Confusion about "Animal"

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  • darthvedder88
    darthvedder88 Posts: 1,023
    From the first time I heard the song, I thought it was an anti-rape song, kinda like Nirvana's "Rape Me."
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  • yield2me
    yield2me Posts: 1,291
    lesha wrote:
    Hey
    I also think its about child abuse- u know Eddies childhood etc... not that he was physically abused, but obviously what happened to him (you would call mental abuse)
    I also think that he might think he is an animal himself!
    Im soooo upset with myself that it took me 15 yrs to find out Eddie was a vegetarian!
    I am one myself. He doesnt come across as a vegetarian does he??


    There was a discussion about Ed being a vegetarian a few weeks back, and apparently he used to be a vegetarian but I think that now he eats meat every now and again....somebody that met him posted how he was eating a hamburger at the time they met
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  • UsmanI
    UsmanI Posts: 72
    Jeanie wrote:
    Yeah same except I read somewhere it was about pack rape.
    1,2,3,4,5 against 1.
    5,5,5 against 1.


    yeah, that's it, someone being raped by 5 animals.
  • poorgirl23
    poorgirl23 Posts: 194
    yield2me wrote:
    There was a discussion about Ed being a vegetarian a few weeks back, and apparently he used to be a vegetarian but I think that now he eats meat every now and again....somebody that met him posted how he was eating a hamburger at the time they met

    It could've easily been a veggie burger... most look just like the real thing.
    Common sense is not so common.
  • Pearl Jam and toast
    Pearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    poorgirl23 wrote:
    It could've easily been a veggie burger... most look just like the real thing.
    And fucking delicious too! A lot of restaurants are carrying them now.
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  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    Pearl Jam and toast wrote:
    And fucking delicious too! A lot of restaurants are carrying them now.

    mmmm.......with sweet chili sauce!;)
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  • Pearl Jam and toast
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    Jeanie wrote:
    mmmm.......with sweet chili sauce!;)
    yes!
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  • Comatosed
    Comatosed Sydney, Australia Posts: 93
    Pearl Jam and toast wrote:
    You're all wrong. :p

    Personal adaptation is worth more than anything, but it's obvious what Ed was talking about.

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    1 2 3 4 5 against 1.

    5 members of Pearl Jam..

    against the world.

    5 against 1. The original planned title for "Versus".

    It's about fame.

    I have an autobiography which mentions that it is about the band and label being against Ed. He said he felt like an outsider and that it was like he was on his own, not wanting to head in a direction that the label and rest of the band wanted at that particular time.
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  • Comatosed
    Comatosed Sydney, Australia Posts: 93
    darthvedder88 wrote:
    From the first time I heard the song, I thought it was an anti-rape song, kinda like Nirvana's "Rape Me."

    As far as I know it has nothing at all to do with rape....(see last posting)
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  • lesha
    lesha Posts: 9
    Whatever!!!! I think its good that everyone has different interpretations (s) of their songs, Im sure Eddie would love all our different thoughts of what the lyrics mean, dont you? He would be sitting there going "oh my God, I didnt even think of that"!
  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    Pearl Jam and toast wrote:
    yes!

    We have this amazing chain of hamburger joints here called Gr'lled and they make THE BEST Vegie burgers ever!!! And you can get them with sweet chilli sauce and coriander in the salad and they are delicious. They even have one with a peanut satay sauce! THEY ROCK!!!!! :)
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  • Pearl Jam and toast
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    Jeanie wrote:
    We have this amazing chain of hamburger joints here called Gr'lled and they make THE BEST Vegie burgers ever!!! And you can get them with sweet chilli sauce and coriander in the salad and they are delicious. They even have one with a peanut satay sauce! THEY ROCK!!!!! :)
    So I guess you're on the 'winning team' too as my friends and I would say? :p
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  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    Pearl Jam and toast wrote:
    So I guess you're on the 'winning team' too as my friends and I would say? :p
    Umm, no sorry probably not. I love vegetarian food and eat it most meals but I still ocassionally eat meat, so I guess I'm a loser. I was a vegetarian for a few years but had difficulty gettin enough protein and besides I do like meat occasionally (don't yell!) My mum is a vegetarian and so are many of my friends I guess that's why I do alot of vegetarian cooking. :)
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  • Pearl Jam and toast
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    Jeanie wrote:
    Umm, no sorry probably not. I love vegetarian food and eat it most meals but I still ocassionally eat meat, so I guess I'm a loser. I was a vegetarian for a few years but had difficulty gettin enough protein and besides I do like meat occasionally (don't yell!) My mum is a vegetarian and so are many of my friends I guess that's why I do alot of vegetarian cooking. :)
    Boo!

    Oh well... at least it sounds like you eat well :p
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  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    Pearl Jam and toast wrote:
    Boo!

    Oh well... at least it sounds like you eat well :p

    Boo back at ya!

    Yeah pretty healthy most of the time. So how've you been? :)

    You're not still cross with me for having a differing opinion I hope?;)
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  • CJMST3K
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    funkyfood wrote:
    i had always considered "I'd rather be with an animal" to be an angry line in an angry song about how he hates a specific person and doesnt want to be with them. but considering eddie is a vegetarian, could he be saying that, in general, he likes animals better than people?

    rats. they don't compare.
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  • Pearl Jam and toast
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    Jeanie wrote:
    Boo back at ya!

    Yeah pretty healthy most of the time. So how've you been? :)

    You're not still cross with me for having a differing opinion I hope?;)
    haha no no, but I'm enjoying the australian slang ^_^
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  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    Pearl Jam and toast wrote:
    haha no no, but I'm enjoying the australian slang ^_^

    Bewdy mate! Just checking!;)
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  • Spunkie
    Spunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 7,095
    I always thought "I'd rather be with an animal" was a sex reference.
    I was swimming in the Great Barrier Reef 
    Animals were hiding behind the Coral 
    Except for little Turtle
    I could swear he's trying to talk to me 
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  • TrixieCat
    TrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    My own personal thoughts:
    It is about sexual assault/date rape/rape/abuse.
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away

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