TOP 3 P J SONGS of ALL-TIME & Why !

1. Hard To Imagine
2. Release
3. Sad

If I could only choose two, I would go with:

1. Release: I can relate so well with Ed on this song.
2. Off He Goes: It took some time for this song to hit me, but it hit me hard. I can listen to it 5 times a day if I want to and NEVER get sick of it. I love the way Ed wrote it from the perspective of his friends looking at him after he got famous.
3. It is incredibly difficult for me to choose between Corduroy and In Hiding. Both have played significant roles in my life but I will have to go with Corduroy. This song represents the anger of youth everywhere, not just in Eddie's life.

Black
Do The Evolution
Corduroy

thats off the top of my head, i don't think i could truly pick three favorites. they change all the time. black has always consistently been up there as my favorite though.

Let the records play
Infallible
Get away

This is fun to think about because my favorites have changed with time...
and there are so many. Its like a history of your life with their music and their lives....
But most important are:
1. Release - because its the first time I heard eddie's voice, and the lyrics are so real.
2. Blood - because I was so freakin' pissed off at this time, and this just nailed it for me.
3. Unthought Known - because it was released right before I was about to drive across
the country to start a new life on the west coast...I played backspacer over and over
while driving through the night feeling "the path cut by the moon for you to walk on
and "distant shores awaiting your arrival" as actual events presently happening in my life.
I thought then.... and I still do....is Eddie psychic or something? XOX

dimitrispearljam wrote:

BLACK
NOTHING AS IT SEEMS
SIRENS

This is a very personal post for me. I heard Nothingman live in Barrie Ontario in 98', and it affected me in a way that I could not comprehend for years, but I loved the song and listened to it often. I didn't actually figure it out until about 2 years ago when I was going through a rough time with my wife. I had been neglecting all of the little things that make a relationship work and taking her and the things she did, for me and us for granted. One night after an argument I put on some PJ and this song came on and I broke down, all of the things that I was neglecting and taking for granted in our relationship became crystal clear. I can't hear the words "and he who forgets, will be destined to remember" without getting the chills. Since that night I've never take a single thing for granted. I'm getting those lyrics tattooed soon, just gotta pick a spot and a font.

Second favorite song is indifference, the emotion Eddie puts into this is awesome.

Last but not least is Footsteps, I can't imagine being Stone, Mike and Jeff sitting around getting this demo back and hearing what is on the tape.

Impossible question.
If I just had 3 songs to listen to on repeat, then it would have to be
1: Alive (even after so many years it still sounds F***ing awesome)
2: YL (One of the best live closing songs of all time)
3: Release (One of the best opening songs of all time. It stirs the soul)

I want to listen to these on my death bed.

dimitrispearljam wrote:

dimitrispearljam wrote:

BLACK
NOTHING AS IT SEEMS
SIRENS

Given To Fly - this song is like a wave, starts out small and eventually grows bigger until it crests. and it makes me so happy.

Nothing As It Seems - just a brilliant song. the lyrics are haunting, and the music is incredible. great guitar riffs. just makes me feel something deep down.

Cready Stomp - yeah there's no lyrics, but motherfuck this jam ROCKS. probably listened to it a couple hundred times when I first heard it. doesn't even need lyrics IMO. perfect the way it is.

honorable mentions: Inside Job, Release, Black.