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Who You Are... The lost song

jerometurnerjerometurner Posts: 78
edited November 2013 in The Porch
Please, please get this song back into the rotation for this 2nd Leg.

Only played 10 times since 96'
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  • thefixer9thefixer9 Posts: 9,376
    YES. I 100% Agree with this thread. One of my favorite PJ songs, would love to hear this in Seattle! :mrgreen:
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  • No kidding. Love this song. Not sure why it doesn't get played more
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  • If "vs" was the album made me realize pearl jam were "my favorite band", "who you are" is the song that made me realize I *loved* them. The implications of it as the pre-album single for No Code were like "fuck you world, this is who WE are. more than anything you thought we were, constrained by none of your imposed labels".

    love love love it.
    saw it in '96 at my second show in Charlotte.
    Unfortunately missed the '08 revial and re-demise of it.
    Please bring it back again?
    :D
    If I was to smile and I held out my hand
    If I opened it now would you not understand?
  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,432
    One of the big reasons I drove all the way to Boston for the 08 tour. That's where the majority of those 10 plays are from and I guessed right that it would likely disappear after that tour. It should definitely be played more.
  • jeff2040jeff2040 Des Moines, IA Posts: 1,617
    Please, please get this song back into the rotation for this 2nd Leg.

    Only played 10 times since 96'

    I saw it at PJ20 and I loved it! Its such an underrated song that most people forget about.

    P.S. I love the Iowa Hawkeyes forum picture! :)
    Sometimes you find yourself
    Having to put all your faith
    In no faith
  • jjflashjjflash Posts: 5,028
    One of my favorite tracks. I find peace in this song. Can still remember where I was first time I heard it and to this day it's one of those songs that reaches me deep inside. Fantastic lyrics, intro, backbeat, overlay of Ed's voice. And, to boot, off a classic album. I like that it's rare bird but could also stand to hear it played more often.
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,988
    Sat 3 Sep, 2011 Alpine Valley Music Theatre East Troy, Wisconsin
    Tue 1 Jul, 2008 Beacon Theatre, New York, New York
    Mon 30 Jun, 2008 Tweeter Center Mansfield, Massachusetts
    Wed 25 Jun, 2008 Madison Square Garden New York, New York
    Tue 24 Jun, 2008 Madison Square Garden New York, New York
    Sun 22 Jun, 2008 Verizon Center Washington, D.C.
    Thu 19 Jun, 2008 Susquehanna Bank Center Camden, New Jersey
    Sat 14 Jun, 2008 Bonnaroo Manchester, Tennessee
    Wed 11 Jun, 2008 Cruzan Amphitheatre West Palm Beach, Florida

    Fixed :D

    I was lucky to catch the last two performances of this song.
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    2025: Pittsburgh 5/16+5/18
  • Abe FromanAbe Froman Posts: 5,375
    Yes! Love it. Bust it out in OKC please!!!!
  • Can we discuss (take opinions on) the RERECORDED VERSION for RVM?

    I remember hearing it (haven't listened in a good while, do not own) when Rearviewmirror came out, and actually being mildly offended that they re-recorded it (the vocals, at least, anyway, at least, in part?) and "fixed" some of the lyrics.

    Sort of the same way I felt when I heard the redone Alone and Hard to Imagine.

    Anyone?
    If I was to smile and I held out my hand
    If I opened it now would you not understand?
  • Vedd HeddVedd Hedd Posts: 4,631
    Its primarily a "Jack" song, so I understand why it doesnt get played that often.

    Angel is the true lost song.
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  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,988
    Vedd Hedd wrote:
    Its primarily a "Jack" song, so I understand why it doesnt get played that often.

    Angel is the true lost song.

    Just A Girl maybe even more so
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    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
    2025: Pittsburgh 5/16+5/18
  • jeff2040 wrote:
    Please, please get this song back into the rotation for this 2nd Leg.

    Only played 10 times since 96'

    I saw it at PJ20 and I loved it! Its such an underrated song that most people forget about.

    P.S. I love the Iowa Hawkeyes forum picture! :)


    Good to see some Iowans will be down in Dallas and OKC!
  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,102
    Amazing song. I totally loved it when it was brought back in 2008 and damn did it sound good!
    falling down is another lost song.
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • I used to think the same thing until I saw them play it four times in 2008. By MSG 2, I was like "again with this tune?" But I agree that it should pop up from time to time.
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  • I exactly know why they don't play this song any more. I personally asked Mike for it in Berlin and his answer was simple: "Yes this is a great song and I love it, but it needs some BACKING VOCALS, and we don't have it on tour" :cry:
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  • october22october22 Posts: 2,533
    edited November 2013
    Damn. I've seen it six times. Didn't even realize. They should absolutely bring it back.
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  • HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,491
    Was fortunate enough to catch it in DC in 08! One of my all-time favorite songs. And not just Pearl Jam - songs in general.
  • tcadd94tcadd94 North Jersey Posts: 611
    Really great song, I'm all for them playing it more! :thumbup:
    I've been fortunate enough to see Pearl Jam live.

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  • october22 wrote:
    Damn. I've seen it six times. Didn't even realize. They should absolutely bring it back?

    son of a bitch.
    got a string of them in 08
    or you were somehow able to catch them repeatedly in 96 (wow, if so) ?

    Who You Are MSG '08
    kind've pissed life forbade me from a PJ show in '08, now. :/

    THIS SONG WOULD MAKE AN EPIC OPENER.
    If I was to smile and I held out my hand
    If I opened it now would you not understand?
  • retroponyretropony Myrtle Beach SC Posts: 352
    guess I didn't realize how lucky I was in DC. You Are, U, and Who You Are... in succession :clap:
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  • HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,491
    retropony wrote:
    guess I didn't realize how lucky I was in DC. You Are, U, and Who You Are... in succession :clap:

    OMG I totally forgot about that! The three yous! Well, I know what I'm listening to when I get home!
  • JonnyPistachioJonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    JB183385 wrote:
    Jack Irons.

    Exactly.

    I recall I didnt get into this song until much later...I had my headphones on and I was running along the ocean and it hit me like a ton of bricks.
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  • smanchac1smanchac1 Posts: 2,256
    The bonnaroo performance has to be the "best" performance of it from 2008, same with wma.

    I got a few different 08 boots to hear all the different wma's and was disappointed by them.

    I think who you are and WMA go great together and would be a great inclusion in encore 1.

    I didn't know it was re recorded for RVM... Is this correct? I must hear it now!

    And, slightly off topic, does anyone have links handy to hear the original "Alone" and "Hold On" (not acoustic hold on) from before the re recording on lost dogs? I have heard them plenty but don't have a copy right now.

    Thanks!

    And bring back who you are / wma!!
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  • I found it interesting that this is the list of Pearl Jam's number 1 songs from Billboard (Two Feet Thick):

    Songs that reached #1 (and the chart type):

    1993 Daughter/Yellow Ledbetter - Mainstream Rock Tracks

    1994 Daughter – Mainstream Rock Tracks

    1994 Daughter – Modern Rock Tracks

    1995 Better Man – Mainstream Rock Tracks

    1996 Who You Are – Modern Rock Tracks

    1998 Given To Fly – Mainstream Rock Tracks

    2006 World Wide Suicide – Modern Rock Track

    2009 Brother – Hot Modern Rock Tracks


    Bring it back out!
  • surforiasurforia SoCal Posts: 352
    Can we discuss (take opinions on) the RERECORDED VERSION for RVM?

    I remember hearing it (haven't listened in a good while, do not own) when Rearviewmirror came out, and actually being mildly offended that they re-recorded it (the vocals, at least, anyway, at least, in part?) and "fixed" some of the lyrics.

    Sort of the same way I felt when I heard the redone Alone and Hard to Imagine.

    Anyone?

    Wait, they re-recorded Who You Are for RVM? I can't believe I didn't know that... Also, I'm 100% with you on the re-recorded version of Hard to Imagine... Give me that Chicago Cab version every time.
    9/28/96, 8/28/98, 8/29/98, 8/18/00, 10/8/00, 10/9/00, 4/28/03, 6/22/03, 7/8/03, 7/9/03, 10/2/04, 10/5/04, 10/1/05, 10/3/05, 5/28/06, 6/20/08, 6/25/08, 10/27/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 4/28/16, 4/29/16, 8/22/16, 9/26/21, 10/1/21, 10/2/21, 5/3/22, 5/6/22
  • smanchac1 wrote:
    And, slightly off topic, does anyone have links handy to hear the original "Alone" and "Hold On" (not acoustic hold on) from before the re recording on lost dogs?

    Well, Alone is on the Go single, and i'm sure, cough cough, you could find a torrent of it pretty easy (also pretty sure PJ isn't gonna flip over a rabid fan downloading a digital copy of the Go single for Alone, lol) ... but the best version of that song, i think, is the demo version, the one on hallucinogenic recipes (same with Hard to Imagine, imho).

    Hold On is on gremmie.net as well. Not sure of the genesis of that demo (i mean i don't know how it originally got out in circulation), do not recall ever hearing of it before Lost Dogs, but maybe my memory fails me.
    If I was to smile and I held out my hand
    If I opened it now would you not understand?
  • surforia wrote:
    Can we discuss (take opinions on) the RERECORDED VERSION for RVM?

    I remember hearing it (haven't listened in a good while, do not own) when Rearviewmirror came out, and actually being mildly offended that they re-recorded it (the vocals, at least, anyway, at least, in part?) and "fixed" some of the lyrics.

    Sort of the same way I felt when I heard the redone Alone and Hard to Imagine.

    Anyone?

    Wait, they re-recorded Who You Are for RVM? I can't believe I didn't know that... Also, I'm 100% with you on the re-recorded version of Hard to Imagine... Give me that Chicago Cab version every time.

    I am pretty sure (based upon listening to the track) that the version on RVM is a vocal retake. Or perhaps more probably eddie just punched in some changes in spots. I don't think musically anything was redone (not even the drums, i don't think). At least, that's what i remember. Tell me if i'm wrong.
    If I was to smile and I held out my hand
    If I opened it now would you not understand?
  • smanchac1smanchac1 Posts: 2,256
    Listening to both versions next to one another.

    Only difference I'm hearing is, there is a slight fade in on RVM, but vocals sound the same...

    Care to point out differences?

    Thanks
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