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"The Moment"
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I'm interested in hearing your story about the "moment" you realized that PJ would be in your life from that time on...when it went from a like to a love.
Was it an album, song, live performance on TV, or in your hometown, interview, Video, magazine article.
Can you narrow it down to one instant?
For me it was that performance of Animal at the VMA'S in...1993?...intense, and more important than I thought rock and roll could be.
How about you?
Was it an album, song, live performance on TV, or in your hometown, interview, Video, magazine article.
Can you narrow it down to one instant?
For me it was that performance of Animal at the VMA'S in...1993?...intense, and more important than I thought rock and roll could be.
How about you?
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My love started with joining the Sony BBS late 1999 and finding like-minded/hearted people, among them my now husband.
Wasn't an instant - never expected or even wanted it to be - but love sometimes finds you in the oddest ways, both with music and people.
(and animals)
Pearl Jam, I thank and love you
I was born in 1988 so too young to catch PJ when they first exploded. I was just a young kid growing up and being influenced by what was popular. I remember carpooling with my friend's mom who would listen to 101.9 the mix. Chicago people know it as a radio station that plays the cleaner pop hits that are clean enough for a mom to listen to. I remember hearing "Wishlist" when it came out, so I was probably 10 years old, and HATING it. I remember thinking the lyric of "I wish I was an alien at home behind the sun" on the studio version was terrible. I really did not like at the time, and hated when it came on the radio.
I am not sure of my PJ interaction after that, but I probably didn't know who they were or what songs they sang. I probably just heard them in passing and was trying to be cool by listening to rap like Eminem, Limp Bizkit and later alternative music.
Then came a vacation road trip with my parents to see South Dakota/ MT rushmore etc. I was probably 15 at the time, so 2003. I asked my sister's boyfriend if I could borrow some CDs for the road trip , so that I could just ignore my parents lol. He gave me a big CD case, it included all of Led Zeppelin's CDs, Pink Floyd's Pulse and a whole bunch of other great albums. It also included Pearl Jam's VS and TEN as well as the 2003 bootleg of the Chicago show.
My first moment came when I popped in VS on the computer as I prelistened to songs. I remember thinking "Go" was one of the best songs I have ever heard and that it was the perfect song to listen to start off a roadtrip. I remember also liking Rearviewmirror. So that is the album I played when we left for the roadtrip.
Then during the roadtrip I listened to the 2003 Chicago bootleg and thought how amazing the band was, I loved Release and Betterman and fell in love with the CD. It may not sound amazing, but to me it was. At this point in my life, I was just listening to what was popular and liked some of the crappy alternative bands at the time. I was just waiting for culture to tell me who to like. Those moments changed all of that. Those moments changed my life.
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
Somewhere after No Code though, Pearl Jam just fell off my radar. To be honest, Vitalogy and No Code (at the time) didn't grab me like Ten and Vs. had. I graduated, got a job, got married, had babies, became a SAH mom, blah, blah. Since I live in the boonies of Eastern Washington, I wasn't hearing any new PJ music on the radio (just a shit ton of Nickelback). Pretty much like living under a rock.
So last year around May, I was looking for something to watch on Netflix and I stumble upon PJ20. Watched it (may have immediately watched it again) and I just felt whole, like I had found my long lost best friend. I spent weeks watching it, discovering all the music I had missed in the meantime, and music I didn't know about from before, discovering many, many bootlegs, and gave my copies of Vitalogy and No Code another listen and fell insanely in love with those albums and most everything after.
I am a little pissed at myself that I let 10 or so years of PJ get away from me in the first place! This music gives me such an emotional balance, and I know this sounds super cheesy, but it just makes me feel complete. Like I'm finally in the right place, at the right time, and PJ's music has been an big part of me getting here.
dorky, I know
Let me run into the rain . . . .to shine a human light today . . .
6/19/95 Red Rocks
9/11/98 MSG
11/19/12 EV solo Tulsa
7/19/13 Wrigley 10/19/13 Brooklyn 2 10/21/13 Philly 1 10/22/13 Philly 2 10/25/13 Hartford
10/08/14 Tulsa 10/09/14 Lincoln
9/26/15 New York City
4/16/16 Greenville 4/28/16 Philly 1 4/29/16 Philly 2 5/1/16 MSG 1 5/2/16 MSG 2 8/7/16 Fenway 2 8/20/16 Wrigley 1
4/7/17 RRHOF New York City
9/02/18 Fenway 1 9/04/2018 Fenway 2
9/18/21 Asbury Park
9/11/22 New York City
9/14/22 Camden
2014 Cincy, Detroit, Moline, & Milwaukee
2015 Central Park
2016 Lexington, Ottawa, Toronto 1 & 2, Boston 1 & 2, Chicago 1 & 2
2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2018 Seattle 1 & 2, Missoula, Chicago 1
Let me run into the rain . . . .to shine a human light today . . .
EV Solo: 7/11/11 11/12/12 11/13/12
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www.cluthe.com
EV Solo: 7/11/11 11/12/12 11/13/12
I knew then this band was going to be with me.
One album or a hundred.
edit - spelling
What happened in my life since that night, I could never have foreseen. I have traveled, experienced community and friendship beyond my wildest dreams. I have suffered the loss of a few of those people in death, pain and sadness, but if not for PJ, I never would have known them at all.
And being on the PJ message boards for years, there are so many I have yet to meet, but some are very near and dear to me.
God I love this band.
The first one was when I was 13 (?) and watched a French rock music TV show because of Nirvana. I was into Nevermind back then but was disappointed by the interview. Second part of the show: Pearl Jam with Stone, Mike and Jeff talking about I don't know what. I just remember their smiles and clothes. The interview had Alive in the background, and I played the tape over and over just to hear the guitar riff again. I fell in love with that riff.
I was hooked until Yield, when I moved to Croatia and was moving once a year, so I could only keep the minimum with me. Also I was/am broke, so I couldn't afford new CDs or concerts abroad. When they came to Zagreb, I saw a jumbo poster in the street for the soldout concert, and I was thinking "how did I miss that? Ah well I'm broke anyway"... Also, during these no PJ years, I tried to listen to Ten again, but couldn't because it made me too sad. Go figure!
The second PJ moment was in September 2013, when I saw PJ20 on the Croatian TV, well half of it because I was breastfeeding. I was captivated just like in the old days. It was a revelation to me: that's why I've always loved them! Such normal guys, smiling... I knew then I wouldn't lose this music again.
Like DancedNLaughter said, it was like finding old lost best friends, it was awesome discovering the music after Yield and it's an "emotional balance". Yes, their music heals my soul.
Wow! Long post. I guess I just needed to express my moments.
My husband, who likes but does not love PJ, says he admits PJ fans are the most original and creative fans. Yeah!
Fuckus rules all
Rob
Seattle
Yup. I've seen it. Crazy that I was there
www.cluthelee.com
www.cluthe.com
and go from there where it takes you
Pulled it up just now. Beauty in that face and music - thank you!
I was in high school in the 90s and was a fan. Had Ten on cassette and continued to buy releases through Binaural. After Binaural, they fell off my radar completely.
Sometime in 2012, I stumbled onto PJ20 on Netflix. A couple days later I picked up some boots from the 2000 tour at a used bookstore, and the rest is history.
I'm not sure what it is about the PJ20 video. I went to the Moline show last fall with a two other people. All three of us strangers to each other as we had just met the week before. On the drive there this same question was brought up. All three of us had been fans in our earlier years, but drifted away, until PJ20. We all sited that as the spark that reignited the passion for this band.
went from fan, to fanatic