Pearl Jam is the best because...

Yellow Ledbelly

I said so. That's it

kh65

PJ is "the shit". I don't know what else to say. They are the music of Their (my) generation!

NY PJ1

why? cause they are!!

blondieblue227

..........because i do believe ed is the only guy that can be sexy playing a ukulele.

lol!

Anon

At the age of 12, I was told, at the same time, that my stepfather was not my real father, and that my real dad had just died in a car wreck. I was told this by my mother and step father while in the parking lot of a Mcdonalds, eating an ice cream cone; very matter-of-factly, very cold, an awful lot like, "Sorry you didn't see him, but I'm glad we talked". I was abused VERY badly by my stepfather from the age of 4 until the age of 16. He used to hold my face into the mattress of my bed until I would almost pass out;

"I couldn't breathe/ Holding me down/ Hand on my face/ Pushed to the ground"

This is in addition to the daily beatings and frequent hospital visits where it was always the same sorry, "I fell down the steps again". I'm sure the docs thought I was the most accident proned kid in the world, but they probably knew better;

"I guess it was the beatings made me wise"

After my real father died, I used to try to talk to him at night time. I had never even seen a picture of him, but I used to imagine an older version of myself. At a later age (Probably 16 or so) I saw a picture of my father taken not long before his death. The resemblance is eerie. I am also told, even at the age of 31 now, how much I remind the family of him.

"I am myself/ Like you somehow"

I not only love the music for its sound, I FEEL every lyric, every guitar note, every bass nuance, every cymbal crash. The music has spoken to me on such a deep level for so many years, I feel the only way I could ever repay the guys for the years of musical therapy is to support them by attending every concert I can, buying every album, single, and DVD, and trying to bring friends into the jamily. I am not the kind of fan the stands out to watch the buses pull into a venue trying to catch a glimpse of these "Rock Gods", but if they ever do read these posts or if the moderators keep them abreast of the goings on here, please give them a simple "Thanks" from a guy who may have headed down a different path without their music to keep him company.

stillalivejlp

They make me feel like I'm part of something bigger.

They've been with me since I was 19, through all the crappy times and through all the really good times. I'm 35 now and their music continues to speak to me.

I can throw Ten on and still rock out like I'm in college.

The fan club extras.

Ed is a beautiful man, inside and out. (those eyes, sigh...)

I guess it all comes down to the music, though. The way that Eddie's lyrics and voice so completely mesh with the rest of the guys' instruments - it really makes them the best.

halszka123

they are humans.
i can feel their music soooo close...

LeilaMoonTurtle

can't defend a fucked up man

kcherub

The Columbia show brought me out of my "cancer" funk.

However, the Columbia show also made me obsessed with going to the Beacon show. Breathe in, breathe out.

Take care,

1wrdistillbelieve

LeilaMoonTurtle wrote:

of YIELD!!!!

I love the other albums, but o my YIELD is great!

Faithful I love all the little hums and yelps and from mark :42-1:47 his voice is in perfect harmony with the guitar and the drumming. The slight moans at 1:53-2:18, echoes, it goes it goes

Yep I just had a moment.

I, too, am an Ed moan lover...also the "hi-yah's in Education are really sweet!

1wrdistillbelieve

LeilaMoonTurtle wrote:

only Pearl Jam can make anguish and sense of urgency sound yummy


I'll decide...take the dive...
Take my time...not my life...
Wait for signs...believe in lies...
To get by...it's divine...
Oh, you know what it's like...

*one of my all-time favorite lines!*

LeilaMoonTurtle

Ed forgot Stevie R Vaughn's name so he kept telling Mike the guy with the thing and then he played a few chords til Mike got it

LeilaMoonTurtle

MSG 08 Who you are, love the backup singers and the chords!

LeilaMoonTurtle

they have the ability to change their songs, and actually making them better

Lizard

...of white pants!!!!!

blondieblue227

pearl jam is the best because they have once again helped me thru a shitty day.

i'm sick of people letting me down!
pj doesn't, thank god.

curmudgeoness

...they cannot dance at all, but they still do. It makes me feel like it is okay to get into the music and jump around like a total goofball, too.

Rhyno

...they are true artists who don't give in to industry pressures and are true to themselves, their craft, their fans, and each other.

LeilaMoonTurtle

they make me smile.

LeilaMoonTurtle

of lyrics like this

Do you see the way that tree bends?
Does it inspire?
Leaning out to catch the sun's rays
A lesson to be applied
Are you getting something out of this all-encompassing trip?

You can spend your time alone, re-digesting past regrets, oh
Or you can come to terms and realize
You're the only one who can't forgive yourself, oh
Makes much more sense, to live in the present tense

Have you ideas on how this life ends?
Checked your hands and studied the lines
Have you the belief that the road ahead, ascends off into the light?
Seems that needlessly it's getting harder
To find an approach and a way to live
Are we getting something out of this all-encompassing trip?

You can spend your time alone re-digesting past regrets, oh
Or you can come to terms and realize
You're the only one who cannot forgive yourself, oh
Makes much more sense, to live in the present tense