Discovering Pearl jam

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  • The smallest ocean
    The smallest ocean Posts: 15
    I remember back when I was 6 yrs old in 1993, my brother made me a mixed tape with songs from PJ, Nirvana, Thin Lizzy and Soundgarden on it. That was my music then and still is. He also thought it would be cool to dress me up in a home made PJ t-shirt and send me out to play. My mam took it off me saying that it was a rag and people would think we were 'scruffs', I never say that t-shirt again!
  • viki
    viki Posts: 2
    Hi! I´m a very young PJ fan, not only because of my age ;) I discovered "Ten" in our library last year. Then i remembered that an ICQ friend had said, that PJ is the "orgasm of music history" :D ( i don´t know how to translate,:rolleyes: but he said, that PJ is one of the best band he had ever heard )

    so i take this cd with me and i listened to it all the time. Now i ve got also binaural and live on two legs. Other Cds will follow. i`m sure :D

    I just know one other girl, who loves PJ, and i never have seen some clips or other stuff on TV (okay, yesterday was the unplugged concert on MTV, but thats all!!), so I´m really glad that i had discovered this cd in the library :)
    Please excuse my english knowledge ;)
  • LowLight812
    LowLight812 Posts: 19
    My story is kind of weird...

    I didn't really discover Pearl Jam until about 2 years ago. I know, I'm crazy! I knew of their signature songs from the radio over the years, but I didn't own one CD. I was reading an interview about one of my favorite hockey players and one of the questions was who was his favorite band. Needless to say he said Pearl Jam. I had some good high school guy friends that were into PJ too, so I decided to check them out. I downloaded a few songs to get a taste of their music and that was it! I was totoally hooked! The first CD I bought was Ten and I loved it. I had gotten a lot of money for my birthday and Christmas, so I went to the store and bought the other 6 CDs. I listened to them all and I couldn't believe what I had been missing. I bought Riot Act as soon as it came out and I also got Live On Two Legs. I got Lost Dogs for Christmas. No other band has ever affected me the way Pearl Jam has. I went to their concert in April '03 and it was one of the best experiences of my life! I cannot wait to see them live again! I wish I could meet the guys and tell them thank you for doing what they do. They really have had a huge impact on my life. Isn't amazing what music can do to you??
    "It only hurts when I breathe"~ Greenwheel
    "Love is a tower of strength to me"
    "I wait up in the dark, for you to speak to me"
    "I'll ride the wave where it takes me"
    "I did what I had to do, if there was a reason, it was you"
    "I hold the hand that holds me down... I will RISE ABOVE!"
    "Shit, solo or something"~ Eddie Vedder
    "The best way to change something that's around you, something you don't like, is to change yourself. And I don't think you want other people changing you, I think the only person that can change you is yourself. So if you ain't happy, if you're reading magazines about generation x-ers and thinking 'yeah, I'm one of them', well fuck that. Don't let anyone tell you who you are. No, no. No one can tell me who I am."~ Eddie Vedder (9/26/96)
  • darl77
    darl77 Posts: 33
    I've been a fan all along. dont really remember how or exactly when I got into them although it must have been when I was about 16 when ten came out.

    The "grunge" thing was taking off and I guess that's when it all started. I lost a bit of interest in them for a little while (around about binaural - was living in London and I guess just got into different music) but saw them live again last year which blew me away and now I am a bigger fan than ever - collecting everything I can find! I get so much pleasure out of this band.

    As the Beach Boys say "God only knows what I'd be without you"!!
    I will hold the candle till it burns up my arm
    i'll keep takin' punches until their will grows tired
    i will stare the sun down until my eyes go blind
    hey i won't change direction, and i won't change my mind
    how much difference does it make
  • mayhemily
    mayhemily Posts: 2
    I only really got into them last year - just after they toured here, so that was excellent timing... but anyway yeah one of my friends played me "soldier of love" and then I remembered one of my other friends was a massive fan, so I had a proper listen, and ta - da!!

    They are so awesome, I don't know how I managed to ignore them for the first 16 years of my life!
  • WashDirtyFrank
    WashDirtyFrank Posts: 75
    I got into Pj around the release of the Binaural album. The first album of their's I bought was Ten after hearing the wonderful Alive. After buying the album it took me a while to really love it but after a few days of listening I was hooked. I then bought Binaural and thought it was miles beyond any music out there. I proceeded to buy every studio release Pj have done and have been listening to all of them religiously to date. For me it was a slow progression into the band, but well worth the wait.
    "This is a public service annowncement... with guitars!!"
  • MissVedder
    MissVedder Posts: 9
    I started to like PJ since I remember hearing about them (that was about 91/92) and my 1st album was VS (TEN was just in cassette).











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  • solution pollution
    solution pollution Posts: 49
    I first heard them when I was in college. A guy I played rugby with bought Ten and I went out and bought it the next day. The sound was so raw, but melodic. Porch got me moving.

    The next summer I saw them at Lollapalooza and actually hung out with them for a few minutes watching Ministry.

    When Vs. came out it sounded more like a sophomoric album. Good songs, but no identity. I thought much the same of Vitalogy--some great songs, but I didn't get the sense of focus. I heard the radio show they did when they played some songs live and thought it was great, so I was still listening.

    No Code put me over the edge. Such a great selection of songs and mood and when they followed up with Yield, I was convinced that they were best band to come around in decades. So creative. So deliberate and so good live.

    Now I just appreciate how experimental they are and the sound they keep developing. Each album is so distinct. Sort of like U2 except U2 jumped the shark.
  • DANIEL J OCEAN
    DANIEL J OCEAN Posts: 5
    Had my mate play pj to me for years before i actually liked them.I won't bore you with details,but growing up and experiencing new emotions in life caused me to suddenley take notice.Now they are the soundtrack to my life
    vedder has a voice which can reach you in the places in your soul that you keep hidden from everyone else,and that is something i think is special and should be celebrated
    "why on earth are we here?,
    surely not to live in pain and fear"-John Lennon
  • Collin
    Collin Posts: 4,931
    because of my brother he's also a big fan
    THANK YOU, LOSTDAWG!


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  • scarletbegonias
    scarletbegonias Posts: 50
    cool thread. everyone has to have started from somewhere....

    i had 10 and vs on cd. like the millions of other music fans it was impossible not to take notice of these 2 great cds. for some really weird reason i never followed up and bought vitalogy when it first came out. don't ask me why. then came no code. they toured my hometown for no code and i'm always obsessed about knowing as much as i possibly can before going to see anyone for the first time live. i therefore bought vitalogy and no code in the same week and gave them repeated listenings in preperation of the tour. after seeing them live for the first time i was instantly committed to it, and with a great passion.

    once garcia passed away i was able to spend more money and time searching out other bands that meant something to me. i latched onto pearl jam instantly(1996). it's kinda weird cause i really never branched to far out into the other similar music styles like nirvana, nin, alice, soundgarden etc. my background is in classic/prog/hard rock and music that makes hippies dance, not really "alternative/grunge". although u2 were once labelled alternative! it's all rock n roll, bottom line.

    pearl jam have always appealed to me. i have never lost the faith. the more i dug in, the more obsessed i became. i love bands who treat their fans with great respect and i have always totally admired that about pearl jam. it continues to make me proud to be a fan. other than the music still being A++ the fan club is what keeps me close today.

    rip jerry(8/9/95)

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