Light Years or Parting Ways

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  • NY PJ1
    NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    2 OF my favs.. tough choice

    i choose both
  • TrixieCat
    TrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    NY PJ1 wrote:
    2 OF my favs.. tough choice

    i choose both
    I thought you only listened to Yield???
    :confused:
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • NY PJ1
    NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    TrixieCat wrote:
    I thought you only listened to Yield???
    :confused:


    sweetheart ive been listening to pj since u were in diapers :)

    and since i only listen to pj and very little else ,,,ive heard the rest of their songs a few times

    actually i have the words to parting ways right next to me
    cause i always got that feeling lol
  • Evo2010
    Evo2010 Posts: 90
    Ive understood feelings and i understood words but how could you be taken away. Great line im gonna go with Light Years. I sang that song at karioke once. Was dealin with loss at that time and it realy helped express my feelings. Wasnt gonna be mistaken for Eddie singing it though.
  • restlesssoul
    restlesssoul Posts: 6,952
    jesse wrote:
    this is probably wrong cause parting ways was played at soundcheck back in 96


    interesting tidbit. didnt know it was that old. what show?

    edit: pj.com states the first time it was played oct 2000.??? only played 18 times too. i saw it once seattle II 2000. with strings.
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  • eduardo
    eduardo Posts: 151
    i like both, hope hear them on wpb gig, one behind another
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  • pdalowsky
    pdalowsky Doncaster,UK Posts: 15,214
    i remember when this came out and the press were all speculating that the song parting ways was the end of the band....hilarious....
  • corduroid
    corduroid Posts: 293
    hguz73 wrote:
    "At the Pinkpop Festival in 2000, Eddie Vedder dedicated the song to Diane Muus from Sony Music, a friend of the band who passed away at the age of 33 in 1997.[5] He said there are "times you have got friends that don't fuck up at all and are great people. And then you just lose them for some reason. They are off the planet and you never had a chance to say goodbye. I only mention this because there was a person we used to know here and that was Diane and ah, we never got a chance to say goodbye. This is goodbye. And if you've got good friends, love them while they're here."

    There's a handful of intros Ed's wandered through like this, but I've not heard the actual person before, it's usually vague. Thanks for posting this.

    "hammers made of wood", so poignant

    I spent a lot of time with Katowice II as my mother passed in February, and replayed it this morning just to listen to his chat. Still brings a tear for sure. "This is one called Light Years, and uh ... well ... yeah. It's got a bunch of meanings, to me ... and maybe you ..."

    fuckin' beautiful :o
  • Gremmie95
    Gremmie95 Posts: 749
    pdalowsky wrote:
    i remember when this came out and the press were all speculating that the song parting ways was the end of the band....hilarious....

    Shit, that is what I thought the first time I heard it...I was stressed the f out!

    On a side note...I prefer puzzles and games over light years or parting ways.
  • prodacake
    prodacake Posts: 319
    both great songs but parting ways is the best song on the record for me
  • InHiding19
    InHiding19 Posts: 2,385
    awesome songs.......................
    Out of the Blue and Into the Black................Uncle Neil Philly 08 here I come!!!!
  • CrazyMolly
    CrazyMolly Posts: 24
    TrixieCat wrote:
    The beauty of music is that anyone can have their own personal interpretation.
    I use Light Years to get me through something I am going through right now but in a postive way. It doesn't make me sad anymore. It gives me hope.


    That is why I love every song created by these gods.... the lyrics and even music may be interpreted so differently by the individual.
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  • NewJPage
    NewJPage Posts: 3,319
    jesse wrote:
    this is probably wrong cause parting ways was played at soundcheck back in 96

    that's true (and that was the most amazing soundcheck ever, which i sadly have never heard...). but have you heard that version?? just wondering if the lyrics are the same. i'd guess that they changed at least somewhat over the course of four years.
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  • Spencer
    Spencer Posts: 867
    NewJPage wrote:
    that's true (and that was the most amazing soundcheck ever, which i sadly have never heard...). but have you heard that version?? just wondering if the lyrics are the same. i'd guess that they changed at least somewhat over the course of four years.

    Yes, they did. From what I recall the '96 version is largely instrumental and certainly didn't have the 2000-era lyrics yet.

    Music was old(ish) but the lyrics were new when it went on Binaural.
  • Perennial Tears
    Perennial Tears Posts: 133
    Parting Ways
    ...........MemorieslikestatuesthroughthemIdriveliketreesonthesidesidewalksmoretreesevenstopsignS
  • pearljamgirl07
    pearljamgirl07 Posts: 792
    muiren77 wrote:
    light years is really an emotional song...it somehow speaks about losing someone and acknowledging his impact to one's life...

    yeah I love ligth years too and I agree with you about the meaning
    "You're the eve of my destruction in the garden of fears"
  • pearljamgirl07
    pearljamgirl07 Posts: 792
    muiren77 wrote:
    light years is really an emotional song...it somehow speaks about losing someone and acknowledging his impact to one's life...

    yeah I love ligth years too and I agree with you about the meaning
    "You're the eve of my destruction in the garden of fears"
  • jesse
    jesse Posts: 170
    NewJPage wrote:
    that's true (and that was the most amazing soundcheck ever, which i sadly have never heard...). but have you heard that version?? just wondering if the lyrics are the same. i'd guess that they changed at least somewhat over the course of four years.


    yeah ive heard the 96 version is pretty much the same as binaural except the lyrics are kinda mumbled for most of the song.

    light years is one of my favourite songs but ive always preffered puzzles and games it reminds me a lot of given to fly
  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    jesse wrote:
    this is probably wrong cause parting ways was played at soundcheck back in 96

    just the music. I'm sure the lyrics were totally different, if the soundchecked version even had lyrics at all.
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  • CrazyMolly
    CrazyMolly Posts: 24
    my favorite line is: we were stones, but your light made us stars.
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