Has PJ ever made you cry?

belfast1 · March 2010

Black, elderly woman, indifference, release, long road and hard to imagine for an old friend I haven't seen for so long

wishlist for my mum and

just breathe and unthought known for my daughter

BrianGoldsmith · March 2010

When i saw Pearl Jam at the 02 arena last year and was priveliged to take my friend Stevie B who attended his first concert in many years and bought us a couple of tickets. We both cried when they came on. One of the most powerful experiences of my life.....Love you Mr B : ) Keep on rocking in the free world!

JOEJOEJOE · March 2010

I'd probably cry if they sang a song about onions.

Oceans 98 · April 2010

indifference

badbrains · April 2010

June 22, 1995 CalExpo

Didn't cry but boy did I have a lump in my throat that night. Went to the show with my uncle Tim. It was MY first pj show besides bridge school the previous year. My uncle went to the seats by the side and I went to the front. After bad religion shredded I stood there hangen by myself. My heart started pounding when there clown/jacknthebox music started knowing that my band was about to come out. Then they walked out and I remember Ed walking out with a cup in his hand and he looked at the crowd and you could read his lips say "wow....." And to top it all off, they opened with release!!! Can it get any better? Yes, I meet up with my uncle. I ask him what did you think? His response-these guys are going to be the biggest band in the world. I alwayz knew my uncle Tim was smart when it came to music. Man I miss those teen years smoking some shwag with my uncle listening to his Vitology vinyl....to be young again......

Oh and I did see my girl cry the first time she saw them in 2000. I looked over at her while they were walking out to see what her first expression would be. Sure enough, she had tears coming down her cheeks. See my gf is 5 years younger then me so she was 19 and didn't get to see them earlier cuz she was young. She even showed me all her VHS recordings of pj on MTV to prove to me she was a diehard fan. She even fucken saved the plastic off her Ten cassette in an album book.....$9.99 still on it hahaha

riverrun71 · May 2010

Too many times to count, some of these stories are making me tear up.

I've dealt with an alcohol problem most of my life, my way of dealing with all of lifes issues was to get drunk by myself and listen to pearl jam. (Pathetic huh?) Anyway, I finally sought treatment and have been in recovery for some time now. When I first stopped drinking I was afraid I wouldn't be able to listen any more, that it would be too painful, too many bad memories. Fortunately it's been the opposite, I still cry occasionally but in a very cathartic way. Their music holds so much meaning to me, for so many different reasons as I'm sure is the same with all of you.

My wife says I'm a crying sissy boy, jokingly of course. I think?

ski4 · May 2010

FrankieG wrote:

yes, certain songs with certain meanings, especially when im thinking about certain things lol.

Very broard lol, but they definitely have.

ditto
last time was this recent columbus show
they did 3 tunes back to back that just broke me up

Wobbie · May 2010

ski4 wrote:

last time was this recent columbus show

me too....during amongst the waves....didn't see that coming :wtf:

Vedder for president · May 2010

Yesterday actually. Was listening to Off he goes on my Ipod and was reminded of my cousin who moved away to live in Colorado with his girlfriend.. I miss him a lot and he was the one who got me into Pearl Jam. Great guy and his girlfriend he moved out there with just broke up with him, so my heart has been heavy for him recently. When I heard 'And now I rub my eyes, for he has returned'....instant tears. First time I cried listening to music too, I believe.

mostdefiled · May 2010

Last year, I got to see EV's first two solo shows of the tour, and I got to listen to sound check through the theater door. When he sang "Rise", and got to the line "gonna rise up, burning black holes in dark memories", my breath left me and I started sobbing. And in my first taste of how nice PJ fans can really be, no one made me feel foolish, either.

On 10/31 in Philly last year, they did Inside Job, and again, more tears. I was sitting in a balcony seat, and had brought in binoculars I was sharing with fellow balcony residents. Someone kept trying to pass them back to me during that song, and I kept pushing them away- I just wanted to be alone with the song, alone with all that emotion.

CantKeepMeHere · May 2010

jones wrote:

black..bonnaroo
mike's solo actually did it. (drugs are bad)

and randomly present tense did twice

you took the words right out of my mouth

whispering hands · May 2010

Cinnamon Girl wrote:

too many times to list.

Me too

DangDang · May 2010

Off He Goes79 · May 2010

I was driving back home for my grandfather's funeral when Man of the Hour came on my ipod and I could not hold back the tears.

BinauralJam · May 2010

Tonight msg 2 2010. betterman

VEDDERGIRL90 · May 2010

Oh yeah, We went to Columbia SC in 2008 after Bonaroo and got awesome 10c seats. As the lights went out and the band took the stage and opened with Can't keep I busted out crying. One we soooo close and two I love Can't Keep.

belfast1 · May 2010

we are such a bunch of softies haha!!

MoonTurtle · May 2010

Release

first 5 times I heard it after buying Ten late 1991

not many tears but two huge ones

topaz · May 2010

so many times

here's 3 that stick in my mind

black, when i was 15 and lost a friend in a car accident

release, last week dealing with my son's absent dad

and 27 nov last year when they played faithful.....

pj is my therapy, and i am so grateful

and i can see i'm not alone

theserialthrilla · May 2010

j..j..jjust now as i hit enter on the 2009 bootleg box set

Has PJ ever made you cry?

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