Wow, I did not expect a reaction to this song. KSO has been absolutely KILLING IT lately with the unexpected songs! This was a "B" side that became a HUUUUUGE radio hit. Interestingly, it was the "B" side to Jeremy. The guitar sound was intentionally meant to be reminiscent of Jimi Hendrix. I love how before the guitar solo he says, "Make me cry." This is one of their best known and most popular songs. Thank you for sharing this with your fans, and for all that you do for all of us! ~Be Blessed
Pearl Jam was such an amazing band! I used to wake up on Sunday mornings, put on one of their cds, open the widow and just lay in the sunshine listening. The 90s were an incredible time for music!
This is by far my favorite Pearl Jam song. I've never been convinced the lyrics mean anything at all -- I always figured they were just words sung to convey a mood, like REM's early stuff -- but wow does this song hit me in the feels every time.
It's actually.. The box or the bag.. He talkin bout the dead body of the soldier brother comin back home from the gulf war. If he comin back in a box or a bag
The letter is from the military... one of those letters. The song deals with the denial of leaving the letter out where it arrived, and the helpless feeling of being a friend of someone in that situation. You seems to pick up on it quite well, as the lyrics are intentionally vague. It all comes through in the music.
Yeah, they even make up new lyrics for it pretty much every time they play it live, though general idea and the chorus stays the same. The bit about the box or the bag and the letter being from the military is not always in the song, though it pops up more often during times when there's a renewed military US presence someplace or another. The rest of the time the song usually talks about not being sure of being the boxer or the (punching) bag, meaning the narrator doesn't know if he's the one doing or receiving the metaphorical beating.
KSO I love how you get lost in the music, regardless of the genre. You find the kernel of truth in every song and hone in on it. That is your skill and why you are such a popular music reactor. Pearl Jam has a song called "Given to Fly" that I think you would really enjoy! Also, "Breathe." As for this song, it has something to do with a yellow letter, which family members got during WW1 and WW2 to let them know their son had been killed in the war. The song is generally thought to be an anti-war song.
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Yep, you're right. I saw PJ in concert in 1996, one of the best ones I've ever been to. It beat the Red Hot Chili Pepper's concert I was at several years later where Snoop Dogg opened up, even though I grew up on both of their music. Gotta say, high school in the early to mid-90's is hard to beat.
If you really want an emotional song, the singer from Pearl Jam, Eddie Vedder, has an incredible song called Just Breathe. Please do a reaction to that. Thumbs up! Love your channel.
This was one of 2 "B" sides to the single for Jeremy from their first album titled Ten. The other was a song called Footsteps which completes a triology with the songs Alive and Once which both made the album. There were 11 songs on the album Ten (12 if one counts Master/Slave.) But they had numerous songs that they either played live or had recorded but didn't put on that album and they include this song, Brother, Angel, Hard To Imagine, Wash, Dirty Frank, Footsteps, Breath, State of Love and Trust, Alone, Hold On, Just a Girl, 2000 Mile Blues, Evil Little Goat, and a cover of the song Sonic Reducer. That's 15 additional songs! Many of them have popped up on versions of Ten from other countries, on soundtracks, on compilations, or as CD Single B Sides. Tehy could put out an album with all of these on it and give it a name connecting it to Ten, like Ten Part Deux or More Than Ten, or something, lol
Yes you're right. Pearl Jam music can be so emotional. I saw PJ in concert in 1996, one of the best ones I've ever been to. It beat the Red Hot Chili Pepper's concert I was at several years later where Snoop Dogg opened up, even though I grew up on both of their music. Gotta say, high school in the early to mid-90's is hard to beat as far as music (and movies) go.
According to Eddie, the song originally was about a grudge kid that lost his brother in the gulf war. He went for a walk after receiving the news in a yellow envelope and stopped to wave at an elderly couple on their porch that had an American flag in the yard. They didn’t understand his struggle and only saw the grungy exterior so they didn’t wave back. But he admits he sometimes changes the lyrics live on stage to fit the current mood. But the lyrics don’t matter so much as the emotion Eddie brilliantly conveys. He is truly a master at work. Some singers are just singers, he is an artist in the truest sense.
First time I heard this I ended up listening to it on repeat for a whole day, one of those songs that just get into your soul and won't budge. Great mood music to share with your significant other. 😉
Black, Given to Fly, Betterman, I am Mine. You really can get lost in Pearl Jam, their songs are written with meaning and their live shows are unmatched. Such a talented band.
On the ceiling On a Porsche Glitter Fairy Landfill I wanna leave Bennigan's One bizzare hymn On a beach the little horses Mona said I wanna leave Bennigan's On a wheel On a wizard On a whale Anna Nicole's mama said that I won't wanna see Anna fall down again And the wizard On Aleve, a Gump I know I said I don't want a whale in a box or a bag Ah yeeaaahhhh Can you see dems? Out on the Porch Potato wave ICEE dems Brown the runway Anna no, Anna no... I don't wanna see Make me fries ICEE I don't know why they suntan nails On a Carmine unaware I said I don't know where there's a box or a bag Can you see dems? Oh, I know poor boys Potato wave ICEE dems Brown the runway Anna no, Anna no I don't wanna shave it off I don't wanna stare I don't wanna stair I don't wanna slayer I don't know all the words Yet
So great to see you experience Pearl Jam. Their list is endless. IMO, the absolute most emotional performance by him is the song "Black" - and it MUST be the version "MTV Live unplugged." You will experience nothing else like it, but emotional for sure, bring tissues. It is also mentioned by other commenters.
This is another epically emotionally powerful song. Eddie will alter the lyrics when he performs it live and it remains powerful each time. The lead guitarist Mike McCready just kills it. It is his tribute to the style of Jimi Hendrix. Lyrically it is hard and left vague. The yellow is that horrible letter from the military that is delivered when a loved one has died in the line of duty. Add this idea to what also appears to be a strained relationship and it creates a lot emotional gravitas. The idea that this was a B-Side that missed the cut onto the album boggles my mind to this day. I love your reactions as you always find connection to the song and you feel it. Keep up the great work. Peace.
I've never really understood the lyrics (they're hard to hear, and I've never looked them up.) The title references the great folk singer Leadbelly, whose real name was Huddie Ledbetter (Van Morrison also references him in "Astral Weeks"), though, again, I couldn't tell you just why or what it means. But the mournful power of it is so strong, so maybe it's all summed up when Eddie says "make me cry" and Mike McCready answers with that guitar solo that does just that.
Been a big PJ fan for 25 years. Been a big KSO fan for about 2. I loved your heartfelt reaction to this - one of my favorite jams. Please consider some of their other beautiful ballads - "Thumbing My Way"; "Long Road"; "Last Kiss" (cover); "Just Breathe". They rock the joint hard but then they slow it down, it's a beautiful listen.
"I don't know whether I'm the boxer or the bag" -- In parts of the U.S. grocery store clerks who pack items into bags for customers are sometimes called boxers instead of bag boys or baggers. Eddie Vedder grew up in Evanston, Illinois and Encinitas, California in the 1970's. I don't know if that parlance was the practice in either place back then, but seen that way the line suggests inner turmoil over whether he is packing someone else's emotions into a container to be transported away or if he is the container for those emotions soon to be transported away. The war angle seems to me to be something he added to the song later.
Oh man! Not this song! It's gonna get me in the feels like their song BLACK gets me! Here we go! 😎😔😎... Also, why does Eddie have to be sooo good-looking all the time? Can't he take a break just once? My heart! 🥰😎😏🔥 🥵 🚰
OMG when song started I thought SRV was playing guitar. I don't remember hearing this before. Eddy Vedder's voice is hypnotic. Thanks KSO for bringing this song to my attention 🎶🎵
One of my very favorite Pearl Jam songs. Apparently,.this is an anti-war song (though a very abstract one) Eddie Vedder is an amazing vocalist. Please react to the song "Alive" its from the same album as Jeremy and Nother powerful song.
This and Black live Unplugged are my favorite songs ever. Please react to that one if you haven't and Nirvana Unplugged Where Did You Sleep Last Night!❤
To me it's about being somewhere you need to be but don't want to be, but I don't get caught up in lyrics. I just hear words as sounds. To me the song also makes references to music history with nods to Leadbelly and Jimi Hendrix. My favorite Pearl Jam song.
This should have more views. I want to see how people react to Pearl Jam and all I get is Black for the 10,000th time and whatever bullshit RUclips is wrong about suggesting for me. Thanks for this
Its about the man's brother getting killed in war and he doesn't know if he is coming home in a box or a bag . He takes a walk and sees a flag but its not waving because there's no wind . Or it could be the flag is in someone's yard and he waves at them but they don't acknowledge him and he is like my brother died for this .
I think I read somewhere he said that he and friend went for walk, and was old couple on a porch with a flag on their house. The couple did not wave, because of the way Eddie and his friend were dressed.
Pearl Jam and Stone Temple Pilots really made the 90s Grunge Scene as good as it was as far as I'm concerned.. We were all a little jaded from the 80s when the Grunge movement arrived so we needed a break.. Too bad that after 2005 things just seemed to go mostly downhill to where we are today music wise and also as far as this world is concerned..
K., I humbly request that you listen to "Black" by Pearl Jam and the live, acoustic cover of that same song by Aaron Lewis (lead singer for Staind). It's a hearbreakingly beautiful, power song of sadness after a breakup.
This song is about the perspective of a kid seeing men from the military telling his mom that his brother had been killed in action. There are no real lyrics to the song but thats where he was coming from. Someone correct me if I'm wrong but its something like that.
I Love your reactions. Thank you so much for these. You really do get so wrapped up and lost in the music and there is a certain sexiness and sensual feel about it. No disrespect to your husband....he is a very lucky man. Thank you again for these reactions!
An example of Eddie using his voice as an instrument more than a verbal communication device. The lyrics are hard to make out and don't make too much sense anyway.
Wow, I did not expect a reaction to this song. KSO has been absolutely KILLING IT lately with the unexpected songs! This was a "B" side that became a HUUUUUGE radio hit. Interestingly, it was the "B" side to Jeremy. The guitar sound was intentionally meant to be reminiscent of Jimi Hendrix. I love how before the guitar solo he says, "Make me cry." This is one of their best known and most popular songs. Thank you for sharing this with your fans, and for all that you do for all of us! ~Be Blessed
He actually said " Make me Frys"
Mike McCready said that he basically was playing his parts thinking "What would Stevie Ray do?"
Pearl Jam was such an amazing band! I used to wake up on Sunday mornings, put on one of their cds, open the widow and just lay in the sunshine listening. The 90s were an incredible time for music!
This is by far my favorite Pearl Jam song. I've never been convinced the lyrics mean anything at all -- I always figured they were just words sung to convey a mood, like REM's early stuff -- but wow does this song hit me in the feels every time.
There is a loose story/inspiration behind it. But the lyrics themselves change every time Eddie sings it so they are more...suggestive.
You must do Pearl Jam - Black(live) from mtv unplugged. No words to describe that amazing performance.
Besides the amazing sound... watching him sing just hypnotizes me. Chills 🖤
The most emotional performance I've seen.
Yes sooo much heart OMG
Definitely 100% agree no words
I was gonna suggest this one too.
You became one with this song. I hope you recover well, it does have true feelings.
"I don't know whether I'm the boxer or the bag"
Such a great line.
It's actually.. The box or the bag.. He talkin bout the dead body of the soldier brother comin back home from the gulf war. If he comin back in a box or a bag
The letter is from the military... one of those letters.
The song deals with the denial of leaving the letter out where it arrived, and the helpless feeling of being a friend of someone in that situation.
You seems to pick up on it quite well, as the lyrics are intentionally vague. It all comes through in the music.
a box or a bag. this song tears me up. yellow ribbons. Brothers lost.
Yeah, they even make up new lyrics for it pretty much every time they play it live, though general idea and the chorus stays the same. The bit about the box or the bag and the letter being from the military is not always in the song, though it pops up more often during times when there's a renewed military US presence someplace or another. The rest of the time the song usually talks about not being sure of being the boxer or the (punching) bag, meaning the narrator doesn't know if he's the one doing or receiving the metaphorical beating.
KSO I love how you get lost in the music, regardless of the genre. You find the kernel of truth in every song and hone in on it. That is your skill and why you are such a popular music reactor. Pearl Jam has a song called "Given to Fly" that I think you would really enjoy! Also, "Breathe." As for this song, it has something to do with a yellow letter, which family members got during WW1 and WW2 to let them know their son had been killed in the war. The song is generally thought to be an anti-war song.
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"Better Man" will hit you in about the same place that "Voices Carry" did.
Yep, you're right. I saw PJ in concert in 1996, one of the best ones I've ever been to. It beat the Red Hot Chili Pepper's concert I was at several years later where Snoop Dogg opened up, even though I grew up on both of their music. Gotta say, high school in the early to mid-90's is hard to beat.
“Immortality” you won’t be disappointed!
If you really want an emotional song, the singer from Pearl Jam, Eddie Vedder, has an incredible song called Just Breathe. Please do a reaction to that. Thumbs up! Love your channel.
Willie Nelson even covered that song with his sons very emotional.
@@matthewdrake4385 both amazing
I’ve yet to see anyone react to Elderly woman behind the counter...♥️🙏
This was one of 2 "B" sides to the single for Jeremy from their first album titled Ten. The other was a song called Footsteps which completes a triology with the songs Alive and Once which both made the album. There were 11 songs on the album Ten (12 if one counts Master/Slave.) But they had numerous songs that they either played live or had recorded but didn't put on that album and they include this song, Brother, Angel, Hard To Imagine, Wash, Dirty Frank, Footsteps, Breath, State of Love and Trust, Alone, Hold On, Just a Girl, 2000 Mile Blues, Evil Little Goat, and a cover of the song Sonic Reducer. That's 15 additional songs! Many of them have popped up on versions of Ten from other countries, on soundtracks, on compilations, or as CD Single B Sides. Tehy could put out an album with all of these on it and give it a name connecting it to Ten, like Ten Part Deux or More Than Ten, or something, lol
Beautiful reaction.
Acoustic version of this is magical.
The guitar playing tells a story in itself.
Because McCready is a god
Very Hendrix-like.
Yes you're right. Pearl Jam music can be so emotional. I saw PJ in concert in 1996, one of the best ones I've ever been to. It beat the Red Hot Chili Pepper's concert I was at several years later where Snoop Dogg opened up, even though I grew up on both of their music. Gotta say, high school in the early to mid-90's is hard to beat as far as music (and movies) go.
🧡 love his voice
According to Eddie, the song originally was about a grudge kid that lost his brother in the gulf war. He went for a walk after receiving the news in a yellow envelope and stopped to wave at an elderly couple on their porch that had an American flag in the yard. They didn’t understand his struggle and only saw the grungy exterior so they didn’t wave back. But he admits he sometimes changes the lyrics live on stage to fit the current mood.
But the lyrics don’t matter so much as the emotion Eddie brilliantly conveys. He is truly a master at work. Some singers are just singers, he is an artist in the truest sense.
Great song & great choice ✌🏻out
First time I heard this I ended up listening to it on repeat for a whole day, one of those songs that just get into your soul and won't budge. Great mood music to share with your significant other. 😉
it's so wonderful to watch how beautifully you emote
'Oh a beach of weathered sand'. Sand everywhere is millions of years old so it's all weathered. Thank you Capt. Science.
Black, Given to Fly, Betterman, I am Mine. You really can get lost in Pearl Jam, their songs are written with meaning and their live shows are unmatched. Such a talented band.
Love that you're loving pearl jam! That's awesome!
Thank You That is my Favorite Pearl Jam song. Black is #2
Awesome reaction K.S.O............You’re the Best.......Great Pearl Jam Song.
The band is magic. Takes you somewhere else.
I love this song and also like how he sings the end
On the ceiling
On a Porsche
Glitter
Fairy
Landfill
I wanna leave Bennigan's
One bizzare hymn
On a beach the little horses
Mona said
I wanna leave Bennigan's
On a wheel
On a wizard
On a whale
Anna Nicole's mama said that I won't wanna see Anna fall down again
And the wizard
On Aleve, a Gump I know
I said I don't want a whale in a box or a bag
Ah yeeaaahhhh
Can you see dems?
Out on the Porch
Potato wave
ICEE dems
Brown the runway
Anna no, Anna no...
I don't wanna see
Make me fries
ICEE
I don't know why they suntan nails
On a Carmine unaware
I said I don't know where there's a box or a bag
Can you see dems?
Oh, I know poor boys
Potato wave
ICEE dems
Brown the runway
Anna no, Anna no
I don't wanna shave it off
I don't wanna stare
I don't wanna stair
I don't wanna slayer
I don't know all the words
Yet
Your mimic of Eddie's voice at the end of the video was great
Love this song, but after all these years i still dont understand a word he sings on this song, glad i bought the album.
On a ceiling a wizard yeah! On the sand I wanna leave it again oh a wizard yeah. Oh a wizard yeah.
The music and lyrics grab a hold of you and move you to other places
Love how you really feel the music 🖤🖤🖤 PS I have the same headphones and they're amazing ✌🏻❤️
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Nothing's As It Seems, is one of their best.
So great to see you experience Pearl Jam. Their list is endless. IMO, the absolute most emotional performance by him is the song "Black" - and it MUST be the version "MTV Live unplugged." You will experience nothing else like it, but emotional for sure, bring tissues. It is also mentioned by other commenters.
This is another epically emotionally powerful song.
Eddie will alter the lyrics when he performs it live and it remains powerful each time.
The lead guitarist Mike McCready just kills it. It is his tribute to the style of Jimi Hendrix.
Lyrically it is hard and left vague.
The yellow is that horrible letter from the military that is delivered when a loved one has died in the line of duty. Add this idea to what also appears to be a strained relationship and it creates a lot emotional gravitas.
The idea that this was a B-Side that missed the cut onto the album boggles my mind to this day.
I love your reactions as you always find connection to the song and you feel it. Keep up the great work.
Peace.
Gotta react to “Black” from them as well
On A Wizard On A Whale! Thanks!
I've never really understood the lyrics (they're hard to hear, and I've never looked them up.) The title references the great folk singer Leadbelly, whose real name was Huddie Ledbetter (Van Morrison also references him in "Astral Weeks"), though, again, I couldn't tell you just why or what it means. But the mournful power of it is so strong, so maybe it's all summed up when Eddie says "make me cry" and Mike McCready answers with that guitar solo that does just that.
Been a big PJ fan for 25 years. Been a big KSO fan for about 2. I loved your heartfelt reaction to this - one of my favorite jams.
Please consider some of their other beautiful ballads - "Thumbing My Way"; "Long Road"; "Last Kiss" (cover); "Just Breathe". They rock the joint hard but then they slow it down, it's a beautiful listen.
One of my favorites 👍
Please react to Black, Wonderful Life.
Mike McCready is such an underrated guitarist.
"I don't know whether I'm the boxer or the bag" -- In parts of the U.S. grocery store clerks who pack items into bags for customers are sometimes called boxers instead of bag boys or baggers. Eddie Vedder grew up in Evanston, Illinois and Encinitas, California in the 1970's. I don't know if that parlance was the practice in either place back then, but seen that way the line suggests inner turmoil over whether he is packing someone else's emotions into a container to be transported away or if he is the container for those emotions soon to be transported away. The war angle seems to me to be something he added to the song later.
Black ! That is the Pearl Jam song to do. As much as I love the MTV unplugged version,it's the original I prefer.
Oh man! Not this song! It's gonna get me in the feels like their song BLACK gets me! Here we go! 😎😔😎...
Also, why does Eddie have to be sooo good-looking all the time? Can't he take a break just once? My heart! 🥰😎😏🔥 🥵 🚰
OMG when song started I thought SRV was playing guitar. I don't remember hearing this before. Eddy Vedder's voice is hypnotic. Thanks KSO for bringing this song to my attention 🎶🎵
Sounds like Jimi Hendrix.
Your my fav reactionists,,
One of my very favorite Pearl Jam songs. Apparently,.this is an anti-war song (though a very abstract one) Eddie Vedder is an amazing vocalist.
Please react to the song "Alive" its from the same album as Jeremy and Nother powerful song.
This and Black live Unplugged are my favorite songs ever. Please react to that one if you haven't and Nirvana Unplugged Where Did You Sleep Last Night!❤
To me it's about being somewhere you need to be but don't want to be, but I don't get caught up in lyrics. I just hear words as sounds. To me the song also makes references to music history with nods to Leadbelly and Jimi Hendrix. My favorite Pearl Jam song.
One of my favorite songs.. Even though I haven't a clue what the lyrics are... doesn't matter...
I think you would really enjoy Release live from Holland 92. Amazing performance and great song
This should have more views. I want to see how people react to Pearl Jam and all I get is Black for the 10,000th time and whatever bullshit RUclips is wrong about suggesting for me. Thanks for this
Its about the man's brother getting killed in war and he doesn't know if he is coming home in a box or a bag . He takes a walk and sees a flag but its not waving because there's no wind . Or it could be the flag is in someone's yard and he waves at them but they don't acknowledge him and he is like my brother died for this .
I think I read somewhere he said that he and friend went for walk, and was old couple on a porch with a flag on their house. The couple did not wave, because of the way Eddie and his friend were dressed.
@@slaintemhath3475 yes I heard that also.
There are so many versions and meanings to that song lol
Need to listen to Pearl Jam- Black unplugged! it'll show you how intentionally his voice is!
No one has reacted to the song tiny spark by brandan. Ya gotta listen. Magnificent pop song.
Vedder is one of the all time greats.
Pearl Jam and Stone Temple Pilots really made the 90s Grunge Scene as good as it was as far as I'm concerned.. We were all a little jaded from the 80s when the Grunge movement arrived so we needed a break.. Too bad that after 2005 things just seemed to go mostly downhill to where we are today music wise and also as far as this world is concerned..
K., I humbly request that you listen to "Black" by Pearl Jam and the live, acoustic cover of that same song by Aaron Lewis (lead singer for Staind). It's a hearbreakingly beautiful, power song of sadness after a breakup.
That guitar is totally channeling Hendrix.
You need to listen to Little Wing. A masterpiece!
This song is about the perspective of a kid seeing men from the military telling his mom that his brother had been killed in action. There are no real lyrics to the song but thats where he was coming from. Someone correct me if I'm wrong but its something like that.
So gorgeous.
I Love your reactions. Thank you so much for these. You really do get so wrapped up and lost in the music and there is a certain sexiness and sensual feel about it. No disrespect to your husband....he is a very lucky man. Thank you again for these reactions!
If you get a chance, check out Pearl Jam - Last Kiss cover. Thank you.
Betterman is an amazing song. Give it a try.
Nice.
One of the best guitar riffs, ever. I love Pearl Jam, but you’re gonna need a “demumblifier “ for Eddie Vedder. LOL. Love his voice, though.
The orig guitarist LeadBelly was a great 🎸 . Try him 🤙🤙🤙🎸
Would you please check out "Leave Me Now" by Leonid & Friends ft. Ksenia Buzina ... They are a Russian group.
Have you reacted to pearl jams our last kiss
An example of Eddie using his voice as an instrument more than a verbal communication device. The lyrics are hard to make out and don't make too much sense anyway.
Well the intro, the solo sounds more like Slash to me. What do I know.
Just Breathe by them please.
Can anybody decipher Eddies lyrics without reading them? 😂
Try some Alice In Chains and Mad Season.
Aaron Lewis-- Something to Remind You (Live)
Tangled Up in You
What Hurt's the Most
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You get lost in the music . Most reactors never hear the words or understand the meaning of the songs they react to .