The "Forums Positivity" Thread

YLed2

Adding a new one:
Last night making the last minute effort to buy flights, tickets, and book a hotel for Midtown Music from Missouri with your girl and one of your best friends because your mind can't take it anymore and you need to be there and you need a show. The spontaneous nature that PJ brings out in you. Like a damn drug.

vant0037

dimitrispearljam wrote:

RKCNDY wrote:

this thread is useless without a pic...a pic of OP in short-shorts and matching rhinestone tank top

:fp: :fp: :fp: no no no fotos of the OP...
ask fotos of shorts and top of his wife,.!! ..
damn Lisa,.why you dont ask me in this things..

Don't knock the photos of me in short-shorts until you've seen them! Dimi, I could have her post a few on FB! :fp:

vant0037

Grandmas Jam wrote:

vant0037 wrote:

3. When the opening chords of "Baba O'Riley" started at Amsterdam 2, I screamed really loud and my wife laughed in my face about it, and then we slapped high-5s and it was fucking awesome.

that made my day

Good! That's the idea!

fortyshades

Ok, here is my try:

1) The excitement I feel when the music start, the lights go off, right before the band enters the stage and all I can think is: with which song will they open, with which song will they open, with which song will they open...

2) Meeting people from the community in Amsterdam, Berlin, before the shows, at the shows and after shows and talking about music and politics and of course: which opening song will be played

3) Standing in the Yamamamam (I forgot the name of the) bar in Berlin, the night before the two-nighter, singing, jumping and dancing to Tremor Christ, Nothingman, holding arms, sharing a moment with people I never met in my whole life. (And probably never meet again.)

4) The moment before the show, when the soundcheck guys are on stage - I recognize every face by now - hear the beginning notes of "You are" and I can feel the excitement building and building. Honestly, these soundcheck guys don't get enough credit on this board

5) Finally, watching Ed Vedder perform alone. Fragile. Vulnerable. Playing an alternative (and beautiful) version of Betterman.

mfc2006

the music has helped me through a lot.

thanks, PJ

vant0037

mfc2006 wrote:

the music has helped through a lot.

thanks, PJ

Amen. Although I can't be one of the people to say that PJ has gotten me through a tough time (I've been wretchedly blessed) or I've turned to them at a low point (again, blessed), I can say that PJ has had an uncanny way of popping up at several great moments in our lives. Their music always seems to be the background music to some beautiful times in our lives and for that, I'm eternally grateful.

dimitrispearljam

mfc2006 wrote:

the music has helped through a lot.

thanks, PJ

Kathi

1. very bad meeting with my supervisor today, basically throwing my whole dissertation project in the garbage, yet on the train home god's dice comes on and I think of the prague bootleg coming up and it's all a bit easier to bear.

2. less than 2 weeks until I spontaneously fly to poland to hang out with some of the great people I've met on this year's tour. and looking forward to see them (and others) again soon-ish, maybe for a brad show.

3. someone commented on an old fb status of mine today (before the solo tour), where I was wishing to meet eddie so I could say thanks in person...re-reading that and realizing it actually happened is beyond words.

YLed2

mfc2006 wrote:

the music has helped through a lot.

thanks, PJ

I don't think it could have been said any better.

mfc2006

YLed2 wrote:

mfc2006 wrote:

the music has helped me through a lot.

thanks, PJ

I don't think it could have been said any better.

except i forgot the "me" in there. whoops!

hgpjam11

vant0037 wrote:

Here's a couple:

1. Its Friday, and...
2. I LOVE the sound of Ed's voice on that Jimmy Fallon "Balls In Your Mouth" song, especially where Ed hits the higher notes on "don't swim in the OOOOCCCEAAANNN..."

Awesome!

I love listening to that song! And you can hear the crowd react when Ed walks out while Jimmy is singing.

vant0037

After taking a spin around the Porch today, I think this thread warrants bumping...

Is there anything better than opening your email, a few days after a tweet, and seeing an email from 10c (or "Don O. Treply" as he's been called ), and then seeing your city listed (or a city you can travel to)? Seriously...

Here's another one: my favorite 2 minutes of Pearl Jam is always the solo on "Alive." So fucking good...

dimitrispearljam

vant0037 wrote:

After taking a spin around the Porch today, I think this thread warrants bumping...

Is there anything better than opening your email, a few days after a tweet, and seeing an email from 10c (or "Don O. Treply" as he's been called ), and then seeing your city listed (or a city you can travel to)? Seriously...

Here's another one: my favorite 2 minutes of Pearl Jam is always the solo on "Alive." So fucking good...

sure!

Kathi

vant0037 wrote:

After taking a spin around the Porch today, I think this thread warrants bumping...

Is there anything better than opening your email, a few days after a tweet, and seeing an email from 10c (or "Don O. Treply" as he's been called ), and then seeing your city listed (or a city you can travel to)? Seriously...

Here's another one: my favorite 2 minutes of Pearl Jam is always the solo on "Alive." So fucking good...

or seeing some more cities and thinking "hmm...so that's where my vacation will be this year"

I want a tweeeet

Ana2112

vant0037 wrote:

3. When the opening chords of "Baba O'Riley" started at Amsterdam 2, I screamed really loud and my wife laughed in my face about it, and then we slapped high-5s and it was fucking awesome.

I love this!! :thumbup:



1. Seeing so many wonderful people at one place. It is amazing that 5 such great guys can get thousands of wonderful people in the same place at the same time. Kind of a whirl of positive energy.

2. Walking around the town with PJ in my earphones and with a dumb smile on my face with the passers by looking at me like some kind of weirdo.

3. Seeing the guys live this year for the first time and feeling like my heart is going to explode (from all the pushing in the front rows as well as all the love boiling everywhere around me). And then flying in the middle of the night through a storm to get to an other city to see them again.

4. Eddie's voice on Dream A Little Dream demo. I feel like he is in the room, can almost feel the sound.

5. Energy form the PJ music giving me strength to do everyday things and coping with everyday shit.

6. Crazy Mike, sweet Matt, cool Jeff, funny and smart Stone and amazing Eddie on stage. Something unbelievable!

7. Reading this thread. Made me feel great!

8. Wishlist - always makes my day. I wish I was as fortunate as me.



And all of this:

fortyshades wrote:

Ok, here is my try:

1) The excitement I feel when the music start, the lights go off, right before the band enters the stage and all I can think is: with which song will they open, with which song will they open, with which song will they open...

2) Meeting people from the community in Amsterdam, Berlin, before the shows, at the shows and after shows and talking about music and politics and of course: which opening song will be played

3) Standing in the Yamamamam (I forgot the name of the) bar in Berlin, the night before the two-nighter, singing, jumping and dancing to Tremor Christ, Nothingman, holding arms, sharing a moment with people I never met in my whole life. (And probably never meet again.)

4) The moment before the show, when the soundcheck guys are on stage - I recognize every face by now - hear the beginning notes of "You are" and I can feel the excitement building and building. Honestly, these soundcheck guys don't get enough credit on this board

YLed2

Thanks for making long road trips enjoyable.

Ana2112

YLed2 wrote:

Thanks for making long road trips enjoyable.

This. Yes! :thumbup:

vant0037

How about on the Mirrorball song "Peace And Love" when the song is just humming along with Uncle Neil wailing away, and then right in the middle (and again at the end) Ed pops in for a rocking chorus...every time I listen to it, I think to myself "hey! I know that guy! Hi Ed!"

Oh, and how about when you're out at a used record/CD shop, just browsing through the "recent arrivals" (stuff people have sold back to the store), and in the middle of a bunch of shit CDs, you find a PJ album that you already have. I can't help but think to myself every time "oh cool! It's Pearl Jam!", followed by "why the fuck would someone sell this back...I love this album!" and then I'm really tempted to buy it...even though I already have the very same album...in like 3 formats at home...

PJ is a wonderful strange addiction...

hdogg151

1. Taking my girlfriend to her 1st Pearl Jam show at MIA and seeing them from the 7th row!! (Made our way up starting at Run DMC and suffered through Drake) Best part, my gf is 5'2", and miraculously she had an unobstructed view almost the whole night!

2. Watching and living the transformation of my gf from a "oh God..Pearl Jam, I can't stand EV's voice"
(1.5 years ago)
........to...oh I guess I like that "Longing to Belong" song, its pretty (1 year ago)
.......... to "well, Into the Wild is a good album, so I like EV, but not PJ"........to "That concert was AWESOME" (Preset day-referring to MIA)

I knew she would come around!!

dimitrispearljam

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