What "friend" is Eddie seeing? What does he got "some" of?

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  • dustinpardue
    dustinpardue Las Vegas, NV Posts: 1,829
    MS7509 wrote:
    Ed's friend sure sounds like a drug dealer to me.

    That's exactly what I thought, and yet again I can relate to yet another Pearl jam song. go figure..... :lol:
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  • jamingjamers
    jamingjamers Posts: 383
    its no ones business
  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    brett0400 wrote:
    its no ones business

    Right. Ed writes a song and we're not supposed to discuss the meaning. :roll:
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • pandora
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    Ed writes for everyone- and theres some of us who are dying (The End)
    I think see my friend is a bottle- I sure know it helps when you're sick of everything and you just need to forget.
    Don't think I'm alone there
    and Got Some
    is what they give to others- the motivation to carry on to get up and have fun and to be something positive to the people around you Got Some gets you going
  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    pandora wrote:
    Ed writes for everyone- and theres some of us who are dying (The End)
    I think see my friend is a bottle- I sure know it helps when you're sick of everything and you just need to forget.
    Don't think I'm alone there

    In an interview, Ed said the song is about a drug intervention. It's written as if someone is going to get a fix, but it actually means the opposite. He's going to stop it.

    What he's "sick of" is the addiction.

    I read this song as an extension of "Save You."
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • pandora
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    thats whats so great about lyrics- they are for the listener how he or she relates
  • pandora
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    slightofjeff wrote:
    pandora wrote:
    Ed writes for everyone- and theres some of us who are dying (The End)
    I think see my friend is a bottle- I sure know it helps when you're sick of everything and you just need to forget.
    Don't think I'm alone there

    In an interview, Ed said the song is about a drug intervention. It's written as if someone is going to get a fix, but it actually means the opposite. He's going to stop it.

    What he's "sick of" is the addiction.

    I read this song as an extension of "Save You."
    I thought about this more last eve- I thought uh oh I'm addicted- well I'm not giving up my red wine
  • pjphillyfan
    pjphillyfan Posts: 2
    Come on people Eddie has been writing lyrics like these for years "Habit","Save You" and many others. It doesn't mean he's on drugs. He just talking about a friend who has an addiction.
  • patrickcarson
    patrickcarson Posts: 64
    Oh peeeeople. "Got Some" is clearly a song about Society/Marketing telling us what we need.

    I'm here to help, which is why I got some if you need it!
  • bethanylblessing
    bethanylblessing Posts: 10
    they aren't doing drugs!!! eddie even said he stopped smokin herb once olivia was born!!
    pretty sure his wine and throwin ax's are his main vices...
    he could be talking about anything/anyone...
    maybe a secret female friend...lol
  • jamingjamers
    jamingjamers Posts: 383
    who gives a shit if they take drugs
  • Volcano_Man
    Volcano_Man Posts: 4
    I think "Gonna See My Friend" describes being addicted to cigarrettes,at least that's how i see it and relate to it.
  • pickupyourwill
    pickupyourwill Posts: 3,135
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  • Vicky_Arg
    Vicky_Arg Posts: 64
    pickupyourwill wrote:
    When thinking of "Gonna See My Friend"...

    I don't think its about drugs. If it is, I choose to believe that it would only mean pot, because MANY people still dabble in that relaxation from time to time. especially celebrities whose careers depend upon constant creativity. people can judge musicians all they want for smoking pot to help inspire ideas, but they don't know what it truly is like to be in their shoes, in the spotlight, under pressure from everyone.--or cigarettes.

    I think "friend" could also refer to his lover/girlfriend/fiance/wife, because lets face it. Guys touring on the road don't get to see their significant other/spouse every night like many of us. sex can be like a drug or addiction to men is my guess. It sure seems like thats whats on most of y'all's minds half the time anyway, boys!! just my 2 cents anyway.


    I am the "friend" :lol:;)
    Seriously, i am not sure about what all you are saying but the issue about women, this can be the point. I've been told that people that has such a creative minds are impossible to have drug adictions for many years and look how these 5 people (EV) are. You know what i mean? keep fit 45 years old guys. This song can be anything and thats what EV is looking for when he makes music. Its just my point of view.
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  • pickupyourwill
    pickupyourwill Posts: 3,135
    Vicky_Arg wrote:

    I am the "friend" :lol:;)
    Seriously, i am not sure about what all you are saying but the issue about women, this can be the point. I've been told that people that has such a creative minds are impossible to have drug adictions for many years and look how these 5 people (EV) are. You know what i mean? keep fit 45 years old guys. This song can be anything and thats what EV is looking for when he makes music. Its just my point of view.

    lol :D thank you, Vicky. this song CAN be about anything, just like many of their songs. That's why so many can relate to them.

    and I hope you are the "friend", girl! ;) Us girls can dream, right?
  • zootown
    zootown Posts: 666
    Yeah..this is a no brainer to me...from a distance and up close, Eddie is clearly talking about his two prominent addictions, alcohol and cigarrettes. The guy drinks LIKE A FISH! Always has, and now maybe he may be having some desire to quit.
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  • sling
    sling Posts: 169
    I've always thought of Got Some as being about drugs - but as music being the drug. Pearl Jam's the drug dealer that keeps giving us fixes... Didn't Eddie say himself that growing up, music was like a drug to him?
  • bookem
    bookem Posts: 91
    Got some, I took as asking 'do you have the balls'. If you don't, then, well, I can lend you some support.

    In real world terms I apply this to the new Obama presidency. He called some big plays in the election campaign and it is no time to back out. He has the support, so follow through.
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  • stardust1976
    stardust1976 Posts: 1,301
    Ok, so there are some pretty full on interpretations in this thread: Here is my 2 cents:

    Firstly I am a big believer in music being whatever YOU interpret it as......As in, the songwriter has written his words down - whether they mean anything to him personally, is just that - PERSONAL.......what is more important, especially to a band like Pearl Jam, who are all about their fans - is how the fan base interprets them...what they mean to any individual at any one time...and that's all fluid - what a song means to you now, may not be what it means to you in 5 years time...because (to quote another song), 'people change, as does everything'........

    to me, Got Some is about making a political statement , it's about rock and roll, and it's about sex......

    Does no one else think that got some if you need it may be just a bit of a booty call???? Well, that's ok if no one else does, cause lyrics are always open to interpretation, and being able to put in any number of interpretations is what makes a good songwriter - to be able to write a song that could be about a specific thing, or could be about nothing, yet has so many people analysing it on so many levels is what makes an artist go from being good - to friggin' awesome.......

    hope you all enjoyed my little rant... :)
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  • bookem
    bookem Posts: 91
    stardust1976 wrote:
    Ok, so there are some pretty full on interpretations in this thread: Here is my 2 cents:

    Firstly I am a big believer in music being whatever YOU interpret it as......As in, the songwriter has written his words down - whether they mean anything to him personally, is just that - PERSONAL.......what is more important, especially to a band like Pearl Jam, who are all about their fans - is how the fan base interprets them...what they mean to any individual at any one time...and that's all fluid - what a song means to you now, may not be what it means to you in 5 years time...because (to quote another song), 'people change, as does everything'........

    to me, Got Some is about making a political statement , it's about rock and roll, and it's about sex......

    Does no one else think that got some if you need it may be just a bit of a booty call???? Well, that's ok if no one else does, cause lyrics are always open to interpretation, and being able to put in any number of interpretations is what makes a good songwriter - to be able to write a song that could be about a specific thing, or could be about nothing, yet has so many people analysing it on so many levels is what makes an artist go from being good - to friggin' awesome.......

    hope you all enjoyed my little rant... :)


    All I can say is that someone has got something on their mind...

    but yes the multi-layered interpretation of the lyrics is something that has sustained my interest in PJ for many many years. I always look forward to how my interpretation of a song evolves over time.
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