Comments on: this would be so much easier if i were on drugs (new PJ contest!) http://www.fuelfriendsblog.com/2009/03/02/this-would-be-so-much-easier-if-i-were-on-drugs/ spark a new musical discovery Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:20:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: perła http://www.fuelfriendsblog.com/2009/03/02/this-would-be-so-much-easier-if-i-were-on-drugs/comment-page-3/#comment-21743 perła Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:01:26 +0000 http://www.fuelfriendsblog.com/?p=2814#comment-21743 I savor, cause I found exactly what I was having a look for. You've ended my 4 day long hunt! God Bless you man. Have a great day. Bye I savor, cause I found exactly what I was having a look for. You’ve ended my 4 day long hunt! God Bless you man. Have a great day. Bye

]]> By: browneheather http://www.fuelfriendsblog.com/2009/03/02/this-would-be-so-much-easier-if-i-were-on-drugs/comment-page-3/#comment-12075 browneheather Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:19:52 +0000 http://www.fuelfriendsblog.com/?p=2814#comment-12075 Hey guys, I did indeed pick a random winner for this one -- THANK YOU for all the amazing and heartfelt entries. Hey guys, I did indeed pick a random winner for this one — THANK YOU for all the amazing and heartfelt entries.

]]> By: Cheech http://www.fuelfriendsblog.com/2009/03/02/this-would-be-so-much-easier-if-i-were-on-drugs/comment-page-3/#comment-11700 Cheech Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:48:36 +0000 http://www.fuelfriendsblog.com/?p=2814#comment-11700 My favorite moment was at the 2005 Gorge show where Ed forgot the first verse or so of Off he Goes and at the end says that he always thought that song was too long anyway... and besides they wanted to play Low Light to match the sunset... My favorite moment was at the 2005 Gorge show where Ed forgot the first verse or so of Off he Goes and at the end says that he always thought that song was too long anyway… and besides they wanted to play Low Light to match the sunset…

]]> By: Jason http://www.fuelfriendsblog.com/2009/03/02/this-would-be-so-much-easier-if-i-were-on-drugs/comment-page-3/#comment-11694 Jason Thu, 12 Mar 2009 05:24:24 +0000 http://www.fuelfriendsblog.com/?p=2814#comment-11694 My favorite Pearl Jam moment was sitting 5th row at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards and seeing them perform Jeremy. I was a UCLA student and we were given the best seats in the place. I also liked finding out later that they wanted to play Sonic Reducer and MTV wouldn't let them. Made me like them more. My favorite Pearl Jam moment was sitting 5th row at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards and seeing them perform Jeremy. I was a UCLA student and we were given the best seats in the place. I also liked finding out later that they wanted to play Sonic Reducer and MTV wouldn’t let them. Made me like them more.

]]> By: Emepitri http://www.fuelfriendsblog.com/2009/03/02/this-would-be-so-much-easier-if-i-were-on-drugs/comment-page-3/#comment-11687 Emepitri Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:56:28 +0000 http://www.fuelfriendsblog.com/?p=2814#comment-11687 Hello Heather! Im writing you for the second time i think... Because i felt that it was my time to share, after i enjoyed yours for so long ago, and well, the prize helps too (despite the fact that i think it already ended...)! I have 2 huge moments. (Warning! This may be as long as boring, so another readers that Heather beware!) Lets begin with the second one: Back since High School (VS era) me and my best friend in the world always wondered how great could it be being on a Pearl Jam show, and it seemed quite impossible, since we were from Peru, south america. It was like just something to dream about, like a wish you could have only if we found Aladdin's lamp. And that show MUST END with Indifference, such a powerful song. That was the perfect song for nearly any kind of ending. And it would be my life's soundtrack final song too. But well, lots of years after (more than 10) he moved from Peru to US (New Jersey), where he lives now. Last year i decided to visit him, and we managed to put the trip dates in order to get to go to a Pearl Jam show. And we snatch a couple of tickets to the Garden first nite show, and it was a great show, and guess wich was the last song? Indifference So, it was a real dream come true, a very old one. The second one was the first, one that broke my heart: Around 2005 i broke up with my girlfriend, after nearly 6 years, it was bad and painful, but not tragic, i thought it was just a "break" not like the real end, did not saw it coming. But it was an endless downfall from there. Like 3 month later i found out she was engaged, so quick..., and so painful, you cant imagine how i fell, that nite, i understood the meaning of "Broken Hearted." Try to got her back in so many ways, and failed. By that time i knew Pearl Jam was about to come to South America for teh fist time, and made all i could to go to the show in Argentina. Sold lots of stuff and memories i never thought i could get rid of, but well. I made it, made the trip, went to the show, the place was on a street that had her exactly last name, "Espinosa", wicj is mega rare, because Espinosa is always written with a Z, not an S, what are the odds? Like some very bad energy was trying to know me down, but hell, i was about to see Pearl Jam, the best band in the world. The show was great first time seeing them, the crow rocked too, and suddenly, Black. "I know someday you'll have a beautiful life I know you'll be a sun In somebody else's sky But why, Why can't it be" Tears rolled down. How a guy i've never meet, can describe my own feelings in such a perfect song? Hello Heather!

Im writing you for the second time i think…

Because i felt that it was my time to share, after i enjoyed yours for so long ago, and well, the prize helps too (despite the fact that i think it already ended…)!

I have 2 huge moments.

(Warning! This may be as long as boring, so another readers that Heather beware!)

Lets begin with the second one:

Back since High School (VS era) me and my best friend in the world always wondered how great could it be being on a Pearl Jam show, and it seemed quite impossible, since we were from Peru, south america. It was like just something to dream about, like a wish you could have only if we found Aladdin’s lamp. And that show MUST END with Indifference, such a powerful song. That was the perfect song for nearly any kind of ending. And it would be my life’s soundtrack final song too.

But well, lots of years after (more than 10) he moved from Peru to US (New Jersey), where he lives now.

Last year i decided to visit him, and we managed to put the trip dates in order to get to go to a Pearl Jam show.

And we snatch a couple of tickets to the Garden first nite show, and it was a great show, and guess wich was the last song?

Indifference

So, it was a real dream come true, a very old one.

The second one was the first, one that broke my heart:

Around 2005 i broke up with my girlfriend, after nearly 6 years, it was bad and painful, but not tragic, i thought it was just a “break” not like the real end, did not saw it coming. But it was an endless downfall from there.

Like 3 month later i found out she was engaged, so quick…, and so painful, you cant imagine how i fell, that nite, i understood the meaning of “Broken Hearted.”

Try to got her back in so many ways, and failed.

By that time i knew Pearl Jam was about to come to South America for teh fist time, and made all i could to go to the show in Argentina. Sold lots of stuff and memories i never thought i could get rid of, but well.

I made it, made the trip, went to the show, the place was on a street that had her exactly last name, “Espinosa”, wicj is mega rare, because Espinosa is always written with a Z, not an S, what are the odds?

Like some very bad energy was trying to know me down, but hell, i was about to see Pearl Jam, the best band in the world.

The show was great first time seeing them, the crow rocked too, and suddenly, Black.

“I know someday you’ll have a beautiful life
I know you’ll be a sun
In somebody else’s sky
But why, Why can’t it be”

Tears rolled down.

How a guy i’ve never meet, can describe my own feelings in such a perfect song?

]]> By: browneheather http://www.fuelfriendsblog.com/2009/03/02/this-would-be-so-much-easier-if-i-were-on-drugs/comment-page-3/#comment-11684 browneheather Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:26:43 +0000 http://www.fuelfriendsblog.com/?p=2814#comment-11684 so many great entries, guys. i had SO MUCH FUN reading these. the winner is jrich! congrats dude. so many great entries, guys. i had SO MUCH FUN reading these. the winner is jrich! congrats dude.

]]> By: JumpinCat http://www.fuelfriendsblog.com/2009/03/02/this-would-be-so-much-easier-if-i-were-on-drugs/comment-page-3/#comment-11683 JumpinCat Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:39:08 +0000 http://www.fuelfriendsblog.com/?p=2814#comment-11683 when mike had to run off stage to use the can before opening for the Rolling Stones. because it reminds me of myself. when mike had to run off stage to use the can before opening for the Rolling Stones. because it reminds me of myself.

]]> By: Eric A http://www.fuelfriendsblog.com/2009/03/02/this-would-be-so-much-easier-if-i-were-on-drugs/comment-page-3/#comment-11653 Eric A Mon, 09 Mar 2009 06:05:25 +0000 http://www.fuelfriendsblog.com/?p=2814#comment-11653 THE FOLLOWING IS TRUE. ..why would I make this up? The first Pearl Jam concert I went to was in Indio, CA, my home. (Now home of the Coachella Music Fest...at the time NOBODY played here!) As the band rocked and the beers flowed, I moved towards the stage. Just 10ft away and we're packed like sardines, involuntarily swaying to the rhythmic beats, yet, as fragile as the Little Pig's house of sticks. Suddenly, our house 'blew down' -- a girl buckled, under the immense pressure of the collective. As I laid on top of said girl, 3 others on top of me, it became silent and everything slowed way down. I couldn't breathe, and though my mind was screaming 'GET OFF OF ME'..not a word left my lips. Finally, my arm was yanked, as I was pulled from the pile.. up, off that poor girl up, into the fresh air, that refilled my lungs.. up, to hear Eddie's voice break the silence with this lyric.. Oh, I, oh, I'm still ALIVE Hey, I, oh, I'm still ALIVE... ..I stood off to the side, shook my head and laughed. THE FOLLOWING IS TRUE.
..why would I make this up?

The first Pearl Jam concert I went to was in Indio, CA, my home.
(Now home of the Coachella Music Fest…at the time NOBODY played here!)

As the band rocked and the beers flowed, I moved towards the stage. Just 10ft away and we’re packed like sardines, involuntarily swaying to the rhythmic beats, yet, as fragile as the Little Pig’s house of sticks. Suddenly, our house ‘blew down’ –
a girl buckled, under the immense pressure of the collective.

As I laid on top of said girl, 3 others on top of me, it became silent and everything slowed way down. I couldn’t breathe, and though my mind was screaming ‘GET OFF OF ME’..not a word left my lips. Finally, my arm was yanked, as I was pulled from the pile..
up, off that poor girl
up, into the fresh air, that refilled my lungs..
up, to hear Eddie’s voice break the silence with this lyric..

Oh, I, oh, I’m still ALIVE
Hey, I, oh, I’m still ALIVE…

..I stood off to the side, shook my head and laughed.

]]> By: mike http://www.fuelfriendsblog.com/2009/03/02/this-would-be-so-much-easier-if-i-were-on-drugs/comment-page-3/#comment-11647 mike Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:38:18 +0000 http://www.fuelfriendsblog.com/?p=2814#comment-11647 Easy peasy. track: Dirty Frank line" "Where's Mike McCready? BY GOD HE's BEEN ATE!" Cracks me up every time, plus such a great song. Easy peasy.
track: Dirty Frank
line” “Where’s Mike McCready? BY GOD HE’s BEEN ATE!”

Cracks me up every time, plus such a great song.

]]> By: Eric Penka http://www.fuelfriendsblog.com/2009/03/02/this-would-be-so-much-easier-if-i-were-on-drugs/comment-page-3/#comment-11646 Eric Penka Sun, 08 Mar 2009 14:42:25 +0000 http://www.fuelfriendsblog.com/?p=2814#comment-11646 My favorite moment was in the song "Animal", particularly the performance of it at the MTV Music Awards back in 1993. I was one of the many people who swarmed on top of Ten, but I also felt that I was among the people who was hearing something that millions of others weren't hearing. I remember thinking that there was something very different in Pearl Jam, and it prompted me to seek out every B-side and bootlegged concert that I could. But I still wondered about that second album. I still wondered whether all of these newly discovered bands were as good as I thought they were. What would come after Facelift and Badmotorfinger. I watched the music awards with bated breath. I had spread the word to all my friends that Peal Jam would be performing that night, and that it would be a song off their new album. I was hoping that it would not sound like Ten, but that it would sound like the Pearl Jam that I had grown to love so much. I wanted viscera. When I heard the opening chords of "Animal", a new song off a new album, I was at once enthralled. I realized then that I was enjoying a band who, as long as I wanted things that were honest and loud, would provide the soundtrack to many of my life's moments for many years to come. Neil Young performing later on with them that night was the icing on the cake. My favorite moment was in the song “Animal”, particularly the performance of it at the MTV Music Awards back in 1993. I was one of the many people who swarmed on top of Ten, but I also felt that I was among the people who was hearing something that millions of others weren’t hearing. I remember thinking that there was something very different in Pearl Jam, and it prompted me to seek out every B-side and bootlegged concert that I could. But I still wondered about that second album. I still wondered whether all of these newly discovered bands were as good as I thought they were. What would come after Facelift and Badmotorfinger.
I watched the music awards with bated breath. I had spread the word to all my friends that Peal Jam would be performing that night, and that it would be a song off their new album. I was hoping that it would not sound like Ten, but that it would sound like the Pearl Jam that I had grown to love so much. I wanted viscera.
When I heard the opening chords of “Animal”, a new song off a new album, I was at once enthralled. I realized then that I was enjoying a band who, as long as I wanted things that were honest and loud, would provide the soundtrack to many of my life’s moments for many years to come. Neil Young performing later on with them that night was the icing on the cake.

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