Fan-Made PJ Storytellers Project

benjs

I've got an idea, but I know it'll take lots of time and effort. I'd like to make a compilation of Pearl Jam songs with interpretations directly from the band before the songs. For example (the only example I know of at this point), the Long Road from San Diego, where Eddie explains the meaning before the song. I'd be willing to do my best at crossfades from song to song and balancing volume etc... if anyone could tell me dates and tracks where explanations are given, it would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance, everyone.

A second thought: if Long Road is an exception and there are no other in-show interpretations of other songs, if people could direct me to interviews they may know of with interpretations, that would be great too.

1. 7/7 2006 - San Diego - Long Road
2. 5/10 2006 - Toronto Night II - I Got ID
3. 7/18 2006 - San Fransisco Night III - Red Mosquito
4. 6/18 1992 - Zurich - Alive
5. 6/18 1992 - Zurich - Once
6. 6/18 1992 - Zurich - Footsteps
(4,5 and 6 are consecutive, forming the Mamasan trilogy)
7. 6/3 2006 - New Jersey Night II - Gone
8. 6/19 2000 - Slovenia - Soon Forget
9. 6/19 2000 OR Touring Band 2000 - Insignificance
10. 6/12 2000 - Pinkpop Landgraaf - Light Years
11. 6/30 2006 - Milwaukee - Smile
12. 9/2 2000 - Philadelphia - Off He Goes
13. 11/18 2006 - Sydney - I Am Mine
14. 11/18 2006 - Sydney - Even Flow
15. 6/22 2000 - Milan - MFC
16. 2/9 2003 - Brisbane Night II - Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town
17. 2/19 2003 - Melbourne Night II - Half Full

ledvedderman

benjs wrote:

I've got an idea, but I know it'll take lots of time and effort. I'd like to make a compilation of Pearl Jam songs with interpretations directly from the band before the songs. For example (the only example I know of at this point), the Long Road from San Diego, where Eddie explains the meaning before the song. I'd be willing to do my best at crossfades from song to song and balancing volume etc... if anyone could tell me dates and tracks where explanations are given, it would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance, everyone

That's a pretty awesome idea.

benjs

ledvedderman wrote:

That's a pretty awesome idea.

Thanks . I'm going to try and keep the first post updated with all tracks people contribute.

Ridin The Wave

I Got Id - Toronto, May 10, 2006 - not really an explanatin of the song, but more or less an explanation of how it came about......but shhhh.....it's a secret......

GratefulJam

SF III 06

a portion of the story anyway..

"song written in SF in the midst of having a very bad day"

i.e. Neil young thing GG Park ;(

otis mcfluster

Great thread!

Sadly I have nothing to contribute, but I look forward to the outcome.

DiRtyFranK38

GratefulJam wrote:

SF III 06

a portion of the story anyway..

"song written in SF in the midst of having a very bad day"

i.e. Neil young thing GG Park ;(

you snagged mine!


hmm i have to think some more now ..

PissBottleMan

June 18, 1992:

•Alive
•Once
•Footsteps

PBM

MKTerp

I don't recall if he explains the meaning of the song or if he just explains how he came about writing the song (trying to play a Springsteen song), but Ed talks about Gone in the 2nd NJ show in 2006.

SBC03

"this is for the bastard who married my mama..."

Ridin The Wave

I've been thinking about this since I read your idea and I really like it. I'm totally stealing it and making one for myself as well! Can't wait! Thanks.

tvismyfriend

SBC03 wrote:

"this is for the bastard who married my mama..."

What show was this at again?

JordyWordy

Before Soon Forget in Slovenia 19 June 2000 Ed tells this really nice story about how he's dedicating the song to a friends daughter who has just graduated from college, and its from her perspective (or the equivalent) that the song should be listened to.

Very nice moment.

now i think about it the very same show has a very funny story before Insignificance about Slobodan Milosevic being a full-time asshole....

alternatively for the same song you could use the TB2000 story...
Seattle 2000 - "the electoral vote, and the popular vote, and i think to be popular you gota vote....this is what your vote is not and thats insignificant"...

norm

tvismyfriend wrote:

What show was this at again?

atlanta 94 if i'm remembering correctly....:)

JordyWordy

San Diego 06 - ed says that "this next song (alive) was the journey to Seattle"..and toasts Stone ....very cool intro to the song


Pinkpop / Landgraf 00 - after Habit, before Light Years:
Ed dedicates 'Light Years' to Diane Muus from Sony Music. (She died in 1997 at an age of 33 and knew the band very well.) "So that was about a friend who is fucking up and there is nothing you can do about it! And you just watch'em go down down down. And then, other times you have got friends that don't fuck up at all and are great people. And then you just lose them for some reason. They are of the planet and you never had a chance to say goodbye. I only mention this because there was a person we used to know here and that was Diane and ah, we never got a chance to say goodbye. This is goodbye!'

tvismyfriend

cutback wrote:

atlanta 94 if i'm remembering correctly....:)

Thanks.

benjs

Bump!

Ridin The Wave

Hey. I found this thread quoted in another thread which explains the existence of Smile.

http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.phpt=251732&highlight=crooked+hearts

mhalfhill

off he goes

philly 09/02/2000

electronic_dreams

Even Flow and I Am Mine Sydney 3 2006

nkobik

berlin 23-9-06 come back - ed talks about johny ramon (or is it joey...? cant remember), and dedicates the song to him (says something like - lets sing it to the sky)

JordyWordy

nkobik wrote:

berlin 23-9-06 come back - ed talks about johny ramon (or is it joey...? cant remember), and dedicates the song to him (says something like - lets sing it to the sky)

doesnt he say it in german though?

meme

MFC... I think it was either Verona or Milan 2000.
"I fell in love..."

Gotta check it out.

GetALife

This thread is great!

I add a few - not all of them are fully explaining "stories":

East Rutherford I 06- after "Footsteps" Ed makes a remark about the mamasan trilogy which they play here backwards

Brisbane II 03: after "Last Exit" Ed introduces "Small Town" with the story about the picture of the woman in the VS.-booklet - she SUED the band because of that...

Corduroy - HELP! Do you know the date/place? (Sydney I '95?) Somewhere on the "Oceania '95" tour documentary (video) Ed introduces "Corduroy" with the words "This song is for the (the people in the) first row"

Irvine II 03: After "Do the evolution" Ed tells the story about the band's name - actually he's joking...pretty funny!

Melbourne II 03: After "I got shit" Ed tells how it came to the following song "1/2 full"

GetALife

JordyWordy wrote:

doesnt he say it in german though?

forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=260442&highlight=Eddie%27s+onstage+speeches

I made up this thread called "The translations of Eddie's onstage speeches", I included there a link to a post where I translated earlier this speech before "Come back" from Berlin 06...and which formed my idea of the translation thread - any help to fill up that one would be great also...

Rock on!

benjs

Wow. And here I thought my thread had died
I think after five or six more submissions, I'll begin deciding how to organize the tracks, I'm between modeling the order after the way they seem to do real shows, and going softest to loudest. Thanks again for all your help, everyone.