Which Pearl Jam song means the most to you?

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  • PorchgirlCO
    PorchgirlCO Colorado Posts: 1,377
    edited August 2016
    Always Release but recently In hiding, gone, save you, inside job, present tense...
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    I'll ride the wave where it takes me...

    Orlando 4/24/92 & 8/23/92, Miami 3/28/94, Ft Laud 10/7/96, Alpine Valley 6/26/98, Missoula 9/30/12, EV Jax 11/24/12 & 11/25/12, Chicago (Wrigley) 7/19/13, Charlottesville 10/29/13, Charlotte 10/30/13, Tulsa 10/8/14, Lincoln 10/9/14, Denver 10/22/14, Jacksonville 4/12/16, Greenville 4/16/16, Telluride 7/9/16, Boston (Fenway) 8/5/16 & 8/7/16, Seattle (Safeco) 8/10/18, Boston (Fenway) 9/2/18 & 9/4/18, Dana Point 10/1/21 & 10/2/21, MSG 9/11/22, Denver 9/22/22, Austin 9/18/23 & 9/19/23.
  • xavier mcdaniel
    xavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,435
    It varies, but for a while after Sept. 11 once it came out "I am Mine". Kind of explains why I do some things spur of the moment.
    Reading 2004
    Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
    Chicago 2007
    Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
    Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
    Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
    Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
    Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
    Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
    Fenway 2, 2018
    MSG 2022
    St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
    MSG 2024, MSG 2024
    Philadelphia 2024
    "I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
    Things happen in the game. Nothing you
    can do. I don't go and say,
    "I'm gonna beat this guy up."
  • hlaggs
    hlaggs PDX Posts: 3
    There are so many PJ songs that I love so it's hard to say.
    Jeremy was one of the first PJ songs I ever heard. On vinyl I have another version of it that I can only describe as thought provoking, it takes you somewhere deep in thought when you hear it. There is something about that song. Not just the meaning of it but the powerful drive of the music behind the words.
  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,947
    edited January 2017
    Escape is never the safest path... / Begging for a prayer... / Trying to shake the cancer off?... Stupid human beings... Once you hold the hand of love, it's all surmountable...
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    Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1&2 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024 / New Orleans 2025
  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,947
    I am related to my enemy...
    Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1&2 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024 / New Orleans 2025
  • Cime
    Cime In My Tree Posts: 53
    I don't have a favorite, I love every song but Unthought Known really does something to me. "Look for love in evidence
    that you're worth keeping" Wow, that gets me.
    Minding my manners
  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,947
    Scared alive... & Freezin'... Rests his head on a pillow made of concrete...
    Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1&2 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024 / New Orleans 2025
  • Shyner
    Shyner Posts: 1,226
    They are all vital to my collection. If I had to choose one song that meant the most I'd say black
  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,947
    It was their idea... I proved to be a man... / Two birds is what they'll see... / Easy left me a long time ago... & If it's illegal for us to fuck...
    Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1&2 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024 / New Orleans 2025
  • TAC
    TAC NW Posts: 52
    So many to choose from. Present Tense ranks near the top. Live in the present tense.
  • Given2fly83
    Given2fly83 Canada Posts: 9
    edited April 2017
    Given To Fly

    I was at the Quebec City, Canada show on May 5 2016, and heard the beautiful dedication Eddie gave to a women that had recently lost a man she loved. I lost my brother tragically a few years ago so this dedication hit me right in the feels. Like Eddie knew exactly how I felt. That night I met Eddie randomly after the show and thanked him for always making his fans feel special.

    I had always wanted a tattoo in memory of my brother that was special and not too sad. The very next day in Quebec City I got a tattoo. "Given To Fly". My amazing brother was Given To Fly.

    I then ran into Mike McCready that same day. Thanked him for his music and as well, for his charity work with Crohns Disease etc. He was so kind. Unbeknownst to me, I was at that moment suffering from Crohns Disease.

    That weekend was such a special moment in my life. These guys are amazing people, so kind, so humble and helping people in ways they will never know.

    Today for my 3rd infusion of remicade for Crohns Disease, I wore my Pearl Jam shirt, sporting my "Given To Fly" tattoo. To hounor their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Mike's belated Birthday.




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  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,947
    ^ Wow! Thanks for sharing! Stay strong!
    Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1&2 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024 / New Orleans 2025
  • MINEisMINE
    MINEisMINE Posts: 6
    It would be so much easier to choose an album, No Code kind of guided me through one of the darkest loneliest times of my life. I remember walking down the middle of the street, past the bricks, mid winter listening to that album day after day. If anything I'd take 3 songs from No Code and in this order they'd go smile, sometimes and present tense. They got me through some tough times. Honorable mention would be indifference, its kind of my redemption song, keeps me from giving up or giving in. As I'm sure we all feel there's so many good, powerful songs to choose from with so much inspiration and resolve behind them.
  • ClevelandBhoy
    ClevelandBhoy Posts: 1
    Love Boat Captain.

    I know it was written for a very specific event, but like all great art, the words transcend the event that prompted them.

    Cause to the universe I don't mean a thing
    And there's just one word I still believe
    And it's love
  • Annafalk
    Annafalk Sweden Posts: 4,004
    Very cool, Given2fly83 !!!
    Much thanks for sharing and lucky you :)
    I really liked what you said to Eddie and Mike. :)
  • Shyner
    Shyner Posts: 1,226
    Future days
  • fixing
    fixing Posts: 10
    Pap said:
    Burton wrote:
    I couldn't attempt to answer this question,
    but a few people have mentioned "present tense" and i'd like to tell a story :D

    I'm a musician, Making an album is all I've wanted to do with my life since i first heard "no code" and Live's "Throwing Copper", Present Tense was my first ever favorite song.

    Much later, I was going to see a girl.
    This was a big deal, I've suffered greatly from social anxiety most of my life, girls hate me, i'm ugly, a nerd, weird etc etc... you know the type.

    It had reached the point that i literally get the shakes trying to buy something at a shop if theirs a woman behind the counter.

    Just turning up at her door was the most difficult and courageous thing I've ever done.

    All the way there (was a 20 minute drive) i had Present Tense on repeat in the my car.
    I stopped 5 times in fear, 2 of those times i turned around and started heading home.
    Took over an hour to get there, but i did get there.

    About a year later the whole fiasco turned out to be about as productive as swallowing a cluster grenade, BUT that's not the point

    The point is, that song gave me the strength to face a full-blown phobia

    Nice story! Good for you! :thumbup: Welcome to the forums! :wave:
    Beautiful post, I understand where you come from.( I got ID)
    I read some where that the body is just vehicle for you?! Its 'who you are' inside that matters. Visual beauty is just that, not inner beauty. Sorry, hope this helps..
  • fixing
    fixing Posts: 10
    Given2fly83 said:
    Given To Fly I was at the Quebec City, Canada show on May 5 2016, and heard the beautiful dedication Eddie gave to a women that had recently lost a man she loved. I lost my brother tragically a few years ago so this dedication hit me right in the feels. Like Eddie knew exactly how I felt. That night I met Eddie randomly after the show and thanked him for always making his fans feel special. I had always wanted a tattoo in memory of my brother that was special and not too sad. The very next day in Quebec City I got a tattoo. "Given To Fly". My amazing brother was Given To Fly. I then ran into Mike McCready that same day. Thanked him for his music and as well, for his charity work with Crohns Disease etc. He was so kind. Unbeknownst to me, I was at that moment suffering from Crohns Disease. That weekend was such a special moment in my life. These guys are amazing people, so kind, so humble and helping people in ways they will never know. Today for my 3rd infusion of remicade for Crohns Disease, I wore my Pearl Jam shirt, sporting my "Given To Fly" tattoo. To hounor their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Mike's belated Birthday.
    Wow! Thats like a PJ miracle! 
  • fixing
    fixing Posts: 10
    Amongst the Waves:
    Beautiful lyrics: remember back in the early days when you were young and less amazed.....what used to be a house of cards has turned into a reserviour.... 
    Have touched me deeply about overcoming dark days and being fragile, and getting stronger and overcoming.
    Ed's most touching lyrics in my humble opinion....
  • AG272077
    AG272077 Posts: 1
    Come Back.
    Lost my wife of 30 years. .This song says everything that I feel.

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