Then you have the one word titles (aside from “Even Flow”) it’s a minor dynamic, but packs such a heavy punch. The fact that Vedder poured everything he had into ending the song that way still gives me the chills all the way through. Take “Porch” for example: the power on the “take a good look” lyric during the outro/third chorus and Vedder’s vocal twist of the word “beside” during the line “lie beside me” had such a profound impact on me. Though the record is stunning from front to back, it’s the little things that make it a masterpiece to me. I felt - “if just once I could lose myself,” marveled in - feeling alive, daydreamed about - “why can’t it be mine, we belong together,” held tight onto the thread and thankfully - continue to “ride the wave where it takes me.” Furthermore, this new world of music challenged me to think deeper. Something “else” that could take me to a place where I could think the way I wanted to and get in touch with/make sense of my thoughts. Even at 11 years old, I was in desperate need of an artistic companion. Those two experiences really tattooed everything for me. But for this, he was a lobster stuck in the trap and he was 100% OK with that.Īs the credits rolled, he turned to me and said, “Wow, that was good.” Emphasis on the “wow.” The fact that my father was so intrigued and moved by this, made it register that much more with me. My father on the left, hunched over, still with his weight lifting gloves on, and me on the right almost drooling. For the remainder of the program, we both starred silently, jaw left hurtin’ dropped wide open, absorbing every morsel of that epic performance. Now the air I tasted and breathed has taken a turn.” We looked at each other, dropped what was in our hands and shuffled over to the TV. Suddenly we heard,… “All five horizons revolved around her soul, as the earth to the sun. One night he had MTV on in the background and Pearl Jam’s Unplugged episode was on. I would often go down there with him, hit the speed bag and just follow him around. My father used to work out in our basement at night. It all helped me understand this dimension to music that triggers real emotions. And for God’s sake, that melodious roar at the end. The intensity in Eddie Vedder’s eyes was so believable. Of course I understood it was a video production, and that heightens the show component, but I knew this band had something I had never seen before.
What I gravitated towards with the “Jeremy” video was not how intense the song was, but how intense and sincere the band’s delivery was. One where it starts with a newspaper clipping that read- affluent suburb, finally to settle on a chalkboard style writing of the word - “Jeremy.” As I’d wait not so patiently to strike gold and catch “November Rain,” I would get hit with a surprise left by this “other” video in rotation. I loved that song (still do) and the video to me was mesmerizing.
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When the elements would force me inside, I would camp out on the orange couch in our basement, pull the TV plug on (yes, pull not push) and wait for the Guns N’ Roses “November Rain” video to come on. It was also a year where I found myself home from school “sick” more than usual.
I remember 1992 to be one of rough weather in Northern New Jersey. It wasn’t until later in 1992, about a year after the official release of Ten that I got beautifully infected. It was different, risky and actually made me feel alive. I knew the chorus of “Alive” was a big wave. I was familiar with Pearl Jam when Ten came out on August 27, 1991. No offense, “Nothing but a good time, it don’t get better than this,” but yes it does. But it’s not just background noise at a party. Up until Pearl Jam’s debut, I was of the mind that music was simply fun.
Ten introduced me to the fact that music can be emotional, it can be expressive, it can be an outlet, it is heeling, it is comforting, it is art.
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