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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This is a great thread. It's changed my perspective on some songs.
That's what I love about Pearl Jam and why I've been a fan for so many years. Their music is always changing form and I can find so many ways of relating to them.
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.........
In the moment that you left the room, the album started skipping, goodbye to beauty shared with the ones that you love.........
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."
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...
We really wouldn't know this...but in the beginning Alive, in the middle Corduroy, now...gotta wait for the next album
"If you want a friend, feed any animal." - JA
"Don't let it get you down, you know, still give your love, just give it away...I love singin' that part." - EV
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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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
Believe it or not, it was my friends wedding song (which I found very weird!!)!!!
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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.
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 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.
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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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That's what I love about Pearl Jam and why I've been a fan for so many years. Their music is always changing form and I can find so many ways of relating to them.
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..........
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.........
Rearview Mirror
Nothing Man
Parting Ways
Parachutes (?)
and way more than we know about, which is just fine with me....
Release
Alive
Rearviewmirror
Save You
dreamer in my dream
we got the guns
i love you,but im..............callin out.........callin out
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"Don't let it get you down, you know, still give your love, just give it away...I love singin' that part." - EV
I was thinking about Release too, such a beautiful and powerful song.
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
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
Believe it or not, it was my friends wedding song (which I found very weird!!)!!!
EV Solo Shows: * NJPAC Newark, New Jersey - 08/07/2008 * Tower Theater Upper Darby, Pennsylvania - 06/12/2009 * Lyric Opera House, Baltimore, Maryland - 06/14/2009 * Beacon Theatre, New York, New York - 6/21/2011 * Beacon Theatre, New York, New York - 6/22/2011 * Tower Theater Upper Darby, Pennsylvania - 6/25/2011 *
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“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
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Off He Goes
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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.
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