yield is my favorite album of all time. i have very deep feelings for it. I have to say that for the most part I can dig your interpretation. Not all of it, but 95%. And I never thought I'd agree that much with anyone about yield. You need to be apart of the next Yield night... They're amazing! One is way overdue too...
Further back and forth a wave will break on me, today...
They government should ban all albums but Yield. People listen to it over and over, then in 6 months they should allow all music back. People would realize that everything else is SHITE!:)
OK, you're going to hate me here, but I'm going to offer a different opinion based simply on my history with PJ going back to my days living in Seattle from 1990 to 1992 during Pearl Jam's rising and moving back to Seattle in 1996 and living there through 1999, when Yield came out. I actually started to drift away from Pearl Jam when Yield first came out, but got right back into them because of their live performances at Memorial Stadium in the summer of 98. I walked away from those shows knowing that PJ was still the best band in the world.
When Yield came out I listened to it over and over and over trying to capture the same feeling and interest level I had with Ten or Vs. or Vitalogy but couldn't. Yield has grown on me over the years, and today I would rank it somewhere in the middle of PJ albums, but not at the top.
Brain of J - Good opening rocker
Faithfull - I used to dislike this song, but now I love it. The thing that really changed this song for me was watching them jam to it on the Single Video Theory CD
No Way - Mediocre song within the PJ catalogue. Has not been played often live, so it has a higher interest level than most songs, but aside from that, mediocre.
Given to Fly - Used to think this was mediocre, but this song has grown on me and is great when performed live, so now it's high on my list.
Wishlist - Never liked this song and never will. "Wishlist" is to Pearl Jam what "With or without you" is to U2. It just doesn't touch me.
Pilate - OK song. Doesn't really stand out in any way.
Evolution - Another song I never was crazy about. Ed has an amazing baritone voice, so I'm just not crazy about the songs where Ed basically screams rather than sings, so songs like Blood and Evolution never really did it for me.
Red Dot - Throwaway filler.
Low Light - Sorry, but this is just too slow and puts me to sleep everytime I hear it or see it live.
In Hiding - Best song on the album and one of my 10 favorite PJ songs of all time.
Push Me, Pull Me - Another throwaway filler.
All Those Yesterdays - Starts a bit slow and somewhat boring, but has a nice tempo change midway and ends up on a good note.
I have my own personal dream PJ setlist, and from Yield, only 2 songs from Yield would make it (In Hiding and Faithfull). Brain of J and Given to Fly come close, but don't make the cut. Only No Code and Binaural have less songs on my dream setlist.
Dude amazing interpretation. I definitely disagree on some points, but overall, wow. Yield, like many others have said, is my favorite album of all time, and as such I tend to be a bit hypercritical of others opinions of it, but you're interpretation is right on, in my opinion. Definitely take part in the next Yield night (let's get one organized, dammit, the 10th anniversary night was sick) and keep on listening and thinking.
P.S. Push Me, Pull Me another throwaway filler? that's beyond my comprehension
"Ah, life is a gate, a way, a path to Paradise anyway, why not live for fun and joy and love or some sort of girl by a fireside, why not go to your desire and LAUGH..."
I have to go with Ten. Sure, they expanded their sound, but, FUCK that album is amazing...it opened my eyes to the alternative movement a couple of years ago...basically, my love of music stems from that album. The sheer nostalgia...I can't say anything bad about it.
I would go:
Ten
Vitalogy
Yield
No Code
Pearl Jam
Vs.
Binaural
Riot Act
Word. I'm absolutely hooked on Binaural and No Code now. They are albums, in the true sense of the word.
Ten may be their ultimate, but it isn't even in my top 5 favorite.
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HARTFORD 5/13/06
BOSTON 5/24/06
MANSFIELD 6/28/08, 6/30/08
EV BOSTON 8/1/08, 8/2/08
CHICAGO 8/24/09
HARTFORD 5/15/10
BOSTON 5/17/10
EV PROV 6/15/11
WORCESTER 10/15/13, 10/16/13
HARTFORD 10/25/13
You are wise and sound in thought for a 16yr old. Very well written and perfectly described interpretation of the album.
Yield is also the PJ album that I'm most attached to as it came out at a time in my life where I really needed the power of their music to get me through a rough period. You were dead on when you stated that there's a certain "energy" in that album that gets released when you play it.
OK, you're going to hate me here, but I'm going to offer a different opinion based simply on my history with PJ going back to my days living in Seattle from 1990 to 1992 during Pearl Jam's rising and moving back to Seattle in 1996 and living there through 1999, when Yield came out. I actually started to drift away from Pearl Jam when Yield first came out, but got right back into them because of their live performances at Memorial Stadium in the summer of 98. I walked away from those shows knowing that PJ was still the best band in the world.
When Yield came out I listened to it over and over and over trying to capture the same feeling and interest level I had with Ten or Vs. or Vitalogy but couldn't. Yield has grown on me over the years, and today I would rank it somewhere in the middle of PJ albums, but not at the top.
Brain of J - Good opening rocker
Faithfull - I used to dislike this song, but now I love it. The thing that really changed this song for me was watching them jam to it on the Single Video Theory CD
No Way - Mediocre song within the PJ catalogue. Has not been played often live, so it has a higher interest level than most songs, but aside from that, mediocre.
Given to Fly - Used to think this was mediocre, but this song has grown on me and is great when performed live, so now it's high on my list.
Wishlist - Never liked this song and never will. "Wishlist" is to Pearl Jam what "With or without you" is to U2. It just doesn't touch me.
Pilate - OK song. Doesn't really stand out in any way.
Evolution - Another song I never was crazy about. Ed has an amazing baritone voice, so I'm just not crazy about the songs where Ed basically screams rather than sings, so songs like Blood and Evolution never really did it for me.
Red Dot - Throwaway filler.
Low Light - Sorry, but this is just too slow and puts me to sleep everytime I hear it or see it live.
In Hiding - Best song on the album and one of my 10 favorite PJ songs of all time.
Push Me, Pull Me - Another throwaway filler.
All Those Yesterdays - Starts a bit slow and somewhat boring, but has a nice tempo change midway and ends up on a good note.
I have my own personal dream PJ setlist, and from Yield, only 2 songs from Yield would make it (In Hiding and Faithfull). Brain of J and Given to Fly come close, but don't make the cut. Only No Code and Binaural have less songs on my dream setlist.
RED DOT = Intermission, not filler.
Push Me, Pull Me- filler? Really?
Your review makes it sound like you don't like the album AT ALL.
OK, you're going to hate me here, but I'm going to offer a different opinion based simply on my history with PJ going back to my days living in Seattle from 1990 to 1992 during Pearl Jam's rising and moving back to Seattle in 1996 and living there through 1999, when Yield came out. I actually started to drift away from Pearl Jam when Yield first came out, but got right back into them because of their live performances at Memorial Stadium in the summer of 98. I walked away from those shows knowing that PJ was still the best band in the world.
When Yield came out I listened to it over and over and over trying to capture the same feeling and interest level I had with Ten or Vs. or Vitalogy but couldn't. Yield has grown on me over the years, and today I would rank it somewhere in the middle of PJ albums, but not at the top.
Brain of J - Good opening rocker
Faithfull - I used to dislike this song, but now I love it. The thing that really changed this song for me was watching them jam to it on the Single Video Theory CD
No Way - Mediocre song within the PJ catalogue. Has not been played often live, so it has a higher interest level than most songs, but aside from that, mediocre.
Given to Fly - Used to think this was mediocre, but this song has grown on me and is great when performed live, so now it's high on my list.
Wishlist - Never liked this song and never will. "Wishlist" is to Pearl Jam what "With or without you" is to U2. It just doesn't touch me.
Pilate - OK song. Doesn't really stand out in any way.
Evolution - Another song I never was crazy about. Ed has an amazing baritone voice, so I'm just not crazy about the songs where Ed basically screams rather than sings, so songs like Blood and Evolution never really did it for me.
Red Dot - Throwaway filler.
Low Light - Sorry, but this is just too slow and puts me to sleep everytime I hear it or see it live.
In Hiding - Best song on the album and one of my 10 favorite PJ songs of all time.
Push Me, Pull Me - Another throwaway filler.
All Those Yesterdays - Starts a bit slow and somewhat boring, but has a nice tempo change midway and ends up on a good note.
I have my own personal dream PJ setlist, and from Yield, only 2 songs from Yield would make it (In Hiding and Faithfull). Brain of J and Given to Fly come close, but don't make the cut. Only No Code and Binaural have less songs on my dream setlist.
Push Me Pull Me is definitely a great track, obviously not a song, but still pretty important.
"The world is dangerous, feel safe here tonight..." EV 9/17/06
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your interpretation is great, but if you haven't read Ishmael, go out today and buy it and read it. it will only deepen your understanding of Yield (and life), not change it.
"...what a different life had i not found this love with you..."
Brain of J. - 4 of 5
Faithfull - 4 of 5
No Way - 3 of 5
Given to Fly - 5 of 5
Wishlist - 4.5 of 5
Pilate - 3 of 5
Do the Evolution - 4.5 of 5
Red Dot - ? of ? (not rating this one)
MFC - 3.5 of 5
Low Light - 3.5 of 5
In Hiding - 4 of 5
Push Me, Pull Me - 2.5 of 5
All Those Yesterdays - 4.5 of 5
Which gives it an average of about...3.7?
Don't know why I did this.
Great post. Always found it weird that Yield is an album that I almost always listen to all the way through. Definitly share the same sentiments that in many ways Yield describes life, or at least somebody at a crossroads or a yield, in their life. It's like all the deep shit you think about over the years put into one album. While Ten has a lot of sentimental value to me, being the First PJ CD I owned, as a complete album I have to echo the sentiments of many others and say that Yield takes the cake.
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When Yield came out I listened to it over and over and over trying to capture the same feeling and interest level I had with Ten or Vs. or Vitalogy but couldn't. Yield has grown on me over the years, and today I would rank it somewhere in the middle of PJ albums, but not at the top.
Brain of J - Good opening rocker
Faithfull - I used to dislike this song, but now I love it. The thing that really changed this song for me was watching them jam to it on the Single Video Theory CD
No Way - Mediocre song within the PJ catalogue. Has not been played often live, so it has a higher interest level than most songs, but aside from that, mediocre.
Given to Fly - Used to think this was mediocre, but this song has grown on me and is great when performed live, so now it's high on my list.
Wishlist - Never liked this song and never will. "Wishlist" is to Pearl Jam what "With or without you" is to U2. It just doesn't touch me.
Pilate - OK song. Doesn't really stand out in any way.
Evolution - Another song I never was crazy about. Ed has an amazing baritone voice, so I'm just not crazy about the songs where Ed basically screams rather than sings, so songs like Blood and Evolution never really did it for me.
Red Dot - Throwaway filler.
Low Light - Sorry, but this is just too slow and puts me to sleep everytime I hear it or see it live.
In Hiding - Best song on the album and one of my 10 favorite PJ songs of all time.
Push Me, Pull Me - Another throwaway filler.
All Those Yesterdays - Starts a bit slow and somewhat boring, but has a nice tempo change midway and ends up on a good note.
I have my own personal dream PJ setlist, and from Yield, only 2 songs from Yield would make it (In Hiding and Faithfull). Brain of J and Given to Fly come close, but don't make the cut. Only No Code and Binaural have less songs on my dream setlist.
Dude amazing interpretation. I definitely disagree on some points, but overall, wow. Yield, like many others have said, is my favorite album of all time, and as such I tend to be a bit hypercritical of others opinions of it, but you're interpretation is right on, in my opinion. Definitely take part in the next Yield night (let's get one organized, dammit, the 10th anniversary night was sick) and keep on listening and thinking.
P.S. Push Me, Pull Me another throwaway filler? that's beyond my comprehension
you really need to bump up Vs. and Binarual
Word. I'm absolutely hooked on Binaural and No Code now. They are albums, in the true sense of the word.
Ten may be their ultimate, but it isn't even in my top 5 favorite.
BOSTON 9/28/04, 9/29/04
HARTFORD 5/13/06
BOSTON 5/24/06
MANSFIELD 6/28/08, 6/30/08
EV BOSTON 8/1/08, 8/2/08
CHICAGO 8/24/09
HARTFORD 5/15/10
BOSTON 5/17/10
EV PROV 6/15/11
WORCESTER 10/15/13, 10/16/13
HARTFORD 10/25/13
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Yield is also the PJ album that I'm most attached to as it came out at a time in my life where I really needed the power of their music to get me through a rough period. You were dead on when you stated that there's a certain "energy" in that album that gets released when you play it.
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RED DOT = Intermission, not filler.
Push Me, Pull Me- filler? Really?
Your review makes it sound like you don't like the album AT ALL.
Push Me Pull Me is definitely a great track, obviously not a song, but still pretty important.
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Brain of J. - 4 of 5
Faithfull - 4 of 5
No Way - 3 of 5
Given to Fly - 5 of 5
Wishlist - 4.5 of 5
Pilate - 3 of 5
Do the Evolution - 4.5 of 5
Red Dot - ? of ? (not rating this one)
MFC - 3.5 of 5
Low Light - 3.5 of 5
In Hiding - 4 of 5
Push Me, Pull Me - 2.5 of 5
All Those Yesterdays - 4.5 of 5
Which gives it an average of about...3.7?
Don't know why I did this.
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