I Am Mine...

vito

https://youtu.be/a4xjr9v5ehk

https://youtu.be/Nkgv3LoQY2o
Is really a great song! Has it all...great lyrics, marshall drum beat, anthemic, great guitar and yet it never reached the heights it deserved...reminds me very much of Slip Kid by the Who another great song that never achieved the greatness it deserved! What say you amirite or just being a PJ &Who homer?

willbarclay

I love it. One of my favorites. 

bbiggs

Great song. Was nice to get at Fenway 2. 

vito

bbiggs said:

Great song. Was nice to get at Fenway 2.

Was there and it was pretty perfect from where I was standing!

dreamcode

I’ve always loved I Am Mine and thought that the end of it would make for a great extended solo but sadly PJ chooses to play the song exactly as on the record. 

vito

dreamcode said:

I’ve always loved I Am Mine and thought that the end of it would make for a great extended solo but sadly PJ chooses to play the song exactly as on the record. 

Absolutely agree as you said it's all set-up at the end for Mike to soar and that would be the reason for me that's it's still a great song but, not a classic.

mcgruff10

I absolutely love this song.  One of the best moments of live at the garden was when Ed dedicated that song to the people who died in 9/11. 

Spiritual_Chaos

Remember when it came out and was labeled "Veckans Hitvarning (This weeks warning of being a huge hit)" on the Swedish equivalence of MTV. The video was played like once every commercial break. 

I thought it was the greatest song ever and would be GIGANTIC. I guess it was semi-successful(?) and I love it. 5 our of 5 songs.

Spiritual_Chaos

One of my memories from this message board that for some reason I have always remembered is someone dissing Mikes solo saying it was the worst PJ solo ever. I always think of that post every time Mikes solo starts. Don't know what that poster really meant, but for some reasons I can't forget it.

Thirty Bills Unpaid

An awesome song. Fantastic lyrics and vocals.

OnWis97

It’s probably my favorite PJ song.  Top-5 for sure. Admittedly it is the catchy pop hook that does it for me.  Also “I know I was born and I know that I’ll die; the in between is mine.” Is a terrific lyric.  I don’t need it at every show but I’m glad it hasn’t been forgotten about.

InBetweenIsMne

OnWis97 said:

It’s probably my favorite PJ song.  Top-5 for sure. Admittedly it is the catchy pop hook that does it for me.  Also “I know I was born and I know that I’ll die; the in between is mine.” Is a terrific lyric.  I don’t need it at every show but I’m glad it hasn’t been forgotten about.

Fan of that line too...

vito

The ocean is full cause everyone's crying...dylanesque!

iOnlyownMymind

Such a great song and some of my favorite lyrics.   I haven't seen very many shows but have gotten the song a couple times.  I miss the days of well written lyrics.

Peyton18

One of my top 5 songs! Just a great song

curmudgeoness

Great lyrics. I used this song when I had my kids studying poetry. :-)

Edit to add: Whenever I see a pic of The Who By Numbers, I remember how when I was little I connected the dots and colored in the instruments.

tbergs

Great song on a lyrically and instrumentally amazing album. Ed's lyrics peaked between the Binaural and Riot Act period. Love all of the music they made during that time.

vito

Great responses for a great song!

mcgruff10

vito said:

Great responses for a great song!

It is a song that definitely needs to be plYed more live. 

unknown

Great song, that and thumbing my way are 2 gems

RS65573

Love this song but also love the Beatles...it’s a little too I, Me, Mine. 

2-feign-reluctance

I remember a Vox magazine reviewer calling this song more boring than a manatee or something to that effect. Idiot. 

Who Princess

vito said:

Is really a great song! Has it all...great lyrics, marshall drum beat, anthemic, great guitar and yet it never reached the heights it deserved...reminds me very much of Slip Kid by the Who another great song that never achieved the greatness it deserved! What say you amirite or just being a PJ &Who homer?

Love this song!  But I'm not hearing the connection to Slip Kid, another great song but the Who have rarely played it live.  Funny enough, I heard Slip Kid on public radio a few days ago.

vito

Who Princess said:

vito said:

Is really a great song! Has it all...great lyrics, marshall drum beat, anthemic, great guitar and yet it never reached the heights it deserved...reminds me very much of Slip Kid by the Who another great song that never achieved the greatness it deserved! What say you amirite or just being a PJ &Who homer?

Love this song!  But I'm not hearing the connection to Slip Kid, another great song but the Who have rarely played it live.  Funny enough, I heard Slip Kid on public radio a few days ago.

I'm not saying they sound like each other just pointing out their both criminally underrated and both should've been bigger then what they actually are in respect to each band.

Who Princess

vito said:

Who Princess said:

vito said:

Is really a great song! Has it all...great lyrics, marshall drum beat, anthemic, great guitar and yet it never reached the heights it deserved...reminds me very much of Slip Kid by the Who another great song that never achieved the greatness it deserved! What say you amirite or just being a PJ &Who homer?

Love this song!  But I'm not hearing the connection to Slip Kid, another great song but the Who have rarely played it live.  Funny enough, I heard Slip Kid on public radio a few days ago.

I'm not saying they sound like each other just pointing out their both criminally underrated and both should've been bigger then what they actually are in respect to each band.

OK, now I understand what you're saying.  Definitely both great songs and unfortunately overlooked in their band's catalogs.

BH87446

Oddly enough, I just started working on this one to play at some solo acoustic shows I have coming up! Must be something in the air today... 😉

Spiritual_Chaos

2-feign-reluctance said:

I remember a Vox magazine reviewer calling this song more boring than a manatee or something to that effect. Idiot. 

Remember on a show where you gave new music videos/songs thumbs up or down the singer from Mando Diao hated it. And I've hated Mando Diao and him since then.

mfc2006

BH87446 said:

Oddly enough, I just started working on this one to play at some solo acoustic shows I have coming up! Must be something in the air today... 😉

It's a fun song to play on guitar. I've played it at a lot of my shows as well. Have fun with it!

TamaDrummer91

Beautiful melodies. It felt so perfect at Hampton 16, really enjoy that version. Incredibly thoughtful lyrics too. 

oftenreading

vito said:

The ocean is full cause everyone's crying...dylanesque!

Great song, one of my favourites, but I have to say this one line makes me wince. It sounds like teenage girl angst poetry. 

vito

Halloween 09' at the closing of the Spectrum is a nerve rattling raw 3.21 seconds of perfection!