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first PJ song you ever heard?

Nelson SilvaNelson Silva Posts: 25
edited July 2004 in Words and Music...Communication
The first Pearl Jam song i ever heard was 'Once'. it was december, 2001, and i'd just gotten 'Ten' as a christmas gift. i didn't know who PJ were, or what they were about. i was waiting for a connecting flight to Jo'burg in Madrid, and thought i'd kill some time, so i popped the disk in and started listening. by the first chorus, i knew that this was something... remarkable. anyway, the batteries died before 'Even Flow', so the whole plane ride home i was humming 'once' to myself, and i've been an uberfan ever since. ah, those were the days.
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  • mishmoshmishmosh Posts: 47
    I was at a 'indie' disco type thing in 91/92 and they played Alive. I remember just knowing that whoever was singing/playing this was/is really special. turned out to be true.
  • dont_go_on_medont_go_on_me Posts: 877
    I don't recall for sure since i was only 5 when Ten came out, but i'm sure it was probably Alive.
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  • PearlJamDownerPearlJamDowner Posts: 170
    SOLAT
    im messed
  • Gossard_Is_GodGossard_Is_God Posts: 1,031
    Corduroy
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  • JesusTheTerroristJesusTheTerrorist Posts: 37
    Alive or Jeremy
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  • Lithium_BarbiedollLithium_Barbiedoll Posts: 84
    Jeremy. My dad actually said to me one day when the radio was on.. I think I might have been.. 6. "You know Pearl Jam? Jeremy.. you've heard this song, Amanda." So, yes. Jeremy was the first. Thanks dad :)
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  • SometimesSometimes Posts: 94
    Alive on MTV when it was first released. There was a big buzz about the Seattle Grunge scene and whilst everyone was talking about Nirvana, lots of people mentioned Pearl Jam too. So i would always watch Alive to see what the band was like, never looked back since.
  • MoonlightDrive81MoonlightDrive81 Posts: 44
    evenflow i think or maybe alive.
    And after all this, won't you give me a smile?
  • crazycommisarcrazycommisar Posts: 60
    Jeremy or Alive
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  • OnceDividedOnceDivided Posts: 83
    Alive. I remember seeing the video on mtv...so many times!!!
  • CiNJaMCiNJaM Posts: 53
    Jeremy. I was at high school and I dind´t know about PJ existence, ´till some friends brought the TEN album (cassette) to class and I listened to it, ever since I got lost into this amazing world!!!

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  • soundgrungersoundgrunger Posts: 218
    jeremy, on the radio...
  • pj kidpj kid Posts: 26
    Alive

    "Love cannot save you from your
    fate."

    <Jim Morrison>

  • esther1977esther1977 Posts: 540
    Black.

    I was 13 and when i heard the song i was at a friend house, cause her dad turned op the radio, and i thought oh my god what a great song
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  • bossman3188bossman3188 Posts: 263
    Last Kiss

    my sister was playing the song in her room when i walked past
    there'll be time for laughin'
    there's no time to cry
    soon i will be leavin'
    look me in the eye
    no matter what's in front of me
    it's your face that i'll see
  • ripkidripkid Posts: 67
    jeremy and state,love and trust! first time i've heard these songs from mtv unplugged. it was in 1993. i was like 11 or 12 years old. my older brother actually put me into Pearl jam stuff:)
    thanx bro'
    live to win
  • coycoy Posts: 20
    alive and even flow, when mtv was still cool
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    Do The Evolution video clip in 98
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    That is why I'm singing
  • Spot In The SkySpot In The Sky Posts: 1,175
    i remember sitting at my dads desk when i went to work with him one day and i had a little walk man with me, i remember hearing corduroy on the radio, didnt realize who it was till years later, but that was definitly the first song i heard. i wish i could relive the feeling of falling in love with them.
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  • NothingbetterNothingbetter Posts: 570
    Evenflow. I remember watching the video on MTV back when Ten came out.
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  • LemonYellowSunLemonYellowSun Posts: 90
    Jeremy

    I was only in like 3rd grade or something like that, but because my name is Jeremy so older chick at school was like "oh that's so cool that you're connected to Pearl Jam like that". Weeks later I heard the song somewhere. Took a long hiatus, only hearing your random PJ songs on the radio. In '98 I bought Yield on Mini Disc while in Canada. Didn't actually get into them hardcore until early last year. Never looked back since.
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  • El Riot ActorEl Riot Actor Posts: 246
    Alive, and i didnt like it at first.....
  • PuckJamPuckJam Posts: 94
    I was hanging out at a friend's house when I was 15 and we were talking about Nirvana and he asked me if I liked Pearl Jam. I had heard OF them but had never heard them and he put Even Flow on. Right there Pearl Jam sunk their claws in me and never let go.
  • lukin10lukin10 Posts: 39
    evacuation.

    but no code was my first album i was in love with hail hail and smile for the longest time. now i'm stuck on crown of thorns and crazy mary.
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  • 1/2 Full1/2 Full Posts: 16
    Alive
  • KraVisKraVis Posts: 4
    rearviewmirror.
    i knew a drummer from a local band, and he gave me "vs". that was a revelation to me.
  • soapyrowssoapyrows Posts: 235
    alive
    EVENFLOW MEMBER #009 and i'm LOVIN the new PJ!!!! avacado all the way!!

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    i HOPE you'll be a star,
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  • CRAZY MARYCRAZY MARY Posts: 9
    The first pj song I heard was Jeremy. There was this guy who I had a thing for and he played it for me. After that I was hooked. I eventually stopped liking the guy but my love for pearl jam grew and grew. Guys will come and go but PJ will always have a place in my heart.
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  • PJ17MKDPJ17MKD Posts: 136
    Breakerfall, when i bought Binaural ...

    i was 17 then and didn't know about Pearl Jam at that time ... i am from Macedonia and here it's hard to hear music that is not popular,hard to surface to people except if you dig everywhere like i do ... i was searching through internet and found about this band Pearl Jam, kinda good things i read and was curious enough to buy something off of them , bought Binaural and i liked it ... i didn't expeted anything while i was listening to it and i liked it really ... there was something interesting in these songs , something unique in this band's sound ...

    the only thing i knew about Pearl Jam was that Eddie Vedders voice is almost the same as S.Stapp's(and i heard of Creed at that time considering it was time when they had that single With Arms Wide Open and were on all the charts) and when i heard Eddie for the first time i said to myself 'True, sounds like the singer from Creed' ...

    that was the time when i started exploring this band and i am hooked by it and can't get enough of it still ...

    :-)

    my second album was Yield, then Vitalogy, then Ten, then No Code, then Riot Act, Vs. was the last one for me , it was a great trip i must add ...
  • Pearl JuliPearl Juli Posts: 1,213
    It was either evenflow or Alive
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