The lines at the end really gets to me every time. "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"
I was going through a strange time in my life and in my relationship. I always loved rock music, both of my parents made sure my brother and i heard GN’R, Metallica, ACDC, Bon Jovi, the list goes on. One day, i was in my dad’s car with him and this song was finishing on the radio. I was intrigued. I asked my dad who was it, and he said pearl jam. My dad sang the rest of the song and then said to me that he loved pearl jam but didn’t listen to them for years. He was so happy. When i got home, i found this version first. I had goosebumps during the performance and when the song finished, i was crying sooo much, eddie vedder really touched my soul. Then my mom got home, i showed this version and she began to cry, just like i did, because she loves this song. This song is my favorite song of all time. I listen to “black” when i’m happy, sad, angry, frustrated… I love pearl jam and i loved your reaction to it. (Sorry for my english, i’m Portuguese so English isn’t my first language 😅)
Seattle born here. I distinctly remember hearing this for the first time as a child. Years later, I'm an adult. I find myself sitting at a bar in downtown Seattle alone waiting for a date to show up, so I sat and watched the TV behind the bar as I drank my whiskey and This unplugged session was on it. Someone behind me asked the bartender to turn it up and suddenly the entire bar started singing along word for word. I realized my date wouldn't show up, so I said fuck it and started singing too. it was a very beautiful personal moment I had with myself that i'll never forget. trust me when I say Seattle folks are different... I love my city now and forever.
Damn man, loved your reaction. You picked up on the musical things happening like the drum rolls and background melody, but also picked up on the lyrical content and meaning behind the song. Major props for a great reaction! I recommend reacting to "Nutshell - Alice In Chains" live from MTV Unplugged. That's a song with even more gravity than this one, performed incredibly well on MTV Unplugged.
Appreciate that Nate! Thank you so much for watching! Adding “Nutshell” straight to the list, especially since it’s an MTV Unplugged performance... can’t help but love those! 🙏🏾🙏🏾
It isn't though. He's refusing to let go despite his line about knowing she'll be a star in someone else's sky; he then screams, selfishly, about why it can't be his. He's centering all his thoughts and feelings on this woman and made her the focal point of his universe. Which, while romantic sounding, is also dangerous. It can very easily drive a person away instead of making them more attuned to you. Every human being is flawed and not worthy of that pedestal bordering on worship. This song is an exercise of what obsession leads to; not simply a broken heart. Eddie likely brought about her departure more so than he is a victim; and perhaps that's what his pain is really all about.
Most painful during the "letting go" process...which is never finalized. There is always..ALWAYS... a piece (or even pieces) which is (are) a reminding remainder.
@@saltedllama2759 I worship my wife. I know it’s dangerous but I never loved another thing in 45 years. Until her. Didn’t even believe in love. I’m probably a psychopath… 😂
“And now my bitter hands cradle broken glass of what was everything, all the pictures have all been washed in black, tattooed everything...” This is a heart wrenching, soulful song of unrequited love.
This song first blew my life apart when I watched the premiere of this Unplugged in 1992. Sure the studio edition is amazing but THIS is the version to listen to. Eddie had a TERRIBLE flu that night (that's why he's sitting for the whole thing, he usually runs and jumps and is a maniac onstage) and it's probably why he messed the lyrics up too. As a singer, I can't imagine going through these emotions in a song, totally acoustic, in front of an enormous audience (Unplugged was a huuuuuuuuuge hit back then, we all watched every episode) while sick as a dog. I've said this on other reactions to this Unplugged but I will never ever forget standing in front of the TV holding my boom box recording this to cassette. That's how we did it!
It’s a pleasure to see someone to react to it who knows about chord progressions and beat lol. Someone who knows who can appreciate the difficulty of a song. God Bless brother.
I bought the album when I was maybe 13 or 14 back in '91 or '92. I remember watching this show back then and it blew my mind. It still gives me goosebumps now. Dave Abbruzzese played the drums with such colour and groove (totally inspired me back then when I played the drums). Gosh, those were some of the best years of my life. Care free, always curious, first loves, in awe of everything around me.
I first heard it in 2016 after coming out of my algebra lecture at UH around 8 p.m.. I didn't realize that this song would go on to comfort me the most out of all and be on one of my favorite albums of all time.
In 1991 I heard Alive, Evenflow, and Jeremy on the radio. I wasn't a huge fan of current music preferring older/classic rock. But those songs reached out to me on a level that I hadn't felt before. I bought the CD Ten. The studio version of this track is amazing. But when the MTV unplugged session happened, this song hit a level that could not be ignored. At 16 years old, I appreciated this song. As a 45 year old, I think it may be the best performance of a song I've ever seen.
Never been a fan of Pearl Jam because I have never been a fan of Eddie but "I know someday you'll have a beautiful life, I know you'll be a sun in somebody else's sky" is one of the most poetically moving lines in all of rock music. It was delivered with the kind of angst necessary to deliver the line and as such, one has to tip one's cap to Mr. Vedder.
I was at a house party with my work mates as a teenager when I first heard this song. I only heard a tiny snippet of it, but it caught my ear straight away, so I made everyone shut the fuck up so I could hear it in its entirety. It ended up mesmerising all of us 😊
This version of this song is achingly, cripplingly beautiful. I like your vibe and your reaction. But what made me subscribe today was your comment about singers and the intimacy with the microphone and how they grab it and hold on to it. I never noticed that and the urgent way that Eddie holds on to that microphone and clutches it and pulls it to him and then ultimately his hands just fall away is just beautiful. Your pointing that out to me has made me love this song even more and is giving it an even greater dimension of agony to me. So thank you. I am now happily subscribed.
This is the first time seeing one of your videos and my hundredth time seeing this pearl jam video(bought the CD back in 91). Loved your reaction and now I'm a fan of yours.
Next up for Pearl Jam: "Jeremy" official UNCENSORED video. Inspired by a true event. It's powerful and important. Lead singer, Eddie Vedder, was compelled to write the song after reading a small article in the newspaper. It's a MUST if you're going to continue with Pearl Jam. Eddie and the guys always put their soul into every song/performance. That's why they're still going strong 30 years later. Peace....
This song was actually written by Eddie about his first love, they'd been together since he was a sophmore in HS and were living together and at 24, I believe it was, while he was in Seattle shortly after he was called n told he was going to be their new lead singer, she called him n told him she wanted to see other people...n just blew his world apart!! And he STILL had to go "home" to Cali to their apartment... He even contemplated suicide! But I unfortunately KNOW EXACTLY what he went through!!💔
Dang! She just left him high and dry smh. Crazy how the most beautiful music can sometimes come from the deepest pain. Thanks for the background info Misti! 🙏🏾
@@abovetheinfluence9361 Yep she did...You're Welcome doll. N he tried to like "beg" her out of doing it at FIRST... Then just hung up on her n kept hanging up til she didn't call back anymore! He wrote a quote about first loves, true loves n this song, I'll try to find it for ya if you'd like? I'm sorry, Idk your name except for "Above the Influence" I do even know her name, but I'm NOT the type of person to put her on blast like that...Anyhow, it's nice to meet You!!🌹
@@abovetheinfluence9361 When he FINALLY told the story I JUST couldn't believe ALL those years n she couldn't even tell him to his FACE?! Wow! She at least owed him THAT MUCH!!😤
@@abovetheinfluence9361 I JUST realized you asked for the background n who it's about after I'd already told YOU!! Lolol✌ I'm blonde, forgive me...LMAO! Nah, but I'll just pause the vid n say whatever's coming to mind I guess?💗
I ENJOYED WATCHING YOU ENJOYING THIS SONG! , So yea I was 28 in my garage at my house getting my dirt bikes ready to go out and have fun! I liked the sound back then ? I always payed attention to the sound (beat) Versus the lyrics, now that I am older, I listen to both ! I enjoy this song like it's the first time I've ever hurd it . Anyways I can tell that you definitely know music 🎶 and appreciate different kinds of music 🎶! Anyways enjoyed your reaction. 👍🏼
First cd I ever bought. First time I heard the song I was listening to the cd while playing Ecco the dolphin on my sega genesis. How 90’s is this story? Very 90’s. Whole cd is fire.
Such a joy watching you hear one of the songs on the soundtrack of my life, thank you for sharing. I heard this song first in 1992 in Melbourne Australia. I was at a sleepover at my friend Katie’s house at the age of 13 and her brother had just arrived home from a school basketball tournament in the USA and he had the tape of Pearl Jam TEN & let me tell you it changed my life forever. Peace ☮️
I was in middle school the first time I heard this song. I thought it was nice but was too young to understand. Older me who has been through heartache understands now ❤
Excellent reaction the musicianship here is no longer in today’s music. I miss it. Your class an intelligence to the art is why I will subscribe and like your reactions. Thank you
I just love you and your reaction!!!! You have a new subscriber here! ❤️ I was in 5th grade blasting it on my house stereo before I even knew what Love & heartbreak was... I loved the song then, but now I really appreciate it having experienced life being 40 years old.... 😊
Another great reaction! That entire album that this is from is called Ten. It was their debut album and it really is an absolute gift to yourself if you find the time. All killer, no filler.
Yes you're right! - I never thought about this song compared to The Beautiful Ones by Prince but I agree! The first time I heard this was with my Dad in the car when it was just released - my Dad was tearing up 🥺 and said it reminded him of his and my Mom's love story and recent (at that time) divorce 😢 My Dad has since passed away but it always reminds me of his emotion that day ❤️
these lyrics, written by Eddie Vedder with music by Stone Gossard, are purportedly about Vedder's relationship with Beth Liebling, who Vedder dated in the 1980s and later married in 1994 (they've been divorced since 2000).
Yo, I never thought about it before but you nailed it. Towards the end the energy does remind me of Prince "The Beautiful Ones" ending. WoW. Never figured Eddie as a Prince man. LMAO.
I HAVE NO CLUE where I was or anything when I first heard THAT song but it was in 1992 cuz that's when their first album TEN came out!💗 THAT whole album is fire!!🔥🔥🔥
Beautiful Reaction but what I liked most is how keen you are to notice every little flow of his vocals, the instruments and the emotion of how powerful this message was.
3:40 I hear ya with the intimacy comment...by the time grunge came about, most youth in America understood that their future was a life of drudging mundane machine operators...and all that isolation bred the reaction in the culture of putting raw feelings right in your face...
Damn this whole album was late elementary and early middle school for me. But it’s timeless and relatable for everyone if you’ve ever had to accept loss.
@3:28, yeah I agree...but with Eddie n this song, if you really look he's got like a death grip on the Mic..n his body language even hurts to watch. Cuz this was n ALWAYS has been a REALLY hard song for him to do!✌💔😥🎤 As far as the rest of them, MTV did a stellar job of setting up the sound, so you could clearly hear everything not just Eddie singing.🎤🎶🎸👊✌🌹 Aside from that, Eddie is an extremely good storyteller and sings with his entire mind, body n soul!!💗
Actually I think how the story goes is that Eddie had a gf in high school and they were inseparable. They were both in theater together. She got pregnant and ended it. Then she broke up with him during his senior year. His family had moved to Chicago before his senior year, but he stayed back to be with her, and finish high school. Eddie did not do things in moderation, so this was traumatic for him. He dropped out of high school without finishing and moved to Chicago. After two years he moved back to San Diego and brought a new wife with him. But gf "Liz" was who the song was about. From high school. A 1996 Rolling Stone article talked about it.
Aww no the end bit you missed it was a massive moment!! I love how you listen to it but you got to listen all the way through I was 17 when I heard it with candles in my room 😊✌🏼
Agreed!!!! "Daughter", "Better Man" (Madison Square Garden performance is epic), "Alive", and "Evenflow".... No one has done the first 2 that I can tell, and I've only seen 1 other react to the last two. Peace....
I think I'd asked you to do this? But anyhow you should do Pearl Jam's "Alive" mv or unplugged n "Alive" is a kinda autobiographical song for Eddie as well and it's part of a trilogy, "Even Flow" mv, so you can see how they REALLY were on stage, n how he got the nickname 'Crazy Eddie'! "Jeremy" the uncensored mv! N there's lots MORE! But, just givin you a few for now...😂 But, he's the ONLY frontman left in the grunge-rock scene, ALL the others have passed away!😥 And Eddie was a surfer dude from Cali, the other's n the bands were out if Seattle! I believe it was his destiny!🌹💗✌
They have so many great songs over the years. I notice you reacted to Comfortably Numb in the past. They have even done a live cover of that song and it’s really good. You might also want to try Betterman from them.
Brain of J is an awesome upbeat one. I don't see many reactors reacting to it. You could be the first. 👍 The whole World will be different soon. The whole World will be relieved.
Man, you break down these songs so well. Really like to see you react to great music. Got 2 songs i recommend listening too. Jeff Buckley - Lover you should've come over Radiohead - Knives Out I'm sure you will enjoy them :)
If you liked Eddie Vedder's voice, check out his collaboration with another amazing vocalist, Chris Cornell on TEMPLE OF THE DOG's Hunger Strike. It will give you chills.
Just came across your channel, really enjoyed your reaction. New subscriber request :) if you can please when you can, react to *System of a Down* Chop Suey* Official video. Thank you, need to catch up on all your videos.
So sick of bullshit youtubers just jumping on the black train and not actually understanding the song and you are one of then sir. If you do not cry on the beautiful star line then you just dont get it
You should shut up at the end instead of talking over pieces that were amazing. Yacking over the very masterful ending talking about prince. Reviewers time and time again talk over the magnificent ending
The lines at the end really gets to me every time.
"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"
That's my favorite part!
Meeeee tooooooooo! 💕
I was going through a strange time in my life and in my relationship. I always loved rock music, both of my parents made sure my brother and i heard GN’R, Metallica, ACDC, Bon Jovi, the list goes on. One day, i was in my dad’s car with him and this song was finishing on the radio. I was intrigued. I asked my dad who was it, and he said pearl jam. My dad sang the rest of the song and then said to me that he loved pearl jam but didn’t listen to them for years. He was so happy. When i got home, i found this version first. I had goosebumps during the performance and when the song finished, i was crying sooo much, eddie vedder really touched my soul. Then my mom got home, i showed this version and she began to cry, just like i did, because she loves this song. This song is my favorite song of all time. I listen to “black” when i’m happy, sad, angry, frustrated… I love pearl jam and i loved your reaction to it. (Sorry for my english, i’m Portuguese so English isn’t my first language 😅)
Seattle born here. I distinctly remember hearing this for the first time as a child. Years later, I'm an adult. I find myself sitting at a bar in downtown Seattle alone waiting for a date to show up, so I sat and watched the TV behind the bar as I drank my whiskey and This unplugged session was on it. Someone behind me asked the bartender to turn it up and suddenly the entire bar started singing along word for word. I realized my date wouldn't show up, so I said fuck it and started singing too. it was a very beautiful personal moment I had with myself that i'll never forget. trust me when I say Seattle folks are different... I love my city now and forever.
Damn man, loved your reaction. You picked up on the musical things happening like the drum rolls and background melody, but also picked up on the lyrical content and meaning behind the song. Major props for a great reaction! I recommend reacting to "Nutshell - Alice In Chains" live from MTV Unplugged. That's a song with even more gravity than this one, performed incredibly well on MTV Unplugged.
Appreciate that Nate! Thank you so much for watching! Adding “Nutshell” straight to the list, especially since it’s an MTV Unplugged performance... can’t help but love those! 🙏🏾🙏🏾
Yessssss the Unplugged performance of Nutshell is hauntingly beautiful!
Facts
This is a very emotional song about letting go......❤🤘
Can tell it definitely came straight from the heart! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
It isn't though. He's refusing to let go despite his line about knowing she'll be a star in someone else's sky; he then screams, selfishly, about why it can't be his. He's centering all his thoughts and feelings on this woman and made her the focal point of his universe. Which, while romantic sounding, is also dangerous. It can very easily drive a person away instead of making them more attuned to you. Every human being is flawed and not worthy of that pedestal bordering on worship. This song is an exercise of what obsession leads to; not simply a broken heart. Eddie likely brought about her departure more so than he is a victim; and perhaps that's what his pain is really all about.
Most painful during the "letting go" process...which is never finalized. There is always..ALWAYS... a piece (or even pieces) which is (are) a reminding remainder.
And how love can really screw you over..
@@saltedllama2759 I worship my wife. I know it’s dangerous but I never loved another thing in 45 years. Until her. Didn’t even believe in love. I’m probably a psychopath… 😂
“And now my bitter hands cradle broken glass of what was everything, all the pictures have all been washed in black, tattooed everything...” This is a heart wrenching, soulful song of unrequited love.
This song first blew my life apart when I watched the premiere of this Unplugged in 1992. Sure the studio edition is amazing but THIS is the version to listen to. Eddie had a TERRIBLE flu that night (that's why he's sitting for the whole thing, he usually runs and jumps and is a maniac onstage) and it's probably why he messed the lyrics up too. As a singer, I can't imagine going through these emotions in a song, totally acoustic, in front of an enormous audience (Unplugged was a huuuuuuuuuge hit back then, we all watched every episode) while sick as a dog. I've said this on other reactions to this Unplugged but I will never ever forget standing in front of the TV holding my boom box recording this to cassette. That's how we did it!
It’s a pleasure to see someone to react to it who knows about chord progressions and beat lol. Someone who knows who can appreciate the difficulty of a song. God Bless brother.
Pearl Jam "Jeremy" Uncensored music video is a must!!
Yessss def
I first heard it in 1992. Yet the number helped me through a depression in 2012 following my sister's death in 2012. It took 20 years to hit home.
I bought the album when I was maybe 13 or 14 back in '91 or '92. I remember watching this show back then and it blew my mind. It still gives me goosebumps now. Dave Abbruzzese played the drums with such colour and groove (totally inspired me back then when I played the drums). Gosh, those were some of the best years of my life. Care free, always curious, first loves, in awe of everything around me.
I first heard it in 2016 after coming out of my algebra lecture at UH around 8 p.m.. I didn't realize that this song would go on to comfort me the most out of all and be on one of my favorite albums of all time.
In 1991 I heard Alive, Evenflow, and Jeremy on the radio. I wasn't a huge fan of current music preferring older/classic rock. But those songs reached out to me on a level that I hadn't felt before. I bought the CD Ten. The studio version of this track is amazing. But when the MTV unplugged session happened, this song hit a level that could not be ignored. At 16 years old, I appreciated this song. As a 45 year old, I think it may be the best performance of a song I've ever seen.
Never been a fan of Pearl Jam because I have never been a fan of Eddie but "I know someday you'll have a beautiful life, I know you'll be a sun in somebody else's sky" is one of the most poetically moving lines in all of rock music. It was delivered with the kind of angst necessary to deliver the line and as such, one has to tip one's cap to Mr. Vedder.
You'll be a STAR in sy else's sky...
“Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows”
-Napoleon Bonaparte
I was at a house party with my work mates as a teenager when I first heard this song.
I only heard a tiny snippet of it, but it caught my ear straight away, so I made everyone shut the fuck up so I could hear it in its entirety.
It ended up mesmerising all of us 😊
Pearl jam ❣
This version of this song is achingly, cripplingly beautiful. I like your vibe and your reaction. But what made me subscribe today was your comment about singers and the intimacy with the microphone and how they grab it and hold on to it. I never noticed that and the urgent way that Eddie holds on to that microphone and clutches it and pulls it to him and then ultimately his hands just fall away is just beautiful. Your pointing that out to me has made me love this song even more and is giving it an even greater dimension of agony to me. So thank you. I am now happily subscribed.
Your reaction bring joy to my heart. It makes me believe that perhaps music can still cross all barriers and unite us as human beings.
Nice reaction! Love Pearl Jam, the unplugged set was mind blowing!
This is the first time seeing one of your videos and my hundredth time seeing this pearl jam video(bought the CD back in 91). Loved your reaction and now I'm a fan of yours.
Same!
Next up for Pearl Jam: "Jeremy" official UNCENSORED video. Inspired by a true event. It's powerful and important. Lead singer, Eddie Vedder, was compelled to write the song after reading a small article in the newspaper. It's a MUST if you're going to continue with Pearl Jam. Eddie and the guys always put their soul into every song/performance. That's why they're still going strong 30 years later. Peace....
This song was actually written by Eddie about his first love, they'd been together since he was a sophmore in HS and were living together and at 24, I believe it was, while he was in Seattle shortly after he was called n told he was going to be their new lead singer, she called him n told him she wanted to see other people...n just blew his world apart!! And he STILL had to go "home" to Cali to their apartment...
He even contemplated suicide! But I unfortunately KNOW EXACTLY what he went through!!💔
Dang! She just left him high and dry smh. Crazy how the most beautiful music can sometimes come from the deepest pain. Thanks for the background info Misti! 🙏🏾
@@abovetheinfluence9361 Yep she did...You're Welcome doll. N he tried to like "beg" her out of doing it at FIRST... Then just hung up on her n kept hanging up til she didn't call back anymore! He wrote a quote about first loves, true loves n this song, I'll try to find it for ya if you'd like? I'm sorry, Idk your name except for "Above the Influence" I do even know her name, but I'm NOT the type of person to put her on blast like that...Anyhow, it's nice to meet You!!🌹
@@abovetheinfluence9361 When he FINALLY told the story I JUST couldn't believe ALL those years n she couldn't even tell him to his FACE?! Wow! She at least owed him THAT MUCH!!😤
@@abovetheinfluence9361 I JUST realized you asked for the background n who it's about after I'd already told YOU!! Lolol✌ I'm blonde, forgive me...LMAO! Nah, but I'll just pause the vid n say whatever's coming to mind I guess?💗
@@Mistilou lol no worries at all! I just appreciate the time you took out to better educate me! Thank you for that 😊🙏🏾
I ENJOYED WATCHING YOU ENJOYING THIS SONG! , So yea I was 28 in my garage at my house getting my dirt bikes ready to go out and have fun! I liked the sound back then ? I always payed attention to the sound (beat) Versus the lyrics, now that I am older, I listen to both ! I enjoy this song like it's the first time I've ever hurd it . Anyways I can tell that you definitely know music 🎶 and appreciate different kinds of music 🎶! Anyways enjoyed your reaction. 👍🏼
One of my favourite songs and that was one of the best reactions I've seen. Thanks!
I first.heard it in college. It was one of the gems off their “10” album.
First cd I ever bought. First time I heard the song I was listening to the cd while playing Ecco the dolphin on my sega genesis. How 90’s is this story? Very 90’s. Whole cd is fire.
It was my first cassettes hehe good old days
The Beautiful Ones by Prince -you read my mind -exactly !!
Such a joy watching you hear one of the songs on the soundtrack of my life, thank you for sharing.
I heard this song first in 1992 in Melbourne Australia. I was at a sleepover at my friend Katie’s house at the age of 13 and her brother had just arrived home from a school basketball tournament in the USA and he had the tape of Pearl Jam TEN & let me tell you it changed my life forever.
Peace ☮️
This instantly takes me back to being a heartbroken 16 year old.
I say It gladly that Pearl Jam has been the first rock Band I've listened and my first song was Alive
Oh how quick the sun can drop away ❤ turn my world to black
I was in middle school the first time I heard this song. I thought it was nice but was too young to understand. Older me who has been through heartache understands now ❤
Excellent reaction the musicianship here is no longer in today’s music. I miss it. Your class an intelligence to the art is why I will subscribe and like your reactions. Thank you
Watched it live Unplugged was one of my favorites back in 90’s
I just love you and your reaction!!!! You have a new subscriber here! ❤️ I was in 5th grade blasting it on my house stereo before I even knew what Love & heartbreak was... I loved the song then, but now I really appreciate it having experienced life being 40 years old.... 😊
Great reaction! I've been revisiting the '90s recently, especially Pearl Jam, Nirvana & Alice In Chains. 😎
Another great reaction! That entire album that this is from is called Ten. It was their debut album and it really is an absolute gift to yourself if you find the time. All killer, no filler.
Yes you're right! - I never thought about this song compared to The Beautiful Ones by Prince but I agree! The first time I heard this was with my Dad in the car when it was just released - my Dad was tearing up 🥺 and said it reminded him of his and my Mom's love story and recent (at that time) divorce 😢 My Dad has since passed away but it always reminds me of his emotion that day ❤️
these lyrics, written by Eddie Vedder with music by Stone Gossard, are purportedly about Vedder's relationship with Beth Liebling, who Vedder dated in the 1980s and later married in 1994 (they've been divorced since 2000).
A Classic for sure... Eddies voice is superb ALWAYS just the lyrics say it ALL....he's dying of a broken 💜 we have ALL been there
I was going through my own shi at 16. Over 30 years later, amongst the top of my playlist.
Love the comparison to Prince. Very nice.
It was my freshman year at Chico State University in 91'...either at a party or in a smoggy dorm room!
That man was legit still hurting about his ex at that point.
It’s good you watched this Pearl jam video first. This was them in a pretty mellow mood.
Yo, I never thought about it before but you nailed it. Towards the end the energy does remind me of Prince "The Beautiful Ones" ending. WoW. Never figured Eddie as a Prince man. LMAO.
I HAVE NO CLUE where I was or anything when I first heard THAT song but it was in 1992 cuz that's when their first album TEN came out!💗 THAT whole album is fire!!🔥🔥🔥
Beautiful Reaction but what I liked most is how keen you are to notice every little flow of his vocals, the instruments and the emotion of how powerful this message was.
3:40 I hear ya with the intimacy comment...by the time grunge came about, most youth in America understood that their future was a life of drudging mundane machine operators...and all that isolation bred the reaction in the culture of putting raw feelings right in your face...
This was an amazing unplugged show. You should watch it in it's entirety.
Damn this whole album was late elementary and early middle school for me. But it’s timeless and relatable for everyone if you’ve ever had to accept loss.
Great reaction video mate. Loved it.
Immediate positive vibes 🌟! Had to subscribe!!
I enjoyed your review. His first wife. I was in high school. amazing band
@3:28, yeah I agree...but with Eddie n this song, if you really look he's got like a death grip on the Mic..n his body language even hurts to watch. Cuz this was n ALWAYS has been a REALLY hard song for him to do!✌💔😥🎤
As far as the rest of them, MTV did a stellar job of setting up the sound, so you could clearly hear everything not just Eddie singing.🎤🎶🎸👊✌🌹
Aside from that, Eddie is an extremely good storyteller and sings with his entire mind, body n soul!!💗
Soooo true. His vulnerability is definitely on displah with this one! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Actually I think how the story goes is that Eddie had a gf in high school and they were inseparable. They were both in theater together. She got pregnant and ended it. Then she broke up with him during his senior year. His family had moved to Chicago before his senior year, but he stayed back to be with her, and finish high school. Eddie did not do things in moderation, so this was traumatic for him. He dropped out of high school without finishing and moved to Chicago. After two years he moved back to San Diego and brought a new wife with him. But gf "Liz" was who the song was about. From high school. A 1996 Rolling Stone article talked about it.
Awesome song, awesome band. Eddie Vedder's vocals are always 🔥.
Check out Pearl Jam Even Flow the official video.
Not everything is good unplugged but THIS? I remember watching them NAIL it!!
Aww no the end bit you missed it was a massive moment!! I love how you listen to it but you got to listen all the way through I was 17 when I heard it with candles in my room 😊✌🏼
Loved your reaction!!
hes goin thru it.
right! agony and loss.
The emotion literally pours out this one! 😢
Welcome back
This Unplugged and Alice in Chains song Nutshell are the best!
Pearl jam jeremy the unedited video the 2 I wish more people would check out is better man and daughter they both get overlooked alot
Agreed!!!! "Daughter", "Better Man" (Madison Square Garden performance is epic), "Alive", and "Evenflow".... No one has done the first 2 that I can tell, and I've only seen 1 other react to the last two. Peace....
I think I'd asked you to do this? But anyhow you should do Pearl Jam's "Alive" mv or unplugged n "Alive" is a kinda autobiographical song for Eddie as well and it's part of a trilogy, "Even Flow" mv, so you can see how they REALLY were on stage, n how he got the nickname 'Crazy Eddie'! "Jeremy" the uncensored mv! N there's lots MORE! But, just givin you a few for now...😂 But, he's the ONLY frontman left in the grunge-rock scene, ALL the others have passed away!😥 And Eddie was a surfer dude from Cali, the other's n the bands were out if Seattle! I believe it was his destiny!🌹💗✌
Still the greatest break-up song of our generation…
They have so many great songs over the years. I notice you reacted to Comfortably Numb in the past. They have even done a live cover of that song and it’s really good. You might also want to try Betterman from them.
You get it 🙏
Great job!
Brain of J is an awesome upbeat one. I don't see many reactors reacting to it. You could be the first. 👍 The whole World will be different soon. The whole World will be relieved.
N yes, since I "found" you a day or two ago, is when I became your newest subscriber😂
Man, you break down these songs so well. Really like to see you react to great music.
Got 2 songs i recommend listening too.
Jeff Buckley - Lover you should've come over
Radiohead - Knives Out
I'm sure you will enjoy them :)
Respect Sir 💯🆒💯❤💯🔥
React to Esther Ofarim, an amazing singer, and little known on the internet:
Esther Ofarim - Le vent et la jeunesse (live 1970) HIGH QUALITY
Good call comparing it to the Beautiful Ones. Good comparison.
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If you liked Eddie Vedder's voice, check out his collaboration with another amazing vocalist, Chris Cornell on TEMPLE OF THE DOG's Hunger Strike. It will give you chills.
AGREED!!! It's an awesome song and their vocal play is killer.... Perfect together!!
First time live New Orleans 1995
Welcome back! I think it's been a month or so...
This song hurts
I think 1991 when I first heard it.
Real shit. I used to smoke crack to this song. Sadly I'm not trolling.
And he had a cold .
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Please react Jeremy (MTV unplugged) is insane!
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Alice In Chains .. live at the Moore/ mtv unplugged live shows. Man in the box @ the Moore. Down in a hole mtv unplugged. Nutshell mtv unplugged
Hello there, I hope you are safe out there. Would you concider the group : Jinjer. Song : pisces.? It is Metal rock...
You seem good
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Alice in Chains: down in a hole unplugged live.... its awesome you should check it out.....
React to Alice In Chains- NUTSHELL mtv unplugged
I was leaving someone
**NEWS FLASH** They do NOT belong together!
Just came across your channel, really enjoyed your reaction. New subscriber request :) if you can please when you can, react to *System of a Down* Chop Suey* Official video. Thank you, need to catch up on all your videos.
So sick of bullshit youtubers just jumping on the black train and not actually understanding the song and you are one of then sir. If you do not cry on the beautiful star line then you just dont get it
You should shut up at the end instead of talking over pieces that were amazing. Yacking over the very masterful ending talking about prince. Reviewers time and time again talk over the magnificent ending