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eddie songs that best describe eddie

yellowbirdyellowbird Posts: 184
edited December 2010 in Words and Music...Communication
i think
"sometimes"
and
"no ceiling"
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  • lukinvedderlukinvedder Posts: 203
    blood and in hiding= his need for privacy.
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  • justamjustam Posts: 21,410
    Only he and his family know. The rest of us are only guessing I'd say. :p
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  • PiCTuReKePTPiCTuReKePT Posts: 311
    in my tree includes clues about that point,i guess.
  • mostdefiledmostdefiled Posts: 158
    "wishlist" comes to mind, because there's a lot of insights in it about not just things he wants from life, but how he sees it.
    she holds the hand that holds her down, she will rise above!
  • gozzo5058gozzo5058 Posts: 611
    imo:

    thumbing my way
    the long road
    and sometimes.

    i think these give us a glimpse of what's inside the real ed and helps the connection between ed and the every day fan.
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  • cwcooper66cwcooper66 Posts: 6
    but, In My Tree always struck me as somewhat autobiographical.
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    Lukin cuz the shit happened
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  • DrHeidi41DrHeidi41 Posts: 106
    Release seems so autobiographical and cathartic, especially given what we know about Ed and his family relationships.
  • PiCTuReKePTPiCTuReKePT Posts: 311
    up here in my tree..all the message is hidden in the song.
  • giventofly0812giventofly0812 Posts: 218
    off he goes, its about him being a shitty friend
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  • PJ212PJ212 Posts: 822
    This is a great thread. It's changed my perspective on some songs.
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  • writersuwritersu Posts: 1,867
    I like to think that "Porch", because it was in the beginning of Pearl Jam.....

    and then "Not For You" because it spoke of the craziness regarding being popular and famous..........

    also, I think (oh sorry, shoot can;t think of it's title.....) but the one about "hit me " oh is it "Save Yourself"? because well you know, talks about his life at the time it seems (just from looking outside in ;not knowing really).

    and also "Life Wasted" because it looks a lot like some hard thinking he had done at that time....

    but gosh a lot of the songs are so Eddie to me..........

    he is an awesome writer..........
    Baby, You Wouldn't Last a Minute on The Creek......


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

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  • pearljamgirl07pearljamgirl07 Posts: 792
    big wave.....
    "You're the eve of my destruction in the garden of fears"
  • UsmanIUsmanI Posts: 72
    I would say Off He Goes could def be about him. I think the person he describes in the song sounds a lot like him. "Know one man, his face seems pulled and tense, like he's riding on a motorbike in the strongest winds."
  • vedderfan10vedderfan10 Posts: 2,497
    Given to Fly
    Rearview Mirror
    Nothing Man
    Parting Ways
    Parachutes (?)

    and way more than we know about, which is just fine with me....
    be philanthropic
  • Vedder_Girl77Vedder_Girl77 Posts: 4,335
    Lukin
    Release
    Alive
    Rearviewmirror
    Save You
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  • deadnotedeadnote Posts: 1,678
    black , parachutes,marker in the sand
    set your laughter free

    dreamer in my dream

    we got the guns

    i love you,but im..............callin out.........callin out
  • einatshauleinatshaul Posts: 2,219
    I think Eddie would say that "Satan's Bed" best describes him. It's the kind of temptation that just follows him throughout his life and he battels with it continuesly. Torture.. Follows reward.. Follows torture...
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  • jenmariejenmarie Posts: 95
    how would we know?

    some of you have a really unhealthy obsession with the guy-
  • yellowbirdyellowbird Posts: 184
    jenmarie wrote:
    how would we know?

    some of you have a really unhealthy obsession with the guy-

    you're so cool
  • PJRock75PJRock75 Posts: 869
    We really wouldn't know this...but in the beginning Alive, in the middle Corduroy, now...gotta wait for the next album ;)
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  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    DrHeidi41 wrote:
    Release seems so autobiographical and cathartic, especially given what we know about Ed and his family relationships.

    I was thinking about Release too, such a beautiful and powerful song.
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  • elle74elle74 Posts: 58
    I would definitely say Off He Goes

    Know a man
    His face seemed pulled and tense
    Like he's ridin' on a motorbike
    In the strongest winds
    So I approach with tact
    Suggest that he should relax
    But he's always movin' much too fast

    Said he'll see me on the flip side
    On this trip he's taken for a ride
    He's been takin' too much on
    There he goes with his perfectly unkept clothes
    There he goes

    He's yet to come back
    But I've seen his picture
    It doesn't look the same up on the rack
    We go way back
    I wonder 'bout his insides
    It's like his thoughts are too big for his size

    He's been taken...where, I don't know
    Off he goes with his perfectly unkept clothes
    There he goes

    And now I rub my eyes, for he has returned
    It seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned
    For he still smiles... And he's still strong
    Nothing's changed but the surroundin' bullshit
    That has grown

    And now he's home and we're laughin'
    Like we always did, my same old, same old friend
    Until a quarter to ten
    I saw the strain creep in
    He seems distracted and I know just what is going to happen next

    Before his first step, he's off again



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    save you
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  • redeyeredeye Posts: 620
    justam wrote:
    Only he and his family know. The rest of us are only guessing I'd say. :p
    yep id go with that
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  • verbtotrust4130verbtotrust4130 Posts: 52
    UsmanI wrote:
    I would say Off He Goes could def be about him. I think the person he describes in the song sounds a lot like him. "Know one man, his face seems pulled and tense, like he's riding on a motorbike in the strongest winds."

    Yah, I saw a version of Off He Goes on you tube or something and he said, "Here is a song about being friends with an asshole." Then he waited a few seconds and said, "me." It went something like that.
  • panjok2panjok2 Posts: 4
    verbtotrust4130 wrote:
    UsmanI wrote:
    I would say Off He Goes could def be about him. I think the person he describes in the song sounds a lot like him. "Know one man, his face seems pulled and tense, like he's riding on a motorbike in the strongest winds."

    Yah, I saw a version of Off He Goes on you tube or something and he said, "Here is a song about being friends with an asshole." Then he waited a few seconds and said, "me." It went something like that.


    Now I have heard a few different things about who eddie is talking about in 'off he goes' but would love to know the truth! Dont give me a hard time about this but I read a comment on youtube and the guy said the song was about Kurt Cobain and that Eddie wrote it a week after kurt died! I guess i can see how he had perfect unkept clothes and he always had a strain on his face but last i remember they didnt like eachother so what do you think?
  • fortyshadesfortyshades Posts: 1,834
    panjok2 wrote:
    verbtotrust4130 wrote:
    UsmanI wrote:
    I would say Off He Goes could def be about him. I think the person he describes in the song sounds a lot like him. "Know one man, his face seems pulled and tense, like he's riding on a motorbike in the strongest winds."

    Yah, I saw a version of Off He Goes on you tube or something and he said, "Here is a song about being friends with an asshole." Then he waited a few seconds and said, "me." It went something like that.


    Now I have heard a few different things about who eddie is talking about in 'off he goes' but would love to know the truth! Dont give me a hard time about this but I read a comment on youtube and the guy said the song was about Kurt Cobain and that Eddie wrote it a week after kurt died! I guess i can see how he had perfect unkept clothes and he always had a strain on his face but last i remember they didnt like eachother so what do you think?

    I always thought that this song was about Jack Irons, struggling with his bipolar disorder, but what do I know...

    And the song(s) that best describe Eddie? I would say the whole catalogue. (The songs he penned.) He wrote the damn things. There should be something autobiographical in there, even unintended.
  • avlysavlys Posts: 91
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h35Qq5Ybpo0 here's the video (Off he goes)
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