications. Above the expectations of many, I not only walked again, but climbed Mt. Warning In Australia eight months later!

    Knowing the actual meaning of the lyrics did not alter my love for the song. For me it meant, and still does at age 45, that I am ALIVE - against numerous odds, I'm still alive - Thank you Pearl Jam, you have inspired me ever since!
  • PapPap Posts: 28,788
    k9s4Bern wrote:
    ALIVE

    In November of 1991, I was hit by a truck while crossing a street - I was an avid runner - miraculously, I survived with two broken legs, fractured ribs and vertebrae. THIS song became my creed as I healed and the doctors told me if I were lucky enough to walk again, it would be with a severe limp & complications. Above the expectations of many, I not only walked again, but climbed Mt. Warning In Australia eight months later!

    Knowing the actual meaning of the lyrics did not alter my love for the song. For me it meant, and still does at age 45, that I am ALIVE - against numerous odds, I'm still alive - Thank you Pearl Jam, you have inspired me ever since!

    Bravo for your strength and courage! I applause you! :clap: Hats off! Excellent first post! :thumbup: Welcome! :wave: :-D
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  • LoulouLoulou Posts: 6,247
    k9s4Bern wrote:
    ALIVE

    In November of 1991, I was hit by a truck while crossing a street - I was an avid runner - miraculously, I survived with two broken legs, fractured ribs and vertebrae. THIS song became my creed as I healed and the doctors told me if I were lucky enough to walk again, it would be with a severe limp & complications. Above the expectations of many, I not only walked again, but climbed Mt. Warning In Australia eight months later!

    Knowing the actual meaning of the lyrics did not alter my love for the song. For me it meant, and still does at age 45, that I am ALIVE - against numerous odds, I'm still alive - Thank you Pearl Jam, you have inspired me ever since!
    Wow! :shock: that's incredible! Like Pap said, great first post! :thumbup:

    I think Rearview Mirror is probably the most important to me lyrics wise. I have always loved Oceans though. ;)
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  • TalonTeddTalonTedd Toronto Posts: 835
    edited August 2013
    Over the years there have been a few. Lately, it is "Sleight of Hand". I sometines feel like the man who is wondering about wandering! Can it be just circumstance or am I really dizzy enough to be moved by sleight of hand....hope not.
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    I remember when, yeah. I swore I knew everything, oh yeah.
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