inside job...one of the greastest pj songs ever

vedder89
vedder89 Posts: 177
edited May 2011 in Words and Music...Communication
in my opinion, inside job is one of the greatest pearl jam songs ever written.

the way the song starts out slow and gradually builds up is mind blowing.

the lyrics i think are genius. they way they talk about individuality and being your own person and how "life comes from within your heart and desire"...how you choose to live your life is your choice and you have to want to live your life. you have to want to live.

mike and eddie really came together creatively here.
i wish they played this song more live


any others who feel the same?
Stab it down, fill the pages, suck my fuckin' life out, man
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  • DV70007
    DV70007 Posts: 67
    +1
  • TM109540
    TM109540 Posts: 17
    Feel same about given to fly which is played often, gone, and present tense
  • StillHere
    StillHere Posts: 7,795
    How I choose to feel... Is how I am

    my mantra

    agreed 1000%
    peace,
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  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    DV70007 wrote:
    +1
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  • lukins.lawyer
    lukins.lawyer Posts: 128
    Would you believe they scratched it from the set list in Buffalo 2010? I couldn't believe it when I saw it.
    No need to be void,... or save up on life...
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  • diamond_marmalade
    diamond_marmalade Posts: 426
    Yes I would say so. I have read posts before where people say they feel the lyrics are cheesy and I would have to disagree particularly compared to songs on Backspacer. I really like this song.
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  • marcos
    marcos Posts: 2,112
    The Newark 2010 version really woke me up to this song, it was rainy day in Newark, a city with great poverty, in the shadow of the rich NYC, something special about that performance.
  • Sidnum
    Sidnum Posts: 674
    vedder89 wrote:
    in my opinion, inside job is one of the greatest pearl jam songs ever written.

    the way the song starts out slow and gradually builds up is mind blowing.

    the lyrics i think are genius. they way they talk about individuality and being your own person and how "life comes from within your heart and desire"...how you choose to live your life is your choice and you have to want to live your life. you have to want to live.

    mike and eddie really came together creatively here.
    i wish they played this song more live


    any others who feel the same?


    Reminds me of this clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsogswrH6ck

    It is a great song though, seriously.
  • SCMike10
    SCMike10 Posts: 195
    Most underrated song in their catalog.
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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,380
    I concur :thumbup:

    yet....some people hate it :wtf:
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  • EZ3455
    EZ3455 Posts: 79
    it's up there with Present Tense as a phenomenal lyrical performance focused on the concepts of hope, and the wellspring of positivity that's inside us all.

    :ugeek:
  • PARSONSPLACE
    PARSONSPLACE Posts: 27
    Oh hell yeah without a doubt it sends chills
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    mike talked about it yesterday on sirius...here's the clip

    http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UCVABMFI


    love this song

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUij90kZRUA
  • vedder89
    vedder89 Posts: 177
    lukins.lawyer wrote:
    Would you believe they scratched it from the set list in Buffalo 2010? I couldn't believe it when I saw it.

    wow i cant believe that...im from buffalo and would have loved to hear that live in my home town
    Stab it down, fill the pages, suck my fuckin' life out, man
  • TJ25487
    TJ25487 Posts: 1,501
    Definately an underrated song. Love it.
  • EEEDEC04
    EEEDEC04 Midwest Posts: 118
    Roger that. Inside Job is one of those self discoveries that is hard to stop listening to.
  • cyndarious1
    cyndarious1 Posts: 430
    I love Inside Job, but I don't come back to it as often as I wanted. I can't stop listening to it when it appears in my Itunes player, i HAVE to listen to it completely, and I always feel it's an amazing song, one of the very best of the Avocado album.

    I think Mike is a genius composer, take Given to Fly for example, what I think one of the most complex songs in the PJ catalogue, both in music and lyrics.
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  • ejh76
    ejh76 Posts: 133
    I listened to Inside Job over and over again this morning on my drive into work, gets me everytime.
    love it.
  • CitizenRick
    CitizenRick Posts: 1,079
    Chills! It's a reminds me that each of these guys individually... are crazy talented writers. This is why they are "Pearl Jam"...and that's why we are in the midst of PJ20. I'm so proud to have been along for the ride! Great song indeed!

    Any one of these five guys can write an amazing song...at any time. That's why they are amongst the elite.
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  • RFTC
    RFTC Posts: 723
    i have posted at least once re. inside job and how much i love the lyrics and jam ending. there are always 2-3 response re. 'worst pj lyrics ever' etc. i do not get the hate for that song, would love-love-love for that to be a song on pj20 setlist.
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