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Be Honest.....Evenflow

restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
edited October 2008 in The Porch
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Do you still truly get excited when this song starts or what? Be it, at a show, live or on a bootleg or on a DVD. I don't know what it is about this song, but I STILL get genuinely pumped up by it and love seeing it live. In essence it is why I go to see Pearl Jam. That song just defines them and will never, ever get old. Hearing that riff drop is great after nearly 18 years and how many listens?

Long live the standard Evenflow at shows!




"waaaaaaaaah!"

"Let me introduce you to Michael....."
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  • i like matt.ci like matt.c Posts: 1,122
    Yes I do. No matter how many times I hear it.
  • glorified G is hereglorified G is here Posts: 419
    restlesssoul wrote:
    .......................















    Do you still truly get excited when this song starts or what? Be it, at a show, live or on a bootleg or on a DVD. I don't know what it is about this song, but I STILL get genuinely pumped up by it and love seeing it live. In essence it is why I go to see Pearl Jam. That song just defines them and will never, ever get old. Hearing that riff drop is great after nearly 18 years and how many listens?

    Long live the standard Evenflow at shows!


    waaaaaaaaah!
    The song still rocks, thats for sure. When played live I liked Mikes guitar solo better than Matts drum solo, but I'd sure like to see a tandem solo or "duel" so they both can do it up. Great energy live! Think how the band must feel still getting into after all these years and hundreds of times playing it!
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  • Red_DotRed_Dot Posts: 1,454
    Yeah still love it.
    Although its not first on my list of songs I want to hear them play live, I get excited.
    Every song is exciting to me at a live show.
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  • southerngardensoutherngarden Posts: 461
    something in the way eddie starts with "freeeezing....."

    still gets the chills going...
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  • Left PorchLeft Porch Posts: 846
    I love hearing it live. Listening to a boot or watching a DVD not as much. I'll typically watch it once or twice and then after a few viewings or listens I'll skip over it.
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  • washedinblack91washedinblack91 Posts: 3,078
    i don't care how many times in a row i hear that song. my initial reaction, to be honest, is "even flow again!?" but after a few seconds i'm singing along and rockin out. i really love the part where he goes "whisperin' hands gently lead him away, lead him away, him a-way-ay-ay.. YEAH!"
    that "yeah" is fantastic! gets me pumped every time!
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  • vedderfan10vedderfan10 Posts: 2,497
    Can I say it again?

    If they did a show of nothing but different versions/styles of Even Flow, I would be the happiest person in the world! I can NEVER hear it enough...WAH!!!
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  • BlackCorduroyBlackCorduroy Posts: 1,374
    I know senrock! doesn't care for it much..
    ;)
  • 58823005882300 Posts: 813
    Gets me moving no matter what
  • suns rivalsuns rival Posts: 15,926
    i like the old even flows circa 1992-1995
    scratching my butt...
    kinakamot ang aking puwit...
    me rascando pompis...
    krap mijn reet...
    boku no ketsuoana o kizu...
    bahrosh teezy...
  • 12345AGNST112345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    As much as I "get sick of" this song, I still never get sick of it.
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  • MineAmIMineAmI Posts: 114
    i always skip even flow on the bootlegs. the only pj song i am really sick of (and i used to love it years ago)
    we were but stones....your light made us stars
  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    MineAmI wrote:
    i always skip even flow on the bootlegs. the only pj song i am really sick of (and i used to love it years ago)


    BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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  • NeilJamNeilJam Posts: 1,191
    At one point I was tired of hearing Evenflow live even though it was the song that first turned me on to Pearl Jam back in the day. Now I'm just sick of Better Man.

    Mike's solos are the best part of this song at shows. Drum solos (even Matt's on this song) do nothing for me. Matt's solo at Lolla in 2007 during Evenflow when the song pretty much stopped and had to be restarted was the low point of that performance.
  • BrainofBGABrainofBGA Australia Posts: 4,408
    You bloody betcha! Favourite song ever!
    restlesssoul wrote:
    .......................

















    Do you still truly get excited when this song starts or what? Be it, at a show, live or on a bootleg or on a DVD. I don't know what it is about this song, but I STILL get genuinely pumped up by it and love seeing it live. In essence it is why I go to see Pearl Jam. That song just defines them and will never, ever get old. Hearing that riff drop is great after nearly 18 years and how many listens?

    Long live the standard Evenflow at shows!




    "waaaaaaaaah!"

    "Let me introduce you to Michael....."
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  • SENROCKSENROCK Posts: 10,736
    restlesssoul wrote:
    .......................















    Do you still truly get excited when this song starts or what? Be it, at a show, live or on a bootleg or on a DVD. I don't know what it is about this song, but I STILL get genuinely pumped up by it and love seeing it live. In essence it is why I go to see Pearl Jam. That song just defines them and will never, ever get old. Hearing that riff drop is great after nearly 18 years and how many listens?

    Long live the standard Evenflow at shows!




    "waaaaaaaaah!"

    "Let me introduce you to Michael....."

    hell freakin yes. im all about the FLOW~n~WAHHH!!! check my sig ;)
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  • bertanbertan Posts: 266
    I just listened the athens version back to back 5 or 6 times yesterday, can't get enough of Mr. McCready, and I love how the song builds up again after the drum solo, priceless...
    "hey na na na na hey that's something"

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  • gozzo5058gozzo5058 Posts: 611
    yes!
    s

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  • Dylan StoneDylan Stone Posts: 1,145
    I love it!
  • bernmodibernmodi Posts: 631
    Love to hear it live and it's my favorite PJ video, especially the beginning of it.
  • YoullseeDragonsYoullseeDragons Posts: 2,144
    This song is the BEST!!!
    I think it is great when I have the radio on and you hear Eddie's "HAAAWW" at the start, just sweet!
    And I never go pee at a show during EF!
  • Sian-of-the-deadSian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    I never get sick of Even Flow, whether listening to Ten, boots or seeing it live.

    Nothing's more guaranteed to make me bogle :D










    except Better Man ;)
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    ... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,344
    down with speedy flow. bring back that groove.
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  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    I've thought Even Flow was average ever since I was 11 years old. It's the only track on Ten that I could do without, and God knows why it's become a live staple or why they've put a ten minute drum solo in the middle. It was kinda boring to begin with.
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  • out of my headout of my head Posts: 59
    when it comes on a boot I'm listening to, I usually fast forward to about 2 1/2 minutes in...
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  • MakeMeCry43MakeMeCry43 Posts: 355
    NO way Jose! Lol, I can NEVER get sick of this song, no matter how many verisons of it I listen to, it's just such a strong song and I head bang like crazy once it starts! It really gets you pumped up, I love that feeling....And yeah! I agree with Washedinblack91, The "YEAH" part gets me pumped up too! It's awesome....I also love the begining of the video, "TURN THESE LIGHTS OUT JOSH! THIS IS A FUCKING ROCK CONCERT!!" Now that's just a classic!!
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  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    when that opening riff plays, how can you not get pumped up! love it!
  • JimBerkellJimBerkell Posts: 579
    Live, I love hearing this song... it's probably because of how crazy the audience gets... and you can see the band feeding off of it. On bootleg, unless I'm listening to the whole thing, it's never a track I go back to and pick out to listen to.

    While growing up it was always my favorite PJ song... probably up until some time around Yield.
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  • LizardLizard So Cal Posts: 12,091
    Yes!!!!!!

    It is FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    :D
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    Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
  • rssesqrssesq Fairfield County Posts: 3,299
    Perfect for Ed's smoke break, and my piss break.

    After 50 plus shows, i have a routine. lol
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