Post subject: ***Present Tense Appreciation Thread***
Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 7:05 am
Force of Nature
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I had never really noticed this song until about 2 months ago (thank you Green Habit!!!!).
Since then it has become a grounding force for me. There has been a lot of talk on RM lately from people who are unhappy, sad, feeling unwanted, insecurity or even suicidal.
Now that I've found this song, it's what I listen to when I am feeling stressed and overwhelmed (which happens frequently these days)
I love the beginning...
do you see the way that tree bends?
does it inspire?
leaning out to catch the sun's rays
a lesson to be applied
I listen to it on the walk into school in the morning before a busy day and it just grounds me.
For some reason it has really been stuck in my head today and I just listened to it about 12 times through. Luckily I have about 5 version of it so it doesn't seem quite as nuts.
Please everyone, send your vibes to Pearl Jam to play this at the Vancouver show...It would love to see it live.
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Post subject: Re: ***Present Tense Appreciation Thread***
Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 7:24 am
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Joined: Sat Mar 19, 2005 7:50 pm Posts: 10229 Location: WA (aka Waaaaaaaahhhh!!) Gender: Male
regalo wrote:
I had never really noticed this song until about 2 months ago (thank you Green Habit!!!!).
Since then it has become a grounding force for me. There has been a lot of talk on RM lately from people who are unhappy, sad, feeling unwanted, insecurity or even suicidal.
Now that I've found this song, it's what I listen to when I am feeling stressed and overwhelmed (which happens frequently these days)
I love the beginning...
do you see the way that tree bends? does it inspire? leaning out to catch the sun's rays a lesson to be applied
I listen to it on the walk into school in the morning before a busy day and it just grounds me.
For some reason it has really been stuck in my head today and I just listened to it about 12 times through. Luckily I have about 5 version of it so it doesn't seem quite as nuts.
Please everyone, send your vibes to Pearl Jam to play this at the Vancouver show...It would love to see it live.
Saw it live on the 98 tour. Amazing. Great song to just sit back & light up to.
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Second best PJ song IMO, love the music, love the lyrics, love the build-up, love the atmosphere of it, love everything about it. Man, I even love the title.
And love the fact Eddie told on some bootleg from '98 I believe that it's one of his favourites.
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Angus wrote:
Second best PJ song IMO, love the music, love the lyrics, love the build-up, love the atmosphere of it, love everything about it. Man, I even love the title.
And love the fact Eddie told on some bootleg from '98 I believe that it's one of his favourites.
(GTF will always be my n° 1)
agree with all of that except 1.black then 2.GTF and 3. Present Tense and RVM for me. Present Tense sounds better live as well
No doubt one of their best. I have been lucky enough to hear this live 2x now.
Lyrics just don't get any better than:
"you can spend your time alone, redigesting past regrets,
or you can come to terms and realize
you're the only one who can't forgive yourself."
It's undoubtedly one of their best songs, and we should all live by those words:
"you can spend your time alone, redigesting past regrets
or you can come to terms and realize
you're the only one who can't forgive yourself
makes much more sense to live in the present tense"
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There is a great version on the Glasgow 6-3-00 bootleg where Ed introduces it as a song that he is still just getting to understand, even though he wrote it years before. It really seems to be one of the most powerful songs to him, along with everyone else.
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the end of present tense, after the climax is just chilling... also the part where the acoustic comes in "it seems that life..." both those points just blow my mind
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No code should have stopped with present tense
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Please everyone, send your vibes to Pearl Jam to play this at the Vancouver show...It would love to see it live.
I will be at Vancouver and I'm sending vibes like a madman. I would love to see this song live.
*sends psychic message towards Seattle*
"play Present Tense in Vancouver"
"play Present Tense in Vancouver"
"play Present Tense in Vancouver"
"play Present Tense in Vancouver"
"play Present Tense in Vancouver"..............
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AT THE ATLANTA 03 SHOW EDDIE SAID WE'RE GONNA TRY ONE WE HADNT DONE IN A WHILE AND THEY BUSTED IT OUT, AND IT ROCKED, BY THE WAY DOES ANY ONE KNOW WHAT SHOW WAS THE LAST THAT THEY PLAYED IT AT BEFORE THEN?
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Such a beautiful song its definately one of my favorites, the one that stands out for me is 11/3/96 in Berlin. Get the boot if ya dont have it, its great.
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