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Love for "Nothingman" Thread....

guertin32guertin32 Posts: 205
edited January 2008 in The Porch
This song is so damn good. The words... the music... my favorite version is the CD version. You gatta love Nothingman!!!!!!!!! :)


"into the sun...."
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  • PureandEasyPureandEasy Posts: 5,799
    guertin32 wrote:
    This song is so damn good. The words... the music... my favorite version is the CD version. You gatta love Nothingman!!!!!!!!! :)


    "into the sun...."

    big Nothingman fan here . . . so I have to agree with this thread :D
  • GardenpartyGardenparty Posts: 1,910
    I quoted this song in my high school year book back in 97. the song is still just as powerful now.

    One of the best moments of my life was watching this and Immortality back to back in Vancouver '05

    I'll join you in celebrating "Nothingman"!!
    “I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version.”
  • veddermanvedderman Posts: 801
    yeah, this one is one of my favourites! love the studio version because of that eddie's smooth and clean voice! i absolutely love live versions from 98 and 2000 because stone's guitar sound and matt's powerful drum sound. but i have to admit that i don't like versions from 2003 and to present because stone uses acoustic guitar and overall they just don't nail it down as they used to in the past. that's just my opinion and i still love it.
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  • gndcd402gndcd402 Posts: 2,562
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=AjsGWAm-buw

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  • walkunafraidwalkunafraid Posts: 2,569
    I'm also a huge fan of this song. I remember having a debate with a fellow student in my Calculus class (in high school) about Nothingman being better than Betterman. To this day I still believe NM is a better song and should have been the bigger 'hit.'

    Cheers to Nothingman.
    Everything has chains...Absolutely nothing's changed. - PJ

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  • NYbenbenNYbenben Posts: 1,020
    "isn't it something...."
    - Nothingman
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    and still jonesing for another show....
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  • DiRtyFranK38DiRtyFranK38 Posts: 3,131
    walkunafraid wrote:
    I'm also a huge fan of this song. I remember having a debate with a fellow student in my Calculus class (in high school) about Nothingman being better than Betterman. To this day I still believe NM is a better song and should have been the bigger 'hit.'

    Cheers to Nothingman.

    betterman isn't nearly as good as nothingman. that is a brilliant song.
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  • darthvedderdarthvedder Posts: 2,559
    This song saved my life.
  • ||Release_Me||||Release_Me|| Posts: 1,871
    This is THE song, for me. I absolutely adore it, and feel so lucky to have finally seen it live at my last show, in Nijmegen last year. The sun was going down, the fans sang loud and Ed sounded great. It was such a special moment for me.

    This is my favourite from Vitalogy :)
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  • pjfan31pjfan31 Posts: 7,331
    I had an argument with my sister last week and she said a few hurtful things. I just kept thinking of Nothingman "some words when spoken, can't be taken back"

    Its all good now on the homefront now. Still love the song
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  • pjfan31pjfan31 Posts: 7,331
    guertin32 wrote:
    This song is so damn good. The words... the music... my favorite version is the CD version. You gatta love Nothingman!!!!!!!!! :)


    "into the sun...."

    Whoops forgot to ad this, try the sydney 1 version. Magical.
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  • zenithzenith Posts: 3,191
    the words to this song describe almost exactly the decline and end of my relationship with my two boys dad. line for line. its like ed looked into my house and head and wrote the words.
    we seperated after he started using heroin, tried to work things out, and eventually gave up. he's still addicted, has nothing and has a pretty shitty life from what i know. he could have been something ... once

    a beautiful song all the same - but i doubt ill ever hear it without thinking about things
    impatience is a gift ........
  • CitizenRickCitizenRick Posts: 1,079
    Ahhh...a great song off my favorite album! The lyrics are brilliant...the music...simple yet chilling. Ed's voice is amazing!

    It was the perfect placement for a song. Tremor Christ flows right into Nothingman...which flows right into....da na na na na na na na...don't need a helmet...got a hard hard head...

    I go from being reflective...to wanting to punch someone in the face! (figuratively)

    Fucking Amazing Man!!!
    "Had my eyes peeled both wide open, and I got a glimpse...of my innocense, got back my inner sence, baby got it...still got it"
  • j3trowkillj3trowkill Posts: 103
    just showing some love to this great great great song!!
    did I say great? love this song!
    "I had a false belief
    I thought I came here to stay
    We're all just visiting
    All just breaking like waves.."

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  • Spot In The SkySpot In The Sky Posts: 1,175
    This song has grown on me so much over the years and I literally YEARN for it live- at the Milan show in 06 i made a sign asking them to play it and of course they didnt, but still, i havent heard that song live in many...too many years.
    "The world is dangerous, feel safe here tonight..." EV 9/17/06

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  • ishitistinkishitistink Posts: 94
    great song.....first heard it at a friends house who had the lp before cd came out
  • DonJonDonJon Posts: 5,089
    I like Nothingman but nowhere near a fav BUT

    Of all 3 Sydney concerts that I attended the version at Syd 1 is still probably the standout. One of the best versions of any song Ive heard PJ do
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me.
  • RipitLikePujolsRipitLikePujols Posts: 219
    DonJon wrote:
    I like Nothingman but nowhere near a fav BUT

    Of all 3 Sydney concerts that I attended the version at Syd 1 is still probably the standout. One of the best versions of any song Ive heard PJ do


    Can someone post mp3 or flac of this version? Thanks
    "WE'RE UH, WE'RE GONNA DO THIS ONE WHICH IS UH, CERTAINLY NOT A USUAL ONE, AND THEN UH, JUST TAKE A FEW MORE MINUTES, THEN UH, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA DO OUR BEST TO KEEP TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS AWAKE FR..." (cheering at intro)...

    --->H2I

    (special moment)
  • guertin32guertin32 Posts: 205
    *bump*
    http://www.myspace.com/cravingstrangemusic <- my band
    MSG - NYC - 9-10-1998
    MSG - NYC - 9-11-1998 (BEST FKING SHOW!)
    Jones Beach - 8-25-2000
    Nassau Coliseum - 4-30-2003
    Irving Plaza - 5-5-06 (another great show)
    New Jersey - 6-1-06
    MSG - NYC - 6.24.08
  • justamjustam Posts: 21,409
    <3<3:)
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  • ChazzChazz Posts: 1,135
    Love the CD version of this song "once divided, nothing left to subtract" - Ed's voice just gives me chills......would love to hear it live... one day maybe...
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