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pearljammerpearljammer Posts: 237
edited April 2008 in The Porch
When played with full intensity, can completely surround you.

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EvenFLOW PsYcHo #29

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  • RoeghmannRoeghmann Posts: 968
    Hear, hear.
    Mike playing the intro to Given to Fly as an encore opener i Berlin in 2006 was absolutely one of the highlights for me. - excellent spot in the setlist. I love that tune and two years ago, at the time of the Berlin show it was proberly my favorite song overall....whooo I have to put the DVD on.........
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  • vedder_soupvedder_soup Posts: 5,861
    yeah, probably my favourite song!
    takes me back 10 years to the first time i listened to yield!
    2003 - Sydney x3,
    2006 - Reading Festival,
    2007 - Katowice, London, Nijmegen, Rock Werchter,
    2008 - MSG x2, Hartford, Mansfield x2, Beacon Theater,
    2009 - Melbourne, Sydney,
    2010 - I watched it go to fire!
    2011 - EV Brisbane x3, Newcastle, Sydney x3,
    2012 - Manchester x 2, Amsterdam x2, Prague, Berlin x2, Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen,
    2014 - Sydney, EV Sydney x3

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  • dannydanny Posts: 2,279
    pearljammer wrote:
    When played with full intensity, can completely surround you.

    That's worth it's own thread. Show some love..


    love the song!!!!!!!!
    danny d
  • Jam10Jam10 Posts: 654
    Beautiful Song! I love everything about it especially the intro and verses guitar riff!
  • Spot In The SkySpot In The Sky Posts: 1,175
    Yea i do wish they would slow it down live now back to the 98 tempo, you can still rock out to it and it builds more momentum.
    I have settled on my first pj tattoo, the yield sign with the words "he still stands" inside the red zone, one word on each side.
    I really got into the band in 98 so this song is especially important to me and may be my personal favorite song, although i could never put Black lower than any other song...decisions decisions...
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  • urbanhippieurbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    My favourite song...along with all my other faves ;)


    And, when heard live, is an out of body experience...
    A human being that was given to fly.

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  • s.k.es.k.e Posts: 17
    its my rock.
    the first song i turn to when life is going to shit..............
  • pearljammerpearljammer Posts: 237
    I remember the first time I really heard this song, I was in the car, on the way to school in the morning. I put on Yield, I hadn't heard it that many times. The tune didn't catch me at first, but the second verse, the "he still stands" part made my hair stand up on end. I listened to it again and again until we arrived.
    EvenFLOW PsYcHo #29

    ~ is your Pearl Jam cup half empty, or 1/2 Full?
  • Housing JimHousing Jim Posts: 644
    The first time I saw Pearl Jam play was the night this song became my favourite Pearl Jam track...it was mesmerising.

    Luckily, it's one of only two songs they've played at every show I've seen.
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  • nowayimfaithfullnowayimfaithfull Posts: 2,051
    pearljammer wrote:
    When played with full intensity, can completely surround you.

    That's worth it's own thread. Show some love..


    Yes good point that is a full bodied kind of song. Very fufilling.
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  • aNiMaLaNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    An absolute shiny gem, on an album with many shiny gems. Given To Fly is something special. I have enjoyed every time I have gotten to hear it live, especially at The Gorge.
  • velogatorvelogator Posts: 174
    Spot In The Sky wrote:
    Yea i do wish they would slow it down live now back to the 98 tempo, you can still rock out to it and it builds more momentum.
    I have settled on my first pj tattoo, the yield sign with the words "he still stands" inside the red zone, one word on each side.
    I really got into the band in 98 so this song is especially important to me and may be my personal favorite song, although i could never put Black lower than any other song...decisions decisions...

    Completely agree, I was listening to a '98 boot and GTF was almost 30 seconds longer then it has been in the past 6-7 years, Matt really has upped the tempo on that song. Perhaps the band knows people want to hear it, but they (the band) want to get it over with so it doesn't take up so much concert time. Not that it's a long song anyway...
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  • SENROCKSENROCK Posts: 10,736
    pearljammer wrote:
    When played with full intensity, can completely surround you.

    That's worth it's own thread. Show some love..
    from one EVENFLOW PSYCHO to another.....im showin you some love!!!! :D
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  • Sian-of-the-deadSian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    Seen it live twice and both times were emotional. Top 5 PJ song of all time, easy... goddamn song changed my life! :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.
  • pjfan31pjfan31 Posts: 7,335
    i love it. Someone on this board once said it "explodes" i can't find a better way of describing it.
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  • NYbenbenNYbenben Posts: 1,020
    i have a playlist on my iPod of over 170 versions of Given to Fly... i sometimes find myself just hitting shuffle on that playlist and grooving... EASILY one of the best songs in the catalog.
    4/12/92, 8/11/92, 9/28/96, 9/11/98, 8/23/00, 8/24/00, 7/9/03, 4/30/03, 10/1/04, 10/3/05, 12/9/05, 5/12/06, 5/17/06, 5/28/06, 6/3/06, 12/9/06, EV LA 4/12-4/13/08, 6/12/08, 6,19,08, 6,20,08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 7/1/08

    and still jonesing for another show....
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  • BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,309
    When the crowd gets into it, it's such a great live tune...much like Corduroy.
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