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  • JensStillHere
    JensStillHere Columbus, Ohio Posts: 107
    Have any of you heard Eddie's spoken word piece, "I'm Still Here?" It's so real and desolate, lonely. I was recently listening to "In Hiding" and made the connection between the two pieces. One belief is that Eddie's life was saved by a call from Pete Townshend who ended with the words, "Be sound." Then Ed's lyrics for "In Hiding" focus on being bogged down by life and he says, "Nothing's sound." I've always felt a connection to "In Hiding" because I've felt that overwhelming unhappiness so it felt like a bit of a lightning bolt to connect the two pieces of music.
  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,491
    Man of the Hour
    Sleight of Hand
    Let Me Sleep
    Footsteps
    Other Side
    Star Lake 00 / Pittsburgh 03 / State College 03 / Bristow 03 / Cleveland 06 / Camden II 06 / DC 08 / Pittsburgh 13 / Baltimore 13 / Charlottesville 13 / Cincinnati 14 / St. Paul 14 / Hampton 16 / Wrigley I 16 / Wrigley II 16 / Baltimore 20 / Camden 22 / Baltimore 24 / Raleigh I 25 / Raleigh II 25 / Pittsburgh I 25
  • Eddieshometown
    Eddieshometown Evanston, IL Posts: 986
    Come Back (especially after Wrigley dedication), Release, and Alive
    6/26/98 & 6/27/98 - Alpine Valley, 10/9/00 - Allstate Arena - Rosemont, IL 6/18/2003 - United Center, 5/16/2006 - United Center,
    5/17/2006 - United Center (7th row center, caught Eddie's pick), 6/29/2006 - Summerfest with Tom Petty,
    8/24/2009 - United Center, 7/19/2013 - Wrigley Field, 10/3/2014 - St Louis, 10/17/2014 - Moline (GA), 10/20/2014 - Milwaukee,
    5/14/2015 - Pete Townshend/EV, 8/20/16 & 8/22/16 Wrigley Field Part 2&3, 8/18/18 & 8/20/18 Wrigley Parts 4 & 5, 9/18/2022 - St Louis
    All Chicago Wrigley and United Center shows (not worth listing out )
  • nicknyr15
    nicknyr15 Posts: 9,205
    Last kiss ( I know it's a cover but cmon)

    Sad
    Comeback
  • pjamfreak
    pjamfreak Posts: 44
    light years
    2000 : Montréal.
    2003 : Toronto & Montréal.
    2005 : Montréal & Québec City.
    2006 : Albany.
    2008 : Hartford, Mansfield I & II.
    2009 : Toronto.
    2011 : Montréal, Toronto I & II, Ottawa.
    2013 : Worcester I.
    2014 : Detroit.
    2016 : Québec City, Ottawa, Toronto I & II, Boston I & II.
    2018 : Boston I & II.
    2022 : Quebec City & Ottawa.

    EV : Montréal I & II in 2008. Hartford in 2011.

    10-04-00, 06-28-03, 06-29-03, 09-15-05, 09-20-05, 05-12-06, 06-27-08, 06-28-08, 06-30-08, 08-09-08 (EV), 08-10-08 (EV), 08-21-09, 06-18-11 (EV), 09-07-11, 09-11-11, 09-12-11, 09-14-11, 10-15-13, 10-16-14, 05-05-16; 05-08-16; 05-10-16; 05-12-16; 08-05-16, 08-07-16, 09-02-18, 09-04-18, 09-01-22 and 09-03-22.
  • Walking the miles
    Walking the miles Toronto Posts: 549
    JensStillHere said:

    Have any of you heard Eddie's spoken word piece, "I'm Still Here?" It's so real and desolate, lonely. I was recently listening to "In Hiding" and made the connection between the two pieces. One belief is that Eddie's life was saved by a call from Pete Townshend who ended with the words, "Be sound." Then Ed's lyrics for "In Hiding" focus on being bogged down by life and he says, "Nothing's sound." I've always felt a connection to "In Hiding" because I've felt that overwhelming unhappiness so it felt like a bit of a lightning bolt to connect the two pieces of music.

    Never heard this song before. Unreal! Thank you Jen. Just when you think you've seen his best, you find more. Does anyone know when this song was recorded? I gotta get a copy. Would love if it was on a vinyl single or something.
    "Feel the path of everyday....which road you taking?"

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    Hamilton, ON '05/'11
    Newark, NJ '10
    London, ON '13
    Buffalo, NY '13
    Detroit, MI '14
    Ottawa, ON '16
  • mschostok
    mschostok Chicago, IL Posts: 858
    Long Road, no doubt
    Milwaukee 2014
    MSG 2016 1&2
    Wrigley 2016 1&2
    Eddie Vedder Obama Farewell Address 2017
    Eddie Vedder Louisville, KY 2017
    London 2018 1
    Wrigley 2018 1&2
    St. Louis 2020
  • maggiemaymaybe
    maggiemaymaybe Toronto, Ontario Posts: 11
    Easy - Come Back. Have somebody you love die and you'll get it. You'll go through all those things he describes. Dreaming about them so vividly, then waking up feeling they're next to you and everything's ok. And then you remember they're gone. Heart wrenching stuff. And not just the lyrics, but the vocals. EV wailing. It's pure, raw emotion.
  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,897
    Speed Of Sound has a pretty depressing melody / awakens some sad feelings too.
    Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1&2 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024 / New Orleans 2025
  • halloweenhead95
    halloweenhead95 Croatia Posts: 255
    Falling Down
    Black
    Nothingman
    Thumbing My Way
    2014: Trieste, Italy 06-22
    2018: Padova, Italy 06-24
    2022: Imola, Italy 06-25
  • RhinoJam
    RhinoJam Raleighwood Posts: 596
    Fatal, I Got Shit, Come Back, Black, Release... there are many more which could be considered "Sad", but to me their music, even their darker music is filled with Angsty Optimism... so even the songs I might consider "Sad", I find uplifting and hopefull...
    Charlotte 10/4/96 Raleigh 8/31/98 Charlotte 8/4/00 Raleigh 4/15/03 Asheville 10/6/04
    Bonnaroo 6/14/08 Spectrum 10/30/09 Spectrum 10/31/09 Atlanta 9/22/12 Wrigley 7/19/13
    Baltimore 10/27/13 Charlottesville 10/29/13 Charlotte 10/30/13 OKC 11/16/13
    St. Louis 10/03/14 Greenville 4/16/16 Hampton 4/18/16
    Columbia 4/21/16 Wrigley 8/18/18
  • Lost In Ohio
    Lost In Ohio Posts: 7,245
    edited December 2015
    Walking the miles said:

    JensStillHere said:

    Have any of you heard Eddie's spoken word piece, "I'm Still Here?" It's so real and desolate, lonely. I was recently listening to "In Hiding" and made the connection between the two pieces. One belief is that Eddie's life was saved by a call from Pete Townshend who ended with the words, "Be sound." Then Ed's lyrics for "In Hiding" focus on being bogged down by life and he says, "Nothing's sound." I've always felt a connection to "In Hiding" because I've felt that overwhelming unhappiness so it felt like a bit of a lightning bolt to connect the two pieces of music.

    Never heard this song before. Unreal! Thank you Jen. Just when you think you've seen his best, you find more. Does anyone know when this song was recorded? I gotta get a copy. Would love if it was on a vinyl single or something.


    Yeah.. I'm Still Here.
    No one knows.
    http://community.pearljam.com/discussion/151679/pj-song-im-still-here

    That one and Strangest Tribe are perfect when the snow is falling.

    It seems to be from around the No Code era. The first time I heard it, I wasn't really listening and I thought it was a demo or a "different word version" of I'm Open.
    Post edited by Lost In Ohio on
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  • FrankY59
    FrankY59 Posts: 1,052
    Theia said:

    The End. I just can't even listen to it. It's just too sad.

    +1
  • SmallestOceans
    SmallestOceans Posts: 13,542
    All or None

    It's a hopeless situation and i'm starting to believe that this... Hopeless situation, is what i'm trying to achieve. And I try to run on
    But it's all or none
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  • electronblue
    electronblue Posts: 3,502
    The End
    Parting Ways
    Man Of The Hour
    ********************************
    "Forgive every being,
    the bad feelings 
    it's just me"


  • DH79273
    DH79273 Posts: 2
    it's tough, the -est. You are all right. I love all those songs. But really if you think about it Betterman should make the list, and definitely Hard to Imagine, but yeah lately Thumbing My Way has been hitting me hard. And Black, wow. When I was young and in college I went through that stage where I was in a band and my single songwriting goal was to write a song that expressed that broken-hearted feeling of being in love with someone who does not love you back better than Black. After 3 years of failure, I knew I needed to hang it up. Tip if you have not done it: on tape or disc, or whatever media you use put Betterman, Nothingman, and Last Exit back to back to back; and think of it as one story.
    Dan
  • Annafalk
    Annafalk Sweden Posts: 4,004
    Not a PJ song but Eddie Vedder song - Broken Heart. This song is so sad.
    Don't mind me just let me be...
  • Faithful101
    Faithful101 Northern Americas Posts: 8
    Do The Evolution....Evenflow....Why Go?
    ....Bugs....Foxymophandlemama....Nothingman....Daughter....Gone....Life Wasted....WorldWide Suicide....Angel....Just A Girl.
  • sophiaeastman
    sophiaeastman Greater Seattle Posts: 9
    mmm guess I'd say nothingman, just breathe, the end, pendulum, and sirens
    if not for love I would be drowning, I've seen it work both ways
  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,897
    sophiaeastman said:

    mmm guess I'd say nothingman, just breathe, the end, pendulum, and sirens

    Welcome Sophia! :smile:
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