favorite pj song that you have no clue what it means

funkhouser311
funkhouser311 Posts: 5
edited February 2005 in Words and Music...Communication
id have to go with leatherman, unless there somethin obvious in there that im not picking up, then i just feel like a jerk
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  • Spot In The Sky
    Spot In The Sky Posts: 1,175
    bushleauger...

    ...just joshin.

    maaaybe...um...original yellow ledbetter before he added the war lyrics, even though thats probablt what it was about before. im just an idiot-sorry
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  • Pearl Jam and toast
    Pearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    funkhouser311 wrote:
    id have to go with leatherman, unless there somethin obvious in there that im not picking up, then i just feel like a jerk
    leatherman is about a homeless man who wore a homemade leather suit and traveled around getting food from everyone. her was never late. :)

    thats a real meaning by the way. fascinating story actually. apparently ed may be related to this guy.. look it up, he wandered around new york state somewhere abouts :)
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  • IGotMemories
    IGotMemories Posts: 6
    scratching my head with "Pilate"


    Maybe it's just me.... or I'm having a MAJOR blonde moment!



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  • funkhouser311
    funkhouser311 Posts: 5
    Pearl Jam and toast wrote:
    leatherman is about a homeless man who wore a homemade leather suit and traveled around getting food from everyone. her was never late. :)

    thats a real meaning by the way. fascinating story actually. apparently ed may be related to this guy.. look it up, he wandered around new york state somewhere abouts :)


    thats pretty sweet, i should stop thinking so hard
  • solat9
    solat9 Posts: 20
    For a while I couldn't figure out what "Fatal" was about, but I just came up with an interpretation of that.

    I also agree with "Pilate", i've never really figured that one out.
  • obble
    obble Posts: 49
    Yellow Ledbetter. In the Lost Dogs book McCready confesses that he doesn't know what the song means and he doesn't care.
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  • Blyss
    Blyss Posts: 166
    dirty frank
  • yield21
    yield21 Posts: 9
    Low light
    I can´t understand what it`s about.I understand the words,but not what they mean all together!
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  • Merkyjamm
    Merkyjamm Posts: 272
    I think Off He Goes has a deeper meaning than what it appears on the surface...But I may just have been listening to too much Libertines and Las lately...
    Too many cowboys, not enough indians, so just go ape shit!

    I may be boring but at least I'm not Jack fucking Johnson.

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  • katjan
    katjan Posts: 6
    For me that would be garden. It's a very powerfull song and I especially like this part:
    "i don't question, our existence
    i just question, our modern needs "
    But I haven't got a clue what the song is about. Maybe I will someday...
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  • Mojo Risin'
    Mojo Risin' Posts: 7
    Yellow Ledbetter! I love this song but I haven't got the slightest idea what it means. Can anybody please help me and Mr. Mike McCready.
    Oh tell me where your freedom lies
    The streets are fields that never die
    Deliver me from reasons why
    You'd rather cry, I'd rather fly
  • Merkyjamm
    Merkyjamm Posts: 272
    I always imagine YL to be along the idea of reading between the lines and accepting the truth of war, but that's a personal interpretation.
    Too many cowboys, not enough indians, so just go ape shit!

    I may be boring but at least I'm not Jack fucking Johnson.

    TV is such shit; let's go outside and ride bicycles, right now!

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  • St. Nick
    St. Nick Posts: 72
    katjan wrote:
    For me that would be garden. It's a very powerfull song and I especially like this part:
    "i don't question, our existence
    i just question, our modern needs "
    But I haven't got a clue what the song is about. Maybe I will someday...

    I love garden. The only bad thing about it in my opinion are those lines. I feel the song so much, without litteraly understanding the lyrics, but since I do question our existence a lot, that part ruines the song for me a bit. I would eddie to sing:

    "I do question, our existence
    and I question, our modern needs."

    oh well, can't have it all now can you. :)
  • capybaralet
    capybaralet Posts: 145
    probably All or None

    and I think you people are thinking to specific about song meanings.

    for example: In My Tree isn't about anything specific, in my mind (or if it is, it's is just an extended metaphor, an example; ) I think it is simply about alienation, putting yourself above in every sense.
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  • onejourney
    onejourney Posts: 285
    Low Light...great song...not sure what its about....but I dont care....:)

    Pilate is a good one....

    How 'bout Aye Davanita, or Strangest Tribe...?
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  • BamBam
    BamBam Posts: 1
    Yellow Ledbedder, best song ever
  • Heatherj43
    Heatherj43 Posts: 1,254
    YL is it for me.
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  • poto101
    poto101 Posts: 446
    Blyss wrote:
    dirty frank

    back in 91 or 92 they had a bus driver named frank who was kinda creepy, so eddie jsut started jammin and creatin some lyrics. it's in a book called "guitar world presents: Nirvana and the Grunge revolution" very good book with PJ, AIC, Soundgarden, Nirvan interviews.
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  • kelsso7
    kelsso7 Posts: 1
    I have always loved Daughter. What does it mean?
  • Thin Air 211
    Thin Air 211 Posts: 114
    maybe i'm just stupid but....I am mine?? im a pretty slow person, but i just never you understood it or even thought about it much at that.

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