Time for a giveaway...

juddboz80

Mine is mfc.....never seen it live.....everytime i hear it i get chills!!!! Hope i get to see it soon, it will bring out some crazy emotions!!!!!

bakervision

evenflow? wait what. yeah i said that, heres the thing, id have to say given to fly is really my favorite track and its amazing live, that whole outdoor summer barefoot amphitheater thing is really top notch id have to say but even flow is like an old shoe. its been there since ive been seeing shows and it likely will get played at every show i see in the future.

most people will disagree with its live awesome-ness (my wife included) but ill tell you there is something about that drum and bass happening in there that just makes you move. never mattered the drummer at that point for me its just a special part of the show. i really do look forward to it, i literally can get lost in it.

with that said, i wouldnt mind knowing what it was like to hear alone live, im like 0 for 57 or some shit on that one, ive been dreaming of that since the vs bootleg cassettes came out.

maybe in london?

see you on the flip side,
joe

dimitrispearljam

this one killing me live..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30BlueyXoyg

great give away Dave!!!

good luck to all!

mfc2006

dimitrispearljam wrote:

this one killing me live..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30BlueyXoyg

great give away Dave!!!

good luck to all!

Shocker!

jwhjr17

Release from Alpine 1, always makes me think of my dad who I lost 24 yrs ago when I was 15. "Oh dear dad can you see me now, I am myself like you somehow"

dmaradona10

Ah man...mine is Long Road, I haven't heard it played live yet, but with all the boots I've listened to when they open with that song, I feel like I have. I like the song so much, that I actually made a guitar lesson from it and posted it to youtube. Check it out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWMcTqOFV3E

dwhite76

Mine is going to have to be Hard Sun. When Ed had my son and I come on stage and sing along makes that song tops because my son was dying to see the show. I told him for 8 months I'll try and get him to meet Eddie. Well it as better. He thinks hes a star now because Eddiie said the song cant start until he hits the button for the real o real machine.

Great time. Whith Casey (who's 8) And seeing the look on his face as he stood between Ed and Glen trying so hard to sing his lungs out into the mic. Man it was priceless. Sharing that moment will be with us forever.

Thanks.

NoWay

Long Road... Ever since 9/11 I can't help but feel the emotion of that song. I will never forget watching Ed, Mike and Uncle Neil make me cry. Saw PJ open with it in Chicago and I cried all,over again. Beautiful. Emotional. Amazing.

yellowledbetterman80

awesome giveaway and thread idea.

For me Its "GO" this was the first pearl jam song i ever heard (i was completely unaware of Ten's existence at the time) I think i was twelve at the time i just discovering music and developing my own music tastes and thats when i heard this song. Wow i was blown away it was incredible i never heard anything like it and automatically connected with it. So it was "GO" that started the whole pearl jam thing for me. if i didnt hear that song at that time in my life i wonder what other music i would be into or if i ever would of got into pearl jam. so it was this song that started my love for the band and led me to spend thousands of $$$$ on them, the many memories, concert experiences, the music they have provided me, meeting fellow members at preparties and being apart of this board etc. i first heard this live in 2006 and once more since then but when ever i hear it i reflect on how it all started for me

LarsK13

ALIVE
It was the first song that I heard and it always reminds me of my youth.
This song with 17000 other Jammers singing (in Berlin Wuhlheide 2006 for example) and enjoying! WOW!
Was a great time, the early '90s!
Thanks for the chance!

weekapaug19

release, because when you hear it, you know PJ just took the stage

foodshop65

In Hiding
Madison Square Garden
there are 2 parts where EV hits I'm In Hiding as the band builds and explodes
leaves you energized and breathless and that's hard to do since it came after they played Given To Fly!!!

SCMike10

SMILE!

I always liked the way the song chugs along. It wasn't until I saw them in Hartford 2008 that I realized that Jeff and Stone trade instruments! Such a small thing but I always get choked up when the swap takes place!

LukinFan

Thank you for the chance. I love to hear "Lukin" followed by "Not For You" - it gets me every time.

AJ_dissident

For me: Release. If they open the set with that song you know it's going to be a special night

veddertown

I've always loved Long Road although it's not actually my favourite PJ song. I have lots of favourite versions and I always strum the chords when I'm trying to get one of my guitars in tune, sometimes with a Mike pick I got from a board member a couple of years ago (thanks Chazz) who herself got it thrown to her from the man himself in the Forum, Copenhagen 07 where they opened with Long Road. It's a song of mourning but somehow it also makes me quite happy when I hear it. The San Diego 06 version is amazing and it's just a very simple but really heartfelt song. It was also the first PJ song I saw live in Dublin 10 and a week later it was played again while I watched at a very emotional Berlin show. Anyway, nice giveaway. Thanks for letting me put my name in the hat and best wishes...

troysp1

Rearview Mirror has always been the song that has touched me most.

When VS was released I was going through some pretty typical teenage stuff. Due to a divorce I was forced to move out of my mothers house to my fathers house. I lost a lot of my fiends, contacts, personal relationships, etc... and was just a very difficult and different time for me. When VS was release in 93 and all this was happening I found a connection with the strong words and feelings of Rearview Mirror. The physical nature of the song rang true to me on an emotional level and embraced my 15 year old mind. The lyrics and powerful music kept me strong during the darkest hours and depths of adolescent depression when I felt so rock bottom. Knowledge of a day where I would come out on the other side and be able to see things clearer once this all was in my "rearview mirror" gave me the mental capacity to know that there would always be a tomorrow and today will look so different from tomorrows vantage point. To this day I live my live under the idea:

I guess it was the beatings, made me wise.
But I'm not about to give thanks or apologize.

The life lessons (the beatings) of my youth have made me part of the person that I am. In reflection (Rearview Mirror) I would not be who I am without the character development that occurred through that time. But I was just a child thrust into chaos and had to learn how to deal with issues that were so past my emotional capability. For that I am not about to give thanks or apologize.

Thank you to Pearl Jam for all they have given me and this is one of 1000000 examples of why I am so attached to this band.

NAUjackfan

Given to Fly
It reminds me of my first show and has been my fav PJ tune since the first time I heard it.

tino_11

Given to Fly

Well they say your first time is the most memorable....and for me my first ever gig was in 2010 (i'm a relatively new PJ fan). A sunny day in Hyde Park, London, surrounded by over 50,000 other Pearl Jam fans. I was so excited but really nervous before they came on. PJ had quickly become my favourite ever band and with their reputation for their live shows, I guess it was just the fear of being underwhelmed.

However, the band come on to rapturous applause and before the crowd starts to quieten down, the band kicks straight into Given to Fly. The feeling i had when the intro begun has stuck with me, one of those 'I can't believe this is happening' moments. Needless to say it was an amazing gig and PJ were even better than I expected!

YLed2

The greatest musical experience I have ever been a part of or experience was Release at Alpine. I get goosebumps every time thinking about it and watching youtube vids. Having not been around here very long, I was extremely fortunate enough to score lottery 9th row front and center for Night 1 at Alpine with my best buddy. That feeling when the guys first came out on stage, Ed walking out on stage not looking at the crowd once, setting his notebook and wine down, and as he is lifting himself up the opening chords of Release rip through the air and the crowd absolutely erupts. Ed takes his first look at the corwd and the energy takes over him and he puts his hands over his mouht gazing out into the crowd, then just puts is hands in the air and looks up in the sky - awesome. The sensation of the crowd being so loud and drowning out Ed's voice completely two or three times throughout the song and actually feeling like the energy from the crowd has rolled down the hill and lifted me off my feet during "ride the wave......WHERE IT TAKES MEEEEEE". So many good memories from that weekend, but Release hits me like a ton of bricks everytime.....brings chills every time. That feeling of so many people being connected and creating a tidal wave of emotion and energy is a once in a lifetime experience.

Thanks for the chance and this is an amazing give away.