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black at benaroya...

catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
edited April 2008 in The Porch
... or at any other time.


i'm listening to this song atm and it is literally breaking me in two. i am not in a good place and nothing i seem to do helps me. i reach out. i cry. i scream for anyone to come help me. but aside from one prson who puts himself out for me noone hears me. i need so much and im getting nothing.
yeah yeah i know what youre thinking. another intense pj fan. and i so dont want to come across as that. but truth be told, i am running out of reasons to stay.
anyhoo though tis not my fave pj song i fully acknowledge black as being pj's best song.
hear my name
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
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  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    i hope you are doing okay.....


    i love when the crowd sings the last part of that version..spine tingling!
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  • swallowedwordsswallowedwords Posts: 1,093
    catefrances wrote:
    ... or at any other time.


    i'm listening to this song atm and it is literally breaking me in two. i am not in a good place and nothing i seem to do helps me. i reach out. i cry. i scream for anyone to come help me. but aside from one prson who puts himself out for me noone hears me. i need so much and im getting nothing.
    yeah yeah i know what youre thinking. another intense pj fan. and i so dont want to come across as that. but truth be told, i am running out of reasons to stay.
    anyhoo though tis not my fave pj song i fully acknowledge black as being pj's best song.

    Hopefully, you can get some happiness out of the upcoming tour. That is, if you're going. If not, I suggest investing a bit of time and money. These shows may be what the doctor ordered.
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  • InThinAirInThinAir Posts: 81
    Running out of reasons to stay is a scary statement to make. If there is anything I can throw your way it is a reminder that everyone goes through tough times and that you've just got to ride it out. Take Eddie for example: put yourself in his place when he wrote Black and when he was singing it early on in their career, he was definitely struggling. Fast forward to him hearing that crowd at Benaroya belt it back at him and how that made him feel all these years later. It's amazing what time can do to perspective if you can just hold on through the hard times. Anyways, I hope you're ok. Just keep listening to PJ, they'll get you through...
    the sun has set, the sun will rise another day....
  • smile05smile05 Posts: 600
    do whatever you need to do to stay afloat

    maybe not for us to decide
    1:Black 2:Corduroy 3:All Those Yesterdays 4:I Got ID 5:Smile

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    Throw down my ace in the hole~~~~~~

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  • urbanhippieurbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    I hope you find what you need cate.


    And yes, one of the best versions of Black I've ever heard.
    A human being that was given to fly.

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    If there was a reason, it was you.

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  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    I hope there's someone in your life that WILL keep you staying.
    I know the feeling, I sometimes want to disappear completely but
    there's three people that means too much to me to leave them.
    one is whom i'm inspired by and the other two are whom i want to inspire.

    best wishes, cate!!
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  • justamjustam Posts: 21,410
    cate, that particular performance is especially good. :)
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  • PGHmattPGHmatt Posts: 40
    I can only say that I've been in your shoes, maybe not the EXACT pair, but I've been there. Some of the suggestions are true, ride it out & think about where Ed was then & where he is at now.

    By the way, Given to Fly saved me, it is now tatooed from my toes to my fingertips, LITERALLY. I tear up almost everytime I hear it cuz if it weren't for that song & that song alone i may not be here now.

    Hang on & be strong....................
  • StoneyChixStoneyChix Posts: 125
    Truly one of the best versions of this song i have EVER Heard..I hope u a re doing okay...This song has helped me in ways that i TOTALLY never imagined..especially when my mum passed away, this song (and a couple of others) really got me through.

    Trust me, you'll be OK...take it day by day and things'll get better...:)
  • pdalowskypdalowsky Doncaster,UK Posts: 15,078
    I recall first hearing black on benaroya and my sone tingling right the way up.....mesmorizing.....and thanks to Dirty stuart on here I watched it for the first time on saturday night, awesome.

    To the orginal poster, keep going my friend, and never give up, you never know whats round the corner....Life certainly has its peaks and troughs, and for every trough there is usualyl a peak....get through this and you'll come out the other side.....Pearl Jam is just the tonic....
  • EP1973EP1973 Posts: 112
    IMO, the best version of Black ever is the one from 2006-09-09 Marseille France. The ending essentially changes the entire meaning and inflection of the song....in a good way.
  • InHiding19InHiding19 Posts: 2,385
    feel better it gets better
    Out of the Blue and Into the Black................Uncle Neil Philly 08 here I come!!!!
  • Bangers_n_mashBangers_n_mash Posts: 1,241
    Festimad 2007 ftw!
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  • Gremmie95Gremmie95 Posts: 749
    "Be sound"---E.V.
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