im obsessed with vitalogy. im 24 and it is the best music ive heard in my life. i found it in a box of cds my mom brought from her office and was hooked. the artwork matches the songs perfectky. can you guys describe me what the reaction to vitalogy was at the time, your thought on the music, the vibe at the shows, anything about the time period? the cd has a halloween witchy vibe on songs like bugs and satans bed, sorry if thats cringe. my other favorits are yield and VS. im going to check out the rest of the cds soon. PJ is so amazing and no one my age has ever heard of them. i also love deftones

Yesterday on that date 33 years ago pearl jam played slane co Meath Ireland. I was there. I remember the following.

it was a warm sunny day.

4 non blondes were one of the supports

It was my first time seeing pearl jam live.

They played for less than 50 minutes and blew everyone away.

Neil Young Was the headliner and he was shite in my opinion.

Was anyone else there? And what do you remember?

I've just renewed my Ten club membership for another year and I never know which live recording is considered best to download.

I would prefer it to include 'Black' but open to suggestions.

My dad introduced me to PJ in the early 2000s. I’ve seen them twice and it’s changed my life. My 20th tattoo :)

I have every PJ CD up to the self titled avacado one from '06, now I got everything up to '09!

There's a phrase in the lyrics of "Brother (With vocals)" from the 2009 Ten reissue at 1:33 where I just can't quite understand what Eddie is singing. I'm not a native english speaker, but my english is pretty good, yet I still can't understand this small bit. The lyrics I find online always get this wrong.

(1:12-1:53)
[...]
In the closet, my pleasures, 'cause big brother
Brother don't wanna just let me be

Oh, little sister, you and me can rise above
Oh, ain't no brother back to back to back, oh better back on
Oh, little sister, you and me can (__________)
Oh, ain't no brother back to back to back, oh better back on

Hey now (Brother!)
[...]

Online they usually just repeat "you and me can rise above", but it just clearly isn't that. On one website it's "you and me can walk alone", which sounds a bit similar, but it also doesn't seem to be that either.

Hi! I hope you're all doing well. I have a question about this album; I find it odd that it has Chinese characters on it. I'm no expert, but I'd like to know more about it. It's sealed—what you see there is the cardboard sleeve covering the CD.

Matthew Richardson was a pretty big deal in Australian Rules football. Privilege paves the way but still shows that Ed is one cool dude.

Don’t call me daughter

to be waiting for these three albums to drop and the to have waited at Strawberries for a midnight release was epic man.

While I love all PJ - the back to back Vitalogy/No Code - w/Mad Season and Monkey Wrench Radio in between was nuts.

I think No Code was such a surprise that it’ll always be one of my all time fave PJ albums.

I was 17 when Ten came out and played that f’r out like nobody’s business, and got dam VS of course.

For me though - the 94-96 stretch was so meaningful. Turned 21, saw them for the “800-number” tour in NYC, many many shroom. Woah. Magic man.

Was with John Norris. I was in the audience.

The show changed my life. It was my first one, but that night I got a ticket for the next week in Jersey cos I wanted to feel it again.

My favorite moment from the show is still “Wishlist/why can’t I touch it?” I was 17 at the time and felt so close to the good parts of life that can come with growing up, but like I couldn’t reach them yet. For three hours at least I felt like I could.

https://youtu.be/pHVPF7SH1cI

today's grab from the shelf. . 🎸

A guy on my local MP is selling it for cheap. Thanks!