Come Back

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  • joewalshdc
    joewalshdc Posts: 948
    Evacuation Rules wrote:
    "Black" = emotional masterpiece

    "Man Of The Hour" = beautiful and tear enducing

    "Come Back" = cheese sandwich with a side of shit

    Some people obviously can't tell the difference.

    Absolutely bollox....stupid pointless comment....If you get Black and you get Man Of The Hour...you obviously get PJ...you obviously get that its an emotionally charged song that Eddie sings with awesome power and passion everytime....hence the reason why they played it at the pivotal point at the chicago show just after singing happy birthday...I actually dont understand your comment on Come Back...actually Im not even gonna try...
  • Songburst
    Songburst Posts: 1,195
    skippybrew wrote:
    He's not deaf, he's just such a big fucking basket of sunshine he has no understanding of what loss feels like.

    When you listen to this song, think of the person you love most in the world, and then imagine them dead. Always moves me close to tears.
    Ahhh -- that works with every song. You should see the waterworks in my truck when Don't Gimme No Lip comes on -- 7 terrible accidents involving family members who died tragically while getting collagen injections.
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  • pearljgirl2010
    pearljgirl2010 Shillington, PA/Tuckerton, NJ Posts: 3,428
    i think Come Back definitely has a cheesiness to it. I love the lyrics, but can't stand the arrangement.
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  • danny
    danny Posts: 2,283
    musicismylife78 wrote:
    There is something about this song. I remember when it came out alot of us were surprised because it didnt sound like a typical Pearl Jam tune.

    But there is something, even now 3 years later, that causes the same goosebumps to rise, as they did when I first heard this song.

    And in a world where everything is offkilter, where wars seem to consume everything, where the world is in flames and the pollution is murdering our planet.

    When Ed says "Its okay", I find peace in that. I get comfort from it. And I believe it. If only for that moment. It will be okay. Just as he says.

    The whole song is spectacular, but from 3:37 on, the tune is absolutely sublime.


    lovely song!
    danny d
  • skippybrew
    skippybrew Posts: 283
    Songburst wrote:

    Ahhh -- that works with every song. You should see the waterworks in my truck when Don't Gimme No Lip comes on -- 7 terrible accidents involving family members who died tragically while getting collagen injections.

    ...or Evacuation... Didn't you have an uncle who shat himself to death? :lol:

    I still say it's a great song and Eddie seems to feel it too. I think you're just a grumpy old bastard who likes to rake muck - but at least you're (occasionally) funny and you stick to your guns.
  • Songburst
    Songburst Posts: 1,195
    skippybrew wrote:
    ...or Evacuation... Didn't you have an uncle who shat himself to death? :lol:
    No, but it's my number 1 fear. Thanks alot. I used to rock out to Evacuation but now I'm going to be crying like a baby thinking of my favourite uncle evacuating himself to death. PJ is just too deep and hard on the heart to be writing music like this. I never realised that the key to "getting" each song is simply just to imagine the death of a loved one in the context of each song ... I smell a new thread. I'm liking the garbage that is Come Back more and more with each post.
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  • skippybrew
    skippybrew Posts: 283
    Songburst wrote:
    I never realised that the key to "getting" each song is simply just to imagine the death of a loved one in the context of each song ...

    That's not it at all. Think of surfing while listening to Oceans. Imagine yourself to be a big fucking heartless tycoon and you'll wet yourself giddy with Do the Evolution (I do). The death of a loved one just happens to be the base of THIS song (at least, that's how I hear it). And when I apply it to my life, what Ed says and the way he sings it is the way I would feel if, say, my girlfriend died.

    "The real possibility that I may meet you in my dreams/Sometimes you're there and you're talking back to me/Come the morning I can swear that you're next to me/And it's okay."

    Gives me chills. Feel free to mock me with what gives YOU chills...
  • theoceansmademe
    theoceansmademe Posts: 1,132
    I wasn't a big fan of Come Back until I heard them play it live...great song.
  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,924
    GREAT song. Definitely in my PJ top 5 of all time. The live versions keep getting better and better.
  • Songburst
    Songburst Posts: 1,195
    skippybrew wrote:
    That's not it at all. Think of surfing while listening to Oceans. Imagine yourself to be a big fucking heartless tycoon and you'll wet yourself giddy with Do the Evolution (I do). The death of a loved one just happens to be the base of THIS song (at least, that's how I hear it). And when I apply it to my life, what Ed says and the way he sings it is the way I would feel if, say, my girlfriend died.

    "The real possibility that I may meet you in my dreams/Sometimes you're there and you're talking back to me/Come the morning I can swear that you're next to me/And it's okay."

    Gives me chills. Feel free to mock me with what gives YOU chills...
    Ah... I see. Those lyrics are good enough to quote in a highschool yearbook. Right next to "See you in the car. Milhouse"
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  • Evacuation Rules
    Evacuation Rules Posts: 2,162
    Lyrics don't matter much to me when the music sucks.
  • gubym20
    gubym20 Posts: 41
    I've got a different take on this song that makes it a great song for me. I always took it as a song for a soldier's family. With all of the political leanings on that album and with Eddie getting to know Thomas Young i always thought this was were Eddie was going with this song. And the first time i saw this live in Camden i was blown away. Just my take
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  • I_Am_Mike
    I_Am_Mike Posts: 222
    i really like this song for the lyrics and the simple 12 bar blues arrangement. classic. i think that may be why it has an "older" feel to it. as has been said, its an amazing song live, especially when mike rips into the solo. when this came out, i thought for certain it would be the show-closing replacement for yellow ledbetter. it has the same essential elements- though i know i'll probably get to taste the flames of blasphemy for suggesting eat. where's my asbestos shirt?
  • pjyouaremine
    pjyouaremine Posts: 22
    This song was one of my favorites from the first time I heard it. I recently lost my sister to cancer and this song made me cry everytime I heard it. It was hard to listen to at first, but it also made me feel close to her. I thank Eddie for comforting me with this beautiful and emotional song. He made me believe that everything would be ok. PJ has been so instumental in my life, this song is just another way they have touched me....thank you boys
  • skippybrew
    skippybrew Posts: 283
    Songburst wrote:
    Ah... I see. Those lyrics are good enough to quote in a highschool yearbook. Right next to "See you in the car. Milhouse"


    Well, at least it's honest. I suppose it can't all be layered poetry.

    And if Ed quoted Milhouse it would probably bring a tear to my eye.
  • dustinpardue
    dustinpardue Las Vegas, NV Posts: 1,829
    I loved this song the first time I heard it and still rank it extremely high on my list. It's very Otis Redding.
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  • patrickredeyes
    patrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    Really enjoying Come Back alot and hoping to hear it a couple more times at the shows I'm seeing soon. :)

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