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Off He Goes - Masterpiece

Twostep2000RVMTwostep2000RVM Posts: 95
edited April 2013 in The Porch
lyrics, guitar work, and vocal delivery. absolutely incredible song.
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  • pearljam133pearljam133 Posts: 202
    Most definitely
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  • Guitar92playerGuitar92player Posts: 664
    Definitely in my top 10 favorites. Guitar work is beautiful.
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  • javis el errantejavis el errante Buenos Aires Posts: 6,144
    This is the one I liked the most at the time of the album release. At first I thought it was about his father, then I thought it was about his step father, when I remembered he lived with his mom and step dad, years later, I learnt it was about himslef... I still love this song, great tunes, great lyrics... my first PJ vinyl single...
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  • YLed2YLed2 Posts: 5,534
    Great tune and also great live. I feel this, along with Small Town, were the beginning of those great acoustic, folk songs from Ed.
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  • PapPap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,759
    I thought it was about a dead friend and as I've lost two friends, I could easily relate. Then I heard it's about Eddie being a shitty friend (disappearing from people's lives without a notice). I can relate to that too. Unfortunately... :roll:

    P.S: Every time I listen to that song, I instantly think about my two friends: And now he's back...
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  • SomethingCreativeSomethingCreative Kazoo, MI Posts: 3,405
    After watching PJ20 where Ed talks about how he and Jeff kind of lost touch and seeing the song in missoula, I came up with the theory that the song is about he and Jeff.
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  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,489
    beautiful song.....
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  • Leezestarr313Leezestarr313 Temple of the cat Posts: 14,437
    Love it. And I'm thinking about a friend too :)
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  • Big Bank HankBig Bank Hank Seattle, WA Posts: 8,639
    my favorite version: 07.10.2006 Los Angeles (from the bootleg) :D
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrTNxsNtNnY&list=PL9A00F7314885A11C&index=186
  • deftonesdeftones Athens, Greece Posts: 2,444
    Amazing song, just love it
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  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,445
    One of their best. Never get tired of it.
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  • october22october22 Posts: 2,533
    I lost one of my best friends in a motorcycle accident my senior year of high school. It's about my friend Michael.
  • DiRtyFranK38DiRtyFranK38 Posts: 3,131
    agreed.
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  • pjhawkspjhawks Posts: 12,884
    I remember getting Live on Two Legs and being blown away by it. wasn't a huge fan of No Code at the time but that live version just did it for me with this song. awesome song.
  • love-boat-captainlove-boat-captain Essex. UK Posts: 476
    still my fav PJ song
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  • BobbakBobbak Posts: 87
    It's one of those songs that I think will surpass the band, after they are long but gone (let's hope that day never comes).

    Furthermore I always get goosebumps when I hear the song being played live. :geek:
  • barger395barger395 Posts: 855
    From the very first listen, this has been one of my favorite songs, by ANY artist! I was in college at the time, and had friend who would come home from Berkeley, but he never seemed to stay for very long, so this song always belonged to him. Especially the "perfectly unkept clothes" line...So Darren.

    IMO, the most beautiful version is from Benaroya.

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  • bobby dazzlersbobby dazzlers Posts: 2,040
    Yah mahn!

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  • javis el errantejavis el errante Buenos Aires Posts: 6,144
    I just had to...

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  • TigaSefiTigaSefi Posts: 280
    I feel lucky to have heard it 3 times live! Such a great song from my favourite PJ album!
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  • guypjfreakguypjfreak Posts: 2,281
    one of the best old son :D
  • corduroycorduroy Westfield Center, OH Posts: 120
    Great song...saw it live once but the best version I ever heard was when I was standing outside Blossom Music Center in 1998 listening to soundcheck. The best part was the solo towards the end where Mike hits the first note with this amazing string bend. Just PERFECT! I've never heard it played like that during any show, even around that time. I still get chills when I listen to it!
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  • southernmanfansouthernmanfan Johannesburg, South Africa Posts: 1,025
    If i was allowed to take only one song with me to a deserted island, it could very well be this one. One of my favourite PJ songs and one of my favourites songs ever. Brilliant!

    Have to go and listen to it now :)
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  • JonnyPistachioJonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    This was the song that wore out my 'repeat' button on my old CD player. I fell asleep to it on repeat for months.
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  • KimmiebyromKimmiebyrom Posts: 1,832
    Never, ever gets old. I can't wait to hear it live!
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  • rearviewrossrearviewross Posts: 3,055
    Twostep2000RVM wrote:
    lyrics, guitar work, and vocal delivery. absolutely incredible song.

    My wife isnt a big PJ fan, just casual at best. She knows this song though because I have told her probably 10 times that I want it played at my funeral.
    Forced to endure, what I cannot forgive.
  • lastexit78lastexit78 Posts: 618
    One of my favorites, this song always had special meaning to me. It's gone through four different phases for me. First it always remided me of the relationship I had with my father when I was younger. He would come for a weekend and then leave and I wouldn't see him for months. Then when I got older the tables turned, I had my own life and I would visit him, we would have a great time and then I would be off again. The character who's always leaving was me, that was a weird change. Then a few years ago he passed away so the lyrics took on another level of meaning for me. Now I have a son of 18 months and we often listen to this song. Now it's a message of what I will never let my relationship become with him.
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  • veddertownveddertown Scotland Posts: 5,260
    Fantastic song! This was on my wishlist before my first PJ gig but wasn't to be unfortunately. Last year in Manchester night 2 after Inside Job, Ed walked forward with the acoustic he uses for Just Breathe and since it was in the first encore that's what I thought he would play. Imagine the joy when he played the intro to Off He Goes and of course it was a beautiful version well worth the wait!!! :D

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  • mca47mca47 Posts: 13,327
    Masterpiece indeed!
  • shetellsherselfshetellsherself New Jersey Posts: 8,835
    lastexit78 wrote:
    One of my favorites, this song always had special meaning to me. It's gone through four different phases for me. First it always remided me of the relationship I had with my father when I was younger. He would come for a weekend and then leave and I wouldn't see him for months. Then when I got older the tables turned, I had my own life and I would visit him, we would have a great time and then I would be off again. The character who's always leaving was me, that was a weird change. Then a few years ago he passed away so the lyrics took on another level of meaning for me. Now I have a son of 18 months and we often listen to this song.Now it's a message of what I will never let my relationship become with him.

    This is beautiful.

    Such a fantastic song. Reminds me of someone too, unfortunately.
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