How badass is I GOT ID!!!!!!!!!!

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  • NewJPage
    NewJPage Posts: 3,319
    red mos wrote:
    I adore this song, maybe because I feel like am connected with it's message, which I guess I am. "Black" is another favorite of mine, but again the message has been so realistic in my life. Actually I think we have all felt the emotions of both of these songs, such heartbreaking emotion, but I still love these songs.

    Ed said one of the funniest intros when he played "I got shit" in Dallas the last time they were here. The band decided to play a joke on the crowd and had a folder that said "WMD" on it. Ed said there was a matching folder underneath one of the seats, sent people scrambling like crazy. He then said the people that find it, there are backstage passes in there and to come hang out with the band at Encore. Ed then said, For those of you who don't have the folder of passes, well that means "You've got shit" and you can relate to this song." There really were no backstage passes, just a joke amongst the band, but the whole concept was pretty funny. Later he said "so nobody has found the WMD?"

    not as much a joke as a statement on the lack of WMDs being found in iraq.

    as for the topic, i got shit is a fucking amazing song. top 10 for me.
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  • on2legs
    on2legs Posts: 15,948
    Stephen Flow wrote:
    Also, I prefer calling it "I got shit" but when people call it by it's other name "I got Id" they usually say I got I.D. but it's actually Id, pronounced as if you were taking the word "skid" and leaving off the "sk" sound (lol I Got Skids).... The word comes from the Id, ego and super-ego if you're familiar with Freud. In short the Id is part of the unconscious that comprises the unorganised part of the personality structure that contains the basic drives. Go go psychology!

    Really?

    Thanks.

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  • 395486pj10
    395486pj10 Posts: 95
    There is something about this song that, for me, is so incredibly powerful. I really can't articulate what it is. It just moves me. I feel like I'm somehow a part of it.
  • release30
    release30 Posts: 2,051
    395486pj10 wrote:
    There is something about this song that, for me, is so incredibly powerful. I really can't articulate what it is. It just moves me. I feel like I'm somehow a part of it.



    I have that same feeling...
    Conversations getting dull
    There's a constant ringing in my ears
    Sense of humor's void and numb
    And I'm bored to tears.......
  • hrd2imgn
    hrd2imgn Southwest Burbs of Chicago Posts: 4,924
    I remember listening to this song over and over trying to figure out what the fuck he was saying! Still to this day can't understand all his mumbles...but it is an amazing song. I wish they did more song sessions with Neil.
  • bovy_j
    bovy_j Posts: 1,008
    Stephen Flow wrote:
    Also, I prefer calling it "I got shit" but when people call it by it's other name "I got Id" they usually say I got I.D. but it's actually Id, pronounced as if you were taking the word "skid" and leaving off the "sk" sound (lol I Got Skids).... The word comes from the Id, ego and super-ego if you're familiar with Freud. In short the Id is part of the unconscious that comprises the unorganised part of the personality structure that contains the basic drives. Go go psychology!

    Cheers to whatever the fuck you just said buddy! That was amazing! :D
    I seriously did not know that. It's a top song of mine, and I always just thought it was pronounced like I.D.
    thank you! :D
  • red mos
    red mos Posts: 4,953
    I know the song is called "I got shit" but I always figured that they Used "I got ID" due censorship via radio policy? The song was the single of Merkinball so I just always figured that is why they called it that so they could announce it on the radio.
    I'm not disputing Stehenflow's theory, (Very interesting in fact). I also found the 6 psychology courses I took in college rather amazing, I just figured the song title was altered due to censorship. I figured the record company would figure calling it "I got ID on the cover of the album looks better then "I got Sh**. "
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  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,334
    One of their best!!!!!



    Love that song!!!! It's up there with Given to Fly IMO.
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,251
    swallowedwords wrote:
    Merkin Ball, but it's best live

    I Got Id is my favorite Pearl Jam. Actually a very easy decision. The song is that great. I prefer the studio version though. Don't care nearly as much about the live version at all. The studio is just all around perfect.
  • 1STmammal2wearPants
    1STmammal2wearPants Worcester, MA Posts: 2,983
    swallowedwords wrote:
    Merkin Ball, but it's best live

    I disagree........the album version with Neil Young is sublime.
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  • corduroid
    corduroid Posts: 293
    a perfect song
  • picture_a_cup
    picture_a_cup Posts: 17
    For me it's the liine "all the advantage this life's got on me, picture a cup in the middle of the sea." (As you might have guessed).

    I am ushered back to my childhood when things felt pretty bleak and overwhelming. One of my recurrent nightmares as a child was literally of being lost at sea (probably explained by a near drowning experience when I was 4).

    The ocean is vast. We are small and fragile. Life can be overwhelming for the powerless.

    Ed gets it just right in this song. He's gone to the ocean metaphor maybe one too many times with his lyrics but this one hits me just right .
    release30 wrote:
    I have that same feeling...
  • dreamweaver
    dreamweaver New York Posts: 735
    whats most precious is Neil Youngs Mirror Ball from which the Merkin Ball Single came about
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  • lastexit78
    lastexit78 Posts: 618
    Just saw Neil live last night in Reno. Amazing show! It got me thinking about this song and how great Neil hits the solo. This is one of the rare PJ songs that doesn't sound better live. The studio version is miles ahead of the live one. I'd love to hear them play it live with Neil someday. I remember reading that Mike didn't like playing it because he could never hit the solo like Neil. For someone like Mike to admit he can't pull it off tells you just how great Neil is.
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  • drummerboy_73
    drummerboy_73 Las Vegas, NV Posts: 2,011
    lastexit78 wrote:
    Just saw Neil live last night in Reno. Amazing show! It got me thinking about this song and how great Neil hits the solo. This is one of the rare PJ songs that doesn't sound better live. The studio version is miles ahead of the live one. I'd love to hear them play it live with Neil someday. I remember reading that Mike didn't like playing it because he could never hit the solo like Neil. For someone like Mike to admit he can't pull it off tells you just how great Neil is.

    Agree 100%. The studio version is in my top 10 PJ recordings ever.
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  • JP2026766
    JP2026766 Posts: 1,125
    drummerboy_73 wrote:
    Agree 100%. The studio version is in my top 10 PJ recordings ever.

    I'm with you too. I'd love to hear it live, but I just don't think they can capture this song's power like they did in the studio.

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  • SENROCK
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    release30 wrote:
    Just freakin' love this song.............

    its definitely BADDA$$. Which do u like better? Studio? or LIVE!
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  • GivenToJam88
    GivenToJam88 NJ Posts: 1,187
    this song so awesome - definitely one of my favs
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  • Gonzo1977
    Gonzo1977 Posts: 1,696
    Great song.
    Never get sick of hearing this

    I actually heard it on the radio the other day; which really shocked me.

    It sounded great.

    Neil's solo is near perfection; one of my absolute favorites.

    Neil and Pearl Jam should record another album.
  • Ok
    Ok Posts: 2,146
    Stephen Flow wrote:
    Also, I prefer calling it "I got shit" but when people call it by it's other name "I got Id" they usually say I got I.D. but it's actually Id, pronounced as if you were taking the word "skid" and leaving off the "sk" sound (lol I Got Skids).... The word comes from the Id, ego and super-ego if you're familiar with Freud. In short the Id is part of the unconscious that comprises the unorganised part of the personality structure that contains the basic drives. Go go psychology!

    I couldn't agree more. I hear I.D. all the time...dumbasses

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