Love is a tower
And you're the key
Leading me higher
When you let me in
...
You are a tower of
Strength to me
The darkening hour
Sees light again... again
The most emotional song that Ive listened to would have to be hands down INDIFFERENCE, but at the same time, Ive been moved to tears with GIVEN TO FLY. doesnt all have to be about sadness right?
Well the man is intense no matter what he sings! But I would have to say Black is the most emotional/intense. Followed by Release, Light Years. Most of their songs are intense and emotional in some way.
You can't know what it's like, to bleed from here,
The blackened world goes white, it goes nowhere...
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The most emotional songs in my opinion that eddie ever wrote are, Yellow Leadbetter, Betterman and Black. Those songs could bring you to tears every time you hear them.
"I know someday you'll have a beautiful life, I know you'll be a star in somebody else's sky. But Why can't it be mine?"
Don't you know there's something inside your head.
Thumbing My Way for sure. It gives me chills everytime I hear it. It's so moving, and it's like I have some sort of personal attatchment to it. . . it touches me in a way I haven't quite figured out yet. I love it.
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I still can't believe PEARL JAM in Newfoundland
To me every single lyric and music is deeply emotional. I think it mainly depends on the mood.
Anyway... probably footsteps is one of the most touching songs, i mean eddie's voice and interpretation are really great.
But i also love REARVIEWMIRROR, it means a lot to me. I can really feel it. The music, the lyric. That's what i love about pj, they perfectly describe most of my moods, experiences, feelings.
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Thumbing my Way I think is the most obvious one, its obviously about someone close to him so the emotion really rides out.
An obscure one might be Dead Man Walking, but not the way they play it live. Just seems so chilling and you almost can feel what its like to be on death row, waiting for your destiny. It gives me chills and like I say gives me a perspective of what it feels like to be in that situation. Pure emotion and says it all for Ed's work.
Its been 8 years, but I still believe...PJ in NZ 06!
"No matter how cold the winter, theres a springtime ahead'
Black is hands down one of Pearl Jam's most emotional songs, it almost sounds like Ed's crying at the end
Rearview Mirror, definately, and one of my favs
Off He Goes my fav song at the time (it switches day to day)
Yellow Ledbetter - I cry when I hear it too.
It was a song written about Layne Staley, and the title refers to the date that his body was found. You can find it on the second disc of Lost Dogs, a few minutes after the last track.
My sister was abused by her first husband. I always felt Betterman described her situation. First time I heard the song live after I found out, I was a wreck.
Personally, getting over past shit, Daughter means a lot. It's amazing to me how he can write so well from the female perspective. Both those songs blow me away. Alive is and always will be my personal fight song!
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The last track is a hidden track tacked onto the end of Bee Girl. Dubbed 4/20/02, it is the song Eddie Vedder wrote upon learning of Layne Staley's (of Alice in Chains fame) passing. Decided to be too personal to make it onto Riot Act, and at one point promised to never see the light of official release by Vedder, it is downright chilling to listen to ("the using, the using, the using takes hold!").
To this day the line "I gather speed from you fuckin with me'" sends a chill everytime, given the song matter and what not. I've tried to control it but it happens everytime, that damn chill...
VH1: Like the song you wrote for Layne Staley after he died of a drug overdose?
Vedder: Yeah. It almost seemed like something we could have put out on the radio that week. It was called "4/20/02," which was the day I heard about it. We didn't release it because we had too many songs. We pared it down from 19 or 20 to create a piece ... if it's a boat you want it to float and not have too much weight.
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And Footsteps chokes me up everytime...
'i've got scrathes
all over my arms
one for each day
since i fell apart'
I mentioned that song... it's powerful!!
Love is a tower
And you're the key
Leading me higher
When you let me in
...
You are a tower of
Strength to me
The darkening hour
Sees light again... again
footsteps
love boat captain
The blackened world goes white, it goes nowhere...
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"I know someday you'll have a beautiful life, I know you'll be a star in somebody else's sky. But Why can't it be mine?"
closure - "rearview mirror"
maker of my enemies...
overall:
1. Black
but also:
Indifference
Footsteps
Thumbing My Way
RVM
Another world is possible
I still can't believe PEARL JAM in Newfoundland
I love you I love you I FUCKING love you
Anyway... probably footsteps is one of the most touching songs, i mean eddie's voice and interpretation are really great.
But i also love REARVIEWMIRROR, it means a lot to me. I can really feel it. The music, the lyric. That's what i love about pj, they perfectly describe most of my moods, experiences, feelings.
for sadness
Garden
Black
Indifference
in that order.
But other emotions
Once
Why Go
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FOOTSTEPS
man of the hour
thumbing my way
-Nietzsche
EMPATHY
An obscure one might be Dead Man Walking, but not the way they play it live. Just seems so chilling and you almost can feel what its like to be on death row, waiting for your destiny. It gives me chills and like I say gives me a perspective of what it feels like to be in that situation. Pure emotion and says it all for Ed's work.
"No matter how cold the winter, theres a springtime ahead'
Was this actually confirmed by anybody?
Personally, getting over past shit, Daughter means a lot. It's amazing to me how he can write so well from the female perspective. Both those songs blow me away. Alive is and always will be my personal fight song!
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its been said several times...
http://www.epinions.com/content_117344931460
http://badgerherald.com/artsetc/2003/11/17/pearl_jam_scours_the.php
http://www.bw.lehigh.edu/story.asp?ID=17099
... but i havent ever seen it confirmed by the band.
but back to the topic, "4/20/02" and "I got ID" are the most emotional to me
Detroit x 2
Grand Rapids x 2
http://www.vh1.com/artists/interview/1458559/11072002/pearl_jam.jhtml
there, now it has been confirmed by the band
9/28/05-PNC
5/30/06-DC
6/23/06-Pittsburgh
Its Release thats no.1 I think.
When he is literally screaming for his dead father to 'release him' towards the end
his pain is palpable.