One of my friends, who vaguely like PJ previously (he had Ten and Yield only, so at least he had good taste), is coming to Boston II with me in May. I convinced him to download vitalogy last year, but he didn't much like it save a few songs. i convinced him yesterday to get No Code, and judging by his lastfm he is giving it the first listen through right now.

I have a feeling No Code is gonna be his favorite album, based on what else he listens to.

Of course, I think the live show is what will do it for him. I didn't know much Pearl Jam before I went to Boston III in 2003, but after that night I bought every album and listened to PJ almost exclusively for a few months. the live show is what got me hooked.


Share stories of introducing your friends to PJ.

ive gotten a few friends onto them but none of them really picked it up big only downloaded a few songs and now they think they know everything,... but at least its a start

I turned one of my friends onto PJ years ago. I sorta regret it now.

My friends didn't believe the greatness that is Pearl Jam. Until about three days ago when they heard WWS in aerobics class. They've been asking me to send it to them ever since... Poor deprived little children...

My 'friend' thought Pearl Jam were shit. I played him their songs on a few car trips and poker nights and he still thinks they are shit

I hide them in duffel bags to get them in.

i bought yield for a friend last month. otherwise, im not too into his music (except 311!!)

My friend Jeff was kind of a Pearl Jam fan before I met him (his favorite band is RHCP). One day we were at the gym and he asked me what I was listening to, and I told him PJ. I let him listen for a while and he liked the songs, so I ended up letting him borrow the albums that he didn't already have (post No Code). That was about 2 years ago and now he says that when they come to town he's going with me.

when people say to me "oh you like pearl jam" and then they try to sing even flow in an poorly done ed voice it just pisses me off so i try to tell them that thye made a shit load of more great music and those who want to know about the band i tell them and i try to steer them away from only listening to ten

I enjoy blasting Pearl Jam in my dorm, so as to allow everyone the pleasure of listening to them.

huge fan since 94 and i have a good buddy that loves music and plays the drums so i got him into peral jam so finally in 05 the come to halifax so i got him a tix and we went and he loves it 6th row back mike side he cried the hole nite played his favs that he plays on drums courdory green disease and down.......... my buddy is blind yes he is and he cried and i ddi to he couldnt see a thing but he felt it

I have a friend that likes Johnny Cash. So I burned a cd for him with 25 minutes to go(from Benaroya) plus a bunch of other songs from PJ that I thought he might enjoy.

the only pearl jam fan I've ever made was my younger brother (9 years younger) so as soon as he was old enough to really understand what music was about he was listening to Pearl Jam and REM

I'm heading off to bed. Can someone who's staying up and feeling ambitious do a search to see if we have threads like this? I'd be shocked if we didn't.

i talk of pearl jam to a lot of my friend a lot of them buy like ten and yield but two of my friend really got into pj and they always thanks me for that... its really bad a friend of mine was thinking tht pearl jam was a group rock in the 70's lol

I don't give a fuck if my friends like Pearl Jam or not. I'll vouch for the band, but if a particular person doesn't like them, they can fuck off. It's their loss.

dont ya love pulling up in a buddies driveway heading to a party late..... with new pearl jam playiing and they say what the fuckis this !!! and you say well its ( for ex wws for peral jam) and they say what man thought they broke up thats classic

put on side one of Led Zeppelin IV

Get your friend high with your pot so they must listen to what you want to listen to.