Some bands rearanged songs for Unplugged, took that oportunity to showcase different expressions etc. Pearl Jam just plugged in and did what they do :p. And it was one of the greatest ever. Nirvana is an example of a band that did something special and different, also one of the best, if not the best, there ever was. Yeah I was a massive fan of unplugged, taped everything I could get my hands on.
I think when he holds that long note after that line, goes up an octave, and then hits the cry-out is the best part. He scratches it a bit here, but in the studio version, and in other live performances, it's belted out without falter. That said, I think the song was always better unplugged.
"I know someday you'll have a beautiful life, I know you'll be the sun in somebody else's sky but why, oh why, can't it be mine?" One of the greatest broken heart lyrics in any song ever.
@@kelleeslack6079 Not quite the same for me. I'm from the Pacific Northwest. I saw Pearl Jam in Missoula and also the Pixies in Portland. I just miss real music and home. That would be North Idaho. Coeurd Alene
@@gregflsaeming540 true, saw him live a couple of yrs ago and he still has the heart but doesn’t have the presence that he used to demand. But hey, always a legend 🔥
You know the singer is doing some extraterrestrial $h!t when he can over shadow a band like that. Once you get over the initial shock of hearing him sing you realize he's not overpowering them, but they are actually so damn tight they just meld together. Judging from your reaction I think you should check out literally anything else from this session. Oceans, Porch, Alive, Evenflow. It is all amazing.
Got to see them twice there amazing live so much energy they played till 1 in the morning last time I saw them it was crazy 4 hours they played lights were on in the building he just kept going till finally the band he ran out of songs lol it was best concert I’ve ever been to
@@sickfrost9977 Saw them in 1995 when they were touring to support Vitology and the setlist aside from a couple of covers was all from the first 3 albums. What an amazing show.
Eddie Vedder was my first crush. I know I'm dating myself but his intensity and their whole vibe as a band changed my life back then. Y'all youngins don't understand 90s alt rockand grunge was so damn good.
I was born in the 90s so I didn’t get to witness grunge as it was happening, but my god I love it to death. Been listening to PJ, AIC, Nirvana, Soundgarden, TOTD, Mad Season, Hole, Garbage and everything in between for about a decade now and it only gets better over time. Music this good is timeless, and there really was something special going on with those bands. So long as people keep listening it’ll stay alive
Two moments in musical discovery that stnads out for me. Where I was when I first heard the TEN album, and where I was when I fist saw this Unplugged. Yeah, a young mind was blown.
Eddie Vedder knows how to get the emotions flowing through your very soul !!.......this song hits me and gives me goosebumps and tears in my eyes every time i watch him and hear the pain in his voice........and i've heard this hundreds of times and it still hits me hard every time. Love this man !!
I hate when music is boxed in by a certain genre.....a great song is a great song. This in my opinion (and of many I’m sure), one of, if not the best live performances EVER.
I turned 15 in the middle of 1990. The shift was drastic within a couple years. Much needed. Another shift is long overdue nowadays. I'm not sure it will happen now due to how manufactured, and idealistically rote, all artistic industries are these days. The dystopian future we were warned about for decades is here. Some of us "Gen-X" jackanapes got to see the epitome of societal and libertarian history thus far. To only see it plummet so quickly into chaos and crooked totalitarian tripe.
Eddie's passion, emotions, feelings...GOODNESS. Watch Pearl Jam's "Jeremy" official music video, the second part (or maybe simply the whole video) and watch his reflection of Jeremy's likely real emotions with his struggle of being bullied before he ended his life. Eddie is amazing conveying feeling, emotion and passion, and he did amazing in that video conveying Jeremy's frustration, confusion, anger, insecurity, stress, depression and pain. "Jeremy" is based on an actual event, where the teen shot and killed himself in front of his class. Eddie Vedder is outstanding, for me, Pearl Jam were the best of the 1990's in all popular music, Mariah Carey a close second.
Quick story: some 16 years ago I was driving with my friends, among them a girl I was crazy about but she were with this guy, making out the entire night. When I dropped them all at their homes I was driving alone back mine and this song started playing. When Eddie sung the part “I know someday you’ll have a beautiful life, I know you’ll be the star in somebody else’s sky but why can’t it be mine” I started crying thinking about her. This past December it was our 5th anniversary. I love you, Alice.
@@michaelbyrd7883 First of all, what does your last comment have to do with what either you or ge said before? Secondly, I am black and have been listening to Led Zeppelin as well as other rock bands for years. And I know of other black people who have done the same. Stop making sweeping generalizations because you can’t be accurate simply by presenting personal anecdotal evidence.
I listened to this song moments after I found out my Husband of 18 years had an affair. The line “ how quick the sun can fall away” hit me so hard that day.
YASSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FINALLY!! Sadly he is the only one left out of the Seattle scene of the early '90s and he must be protected at ALL COSTS. It's really sad that his brothers in music are gone. this is the signature song of the MTV unplugged show that you watching. Bon Jovi, Nirvana, PJ, Clapton, and STP are the 5 best MTV unplugged shows. you need to watch those in your downtime or on the channel.
Pearl Jam is one of the best live bands still touring and recording today. Some good ones from them would be Corduroy (Live), Yellow Ledbetter (Live), Quick Escape, and Present Tense (Live). It’s a pretty deep rabbit hole. There are lots more good songs.
Best song of all time!!!!❤️❤️❤️ Love to see a younger generation appreciate the BEST BAND OF ALL TIME!!!👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️💋💋💋 How can you not fall in love with Eddie???? It’s impossible...he’s so talented!!!
Notice the verse, "How quick the sun can drop away" shows up twice during the song. The 1st time he sang it was actually a mistake, he sang the wrong verse and he knew it but couldn't stop. It didn't matter, still one of the best live songs ever performed.
Oh you have opened Pandora's Box now, this band has enough equally stunning songs and performances to last you for a very long time on this channel, and yes some of them are much more hard rocking than this one. Enjoy!
Another girl that would have loved being young back in the real early 90's. Guaranteed!!!!! You have to watch Hunger Strike, by Temple of the Dog. Singer from Pearl Jam is in it. Amazing!!!!!!!
"I know someday you'll have a beautiful life I know you'll be a star in somebody else's sky, but why Why, why can't it be, oh can't it be mine?" The raw emotion of those lines and the way he sung it hits me every time.
Eddie Vedder gave so much to his performance. In this day when everyone 8s so separated in warring camps, Eddie Vedder's singing is one thing EVERYONE can agree on....white, black, Democrat, republican, liberal, conservative, gay, straight...everyone feels this because he is such an expert in conveying his feelings
You can tell this song really touches home with him. Lots of songs out there that sound good but few that you can tell the person singing it has their whole heart and soul in the lyrics. Feels so raw.
Great voice. Great man. And unlike other grunge era guys he's still alive. Not only is he alive, they're still touring and Eddie still sounds and looks amazing. These guys are good people.
I was 23 when Pearl Jam originated.. and I went to buy their CD Ten and this song opened a revelation in me I nvr knew existed. I went through a break up at that time and I wrote my first poem to this song, because it brought me to tears. Now I'm a published poet of 6 books, and I owe it all to Pearl Jam's Black.. this song is still captivating almost 30 years later. I love seeing the younger generation now accepting what to me was true music in that era.
Almost 30 years later and this song still gives me goosebumps. I could go on and on about PJ and Ten. Eddie is a living god to me. This song in particular though. Listened it on repeat one night. After 3 bowls and 2 bottles of MD 20/20, we burned out the cd player.
Two things. First, Pearl Jam was an amazing grunge era band. Eddie Vedder has brilliant pipes. Two, MTV Unplugged was one of the greatest TV series for music and there are so many fantastic episodes.
This was way back when MTV actually played "Live music", way before your time Shiloh. Actually Bon Jovi did an acoustic set, which started MTV Unplugged, just him and Richie Sambora. Which launched their career and then countless others. Great song and great reaction. Listen to your heart.......listen to the sounds
Eddie vedder vocally Goes where he wants ,when he wants and how he wants full stop.. Watched everyone from grandma's reaction to this beautiful pup.. I melt at his.voice and im strait.
"I know someday you'll have a beautiful life I know you'll be a star in somebody else's sky, but why Why, why can't it be, oh can't it be mine?" Who else has had this happen to them...?
Me! I had the love of my life who I was gonna marry left me for someone else and I will never get over her, Sometimes I still cry out to her to comeback yrs later! In my mind!!
@@dwightherron2838 Fun fact, I was drunk when I saw your reply, the girl I lost when this song was around was named Mel... And at first read of your comment, I thought I saw that name 😜
Man, you were trying so hard to hold those tears back from 3:40 and on. Don't blame you though. There's so much emotion pouring out of him during this performance.
This song takes me back to 1992 while I was in the Marine Corps and receiving the dreaded Dear John phone call while overseas. Seeing your reaction, takes me back 28 years and realizing how powerful this song truly is. Keep up the good work!
I was in the military in the same time period. I love how these songs from that era can bring back those memories. Great time in life in hindsight, even though I received the same “Dear John” letter. Life turned out better because of it, but I didn’t know it back then. Thanks for your service, Semper Fi, and I hope your life ascended after your experience.
90s were a great time to be alive to see/listen to the greats. Pearl Jam , Sound Garden, Stone Temple Pilots , Alice in Chains, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, to name a few. They not only sounded all different , they wrote damn good lyrics and really performed their songs super convincingly! ♥️
the song starts out almost thin, but ends so full, so much i can't take it. So emotional, so much pain, pain that many have felt, thus resonating and loved
Thing to remember, MTV Unplugged shows/video are designed to showcase bands in a stripped down acoustic versions of their own recorded music. The Pearl Jam performance rabbit hole is with getting into. They are a high energy grunge band that you would enjoy checking out live. Their song content also tackles deep personal and societal issues. I suggest "Evenflow" official video, "Jeremy" official video and "Porch" live at PinkPop
There's so much to this video. The sights and sounds coalesce into a musical drama that unfolds on stage. Eddie Vedder gradually plunging into an emotional abyss as the band hum a serene consoling tune around him, as if to keep him from falling off the edge.
Glad you enjoyed Pearl Jam. Great first reaction. Please check out Soundgarden. The voice of the late great Chris Cornell was so special. (Chris was the singer /guitarist in Soundgarden and also Audioslave) Maybe even check out Chris's live acoustic cover of Prince's "Nothing Compares To You". It's just jaw droppingly good.
So much fun seeing you discover grunge music! Great reaction! One of my all time favorite bands & song...and performance! Mtv unplugged was sooo good during the 90's. This whole show is amazing
First time Ive ever been first to comment! Yellow Ledbetter is a great song, with a great guitar intro and ending. Very Hendrix inspired! You should check it out. And Pink Floyd, The Doors, Sublime, The Clash, etc
"I know someday you'll have a beautiful life, I know you'll be a star in somebody else's sky, but why, why can't it be mine?" Is there a better line in ANY breakup song than that? I mean, who hasn't felt something like that at some point in their life?
Great reaction. This has been one of my all time fave songs since the early 90’s. I love watching people react to it and your reaction is one of my faves now. If you really want to hear more of Eddie’s amazing vocals check out Release live in Holland 1992.
This beautiful song is about an unrequited love from his youth. It's been said you can't know a true love unless it's an unrequited love. Which is a sad saying. I've been there and every time I hear that line about "someday you'll have a beautiful life, I know you will be a star in somebody else's sky..." hits me like I was 20 again. Beautiful song.
Great song, great band, and great reaction, you could see the raw emotion on your face as you listened to the lyrics and the passion in his voice. The MTV Unplugged series had some of the most raw and incredible performances come from it. Alice In Chains performance of Nutshell and Down In A Hole from their Unplugged performance are really memorable. Their official video of Would?, Rooster, and the unofficial video Alice In Chains - Love, Hate, Love - Live at the Moore, are some of their best videos, but not their best songs. The lead singer of Alice In Chains, Layne Staley (RIP brother) was truly one of the best and most unique voices of the decade. Their EP's Jar Of Flies and Sap have some great songs. The single album by a band called Mad Season, which was a supergroup formed from many bands including the guitarist of Pearl Jam, Mike McCready and Layne Staley as the vocalist, has some really great songs as well. Hope you look into them and enjoy some of their music.
Release makes me tear up, it's one of their absolute best songs, but only when it's sung live, EV puts so much more emotion into that song when it's live. Look up Release in Holland 92,gets me every damn time!! P.s. the drums in Garden are awesome btw!!👍🎶
When you listen to this song, whether it be this live version or the studio version .. when he pours out his soul singing “I know someday you’ll have a beautiful life, I know you’ll be the star in somebody else’s sky but why .. Why .. WHYYYYYYYYY can’t it be mine” .. if the angst and pain in his voice doesn't pierce you to your very soul, check your pulse.
Pls do a reaction to Shinedowns cover on Simple man. One of the absolute best voices out there. Pick the Official video if u do. Keep up the great content 👏🏻
I wouldn’t trade growing up in the nineties for anything in the world. The nineties were something else entirely and it’s one of my favorite places to visit in my thoughts, songs like this take me right back there. What a time it was.
The song is so personal to him that he used to call radio stations to make sure the record company had not released it as single. It was too good. Despite never being released as a single, fan requests made it a hit for them anyway. It makes almost more tragic.
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Should have titled this “6 minutes of watching another women fall in love with Eddie Vedder”
After this she better check if the test turns blue.
@@andrewthompson5728 ha ha ha good one
#truth
Yeah..after that first " sheets' and the hair..its over
Or Man.
The UNPLUGGED sessions was the best thing MTV ever did. That's when you can really appreciate a bands raw talent.
Some bands rearanged songs for Unplugged, took that oportunity to showcase different expressions etc. Pearl Jam just plugged in and did what they do :p. And it was one of the greatest ever. Nirvana is an example of a band that did something special and different, also one of the best, if not the best, there ever was. Yeah I was a massive fan of unplugged, taped everything I could get my hands on.
@@Umuliuz and Clapton performance as well
MTV is so sad now, take me back to the early 90s.
Unless it is Korn :)
No they where not.
“Why can’t it be mine..” Physically incapable of not tearing up to this..
Literally bawling through the whole thing!
Yeah that’s the greatest part of the entire album. Made me a Pearl Jam fan.
most emotional verse ever written for me
I think when he holds that long note after that line, goes up an octave, and then hits the cry-out is the best part. He scratches it a bit here, but in the studio version, and in other live performances, it's belted out without falter. That said, I think the song was always better unplugged.
CHILLS.
This song has one of the saddest lines ever written
Yes. Yes it does. Rips my heart out.
"🎶I know someday you'll have a beautiful life I know you'll be a star...." oh here it comes!!!😭
Why can't it be, can't it be mine...
@@ltrainor4078 every ...goddam...time !!!!
When I heard that line for the first time in 91, I had to replay it a couple times, who the fuck says something like that, its heartwrenching
"Alexa, play me the most heartbreaking song ever"
Plays "Nessum Dorma".
And then "release " from Pearl Jam starts to play.
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald?
What about shinade O'Connor
Or “Nothing Else Matters” sang by the late and dearly missed Chris Cornell.
"I know someday you'll have a beautiful life, I know you'll be the sun in somebody else's sky but why, oh why, can't it be mine?" One of the greatest broken heart lyrics in any song ever.
I know some day you'll have a beautiful life I know you'll be a * Star * in somebody elses sky
@@shellyshell9655 thank you, was bothering me too. 🙂
This is absolutely one of the best live performances in rock history!
Without question!!!
This was the first song my husband ever played for me. Still married 25 years later ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
You're a lucky lady!
Most peeps dont give PJ a chance...
I love them.. Black touches your heart.
Comment is better than the song Congratulations
I love the song brings back the 90's for me. Leaving work on afternoon shift and drinking beer at home listening to the album on a summer night.
@@kelleeslack6079 Not quite the same for me. I'm from the Pacific Northwest. I saw Pearl Jam in Missoula and also the Pixies in Portland. I just miss real music and home. That would be North Idaho. Coeurd Alene
Fact, Eddie Vedder had Bronchitis during this performance! Proves how good of a singer he was to pull off this.
Is. Not was.
Was, Eddie can't sing like that anymore!!!! He's basically a Folk singer these days.
@@gregflsaeming540 true, saw him live a couple of yrs ago and he still has the heart but doesn’t have the presence that he used to demand. But hey, always a legend 🔥
I can't find that to be true anywhere.
Regardless, Eddie is still a great singer...
Bronchitis and he pulled off that falsetto flip after "some kids at play"
I'm not able to watch that performance without crying
dude.... yeah
Me
Every time
Same here... like a baby
Yep
I’m 35 years old and this is still the most powerful live performance I’ve ever seen. It was cool to watch your reaction.
One of the most iconic voices to come out of the 90's
Ever
him and Chris
ever
@@chadwatkins7611 Lane*
@@ACT1ON_JACKSON absolutely
We need a new grunge wave ASAP! Pearl Jam is the only one left.
foofighters is still here :)
@@amyturner6275 they are boring.
Well the media wouldn't call it grunge. They like to market things.
Foo fighters is not grunge tho i reckon they are mostly alternative, right ??
Alice in Chains is still around.
You know the singer is doing some extraterrestrial $h!t when he can over shadow a band like that. Once you get over the initial shock of hearing him sing you realize he's not overpowering them, but they are actually so damn tight they just meld together. Judging from your reaction I think you should check out literally anything else from this session. Oceans, Porch, Alive, Evenflow. It is all amazing.
Love me some Pearl Jam. One of the best bands I've seen in concert.
Never really got into them, but respect the hell outa them. They do want they want instead of just seeking fame!
Got to see them twice there amazing live so much energy they played till 1 in the morning last time I saw them it was crazy 4 hours they played lights were on in the building he just kept going till finally the band he ran out of songs lol it was best concert I’ve ever been to
@@sickfrost9977 Saw them in 1995 when they were touring to support Vitology and the setlist aside from a couple of covers was all from the first 3 albums. What an amazing show.
True i agree
Eddie Vedder was my first crush. I know I'm dating myself but his intensity and their whole vibe as a band changed my life back then. Y'all youngins don't understand 90s alt rockand grunge was so damn good.
They were my fav back then..Alice in Chains and Soundgarden, plus a host of others. To be 16 again
As a 14 year old I'm upset I wasn't born earlier because of the music I missed out on.
@@noahelliott6064 music lives on forever so thankfully you’ll never miss out on a good song
I was born in the 90s so I didn’t get to witness grunge as it was happening, but my god I love it to death. Been listening to PJ, AIC, Nirvana, Soundgarden, TOTD, Mad Season, Hole, Garbage and everything in between for about a decade now and it only gets better over time. Music this good is timeless, and there really was something special going on with those bands. So long as people keep listening it’ll stay alive
He was mine too! He’s also my longest running crush.
The most raw the most real emotion you can find in a musical performance out here. Hands down
I wish I could watch this performance for the first time again.
Yes! I remember hearing Black live for the first time in 1996 from front row..other worldly experience
I have it on a videotape from the first time MTV aired it. But I don't have a VCR anymore. Thanks for the reminder.
Two moments in musical discovery that stnads out for me. Where I was when I first heard the TEN album, and where I was when I fist saw this Unplugged. Yeah, a young mind was blown.
Amazing ReACtION!!!.... So awesome to see a younger generation still blown away by the greatest rock band of a generation. 🐐🐐🐐
Eddie Vedder knows how to get the emotions flowing through your very soul !!.......this song hits me and gives me goosebumps and tears in my eyes every time i watch him and hear the pain in his voice........and i've heard this hundreds of times and it still hits me hard every time. Love this man !!
I hate when music is boxed in by a certain genre.....a great song is a great song.
This in my opinion (and of many I’m sure), one of, if not the best live performances EVER.
Hard to believe I was 16 when they did unplugged in 92. Such a great time period in music, a lot of it was changing then.
I know what you mean, i was almost 18 when that aired
Yes, a great time period for music. There will never be another like it!
16 in 1992? Lucky!
I turned 15 in the middle of 1990. The shift was drastic within a couple years. Much needed. Another shift is long overdue nowadays. I'm not sure it will happen now due to how manufactured, and idealistically rote, all artistic industries are these days. The dystopian future we were warned about for decades is here. Some of us "Gen-X" jackanapes got to see the epitome of societal and libertarian history thus far. To only see it plummet so quickly into chaos and crooked totalitarian tripe.
I've never cried before listening to this song but your reaction really got me. Thanks, I think I needed that.
All she did was bob her head. That’s all it takes to really get you?
@@rabidDAWGfan82 If that's all you got you might just be our resident sociopath.
@@jensclarberg6419 ummm, ok?
Really?
So many men I know..hard nose work in stiff dudes.
cry freaking buckets over this tune and this is your first time???
the comments got me.
Eddie's passion, emotions, feelings...GOODNESS. Watch Pearl Jam's "Jeremy" official music video, the second part (or maybe simply the whole video) and watch his reflection of Jeremy's likely real emotions with his struggle of being bullied before he ended his life. Eddie is amazing conveying feeling, emotion and passion, and he did amazing in that video conveying Jeremy's frustration, confusion, anger, insecurity, stress, depression and pain. "Jeremy" is based on an actual event, where the teen shot and killed himself in front of his class. Eddie Vedder is outstanding, for me, Pearl Jam were the best of the 1990's in all popular music, Mariah Carey a close second.
Quick story: some 16 years ago I was driving with my friends, among them a girl I was crazy about but she were with this guy, making out the entire night. When I dropped them all at their homes I was driving alone back mine and this song started playing. When Eddie sung the part “I know someday you’ll have a beautiful life, I know you’ll be the star in somebody else’s sky but why can’t it be mine” I started crying thinking about her.
This past December it was our 5th anniversary.
I love you, Alice.
Congrats, man. That's the moment many long for, the complete the catharsis of a song like this that we all sing in our own minds.
That is so awesome
You started crying? lmao
@@michaelbyrd7883 There is medicine and therapy that can help psychopaths not do what you do. I'm pulling for you.
@@michaelbyrd7883 First of all, what does your last comment have to do with what either you or ge said before? Secondly, I am black and have been listening to Led Zeppelin as well as other rock bands for years. And I know of other black people who have done the same. Stop making sweeping generalizations because you can’t be accurate simply by presenting personal anecdotal evidence.
I listened to this song moments after I found out my Husband of 18 years had an affair. The line “ how quick the sun can fall away” hit me so hard that day.
I did the same thing after I found out about my wife’s affair
I’m never getting married
Every women that ever watched Eddie.... “his hair” one minute later she licks her chops...
"Weird" Al even did a songto the tune of "Hanky Panky"..."My Girl's In Love With Eddie Vedder"
And now I made that your earworm. You're welcome.
The best part of reacting to Pearl Jam is you can pick just about any of their songs and it's amazing.
YASSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FINALLY!! Sadly he is the only one left out of the Seattle scene of the early '90s and he must be protected at ALL COSTS. It's really sad that his brothers in music are gone. this is the signature song of the MTV unplugged show that you watching. Bon Jovi, Nirvana, PJ, Clapton, and STP are the 5 best MTV unplugged shows. you need to watch those in your downtime or on the channel.
Alice n chains are still around... mostly 😞
@@otobking *pats you on the bac in a caring and knowing/sympathetic way* i know, i know. I meant as far as lead singers go.
@@otobking Michael Starr is also gone, same MO as Layne. So only half the band are still around.
The 90s was the shit! They don’t make music like this anymore! We lost a lot of good musicians from that era but their music still lives on ❤️
Pearl Jam is one of the best live bands still touring and recording today. Some good ones from them would be Corduroy (Live), Yellow Ledbetter (Live), Quick Escape, and Present Tense (Live).
It’s a pretty deep rabbit hole. There are lots more good songs.
Best song of all time!!!!❤️❤️❤️ Love to see a younger generation appreciate the BEST BAND OF ALL TIME!!!👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️💋💋💋
How can you not fall in love with Eddie???? It’s impossible...he’s so talented!!!
Thats Arguable.. up here in Canada.. our votes go to The Tragically Hip🇨🇦😎👌
Almost 30 years later, still gets the tears flowing lol
Notice the verse, "How quick the sun can drop away" shows up twice during the song. The 1st time he sang it was actually a mistake, he sang the wrong verse and he knew it but couldn't stop. It didn't matter, still one of the best live songs ever performed.
He makes a couple of changes, his hands chafe and cradle, only cradles broken glass in this rendition.
He kinda shakes his head right after like, ‘dang Eddie. Got caught up in your own song’.
Oh you have opened Pandora's Box now, this band has enough equally stunning songs and performances to last you for a very long time on this channel, and yes some of them are much more hard rocking than this one. Enjoy!
90s alternative took us to the abyss and the abyss started back at us.
Another girl that would have loved being young back in the real early 90's. Guaranteed!!!!! You have to watch Hunger Strike, by Temple of the Dog. Singer from Pearl Jam is in it. Amazing!!!!!!!
"I know someday you'll have a beautiful life
I know you'll be a star in somebody else's sky, but why
Why, why can't it be, oh can't it be mine?"
The raw emotion of those lines and the way he sung it hits me every time.
Still get chills 25 years later every time
Yup yup
Hurts every time I hear it. Every. Single. Time.
Me too, man. Me too.
I think you only spoke about 20 words but your face and body language told the whole story about what you were feeling. That was awesome.
Eddie Vedder gave so much to his performance. In this day when everyone 8s so separated in warring camps, Eddie Vedder's singing is one thing EVERYONE can agree on....white, black, Democrat, republican, liberal, conservative, gay, straight...everyone feels this because he is such an expert in conveying his feelings
You can tell this song really touches home with him. Lots of songs out there that sound good but few that you can tell the person singing it has their whole heart and soul in the lyrics. Feels so raw.
Great voice. Great man. And unlike other grunge era guys he's still alive. Not only is he alive, they're still touring and Eddie still sounds and looks amazing. These guys are good people.
I was 23 when Pearl Jam originated.. and I went to buy their CD Ten and this song opened a revelation in me I nvr knew existed. I went through a break up at that time and I wrote my first poem to this song, because it brought me to tears. Now I'm a published poet of 6 books, and I owe it all to Pearl Jam's Black.. this song is still captivating almost 30 years later. I love seeing the younger generation now accepting what to me was true music in that era.
The drummer is KILLIN it !!!
Almost 30 years later and this song still gives me goosebumps. I could go on and on about PJ and Ten. Eddie is a living god to me. This song in particular though. Listened it on repeat one night. After 3 bowls and 2 bottles of MD 20/20, we burned out the cd player.
Song hits me in the feels no matter how many times I watch it.
Two things. First, Pearl Jam was an amazing grunge era band. Eddie Vedder has brilliant pipes. Two, MTV Unplugged was one of the greatest TV series for music and there are so many fantastic episodes.
what do you mean "was"? they're still around touring and pushing out albums quite consistently...
Are they?
This was way back when MTV actually played "Live music", way before your time Shiloh. Actually Bon Jovi did an acoustic set, which started MTV Unplugged, just him and Richie Sambora. Which launched their career and then countless others. Great song and great reaction. Listen to your heart.......listen to the sounds
“And now my bitter hands, cradle broken glass of what was everything.”
One of my favorite PJ songs🥰🥰🥰
You've just been Veddered ;) He - They are Generation X 's last stand.... and now our bitter hands cradle broken glass of what once was everyting....😢
Great performance of a great song. The young lady reacting is absolutely beautiful. She is just breath taking...
“He’s so cool.” Slight understatement.
Eddie vedder vocally Goes where he wants ,when he wants and how he wants full stop..
Watched everyone from grandma's reaction to this beautiful pup..
I melt at his.voice and im strait.
Great job with your reaction to BLACK from Pearl JAM . Shiloh you have to check out Jeremy and Even Flow from Pearl JAM.
It’s so weird telling someone good job for a reaction
Pearl jam ❤️
THANK you for COMMENTING
Check out Release and Garden A MUST!
Release by pearl jam is a must listen to!!
I've heard this so many times I've grown accustomed to it. But watching you, watching it for the first time... gave me chill bumps.
"I know someday you'll have a beautiful life
I know you'll be a star in somebody else's sky, but why
Why, why can't it be, oh can't it be mine?"
Who else has had this happen to them...?
Me! I had the love of my life who I was gonna marry left me for someone else and I will never get over her, Sometimes I still cry out to her to comeback yrs later! In my mind!!
This part of the song is a gut punch for me every time.
@@dwightherron2838 Fun fact, I was drunk when I saw your reply, the girl I lost when this song was around was named Mel... And at first read of your comment, I thought I saw that name 😜
Me!
You know it!
Man, you were trying so hard to hold those tears back from 3:40 and on. Don't blame you though. There's so much emotion pouring out of him during this performance.
@@SgtSeth Really? What makes her shallow to you?
1992 at the Legendary pinkpop festival I've seen them live. When Eddie dove in the public of a camera stand ❤️🤘
This song takes me back to 1992 while I was in the Marine Corps and receiving the dreaded Dear John phone call while overseas. Seeing your reaction, takes me back 28 years and realizing how powerful this song truly is. Keep up the good work!
I was in the military in the same time period. I love how these songs from that era can bring back those memories. Great time in life in hindsight, even though I received the same “Dear John” letter. Life turned out better because of it, but I didn’t know it back then. Thanks for your service, Semper Fi, and I hope your life ascended after your experience.
@@scottharris3611 Semper Fi brother! Appreciate your response!
I love this version more than the studio version. So much emotion! Love it!
90s were a great time to be alive to see/listen to the greats.
Pearl Jam , Sound Garden, Stone Temple Pilots , Alice in Chains, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, to name a few. They not only sounded all different , they wrote damn good lyrics and really performed their songs super convincingly! ♥️
Try Temple of the Dog, "Hunger Strike." You will love it. I has Eddie Vedder and the Late Chris Cornell singing a round, each in their unique voices.
the song starts out almost thin, but ends so full, so much i can't take it.
So emotional, so much pain, pain that many have felt, thus resonating and loved
Takes us on a journey of emotion and broken hearts
Thing to remember, MTV Unplugged shows/video are designed to showcase bands in a stripped down acoustic versions of their own recorded music.
The Pearl Jam performance rabbit hole is with getting into. They are a high energy grunge band that you would enjoy checking out live. Their song content also tackles deep personal and societal issues.
I suggest "Evenflow" official video, "Jeremy" official video and "Porch" live at PinkPop
Oh 11thumbs down..nah don't worry about the" justin bieber" fans..harmless as hell.😂😂
We still on the Justin bieber hurr durr shit? Get out of 2012 bro grow up
There's so much to this video. The sights and sounds coalesce into a musical drama that unfolds on stage. Eddie Vedder gradually plunging into an emotional abyss as the band hum a serene consoling tune around him, as if to keep him from falling off the edge.
"Jeremy" (the original video) hurts *almost* as much, and that's sad too.
I love these ‘reaction’ videos! Nice to see people experiencing songs they wouldn’t have otherwise.
Glad you enjoyed Pearl Jam. Great first reaction. Please check out Soundgarden. The voice of the late great Chris Cornell was so special. (Chris was the singer /guitarist in Soundgarden and also Audioslave) Maybe even check out Chris's live acoustic cover of Prince's "Nothing Compares To You". It's just jaw droppingly good.
Im forever a teenager from the 90s🤣 I love this period of grunge music🥰
So much fun seeing you discover grunge music! Great reaction! One of my all time favorite bands & song...and performance! Mtv unplugged was sooo good during the 90's. This whole show is amazing
this song makes me cry everytime even almost 30 years later.
the song "jeremy" is amazing and was one of their first hits i think
Pearl Jam has been my absolute favorite band for 30 years. What a joy it was to watch you so moved by one of their best songs!
First time Ive ever been first to comment! Yellow Ledbetter is a great song, with a great guitar intro and ending. Very Hendrix inspired! You should check it out. And Pink Floyd, The Doors, Sublime, The Clash, etc
I remember their concert on MTV that night.. 30 years later.. Still amazing! ❤
same ..
Love me some Pearl Jam. They're somg Jeremy from Unplugged is amazing too. Particularly if you read up on the inspiration for the song.
Perfection is rarely achieved and almost never duplicated Pearl Jam rules ,the90s rocked.
"I know someday you'll have a beautiful life,
I know you'll be a star in somebody else's sky,
but why, why can't it be mine?"
Is there a better line in ANY breakup song than that? I mean, who hasn't felt something like that at some point in their life?
haha, "and he SANG that song, yeees". Me nodding, wiping tears (again).
Great reaction. This has been one of my all time fave songs since the early 90’s. I love watching people react to it and your reaction is one of my faves now.
If you really want to hear more of Eddie’s amazing vocals check out Release live in Holland 1992.
The best, most powerful version of any song ever sung, was that version of release. Angelic
This beautiful song is about an unrequited love from his youth. It's been said you can't know a true love unless it's an unrequited love. Which is a sad saying. I've been there and every time I hear that line about "someday you'll have a beautiful life, I know you will be a star in somebody else's sky..." hits me like I was 20 again. Beautiful song.
Great song, great band, and great reaction, you could see the raw emotion on your face as you listened to the lyrics and the passion in his voice. The MTV Unplugged series had some of the most raw and incredible performances come from it. Alice In Chains performance of Nutshell and Down In A Hole from their Unplugged performance are really memorable. Their official video of Would?, Rooster, and the unofficial video Alice In Chains - Love, Hate, Love - Live at the Moore, are some of their best videos, but not their best songs. The lead singer of Alice In Chains, Layne Staley (RIP brother) was truly one of the best and most unique voices of the decade. Their EP's Jar Of Flies and Sap have some great songs. The single album by a band called Mad Season, which was a supergroup formed from many bands including the guitarist of Pearl Jam, Mike McCready and Layne Staley as the vocalist, has some really great songs as well. Hope you look into them and enjoy some of their music.
The heartache in this song is reflected in your eyes and face as you listen to it. A real heartfelt reaction!
Eddie Vedder is so amazing.
Eddie is the MAN! PJ all perform and play with passion, soul, and heart. But Eddie is on another level!
Now play "Jeremy"..then "even flow"...however, my favorite is "garden"
Garden is my favorite, too. The powerful performance always gets me
Release makes me tear up, it's one of their absolute best songs, but only when it's sung live, EV puts so much more emotion into that song when it's live. Look up Release in Holland 92,gets me every damn time!!
P.s. the drums in Garden are awesome btw!!👍🎶
I feel like the 10 Club took over the comments on this video😂... Garden is great. My personal favorite Rearviewmirror
I love any version if Garden... those words...
When you listen to this song, whether it be this live version or the studio version .. when he pours out his soul singing “I know someday you’ll have a beautiful life, I know you’ll be the star in somebody else’s sky but why .. Why .. WHYYYYYYYYY can’t it be mine” .. if the angst and pain in his voice doesn't pierce you to your very soul, check your pulse.
Pls do a reaction to Shinedowns cover on Simple man. One of the absolute best voices out there. Pick the Official video if u do. Keep up the great content 👏🏻
Every time he sings that, he hurts more, you can feel it no matter how when or where he sings it ❤️🥰🎶
Please go down this Avenue.
I would suggest some STP
Stone Temple Pilots
Still remains....
This song is so powerful. Thank you Shiloh this kind of music needs to be brought back. And enjoyed by you younger generations.
Love that you found Pearl Jam
10 is the BEST album of the 90's.
Don't foget to check out some TOOL you won't regret it.
Trust me.
but pull up the lyrics for tool.
This and Tool performing the song Sober are two of my all time favorites. Both still bring tears to my eyes.
You can't go into Pearl Jam without lyrics
This was EV showing the world there was no one else like him. He was mesmerizing.
I wouldn’t trade growing up in the nineties for anything in the world. The nineties were something else entirely and it’s one of my favorite places to visit in my thoughts, songs like this take me right back there. What a time it was.
Late 80s early 90s the best of two genres.. those were the days..
The song is so personal to him that he used to call radio stations to make sure the record company had not released it as single. It was too good. Despite never being released as a single, fan requests made it a hit for them anyway. It makes almost more tragic.
Hell yeah ! Eddie Vedder is the man! Great reaction!
Best reaction channel! You don't interrupt the song by pausing. You're absolutely adorable, so much fun to watch!