Present Tense

mdigenakis
mdigenakis Posts: 1,337
edited November 2006 in Words and Music...Communication
Listening to it right now...
wow!
"Don't let the darkness eat you up..."

-Greg Dulli

Post edited by Unknown User on

Comments

  • reditalian
    reditalian Posts: 329
    Unbelievable song live!! It's almost as powerful live as RELEASE.
    There's no I in team, but there's me.

    "0035 EVENFLOW PSYCHOS

    "I'm George Bush and my son's an asshole" 08/03/2000

    Don't stop wen you're tired, stop when you're done
  • threecrookedhearts6
    threecrookedhearts6 Posts: 82
    Makes much more sense...
    To live...
    In the PRESENT TENSE!

    ...so beautiful...
    “I don't know what this means. I don't think it means anything.”
    -Eddie Vedder
  • Androgynous Mind
    Androgynous Mind Posts: 520
    Simply Amazing, that is how I describe this song.
    Oh he fills it up with the love of a girl...
  • Comatosed
    Comatosed Sydney, Australia Posts: 93
    It is the song I want played at my funeral...
    Pearl Jam                                                         Eddie Vedder  
    Sydney - 11/3/1995                                           Sydney - 18/3/2011  
     Sydney - 9/3/1998                                            Sydney - 19/3/2011
     Sydney - 11/3/1998                                          Sydney - 13/2/2014
     Sydney - 12/3/1998
     Sydney - 11/2/2003
     Sydney - 13/2/2003
     Sydney - 14/2/2003
     Sydney - 7/11/2006
     Sydney - 8/11/2006
     Sydney - 18/11/2006
     Sydney - 22/11/2009
     Sydney - 26/1/2014

  • yoke
    yoke Posts: 1,440
    Comatosed wrote:
    It is the song I want played at my funeral...


    haha, me too... I already told my wife that. I hope she remembers when it comes.
    Thats a lovely accent you have. New Jersey?

    www.seanbrady.net
  • travis2000
    travis2000 Posts: 39
    Boggles my mind how they come up with such deep material...

    Are we getting something out of this all-encompassing trip?
    9/4/05 Calgary
  • csav
    csav Posts: 18
    to me there are so many meanings to this song.

    I always thought it could be about a child that was given up for adoption and finally meets his mother. She feels guilty but he tells her its ok, lets live for today and not for what happened in the past.

    But it could really be about anything or anyone reflecting.
  • prodacake
    prodacake Posts: 319
    great tune could'nt believe it when they played it at the astoria,

    You can spend your time alone
    Redigesting past regrets, Oh
    Or you can, come to terms and realize
    You're the only one who cannot forgive yourself, Oh
    Makes much more sense to live in the present tense
  • VEDHEAD27
    VEDHEAD27 Posts: 3,091
    You know how there's those defining and life-changing PEARL JAM songs?
    Super therapeutic songs that impact your life is such a huge way.
    Songs that speak to the inner most part of you like a wise old friend and put everything into crystal clear perspective.
    Songs that change your state of mind in the most postive way imagineable.
    Well...I think PRESENT TENSE is a prime example of such a song.

    I remember hearing it for the first time when NO CODE first came out. The lyrics floored me. I could instantly feel it working it's magic. Then a few months later I heard it at a time when I needed it the most. It was one of the first PJ songs that healed me when I was broken and changed my entire outlook. The advice that stems from it is simple but sooooo powerful. I would actually sit down friends that were going through hard times and have them listen and read the lyrics. I felt like I was promoting a product. haha. Seriously though. PJ therapy. It works. And again, PRESENT TENSE is a prime example.


    This will also always remain one of my fav LIVE songs! I always get excited when I see it on the set...which has actually confused people on the board before since they play it often. Whatever! They obviously don't understand. ;) The sing alongs! This>>one of the greatest breakdowns EVER>>breakdown?? :eek: Unfuckinbelievable!! Everything about this magic transcends beyond belief in a live setting. :o



    Lotsa love for this wise old friend.
    Does it inspire?
    My god does it ever!!
    :)
    ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤

    "Lo√e, you know the word
    ...YOU invented it!" ~ E√

    ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤
    ...::STONE--YOU--OWN!::...
    ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
  • nfanel
    nfanel Posts: 2,558
    VEDHEAD27 wrote:
    You know how there's those defining and life-changing PEARL JAM songs?
    Super therapeutic songs that impact your life is such a huge way.
    Songs that speak to the inner most part of you like a wise old friend and put everything into crystal clear perspective.
    Songs that change your state of mind in the most postive way imagineable.
    Well...I think PRESENT TENSE is a prime example of such a song.

    I remember hearing it for the first time when NO CODE first came out. The lyrics floored me. I could instantly feel it working it's magic. Then a few months later I heard it at a time when I needed it the most. It was one of the first PJ songs that healed me when I was broken and changed my entire outlook. The advice that stems from it is simple but sooooo powerful. I would actually sit down friends that were going through hard times and have them listen and read the lyrics. I felt like I was promoting a product. haha. Seriously though. PJ therapy. It works. And again, PRESENT TENSE is a prime example.


    This will also always remain one of my fav LIVE songs! I always get excited when I see it on the set...which has actually confused people on the board before since they play it often. Whatever! They obviously don't understand. ;) The sing alongs! This>>one of the greatest breakdowns EVER>>breakdown?? :eek: Unfuckinbelievable!! Everything about this magic transcends beyond belief in a live setting. :o



    Lotsa love for this wise old friend.
    Does it inspire?
    My god does it ever!!
    :)

    oh wow, what a great description! you've really summed it up better than i can...it's therapeutic is right. i think along with release this is one of the only songs that can actually bring a tear to my eye.
  • obiwon76
    obiwon76 Posts: 568
    A great song, but I cannot listen to the studio version anymore. It's too slow, the live version is much better.
    San Fran 92, San Fran 93, Berkeley 93, Indio 93, Fairfax 94, DC 95, San Fran 95, DC 95, Va Beach 98, Columbia 98, Dc 98, Va Beach 00, Columbia 00, Philly 03, Bristow 03, Chicago 06, Chicago 06, Dc 06, DC 08
  • Obsidian22
    Obsidian22 Posts: 298
    I got my Lance Mercer book in the mail along with a cd No Code. I went through a break-up 10 years ago and haven't had a copy of it. My 10c copy arrived and I spent the day walking and listening to the words. Wow!

    What a difference time makes. I loved this album back then, now I hear different songs. Present tense. Lukin. Hearing In My tree was a treat too.
    I love the studio version of Present Tense. It's great live too!
    Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's Soul remains Unawakened.
    Anatole France
  • is it just my way
    is it just my way Posts: 96
    agreed i think i nearly passed out when they played it at sydney, i was blown away and loved the power that was around that song
  • Teslarocker
    Teslarocker Posts: 123
    VEDHEAD27 wrote:
    You know how there's those defining and life-changing PEARL JAM songs?
    Super therapeutic songs that impact your life is such a huge way.
    Songs that speak to the inner most part of you like a wise old friend and put everything into crystal clear perspective.
    Songs that change your state of mind in the most postive way imagineable.
    Well...I think PRESENT TENSE is a prime example of such a song.

    I completely agree with you. I probably said this in one of my very first posts when I first became a member on here. But I can relate to that song so well. I used to have terrible feelings of guilt about things from my childhood that any normal person probably would have forgotten about years ago
  • MichaelMcKevin
    MichaelMcKevin Posts: 1,161
    The first time i heard that song I fell in love with it. It happened to be the day of my first Pearl Jam concert, and they played it. Has so much more value to me now. Eddie let the fans sing the first chorus and it was one of the most chilling moments of my life when we hit the "Ohhhh" and raised the note
    Camden I '06, Camden II '06, Bonnaroo '08, Camden I '08, Camden II '08, Philly Spectrum II/III/IV '09, MSG I '10, MSG II '10, Made In America '12, Wrigley '13, Brooklyn II '13, Philly I '13, Philly II '13, ...
  • chiquimonkey
    chiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    love this song, it's all about perspective. nice reminder too to not beat yourself up over the past as well. i was *so* happy to get this at the SF show
  • comebackwoman
    comebackwoman Posts: 7,271
    Love this song...love the message...does put it all in perspective...was amazing live...blew me away
    There's a light when my baby's in my arms :)
  • pccm
    pccm Posts: 3
    This song is my mantra when old regrets surface & start to comsume me, so to hear it live in Adelaide, when I'd just dealt with yet more old crap brought back to light by family members who just can't move on - my goodness. This song is absolutely cathartic.
    Love the idea to play it at my funeral - wonder if my family would still not get it?

Categories