I'd agree with "Alive". One I haven't seen anyone mention that always makes me focus inward is "I Am Mine". Like Ed said at Gorge I, "no matter what anybody says, you are yours". And Mikey's rift towards the end, for me, is really inspirational.
~I want to realize brotherhood or identity not merely with the beings called human, but I want to realize identity with all life, even with such things as crawl upon earth.~
Mohandas K. Gandhi
~I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulette I could have worn.~
Henry David Thoreau
Yellow Ledbetter. It got me through some major "its". Release always calms me down when I'm really pissed off, I love it. But more recently, Hard to Imagine help me a lot. It's just amazing.
"Don't ever let the truth get it the way of telling a good story"
And you may see me today
with an illegal smile
it don't cost very much
but it lasts a long while
won't you please tell the man
i didn't kill anyone
i'm just tryin to have me some fun
First, it was 'Alive'. Then came 'Black' (MTV Unplugged version was one of the biggest "it" moments).
From there to now, there are plenty of "it" moments (Present Tense, Given to Fly, Immortality, Indifference, etc).
Let's say knowledge is a tree, yeah.
It's growing up just like me.
you might wanna go buy him all the cd's they have out.
here is a few tunes that are what your buddy would need.
in my opinion.
Black
Indifference
Light years
Given to fly
Wish list
I am mine
Nothing as it seems
Yellow ledbetter
RVM
Not for you
Garden
Release
Oceans
Thumbing my way
You are
Do the evolution
and many many more.
This morning wasn't a bad morning at all, kindof grey, a littl chill. A good morning, but when I heard Given to Fly I felt this surge of joy, and all of a sudden a good morning was a stupendous morning!
There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
Corduroy:
This song removes me from the world and takes me to a place where everything is ok. The opening bars/riffs grant an immediate reprieve from pain of any sort. It's quite phenomenal.
It depends of the "it" that I had to come through... but I just have to say that Pearl Jam are very therapeutic it's their energy, the melody, the voice and that way only eddie has to let it all out... so here is my "survival kit" (lolol) in no particular order:
Alive
Black
Fatal
Other Side
Sad
Hard to Imagine
Down
Footsteps
Wash
Untitled (Live on 2 Legs)
Untitled (I'm still here)
Parachutes
Come Back
Alone
Education
Bee Girl
Life Wasted
Once
Who you are
Smile
Present Tense
Of he Goes
Low Light
Push me Pull Me
I am Mine
State of Love and Trust
RVM
Sometimes
In my tree
Wishlist
Light Years
and I'm sure there are a lot more... it really depends on the "it"... I just listen to them over, and over, and over again, and sing it outlound and cry (a lot!), and some parts of the lyrics just come to my mind... and finally I am at peace... *sigh* I absolutely ADOREEEE PJ's music... those guys are just amazing! More than words could ever say...
And when everything is just fine in my life, I just listen to Pearl Jam over, over and over again ;P too! eheh
"See the path cut by the Moon, for you to walk on"
What ever your "it" was.....what PJ song was there for you.
I am trying to make a CD for a friend of mine that is depressed, and has some very troubling family issues, so I want the opion of the jamily.
For me:
Why go
Alive
Come Back
Smile
Better Man
Footsteps
Black...it should be at the top of the list.
Mr. Bruno
Dalai Lama—To say that humility is an essential ingredient in our pursuit of spiritual transformation may seem to be at odds with what I have said about the need for confidence. But there is clearly a distinction to be made between valid confidence or self-esteem, and conceit - which we can describe as an inflated sense of importance, grounded in a false image of self.
Is a funny thing, but english is not my mother language (and eddie... hmm... speaks sometimes inside his mustache) so sometimes songs give me goose skin before I seat down and listen to the lyrics...
And this three songs really got me when I needed it. Pearl Jam is not music if you want to scape your problems though... is life soundtrack. If you want or feel like seating at the bottom and dig until the last atom of what is killing you, then go ahead.
What you hear on the radio is normally happy or sad or devastating love songs. I think Pearl Jam is one of very few bands who manage to give music to the thousand other feelings, emotions and experiences we have in life, and that is probablly the reason what I love this band so much.
Fighting fire with fire since world's birth, bumping into the same stone over and over again... and we call this evolution?
i'll go slightly outside of pearl jam and say that for me its crown of thorns. regardless of who's singing it, this song just helps me get through those tough times.
i cant pick a song. Its like picking a favorite child. I was turned onto grunge in the early 90's by an older cousin. I saw him at family gatherings as he was about to head to see Pearl Jam and Nirvana and Alice. I dreamed of moving to Seattle.
All of the music of the 90;s was and still is the soundtrack to my life, to my youth.
It was music that was pure and raw.
I was going through it in the 90's and still am. And through it all, Pearl Jam and all the grunge bands have been there for me.
I used to not have enough control of my life as I should have. I'm open and corduroy may have had an effect in the end, certainly took a while if they did though.
A restaurant with a smoking section is like a swimming pool with a pissing section
breathe with the lines "there is much more then this, go see the world ".
given to fly
my tree
down
hitchhiker
agreed chloe is a dancer/crown of thorns
nothingman
loveboatcaptain
worldwidesuicide
partingways
where do i stop?
nice thread;)
the leaders of the free world are just little boys throwing stones
Dublin 06,Paris 06
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yeah agree - present tense!!
Mohandas K. Gandhi
~I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulette I could have worn.~
Henry David Thoreau
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Alone
Smile
In Hiding
Faithful
with an illegal smile
it don't cost very much
but it lasts a long while
won't you please tell the man
i didn't kill anyone
i'm just tryin to have me some fun
I've been taken to pj's GARDEN
well, it/s been about 9 years from now
and so it grows
!!!!!
till I die
I Got Shit
I Am Mine
Love Boat Captain
Life Wasted
From there to now, there are plenty of "it" moments (Present Tense, Given to Fly, Immortality, Indifference, etc).
It's growing up just like me.
here is a few tunes that are what your buddy would need.
in my opinion.
Black
Indifference
Light years
Given to fly
Wish list
I am mine
Nothing as it seems
Yellow ledbetter
RVM
Not for you
Garden
Release
Oceans
Thumbing my way
You are
Do the evolution
and many many more.
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
This song removes me from the world and takes me to a place where everything is ok. The opening bars/riffs grant an immediate reprieve from pain of any sort. It's quite phenomenal.
Alive
Black
Fatal
Other Side
Sad
Hard to Imagine
Down
Footsteps
Wash
Untitled (Live on 2 Legs)
Untitled (I'm still here)
Parachutes
Come Back
Alone
Education
Bee Girl
Life Wasted
Once
Who you are
Smile
Present Tense
Of he Goes
Low Light
Push me Pull Me
I am Mine
State of Love and Trust
RVM
Sometimes
In my tree
Wishlist
Light Years
and I'm sure there are a lot more... it really depends on the "it"... I just listen to them over, and over, and over again, and sing it outlound and cry (a lot!), and some parts of the lyrics just come to my mind... and finally I am at peace... *sigh* I absolutely ADOREEEE PJ's music... those guys are just amazing! More than words could ever say...
And when everything is just fine in my life, I just listen to Pearl Jam over, over and over again ;P too! eheh
Black
Alive
Release
Indifference
Betterman
Corduroy
Nothingman
Long Road
Nothing as it seems
Come Back
These are just the ones that I can think of off the top of my head.
black
come back
alive
present tense
wishlist
.....
i'll guess ti never stops.....
and always remember ''it's no crime to escape!!!"
Black...it should be at the top of the list.
Mr. Bruno
And this three songs really got me when I needed it. Pearl Jam is not music if you want to scape your problems though... is life soundtrack. If you want or feel like seating at the bottom and dig until the last atom of what is killing you, then go ahead.
What you hear on the radio is normally happy or sad or devastating love songs. I think Pearl Jam is one of very few bands who manage to give music to the thousand other feelings, emotions and experiences we have in life, and that is probablly the reason what I love this band so much.
All of the music of the 90;s was and still is the soundtrack to my life, to my youth.
It was music that was pure and raw.
I was going through it in the 90's and still am. And through it all, Pearl Jam and all the grunge bands have been there for me.
black
thumbing my way
I got shit
I'll Hold The Pain... Release...
Yourself
given to fly
my tree
down
hitchhiker
agreed chloe is a dancer/crown of thorns
nothingman
loveboatcaptain
worldwidesuicide
partingways
where do i stop?
nice thread;)
Dublin 06,Paris 06