...if you hate something

toblerusse
toblerusse Posts: 111
edited March 2012 in Words and Music...Communication
I love the line in Not For You that goes "if you hate something don't you do it too".

What I am making a thread for is to discuss something I have been arguing with my cousin for a while.

I think the sentence ends in a question mark (?) but he thinks it's a statement.

Me: I think it's a meant to mean that everything we allow our conscious/ego to be bothered by is essentially something that we ourselves also do. In a sense a hypocritical admission that if something really bothers you it's because you've been guilty of it yourself when it serves to be selfish in a given circumstance.

cousin: it's a statement declaring that you should not do what you find annoying or bothersome. A way to decree that shitty behaviour should not be done to others as you don't want it done to you.

Etc and like such as.

What are cleverer than I ten club member thoughts on this?
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  • mookeywrench
    mookeywrench Posts: 6,091
    It's a statement.

    The golden rule : do unto others as you would have them do.
  • EBowie
    EBowie Posts: 533
    I tend to lean more towards the post writers opinion. However, I will mention that this could also be an example where Ed, being the great writer that he is, has presented the opportunity for words to be interpreted "correctly" in a multitude of ways.
  • MedozK
    MedozK Tennessee Posts: 9,212
    mookeywrench wrote:
    It's a statement.
    What he said +1
  • Bu$chlager
    Bu$chlager Posts: 500
    Firstly, let me just say how jealous I am that you have someone close to you in your life that you can have debates about the intricate nuances of Pearl Jam lyrics. Believe me that is a luxury a lot of us do not have.

    Secondly, I always thought it was a statement. Not For You is an angry, excoriating rant of a song. Eddie is not asking us any questions here, he's stating.
  • samjam
    samjam New York Posts: 9,283
    This is so interesting! I have always envisioned it a question, but now that I think about it, the 'statement' interpretation seems to be more fitting overall. But, that's the beauty of music- so up for interpretation!
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  • StillHere
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    i've always taken it as a statement
    like..this is how you should be
    in other words a version of the golden rule:
    treat others the same way you want them to treat you
    peace,
    jo

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  • eugenetwhi
    eugenetwhi Posts: 170
    I think this statement from above explains it

    I will mention that this could also be an example where Ed, being the great writer that he is, has presented the opportunity for words to be interpreted "correctly" in a multitude of ways.

    Songs never really have the same meaning for two different people. And songs have different meanings to each at different times
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  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    statement.

    no question.

    or is it:

    statement?

    no, question.

    :lol:
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  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
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    STATEMENT
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    Winnipeg 2005
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  • DS1119
    DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    If you hate something...shoot it.
  • your move now
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    DS1119 wrote:
    If you hate something...shoot it.

    no DS if you hate something sit down and have a rational conversation and sort things out like a mature adult!







    ... it's a statement
    I don't mean to offend anyone, a lot of what I say should be taken with a grain of salt... that said for most of you I'm a stranger on a computer on the other side of the world, don't give me that sort of power!
  • DS1119
    DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    your move now wrote:
    DS1119 wrote:
    If you hate something...shoot it.

    no DS if you hate something sit down and have a rational conversation and sort things out like a mature adult!







    ... it's a statement

    I'd rather shoot it.
  • your move now
    your move now Posts: 1,165
    bloody car salesmen, no patience
    I don't mean to offend anyone, a lot of what I say should be taken with a grain of salt... that said for most of you I'm a stranger on a computer on the other side of the world, don't give me that sort of power!
  • dimitrispearljam
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    your move now wrote:
    bloody car salesmen, no patience
    :lol:
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  • dwhite76
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    MedozK wrote:
    mookeywrench wrote:
    It's a statement.
    What he said +1


    What they said :lol:
    Some words when spoken...Can't be taken back...
  • pandora
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    yes a statement a great rule in parenting

    cause back to bite you it will
  • zarocat
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    Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:
    STATEMENT

    +1
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  • StillHere
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    pandora wrote:
    yes a statement a great rule in parenting

    cause back to bite you it will


    oh yes..it ALL will :lol:

    choose wisely my friends
    peace,
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  • The Oracle
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    eugenetwhi wrote:
    I think this statement from above explains it

    I will mention that this could also be an example where Ed, being the great writer that he is, has presented the opportunity for words to be interpreted "correctly" in a multitude of ways.

    Songs never really have the same meaning for two different people. And songs have different meanings to each at different times

    I always regard it as a statement, and try to live my life by it, but different strokes for different folks, so take it as you feel.
  • FrankieG
    FrankieG Abingdon MD Posts: 9,100
    BUSH-lager wrote:
    Firstly, let me just say how jealous I am that you have someone close to you in your life that you can have debates about the intricate nuances of Pearl Jam lyrics. Believe me that is a luxury a lot of us do not have.

    :thumbup:


    I think its a statement.
    1. When Ed's singing it, he doesn't make that question-like inflection (spelling?) at the end of the lyric.
    2. There have been questions in other songs, and in those cases, they actually put in the question mark.
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