Black - PJ's Masterpiece

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  • lucylespian
    lucylespian Posts: 2,403
    Heard this live recently at Brisbane 1, and had this tag on it

    "Time heals......................
    We weren't meant to be together......"

    Seems like Ed is exorcising a lot of his demons these days.
    It was a very beautiful version, Mike's solo became really ethereal, and the crowd went into a slow hypnotic clap. At the end Ed had his head in his hands and it seemed to me that he was very moved by it. I know I was.
    I agree it is their absolute very best song.
    NOw I just need a rotosphere to get the tone right.
    Music is not a competetion.
  • Androgynous Mind
    Androgynous Mind Posts: 520
    ezekiels_oblivion wrote:
    I agree:it is a masterpiece...

    I second that.
    Oh he fills it up with the love of a girl...
  • no toll
    no toll Posts: 11
    one of my favourite, especially after have heard it live.
    after they' d finished, we kept on clapping and singing the ritornello.
    ed turned and covered his face with the arm; i don't know if he cryed.
    they put down the instruments and applaused us.
    i' ve never felt like that before
    sometimes you just need someone to say it's ok
  • Brez
    Brez Posts: 570
    Great all around song. Especially live during the song's outro when Ed does the "We belong, we belong, we belong together..." And Mike's solo you can tell is so full of pain and emotion it gives me the chills at times.
    And before his first step... He's off again...
  • London_Jam
    London_Jam Posts: 173
    Marseille 06 - I was there... amazing.... incredible...

    That is why.. im lying.. when i say i dont love you... dont love you... no more... no more... no more

    Their masterpiece.
  • MJSB74
    MJSB74 Posts: 75
    Black is genius, pure and simple. Itd be great if some of you guys could upload your favourite versions like Nothingman54 so as we could all hear them. His/her link is dead but thats not the point!
  • samquigley
    samquigley Posts: 220
    Amadeus wrote:
    uhhh the solo? Theres a ridiculously weak solo in this track....the song on the album, is fairly thin, but when played live with a fantastic solo, it is a masterpiece i agree...and when the vocals are more impressive.

    Nice first post. Because a solo is what defines a great song. Like Dylan, he shreds. Way to miss the point.
  • faithful227
    faithful227 Posts: 352
    i cant agree more. the song never gets old to me. the emotion...we all know the line, and i think we can all relate. most of us have felt exactly as ed did when he was inspired to write the lyric. i know i have anyway...not only is it my fav PJ song, it's my favorite song ever.

    "we belong together, together, together..." camden '06 night 2. the whispering. i was there, and it was amazing. the highlight of the three shows i caught this year.
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  • Pearl Jam and toast
    Pearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    Black = Stairway to Heaven

    At least in terms of legend for the band.
    Come on pilgrim you know he loves you..

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  • cropdustdair
    cropdustdair Lakewood, CO / Earth Posts: 2,006
    Beautiful yet extremely sad. A masterpiece. Infact...there's a masterpiece, and then there's "Black".
  • thelowlightargentina
    thelowlightargentina Posts: 592
    disconnected wrote:
    I'm listening Black right now. I must admit, after hearing all those songs of Pearl Jam, I'm pretty sure that Black is Pearl Jam's greatest song in the PJ catalogue - A MASTERPIECE:D Those lyrics, the music, Mike's solo's unbelievable!!

    :D:D:D:D
    Well...That´s probably right...
    ...can´t wear my mask, your first my last...
  • JPS79
    JPS79 Posts: 148
    disconnected wrote:
    I'm listening Black right now. I must admit, after hearing all those songs of Pearl Jam, I'm pretty sure that Black is Pearl Jam's greatest song in the PJ catalogue - A MASTERPIECE:D Those lyrics, the music, Mike's solo's unbelievable!!

    :D:D:D:D

    Same here, funny was listening to mike's solo when reading this thread, the 4/23/03 show from Champaign Ill.
    Seems the more you make
    equals the loneliness you get
  • lalalalaaaaaaaa
    lalalalaaaaaaaa Posts: 2,445
    Black is very impressive live, but I think Betterman or Alive would be closer to Pearl Jam's Stairway To Heaven. 30 years from now, those songs will be their most requested and recognized.
  • oil alternative
    oil alternative Posts: 192
    Black, Betterman, Imortality, Release, Indifference, Daughter.....
    hard to find songs that stand up against these ones!
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  • lalalalaaaaaaaa
    lalalalaaaaaaaa Posts: 2,445
    oil alternative wrote:
    Black, Betterman, Imortality, Release, Indifference, Daughter.....
    hard to find songs that stand up against these ones!

    Ah Release...I knew I was forgetting to mention one!
  • imspinnin
    imspinnin Posts: 933
    Chills and tears everytime...*sigh*:o
    If I could be anything in the world I would be your teardrop...I would be born in your eyes, live on your cheeks, and die on your lips.
  • Blue11
    Blue11 Posts: 200
    coachchris wrote:
    I wasn't in attendance but the best version I've ever heard was Ottawa 05. Eddie tossed on the most amazing tag at the end I've ever heard....simply beautiful!!


    I was there that night and, yes, it was an awesome version. I'm using part of the tag from that night as my sig.
    " All the stars in the sky, thought you were up in mine
    Still I wonder, I wonder......" "Black" tag 09-16-2005 Ottawa

    Toronto 2003, Kitchener 2005, Montreal 2005, Ottawa 2005, Toronto II 2006, Albany 2006, Hartford 2006, Camden I 2008, Camden II 2008, Washington, D.C. 2008, Toronto 2009, Chicago I 2009, Columbus 2010, Noblesville, 2010
  • lvprljm
    lvprljm Posts: 8
    My All Time Favorite

    Wasn't til my fourth concert that I got to hear it live. Well worth the wait.
    pretends to sleep as he looks her over...
  • Housing Jim
    Housing Jim Posts: 644
    While I wouldn't say it's my favourite PJ song (I'd put Given To Fly, Even Flow and Porch at least above it), it is arguably Pearl Jam's most moving and emotive song and one on which Eddie's voice is really the leading element of the song.

    Plus it's always a special moment in the live set
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  • bgivens33
    bgivens33 Posts: 290
    London_Jam wrote:
    Marseille 06 - I was there... amazing.... incredible...

    That is why.. im lying.. when i say i dont love you... dont love you... no more... no more... no more

    Their masterpiece.

    that is a tag of kat powers "good woman", a song eddie sang backup vocals too... great song by the way.

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