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Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
edited July 2005 in Words and Music...Communication
i dont know why but at first i didnt like this. i suppose after even flow and alive it seemed kinda strange but now, its one of the most beautiful songs ive ever heard. who agrees? i also love the video when it shows the concert clips. stone looked so different...
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  • AbuskedtiAbuskedti Posts: 1,917
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    i dont know why but at first i didnt like this. i suppose after even flow and alive it seemed kinda strange but now, its one of the most beautiful songs ive ever heard. who agrees? i also love the video when it shows the concert clips. stone looked so different...

    Definately a great song... one of the best. It was amazing to see him sing it on MTV. It made Ten real. Just a beautiful song with amazing lyrics and Eddie's voice at its best. And! makes an awesome concert opener.
  • AbuskedtiAbuskedti Posts: 1,917
    And we're all allowed to dream of the next
  • Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    To be honest I never really liked Oceans that much. if I'm in the right mood it can be good but....
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  • BlocksTheSunBlocksTheSun Posts: 25
    Love it...especially when they use it to open a set!!!
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  • Fetus Jr.Fetus Jr. Posts: 26
    I don't have anything great to add, I was just skimming around and saw this thread, just happening to be listening to this song.....yep, that's all.
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  • St. NickSt. Nick Posts: 72
    Abuskedti wrote:
    And we're all allowed to dream of the next

    Best line out of a great song.
  • Mr PyjamaMr Pyjama Posts: 253
    Abuskedti wrote:
    And we're all allowed to dream of the next

    Oh..of the next- time we touch..

    Beautiful...
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  • VEDHEAD27VEDHEAD27 Posts: 3,091
    :o

    This song makes me fuckin MELT! Seriously! By far one of THE most gorgeous things I have ever heard. I agree Jeremy1012. Ooooh and the Unplugged version!? :eek: Beyond words beautiful. This song can do no wrong. Everytime I hear it I can't help but tear up. It's just so beautiful it HURTS! haha. It's true though. :D

    I think you guys can tell what my fav line is. ;)

    Yeah, much MUCH love for the mighty O~C~E~A~N~S. I'm still praying for the day I get to witness this heavenly song live. :o
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  • tonepoet77tonepoet77 Posts: 8
    I was going to start a thread and ask what people thought of this one - and decided to search for one first...

    I'm listening to Ten at work, and this came on, and it was the first track that I really stopped and listened to... I LOVE the video for this song - the band seems so young and vibrant and "in the moment."

    Of all the songs on Ten, I think this is the most arresting, the most touching. It just grabs me every time I hear it, and takes me someplace special... and yet it's such a simple song.

    I love it. Thought I'd say so.
    *Must be an eject button somewhere on the V.C.R.*
  • StillAlive in '05StillAlive in '05 Posts: 8
    The song used to put me to asleep as a very young kid ---like 10,11.....But over the years I grew to love it.........Now, to me, its the most nostalgic Pearl Jam song in their whole catalogue........That song just takes me back and reminds of how I percieved and heard PJ waaay back in the day.......Just a great song all around...Definately one of their most unique songs...
  • VEDHEAD27VEDHEAD27 Posts: 3,091
    O~C~E~A~N~S

    :o

    *sighs*

    Here's to finally hearing one of the most beeeeeeeeautiful songs in existance...LIVE 2005.

    BRING IT PJ! :)
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  • loveboat captainloveboat captain Posts: 125
    Oh wow...I just got major goosebumps when I thought of this song. Like a lot of other people, I originally just thought of Oceans as the song that was between Jeremy and Porch. Now it's my favorite on Ten, and I'm over Jeremy. Porch is still sweet, though:)
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  • velvet I sitevelvet I site Posts: 192
    gotta jump in.. although even flow and release used to battle my mind for best TEN song, with garden admittedly right behind.. as soon as i heard the MTVunplugged oceans it was all over.

    damn.. with eddie draining out the ending.. fuck.. mmmmmm i love it so..

    clearly the hidden diamond amongst a sea of emeralds..

    it's almost like they thought with that song they had created some kind of special musical tangent or something.. or at least a keystone for one..

    i just love the inference that the.. oh fuck, the currents can shift.. anytime.. oh fuck.. better to wait by the shore.. at least once more..

    kinda like fire and rain, but with hope!
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  • spilled_my_tincturespilled_my_tincture Posts: 84
    actually, "oceans" is one of the few pearl jam songs that I don't like very much. I think its lyrics are pretty good but the way eddie sings in it just annoys me kind of.
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  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    just watching the MTV unplugged show and after oceans eddie says its a little song he wrote about his surf board, then chuckiling says something thats starts , " no its actaully....mumble mumble", yknow ed..!

    anybody know what the hell he is saying or what the song is actually about?
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  • SquidgeSquidge Posts: 145
    I think the reason for there being soo much love in such a simple song is the Ed loves the ocean. He always refers to it being a surfer-dude. The song is almost tribal...especially the last 30 seconds.


    Mmmmmmmmm........such a tasty song, always loved it.

    Anyone know an easy tab for it....i suck at guiatar but would love to sing it to the mrs. Straight into bed after that number eh? Nudge nudge.
  • Rhinocerous SurpriseRhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    First time I heard this, first thing I thought was how different it sounded to pretty much everything else on Ten...
    Then I thought 'Fuck yeah, this is class.'
    It's so... ethereal. The music itself brings to mind the ocean, the words are perfect, Ed's voice...

    I would say it's one of Pearl Jam's most beautiful songs, right up there with Black, Nothingman, Hard To Imagine and Man of the Hour.
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  • tonepoet77tonepoet77 Posts: 8
    Squidge wrote:
    I think the reason for there being soo much love in such a simple song is the Ed loves the ocean. He always refers to it being a surfer-dude. The song is almost tribal...especially the last 30 seconds.


    Mmmmmmmmm........such a tasty song, always loved it.

    Anyone know an easy tab for it....i suck at guiatar but would love to sing it to the mrs. Straight into bed after that number eh? Nudge nudge.

    Believe it or not, the Hal Leonard Tab Book for Ten has an excellent transcription for this in it. Just don't look at the Tab for Even Flow - it completely blows (is not accurate at all!). But Oceans is good.
    *Must be an eject button somewhere on the V.C.R.*
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