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I Like Pilate

Innocent_BystanderInnocent_Bystander Posts: 615
edited November 2008 in The Porch
And I don't have a dog, my names not Pontius, and I don't even like Pearl Jam too much anymore. But I love this song. So why all the hate? I don't get it.
Life reveals what is dealt through seasons
Circle comes around each time
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  • PissBottleManPissBottleMan Posts: 4,154
    The parts make up the sum of the greatest album ever made.

    Some believe, some don't.

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  • not for me?not for me? Posts: 501
    It is a very odd song. :)
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  • PissBottleManPissBottleMan Posts: 4,154
    obeys. listens. kisses. loves

    PBM
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  • LizardLizard Posts: 12,091
    PissBottleMan wrote:
    obeys. listens. kisses. loves

    PBM

    Ahhh.....the best part!!
    So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream
    Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
  • pjamaholicpjamaholic Posts: 1,225
    Innocent_Bystander wrote:
    And I don't have a dog, my names not Pontius, and I don't even like Pearl Jam too much anymore. But I love this song. So why all the hate? I don't get it.

    A shame you dont like PJ anymore, why post on this board if you dont like them? As for the song, I like it, even if it is unusual.
  • No WayNo Way Posts: 39
    I LOVE Pilate !! It's an amazing song, with one of the best bridges in the PJ catalog.
    I just need someone to be there for . . . me
    I just want someone to be there for . . .
  • Innocent_BystanderInnocent_Bystander Posts: 615
    pjamaholic wrote:
    A shame you dont like PJ anymore, why post on this board if you dont like them? As for the song, I like it, even if it is unusual.

    i didn't mean it so brazenly. its all about yield, binaural, and riot act for me. can't listen to much else of theirs right now. and as for why i post here, well, i'm still always interested in what they're gonna do next.

    "talks of circles and punching out, talking out of turn, drawing circles down"
    Life reveals what is dealt through seasons
    Circle comes around each time
  • nfanelnfanel Posts: 2,558
    i hate the chorus part....but the rest is one of my favorite songs. i can listen to this verse on repeat for hours...and think i have. :D

    stunned by my own reflection, it's looking back sees me too clearly and i swore i'd never go there again...not unlike a friend that politely drags you down, you down, you down....
  • GmoneyGmoney Posts: 1,618
    Innocent_Bystander wrote:
    i didn't mean it so brazenly. its all about yield, binaural, and riot act for me. can't listen to much else of theirs right now. and as for why i post here, well, i'm still always interested in what they're gonna do next.

    "talks of circles and punching out, talking out of turn, drawing circles down"
    Yield, Binaural, and Riot Act... what more could you ask for!! That's reason to love the shit out of them right there! Anyways, Pilate does rule...
    Further back and forth a wave will break on me, today...
  • G ForceG Force Posts: 1,393
    Pilate is kinda a poop song. I like the slower parts. But the chorus sounds like when Im having difficulty on the toilet.
  • Lanegan7Lanegan7 Posts: 124
    nfanel wrote:
    stunned by my own reflection, it's looking back sees me too clearly and i swore i'd never go there again...not unlike a friend that politely drags you down, you down, you down....

    that part always gives me chills
  • iamicaiamica Posts: 2,628
    That reminds me, I have to put that song back on my iPod. I took it off a few months ago after getting sick of it, and I want it back.
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  • MFC9289MFC9289 Posts: 144
    Yep...the bridge is awesome...makes the whole song. Wouldn't even come close to being a great song without it.
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  • Back_PedalBack_Pedal Posts: 1,171
    Innocent_Bystander wrote:
    So why all the hate? I don't get it.
    I don't want to hear Eddie sing about Jeff's dog.
    Thanks EPOTTSIII!
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  • Grateful JamGrateful Jam Posts: 81
    it is also made it onto a poster!
  • EisiEisi Posts: 61
    Funny thing is that i was talking to my ex-girlfriend on messenger about a month ago and she has absolutely no interest in music whatsoever and almost only listens to mainstream music like Justin T or Beyonce and whatnot. Any way, she knows that i'm a huge PJ fan and tells me that she heard a PJ song the other day and she just loved it, one of the best song she had ever heard.
    I asked her for the name of the song but she didn't know but said that it was something about Pilate and a dog...... I was quite amazed to be honest.

    I love Pilate, great groove and it's a part of Yield :)
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  • cippociappocippociappo Posts: 692
    Pilate is great!!

    I used to hate it... I was blind but now I see!!
    Makes me ache, makes me shake...
    ...is it so wrong to think that love can keep us safe?
  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    I once thought that I didn't like it but then I was stunned by my own reflection as it looked back, and it saw me too clearly. And I swore I'd never go there again.
  • xavier mcdanielxavier mcdaniel Posts: 9,285
    I don't even like dogs, but I've always liked this song. It just seems to fit as a nice mellow track between the wistful "Wishlist" and guitar-driven, "Do the Evolution"
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  • BALLBOYBALLBOY Posts: 1,030
    I like Pilate so much i named my dog after the song, he is getting better at obeying & listening as for kissing & loving, well that is a given! All i need to do is to get him sing along now. Great song that is obscure, perfect Pearl Jam.
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  • randomhero_204randomhero_204 Posts: 120
    Pilate and No Way in 09!!!!!
    cook'em just to see the look on there face
  • walkunafraidwalkunafraid Posts: 2,569
    Yep, I loved hearing it at Missoula '98 too -- my first PJ show!

    Great, great song. One of the truly underrated songs in the PJ catalogue.

    Brilliant.
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  • pike1510pike1510 Posts: 7
    walkunafraid wrote:
    Yep, I loved hearing it at Missoula '98 too -- my first PJ show!

    Great, great song. One of the truly underrated songs in the PJ catalogue.

    Brilliant.

    My first show, too!! Drove 22 hours each way to see it! Haven't been back to Montana since but dream of doing so all the time.

    Like others said, the bridge on Pilate is great but I could do without the chorus...
  • suns rivalsuns rival Posts: 15,926
    i also hated pilate then until i heard the live version of the song...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww2RJbnrL94&feature=related

    love pilate now.
    scratching my butt...
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  • PJamGrunge10PJamGrunge10 Posts: 596
    I see people post about not liking the chorus but the rest of the song... I think the chorus is the best part!

    It's a cool song.
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  • Sian-of-the-deadSian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    randomhero_204 wrote:
    Pilate and No Way in 09!!!!!

    + 1 :D:D:D
    Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...

    ... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
  • Stephen FlowStephen Flow Posts: 3,327
    The best part of the song is:

    "Stunned by my own reflection,
    It's looking back, sees me too clearly
    And I swore I'd never go there again
    Not unlike a friend that politely drags you down"

    It might be my favorite moment on all of Yield.
  • PissBottleManPissBottleMan Posts: 4,154
    randomhero_204 wrote:
    Pilate and No Way in 09!!!!!

    Try sending postcards.

    :(

    ;)

    PBM
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