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dimitrispearljam said:

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19.CHLOE DANCER/CROWN OF THORNS

vito said:

BF25394 said:

"Imagine" is such a beloved song but I really don't think a lot of people who love it have really listened to it. "No possessions"? "No countries"? "No religion"? Most people would not actually like a world without these things. (Some would, but not most.)

C'mon man it's one of the most played and covered songs of all-time and it is amazing, of course people know what it's meaning is!

BF25394 said:

vito said:

BF25394 said:

"Imagine" is such a beloved song but I really don't think a lot of people who love it have really listened to it. "No possessions"? "No countries"? "No religion"? Most people would not actually like a world without these things. (Some would, but not most.)

C'mon man it's one of the most played and covered songs of all-time and it is amazing, of course people know what it's meaning is!

I'm just saying that people might think they'd like to live in the world the song imagines, but they wouldn't actually like it. Imagine no possessions? Have you seen a Pearl Jam merch line?

SOLAT319 said:

BF25394 said:

SOLAT319 said:

BF25394 said:

SOLAT319 said:

vito said:

^Isn't all of the above preferences from so many different songs just more confirmation why we all ❤️ this damn band so much...and in 10 songs it's all over for awhile again😭

I mean…how can someone call Speed of Sound, Future Days, Just Breathe, The End “best song ever!” Like…I am all the way on the other side of the spectrum 😂

I like "Speed of Sound." With respect to "Future Days" and "Just Breathe," a lot of people really like love songs. And a lot of people don't really like loud songs. It's why almost every hard rock band's biggest hit is a ballad. They have broader appeal than the heavier songs.

Pearl Jam has amazing ballads…those ain’t tho. 

Again, you don't think so, and I don't think so, but there are a lot of people out there with very anodyne taste. I mentioned this before, but a friend who knows how much I love Pearl Jam but who isn't familiar with much beyond the early hits emailed me out of the blue several weeks ago about how blown away she was by this song she heard that turned out to be Pearl Jam. That song was "Just Breathe." She's a 47-year-old classically trained pianist in a 20-year marriage, and that song spoke to her.

And that was the original point someone else made 😂😂😂

I couldn’t be any farther away from that end of the spectrum. By the way I am a 55-year old woman who’s been in a 24-year marriage. So let’s not box people up by their demographics 🤣

vito said:

BF25394 said:

vito said:

BF25394 said:

"Imagine" is such a beloved song but I really don't think a lot of people who love it have really listened to it. "No possessions"? "No countries"? "No religion"? Most people would not actually like a world without these things. (Some would, but not most.)

C'mon man it's one of the most played and covered songs of all-time and it is amazing, of course people know what it's meaning is!

I'm just saying that people might think they'd like to live in the world the song imagines, but they wouldn't actually like it. Imagine no possessions? Have you seen a Pearl Jam merch line?

Not only have I seen them, I've stood in them and watched my life go by😎

BF25394 said:

SOLAT319 said:

BF25394 said:

SOLAT319 said:

BF25394 said:

SOLAT319 said:

vito said:

^Isn't all of the above preferences from so many different songs just more confirmation why we all ❤️ this damn band so much...and in 10 songs it's all over for awhile again😭

I mean…how can someone call Speed of Sound, Future Days, Just Breathe, The End “best song ever!” Like…I am all the way on the other side of the spectrum 😂

I like "Speed of Sound." With respect to "Future Days" and "Just Breathe," a lot of people really like love songs. And a lot of people don't really like loud songs. It's why almost every hard rock band's biggest hit is a ballad. They have broader appeal than the heavier songs.

Pearl Jam has amazing ballads…those ain’t tho. 

Again, you don't think so, and I don't think so, but there are a lot of people out there with very anodyne taste. I mentioned this before, but a friend who knows how much I love Pearl Jam but who isn't familiar with much beyond the early hits emailed me out of the blue several weeks ago about how blown away she was by this song she heard that turned out to be Pearl Jam. That song was "Just Breathe." She's a 47-year-old classically trained pianist in a 20-year marriage, and that song spoke to her.

And that was the original point someone else made 😂😂😂

I couldn’t be any farther away from that end of the spectrum. By the way I am a 55-year old woman who’s been in a 24-year marriage. So let’s not box people up by their demographics 🤣

Not boxing people up, just trying to explain why that song might have a special appeal to this particular person, with a particular musical training and a particular romantic history. She also recently survived cancer, so the song's themes further resonate with her.

BF25394 said:

vito said:

BF25394 said:

vito said:

BF25394 said:

"Imagine" is such a beloved song but I really don't think a lot of people who love it have really listened to it. "No possessions"? "No countries"? "No religion"? Most people would not actually like a world without these things. (Some would, but not most.)

C'mon man it's one of the most played and covered songs of all-time and it is amazing, of course people know what it's meaning is!

I'm just saying that people might think they'd like to live in the world the song imagines, but they wouldn't actually like it. Imagine no possessions? Have you seen a Pearl Jam merch line?

Not only have I seen them, I've stood in them and watched my life go by😎

Next time, just start singing "Imagine no possessions" over and over and see if you can get the line to thin out.