State or Breath?

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  • writersuwritersu Posts: 1,867
    both are deep but I think for me it depends on what mood i am in

    Breathe is awesome when I am thinking about life........

    when I am thinking about how we come into it (as the beginning implies)
    and then what we make of it on our own ("can't expect to go out with
    anything more")

    State of Love and Trust when I am realizing that no matter how my circumstances of life are at the time, no matter if I am with a guy or have kids or family or whatever, I am still alone and there is such a weird strength in that feeling; being alone and not caring and feeling that feeling that you are strongest when you do not expect anything from anyone and are not waiting for anything from anyone......"And I listen--for the voice inside my head---Nothing!!!!! I'll do this one myself!!" so cool. so true....
    Baby, You Wouldn't Last a Minute on The Creek......


    Together we will float like angels.........

    In the moment that you left the room, the album started skipping, goodbye to beauty shared with the ones that you love.........
  • State Of Love And Trust
  • sebaarg88sebaarg88 Posts: 1,277
    both are great but i guess solat
    only love can break your heart
    but only love can brake your fall
  • JPinksJPinks Posts: 60
    ...and every PJ album has a better one-two punch than this...
    96 - Toledo
    98 - East Troy (x2), East Lansing, Auburn Hills, Cleveland
    00 - Noblesville, Cincinnati, Columbus, Auburn Hills, East Troy, Chicago
    03 - Cleveland, Columbus, Clarkston (x2)
    04 - Toledo, Grand Rapids
    06 - Auburn Hills, Camden (x2), DC
    08 - Camden (x2), MSG (x2), Ed in Newark
    09 - Ed in Philly (x2), The Spectrum (x4)
    10 - Cleveland
  • breath any day
    Teamwork. Rawk. Pwnage. Infinite Possibilities. YIELD. Hells yeah.
  • PiCTuReKePTPiCTuReKePT Posts: 311
    Solat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • CiNJaMCiNJaM Posts: 53
    Both are just something else, but I go with BREATH here!!!
  • Tough call. I guess I'd go with Breath. ...i think
    "...Never take it seriously. You never take it seriously, you never get hurt; you never get hurt, you always fun; and if you ever get lonely, just go to the record store, and visit your friends."
  • OthersiderOthersider Posts: 19
    Very tough call. But I'm going to say Breath, because I just listened to it, so it's probably the one I like more at this moment.
  • CHANGEinWAVESCHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    I'm gonna say SOLAT..no wait...BREATH...no SOLAT...no BREATH....nope can't decide.
    "I'm not present, I'm a drug that makes you dream"
  • pjrvmpjrvm Posts: 99
    JPinks wrote:
    ...and every PJ album has a better one-two punch than this...

    Totally Disagree... maybe Ten with Black and Alive. but I'd say not even my favorite album, Vs., has a better 2 songs than Breath and State of Love and Trust. You'd have an awfully hard time convincing me that Binaural and Riot Act have a better pair of songs. Not knocking those albums, but give me a break.
  • JPinksJPinks Posts: 60
    Alive and Black
    Why Go and Porch
    Go and Animal
    Blood and Indifference
    Last Exit and Spin The Black Circle
    Corduroy and Immortality
    Sometimes and Hail Hail
    Smile and Off He Goes
    No Way and Faithful
    Do The Evolition and Given To Fly
    Grievance and Rival
    Nothing As It Seems and Sleight Of Hand
    Save You and Cropduster
    1/2 Full and All Or None
    Life Wasted and World Wide Suicide
    Comatose and Severed Hand

    Basically any two songs off any album. Breath and State are B-sides. They are, by definition, not good enough to be included on an album. Don't get me wrong, I love them both, but it's not like they're the two best songs ever. They're a nice additon to the catalog.
    96 - Toledo
    98 - East Troy (x2), East Lansing, Auburn Hills, Cleveland
    00 - Noblesville, Cincinnati, Columbus, Auburn Hills, East Troy, Chicago
    03 - Cleveland, Columbus, Clarkston (x2)
    04 - Toledo, Grand Rapids
    06 - Auburn Hills, Camden (x2), DC
    08 - Camden (x2), MSG (x2), Ed in Newark
    09 - Ed in Philly (x2), The Spectrum (x4)
    10 - Cleveland
  • quickdexquickdex Posts: 44
    Breath hits me pretty hard both lyrically and musically. I can't get enough of it, I think the words soar throughout the whole song (and Ed is on top of his game here!) and then Mike's solo at the end just lays down an ass whooping that doesn't let up til' it's over! My vote is for Breath! ;)
  • TowermanTowerman Posts: 228
    State of Love and Trust... !
    speaking as a child of the 90's
  • Breath.
    Baby humpback, baby humpback!
    Down the sewer, down the sewer!
  • pjrvmpjrvm Posts: 99
    JPinks wrote:
    Alive and Black
    Why Go and Porch
    Go and Animal
    Blood and Indifference
    Last Exit and Spin The Black Circle
    Corduroy and Immortality
    Sometimes and Hail Hail
    Smile and Off He Goes
    No Way and Faithful
    Do The Evolition and Given To Fly
    Grievance and Rival
    Nothing As It Seems and Sleight Of Hand
    Save You and Cropduster
    1/2 Full and All Or None
    Life Wasted and World Wide Suicide
    Comatose and Severed Hand

    Basically any two songs off any album. Breath and State are B-sides. They are, by definition, not good enough to be included on an album. Don't get me wrong, I love them both, but it's not like they're the two best songs ever. They're a nice additon to the catalog.

    Just because they are B-sides doesn't mean they aren't good enough to be included on an album. By your logic, the best songs on every album would be the ones that became singles. It's like saying the songs that didn't become singles weren't "good enough" to be singles. I think Breath and State are two of the bands best songs, but that's just opinion.

    PS. 1/2 full sucks, and that's fact.
  • JPinksJPinks Posts: 60
    pjrvm wrote:
    Just because they are B-sides doesn't mean they aren't good enough to be included on an album. By your logic, the best songs on every album would be the ones that became singles. It's like saying the songs that didn't become singles weren't "good enough" to be singles. I think Breath and State are two of the bands best songs, but that's just opinion.

    PS. 1/2 full sucks, and that's fact.

    No Pearl Jam song sucks-now that's a fact!

    I think singles are a little different. The band might choose the first one, but the the record company picks the rest. Nothing to do with quality.
    96 - Toledo
    98 - East Troy (x2), East Lansing, Auburn Hills, Cleveland
    00 - Noblesville, Cincinnati, Columbus, Auburn Hills, East Troy, Chicago
    03 - Cleveland, Columbus, Clarkston (x2)
    04 - Toledo, Grand Rapids
    06 - Auburn Hills, Camden (x2), DC
    08 - Camden (x2), MSG (x2), Ed in Newark
    09 - Ed in Philly (x2), The Spectrum (x4)
    10 - Cleveland
  • mistymisty Posts: 57
    Oh, and the barrel waits, trigger shakes aimed directly at my head...

    no doubt
    Why do I keep fuckin' up?
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  • pjrvm wrote:
    Just because they are B-sides doesn't mean they aren't good enough to be included on an album. By your logic, the best songs on every album would be the ones that became singles. It's like saying the songs that didn't become singles weren't "good enough" to be singles. I think Breath and State are two of the bands best songs, but that's just opinion.

    PS. 1/2 full sucks, and that's fact.

    I like how you went from "Breath and State are two of the band's best songs, but that's just opinion" to "1/2 Full sucks and that's fact..."
    I'm hoping there's some sort of sarcasm smiley missing after "fact"...
    Smokey Robinson constantly looks like he's trying to act natural after being accused of farting.
  • At first, I was more a fan of SOLAT. After a while though, Breath took the lead... by leaps and bounds. It helped me through some difficult times. When I hear it start to build, I can't help but smile.
  • spnoonespnoone Posts: 630
    state of love and trust by a mile. and stronger 1-2 punches are go/animal and comatose/severed hand
  • pjrvmpjrvm Posts: 99
    There was a bit of sarcasm on that, but I also have a strong dislike of 1/2 full.

    one-two punch doesn't mean the songs have to be in order on the album.
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,168
    state. especially played live.
    severed hand thirteen
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  • ummmmm..... do i have to answer
  • breath for me....and I know this is not the popular opinion, but from time to time I get tired of SOLAT. (Disclaimer #1---I am in no way, shape or form saying the song sucks.) It's a great song, but one that I have heard a lot in my years. If I had to choose which one I would want to see live it would be breath. It would make me smile/cry and would probably just make the show just that much better for me. (yet another disclaimer.....any Pearl Jam show is a great thing. You all know that certain songs just bring it to that next level.)
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  • I love them both....but I'm gonna go with Breath on this one~
    It doesnt hurt.... when I bleed
    but memories...they eat me
    I've seen it all before,...
    bring it on cause I'm no victim.
    -Ghost
  • Gotta go with Breath, never seen it live.
    Love SOLAT seen it a least a half a dozen times it gets better everytime.
    Arms wide open with the sea as my floor.
  • Solat
    Escape is never the safest plan

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    Camden-06
    Camden-08
    Philly Spectrum -09
  • Breath By A Long Shot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    11/95 San Jose; 9/96 Randalls Island; 8/00 Jones Beach; 7-8&9 2003 NYC; 10/04 Reading; 9/05 & 10/05 Borgata; '06 Irving Plaza; '06 Hartford; '06 Camden 1&2; E. Rutherford 1&2 '06; Vegas 7/06; Bridge School 1&2 '06; 2008 WPB, Camden 1&2, MSG 1&2, Boston 2, EV NYC 1&2 and NJPAC; 6/09 EV Philly 1&2; 2009 LA 3&4, 09 San Diego, 09 Philly 1-4, 2010 MSG 1 and 2, 2010 Boston, 2010 Hartford, 2010 Newark; Alpine Valley Sept 2011
  • SOLAT, by far.
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