I come to youtube to avoid TV's publicity, and what i first find before a beautiful song from my favorite band IS MORE FREAKING PUBLICITY!!!!!! ADSFSDFASDFASDF
The greatest threat to humanity is human greed, we need to transcend fiscal gain and control, we need to stop being cogs in the Rothschilds machine, we need to regain what we were intended for, unconditional freedom.
my dad was a huge fan of pearl jam. he showed me what real music was. its bands like this that keep it going. bands that are real. true. bands that interpret life. bands that put their life in their music. this was my dads favorite slng by pearl jam. my dad passed away at the age of 36 on dec. 13, 2011 of stage 4 brain and lung cancer. he was the greatest man to walk this earth and one of the greatest guitarist ever. i love you daddy. i hope they have guitars in heaven. rest in peace daddy.
Myself i think each album is great,unique & expresses the journey of there music with there experiences...im will allways be a fan of them ,cant wait for there new album to come out.... Standing on all 10...every album has some songs i like more then others but thats an album people tastes of music varies....not here to judge or bicker...just saying!!
This is probably my favorite Pearl Jam album. I know I'm in the minority. It came out when I was in high school, and got me through some hard times. I still play this song when I get depressed or go through bad times and I'm in my thirties now. Pearl Jam helped to save my life when I was a kid, and I mean that.
This song has helped me through a lot, and hopefully it will help a friend in need as well. Pearl Jam sure has charisma. There's something about just letting loose after looking inside that's magical (i.e. 2:52).
...one more beautiful spot is where Stone comes in at 2:23, just want to put that out there too.
I used to love pearl jam, kinda checked out after yield. Idk why, yield was one of my favorites. Guess I just never made the time, I'd like to catch back up, but theyve put out so much stuff it's almost like where do I start. My favorite album was no code, then vitalogy, then yield.
@tcstylist hi, how can you not include ten?????? ha! or rearview mirror??? how old are you? i have been listening to pearljam for 16 years. anything eddie vedder rites is so powerfull. his voice is the best i have ever seen live!! i have seen mick jagger, eddie van halen, lemy, axel rose (dick), dio, dave groll, kings of leon, alice in chains, NIN, goo goo dolls etc etc......... put eddie vedder is still god!! his voice and lyrics are just emotional tear drops
@pakmanmanc I'm 31, I've been listening to them since they came out. To me Ten seems like an album full of singles, and some of the others I mentioned it seems like the who album flows and I just listen to the whole thing at once. I'm not trying to rank the albums by any means, just sayin which ones were my favorite. With a band who has so much great material, some good stuff is bound to be left out. And I don't dislike Ten by any means. Maybe I over played it when I was young, idk
@tcstylist I'm very much in the same light. Ten is a great album but far from their best work. It's so easy for people to just say Ten is the best and not dig deep and see the soul of each album. No Code has always held a spot in my heart for the passion that is displayed throughout the album.
@MARSELIMADHE one of the greatest grubge songs ever, grubge is just against the norm and this is fucking powerful and against the norm. eddie is the only person who could of sang this.
@Annonymus121 no code was made to detemine real PJ fans some of there best work, but all there work is good so how does one determine what is the best
everyone stop saying that pearl jam only have 1 or 2 gems on their albums, ive been listening to Pearl Jam since 1991. and every album has at least 5-6 awsome tracks on and the rest are great also. went to watch them in manchester last year for the first time ever and vedders voice live or recoreded is the best in the business. I am a nirvana fan also but i still think pearl jam in terms of grunge were better from 91-96.
@pakmanmanc Dude I hear that, all the greats from the grunge era had racks of killer songs. Pearl Jam just kicked ass at everypoint. Like Alice in Chains. Stone Temple Pilots. I mean have you ever heard a STP song you didnt like? Doubtful. Same with Pearl Jam. Its all good.
@pakmanmanc from ten to backspacer back to back i cant think of a bad song. "grunge" was just a media word that most of the bands found to be silly while some felt genuine contempt for that lable
@pakmanmanc Ive been listing to PJ (Mookie Blaylock) and before them mother love bone..... There is no bad pearl jam song they are all golden! Even better Live!
@flmvdvsrg lol that just sounds stupid! especially since grunge started in the 80's and had its "prime" in the early 90's. The genre was already fading out by the time you were born. :P just messin with ya though. if it makes you feel better to call yourself a grunge baby, go right ahead. lol
@flmvdvsrg lmao! Kurt Cobain died in April of 94, and Justin Bieber was born 1 month before that. He is more of a grunge baby than you are! Thought you would like to know you are in good company. LMAO
@Ekyvvsaq since now i was commenting specifically on this song's lyrics, and since Eddie wrote them... yes. Don't try to teach me how to love Pearl Jam and not only Eddie Vedder.
Eddy is so right if you don't learn to live with your mistakes and embrace who you are even the flaws then you will fill yourself with negative thoughts and they will eat you up from the inside out and you will end up empty full of regrets . joyless! love yourself and love and repect Life. live lfe to its fullest each day move forward in a positive way don't carry around regrets and anger . let it go live in the present .
anyone who has anything bad to say about this is out of their effin mind I will admit PJ has good and bad moments but this period was 100% perfection-backspacer is dicey at times but also awesome at times what are ya gonna do i guess
Perhaps one of the most underrated 'hidden gems'/album tracks Pearl Jam ever recorded. I'm currently on an ideal 'lookout', for the albums "No Code" and "Yield".
@Mavsare4real I love Unthought Known and The End, they seem really underappreciated to me. And Shoplitfters named a lot of great stuff in his list. The gems for me though are Footsteps, Yellow Ledbetter, In My Tree, I Got Id, plus so many more
wow...my first response on you tube ever....this totally is my thought exactly....where i live there is this bar and i stick unknown thought on the juke box all the time
wow...my first response on you tube ever....this totally is my thought exactly....where i live there is this bar and i stick unknown thought on the juke box all the time
@Mavsare4real To me, it sounds more like a track out of Yield. But while Yield was a great album, Backspacer is a bit dissapointing. The experiments and complex sound is gone.
@ShopliftersUnite youre a bit wrong friend :) Ten - Footsteps (i know its was on a single but still counts) VS - leash - most energetic song ever by pj Vitalogy - "Immortality No code - present tense (agree!) Yield - given to fly Binaural - dont like it Rioct Act - love boat captain Pearl Jam - dont like it Backspacer - Just Breathe
@jordn6971 But tbh, at the time I posted this I hadnt listened well enough to Backspacer, I really enjoy Amongst The Waves, Unthought Unknown and The Fixer they would be the 'gems of backspacer... I just do not like the quieter songs at all on that album
@ShopliftersUnite i agree with u, but i thik from the perspective of eddie and the band every song has a meaning in their lifes. but those song for shure are the most reflective ones :D
@ShopliftersUnite Backspacer ( just Breathe) "actually was my wedding song" And please don't discount Supersonic. lotta old pearl Jam energy in that song! .......Oh and I can't believe you didn't include Vitalogy's (Bugs) on your list :) Peace brother !
Backspacer needs time to grow on people. A lot of original fans checked out after Vitalogy. But, I personally think that No Code and Yield were an intersting high point in terms of creativity for the band.
ALL of their albums have "gems" on them. Backspace is actually really strong in this category. Amongst the Waves, Unthought Known, Just Breathe, and The End are already huge crowd favorites.
@michaeljamesmccabe No code album was creative, pearl jam was trying different sounds of music, they got rid of that grunge sound in which I hate the word grunge, each song was no code was different sound like "smile" was ode to neil young, "who you are" was inspired by nasret fateh alli khan cuz eddie and him wrote a song together for the movie " dead man walking.. I think the song "around the bend" is really an underatted song, very sweet song and very mellow..
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the first album of pearl jam is still the best : TEN. the later albums are not that good. a couple of songs on the vitalogy album are good as well, but the most songs made after ten are not that good.
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I agree, the problem with Pearl Jam is that they never ever changed their formula/sound unlike other huge bands i.e. Smashing Pumpkins and Radiohead as most obvious examples...
Just curious which songs on Vitalogy are you talking about?
What are you talking about dude? Sure, the first three albums are pretty simialr, but they they went totally different for no code and pretty much everything after that. Went back a bit for the Avacado, but Backspacer is was sifferent than anything they had done before.
Pearl Jam is one of my growing musical influences, I currently have "Ten", "Vs." and "Vitalogy" and plan on getting "Yield" as my next Pearl Jam album; I've listened to the majority of the tracks off the album and love "In Hiding", "Brain of J", "Wishlist", "Given To Fly" and "Hummus" (hidden track). ; )
Dude, i totally agree. The first three albums are really easy to get into, but the later ones take a while, but once you get into them they are fucking amazing
One of my favorite PJ songs of all time, so hard to choose which one is the best. There are just too many. Can't wait to catch them on tour again this fall. It's like Xmas everytime they tour.
one of the only albums with songs that make me wanna cry saw them a few years back at reading n didn't know what to do moss to fuck or watch in aww love pj in my opinion best band from the grunge ting
i hate when people compare pearl jam with creed. Pearl jam is one of the best bands ever. i like them way better then nirvana. no code and vitology are the best cds ever. If you notice every cd is so different but still very good. no code was their best cd by far imo.
yield takes the cake imo. whoever compares creed to pearl jam should be shot on sight. i'll give creed credit, they sold more records than any other rock band in the 90's but at the expense of their own self integrity. 90's pearl jam (and beyond) = pure gold.
Riot Act and Binaural for me ... this band is Legend .... Some bands just become part of who you are and they're one of them... that sounds corny as shit but it's how I feel.
No code, was not meant to be a commercial album. This one, has so much potential yet remains a hidden gem for the fans, a gem that has not been mutialted & forced down many people's throats like Nirvana's songs...........I love those guys, but the media simply destroyed them. Kudos to Pearl Jam
that's right man, there's just something about this band.
i listen to them since i was 17. now im 25. and i'm quite sure that i'll listen to them when i'm 50, as well as always claim that they're the best band ever.
it sounds stupid to say, maybe, but i feel that people who really love pearl jam, who have their songs always in their minds, and repeat them in their heads in times of suffering and in the rare times of peace, all share something, as if they communicate silently their common set of feelings. and somehow it's warm and safe to know so. i approach pearl jam when i was 15, now i'm 31 and i still can be expressed by their songs. maybe it's not easy to say what i mean. anyway, thanks.
That is really cool to hear, I am actually only 17, but I often times feel the same way. There's something about this band...I can't explain it! It's great to hear you be so honest
well, it's something i realized by talking to the people. most of pearl jam's songs go so deep inside our souls, beyond personal taste. take "release", for example. it goes still so powerfully inside me, and takes me directly to my inmost feelings, and all instruments, including the voice, give their contribution and help me to "see" myself. in some ways, their music is ours, it's like we are the song in the moment we listen to it. and i never found any other band that is able to do this to me.
I agree alessandro i was 10 the first time I ever heard them and listened for years and years and they kind of fell out of view in late high school.. im 21 now and am rediscovering no code and vitalogy and its incredibly how I feel like it defines my life or expresses me as a person. WHen I first listened to the albums i understood them but didnt really connect with them and just appreciated the beautiful music. 10 years later and I heard Who You Are and nearly cried out of happiness lol!
i hear you,man. this song's (as well as a hundred plus other PJ gems) a part of me and my times and my life's pretty much defined by them. from where i live i rarely get to meet another true fan, but even just thru the internet i know that I'm not alone in my ordeals and in this precious source of happiness and meaning, I'm 22 but I feel like i've been a fan since all my previous lifetimes (are there?)....Present Tense a signpost in one of the most trying periods in my 2-decade road of living.
I come to youtube to avoid TV's publicity, and what i first find before a beautiful song from my favorite band IS MORE FREAKING PUBLICITY!!!!!! ADSFSDFASDFASDF
fjoa123 3 days ago
Gran canzone!!!!
111nakka84 3 weeks ago
The greatest threat to humanity is human greed, we need to transcend fiscal gain and control, we need to stop being cogs in the Rothschilds machine, we need to regain what we were intended for, unconditional freedom.
LucidityOfReality 1 month ago
goosebumbs
eyesontoast50 2 months ago
my dad was a huge fan of pearl jam. he showed me what real music was. its bands like this that keep it going. bands that are real. true. bands that interpret life. bands that put their life in their music. this was my dads favorite slng by pearl jam. my dad passed away at the age of 36 on dec. 13, 2011 of stage 4 brain and lung cancer. he was the greatest man to walk this earth and one of the greatest guitarist ever. i love you daddy. i hope they have guitars in heaven. rest in peace daddy.
grimheart13 2 months ago 18
@grimheart13 My condolences.
Tomakak 1 month ago
i think he wrote this song thinking in KURT.....as of the other one called off he goes just listen the lyrics
ThePutamadre21 4 months ago
@ThePutamadre21 well ... no
558crosser558 3 months ago
@ThePutamadre21 Eddie said that Off he goes talks about himself.
Mavsare4real 1 month ago 2
that feel...
TheBigCberry 4 months ago
eddy´s sad greetins from Argentine
ColodeHurlingham 5 months ago
one of the best album of the history of rock world
27419917 5 months ago 5
I've always loved Jeff Ament's bass explosion around 4:00.
TribuneOfPlebs 6 months ago 3
@TribuneOfPlebs check also the ones at 4.19 and 4.23, just great.
alessandro180577 5 months ago
BLISS
bubbamackdaddy69 6 months ago
perfect song
MegaThornhill 11 months ago
Myself i think each album is great,unique & expresses the journey of there music with there experiences...im will allways be a fan of them ,cant wait for there new album to come out.... Standing on all 10...every album has some songs i like more then others but thats an album people tastes of music varies....not here to judge or bicker...just saying!!
1stcichlidfever 11 months ago
great bass solo
groovesoop 1 year ago
Love this tune!!! I'll never forgot how it sounded live that awesome night in Toronto.
jonacon25 1 year ago
This is probably my favorite Pearl Jam album. I know I'm in the minority. It came out when I was in high school, and got me through some hard times. I still play this song when I get depressed or go through bad times and I'm in my thirties now. Pearl Jam helped to save my life when I was a kid, and I mean that.
rivermoonrise 1 year ago 3
@rivermoonrise I too have No Code as a favorite album - along with with Vitalogy and Binaural (Yes, Binaural!!).
bobbelibob 11 months ago
eh, What a song.What a band!
zilbe333 1 year ago
"Do you see the way that tree bends? Does it inspire? Leaning out to catch the suns rays. A lesson to be applied. "
heavenlydemonic23 1 year ago
"Do you see the way that tree bends? Does it inspire?"
heavenlydemonic23 1 year ago
Its band like pearl jam that actually save lives unknownly. Truly an inspiration ^_^
eyesontoast50 1 year ago
bonita cancion
audiophilics 1 year ago
This song has helped me through a lot, and hopefully it will help a friend in need as well. Pearl Jam sure has charisma. There's something about just letting loose after looking inside that's magical (i.e. 2:52).
...one more beautiful spot is where Stone comes in at 2:23, just want to put that out there too.
JoeBergy122 1 year ago 11
ke canzone....magnifica.....
danilovedder 1 year ago
i have these lyrics tattooed to my arms
BCgordong 1 year ago 4
@BCgordong i should to as a reminder
ipi223 1 year ago
@BCgordong you must be elastic man
babylonkid 1 year ago
God...this song is fucking deep.
blitzkiller3178 1 year ago 2
God...this song is fucking deep.
blitzkiller3178 1 year ago
I used to love pearl jam, kinda checked out after yield. Idk why, yield was one of my favorites. Guess I just never made the time, I'd like to catch back up, but theyve put out so much stuff it's almost like where do I start. My favorite album was no code, then vitalogy, then yield.
tcstylist 1 year ago
@tcstylist hi, how can you not include ten?????? ha! or rearview mirror??? how old are you? i have been listening to pearljam for 16 years. anything eddie vedder rites is so powerfull. his voice is the best i have ever seen live!! i have seen mick jagger, eddie van halen, lemy, axel rose (dick), dio, dave groll, kings of leon, alice in chains, NIN, goo goo dolls etc etc......... put eddie vedder is still god!! his voice and lyrics are just emotional tear drops
pakmanmanc 1 year ago
@pakmanmanc I'm 31, I've been listening to them since they came out. To me Ten seems like an album full of singles, and some of the others I mentioned it seems like the who album flows and I just listen to the whole thing at once. I'm not trying to rank the albums by any means, just sayin which ones were my favorite. With a band who has so much great material, some good stuff is bound to be left out. And I don't dislike Ten by any means. Maybe I over played it when I was young, idk
tcstylist 1 year ago
@tcstylist I'm very much in the same light. Ten is a great album but far from their best work. It's so easy for people to just say Ten is the best and not dig deep and see the soul of each album. No Code has always held a spot in my heart for the passion that is displayed throughout the album.
hockeygrrl81 1 year ago 2
Seems that needlessly it`s gettin` harder.
borowicz2 1 year ago
One of the Greatest songs, even though different from their usual style
MARSELIMADHE 1 year ago
@MARSELIMADHE one of the greatest grubge songs ever, grubge is just against the norm and this is fucking powerful and against the norm. eddie is the only person who could of sang this.
pakmanmanc 1 year ago
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juraj89 1 year ago
i still got my polaroids, teeth, a wave, man falling from building, banana, dog teeth, bone and some others, and you?
Kakurame 1 year ago
so true!
enissassa80 1 year ago
I know a lot of people who could use the wisdom of this song tonight............
Hope peace and love finds you all. Pearl Jam really opens your mind to be a better human being.
Niamhdm7871 1 year ago
this is my favourite album by pearl jam I think :D dunno why it gets so much bad stuff
Annonymus121 1 year ago
@Annonymus121 no code was made to detemine real PJ fans some of there best work, but all there work is good so how does one determine what is the best
superdrunkard2 1 year ago
classic song classic album
MrDarts501 1 year ago
Pearl Jam: still making music that makes your soul think, your mind feel, and your heart ache.
dkerris 1 year ago
whatever they do is great
projectiongibbo 1 year ago
everyone stop saying that pearl jam only have 1 or 2 gems on their albums, ive been listening to Pearl Jam since 1991. and every album has at least 5-6 awsome tracks on and the rest are great also. went to watch them in manchester last year for the first time ever and vedders voice live or recoreded is the best in the business. I am a nirvana fan also but i still think pearl jam in terms of grunge were better from 91-96.
pakmanmanc 1 year ago 19
@pakmanmanc Dude I hear that, all the greats from the grunge era had racks of killer songs. Pearl Jam just kicked ass at everypoint. Like Alice in Chains. Stone Temple Pilots. I mean have you ever heard a STP song you didnt like? Doubtful. Same with Pearl Jam. Its all good.
Dereksmonkey 1 year ago
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jbenvenut 1 year ago
@pakmanmanc from ten to backspacer back to back i cant think of a bad song. "grunge" was just a media word that most of the bands found to be silly while some felt genuine contempt for that lable
ghostwhiskey 4 months ago
@pakmanmanc Ive been listing to PJ (Mookie Blaylock) and before them mother love bone..... There is no bad pearl jam song they are all golden! Even better Live!
DungeonChampionship 3 months ago
@DungeonChampionship I totally agree, which is why Pearl Jam is my favorite band. Hearing them live too was the best.
Eospag 3 months ago
@pakmanmanc i was born in 96, i was a grunge baby yeah
flmvdvsrg 3 months ago
@flmvdvsrg lol that just sounds stupid! especially since grunge started in the 80's and had its "prime" in the early 90's. The genre was already fading out by the time you were born. :P just messin with ya though. if it makes you feel better to call yourself a grunge baby, go right ahead. lol
jazzhart25 3 months ago
@jazzhart25 you made my self-esteem go down
flmvdvsrg 3 months ago
@flmvdvsrg lmao! Kurt Cobain died in April of 94, and Justin Bieber was born 1 month before that. He is more of a grunge baby than you are! Thought you would like to know you are in good company. LMAO
mallrat115 3 months ago
@mallrat115 whats a justin bieber?
flmvdvsrg 3 months ago
what a song...!
YoungMasterpiece 1 year ago
there is nothing that touches me like this......... PJ this is what they do
Mumraa27 1 year ago
great song
its like on all there albums there is a hidden gem that just is amazing
Asbru 1 year ago
This album is sooooooooooo under-rated!!
TheFreshy1979 1 year ago
this song alway inspire me...pearl jam the best 4 me!
bandocxxx 1 year ago
you can spend your time alone redigesting past regrets or you can come to terms and realize you re the only one who cannot forgive yourself....
I should listen to this more often. Eddie IS the best.
EvilRipley 2 years ago
and the rest of the band? they do nothin?
Ekyvvsaq 1 year ago
@Ekyvvsaq since now i was commenting specifically on this song's lyrics, and since Eddie wrote them... yes. Don't try to teach me how to love Pearl Jam and not only Eddie Vedder.
EvilRipley 1 year ago
When Eddie goes into the 2nd chorus an octave higher than the 1st chorus, it takes the song to a whole new level.
frets4life17 2 years ago
amazing...nice inspiration for my life.
Fabio1992ful 2 years ago 2
beautiful
sittin420duck 2 years ago 2
Eddy is so right if you don't learn to live with your mistakes and embrace who you are even the flaws then you will fill yourself with negative thoughts and they will eat you up from the inside out and you will end up empty full of regrets . joyless! love yourself and love and repect Life. live lfe to its fullest each day move forward in a positive way don't carry around regrets and anger . let it go live in the present .
MSTxHottie 2 years ago 4
la parte finale è straordinaria e geniale
kapone10zx 2 years ago
grandissimo pezzo
MrWarlus76 2 years ago
One of my favourite Pearl Jam songs
dowling1981 2 years ago
I luv this song :D
iMarshmallows 2 years ago 4
this takes me back to driving in the early morning up to the mountains in NZ, love ettt
kkmalay 2 years ago
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Radiohead will make this song relevant.
cknight03 2 years ago
in what way?
5556665012008 2 years ago
Dumb comment! I like Radiohead but they are shit compared to Pearl Jam. I can't even imagine them covering this.
HAFA74 2 years ago 4
Dumb comment yourself! I love radiohead and pearl jam and many other great bands... Radiohead did not cover this song. use your ears ....
carlthom1976 2 years ago
I never said they did. I was replying to an older comment
HAFA74 2 years ago
you could'nt compare different things like RH and PJ... so shot up...
testaradio 2 years ago 3
you idiot id really like to see that..lolol
muziqspumpin 2 years ago
anyone who has anything bad to say about this is out of their effin mind I will admit PJ has good and bad moments but this period was 100% perfection-backspacer is dicey at times but also awesome at times what are ya gonna do i guess
itiwp1 2 years ago
Pearl Jam saved my life!!!
Sassci 2 years ago 4
Barry White saved my life!!
ShopliftersUnite 2 years ago 2
Perhaps one of the most underrated 'hidden gems'/album tracks Pearl Jam ever recorded. I'm currently on an ideal 'lookout', for the albums "No Code" and "Yield".
JesusCristo2002 2 years ago
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I think every album except Backspacer contains some real gems though, I wont deny that:
Ten (Release)
Vs. (Leash, Go)
Vitalogy (Nothingman)
No Code (Present Tense)
Yield (Do The Evolution)
Binaural (Nothing as it Seems)
Riot Act (I Am Mine, Love Boat Captain)
Pearl Jam (Inside Job, Unemployable)
ShopliftersUnite 2 years ago
I think Backspacer got a great gem named Untought known.
I'm in love with that song, it sounds to me like a track out of No code.
Mavsare4real 2 years ago 19
You're right i forgot that song, that 's the most appealing of them as well, among the waves is also ok
ShopliftersUnite 2 years ago
@Mavsare4real I love Unthought Known and The End, they seem really underappreciated to me. And Shoplitfters named a lot of great stuff in his list. The gems for me though are Footsteps, Yellow Ledbetter, In My Tree, I Got Id, plus so many more
demravager 1 year ago
@Mavsare4real amazing song man. the fixer and got some were absolutely incredible live aswel
66SmUrF66 1 year ago
@Mavsare4real
wow...my first response on you tube ever....this totally is my thought exactly....where i live there is this bar and i stick unknown thought on the juke box all the time
deepwoodsful 1 year ago
@Mavsare4real @Mavsare4real
wow...my first response on you tube ever....this totally is my thought exactly....where i live there is this bar and i stick unknown thought on the juke box all the time
deepwoodsful 1 year ago
@Mavsare4real To me, it sounds more like a track out of Yield. But while Yield was a great album, Backspacer is a bit dissapointing. The experiments and complex sound is gone.
bobbelibob 11 months ago
@Mavsare4real - you mean its got a great gem among gems
eyesontoast50 11 months ago
@ShopliftersUnite what about just breathe or the end or unthought known?...seems strange you cant find a gem in it
muziqspumpin 2 years ago
lol I have a different "gem" for all their albums so i have to post a response!
Ten (Black/Oceans)
Vs. (Indifference/EWBTCIAST)
Vitalogy (Immortality/Better man/Nothingman)
No Code (Present Tense/Red Mosquito/In My tree/Off He goes/etc)
Yield (Wishlist/Given To Fly)
Binaural (Light Years/Nothing As It Seems)
Riot Act (I Am Mine)-Not a fan of this album overall though
Pearl Jam (Gone/Come Back/Inside Job)
Backspacer (Just Breathe)
StackofNosiesFrtMn 1 year ago 3
crossbar88 1 year ago
@ShopliftersUnite
You call Unemployable a gem and not Force of Nature, Unthought Known, or Amongst the Waves. I call you crazy!
jordn6971 1 year ago
@jordn6971 But I am!
ShopliftersUnite 1 year ago
@jordn6971 But tbh, at the time I posted this I hadnt listened well enough to Backspacer, I really enjoy Amongst The Waves, Unthought Unknown and The Fixer they would be the 'gems of backspacer... I just do not like the quieter songs at all on that album
ShopliftersUnite 1 year ago
@ShopliftersUnite backspacer definitely has something to offer, its good for an artist to change styles over time
mikedif 1 year ago
@ShopliftersUnite I think every track off Backspacer is great
SoundgardenPearlJam 1 year ago
@ShopliftersUnite shut up
burstmatress 1 year ago
@ShopliftersUnite just breethe off of backspacer is great and i think that johnny guitar is one too
zanzibarpat 1 year ago
@ShopliftersUnite i agree with u, but i thik from the perspective of eddie and the band every song has a meaning in their lifes. but those song for shure are the most reflective ones :D
chukchug 1 year ago
@ShopliftersUnite Backspacer ( just Breathe) "actually was my wedding song" And please don't discount Supersonic. lotta old pearl Jam energy in that song! .......Oh and I can't believe you didn't include Vitalogy's (Bugs) on your list :) Peace brother !
jasonsadrummer 1 year ago
@ShopliftersUnite
Backspacer needs time to grow on people. A lot of original fans checked out after Vitalogy. But, I personally think that No Code and Yield were an intersting high point in terms of creativity for the band.
ALL of their albums have "gems" on them. Backspace is actually really strong in this category. Amongst the Waves, Unthought Known, Just Breathe, and The End are already huge crowd favorites.
michaeljamesmccabe 1 year ago 4
@michaeljamesmccabe No code album was creative, pearl jam was trying different sounds of music, they got rid of that grunge sound in which I hate the word grunge, each song was no code was different sound like "smile" was ode to neil young, "who you are" was inspired by nasret fateh alli khan cuz eddie and him wrote a song together for the movie " dead man walking.. I think the song "around the bend" is really an underatted song, very sweet song and very mellow..
crs78 1 year ago
@michaeljamesmccabe from Backspacer I actually liked Supersonic the best. Its just plain fast fun punk.
5oulPower 1 year ago
@michaeljamesmccabe NO code was made to determine who were real PJ fans or just bandwagon jumpers.
superdrunkard2 1 year ago
@ShopliftersUnite You forgot Lost Dogs (ALL OF 'EM), Backspacer (ALL OF 'EM,..) -:o)
AnkHknA 11 months ago
I know those two are great, but No Code contains some real garbage like the annoying Hail Hail
ShopliftersUnite 2 years ago
Dude, hail hail is awesome, what are you talking about?
birdie013 2 years ago
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the first album of pearl jam is still the best : TEN. the later albums are not that good. a couple of songs on the vitalogy album are good as well, but the most songs made after ten are not that good.
getonien 2 years ago
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I agree, the problem with Pearl Jam is that they never ever changed their formula/sound unlike other huge bands i.e. Smashing Pumpkins and Radiohead as most obvious examples...
Just curious which songs on Vitalogy are you talking about?
ShopliftersUnite 2 years ago
you're right. I'm talking about better man, immortality and corduroy.
getonien 2 years ago 2
Um, what?
Are you even listening to this song?
Pearl Jam always keeps things fresh. Hit and miss at times, but yeah. Binaural? They didn't change their formula there at all. Nope.
fungusdude1 2 years ago 3
Are you serious? Wow! Personal taste I guess. Radiohead and SP are awesome, but they're not Pearl Jam
SwallowPoison 2 years ago
dude pearl jam changed their sound on nearly every album.
Radiohead is probably the worst example you could name, that band nhasn't even got a real identity
grungeera 2 years ago
What are you talking about dude? Sure, the first three albums are pretty simialr, but they they went totally different for no code and pretty much everything after that. Went back a bit for the Avacado, but Backspacer is was sifferent than anything they had done before.
birdie013 2 years ago
Pearl Jam is one of my growing musical influences, I currently have "Ten", "Vs." and "Vitalogy" and plan on getting "Yield" as my next Pearl Jam album; I've listened to the majority of the tracks off the album and love "In Hiding", "Brain of J", "Wishlist", "Given To Fly" and "Hummus" (hidden track). ; )
JesusCristo2002 2 years ago
you should definatley buy No Code and Yield, thos are for me their greatest albums.
But they need to grow on you.
It's not like listening to Ten or Vs which are more simple to get into.
Check out -Pilate- from Yield. in case you haven't already.
grungeera 2 years ago
Dude, i totally agree. The first three albums are really easy to get into, but the later ones take a while, but once you get into them they are fucking amazing
birdie013 2 years ago 4
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grungeera 2 years ago
I love the way all the songs fit together. When I listen to it I usually listen to the whole album all at once.
tcstylist 2 years ago
I would like to hear this song with an Orchestra backing it, it has so much depth to it !.
LucidityOfReality 2 years ago 2
Are you kidding, orchestra would completely ruin this song, it's beautiful because it's so simply :)
thejackroller 2 years ago
just keep it with true alternative!
gussenica 2 years ago
SSSHHHHHhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!
Just listen to the damn music!
dkerris 2 years ago
Pearl jam are the best band in the world.
There is no one that could compare to them
joshbfat 2 years ago 2
One of my favorite PJ songs of all time, so hard to choose which one is the best. There are just too many. Can't wait to catch them on tour again this fall. It's like Xmas everytime they tour.
ahamboyan13 2 years ago
Kick ass album. Kick ass band.
litespeed74 2 years ago
go pearly
charlieschapter 2 years ago
i got some lyrics from this song tattooed yesterday, this song is simply amazing
BCgordong 2 years ago 6
which ones
mmmvideogames21 2 years ago
"makes much more sense to live in the present tense"
BCgordong 2 years ago 34
oh cool
mmmvideogames21 2 years ago 2
@BCgordong Yes it makes =)
nmferro 1 year ago
@BCgordong Yes it makes =)
nmferro 1 year ago
I'm in love with this song.
1yeslek 2 years ago
this whole song is amazing
but from 3:30 on it takes me on a ride
destrukt01 2 years ago
'Makes much more sense....to live..in the present tense'
What a lyric, what a song.
Beautiful.
FitzNugly 2 years ago 3
depressing intro, good build up and jam... impressive lyrics. makes sense..
soimayvent 2 years ago 2
one of the only albums with songs that make me wanna cry saw them a few years back at reading n didn't know what to do moss to fuck or watch in aww love pj in my opinion best band from the grunge ting
funkenstien69 2 years ago
i hate when people compare pearl jam with creed. Pearl jam is one of the best bands ever. i like them way better then nirvana. no code and vitology are the best cds ever. If you notice every cd is so different but still very good. no code was their best cd by far imo.
weepingson 2 years ago 6
yield takes the cake imo. whoever compares creed to pearl jam should be shot on sight. i'll give creed credit, they sold more records than any other rock band in the 90's but at the expense of their own self integrity. 90's pearl jam (and beyond) = pure gold.
portnoyisthebest 2 years ago 4
Riot Act and Binaural for me ... this band is Legend .... Some bands just become part of who you are and they're one of them... that sounds corny as shit but it's how I feel.
jimbob1969 2 years ago 4
This song puts things into perspective for me when things are shitty. I love Pearl Jam.
ArchaicBomber 2 years ago 2
oH you should really check up on that lyrics =0
waxy2k1 2 years ago 2
I dont know the lyrics but this song is still the shit.
BitchinnShoes07 2 years ago
lol i missplased the post up there.
BichinnShoes07 You should really look up those lyrics!!
waxy2k1 2 years ago 2
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naylek88 2 years ago
Lovely and inspirational. Get's me through tough times.
MAGICrofl 2 years ago 3
I'm 18, and I agree too. Pearl Jam goes deep into the heart.
8manticoreXbaricos8 2 years ago 12
age means not much, so dont mention it
l7ebels 2 years ago
@8manticoreXbaricos8 for sure !
Annonymus121 1 year ago
alessandro180577, you´re a beautiful person.
I´m 59 and I completely agree with you.
Paniwleo1890 2 years ago
No code, was not meant to be a commercial album. This one, has so much potential yet remains a hidden gem for the fans, a gem that has not been mutialted & forced down many people's throats like Nirvana's songs...........I love those guys, but the media simply destroyed them. Kudos to Pearl Jam
Laminateddeffect 3 years ago 3
Nirvana, the dead whore the media won't stop fucking, and pimping out to the hordes of people who don't know or care to know who they were.
One of the saddest stories in rock and roll.
Davenport5678 2 years ago
that's right man, there's just something about this band.
i listen to them since i was 17. now im 25. and i'm quite sure that i'll listen to them when i'm 50, as well as always claim that they're the best band ever.
thagoff 3 years ago 7
it sounds stupid to say, maybe, but i feel that people who really love pearl jam, who have their songs always in their minds, and repeat them in their heads in times of suffering and in the rare times of peace, all share something, as if they communicate silently their common set of feelings. and somehow it's warm and safe to know so. i approach pearl jam when i was 15, now i'm 31 and i still can be expressed by their songs. maybe it's not easy to say what i mean. anyway, thanks.
alessandro180577 3 years ago 7
That is really cool to hear, I am actually only 17, but I often times feel the same way. There's something about this band...I can't explain it! It's great to hear you be so honest
soxpearljam10 3 years ago 7
well, it's something i realized by talking to the people. most of pearl jam's songs go so deep inside our souls, beyond personal taste. take "release", for example. it goes still so powerfully inside me, and takes me directly to my inmost feelings, and all instruments, including the voice, give their contribution and help me to "see" myself. in some ways, their music is ours, it's like we are the song in the moment we listen to it. and i never found any other band that is able to do this to me.
alessandro180577 3 years ago 8
I agree alessandro i was 10 the first time I ever heard them and listened for years and years and they kind of fell out of view in late high school.. im 21 now and am rediscovering no code and vitalogy and its incredibly how I feel like it defines my life or expresses me as a person. WHen I first listened to the albums i understood them but didnt really connect with them and just appreciated the beautiful music. 10 years later and I heard Who You Are and nearly cried out of happiness lol!
gregcarson 2 years ago 4
i hear you,man. this song's (as well as a hundred plus other PJ gems) a part of me and my times and my life's pretty much defined by them. from where i live i rarely get to meet another true fan, but even just thru the internet i know that I'm not alone in my ordeals and in this precious source of happiness and meaning, I'm 22 but I feel like i've been a fan since all my previous lifetimes (are there?)....Present Tense a signpost in one of the most trying periods in my 2-decade road of living.
man33mindanao 2 years ago 2
thank you for the song. the music and the lyrics are wonderful. every instrument plays the message, especially the bass in the last part.
the message is also clear: to live in the present is the only way to live, so difficult, nowadays more than ever, but he song helps us all.
thank you again
alessandro180577 3 years ago 5