What song got you into Pearl Jam??

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  • suns rival
    suns rival Posts: 15,926
    simple. it's because of ten, one of the greatest debut albums ever created, if not, the greatest.
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  • Got Some If You Need It
    Got Some If You Need It Posts: 435
    ogre1213 wrote:
    If you weren't old enough to appreciate the "grunge" era, what song got you to say "wow, this band is awesome i wanna hear some more"???

    surprisingly for me it was nothing as it seems, then i realized cool i didnt know they also played daughter, and... its all history and music bliss since then

    so what about everyone else?

    When I was about 10 I was OBSESSED with Last Kiss. I would literally sit next to my boom box/radio in my room listing to 97.5 PST waiting for it to come on (which at the time was about 1 per 3 hours). I asked my Aunt to get me a Pearl Jam album for Christmas and instead recieved the soundtrack to Tarzan by Phil Collins. Needless to say I was devestated. Finally about 2 years ago, fully forgetting my former obsession with Last Kiss, I started hearing WWS on the radio. I kind of liked it, so I downloaded a couple PJ songs from Limewire (sorry, I've since bought every album legally). The next 3 songs got me into them. Breath, Black, and Yellow Ledbetter. Been about 2 years now and I still remember the exact songs that I first downloaded. Looking back I think it’s a great mix of their styles to get me or anyone into the band. Breath rocks out and has some cool lyrics, Ledbetter had a nice sound to it from Ed especially I thought, while Black shows off their slower side and is simply an amazing song. Took me about 3 weeks of listening to these songs once in a while until I fully realized just how amazing this band was. I remember lying in bed one night listening to Ledbetter, and it was like I had an epiphany. I don’t know how to explain it, but all of a sudden I LOVED PEARL JAM. Next step was to raid my Dad’s CD collection and he had VS. Listened to that for a while, and I really liked it, but none of the songs really jumped out to me. I really like the song dissident. Next step was to visit the ole pearljam website, Here to my delight I found I could download bootlegs for free. Took me a while to figure out how to do that, but from that point on I basically only listened to live music. This was another interesting way that kind of exposed me first off, to how great a live band they were, and also to just expose me to a wide range of their music and covers. I bought Ten, No Code, Binaural, Yield, and Riot Act all at once. Later buying Avocado, and finally Vitalogy for 6 bucks at a supermarket just 2 months ago. I can’t wait to finally experience Pearl Jam live this summer, and I thank anyone who spent the time to read this.
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  • LONGRD
    LONGRD Posts: 6,036
    suns rival wrote:
    simple. it's because of ten, one of the greatest debut albums ever created, if not, the greatest.
    Just imagine if they had the some of the b-sides/extras on that album. Especially, Yellow Ledbetter and the re-recorded Even Flow. Ten could have been the world's first perfect album. :)
    PJ- 04/29/2003.06/24,25,27,28,30/2008.10/27,28,30,31/2009
    EV- 08/09,10/2008.06/08,09/2009
  • SENROCK
    SENROCK Posts: 10,736
    ogre1213 wrote:
    If you weren't old enough to appreciate the "grunge" era, what song got you to say "wow, this band is awesome i wanna hear some more"???

    surprisingly for me it was nothing as it seems, then i realized cool i didnt know they also played daughter, and... its all history and music bliss since then

    so what about everyone else?
    i love this question becuz my answer is EVENFLOW!!!! :D
    that was the very first song i heard and it was on casette and i was addicted immediately! that is STILL my favorite song. :D
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  • loveatree
    loveatree Posts: 142
    edited April 2009
    RELEASE- I would listen to the whole ten album on rotation. Listening to pj on my way to and from school. For about a year I listened to Ten on my walkman jammin to pj sitting on the bart. Since then of course I have grown to have many favorite songs, but RELEASE will always hold a place in my heart, it was the song that really made me fall in love with pearl jam and was the first song i got to hear them play live!
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  • pjsteelerfan
    pjsteelerfan Maryland Posts: 9,905
    Funny, the song that got me hooked on them was Garden. It was the song that made me really listen to Ten and I was hooked from there.
    ...got a mind full of questions and a teacher in my soul...
  • macgyver06
    macgyver06 Posts: 2,500
    Live on two legs version of Corduroy

    and than

    MFC



    i was in a chilis parking lot smoking a blunt.


    saw them live soon there after... now i follow these guys around when they come to florida.
  • zacman13245
    zacman13245 Posts: 294
    Alive
    I'm spinning, oh, I'm spinning

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  • macgyver06
    macgyver06 Posts: 2,500
    may i also add... tonight when i get home from work... im rolling a blunt and listening to Lost Dogs


    :)




    LOUD
  • Dissidentman
    Dissidentman Posts: 15,378
    Gold 26 wrote:
    Not a song as such, it was the whole Ten album.

    When I was 14 in 1993 I had a record voucher with which I wanted to buy The Spaghetti Incident by Guns N' Roses (which incidently is rubbish) but I forgot I had it and paid cash. I then had to spend the voucher so looked in the rock section and just picked an album at random and there we have it....


    I agree, it was the entire 10 album for me. I was 17 when I bought it in '92, and it had me hooked.
  • susannj
    susannj Posts: 694
    Well my twin sister bought the TEN album and kept playing it in the car. I wasn't crazy about it at first but LOVED when I heard 'Release'. After about listening to the album a few more times that was it for me!!
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  • Murderers.
    Murderers. Posts: 1,382
    Black.

    I litterally teared up the first time I heard it.
    What the fuck is this world?
  • ogre1213
    ogre1213 Posts: 402
    macgyver06 wrote:
    may i also add... tonight when i get home from work... im rolling a blunt and listening to Lost Dogs


    :)




    LOUD

    they have weed in orlando??
    Some die just to live
  • Federico
    Federico Posts: 7,916
    evenflow

    back in 1993...?
  • pdalowsky
    pdalowsky Doncaster,UK Posts: 15,235
    Alive and not so long after Go totally blew me away as did animal
  • Sian-of-the-dead
    Sian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    In 2000 I heard Bugs...

    That was it.
    Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...

    ... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
  • G-force
    G-force Posts: 218
    Evenflow for sure.

    However the album that got me hooked-on for good was Vitalogy. After 3 straight kick ass albums that's what did it for me.
  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun
    LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
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  • ReleaseMe...
    ReleaseMe... Posts: 494
    the first 3 tracks of Vitalogy in 2000.....everyday changing in the locker room (only there for 10 minutes a day so thats all i got to hear)

    then i was like, oh this group sings daughter, elderly too?

    right after that bought all the albums

    within two years bought all the vinyl and posters i could afford
    Mansfield II: # 23, since '03

    routine was the theme..

    there aint gonna be any middle any more
  • ONCE DEVIDED
    ONCE DEVIDED Posts: 1,131
    ogre1213 wrote:
    If you weren't old enough to appreciate the "grunge" era, what song got you to say "wow, this band is awesome i wanna hear some more"???

    surprisingly for me it was nothing as it seems, then i realized cool i didnt know they also played daughter, and... its all history and music bliss since then

    so what about everyone else?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTTsyk-pyd8&feature=related
    Rocking in the free world with neil on the award night they cleaned up for Jeremy ( ed said this award means nothing-- dont remember the date)
    they closed with neil and when the played Ritfw it blew my mind. Loved neil but I was thinking fuck better get that Album, the start of the soundtrack to my life
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