Home› The Porch

rediscovering Pearl Jam songs...

abyssabyss Posts: 13
in The Porch
Did it happen to you that when you were young (...and some times stupid) you discarded a PJ song, or a couple of songs, because it didn't sound like you want it, or didn't evoke any feeling at all...but now you can't stop listening? In my case are "I Got ID" and "Long Road"... I don't know why exactly, but when i got "Merkinball" i didn't appreciate it at all.

What's your "i didn't like it" song that now you enjoy more that ever?
"I let go of a rope, thinking that's what held me back...and in time i've realized, it's now wrapped around my neck."

Comments

  • drakeheuer14drakeheuer14 Posts: 4,450
    Inside Job. It just clicked once when I listened to it driving home in the middle of the night. Loved it ever since.
    Pittsburgh 2013
    Cincinnati 2014
    Greenville 2016
    (Raleigh 2016)
    Columbia 2016
  • rummyrummy Posts: 4,436
    I didn't start listening to the band's bootlegs until about a decade ago and there are quite a few songs that I appreciate much more once I listened to various live versions. Five songs that come to mind are Release, Blood, Long Road, Present Tense, and Parting Ways.

  • pledgeagrievancepledgeagrievance Posts: 2,842
    First one that comes to mind is Parachutes. I wasn’t a big fan until I heard it live then something clicked 
  • eboweddieeboweddie Posts: 1,004
    I didn't like off he goes in 1996
     Jesus what a mistake. I was too young to appreciate it. 

    i wish i wish i wish i wish, i guess it never stops
  • ten-vs-vitalogyten-vs-vitalogy Posts: 218
    abyss said:
    Did it happen to you that when you were young (...and some times stupid) you discarded a PJ song, or a couple of songs, because it didn't sound like you want it, or didn't evoke any feeling at all...but now you can't stop listening? In my case are "I Got ID" and "Long Road"... I don't know why exactly, but when i got "Merkinball" i didn't appreciate it at all.

    What's your "i didn't like it" song that now you enjoy more that ever?
    I was similar enough with those two songs. I thought (and still do really) they were badly recorded. Live though, they are just exceptional. 
  • RatherStarvedRatherStarved Posts: 4,904
    One word:  Sad.
    PJ: 2013: London (ON); Buffalo; 2014: Cincinnati; 2016: Sunrise, Miami, Toronto 1-2, Wrigley 2; 2018: London (UK) 1, Milan, Padova, Sea 2, Wrigley 1-2, Fenway 1-2; 2021: SHN, Ohana, Ohana Encore 1-2; 2022: LA 1-2, Phx, Oak 1-2, Fresno, Copenhagen, Hyde Park 1-2; Quebec, Ottawa, Hamilton, Toronto; MSG, Camden, Nashville, Louisville, St. Louis, OKC; 2023: St. Paul 1-2, Chicago 1-2; Fort Worth 2; Austin 1-2; 2024:  Vancouver 1-2, LV 1-2, LA 1-2, Napa, Barcelona 1-2
     
    EV Solo: 2017 Louisville and Franklin, 2018 Ohana, 2019 Innings Fest, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Dublin and Ohana; 2021 Ohana Friday (from beach) and Saturday; 2022 Earthlings Newark; 2023 Innings Fest and Benoraya 1-2.

    Gutted:  London 2 2018, Sacramento 2022, Noblesville 2023
  • pjhawkspjhawks Posts: 12,423
    Immortality.  Never was a big fan but the Benaroya Hall version got me into it and now I love it.
  • GibsonGibson Posts: 2,634
    RatherStarved said:
    One word:  Sad.
    +1. This song took me a sold 12 years to get into.
    1998: Barrie  2000: Toronto  2005: Kitchener, London, Hamilton, Toronto  2006: Toronto 1&2, Paris, Milan, Torino, Pistoia  2009: Calgary, Vancouver  2011: Canada  2013: London, Wrigley, Philly 1&2  2014: St. Louis, ACL 1, Detroit  2016: Lexington, Quebec, Ottawa, Toronto 1&2, Fenway 1&2, Wrigley 1&2  2017: EV - Louisville  2018: London 1&2, Milan, Padova, Rome, Prague, Krakow, Berlin, Wrigley 1&2, Fenway 1&2  2020: Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton  2021: London 1&2  2022: Hamilton, Toronto  2023: Chicago 1&2, Noblesville  2024: Seattle 1&2, Noblesville, Wrigley 1&2

  • faithful2youfaithful2you Posts: 779
    Pretty much the entire RA album.   Still have no love for a couple on that one but it took me years to appreciate that album.     
    Like a word misplaced...nothing said...what a waste
  • Glorified KCGlorified KC Posts: 2,616
    Tremor Christ, Smile, Habit, No Way, Insignificance, You Are, Unthought Known
    I wish I was a sacrifice, but somehow still lived on.
Sign In or Register to comment.