I GOT ID

robthepjfan
robthepjfan Posts: 647
edited March 2011 in The Porch
found this vid on youtube...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAMm5ry64MA

guess it does good job of summing up this song....its always been a fav of mine..but this could quite possibly be one of the most raw,powerful,emotional songs ever made....its quickly becoming maybe my favorite pearl jam song..i dont know...something about it..its powerful and moving....great images in the video ...any thoughts ?????
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  • Break The Sky
    Break The Sky Posts: 1,276
    It's different from other PJ songs because Niel Young plays guitar on it, and if I'm not mistaken, I'm pretty sure Brendan O'Brien plays bass. Whatever distortion Niel uses on the guitar is just amazing.

    I got shit is about unrequited love, which, if done properly, can make for some great lyrics. In I got shit it was done properly.
    If hope can grow from dirt like me ...
  • Leezestarr313
    Leezestarr313 Temple of the cat Posts: 14,444
    That is my fave PJ song as well! I had days where I listened to it like five times in a row ... It just overwhelms me every time :)

    My preferred version is the studio one but I hope I will hear them playing it live once in my life.
    Please, Pearl Jam, consider a Benaroya Hall vinyl reissue! http://community.pearljam.com/discussion/148993/please-pearl-jam-consider-a-vinyl-benaroya-hall-re-issue


  • KM43590
    KM43590 Posts: 298
    Ah yes, unrequited love... I know it all too well. This song is perfect!
  • DarkStar
    DarkStar Posts: 734
    edited March 2011
    My favorite Pearl Jam song. Some time ago I came across an auction for the original handwritten lyrics that came from Ed's notebook. Apparently, Ed authenticated the lyrics. Writing a letter to the auction house on his own personal stationery. The letter he submitted reads “Yes I did write the actual lyrics to “I Got Id-.” Later, “I Got Shit”-. Thought it may get played on the radio, so initial title was kept as “Id”-. They came from my notebook – don’t know how they got ripped from the book. Don’t think they were stolen, but it’s a halfway decent song. So I approve. All the best, war is over, if you want it.”

    http://www.americanmemorabilia.com/Auct ... n_ID=20463

    To those that debate what the lyrics for the chorus are...from what I can read, the orignals say:

    Oh, I walked in light when you held my hand that night
    Oh, I walked in light when you hold my close
    Oh, I paid the price...but I'll come back in your life
    Oh, I made a (fight?), hold you only (time/friend?)

    The studio version goes...

    But, I walked in light when you held me in that night
    Oh, I walked in light when you held my hand that night
    Oh, I walked in light when you held me close that night
    I paid the price...never held you in real life

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    And no one sings me lullabyes
    And no one makes me close my eyes
    So I throw the windows wide
    And call to you across the sky....
  • robthepjfan
    robthepjfan Posts: 647
    my gosh i would love to have those handwritten lyrics

    ok this is truly my fav PJ song now
  • aneutronbomb
    aneutronbomb Posts: 818
    i got id/long road ftw!!!

    2 of my very favoritest pj songs around
    and fuck me if I say somethin you dont wanna hear, fuck me!
    and fuck me if you only hear what you wanna hear
    fuck me...if I care...but im not leavin here
  • robthepjfan
    robthepjfan Posts: 647
    those are my 2 fav pearl jam songs...conveniently they are on the same disc....i have the 7'' as well but no turntable yet
  • Owl
    Owl Posts: 1,062
    robthepjfan wrote:
    found this vid on youtube...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAMm5ry64MA

    guess it does good job of summing up this song....its always been a fav of mine..but this could quite possibly be one of the most raw,powerful,emotional songs ever made....its quickly becoming maybe my favorite pearl jam song..i dont know...something about it..its powerful and moving....great images in the video ...any thoughts ?????

    That's really an impressive job based on opposites!
    It doesn't necessarily leads you to something fixed and that's what I like the most about it; it still leaves you the opportunity to find your own meaning of the lyrics and the whole situation portrayed.
    Thanks for proposing it :)

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