Wierd Pearl Jam Coincidences

threecrookedhearts6
threecrookedhearts6 Posts: 82
edited December 2006 in Words and Music...Communication
Since i became a fan i have noticed a series of wierd, coincidental things related to Pearl Jam happening around me and i would like to know if anyone has had similar experiences or if i am reading into things too much...which is likely...

...i work at a restaurant and when the oven is on, staff cant hear the radio. in the five minutes before i leave when everything is turned off, a Pearl Jam song often comes on the radio for me to hear.

in the past, whenever my mom would give me the coveted privelage of controlling the car radio, Pearl Jam would be on. (i should mention, the words Pearl Jam are rarely heard in my area)

i also just realized a while ago that the Live at the Showbox DVD, which was the first Pearl Jam recording i ever watched, was recorded on my twelfth birthday.

after bringing home the first Pearl Jam disc i ever bought (a show from New York)i noticed it was recorded on my best friend/cousins birthday.

just recently i bought a bootleg of a show in Toronto (the only PJ recording in the store i didnt already have) and when i brought it home and showed it to my brother-in-law, he told me that not only was he at that show but it's the only one he's attended that he doesnt have a bootleg of.

at my first Pearl Jam concert, my sister and i were told that the seats we had payed for were unavailable (they were right behind the stage, first row) so we would be relocated. we were really nervous and angry but when we were taken to our new seats, they were to the right of the stage, twelve rows back in the lower bowl. in other words, the best seats i have had to date.

last but not least...at either the first or second show i saw the band did a tag of "Why can't I touch it" by the Buzzcocks. i dont think i had ever actually heard it before but when i was little and would make up songs i used to sing that song...i thought i made it up until i heard the guys play it.

these are just a few things i can think of that struck me as being odd. if you think im crazy let me know...sometimes i think that i just look for wierd coincidences so i'd really like to know if im the only one who experiences this.
“I don't know what this means. I don't think it means anything.”
-Eddie Vedder
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  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,374
    You've got the touch. Just imagine what else is in your future, eh?
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  • Yielded
    Yielded Posts: 839
    That's pretty cool man!

    I've got one, which I think is quite cool: Ten and No Code were both released on my birthday!
    "We get these pills to swallow... how they stick in your throat... Tastes like gold..."
  • Music For Rhinos
    Music For Rhinos Posts: 1,693
    threecrookedhearts6 wrote:
    Since i became a fan i have noticed a series of wierd, coincidental things related to Pearl Jam happening around me and i would like to know if anyone has had similar experiences or if i am reading into things too much...which is likely...

    ...i work at a restaurant and when the oven is on, staff cant hear the radio. in the five minutes before i leave when everything is turned off, a Pearl Jam song often comes on the radio for me to hear.

    in the past, whenever my mom would give me the coveted privelage of controlling the car radio, Pearl Jam would be on. (i should mention, the words Pearl Jam are rarely heard in my area)

    i also just realized a while ago that the Live at the Showbox DVD, which was the first Pearl Jam recording i ever watched, was recorded on my twelfth birthday.

    after bringing home the first Pearl Jam disc i ever bought (a show from New York)i noticed it was recorded on my best friend/cousins birthday.

    just recently i bought a bootleg of a show in Toronto (the only PJ recording in the store i didnt already have) and when i brought it home and showed it to my brother-in-law, he told me that not only was he at that show but it's the only one he's attended that he doesnt have a bootleg of.

    at my first Pearl Jam concert, my sister and i were told that the seats we had payed for were unavailable (they were right behind the stage, first row) so we would be relocated. we were really nervous and angry but when we were taken to our new seats, they were to the right of the stage, twelve rows back in the lower bowl. in other words, the best seats i have had to date.

    last but not least...at either the first or second show i saw the band did a tag of "Why can't I touch it" by the Buzzcocks. i dont think i had ever actually heard it before but when i was little and would make up songs i used to sing that song...i thought i made it up until i heard the guys play it.

    these are just a few things i can think of that struck me as being odd. if you think im crazy let me know...sometimes i think that i just look for wierd coincidences so i'd really like to know if im the only one who experiences this.

    thats interesting. ive noticed similar things, like what you said about controlling the radio, seems like i always hear a pearl jam song too. plus sometimes in the car i'll take out a pj cd after listening to it and they will be playing on the radio too. the gorge show 7-22-06 was my birthday. also stones birthday is july 20 so we're 2 days apart.
  • mumi
    mumi Posts: 662
    I can remember 2 times that I thought: "I have to turn on the radio, I think a PJ song is on"...And when I did, some PJ song was starting...
    That was weird.
    About dates, I have no IDEA!! I'll take a look to see if there's any coincidence :D
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    y esclavo de lo que habla.
  • little_wish
    little_wish England, The North Posts: 532
    Back in April, I went to the Astoria show, and whilst there, I bought an avocado t-shirt, was given an avocado postcard as I left, and whislt I walked around London, was pretty much swamped with avocado t-shirted people!
    But, after the show, me and my boyfriend took a wander down the road to get a burger from a random kebab/pizza/burger place and there was a glass chiller which served as the counter top, and all along the bottom of the chiller were avocados.
    BUT
    These avocados weren't just sat there whole, oh no! They were all sliced exactly in half :D:D:D:D
    I even took a picture!
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  • NCfan
    NCfan Posts: 945
    Yielded wrote:
    That's pretty cool man!

    I've got one, which I think is quite cool: Ten and No Code were both released on my birthday!

    No shit... me too! Aug 27th!
  • CJMST3K
    CJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    I saw a Yield sign like three times already today.

    ...pretty spooky. ;)
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  • Brisk.
    Brisk. Posts: 11,578
    Pearl Jam - avocado came out on my birthday this year

    May 1st 2006
  • ledvedderman
    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
    NCfan wrote:
    No shit... me too! Aug 27th!

    I never knew Ten and No Code were released on the same day. Do you think the band was trying to make a statement with that? Oh wait, I forgot, there's no code in "No Code".
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  • obiwon76
    obiwon76 Posts: 568
    The strangest PJ coincidence I've had was back in 99 when I was driving from Las Vegas to Los Angeles, I came upon this road that appeared out of nowhere, I was driving for at least 6 hours straight, and I had to stop and pull over to the side. I got out my car, and walked back about 20 feet and realized where I saw this scene before. I ran back to the car, pulled out "Yield" and the view I had witnessed was almost exactly like the front cover.
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  • Vibing On Vedder
    Vibing On Vedder Posts: 51
    Well, everytime I'm driving and WMA is playing - guess what I see? Coincidence? I think not.
    Just so there's no doubt - the answer is police.
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  • yellowled24
    yellowled24 Posts: 3,118
    Im upset! I cant recall ever having a pj coincidence,but it doesnt deter me! Although not a coincidence, id been looking for the movie Singles for years and could never find it for sale. Then one day,here was a stand wih discounted dvds on it and,yes, Singles was there for only $9.99-yay!
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  • raindrops
    raindrops Posts: 3
    When i was 16 I was a crazy teenager obsessed with Pearl Jam (still am!). I was living in Frankfurt Germany at the time, My family and I took a day trip to a Chinese garden In downtown Frankfurt, where I found a fountain, as I dropped a coin in the fountain, i made a secret wish to myself, that I wanted to go to Seattle (their hometown) and meet the guys from Pearl Jam.

    A couple of Months later my father said, we're packing our bags and moving to Seattle!
    All the way from Germany! how random.
    Now i'm 26 and Still loving these guys. I'm still living here close to the bands hometown, and I did get to see them in concert. I think i got my wish!
  • jimi1970
    jimi1970 Posts: 36
    obiwon76 wrote:
    The strangest PJ coincidence I've had was back in 99 when I was driving from Las Vegas to Los Angeles, I came upon this road that appeared out of nowhere, I was driving for at least 6 hours straight, and I had to stop and pull over to the side. I got out my car, and walked back about 20 feet and realized where I saw this scene before. I ran back to the car, pulled out "Yield" and the view I had witnessed was almost exactly like the front cover.

    That is the coolest shit EVER!
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  • jimi1970
    jimi1970 Posts: 36
    raindrops wrote:
    When i was 16 I was a crazy teenager obsessed with Pearl Jam.

    WHAT A COINCIDENCE!
    im 16 and a crazy teenager obsessed with pearl jam!
    aaah my first pearl jam coincidence!
    "a wave came crashing like a fist to the jaw, delivered him wings said look at me now"
    we've all been given wings to fly, now all we have to do is soar
  • raindrops
    raindrops Posts: 3
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  • Teslarocker
    Teslarocker Posts: 123
    jimi1970 wrote:
    WHAT A COINCIDENCE!
    im 16 and a crazy teenager obsessed with pearl jam!
    aaah my first pearl jam coincidence!

    lol
  • threecrookedhearts6
    threecrookedhearts6 Posts: 82
    jimi1970 wrote:
    WHAT A COINCIDENCE!
    im 16 and a crazy teenager obsessed with pearl jam!
    aaah my first pearl jam coincidence!

    ME TOO!...three on one thread what are the odds??

    anyway...i didnt think anyone would respond to this thread but some of the stories gave me chills! Pearl Jam works in mysterious ways...
    “I don't know what this means. I don't think it means anything.”
    -Eddie Vedder
  • Nossie
    Nossie Adelaide, Australia Posts: 1,039
    I find that often, i'll have a particular song in my head all day, and when i get home, the hubby has that exact same song playing, and visa versa.

    It literally happens several times a week!

    Same thing again, i wrote down some lyrics i couldn't get out of my head, and my partner had done the exact same thing in his training diary! Its scary sometimes...

    Must be a PJ link there somewhere!!
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  • vedderfan10
    vedderfan10 Posts: 2,497
    When I was heading into a nerve-wracking Medical Accommodation Return to Work meeting with my employer (after 18 months off), my rehab coordinator and I were yapping in the hallway by the reception desk (who had the radio on) and when my RH Coord said that within the organization I couldn't find a better job than the one they had lined up for me, "Betterman" came on the radio...and the guy, who knows I like Pearl Jam, saw me hear it, and winked when I said, "Can't find a betterjob?" Now I lie and tell everyone I love it. It feeds me...that's why I went back again...
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