Present Tense

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  • {[Pearl_Jam}]]
    {[Pearl_Jam}]] Posts: 7
    one of the best.... top 5
    For In Truth... It's The Begining of nothing.... and nothing has changed....

    For In Truth.... it's the Begining of An End... and nothing has changed...

    EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED
  • Etnix
    Etnix Posts: 50
    to A Meal... they opened the St Louis 2003 with it.... :)


    it was so awsome, the drive from KC to St. Louis my fiance and I were jamming out, I played the old school self polution live bootleg, and made sure to rock out to some No Code , I told her I wanted to hear Present Tense so bad, I had been saying this for a few weeks...

    and to my suprise, and joy they opened with it, they could have left the stage after that and It would not have mattered...
  • pjleash67
    pjleash67 Posts: 13
    the first time i heard this song was atlanta this year and it was just incredable. i had to buy no code after and have listened to this song way too many times since then. top 5 in my list
    if i had known then what i know now...
  • Imagine8
    Imagine8 Posts: 10
    OH YEAH!!

    As tough as it is to pick just one, this song would be it.

    I'm surprised at how many people like it as much as I do...I've never heard anyone else say it was their favorite.
    "It's already been sung, but it can't be said enough..'ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE' "
  • Alive Again
    Alive Again Posts: 71
    I kept saying "this is one of my favorite PJ songs" until I realized I had named about fifteen. Present Tense is definitely one of them.
    ". . . as each breath goes by I only own my mind."
  • tazww
    tazww Posts: 22
    another song that i loovvvvveeeee. the lyrics, to me, are self searching--looking at yourself objectively and trying to weedout the drama of the past from your present self.
  • VEDHEAD27
    VEDHEAD27 Posts: 3,091
    Oh yeah, this song is definitely way way up there. I went from never having seen it live...to seeing it live 3 times this tour! Kicked my ass every damn time. The drum breakdown live!?!? Holy shit! :o


    Anyways... gorgeous, powerful song all around. This is one of those songs that I have sat many people down to and insisted they listen to every lyric/sound. Everyone (even if they still aren't really into PJ) will always thank me later and praise the song. It fuckin puts things into perspective big time. It really is just such a beautiful, powerful song. One of the best for sure. :)
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    "Lo√e, you know the word
    ...YOU invented it!" ~ E√

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    ...::STONE--YOU--OWN!::...
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  • Radar(Baba)O'Riley
    Radar(Baba)O'Riley Posts: 947
    When I feel :(
    I listen to it and suddenly I feel :)

    I have it at number 4 on my list of PJ favorites
  • MeddleDeal
    MeddleDeal Posts: 2,547
    I absolutely LOVE this song, even better live. It is on my top 10 songs list.

    I like to think I live in the Present Tense.:)
    ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~
    ~*STONEY PONY all the WAY!*~
    ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~
    "For the world, not for the war"-Neil Finn
  • PhillyPJ
    PhillyPJ Posts: 1,268
    one of the best. its hard for me even to narrow down a top 10 or top 20. but this song is awesome
  • Alive Again
    Alive Again Posts: 71
    Wow, I'd love to hear Present Tense live. It has certainly inspired me to live in the "now".
    ". . . as each breath goes by I only own my mind."
  • pears
    pears Posts: 36
    when i heard it live this year.... man.... it kicked my ass.

    i didn't know how powerful this song was/is... i have always loved it. but at the shoreline... it was the best song of the night for me. amazing.

    pure gold.
  • Balki
    Balki Posts: 50
    bumpin it because its the best
    "Don't Be Ridiculous"
    ~Balki Bartokamous

    "Some people have taken pure bullshit, and turned it into gold."
    ~Neil

    "Call out the instigators, because there's something in the air..."
  • cableguy119
    cableguy119 Posts: 114
    Handsdown one of thier best 4 shows and no luck at hearing it live. Yeah well maybe I make it my goal next time around to hear it at least once now matter how many shows it takes.
    So many amazing shows! Thank you.
  • TABBYCAT
    TABBYCAT Posts: 118
    a great song :) and the lyrics are great eye openers what can i say?
  • E.K
    E.K New South Wales, Australia Posts: 7,726
    One of my faves .. along with I Got ID
    Sydney, Australia - March 12, 1998; Sydney, Australia - February 14, 2003; Sydney, Australia - November 8, 2006; Sydney, Australia - November 25, 2006;  Brisbane, Australia - November, 2009; Gold Coast, Australia - January, 2014, Gold Coast, Australia - November 2024

  • {[Pearl_Jam}]
    {[Pearl_Jam}] Posts: 852
    bum for this song :D
    Don't let me know we're invisible
    Don't let me know we're invisible
    We could dance, dance, dance thru' the fire
    Dance, dance, dance thru' the fire
  • BinOttawa
    BinOttawa Posts: 80
    In my top 10 for sure!! its amazing!
    https://www.youtube.com/user/BinOttawa/featured
    Sometimes I see a strange spot in the sky, a human being that was Given To Fly
  • greendisease4
    greendisease4 Posts: 32
    Whoever said the jam at the end is the greatest is a smart smart person, definetely one of my fav songs.
  • keven 33
    keven 33 Posts: 259
    good jam


    i think this is an ament jam for sure it reminds me of a hendrix


    wait mcready does some cool stuff too haven't heard it in a while
    i got this bootleg from buffalo i think it was well anyways the sound was horrilble what the heck is up with that

    when i woke up all i could see was jesus in a beautiful light

    i was flying
    convicted

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