Pearl Jam Twenty

**Stewo** · 10-28-2011, 08:33 AM

I'm just going to throw this out there. I was in no way, shape or form a PJ fan for the first 26ish years of my life. Just was too slow for me and just really didn't appreciate the type of music. I have only recently just started to not turn the station when they came on. Well, last Friday I caught this on PBS. It was a Grinch getting a bigger heart type of thing for me while watching this. Now, PJ is like a brand new band that I had never heard before and I think they're an amazing band. I'm amped when I hear one of their songs. Just a great story that clicked something in the brainhouse. Just thought I'd throw my "how I became a PJ fan" story out there.

**bos** · 10-28-2011, 08:38 AM

Originally Posted by Stewo

I'm just going to throw this out there. I was in no way, shape or form a PJ fan for the first 26ish years of my life. Just was too slow for me and just really didn't appreciate the type of music. I have only recently just started to not turn the station when they came on. Well, last Friday I caught this on PBS. It was a Grinch getting a bigger heart type of thing for me while watching this. Now, PJ is like a brand new band that I had never heard before and I think they're an amazing band. I'm amped when I hear one of their songs. Just a great story that clicked something in the brainhouse. Just thought I'd throw my "how I became a PJ fan" story out there.

Thats awesome. Quite a few of their songs really hit home with me. Release is one of them. I have a bit of a similar story personally that I relate to in that song. I guess thats where Pearl Jam worked with me.

**Stewo** · 10-28-2011, 08:45 AM

Originally Posted by bos

Thats awesome. Quite a few of their songs really hit home with me. Release is one of them. I have a bit of a similar story personally that I relate to in that song. I guess thats where Pearl Jam worked with me.

I almost feel ashamed for not being a fan sooner.

**Jables22** · 10-28-2011, 09:09 AM

Amen! The whole doc is very well done- you can really tell Cameron Crowe is a fan. The whole PJ origin story blows me away. I had heard bits and pieces of it before, but never really this completely. The whole "momma-son" demo tape, and then playing their first show 6 days after they meet him for the first time.

The beginning of PJ20 also does a great job of representing time and place (Seattle, early 90's).

**Al_4_State** · 10-28-2011, 09:15 AM

Originally Posted by Stewo

I'm just going to throw this out there. I was in no way, shape or form a PJ fan for the first 26ish years of my life. Just was too slow for me and just really didn't appreciate the type of music. I have only recently just started to not turn the station when they came on. Well, last Friday I caught this on PBS. It was a Grinch getting a bigger heart type of thing for me while watching this. Now, PJ is like a brand new band that I had never heard before and I think they're an amazing band. I'm amped when I hear one of their songs. Just a great story that clicked something in the brainhouse. Just thought I'd throw my "how I became a PJ fan" story out there.

I too was not a Pearl Jam fan for a long, long time. I always disliked them and never really could explain it. I liked a few songs here and there, but they just never clicked with me.

For some reason, when the self titled (Avocado) album came out, I asked a buddy of mine who was a huge PJ fan to burn it for me. I listened to it as I pulled out of Ames for the summer between my junior and senior years, and the whole thing just smoked me like a ton of bricks. For some reason the light bulb just went off. My brother and I went and picked up at least 3 or 4 albums and it was almost all I listened to for the next 3 months (with lots of RHCP and Tool thrown in for good measure).

**bos** · 10-28-2011, 09:20 AM

Originally Posted by Al_4_State

I too was not a Pearl Jam fan for a long, long time. I always disliked them and never really could explain it. I liked a few songs here and there, but they just never clicked with me.

For some reason, when the self titled (Avocado) album came out, I asked a buddy of mine who was a huge PJ fan to burn it for me. I listened to it as I pulled out of Ames for the summer between my junior and senior years, and the whole thing just smoked me like a ton of bricks. For some reason the light bulb just went off. My brother and I went and picked up at least 3 or 4 albums and it was almost all I listened to for the next 3 months (with lots of RHCP and Tool thrown in for good measure).

There was some pretty solid guitar work on that album.

**Stewo** · 10-28-2011, 09:48 AM

Originally Posted by Al_4_State

I too was not a Pearl Jam fan for a long, long time. I always disliked them and never really could explain it. I liked a few songs here and there, but they just never clicked with me.

For some reason, when the self titled (Avocado) album came out, I asked a buddy of mine who was a huge PJ fan to burn it for me. I listened to it as I pulled out of Ames for the summer between my junior and senior years, and the whole thing just smoked me like a ton of bricks. For some reason the light bulb just went off. My brother and I went and picked up at least 3 or 4 albums and it was almost all I listened to for the next 3 months (with lots of RHCP and Tool thrown in for good measure).

PJ has owned us Al. We tried to hate, but they eventually won us over. I will say that I've never had a situation like this before, where I disliked a band since the first time I heard one of their songs, only to being completly enamored by their music. It's kinda crazy.

**bos** · 10-28-2011, 09:50 AM

Lesson 1: Dont hate on Pearl Jam, ever.

- Kurt Cobain
- Creed

**Stewo** · 10-28-2011, 09:51 AM

Originally Posted by bos

Lesson 1: Dont hate on Pearl Jam, ever.

- Kurt Cobain
- Creed

Oh snap.

**isukendall** · 10-28-2011, 09:59 AM

Ten was one of my first cassettes. Vs was one of my first CDs. I was just starting to get into music, pretty good time for that.

Of course I'm not gonna lie, Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em was one of my first cassettes also.

**HawkFanISUalum** · 10-28-2011, 01:09 PM

Originally Posted by Stewo

I almost feel ashamed for not being a fan sooner.

I think many of us are likely jealous of you. I would LOVE to have that feeling of hearing PJ for the first time again and having it all be new to me. Have fun exploring some of their non-studio albums. The 3CD set of Dissident is really good.

**dmclone** · 10-28-2011, 01:17 PM

I really liked PJ about 15-20 years ago. I'll once in a while put something of theirs on my playlist but I haven't found anything that I liked from them in the last 10 years.

**RhoadsRage** · 10-28-2011, 01:36 PM

Originally Posted by EddieISU

Seen PJ 5 times live. Unfortunately it took me til 1998 to finally see them live in Kansas City, then 2 or 3 days later up at the Target Center in Minneapolis. In 2000 saw them in Chicago and Kansas City again and I want to say it was 2004 in Council Bluff.....coolest memory of PJ would be standing outside at 12:01 A.M. at Peoples Music in Des Moines when VS. came out and amazed at all the PJ fans lined up to get the album.

I've only seen them live once, unfortunately. I was at the Council Bluffs show, and 04 sounds about right. I would LOVE to see them again.

Edit: It was June of 03 on the Riot Act Tour.

**bos** · 10-28-2011, 01:37 PM

Originally Posted by dmclone

I really liked PJ about 15-20 years ago. I'll once in a while put something of theirs on my playlist but I haven't found anything that I liked from them in the last 10 years.

So in the past five years?

**RhoadsRage** · 10-28-2011, 02:19 PM

Originally Posted by bos

So in the past five years?

Easily my favorite song off of "Backspacer"(within past 5 years) and one of my overall favs now............

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0mhrqfeFjQ"]Pearl Jam - Just Breathe (Live at Austin City Limits) - YouTube[/ame]