YELLOW MOON

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  • karmadefect
    karmadefect Posts: 806
    What a beautifull song Yellow moon is.
    It's so serene and majestic.
    I think the previous poster is spot on.
    I feel it's a wonderfull salute to nature and the way you can escape
    and feel very small and humble in it.
    It's not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me.

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  • E.K
    E.K New South Wales, Australia Posts: 7,726
    Got to hear this live at the Gold Coast Big Day Out festival on January 19. This was the only time it was played during the tour too so I am pleased. Ed mentioned something about there being a full moon and asked Kille to find it for him. :)
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  • buck502000
    buck502000 Birthplace of GIBSON guitar Posts: 8,951
    It is a wonderful song - here's to seeing it in Amsterdam.
  • Versus13
    Versus13 Vancouver, BC Posts: 197
    PJSEMPRE said:

    I love this part:

    An echo that rings
    A bullet unchained
    One life, one grave
    Joins the parade

    The sky grows dark
    With fallen stars
    Who'd come so far
    A headstone engraved
    The colors turn gray
    The black and white fades

    Yes! My favourite part of the whole song!!!

    :)
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  • Last-12-Exit
    Last-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    I feel Mike's solo could go on for a few more bars. It ends to abruptly. I want to hear more.
  • jmuscatello
    jmuscatello Colorado Posts: 332
    totally agree this song is a gem - haunting and atmospheric

  • E.K
    E.K New South Wales, Australia Posts: 7,726
    Listening to it on the Gold Coast Big Day Out bootleg right now. B-)
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  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,497
    One of the most beautiful songs ever recorded by the band! My favorite on the album
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  • TJ25487
    TJ25487 Posts: 1,501
    I feel there is a kind of restraint in Eds voice, almost like he is trying to warn us of some impending doom but he can't be too specific. Its almost like he is gritting his teeth as he's warning of a yellow moon on the rise. Awesome!
  • Choccoloccotide
    Choccoloccotide A grass shack nailed to a pinewood floor Posts: 1,235
    HesCalledDyer said:

    One of the most beautiful songs ever recorded by the band! My favorite on the album


    Couldn't agree more. Subtle, but direct and powerful at the same time.
  • buck502000
    buck502000 Birthplace of GIBSON guitar Posts: 8,951
    buck502000 said:

    It is a wonderful song - here's to seeing it in Amsterdam.

    Yes, please

  • SALLYROO
    SALLYROO Posts: 51
    Agree. It's a beautiful song. Beautiful imagery. Gorgeous via the album or live. I hope I hear it again in Detroit.
  • Mad Mohab
    Mad Mohab Posts: 310
    edited August 2014
    Jeff's Pearl Jam catalogue is golden, Low Light, Yellow Moon, OtherSide, Ghost, Nothing as it Seems, Pilate, Comatose for example.
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  • buck502000
    buck502000 Birthplace of GIBSON guitar Posts: 8,951
    They crossed it off the list in Amsterdam, so here's to seeing it in Detroit or Moline.
  • Mad Mohab
    Mad Mohab Posts: 310
    Still blowing my mind. So happy to have a song reach their heights at this point. I think its in the top three for me at this point.
  • karmadefect
    karmadefect Posts: 806
    Top 3 wow!!
    I really like it, but top 3 is saying something.

    About Jeff's catalogue:
    Why go, Nothingman, Rats, Sleight of hand and 1/2 Full aren't too bad either.

    By the way Comatose is a Mcready/Gossard creation in terms of music.
    It's not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me.

    2006 Arnhem 2007 Werchter 2009 Rotterdam 2010 Nijmegen 2010 Werchter
    2012 Amsterdam 1 2012 Amsterdam 2 2014 Amsterdam 1 2014 Amsterdam 2
    2014 Berlijn
  • Mad Mohab
    Mad Mohab Posts: 310
    I'd go Yellow Moon/Sleight of Hand/Lowlight

  • pljam
    pljam Posts: 387
    It was the song that blew me the fck away when I first listened to the whole album
    Lock it in with the other PJ classic that time will never fade ,BLACK,IMMORTALITY,GIVEN TO FLY and so on,its a long list but it's with them
    Amazing FCKN song
  • buck502000
    buck502000 Birthplace of GIBSON guitar Posts: 8,951
    Saw four LB shows and no yellow moon :(
  • TalonTedd
    TalonTedd Toronto Posts: 835
    I usually replay this song and sing along each and every time. Great ballad.
    I remember when, yeah. I swore I knew everything, oh yeah.

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