TOP 3 P J SONGS of ALL-TIME & Why !

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  • Rhinocerous Surprise
    Rhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    This is a fuckin hard one...

    1 - Release. Pure, undiluted emotion.

    2 - Leash. Makes me want to start a revolution every time I hear it.

    3 - This is the hard part. I think I'm gonna have to say Betterman.

    But, really, if you have three ABSOLUTE favourites, then you haven't listened to enough Pearl Jam records.
    Smokey Robinson constantly looks like he's trying to act natural after being accused of farting.
  • pazman
    pazman Posts: 197
    1. Corduroy - pure ROCK!!!

    2. Dead Man - so good it's scary

    3. Black :)
    I had it all once I gave it back
  • stnle
    stnle Posts: 11
    Black

    Hard to Imagine

    Hold on
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  • pazman
    pazman Posts: 197
    1. Oceans
    2. Elderly Woman...
    3. Off He Goes
    I had it all once I gave it back
  • pjcowgirl
    pjcowgirl Posts: 40
    1. Tremor Christ - my all time fave and I can't explain why... and i hardly ever get to listen to it.
    2. Hard to Imagine - LD version. So intense, Ed's voice is pure magic in this song THINGS WERE DIFFERENT THEN, ALWAYS DIFFERENT THEN... I TRIED TO EXPLAIN... SOMEHOW...
    3. Who You Are - so surreal yet so funky

    Honorable mentions - All Those Yesterdays, In My Tree, Parting Ways, Oceans.... spine tingling
    reaching in..... the suns fingers clutch the dawn to pass
    even out..... it's a precious thing to bear
  • L0VeB0ATCApTA1N
    L0VeB0ATCApTA1N Posts: 14
    Good thread

    Here goes without much thought on the matter, rather what comes to mind..

    1. Save You - Released during a very difficult time in a friends life and this song brought me the courage to reach out and help him.

    2. Indifference - "I won't change direction, and I won't change my mind..." Revolutionary? I think so...

    3. Porch - First Pearl Jam song I heard on a copied(!) cassette a long time ago, and I never looked back...

    Ask me again tomorrow and I will have a different answer.
  • TheEvolution
    TheEvolution Posts: 143
    Black: This is one of the greatest songs ever written in my opinion. THe depth of this song is incredible, from Eddie's amazing lyrics and vocals to jeff stone and mike's layers of guitar. If this song does not reach you in some way then you are heartless.

    Leash: Leash is one of those songs that when you are a teen means so much to you. It expressed the feeling of millions of teens throughout the world, Drop the Leash get out of my fucking face! Who doesn't want to tell their parents, their teachers, or their boss that.

    Do The Evolution: Eddie speaks the truth on todays fucked-up society
    "Being undecided...it's dangerous. And I'll give you a perfect example: people with mullets, that's indecision."-EV

    9/28/05-PNC
    5/30/06-DC
    6/23/06-Pittsburgh
  • Cropduster84
    Cropduster84 Posts: 1,283
    Given To Fly - The song that got me into them.

    Man Of The Hour - Reminds me of my beautiful girlfriend Kirsty, when we first watched Big Fish together early on in our relationship.

    Thumbing My Way - Reminds me of a loss and the courage I had to get to get over it, "No matter how cold the winter..."
    'The more I studied religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.' - Sir Richard Francis Burton
  • Innocent_Bystander
    Innocent_Bystander Posts: 615
    Black

    I Got Shit

    No Way
    Life reveals what is dealt through seasons
    Circle comes around each time
  • Ditka
    Ditka Posts: 7
    But my three have changed since the original posting

    Man of the Hour- never saw the movie, doesn't matter
    I got Shit- the duality
    Woman behind the counter- best vocal, simply beautiful, this is the song I use to recruit newbies to PJ

    Black- Shindlers List, Requiem for a Dream, Leaving Las Vegas- all great but very depressing to me
  • MineAmI
    MineAmI Posts: 114
    Sad
    Strangest Tribe
    State Of Love And Trust
    we were but stones....your light made us stars
  • samlabib
    samlabib Posts: 3
    T-Rexona wrote:
    For me...

    Black - simply a great song

    Last kiss - most beautiful song

    corduroy - just amazing[/QUO

    Last kiss is the dumbest pearl jam song ever...

    1.w.m.a.
    2.jeremy
    3.alone

    not in that order
  • Release_Me
    Release_Me Posts: 46
    First of all, I think Last Kiss gets a lot of flak from people on this forum because it was so huge commercially. I don't think that's right, because the song is really good, it's just that the lyrics aren't as mature as you would expect from a pearl jam song. But we know the reason for that is it's not a pearl jam original. It's a cover and as covers go, I think it's pretty damn good.

    Anyway, the top 3 IMO:

    1. Black-I have absolutely no hesitation about this, simply the most beautiful piece of music ever made!

    2. Rearviewmirror-The ending with Eddie screaming "Rearviewmiiirrrorrr" with wailing guitars in the background just gives me the chills every time.

    3. A tie between Immortality and Given to Fly...... and probably fifty others!
  • leni
    leni Posts: 2
    1-Dissident
    2-Corduroy
    3-Present Tense

    Of course, I may have forgotten about 50 others songs that wolud deserve being in the list. Anyway, perhaps there's no reason why to chose.
    Certainly, my english is not that good.

    Leandro, from Argentina
    He who forgets
  • darthvedder88
    darthvedder88 Posts: 1,023
    1. Not For You - "All that's sacred comes from youth, dedications naive and true..." my all time favorite lyric. The song just reminds me of young ppl today, they try to fit into what society wants them to be and they never look inwards towards themselves, at who they really are...

    2. Corduroy - This song is about being a high school band senior member. This past year I was under a lot of stress in helping to strengthen our numbers and players and there was a lot of tensrion between me and all the other senior members.

    3. I Got Shit - Reminds me of all the beautiful girls I've seen in my life that I've never had a chance to be with, yet I've always imagined seeing myself with them...

    Thanks Eddie, keep on bringing some good shit with that new record.
    "Darth Vader would say 'Impressive'."

    -Eddie Vedder

    6/24/06 Cincinatti, Ohio
    6/14/08 Manchester, Tennessee
  • UpHereInMyTree500
    UpHereInMyTree500 Posts: 1,772
    1. Given To Fly - why? cos the lyrics are bullshit awesome and the guitar is amazingly beautiful to listen to.

    2. In My Tree - why? cos its just so damn good. Lyrics are so good. Drumming is bullshit. Guitars and everything. Gee-whizz

    3. Daughter - why? the solo is my favourite solo to listen to. It sounds so nice to the ear. The singing is the signature of this song though. Eddie's voice is of the scale and it's very catchy.
    Wave came crashing...
  • UpHereInMyTree500
    UpHereInMyTree500 Posts: 1,772
    Chris Sabo wrote:
    I dont mean to be rude, but i'm sure ill sound that way, but you need to listen to more pj songs than just the ones on the greatest hits.
    My top 3:
    Immortality
    Untitled
    Present Tense

    Excuse me...but you do not decide other peoples top 3 Pearl Jam songs the last time I looked. He/she is allowed to like whichever 3 songs she wants.
    Wave came crashing...
  • wolfbear
    wolfbear Posts: 3,965
    Animal
    Corduroy
    I Am Mine
    "I'd rather be with an animal." "Those that can be trusted can change their mind." "The in between is mine." "If I don't lose control, explore and not explode, a preternatural other plane with the power to maintain." "Yeh this is living." "Life is what you make it."
  • PiCTuReKePT
    PiCTuReKePT Posts: 311
    1.even flow_because of the vocals between the lyrics
    2.state of love and trust_you start to jump around wherever you are while eddie says "hey na na na na that's somethin!"
    3.daughter_i don't know why but i have this song in almost every playlist of mine....
  • Beegirl79
    Beegirl79 Posts: 61
    Black: The greatest love song I´ve ever heard!!!
    I got Shit: I love the guitar parts, the lyrics, the way Eddie sings it, everything.
    State of love and trust: because when they started playing it in Buenos Aires, I started crying since it reminds me of a very special time of my life.
    My dream came true on November 25th and 26th!!!
    Pearl jam always in my heart and soul...
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