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Garden

paulhealeypaulhealey Posts: 27
edited August 2005 in Words and Music...Communication
I'm listening to Garden, and I realized, once again, that it truly is a masterpiece. The chorus is so amazingly beautiful. I wish I had some moment in my life that reminded me of this song. Does anybody have any thoughts or stories relating to Garden?
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  • one way needleone way needle Posts: 196
    Whoo! I love the intro guitar part - very first PJ piece i learned how to play. Oh and also the guitar in the chorus!! Just amazing how cool it is!
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    =) wah wah waaaah!!! ..........viking banjo hits of the 70's!
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  • bigmuzzbigmuzz Posts: 299
    no thoughts or ideas other than garden being the greatest pearl jam song ever............
    Sydney Wed 8 Nov 2006....

    when all are one and one is all, to be a rock and not to roll.........

    see me @ www.myspace.com/bigmuzz

    keep on rockin!.......
  • bigmuzzbigmuzz Posts: 299
    i've said it b4 and i'll say it again

    garden is my fave pj song, i dont know why, it just makes the hairs stand up ont the back of my neck when i hear it, it is haunting, it is brilliant, it is awesome.........
    Sydney Wed 8 Nov 2006....

    when all are one and one is all, to be a rock and not to roll.........

    see me @ www.myspace.com/bigmuzz

    keep on rockin!.......
  • JesterTGameJesterTGame Posts: 109
    first time i listened to this song i was in my.... garden. it was a beautiful moment. one of those that you wont shut up about for ages.i fuckin love this song. we can only hope that edd can get his 1990's flow back and give us somthing to scream about. there isnot one bad pj album and lets hope it stays that way
    Fuck me if i say somthing you dont want to hear,
    Fuck me if you only hear whats in your head.
    Fuck me if you can, coz im not leaving here.
  • Innocent_BystanderInnocent_Bystander Posts: 615
    She don't wander in...don't wander in here, she...
    She don't wander in here...don't wander in here...

    The direction of the eye, so misleading
    The defection of the soul, nauseously quick
    I don't question, our existence
    I just question, our modern needs

    She don't wander in...don't wander in here, she...
    She don't wander in here...

    I will walk...with my hands bound
    I will walk...with my face blood
    I will walk...with my shadow flag
    Into your garden, garden of stone...yeah...

    After all is done, and we're still alone
    I won't be taken, yet I'll go...with my hands bound
    I will walk...with my face blood
    I will walk...with my shadow flag
    Into your garden, garden of stone

    I don't show...I don't share...
    I don't need, yeah...What you have to give...

    Oooh, I will walk...with my hands bound
    I will walk...with my face blood
    I will walk...with my shadow flag
    Into your garden, garden...oh...

    I will walk with my hands bound
    I will walk into your garden, garden of stone...

    I don't know...I don't care...
    I don't need you for me to live...yeah, yeah, yeah, oh...
    Uh huh huh... (8x)


    Sorry, but I had to post the lyrics. This song, incredible as it is, also has some personal meaning to it. This song came on during some peculiar turn of events in my life and seemed to match my dilema perfectly.

    I love how this song reciprocates loyalty, confusion, and regret at the same time. I may have it all wrong, I don't know.
    Life reveals what is dealt through seasons
    Circle comes around each time
  • dreadheaddreadhead Posts: 64
    an awesome song for sure right up there with there best. my theory is that ten is for sure on of the greatest albums ever (not just PJ's best but a best for all time) with great songs that the the commecial public know such as jeremy, alive and evenflow but the reason that it holds up so well is that it starts with the rockin once and hits the middle with black in its epic glory and rocks soars with garden, then mellows out with a dreamy release. fuck im gonna go n listen to it now.
    "I wish I was Australian at home under the sun" Eddie- Perth 03
  • queenofmetalqueenofmetal Posts: 24
    I think the fact that the song starts off steady and calm and then just blasts into that awesome chorus is what makes it my favourite, you don't get that with many songs (by anyone) and this one acheives it perfectly. Ten is definitely one of my three top albums of all time, which are:
    1. Nevermind
    2. Ten
    3. Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magic, but I'm also a bit obsessed with Californication
    I know that I'm the only one to post here in like 6 hours, but I'm really bored, it's midnight here, and I'm not asleep yet due to my insomnia, which is usually saved by late night viewings of recorded video clips from 'Rage' but the VCR is being fixed, so here I am....... bored....
    Time to emancipate....
  • MissoulaboyMissoulaboy Posts: 1
    Funny you should ask about specific memories relating to Garden. I was about 12 years ago and my beautiful black cat, Shadow, had just passed away. I lived in an apartment at the time so I had no room for a proper burial. I borrowed a shovel and had my wife drop me at the local state park just after dark. It's not legal to bury an animal in a state park but I didn't care. I snuck in and starting walking in the pitch dark to a remote part of the park. As I was walking I slipped on my walkman to keep me company as I bid farewell to my furry little pal. Well right when I did this the song started up and the following lyrics came out..
    "I will walk, with my Shadow flag, into your Gardnen of Stone"

    It kind of freaked me out. It seeme like the words were eerily close to what I was about to do.

    Now everytime I hear that song, I think of my cat. I still visit her grave from time to time.

    Hope I didn't creep anybody out, animals in my family have always warranted proper burial.

    Peace.

    Missoulaboy
  • CantKeepFukinUpCantKeepFukinUp Posts: 168
    Missoulaboy wrote:
    Funny you should ask about specific memories relating to Garden. I was about 12 years ago and my beautiful black cat, Shadow, had just passed away. I lived in an apartment at the time so I had no room for a proper burial. I borrowed a shovel and had my wife drop me at the local state park just after dark. It's not legal to bury an animal in a state park but I didn't care. I snuck in and starting walking in the pitch dark to a remote part of the park. As I was walking I slipped on my walkman to keep me company as I bid farewell to my furry little pal. Well right when I did this the song started up and the following lyrics came out..
    "I will walk, with my Shadow flag, into your Gardnen of Stone"

    It kind of freaked me out. It seeme like the words were eerily close to what I was about to do.

    Now everytime I hear that song, I think of my cat. I still visit her grave from time to time.

    Hope I didn't creep anybody out, animals in my family have always warranted proper burial.

    Peace.

    Missoulaboy

    cool. thats deep.

    fyi, Shadow was also the name of Mikes first band.
  • whoYOUarewhoYOUare Posts: 274
    definately one of the best (and most underrated) songs on ten, i hope they bring it back for this upcoming tour... and i hope i am there for it!
    peace
  • STXLAXSTXLAX Posts: 46
    whoYOUare wrote:
    definately one of the best (and most underrated) songs on ten, i hope they bring it back for this upcoming tour... and i hope i am there for it!

    I agree. So underrated but so beautiful and full of emotion.
    "And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you."
    -Nietzsche

    EMPATHY
  • Sarah ConnorSarah Connor Posts: 1
    I guess for me Garden is a deeply spiritual song with echoes of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. Who is there to fight back against the deceptive light? I play it when I need to go into a place that seems like darkness, I play it when I want to make the choice to go there, to see what I will find. It's usually something that saves me, like the song.
    Peace and love, Sarah Connor
  • totaledheadtotaledhead Posts: 197
    Sarah Connor wrote:
    I guess for me Garden is a deeply spiritual song with echoes of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. Who is there to fight back against the deceptive light? I play it when I need to go into a place that seems like darkness, I play it when I want to make the choice to go there, to see what I will find. It's usually something that saves me, like the song.
    Peace and love, Sarah Connor

    WELCOME TO THE PIT!

    i can see what you mean and i agree to me garden is a very spiritual song, very beautiful too.
    theres a great version of it on the dublin 2000 boot

    ~P@M~
  • PJfanaaronPJfanaaron Posts: 15
    my fave live version: Dissident single/atlanta concert #2, also great version of solat. Also the intro riff was the first pj I ever learned how to play. My fave from ten.
    That's one more time around... and there is not a sound. . . he's lying dead, clutching benjamins never put the money down

    He's stiffening. . . we're all whistling

    A man we'll soon forget.
  • cartoonnightmarecartoonnightmare Posts: 52
    great song
  • Urban HikerUrban Hiker Posts: 1,312
    Missoulaboy wrote:
    Funny you should ask about specific memories relating to Garden. I was about 12 years ago and my beautiful black cat, Shadow, had just passed away. I lived in an apartment at the time so I had no room for a proper burial. I borrowed a shovel and had my wife drop me at the local state park just after dark. It's not legal to bury an animal in a state park but I didn't care. I snuck in and starting walking in the pitch dark to a remote part of the park. As I was walking I slipped on my walkman to keep me company as I bid farewell to my furry little pal. Well right when I did this the song started up and the following lyrics came out..
    "I will walk, with my Shadow flag, into your Gardnen of Stone"

    It kind of freaked me out. It seeme like the words were eerily close to what I was about to do.

    Now everytime I hear that song, I think of my cat. I still visit her grave from time to time.

    Hope I didn't creep anybody out, animals in my family have always warranted proper burial.

    Peace.

    Missoulaboy

    Isn't strange sometimes how a song can relate to what your doing at the moment?

    Thanks for sharing your story. I agree that pets deserve proper burials. I tend to move a lot, so I've had a couple of cats privately cremated.

    Re: Garden - the song can really stick with you. I had in my head once during a day of hiking. It just stayed there and though I had hiked that trail several times I still remember that time, because of Garden.
    Walking can be a real trip
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    "We've laid the groundwork. It's like planting the seeds. And next year, it's spring." - Nader
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    Prepare for tending to your garden, America.
  • mad.river.studiomad.river.studio Posts: 20
    Did PJ play Garden at any of the 2003 shows? I'd like to download a live version from the 2003 tour if one exists. I love the song, but have never heard it play live at any of the shows I have attended.
    Thanks
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