Has PJ ever made you cry?

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  • Wilds
    Wilds Posts: 4,329
    Only once. Come back at Wrigley.
  • nickburrows14
    nickburrows14 Posts: 858
    Release gets me every time. Eyes filling up just writing this :cry:
    Happy up here in my tree
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    present tense last night
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • PJForceofNature
    PJForceofNature Posts: 3,087
    Cried last night listening to the cover of "It Happened Today"-so beautiful and full of emotion.
    "A beacon on dry land"
  • brentashby
    brentashby Posts: 28
    Come Back did the first time i heard it. it was shortly after a friend of mine was killed in iraq. made me think of his wife and daughter. great song, but i don't play it much. hits too close to home. Release definitely brought tears to my eyes the first time i heard it live. crowd reaction was so moving. it was as if all of the pent up negative energy in the arena was let go with just two words spoken in unison by 20,000+ "release me"
  • Driftin'Along
    Driftin'Along Posts: 1,403
    I'm sure many of us have this same feeling but I feel that as I get older and experience new things in life (birth of a child, marriage, etc.) some of the songs take on new meanings and feelings. Lately I get choked up during Man of the Hour and Long Road. Maybe it's because I've decided those are my funeral songs (along with Satisfied Mind by Johnny Cash). My wife is also listening to a lot of PJ for the first time and her overwhelming feedback of the music/lyrics/vocals is the emotion that is conveyed. She has been closed to tears many times from many different songs.
    "Not only do you have sunshine but you have better thunder...fuckers." -Ed, Phx 10/21/00
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  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQXP6TDtW0w
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • fortyshades
    fortyshades Posts: 1,835
    I will probably be burned for this one, but the combination of Just Breathe and The End did it to me. My father in law had died and these songs hit home... Hard... I remember I was in Nijmegen (Netherlands) and Ed played Just Breathe, well, it just choked me. It all came back. I was bruised and punched because of the bad security of London Calling a few days before (even was a bit scared of the crowd), but when this song came, it just washed me away...

    They are simple and stripped down songs, small songs, with large messages.
  • WhyGo91
    WhyGo91 Posts: 639
    You guys will think this is a "too soon" moment, but last night "Sirens" made me cry. Regardless of what your interpretations of the song are, it made me think about how in love with my fiance I am and how lucky I am to be with her. Anyways, that's my story of how Pearl Jam has made me cry haha.
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    Yeah, when they announced a BDO festival only appearance.
    Seeing I hate BDO and won't be going, it made me cry (on the inside).
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • mustbechris
    mustbechris Posts: 228
    The first time I saw Rearviewmirror in concert, and last week when the Steve Gleason-Pearl Jam special ran on ESPN. I think that's it.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ8iwHT1hJM
    Speaking as a child of the 90's
  • Grandma
    Grandma Posts: 259
    Several times listening to Lightning Bolt last night for the first time - my kids brought my Mom over for a visit with most of the family during the day - she's about to start hospice care and has alzheimer's but still recognizes everyone. Add a lot of wine and it was quite a setup for my first time with an album full of mortality.
  • LD_and happy
    LD_and happy Portland, OR Posts: 107
    mcgavinj wrote:
    Crown Of Thorns when first played in Vegas 2000. Most recently...Just Breathe...

    Yeah - I was there in Vegas for that in 2000 - still gives me the chills and a tear-up when I hear it
  • LD_and happy
    LD_and happy Portland, OR Posts: 107
    2001ALLSTAREDDIE wrote:
    yes - release - after my father died

    My father past just a couple weeks before PJ20 - when they opened with Release, I just lost it. The new friend next to me started crying too, it was a moment for sure...
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    something happens lately with wash..i dont know why..or do i?
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • NJSliggs
    NJSliggs Posts: 6
    At Philly 1 my wife cried during Man of the Hour; I cried right after during Off He Goes (gets me every time).
    My favorite PJ show is and always will be...
    my next one.

    Camden, NJ 2006
    Camden, NJ 2008
    NY, NY 2008
    EV 2008
    EV 2011
    Brooklyn,NY 2013
    Philly, PA, 2013
  • actonplp
    actonplp Maine Posts: 173
    edited October 2013
    Yes, the first time I heard Better Man... that song WAS my life at that time.

    Oct. 15, 2013 Worcester, MA
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    Aug. 05, 2016 - Fenway Park, Boston
    Oct. 15, 2013 - Worcester, Massachusetts
  • DeLukin
    DeLukin Posts: 2,757
    You know that line in Thumbing My Way when Ed sings "I wish that I could hold you... I wish that I had" ? That always causes a flood of regret for every time I missed an opportunity to tell the people I love how much they mean to me and has definitely caused me to shed a tear on many occasions - especially when you factor in how short life is and how finite those opportunities are...
    I smile, but who am I kidding...
  • mylo
    mylo Posts: 35
    My wife came home from the gym this past Sunday morning and noticed that my eyes were all red. I had a PJ boot cranked and was dancing around the house like a fool power cleaning. I got really chocked up during I am mine a little while before she got home. It happens all the time to me to many different songs, just depends on my mood, setting, my day etc. I'm a very emotional guy to begin with so it doesn't take much, but PJ just moves me in a way that no band ever has.
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    Nais at 6 am today
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”

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