Yield Statue
I've searched for this on here but couldn't find anything. I've always wondered what is the statue that is on the album artwork for Yield? Anyone know where it's located, what it represents, its significance, etc.? I saw it on someones avatar and I've always wondered. Surely someone on here knows about it.
Midwest. Indy/Lafayette.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arturo_Martini
Just saw it last month.
- 8/28/98
- 9/2/00
- 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
- 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
- 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
- 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
- 8/2/07, 8/5/07
- 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
- 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
- 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
- 9/11/11, 9/12/11
- 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
"The photos in the liner notes of Yield don't ask "what are those pictures?" They ask "where are those pictures?" Along with roadside pictures of Montana and other landscapes (including a famous European cemetary), fans have always been struck by the photo of a statue against the blue sky that accompanies the lyrics to Yield's first single "Given To Fly." The picture shows the upper torso of a statue shot from the ground looking up towards the sky, and the angle prevents the eye from gauging how big or small the statue is, or where in the world it is.
A popular message board topic, the location of this statue has usually been touched upon as being "in Italy" and "near the Coliseum." Canadian PJ fan Angelina Tarantello recently went to Italy, providing a narrative with pictures of her search for this mysterious statue.
August 2006
It's late summer in 2006 and I find myself in Italy on a family vacation to celebrate my parents' 30th wedding anniversary. Although it technically is my parents' vacation, I had to insist on making a stop in Rome to try to find the statue in the Yield liner notes alongside the lyrics for "Given to Fly." I heard that it was on the main road to the Coliseum and visible from most tourist buses, so I figured it would be easy to spot.
I'm with my dad (who despises when I ecstatically announce any upcoming tour and worries about how much more I plan on spending on this band) and my mom (who believes Pearl Jam is good for nothing more than the banana bread recipe in the first issue of Deep). Luckily my brother and sister came along. Although not huge fans, they still support the band and me.
After a long eight-hour flight landed in Rome, I patiently waited while the plane parked on the tarmac. I took out my phone and played a "Given To Fly" ringtone for all the passengers to hear. Although I received a rolling-of-the-eyes from my family, I couldn't resist playing it. I didn't care how corny it seemed, it was officially the theme song for the day.
Once on foot, it was pouring rain in Rome and of course we are without an umbrella. We first stopped at a couple of popular tourist sights, then finally from the Trevi Fountain we somehow made our way down Via dei Fori Imperiali toward the Coliseum.
Heading this way, I looked and found the statue to my right. It was hard to notice at first. It is set back from the road and it looks so different from the picture in the liner notes. It's unmistakable, however, when you're actually standing underneath it.
We turned right down a short, narrow road called Via in Miranda. The statue is on this street at the base of the stairs of Basilica Santi Cosma e Damiano, a church that we decided not to go into since someone was getting married at the time (though we did get some weird looks when the bride and her crew were coming out as we were there drenched in the pouring rain taking pictures with what I'm sure they thought was some random statue)
The artist's name, P.A. Martini (i.e. Arturo Martini), is engraved on the base of the statue but no year is indicated. As we walked away from the main street toward the Coliseum, I noticed a Yield sign. How fitting it was to see at the end of Via in Miranda near the statue. In the end I achieved my goal. I must say though, I think I have rubbed off on my family and deep down they must truly be Pearl Jam fans because that day, to my surprise and despite the dreary circumstances and fatigue, we all united and completed our mission to find the "Given To Fly statue".
Good luck to those who also wish to find the statue and tread where a Pearl Jam member once did.
~Angelina"
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In 6th grade I was fortunate enough to be a part of the foreign exchange program at my school. We went to different parts of Italy... this was before Yield had even come out, I think I went around 96 or 95 even. Anyway... My mom sent me to Italy with about 15 disposable cameras... this was obviously before the digital camera era... I used them all up on a lot of artwork... I'm not going to lie, a lot of those pictures came out terribly b/c a 6th grader with a camera usually ends up that way... 1/2 the pictures I took ended up being too dark or my finger went over the shutter... etc.
Anyway... One of the pictures I took was of the statue that was in the Yield liner notes.... Buying Yield on the day it came out... opening that booklet and seeing that was a very cool experience for me... I was in 8th or 9th grade at the time... seeing that statue in the booklet just brought back so many memories of my trip a few years earlier. The stupid thing about it was that I had no information on the statue or anything, just that I had taken some random picture of it and it came out sort of alright.
I guess that story wasn't that interesting but I thought it was pretty cool *shrug*
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