Song of the day(Not For You)

JDE-PJJDE-PJ Posts: 721
The third song off of Vitalogy, this one made it's premiere to a lot of people one Sat night on a tv show called SNL.

Not For You

RrVwMirror
1/25/01 09:05 AM
SOTD: ...NOT FOR YOU



Bastet
9/22/99 1:06 PM
NOT FOR YOU


Here we go - song of the day. So glad the board is working right again!

not for you

Restless soul, enjoy your youth
Like Muhammad hits the truth
Can't escape from the common rule
If you hate something, don't you do it too...too...

Small my table, sits just two
Got so crowded, I can't make room
Oh, where did they come from? Stormed my room!
And you dare say it belongs to you...to you...

This is not for you (3X)
Oh, not for you...ah, you...

...scream...my friends...don't call me...
...friends, no they don't scream...
...my friends don't call...my friends don't...

All that's sacred comes from youth
Dedication, naive and true
With no power, nothing to do
I still remember, why don't you...don't you

This is not for you (3X)
Oh, never was for you...fuck you...
This is not for you...
Oh, this is not for you...yeah, you...
This is not for you...
Oh, not for you...
Oh, you...

>^--^<




WAYNES EARTH
9/22/99 3:14 PM
Re: FUKIN' A


THAT SONG IS FUKIN' KICK ASS, MAN!






OpenBand4TheSun
9/22/99 7:52 PM
You can say that again!


This song has Groove, and that Vitalogy edge to it! It is one of the best... "Get the fuck outa my face"... songs, ever! The song "No Way" gives me the same type of feeling, but this one is RAW!

I love the line... "all that's sacred comes from youth". There are still lines I don't understand fully, maybe personal to Ed or something... "I still remember, why don't you?", obviously about the past, maybe a child hood friend/enemy?

Anyway, I love it... like all the rest!

THIS SONG KICKS FRIGGIN' ASS!









Theresa3.15
9/22/99 7:57 PM
Re: FUKIN' A


I second that!!!

Peace & Love,
Theresa






JDE-PJ
9/22/99 11:29 PM
Saturday Night Live version


Great song, the first time I heard it on that night a couple of days after Kirt killed himself, was blown away by Eddis's emotion as he screamed THIS IS not for you!

I know someday you will have a beautiful life

Jason




hedonist
9/22/99 11:41 PM
Re: Saturday Night Live version


I also liked the way he threw in "me and Beth" after sits just two






Sister Parish
9/23/99 12:37 PM
Re: NOT FOR YOU


"If you hate something, don't you do it, too." Words to live by. The PJ Golden Rule.

"With no power, nothing to do. I still remember. Why don't you?" I hated the way society treated me when I was a teenager . . . with no respect . . . like I didn't have a brain in my head . . . EXPECTING me to fuck up . . . going to high school was like being in prison . . . and I was one of the "good kids"! This song reminds me of all that bullshit . . . makes me angry . . . and not in a good way. Hmmm. I guess I still have some "issues" with that stuff.








Yield
9/23/99 8:22 PM
Re: You can say that again!


I think the line refers to his friends who are getting old..."I still remember, why dont you..." As in he still remembers what its like to be a powerless teenager and how other people forget...i understand totally, but i cant really explain it, i hope i came close.



I let my music take me where my heart wants to go....
~C.S.




hedonist
1/25/01 09:44 AM
Re: SOTD: ...NOT FOR YOU


Small my table, sits just two
Got so crowded, I can't make room
Oh, where did they come from? Stormed my room!
And you dare say it belongs to you...to you...


This makes me think of the leeches (industry folk?) that came out of the woodwork as PJ gained fame and recognition.......

Such a powerful song...I'm surprised it didn't get more responses the first time around......

Once again, thanks to my RrVw friend for bringing all of these back!






'Cher'
1/25/01 1:35 PM
Re: SOTD: ...NOT FOR YOU


thats a classic!

when i am alone
i am in very bad company*db




EdHead99
1/25/01 1:53 PM
Re: SOTD: ...NOT FOR YOU


Excellent choice for today...and one of my top fave PJ songs:) And that's a hard list to compile, as you know!

My fave line has to be "and you dare say it belongs to you".

Great song:) Love Jeff's funky bass!!!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The best in our natures
is drowning in the worst.




davman
6/23/01 10:55 PM
Re: SOTD: ...NOT FOR YOU


Bump

"Like your favorite plant. Just add water.
Watch PEARL JAM grow." -Jeff




flannelPJs
6/23/01 11:07 PM
Re: SOTD: ...NOT FOR YOU


one in the long list of my favorites also!!!

"love is where all of us belong"




luvmypj's
6/24/01 00:42 AM
Re: SOTD: ...NOT FOR YOU


bump!

Please be fonzy!





EdHead99
6/24/01 01:28 AM
can I reply to my reply?


Not For You has the funkiest groove and the most powerful lyrics to go with it. Still and will always be one of my faves...when I hear those first three chords, I go crazy!!! Turn it up!!!
I know someday you will have a beautiful Life


Jason
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Comments

  • surferdudesurferdude Posts: 2,057
    I always thought this was Eddie's commentary regarding the "professional" music industry. I think it is his way of saying don't idolize me and don't ptey on me and try to make a buck off me. Like Pete Townsend I think Eddie believes in the power of music and hates when people try to twist it to meet their needs.

    Have to agree with one of the post aboves regarding PJ's golden rule "Can't escape from the common rule, If you hate something, don't you do it too...too...".
    “One good thing about music,
    when it hits you, you feel to pain.
    So brutalize me with music.”
    ~ Bob Marley
  • VEDHEAD27VEDHEAD27 Posts: 3,091
    Yeah I can totally see that too surferdude.

    This song has been in my head and on my Itunes all damn day. Good call!

    :D
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    "Lo√e, you know the word
    ...YOU invented it!" ~ E√

    ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤
    ...::STONE--YOU--OWN!::...
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  • Music is something to get involved in, to do, to express everything and can have deep meaning. I think this is what it's about; it criticizes those who dwell on insignificant crap.

    "They can't tell me who I am"
  • great song!
    Don't let me know we're invisible
    Don't let me know we're invisible
    We could dance, dance, dance thru' the fire
    Dance, dance, dance thru' the fire
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