parachutes

chiquimonkey

on repeat here

how freaking gorgeous *is* this song? the words are hitting me like a sack of bricks lol

leethal

I couldn't agree more. Im glad im not alone.

Its miserable weather where I am today and this song fits perfectly in the rain because it is so cute. (That's the first time ive described a Pearl Jam song I like as cute) Its one of my favourites on the album but there is no point comparing to the other songs since it is so unique

DriftingByTheStorm

Neil Young influence felt here by anyone else?

Me likeum, infinitum.

Gmoney

"and war...break the sky and tell me waht its for." i feel like i can just jump and soar right through the sky at that part. its so powerful i cant really handle it

chiquimonkey

glad to see others who love this song too

and just the way it's constructed, different from other slower tunes they've done. i love the beatles influence.

and the last three lines....gorgeous.

UKDave

chiquimonkey wrote:

glad to see others who love this song too

and just the way it's constructed, different from other slower tunes they've done. i love the beatles influence.

and the last three lines....gorgeous.

Definite Beatles influence on that one

chiquimonkey

UKDave wrote:

Definite Beatles influence on that one

i think it's awesome, two of my fave bands all blended together like that

lukins fridge

chiquimonkey wrote:

i think it's awesome, two of my fave bands all blended together like that

yep, me too. when i listen to it...they've never really done a song like this before. and they do a damn good job.

jamainiac

I ADORE it...

and it's just the kind of song that I feel very okay about saying so about

It's so melodic and beautiful...

Ed's voice is so... geeze I don't know... gentle and sweet... open... revealing... different here... somehow ...

It makes me want to laugh... and cry... and live... and love...

SpinMyWorldToBlack

I'm obsessed by this song. The sound is very unique and listening to the music I can just envision myself floating down to Earth in a parachute.

As far as the influence, I actually think it sounds (at times) similiar to All Those Yesterdays. (I understand Stone wrote the music for Parachutes. Who had the credit for ATY?)

chiquimonkey

yup, ATY was stone. i was surprised when i read ed wrote the lyrics, for some reason they felt like stone to me? maybe because of how it reminded me of ATY with that beatles vibe going.

jam i'm with you on all counts....adore is a good way to describe how i feel about this song

zants

Fuckin Gossard! He is the one.

I loved Parachutes at first listen...and each day it hits me more.

chiquimonkey

"it was stone"

yeah the first time i heard it, like you said lukins, i thought wow how different from what they've done. and now with every listen i find something else i appreciate about it, like ed's delivery, the guitars, the words.

VEDHEAD27

<~~~ cry baby in the workplace

Oh my frickin LOOOOOOOOOOOOOORD!!!!!!!!!!

B!! My SAP SISTER! You know we always see eye to eye when it comes to these jaw dropping beauties!


*heart caves in*

I can't even TALK about this song, yet alone LISTEN to it without getting swept away with emotion.

Hands down this was my most aniticipated listen. I already knew it was gonna be one of my fav songs ever. I mean come on kids, do the math? Words = Ed...Music = Stone. THE DREAM TEAM! Described by many as a heart tuggin ballad!! All the signs were there! I knew it was love BEFORE listen. But even so....I was still not prepared for this!

The Gossard Greatness, like PEARL JAM, has extreme SUPER powers these days. They just keeps getting stronger and stronger. Mr. G did serious ovetime on this beauty and I can't praise him enough!!!!!! And excuse me? As if this gorgeous, Beatles-esque music alone ain't enough to make you cry a river...in comes these BEEEEEEEEEEAUTIFUL ass words?!?!? OMG!!!! Did you people READ these words!? COME ON!!!!!!!! It's too much! :( I'm gonna cry just thinking about em. And the WAY Ed's sings them? What in the HELL??? How he drops his voice~~>PARACHUTES...it drops, opens, comforts!! BRILLIANT & so insanely breathtaking. *brings the chills & tears and makes weakness in knees* Yes B...that last part is what really attacks me as well.

My first listen yesterday.... I cried the entire time through. No joke. The first chords had me teary eyed. haha. To build up for so long and then have it deliver on infiniate levels of ecstasy is just the greatest thing EVER!! A seriously overwhelmingly beautiful song. I couldn't help it. The beauty made me weep! Jesus this band is THE BEST!!!!!!! This fuckin power?! I mean????

With each listen, just like you said , more and more beauty shines through. This song is magic. A gorgeous, heart tuggin, romantic, radiant, hopeful, beautiful work of masterpiece art. Ok...I'm about to cry just typing all this!!!!!!!!!!! I cannot believe this song!!!! I was prepared to be in love but wow! Just like the album as a whole, my love for this beauty exceeds far and beyond and NOTHING...I repeat...NOTHING coulda prepared me for all this.


~*~
What a different life
Had I not found this love
with you
~*~




It's so true!!! :(


(((THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH PEARL JAM))

justam

I love this song!!!!

The melody is so beautiful!! The music is so good!!!

Yay!!!!!

VEDHEAD27

Awwww agreed. YAY is right justam! Somehow I knew we'd agree on this one too.

Gmoney wrote:

"and war...break the sky and tell me waht its for." i feel like i can just jump and soar right through the sky at that part. its so powerful i cant really handle it

OMG EXACTLY! It's really almost too much to bear!
I love the way he drags out the "waaaaaaaar"
and the way he LIFTS up the "looooove"

*cries*

TOO MUCH BEAUTY!!


<~~~ currently in repeat mode



*floats away*

nothingman44

i really really like this tune...

VEDHEAD27

Awwww!!!!

All this LOVE is gonna make me cry EVEN MORE!!!

nothingman44

VEDHEAD27 wrote:

Awwww!!!!

All this LOVE is gonna make me cry EVEN MORE!!!

the song worth shedding a tear over is definitely Come Back...

those lyrics are simply amazing!

but i guess that is for a different thread.


it is all Parachutes here!

chiquimonkey

yeah nothingman, 'come back' made me bawl like a little girl first time i heard it.

lydia, i had a feelign i'd see you here!! heehee definitely, this song is just sublime. the words really hit me

VEDHEAD27

Ooooooh whoa...trust me bud, the waterfall of tears was unstoppable with COME BACK. I could not agree more. I was actually reading along with those heavenly lyrics and couldnt even SEE at one point because the heavy flow of tears had me temporarily vision impaired. At this point I'm afraid to listen to that one at work. ha! I'm gonna have to ease into that.

These 2 are definitely the ones that have made me the most emotional. With Parachutes the sheer beauty of it all is just TOO overwhelming...it just makes me cry so much! It's so beautiful it hurts almost ya know? Come Back definitely strikes a much more personal chord and had me crying SOOO, SOOO much too for totally different reasons! Both are such gorgeous standout tracks that just demand your heart & soul.
Instant favs without a doubt!

justam

Come Back made me cry too. I was driving and I think the driver next me was taken aback.

I wonder if I'll cry when I hear it in a concert too?

eddieved24

Just the last lines alone. Sometimes Ed just has this way of saying something that is just mind blowing to me. I made it to the end and then...just felt...this amazing love for this band!

chiquimonkey

eddieved24 wrote:

Just the last lines alone. Sometimes Ed just has this way of saying something that is just mind blowing to me. I made it to the end and then...just felt...this amazing love for this band!

the last lines are what put it over the top for me in terms of beauty.

i'm listening to it now and i'm still captivated. and the way it rises when ed sings "i won't neeed"....like easy waves. i adore this song so much.

chiquimonkey

and died
i would've fallen from the sky
til you
parachutes have opened now

simple, and devastatingly gorgeous.

Cropduster49

One of my favorites off of this cd!

chiquimonkey

this song is just too much.....can't get enough

Fetus Jr.

Having recently found God and Jesus as my savior, this song means alot to me. I mean, at first hear, I felt almost confused. The music was beautiful, the words were beautiful, but it was like I just wasn't quite sure what he was talking about. I think Ed's found God. I think he has found love for a higher power, and I believe this because it's how I feel in regards to finding a love that powerful. It's definitely NOT about any woman.

chiquimonkey

interesting take! i can see this being about a woman though...i know i feel the same way about my guy

that's the great thing about PJ's music though....it's so open to interpretation!

VEDHEAD27

chiquimonkey wrote:

and died
i would've fallen from the sky
til you
parachutes have opened now

*knees give out*

I can't stand it!!!!!


I'm stuck in repeat mode over here. The emotions continue to take over with each listen. It's too much beauty for the tear ducts to withstand. I'm so with you B, I can't get enough of this. I just keep falling deeper and deeper in love...it just keeps getting more and more gorgeous. Somehow both are actually possible??

Also...check the sig. I had to! THIS SONG IS JUST TAKING OVER!
However I must say, even though the lyrics in the cd book say "go" I keep hearing "glow" there. I've listened sooo many times, with the headphones that go directly into my frickin ear and I SWEAR he says "glow".

Well whatever the case...this song definitely makes ME glow.

VEDHEAD27

*floating high on love*



I keep listening and the waves of ecstasy are getting more and more intense as visions of experiencing this live enter my mind!!!!!!!! :eek: Oh...my...GOD! :eek: B....think about this~~~> THIS SONG + THE GORGE!!! :eek: WHAAAT??? At that haven!!! Can't you just feeeel it?? WOW!!

<~~~ just got INSANE CHILLS

Oh my god!!!!!!!!!!!!


This song LIVE...period...is gonna be fuckin phenomenal.