parachutes

i just came to realize yesterday what an amazing song Parachutes is. Great lines, great melody, and just a great feel to it all. Love it!
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  • i just came to realize yesterday what an amazing song Parachutes is. Great lines, great melody, and just a great feel to it all. Love it!

    I know where your coming from. It took me a long while to even get myself to listen to the song at all. But one day it all just sounded different and I found myself playing it on repeat.

    It is always great when you hear an old song and pretty much rediscover it. It is like finding buried treasure!
    Oh he fills it up with the love of a girl...
  • Abner11Abner11 Posts: 67
    It took me a long while to even get myself to listen to the song at all. But one day it all just sounded different and I found myself playing it on repeat.

    It is always great when you hear an old song and pretty much rediscover it. It is like finding buried treasure!


    I had always said that Eddie could record the sounds of himself taking a steaming dump and it could end up on an album and most PJ fans would enjoy it. Then I heard "Parachutes," and I thought "see, I was right!" However, once I actually heard the song played live, I developed a new affinity for it, and I actually love the song now.
    10/96 Hartford, 9/98 Hartford, 7/03 Mansfield I, 9/04 Boston I, 5/06 Boston I (Best crowd to date)
  • I always liked "Parachutes". The chord progression and strcture throws off less adventurous types. Mike's Brian May bullshit at the end is beautiful.
  • Abner11 wrote:
    I had always said that Eddie could record the sounds of himself taking a steaming dump and it could end up on an album and most PJ fans would enjoy it. Then I heard "Parachutes," and I thought "see, I was right!" However, once I actually heard the song played live, I developed a new affinity for it, and I actually love the song now.

    You've God me filling(?) emotions...
    Inside Job - "Let me run into the rain, to be a human light again." "Don't ya think you should run into the Son?"
    "Life comes from within your heart & desire." (or)
    "Life comes from within your "hold hands" desire." (or)
    "Life comes from within your desire to hold hands. (or,simply,)
    "Life comes from within your desire to hold hands with your girlfriend, or give her a "high five", ect.
  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    It's all about the lyrics for me. And the lyrics are fucking beautiful.
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • Abner11Abner11 Posts: 67
    It's all about the lyrics for me. And the lyrics are fucking beautiful.


    My best friend would agree with you. He loved that song from the beginning, and his exact words were "They had me at infinitum." Now I hear that sentence in my head everytime I listen to the song.
    10/96 Hartford, 9/98 Hartford, 7/03 Mansfield I, 9/04 Boston I, 5/06 Boston I (Best crowd to date)
  • i just came to realize yesterday what an amazing song Parachutes is. Great lines, great melody, and just a great feel to it all. Love it!

    The way the song flows, to me...it's Beatle like.
  • Couldn't stand it the 1st time I heard it. I still don't like the studio version. But when they played it at the 2nd Boston show, I thought "hey this is pretty good". I have since warmed up to it on the bootlegs.
  • I love the simplicity of the melody and the minor rythm brakes..
    Lyrics are so gentle..almost fragile..I always get the feeling they're going to brake apart..as a heart sometimes do.
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  • Ms. HaikuMs. Haiku Posts: 7,265
    When it's sung live I'm not sure what the lyrics are. However, I usually think of it as the Pink Cotton Candy song. It's outside the box of their usual sound, if there is such a thing.

    I'm listening to Vienna 06 right now, and even though it still reminds me of a carnival and pink cotton candy, I can't deny that it would be a good date in a pizza parlour song, too. :)
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  • brainofjbbrainofjb Posts: 381
    I am tossing around the idea of having it as my wedding song!

    I love the lyrics!!! the music sounds like parachutes.. if that makes any sense
    There's the moon asking to stay
    Long enough for the clouds to fly me away
  • The way the song flows, to me...it's Beatle like.


    Definitely, mid-sixties Lennon.
    “Wind in my hair, I feel part of everywhere...
    Late at night I hear the trees, they're singing with the dead...overhead...”
  • i like matt.ci like matt.c Posts: 1,122
    Eddie's poetic in that song. How does he think up this stuff?

    "And love,... Wish the world could go again with love
    One cant seem to have enough
    And war,.... Break the sky and tell me what it's for
    I'll travel there on my own
    And love,.... What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you"
  • stuckinlinestuckinline Posts: 3,367
    i didn't like it at first, but after hearing it live on a boot........i love it!
    the lyrics are amazing

    i especially like these lyrics:

    And I don't want to know your past
    But together share the dawn
    And I won't need

    Nothing else
    Cause when we're dead
    We would've had it all
  • VMGACgVMGACg Posts: 135
    very good song in the perfect spot on the album much like thumbing my way
    I am questioning my education
  • SpunkieSpunkie Posts: 6,672
    I didn't love it as much as I did after hearing it performed. Excellent vocals!
  • PiCTuReKePTPiCTuReKePT Posts: 311
    strangely enough,the melody reminds me of beatles songs;but that doesn't mean that it's not orginal.i really enjoy listening to it.
  • lokiloki Posts: 40
    I loved it at Camden 2 06. Vegas 06 is my favorite even though Ed was sick. The amount of heart he put into it to pull it off was amazing.
    6/14/98, 9/4/00, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/12/03, 10/1/04, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 7/6/06, 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 8/16/08, 8/17/08
  • rybesrybes Posts: 136
    brainofjb wrote:
    I am tossing around the idea of having it as my wedding song!

    I love the lyrics!!! the music sounds like parachutes.. if that makes any sense

    Instead of people throwing rice or confetti at your ceremony, they could throw those little plastic parachute figures up in the air!

    Just a thought, I never said it was a good idea ;)
  • Top 5 all time PJ song easy :D
    Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...

    ... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
  • GmoneyGmoney Posts: 1,618
    Top 5 all time PJ song easy :D
    agree. and top 5 best lyrics by ed as well.
    Further back and forth a wave will break on me, today...
  • nocode85nocode85 Posts: 133
    I cant believe some people dont like this song! Easily one of my favorite songs its just so beautiful. The lyrics, chord progression, everything about this song is awesome. I checked every setlist in 2006 and downloaded the first one that had parachutes in it but I still like the studio version better. I saw them twice that year but never got to see this song live unfortunately
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  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    i always thought that this song was underrated. its fucking great.
  • i_am_minei_am_mine Posts: 53
    i wasn't crazy about this song when i first heard it. but it has definitely grown on me. i was listening to the version from boston 06 today and it sounds really cool. i also like that it really doesn't sound like anything else they've done i think. i also agree with the beatle comparisons on this one. it's a good song to just mellow you out and make you feel better!!
  • polarispolaris Posts: 3,527
    i can't believe how stunningly beautiful this song is ... when you hear it sung to you - it elevates itself ... i actually think it's a love song written to the fans ...
  • MrFadedGloryMrFadedGlory Posts: 207
    Gmoney wrote:
    agree. and top 5 best lyrics by ed as well.

    Werd - It's nice to see this song finally getting it's due props
    Left the Porch
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    Fantastic song. Don't know if I'd put in my top 5, but it stood out right away on the Pearl Jam album, and I really like around 99% of that disc. Some of their slower tunes are some of the best. One of the many great things about Pearl Jam is the diversity of their influences, which coupled with their ability as artists gives them the ability to change speeds easily and effectively...so many bands can't.
  • i liked it the minute i heard it for the 1st time. The best was when eddie performed it live for the 1st time in boston a few years ago, and he forgot the lyrics, it was awesome.

    Also try comeback, I have been really into that song lately. It was actually on the show october road a while ago, and really fit the scene. I think that is only the 2nd time a pj song has been in a show, other than yellow ledbetter in friends.

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