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Hard to Imagine Appreciation Thread

circles downcircles down Posts: 182
edited January 2008 in The Porch
I just wanted to stop down and show some appreciation for what I might have to say is my all time favorite Pearl Jam song. When I was in high school and I discovered this track (got it in the Hallucinogenic Recipe box set) I could not get enough of it. It's simplicity split into two different parts. Those lyrics are just brilliant, classic Ed. It's absence from any of the studio albums is just another testimony to the prolific power of this band.

Things were different then, all was different then.
I tried to explain, somehow.

My notebook for my nutrition class in college had this line scrawled across it in the smallest letters I could print oever and over covering the front and back. I know the official lyrics show "all is different now", but this is the way I've always known it and still hear it. I've probably mentioned this a dozen times on this board, but my all time #1 music moment, and top 5 life moment was this song at the Gorge 05. Goosebumps galore. And today I am am sitting in a pretty important business meeting at work and instead of focusing on the milestone and possibly career path altering events that are going on today within my company and my department, I am thinking about this song and replaying it on my head. I think I just realized that I will never grow up, this song is more special to me than any friend or asset I've ever had.
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  • NC_IrieNC_Irie Posts: 270
    Actually, its

    "Things were different then. All is different NOW.
    I tried to explain. Somehow."

    I share the same passion for this song as well as my disinterest in the focus of my business meetings here at work. Oh yeah, and the words about never growing up!

    Truly great song.

    cheers!
    Empty pockets will allow a greater sense of wealth.
    Why contain yourself like any other book on the shelf?

    Subtle voices in the wind hear the truth they're telling.
    A world begins where the road ends.
    Watch me leave it all behind.
  • gleemonexgleemonex Posts: 848
    One of the finest songs they have written and I hope to see it live one day.
    “Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies — ‘God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.’” - Kurt Vonnegut
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,948
    man i love this song it might be my fav pj tune ,i was fortunate enough to see them play it live at rutherfordII ....
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    gleemonex wrote:
    One of the finest songs they have written and I hope to see it live one day.


    me two, except i got it at gorge and calgary i think,,,,what a song.
    Van '98, Sea I+II '00, Sea '01, Sea II '02, Van '03, Gorge, Van, Cal, Edm '05, Bos I+II, Phi I+II, DC, SF II+III, Port, Gorge I+II '06, DC, NY I+II '08, Sea I+II, Van, Ridge , LA III+IV' 09, Indy '10, Cal, Van '11, Lond, Van, Sea '13, Memphis '14, RRHOF '17, Sea I+II '18, Van I+II, Vegas I+II '24
  • Ron BurgundyRon Burgundy Posts: 499
    I remember in Montreal 1998, someone was holding a sign with "Hard to Imagine" on it. Ed took the special request....it was AWESOME!
  • gleemonexgleemonex Posts: 848
    Damn all of you people who have already seen it.
    “Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies — ‘God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.’” - Kurt Vonnegut
  • circles downcircles down Posts: 182
    NC_Irie wrote:
    Actually, its

    "Things were different then. All is different NOW.


    If you read my post you will see that I know this.
  • mindimindi Posts: 1,862
    I think this is my second all time favorite. I can listen to it over and over, much to the dislike from my husband.
    To 10c; "Your PJ tshirt should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to show you're a lady." - bionicamy
  • gregkitefangregkitefan Posts: 1,116
    My favorite song.
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  • SpunkieSpunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 6,723
    "Light your pillow, lay back, watch the flames."
  • circles downcircles down Posts: 182
    tish wrote:
    "Light your pillow, lay back, watch the flames."

    who comes up with this stuff?
  • geniegenie Posts: 2,222
    circles down wrote:
    Things were different then, all was different then.
    I tried to explain, somehow.

    My notebook for my nutrition class in college had this line scrawled across it in the smallest letters I could print oever and over covering the front and back. I know the official lyrics show "all is different now", but this is the way I've always known it and still hear it. I've probably mentioned this a dozen times on this board, but my all time #1 music moment, and top 5 life moment was this song at the Gorge 05. Goosebumps galore. And today I am am sitting in a pretty important business meeting at work and instead of focusing on the milestone and possibly career path altering events that are going on today within my company and my department, I am thinking about this song and replaying it on my head. I think I just realized that I will never grow up, this song is more special to me than any friend or asset I've ever had.

    Nice post :) Circles down it looks like music is you number 1 drug :) i thought your thread needed this link added ;)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czpKKlXWE7Q&feature=related

    actually you've kind of read my mind because today i don't know for whatever reason but i was hearing this song in my mind
  • SpunkieSpunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 6,723
    circles down wrote:
    who comes up with this stuff?

    People who can't light a campfire, then torch their bedding.
  • zenithzenith Posts: 3,191
    yea, i do love this song -

    unfortunetly it puts me in a very 'how did my life turn out like this' mood - not that it is that bad mind you..

    quoting another great band - powderfinger -

    This life, well it's slipping right through my hands
    These days turned out nothing like i had planned
    impatience is a gift ........
  • pjfan31pjfan31 Posts: 7,335
    I am also a fan of this song. I hope i see it live one day.
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  • imspinninimspinnin Posts: 933
    "things were different then, all is different now..."

    *chills man...f*ckin' chills*
    If I could be anything in the world I would be your teardrop...I would be born in your eyes, live on your cheeks, and die on your lips.
  • hrd2imgnhrd2imgn Southwest Burbs of Chicago Posts: 4,899
    the Vic gave me a H2I boner for a good 10 minutes
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