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favorite lyrical pj album

Stu42Stu42 Posts: 178
edited August 2009 in Words and Music...Communication
Alright, so what would everyone say is their favorite pearl jam album based solely on the lyrics?

Mine has got to be avocado. I think its one of the few examples of a political album that not only engages the mind, but makes you think about the emotional impact of it all as well.

Whats everyone else think?
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    yield

    maybe riot act as well
  • oldermanolderman Posts: 1,765
    My heart belongs to VS

    "gotta gun,
    fact i got two,
    that's ok man
    cuz i love god.."

    "she had to turn around.." (simple? you bet.. and truth)

    "lifetimes are catching up with me"

    "I swear I never took it for granted,
    just thought of it now
    Suppose I abused you, just passing it on.."

    "he won the lottery..."

    "said one, two, three, four, five against one..
    five, five, five against one.. said.."

    "bare their gums when they moan and squeak"

    "young girl, violins,
    center of her own attention.."

    "get outta my fuckin' face"

    "stab it down, one way needle, pulled so slowly..."

    "i will light the match this morning,
    so i won't be alone..."

    "I took a drive today
    Time to emancipate
    I guess it was the beatings... made me wise
    But I'm not about to give thanks, or apologize

    I couldn't breathe, holdin' me down
    Hand on my face, pushed to the ground
    Enmity gauged, united by fear
    Forced to endure what I could not forgive.....

    My favorite album happens to be VS by Pearl Jam :) ( D'OH!! )
    Down the street you can hear her scream youre a disgrace
    As she slams the door in his drunken face
    And now he stands outside
    And all the neighbours start to gossip and drool
    He cries oh, girl you must be mad,
    What happened to the sweet love you and me had?
    Against the door he leans and starts a scene,
    And his tears fall and burn the garden green
  • GivenToJam88GivenToJam88 Posts: 1,187
    tie between yield and no code
    2006: 5/28
    2008: 6/19, 6/24, 6/25
    2009: 6/14 (EV), 10/27, 10/28
    2010: 5/17
    2011: 6/21 (EV), 6/22 (EV), 9/11, 9/12
    2012: 9/2
    2013: 10/15, 10/16, 10/19, 10/21, 10/22, 10/27, 11/23, 11/24
    2014: 10/19
    2016: 5/1, 5/2, 5/8
    2018: 8/20, 9/2, 9/4
  • pearljam7pearljam7 Posts: 447
    yield and no code are definitely up there with the best, but i think avocado has some of the best lyrics to date, along with into the wild.
    5/4/2006, 5/12/2006, 5/13/2006, 6/1/2006, 6/3/2006, 6/24/2008, 6/25/2008, 6/27/2008, 6/30/2008, 8/4/08, 8/5/08, 8/7/08
  • TDMize15TDMize15 Posts: 166
    Riot Act

    Any album with "I Am Mine" and "Thumbing My Way" has to take it... in my opinion Eddie's two best lyrical songs.
    All the rusted signs, we ignore throughout our lives, choosing the shiny ones instead...

    And he who forgets, will be destined to remember...
  • bucket1988bucket1988 Posts: 212
    I'm gonna go with Vitalogy. Satan's Bed, Nothingman (even though it's Ament), Immortality, Tremor Christ, Corduroy, all amazing. And I'm willing to ignore Bugs. Riot Act and Vs. are in a tie for 2nd, I think. And maybe Avocado. Shit, they're all good...
    The words you say never seem to live up to the ones inside your head...
  • JordyWordyJordyWordy Posts: 2,261
    bucket1988 wrote:
    I'm gonna go with Vitalogy. Satan's Bed, Nothingman (even though it's Ament), Immortality, Tremor Christ, Corduroy, all amazing. And I'm willing to ignore Bugs. Riot Act and Vs. are in a tie for 2nd, I think. And maybe Avocado. Shit, they're all good...

    i really like the lyrics to Bugs :) its really creepy & uncomfortable.

    Vitalogy, No Code & Binaural. all tied
  • armsraisedinaveearmsraisedinavee Posts: 133
    for me it is without a doubt Yield, with the highlight for me being low light
    9/1/2000 - E-Centre, Camden, 'Sometimes' started and I was hooked...
  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    Tie between Yield and Vitalogy...

    Nothingman and Low Light are both my personal staples. Thanks a million Jeff!!!
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    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
  • Bushleaguer28Bushleaguer28 Posts: 776
    As far as lyrics go I personally think No Code is far superior to any other the band has made. Present Tense, Off he Goes, Who You Are . . . the list goes on and on. Number two Id say is a tie between Vitalogy and Yield but IMO nothing touches No Code
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  • GmoneyGmoney Posts: 1,618
    I want to breathe
    Follow the scene
    I want to taste
    Everyone I see
    I want to run when I'm up high
    I want to run into the sea
    I only want life.... to be...
    I just want to be...
    I will feel alive... as long as I am free...
    Further back and forth a wave will break on me, today...
  • youngsteryoungster Posts: 6,576
    Vitalogy
    He who forgets will be destined to remember.

    9/29/04 Boston, 6/28/08 Mansfield, 8/23/09 Chicago, 5/15/10 Hartford
    5/17/10 Boston, 10/15/13 Worcester, 10/16/13 Worcester, 10/25/13 Hartford
    8/5/16 Fenway, 8/7/16 Fenway
    EV Solo: 6/16/11 Boston, 6/18/11 Hartford,
  • mavimavi Posts: 941
    Thumbing my way still knocks my socks off.
    Makes me wanna cry every time so long as I don't burn it.
    I don't think they'll (he'll) top that one off lyrically any time soon.
    So there you go Riot Act!
    "He who hears music, feels his solitude peopled at once" R. Browning
  • TDMize15TDMize15 Posts: 166
    bucket1988 wrote:
    I'm gonna go with Vitalogy. Satan's Bed, Nothingman (even though it's Ament), Immortality, Tremor Christ, Corduroy, all amazing. And I'm willing to ignore Bugs. Riot Act and Vs. are in a tie for 2nd, I think. And maybe Avocado. Shit, they're all good...

    Eddie wrote the lyrics to "Nothingman" though... One of my favorite songs
    All the rusted signs, we ignore throughout our lives, choosing the shiny ones instead...

    And he who forgets, will be destined to remember...
  • PJSEMPREPJSEMPRE Posts: 687
    Vitalogy & No Code
    Let's say knowledge is a tree, yeah.
    It's growing up just like me.
  • lukinvedderlukinvedder Posts: 203
    definitely yield and vitalogy-cant choose between the two
    Christchurch, New Zealand 2009

  • Tree DwellerTree Dweller Posts: 2
    Gotta go with Vitalogy. Immortality and Tremor Christ have some of the best imagery in any song I've ever heard. Plus Satan's Bed is hilarious, Betterman is just touching and Spin the Black Circle is the best song ever written about vinyl.
  • ccRyderzzccRyderzz Posts: 163
    Tree Dweller wrote:
    Gotta go with Vitalogy. Immortality and Tremor Christ have some of the best imagery in any song I've ever heard. Plus Satan's Bed is hilarious, Betterman is just touching and Spin the Black Circle is the best song ever written about vinyl.
    The front page of the July 10 edition of the "Talkeetna Times" reflected
    the town's busy summertime flavor.
    A sizeable crowd was expected at the Moose Dropping Festival, where
    thousands watch preserved poop dropped on a bull's-eye. Two climbers died on
    Mount McKinley, sad news for this, the last civilized stopover before base
    camp.

    But it was a two-page advertisement from an out-of-state religious group
    at the newspaper's center that's still got the town talking.
    "LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE THREATENED," blares a headline above a photograph
    of President Bush bowing as he clasps the hand of Pope Benedict XVI. "SUNDAY
    WILL BE ENFORCED AS THE MARK OF THE BEAST."

    Another photo shows a billboard bearing the words, "Saturday the TRUE
    Lord's Day. Changed by Antichrist."

    The Florida-based Eternal Gospel Church, a splinter group of the Seventh
    Day Adventist Church with a reputation for controversy, bought the ad. It
    accuses the Catholic Church of pressing for enforcement of Sunday "blue"
    laws regulating moral activities. Seventh Day Adventists believe Saturday is
    the Sabbath.

    Huh?
  • tremor leotremor leo Posts: 12
    I want to breathe
    Follow the scene
    I want to taste
    Everyone I see
    I want to run when I'm up high
    I want to run into the sea
    I only want life.... to be...
    I just want to be...
    I will feel alive... as long as I am free...

    Monkey driven, call this living, hahaha
    Ah too much thought, it's overwrought, a hole
    Minding yours, what's mine not yours
    Will finish us off

    gonna go with Binaural on this one, what an album.
  • yellowbirdyellowbird Posts: 184
    yield
  • NovawindNovawind Posts: 836
    Going with Yield on this one.
    If idle hands are the devil's workshop, he must not be very productive.

    7/9/06 LA 1
    7/10/06 LA 2
    10/21/06 Bridge 1
  • Left PorchLeft Porch Posts: 846
    Hands down Yield. The power behind the lyrics of songs like Given To Fly and the the simplicity of Wishlist, Faithful, and All Those Yesterdays. It's an uplifting album without being cheesey or over the top, something I think very few bands can achieve.
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    MSG 1+2. 2010
    Wrigley. Brooklyn 2. Hartford. 2013
    St. Louis. Denver. 2014
    Global Citizens Festival. 2015
    MSG 2. Fenway 2. Wrigley 1. 2016
    Safeco 2. Missoula. 2018
  • UpSideDownUpSideDown Posts: 1,966
    gotta go with yield on this one
  • LoveBoatAdmiralLoveBoatAdmiral Posts: 1,191
    No Code, hands down

    "Trading magic for fact, no trade backs....If he only knew now what he knew then"
    2006- Boston I
    2008- Boston I+II
    2009- Toronto, Philly III+IV
    2010- Bristow, Hartford, Boston, Newark
  • bleach1989bleach1989 Posts: 6
    Definitely a tie between No Code and Binaural
  • PyrophosphatePyrophosphate Posts: 1
    I'm gonna say Binaural, with Yield in a very close 2nd.
  • slightlystonedslightlystoned Posts: 228
    Gotta go with Binaural
  • otterotter Posts: 760
    for me it's Riot Act, no question.

    Save You could have been written by me about my Dad.

    Can't Keep is the most powerful song I've ever heard.
    I wanna race With the sundown I want a last breath I don't let out
    &
    I wanna rise And say goodnight Wanna take A look on the other side

    Love Boat Captain
    Constant recoil... Sometimes life Don't leave you alone.

    Ghost
    Bring it on cause I'm no victim

    I mean I feel ever song. I could list all the songs but you know.
    I found my place......and it's alright
  • slightlystonedslightlystoned Posts: 228
    I really Love No Code. It just flows so well together.
    Vitalogy is second for sure.
  • deadnotedeadnote Posts: 1,678
    i would say yield
    set your laughter free

    dreamer in my dream

    we got the guns

    i love you,but im..............callin out.........callin out
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