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Blue11Blue11 Posts: 200
edited May 2006 in Words and Music...Communication
Hi everyone....I'm new to the forums, although I've always listened to Pearl Jam, they weren't one of my favorites. I've always loved Black, and it was until recently, thanks to a very good friend of mine, corduroy10, that I've been listening more and more to them. I'll admit that I don't have all their releases, but I don't think that is a crime..is it? LOL
I've been reading up on a lot of the posts here and I'm finding out that a lot of people are really touched and moved by their music. I've been personally touched by "Black", it reflected a time in my life where I felt the lyrics were sepcifically written for me during that time.
Without going into specifics, I was with somebody I should not have been with, she was married, but circumstances got us together. I had to let her go, I knew it was the right thing to do.
Anyone else would like to share a little tidbit about themselves and how the song relates to them?

P.S.....hope to see you in upcoming shows....who's going to Albany and Hartford?
" All the stars in the sky, thought you were up in mine
Still I wonder, I wonder......" "Black" tag 09-16-2005 Ottawa

Toronto 2003, Kitchener 2005, Montreal 2005, Ottawa 2005, Toronto II 2006, Albany 2006, Hartford 2006, Camden I 2008, Camden II 2008, Washington, D.C. 2008, Toronto 2009, Chicago I 2009, Columbus 2010, Noblesville, 2010
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  • Royal SkullRoyal Skull Posts: 3
    Black has a very special place in my heart, also.

    The line that gets me the most, as I'm sure it does for many others, is "I know someday you'll have a beautiful life, I know you'll be a star, in somebody elses sky, but why can't it be mine?"
  • MJSilvestriMJSilvestri Posts: 16
    Different songs have meant alot to me at different times...Yes Black was one of them I acaully copied some lyrics on the shoebox that I put all my momentos from my High School Girlfriend when we broke up. Rearviewmior was a great help to me at a time when I was trying to get over my childhood and Immortality was there for the times when I was so sad about Cobain...

    I am sure there are a number of others but those are the big ones...

    See you Albany May 12
  • LanfearLanfear Posts: 33
    I originally bought Ten for Alive and Evenflow, but the first track that I noticed and thought "that's amazing" was Black. Hauntingly beautiful.

    Daughter helps me to feel strong and angry instead of sad when I think about the worthless fuck I have for a father.

    Good music just isn't enough for me, the lyrics have to mean something as well. I need to hear a story being told, that's why I love PJ so much.
    Dear God, save me from your followers

    Avocados have a big Stone
  • Blue11Blue11 Posts: 200
    MJSilvestri wrote:
    See you Albany May 12


    Yeah man....should be an awesome night...hope they play Black....
    " All the stars in the sky, thought you were up in mine
    Still I wonder, I wonder......" "Black" tag 09-16-2005 Ottawa

    Toronto 2003, Kitchener 2005, Montreal 2005, Ottawa 2005, Toronto II 2006, Albany 2006, Hartford 2006, Camden I 2008, Camden II 2008, Washington, D.C. 2008, Toronto 2009, Chicago I 2009, Columbus 2010, Noblesville, 2010
  • NothingbetterNothingbetter Posts: 570
    Although the whole Ten Album got me hooked, Black has always been my favorite and had a special place in my heart. It came out during my first serious relationship....and when it all fell apart, I felt Ed was talking to me. He was the only one that could relate.

    I'm going to get a tattoo, actually, of a "papyrus" looking scroll that has "Tattooed all I see, all that I am, all I'll be."
    Kansas City 6/12/03 ** Kissimmee 10/9/04 ** Atlantic City 10/1/05 ** Denver 7/2/06 ** Denver 7/3/06 ** Chicago 8/23/09 ** Chicago 8/24/09 ** Kansas City 5/3/10 ** Dallas 11/15/13 ** Oklahoma City 11/16/13 ** St. Louis 10/3/14 ** Tulsa 10/8/14 ** Chicago - Wrigley Field 8/20/16 ** Chicago - Wrigley Field 8/22/16 ** Oklahoma City 9/20/22 ** Ft. Worth 9/15/23

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  • Blue11Blue11 Posts: 200
    Nothingbetter wrote:
    I'm going to get a tattoo, actually, of a "papyrus" looking scroll that has "Tattooed all I see, all that I am, all I'll be."


    That sounds awesome.
    I know what you mean about having a relationship break down, and hearing Black made me feel he wrote that song for me. It's always a good thing to know that there are others who feel the same way, that it's not just you who went through that.
    " All the stars in the sky, thought you were up in mine
    Still I wonder, I wonder......" "Black" tag 09-16-2005 Ottawa

    Toronto 2003, Kitchener 2005, Montreal 2005, Ottawa 2005, Toronto II 2006, Albany 2006, Hartford 2006, Camden I 2008, Camden II 2008, Washington, D.C. 2008, Toronto 2009, Chicago I 2009, Columbus 2010, Noblesville, 2010
  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    blue11, you are hereby under arrest by the message board, under 5V1 code that you are contributing to the board without owning all releases, you have one week to bring yourself up to standard.


    WELCOME!
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  • Blue11Blue11 Posts: 200
    restlesssoul wrote:
    blue11, you are hereby under arrest by the message board, under 5V1 code that you are contributing to the board without owning all releases, you have one week to bring yourself up to standard.
    Darn...it's the authorities...quick somebody hide me....lol


    Thanks!
    " All the stars in the sky, thought you were up in mine
    Still I wonder, I wonder......" "Black" tag 09-16-2005 Ottawa

    Toronto 2003, Kitchener 2005, Montreal 2005, Ottawa 2005, Toronto II 2006, Albany 2006, Hartford 2006, Camden I 2008, Camden II 2008, Washington, D.C. 2008, Toronto 2009, Chicago I 2009, Columbus 2010, Noblesville, 2010
  • NadukaNaduka Posts: 3
    no mean to be hyperbolic...., but Black is just excessively superb.

    "I know you'll be a sun in somebody else's sky.... but why it can't be mine?"

    the sadness also can be beautiful.
    Don't call me daughter.
  • cookiescookies Posts: 113
    Black is the song that pulled me in. A local station was playing a concert of them and there I was in a soft lit room, crying at the end of the song. Just before it ended i open my eyes kind of knowing why the tears were there. And Ed said. They don't understand they don't understand. And deep in my heart I felt that pain of not being understood and seeing how selfish we as people can be to one another. Which allowed me to see myself not only as a victom but as an abuser. And from that PJ has become my mirror. See you in Hartford and Paris

    Love you all
    Cookies
    Cookies
    ôjô
  • abhi101cruabhi101cru Posts: 223
    Mike is the person who truly pulled me into the band. No matter how bad my day is, once I pop in a live bootleg and listen to some amazing guitar solo, everything feels better.

    When it comes to lyrics...yeah, Black is special to me but I think everyone kinda goes thru the same thing with a girl at one time or another. But now, the lyrics from WWS and Severed Hand are the ones that are really touching me.
    Sorry is the fool who trades his soul for a corvette, thinks he'll get the girl he'll only get the mechanic...

    Atlantic City: 09/30/05, 10/01/05
  • Raider917Raider917 Posts: 73
    theres no one that cant relate to Black. i really like the line about the children :

    I take a walk outside.
    I'm surrounded by some kids at play.
    I can feel their laughter, so why do I sear?
  • laporpolaporpo Posts: 2
    who can forget mike's solo on live on two legs' black..
  • abhi101cruabhi101cru Posts: 223
    laporpo wrote:
    who can forget mike's solo on live on two legs' black..

    o my god, no matter how many times i listen to it...i still get shudders. Another really good one is the black from state college 03...even tho he missed a note...its still one of my favorites.
    Sorry is the fool who trades his soul for a corvette, thinks he'll get the girl he'll only get the mechanic...

    Atlantic City: 09/30/05, 10/01/05
  • Kitty_KatKitty_Kat Posts: 9
    Black is just a beautiful song all around.. Hello by the way :)

    Kat x
  • imfaithfulimfaithful Posts: 106
    every time i hear the first 5 seconds of this song my heart just drops....one of my all time favs........
    I LOVE THIS BAND

    "If some guy's not really giving me a reaction, I'll try and fucking get a reaction out of him. And I feed off of that. I go crazy. In a good way."-Mike McCready


    www.myspace.com/lovethejam
  • dbr_of_matrixdbr_of_matrix Posts: 29
    this song corresponds to all. it's just masterpiece. :)
  • MariusMarius Posts: 40
    The whole ten album pulled me in. Brilliant. A funny thing that happened at that stage in my life was: I wrote down the words from Alive on a piece of paper (before we had internet and a computer*) and a friend of mine saw the lyrics and thought i'm going to commit suicide. LOL. I am far from that.

    *Only rich people here had PC's then
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