Happy 31st Vs.

Glorified KC said:

Happy 30th to Vs. and 42nd to me.

Happy Birthday!

My girlfriend and I would drive around in her car playing her cassette.  She would skip around to the songs she liked.  Took me years to hear the whole thing.  Great times.  Now she’s my wife of 27 years.  Still hitting as many Pearl Jam shows as we can. 

THEBIBLEISTEN said:

mschostok said:

Happy bday to this monster - released the day before I was born. I've always felt a special kind of bond with this album because of that. One of my all time favs. With that being said, I've always felt that the curation of the track list was a little weird (for eg, Glorified G, while yes it is a banger, feels more like a b-side, same with WMA as it breaks up the flow of the album). But damn the first 5 tracks hit you hard...ripping it as we speak. 

Wma and glorified g aren’t b sides. Wrong. 

And the b-side “Alone” should have been on the album. I actually bought the Go single as my first CD -for the b-side.

jniko said:

My girlfriend and I would drive around in her car playing her cassette.  She would skip around to the songs she liked.  Took me years to hear the whole thing.  Great times.  Now she’s my wife of 27 years.  Still hitting as many Pearl Jam shows as we can. 

My earliest memories of Vs. was that one of my friends in high school, who was one of the first to get a drivers license, had a green VW bug.  The first time I ever remember listening to the album was in that car.  Good memories

Both vinyl editions are sold out @ the 10club store. https://shop.pearljam.com/collections/featured/products/pearl-jam-vs

Up until spring or summer '93, I had never listened to "Ten" before and wasn't feeling the "Alive" and "Evenflow" videos and wasn't drawn into the music of those 2 songs. Then that Spin came out with Ed on the cover by the fence, and I read that article about them recording what would become Vs. and I was super impressed and fascinated with his world views and perspective on Pearl Jam's rise, the music, and the struggles with the fame.

Then completely unrelated my boyfriend at the time wanted to see Fugazi so we went, and in the middle of the show my little sister gasped and pointed to the sound board and said "That's Stone!!!" (her favorite member of PJ by a longshot!). She went and said hi, he was totally nice & cool. She stayed cool then went to the bathroom and completely freaked out. Then she said Stone said Ed was there, but he was nowhere to be seen from where we were.

We waited after the show, I spied Ed, and the conversation we had which was immediately engaged (I immediately asked him about the recording process for Vs.) and we talked way longer than I imagined, and he told me about a secret show PJ would play and the name they'd go under. He was patient, soft-spoken but very clear in what he said, and he was awesome. My boyfriend was not excited about how impressed I was LOL! The secret show he told me about was at Slims and word leaked from venue staff so it wasn't a secret by show time. I never got to go because boyfriend and I got into a fight about me going and we were still fighting by showtime, even though I'd had a couple of people confirm it was happening. Still sorry I missed it.

October '93 would turn out to be my first ever PJ show, and I was front row center in a GA pit.  My little sister was further back standing front row on a raised section and the guys behind her were scanning the front row, making bets on who'd have to be lifted out/evacuated the fastet. They both said "Look at that tiny chick in the front center, she's not going to last a song!" and my sis turned to them and said "That's my sister. She'll last longer than anyone up there." And I did   Even when Ed came right in front of me and put his hand out and I found out what it feels like to be the centerpoint of pressure from all sides from like 4,000 people. But it was an incredible first show.

What a journey it's been! Super happy my last 2 shows were the Apollo & MSG last year. 30 yrs it's been an incredible run. Thanks PJ!