Whenever I watch this performance and Eddie sings "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 mine?" hurts every time.. reaches down and shreds your heart.
Now discovering Pearl Jam I've heard 1 or 2 songs in passing.. was never in my radar . wasn't into it at the time.. as a metal kid with pantera, Priest, Maiden.. Now in my late 20's I like what I hear.. Any Album recommendations?
This song is pure, raw emotion. I watched this live in tears the first time and it still does the same all these years later. He didn't sing this, he FELT this.
@@eddiegee2940His relationship ended and he's grieving, "I know someday you'll have a beautiful life, I know you'll be a star, in somebody else's sky, why?! why?!... We belong together! We belong together!"
I mean let's not be elitist here, or refuse to recognize the talent of many modern bands. For instance, NPR's Tiny Desk series is in many ways a spiritual successor to Unplugged. You can find a lot of absolutely amazing performances there. I'd also say that bands like My Morning Jacket, Black Pumas, Hozier, Alt-J, Arcade a Fire, Jenny Lewis, Death Cab For Cutie, The XX, all would've fit in perfectly with Unplugged. There's a shit ton of great music being made today, including a lot of bands who were directly influenced by 90's grunge scene. To say that there aren't a plethora of bands who are capable of generating such emotion is literally to deny the influence of artists like Vedder. He inspired a multitude of artists after him, just as he was inspired by artists who came before him. Nostalgia is a powerful emotion, and it's not unjustified. But that doesn't invalidate the power and talent of modern day musicans.
@@rayactions it was only them on the bill at the George in Washington State, which is their favorite place to play apparently. The next night I watched Black Crows and Tom Petty. Great weekend! It was 2005 if I remember right.
@@midwestmulisha820 Every show. They rotate them, but you've got a 50-75% chance they'll play them. Catalog is just too big to fit them all in at this point
@@michaeljjt1976 I was kinda bummed because this is my ALL TIME favorite song and they didn’t play it last year at bourbon and beyond. It was still an AMAZING show though. I MUST see them again! I HAVE to see them play Black. There is just something spiritual about seeing them live. It was a completely different experience than any other concert I’ve been to. I wasn’t super familiar with the song garden and that one was amazing and came about as close to black as I could get that show but they’ve got a ton of amazing songs!
Eddie wrote this song about his girlfriend who left him. He didn't want to put it on the album, but his bandmates and management convinced him to include it. He isn't so much singing the lyrics as he is reliving that experience. Must have been a tough breakup.
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? Brings me to tears every single time.
"It sounds like he's trying to seduce you." Yep, that's Eddie's voice for you lol. I love hearing people newly discover the passion that went into grunge. This is the stuff I grew up on and it will always be my favorite genre. Most music in the world combined can't match the amount of passion and emotion that came out of just a few grunge artists. When they play the songs, you feel every bit of it. Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots, Nirvana, etc. There are others, but these are considered the "big" ones. Another band worth checking out from the same era but more considered "post-grunge" is Bush. Gavin Rossdale has some great songs and he still sounds good nowadays too.
MTV unplugged is the one gift MTV left the world. They gave so many iconic bands at the time this outlet, and it let to some of the most iconic live concerts. Thinking of what MTV have become, with all the nonsense they do know. Its important to remember that once upon a time they where the only place that gave a platform for these bands to do this, and for the young listeners to interact with it in that way. And the MTV Unplugged shows are legendary now, all because of what MTV used to be.
@@shiahalud No disrespect to you as a fan, but I'v seen dozens of cover bands that can emulate his vocals. The guy from Stone Temple Pilots could do it.
Pearl Jam Ten was THE ALBUM of my high school years!! I'm so glad that you have found this fantastically wonderful beast of greatness!! This is my first experience with your reactions... Keep doing what you are doing! Greatness right here!!
It’s epic! It’s not only about his beautiful unique voice … i am addicted to watch him sing sharing all his emotions with his face-expressions and of course his voice
Eddie is one of the most talented vocalists and songwriters of his era. This is considered by many as the greatest debut rock album of all time. Every song is felt with so much power and emotion. Black is a perfect example of that. Thank you for the reaction. 😃
Which was pretty nuts, since that generation spawned *_so many_* talents that're, quite frankly, irreplaceable. Eddie Vedder, Scott Weiland, Billy Corgan, Chris Cornell, Courtney Love, Shannon Hoon, Doug Hopkins, Dave Grohl, Jewel, Beck Hansen, Noel Gallagher, Kurt Cobain. Just to name a few.
The man. The myth. The legend. Eddie Vedder! And keep in mind everyone, this is stripped down acoustic. No computers. No auto-tuned. No electronic help. No hiding and covering up mistakes. Thats how phenomenal Pearl Jam is.
I'm so happy you reacted to this song! This one really hits the heart for a lot of us folk. Such passion from Eddie gets me everytime reminds me of my childhood days listening to this jamming out at my friends garage with his band haha! good times :) Pearl Jam forever is a treasure to the rock community! great review
Jesus this emotion in this performance has me sweating. This is so unique and maybe my favourite vocal performance ever. Man bared his soul and pulled you into his pain.
I believe he added the lyrics "We belong together." in this unplugged version. I don't remember them being in the studio version. I think it really adds to the emotion to this powerful song.
Eddie Vedder wrote this song after experiencing some very personal and extremely painful events in his life. He has stated that it was never his intention for this song to be released. By pure happenstance, one of the record producers overheard this song and loved it-literally begging Eddie multiple times to allow it to be on the record. Eddie has previously stated that this song will always be tragically painful for him to sing. Oh, and one more thing, this performance was very nearly cancelled on this night, as Eddie had a terrible head cold, yet somehow he prevailed and delivered this incredible performance. He's so beautiful, incredibly talented, and an all-around very genuine individual, from what I've heard! 🤘🏻❤️♾️
No one sings like Eddie, so unique so powerful and so felt👍. We're so blessed to have this band in our life time. Seriously, can you imagine the past 33 years without this music? Scary thought!!
Id have never made it!! Like Eddie says in live on two legs About maybe good Charlotte or something playing!! Sounds like feels like a Popsicle that’s been stuck in someone’s ass!! But who am I to say anything!! Some people are into that!! End of quote. Hehehe
Yeah, Eddie was one of a kind. He started at a time when a lot of the popular stuff was high end belting hair metal stuff. Pearl Jam, Nirvana and a few others finally broke that and I found it a breath of fresh relief.
Is it coincidence that I discover your channel now, instead of three weeks ago when this video came out, and my gf of 23 years broke up with me, and this being one of my all-time favorite breakup songs? TBH I probably wouldn't have been able to watch it three weeks ago. I really identify with this song because we were both artists and she has my nick name tattooed on her still. "bitter hands, broken glass, world to black" all of it resonates with me.
The best!! Alice In Chains was great also! Nirvana was ok. But nirvana wasn’t really good musicians or singers to boot. Kurt was a decent songwriter but that’s it
Grundge music was the era of artists diving deep down into their feelings and gutting themselves on stage (or in the studio) before Emo Music was a thing. It will forever be my favorite era of music. PJ's Ten was a masterpeice; so much so, they and Alice in Chains were my touchstones of Grunge music. I didn't connect with Nirvana until I saw them unplugged.
Down goes another one.. Ive watched almost all the reactions to this song and , by about half way through song, they’re in love. Can’t blame, though.. obviously, greatest/most unique voice of all time but throw in that jaw line and those beautiful hair flow… sheesh! Save some for the rest of us men,Eddie!
Pearl Jam was such a great band precisely because Eddie was such a great storyteller. He put himself into different characters in his songs, sometimes shifting between points of view. His lyrics are sometimes impressionistic, but they give you enough to paint a story in your mind. I highly recommend checking out the songs "Daughter," "Better Man", and" Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town." How's that title for storytelling?
I am just so glad that I saw them live a few years ago, being ex mil and never been in one spot long enough to enjoy the roses. Especially now 50+. I had their first album on cd when it came out. Absolutely fantastic!
I word describes this performance…raw Eddie is pouring out pure emotion when he performs…a live PJ show is like a spiritual retreat. First saw them in 92 and have seen them every single time they came back to New England every time since, there is nothing like it. Honey now you know what we know it doesn’t get Eddie Vedder than this!
What’s hilarious is I was thinking that shirt with your hair coloring = chefs kiss when you were saying that about the performance. Loved the reaction and the fit.
Yes, the dawn of the 1990s, when low singing voices came back into prominence. Thinking about it, Pearl Jam’s massive commercial success, fronted by Eddie’s baritone, must’ve played a huge role in that. Guess he paved the way for low male singers everywhere. Excellent analysis and points made.
Crazy dudes like 55 now lol..still sings his ass off. Nice reaction 💯 And tbh Eddie is like the last remaining from the grunge era. Gotta give respect ❤
He had his heart broken and revealed it to the world here!! And had to settle for a gorgeous French model who he married and raised a family with!! Well done Eddie you are the greatest
It was so good watching you hear this for the first time ❤ I have loved Pearl Jam & this song since it was released in the 90’s, high school rocked 👍 Enjoy ☺️
i know you'll be a star in somebody else's sky if those words don't hit home as far as the quite candid his lyrics shit makes me tear up but they have quite a few songs and the passion they bring
If you liked it that much i recommend "Jeremy" also Pearl Jam official video(uncut only). Eddy has not only a great voice, but is for me the method actor of grunge era. He can really go full in and represent all emotions live he put in a song. Not many can do that. Also recommend Audioslave "Like a stone" and Soundgardens "Fell on Black Days" to show you the magic of chris cornell. Also one of the big 4 of the grunge era and one of the greatest singers of all time. If you need something special and different i highly recommend also Aurora "It happened quiet"(live at the current), she is unique and her voice is incredible. She also made a feat. with the Band Wadruna live called "Helvegen" written in the style of old nordic music. Also highly recommended, not without a reason it got so big.
Probably my all time fav Pearl Jam song. Really gets in my feels. I am so glad I grew up in this era. I am also really happy to see another generation enjoying bands from this timeframe.
I think this will never happen but i wish to see you reacting to Pearl Jam - Garden. It is such an underrated song, it has so much emotion and meaning, different interpretations. Musically it's just a beautiful arrangement, it touches you if you dive into it.
Gods damn it. I can't seem to get away from this song this week. I made it through this reaction without breaking down, okay, yeah, but the tears were _right fucking there,_ and I guess I don't hate being on the edge of a sobbing fit in this case, but then there's you _visibly_ feeling the song, and I may speak for a sizeable section of your audience saying that the fact that you look a bit like Serenity's mechanic, Kaylee Frye, adds a whole 'nother level of heart-wrench to the situation. So I just subscribed. I follow too many reaction Tubers, but I can't seem _not_ to, I may have a problem. And yeah, a Gen-X metalhead can tell you, we have to get away from this song for a while, now and then. I don't know what exactly was happening to us all in the nineties, but so many of us have held that handful of broken glass, have suffered that spinning, have that closed off little blackened room in our hearts of comfortably painful memories of that one lover that lit the world so brightly, and left us for calmer skies _(you can't take the sky from me)._ I don't know if they wrote songs like this before Pearl Jam did. I can't really recall any like it since. I don't really want to think about it now, 'cause like I said, we Gen-Xers have to get away from it for a while, now and then. _Something changed_ in music in the nineties. I think. Maybe I'm telling myself stories. But I find an honest, open expression of pain in some music from the time that just _wasn't fucking happening_ before then. Not just, _oh, I got the blues,_ but how deep those blues were, who they came from, what they're doing to us, and such detailed expression of how those blues _feel._ It's all a bit too real. I'm going to start avoiding this song 'til my strength rebuilds, but this was a great reaction to break the contact off with. Good work, Ray. Good work.
Uhh. If I could like this 1 million times, I would!! Not because I necessarily agree with everything you wrote. .. .but because I "support" everything you wrote!
Eddie Vedder ist eine unschlagbare Legende. Ich liebe sein Gesang. Wer sich bei diesem Lied nicht in ihn verliebt ist ein Stein! ;) Gruß aus Schleswig-Holstein.
As we say here in Portugal..."um perfeito fado"..... For me the best live performance I saw until today... But I am suspicious, I am a Pear Jam fan since ever...
Thanks for doing this vid. PJ has been My Favorite Band All Time and I have seen them 7 times in 4 different Cities. Eddie Vedder is one of the best live Vocalists of all time! (Rolling Stone Voted 7th of all time) Eddie and the Band dont put on Performances rather Experiences that We are just fortunate enough to wittness. Ironically in this MTV Unplugged “Experience” He had a cold/bronchitis so can You imagine!
"...All the love gone bad turned my world to black, tattooed all I see, all that I am, all I'll be..." it fucking crushes your heart till this day just hearing this line in Eddie's vocals, something these days music will ever achieve.
"my bitter hands cradle broken glass" may be one of the most powerful and evocative metaphors to ever be placed in the span of 6 words. The ending escalates the emotion to incredible levels, but this imagery sets it up so well.
I love Pearl Jam. This song and "Jeremy" are probably my favorites among a few others that I've heard on the radio for the last 20 years. The video for the song, "Jeremy" is very hard hitting because it reminds me of when I was in school dealing with bullies and the way I felt at the time. For a while, I thought suicide was my only way out. I'm glad I decided against it. If you haven't seen it yet, I would highly recommend "Jeremy." Keep it metal. \m/
i love when...gosh i dont mean disrespect, but i love when the kids of today analyze what i grew up on...not even grew up; hell, i was in high school when TEN came out...but i love it....nice job!
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"It's a true story, something that I really felt and I still feel every time I sing it".
~Eddie Vedder~
Something many of us have felt, Eddie just expressed it better than we ever could
I can't imagine singing that as many times as he has. It would kill me a little inside every time
That pleading “why” is what gets me every time. So raw and emotional
"Why can't it be me?" 😔😭
Whenever I watch this performance and Eddie sings "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 mine?" hurts every time.. reaches down and shreds your heart.
i repeat this part at least 5 times everytime i listen this song
One of the best lyrics ever!
Now discovering Pearl Jam I've heard 1 or 2 songs in passing.. was never in my radar . wasn't into it at the time.. as a metal kid with pantera, Priest, Maiden.. Now in my late 20's I like what I hear..
Any Album recommendations?
@@alecangelo7443 Listen to “Do The Evolution”! you’ll love it
@@bakihanma514 Thanks for the recommendation my dude I will definitely check it out..
This song is pure, raw emotion. I watched this live in tears the first time and it still does the same all these years later.
He didn't sing this, he FELT this.
Exactly what I was thinking every time she was talking about it being storytelling, not in this song, he was living it.
What is song about??
@@eddiegee2940His relationship ended and he's grieving, "I know someday you'll have a beautiful life, I know you'll be a star, in somebody else's sky, why?! why?!... We belong together! We belong together!"
Yes, she's in love with Eddie. Not the first time, by the way
Totally😂
Not the first one ❤
Middle aged man. Been in love with Eddie for 30 years 😅
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I wish I was Eddie vedder at this point 😆
"I know you'll be a star, In somebody else's sky" . . .every lost love writ large in two lines.
Every time i almost cry in this lines
The whole Unplugged series on MTV was incredible. It really produced some of the best live performances ever.
Yeah, Nirvana and Neil Young were brilliant as well.
Actually yeah, it was. Happy to have seen all at the Time ( in France )
@@bordercollie1140 Alicei in chains also
Yah because the bands were amazing. Who the f-k would they feature today?
I mean let's not be elitist here, or refuse to recognize the talent of many modern bands. For instance, NPR's Tiny Desk series is in many ways a spiritual successor to Unplugged. You can find a lot of absolutely amazing performances there.
I'd also say that bands like My Morning Jacket, Black Pumas, Hozier, Alt-J, Arcade a Fire, Jenny Lewis, Death Cab For Cutie, The XX, all would've fit in perfectly with Unplugged. There's a shit ton of great music being made today, including a lot of bands who were directly influenced by 90's grunge scene. To say that there aren't a plethora of bands who are capable of generating such emotion is literally to deny the influence of artists like Vedder. He inspired a multitude of artists after him, just as he was inspired by artists who came before him.
Nostalgia is a powerful emotion, and it's not unjustified. But that doesn't invalidate the power and talent of modern day musicans.
This is one of the most heart wrenching performances ever recorded.. dude is literally losing a piece of himself by singing this song
all us men of the 90s questioned our sexuality when Vedder sang.
😂
I would love to you were lying, but…… I can’t lol.
I'm still not sure whenever I hear this hehehe
30 years later and I'm still in shock after I hear this version. Nice breakdown
Such a classic Pearl Jam song. Reading the lyrics and then watching this live performance again really hits you in the feels.
Most certainly agree 👍
Pearl Jam is soooooo good live! Last time I saw them, they played 36 songs, and it was awesome..
Dang that is a lot for one show!!!
@@rayactions it was only them on the bill at the George in Washington State, which is their favorite place to play apparently. The next night I watched Black Crows and Tom Petty. Great weekend! It was 2005 if I remember right.
Do they still play these classics?
@@midwestmulisha820 Every show. They rotate them, but you've got a 50-75% chance they'll play them. Catalog is just too big to fit them all in at this point
@@michaeljjt1976 I was kinda bummed because this is my ALL TIME favorite song and they didn’t play it last year at bourbon and beyond. It was still an AMAZING show though. I MUST see them again! I HAVE to see them play Black. There is just something spiritual about seeing them live. It was a completely different experience than any other concert I’ve been to. I wasn’t super familiar with the song garden and that one was amazing and came about as close to black as I could get that show but they’ve got a ton of amazing songs!
This is my favorite live performance of all time. So powerful
Eddie wrote this song about his girlfriend who left him. He didn't want to put it on the album, but his bandmates and management convinced him to include it. He isn't so much singing the lyrics as he is reliving that experience. Must have been a tough breakup.
Wife
It wasn't a case of not wanting it to be on the album at all...he refused for it to be released as a single
At this point I wonder... who would've break up with him??? 🥲 damn we'd be lucky if WE had a chance 😂
His wife who divorced him**
This song is like 30 years old...y'all can quit arguing about it now.
Grunge is not dead we all still have Eddie 💙
❤
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?
Brings me to tears every single time.
This was a masterpiece performance, Eddie's vocals are amazing. Eddie and Chris Cornell evoked so much with their vocals and their lyrics too.
Agreed. Bit of a shame he fucked tje lyrics up so bad but guess that makes it unique
"It sounds like he's trying to seduce you."
Yep, that's Eddie's voice for you lol.
I love hearing people newly discover the passion that went into grunge.
This is the stuff I grew up on and it will always be my favorite genre.
Most music in the world combined can't match the amount of passion and emotion that came out of just a few grunge artists.
When they play the songs, you feel every bit of it.
Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots, Nirvana, etc. There are others, but these are considered the "big" ones.
Another band worth checking out from the same era but more considered "post-grunge" is Bush. Gavin Rossdale has some great songs and he still sounds good nowadays too.
i got to watch singles again!
He had such a hard time sitting still when he sings....he had soooo much energy and anger.
MTV unplugged is the one gift MTV left the world.
They gave so many iconic bands at the time this outlet, and it let to some of the most iconic live concerts.
Thinking of what MTV have become, with all the nonsense they do know. Its important to remember that once upon a time they where the only place that gave a platform for these bands to do this, and for the young listeners to interact with it in that way.
And the MTV Unplugged shows are legendary now, all because of what MTV used to be.
Eddie Vedder and Layne Staley both have unique voices❤
My 2 favorite front men!! Love Eddie and Layne! 😊💓🤘✌️
The three voices of grunge were Eddie Layne and Chris.
Damn, I wish I was Eddie Vedder in the 90's for you-know-what, but no fucking way in hell he's in the same league as Layne or Cornell.
@@dr.juerdotitsgo5119 maybey not the same league but his voice is just as iconic
@@shiahalud No disrespect to you as a fan, but I'v seen dozens of cover bands that can emulate his vocals. The guy from Stone Temple Pilots could do it.
Pearl Jam Ten was THE ALBUM of my high school years!! I'm so glad that you have found this fantastically wonderful beast of greatness!! This is my first experience with your reactions... Keep doing what you are doing! Greatness right here!!
Me too …. From Australia 🇦🇺
It’s epic! It’s not only about his beautiful unique voice … i am addicted to watch him sing sharing all his emotions with his face-expressions and of course his voice
Temple Of The Dog, Hunger Strike you will not be disappointed, Eddie Vedder and Chris Cornell duo! I love your reaction!! 😊💓🤘✌️
Eddie is one of the most talented vocalists and songwriters of his era. This is considered by many as the greatest debut rock album of all time. Every song is felt with so much power and emotion. Black is a perfect example of that. Thank you for the reaction. 😃
Such power!
@@rayactions you want power? Check out Eddie covering the who "love reign o'er me" it was live at an award show iirc but it ought come up in a search
Do you want to suffer? Pearl Jam plays Black for you 😅
Which was pretty nuts, since that generation spawned *_so many_* talents that're, quite frankly, irreplaceable.
Eddie Vedder, Scott Weiland, Billy Corgan, Chris Cornell, Courtney Love, Shannon Hoon, Doug Hopkins, Dave Grohl, Jewel, Beck Hansen, Noel Gallagher, Kurt Cobain. Just to name a few.
@@alcor4670 agreed
This song caresses my soul each time I melt into it! Your reaction was wonderful! And hilarious! Love it! Thank you for sharing!
The man. The myth. The legend. Eddie Vedder! And keep in mind everyone, this is stripped down acoustic. No computers. No auto-tuned. No electronic help. No hiding and covering up mistakes. Thats how phenomenal Pearl Jam is.
I'm so happy you reacted to this song! This one really hits the heart for a lot of us folk. Such passion from Eddie gets me everytime reminds me of my childhood days listening to this jamming out at my friends garage with his band haha! good times :)
Pearl Jam forever is a treasure to the rock community! great review
Jesus this emotion in this performance has me sweating. This is so unique and maybe my favourite vocal performance ever. Man bared his soul and pulled you into his pain.
All these young cats are lucky. They get to hear all our great music for the first time
I believe he added the lyrics "We belong together." in this unplugged version. I don't remember them being in the studio version. I think it really adds to the emotion to this powerful song.
He absolutely did!! And didn’t sing my bitter hands beneath the clouds!! But sang hands cradled broken glass on both intro to chorus
This is why Gen X thinks music of today is shit is because we had music like this!
indeed...
music like this is still being made, you're just an old man who doesn't go to local shows anymore.
Yes to that! I’m 47 years old by the way. So I grew up with grunge music.
Agree
Totally agree with you!
She is beautiful 😍 🤩
Eddie Vedder wrote this song after experiencing some very personal and extremely painful events in his life. He has stated that it was never his intention for this song to be released. By pure happenstance, one of the record producers overheard this song and loved it-literally begging Eddie multiple times to allow it to be on the record. Eddie has previously stated that this song will always be tragically painful for him to sing.
Oh, and one more thing, this performance was very nearly cancelled on this night, as Eddie had a terrible head cold, yet somehow he prevailed and delivered this incredible performance. He's so beautiful, incredibly talented, and an all-around very genuine individual, from what I've heard! 🤘🏻❤️♾️
My favourite Pearl Jam songs. When this came out was going through a break up with a woman I loved. This song is just amazing
No one sings like Eddie, so unique so powerful and so felt👍. We're so blessed to have this band in our life time. Seriously, can you imagine the past 33 years without this music? Scary thought!!
By the way, your so damn beautiful 😍. Just had to add that, love your description of Eddie's singing👍. With that said I'm gonna go surf 😁👍🏄❤️
Id have never made it!! Like Eddie says in live on two legs About maybe good Charlotte or something playing!! Sounds like feels like a Popsicle that’s been stuck in someone’s ass!! But who am I to say anything!! Some people are into that!! End of quote. Hehehe
The crazy thing is that during this show he was fighting a cold. Pearl Jam is still one of my favorites.
Yeah, Eddie was one of a kind. He started at a time when a lot of the popular stuff was high end belting hair metal stuff. Pearl Jam, Nirvana and a few others finally broke that and I found it a breath of fresh relief.
Is it coincidence that I discover your channel now, instead of three weeks ago when this video came out, and my gf of 23 years broke up with me, and this being one of my all-time favorite breakup songs? TBH I probably wouldn't have been able to watch it three weeks ago. I really identify with this song because we were both artists and she has my nick name tattooed on her still. "bitter hands, broken glass, world to black" all of it resonates with me.
One of the greatest live performances of all time. My other favorite is Tool Sober.
Release live in 1992 blows this out of the water. There’s more to Pearl Jam than this black performance.
@@george9822you're sooooooooooooooooooo different we're all SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO impressed
@@GeorgeTropicana thank you
His live performance of "Jeremy" and "state of love and trust" are pretty amazing too.
His voice control is insane.
I remember watching this. Pearl Jam was one of the better unplugged episodes
The best!! Alice In Chains was great also! Nirvana was ok. But nirvana wasn’t really good musicians or singers to boot. Kurt was a decent songwriter but that’s it
As we watched this the night it aired we knew we were seeing something special. Something generation defining.
Grundge music was the era of artists diving deep down into their feelings and gutting themselves on stage (or in the studio) before Emo Music was a thing. It will forever be my favorite era of music. PJ's Ten was a masterpeice; so much so, they and Alice in Chains were my touchstones of Grunge music. I didn't connect with Nirvana until I saw them unplugged.
Yes me too..
1:02 the fact she went for the captions😭😭
HAHAHA
Imagine having this many amazing musicians that believe in you, and they are totally backing you. That must be an incredible feeling.
Eddie is one of the last singers from a golden age of music. He still sounds amazing.
Yes. I’m determined to see him live before we lose him like all the other greats
Down goes another one.. Ive watched almost all the reactions to this song and , by about half way through song, they’re in love. Can’t blame, though.. obviously, greatest/most unique voice of all time but throw in that jaw line and those beautiful hair flow… sheesh! Save some for the rest of us men,Eddie!
You can tell that’s not just another song to Eddie. His soul is pouring out.
mate he died singing this, its so good. and this muppet is analyzing it
Pearl Jam was such a great band precisely because Eddie was such a great storyteller. He put himself into different characters in his songs, sometimes shifting between points of view. His lyrics are sometimes impressionistic, but they give you enough to paint a story in your mind. I highly recommend checking out the songs "Daughter," "Better Man", and" Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town." How's that title for storytelling?
Great reaction, Rachel. I think your next Pearl Jam reaction should be the song "Alive".
This song makes me cry so beautiful I know someday you'll be a star in someones elses sky but why why can't it be mine!❤
Eddie Vedder effect in full swing here lol. Even after listening to them for 30 years it still gets every time 😊
you are hands down one of my most fave people ever. Cant wait to keep watching more from you
I am just so glad that I saw them live a few years ago, being ex mil and never been in one spot long enough to enjoy the roses. Especially now 50+. I had their first album on cd when it came out. Absolutely fantastic!
I word describes this performance…raw Eddie is pouring out pure emotion when he performs…a live PJ show is like a spiritual retreat. First saw them in 92 and have seen them every single time they came back to New England every time since, there is nothing like it.
Honey now you know what we know it doesn’t get Eddie Vedder than this!
I love your insight into these timeless songs. Keep it up ❤
What’s hilarious is I was thinking that shirt with your hair coloring = chefs kiss when you were saying that about the performance. Loved the reaction and the fit.
Yes, the dawn of the 1990s, when low singing voices came back into prominence. Thinking about it, Pearl Jam’s massive commercial success, fronted by Eddie’s baritone, must’ve played a huge role in that. Guess he paved the way for low male singers everywhere. Excellent analysis and points made.
oh my. My favorite person online right now
Eddie Vedder has a gift... a raw, genuine gift.
Always here for someone recognizing this mans genious. Good to know grunge is still appreciated. And Eddie must be protected at all cost!
Crazy dudes like 55 now lol..still sings his ass off. Nice reaction 💯
And tbh Eddie is like the last remaining from the grunge era. Gotta give respect ❤
Just bought my ticket to see them this summer
"I know someday you'll have a beautiful life, I know you'll be a star. But why? Why? Can't it be mine?" that line gets me every time.
Very nice, very very fun! Enjoyed watching this quite a bit. :)
It’s amazing how many singers and vocal coaches have never heard this song and have reaction videos
I'll never get sick of watching people experience Pearl Jam and Eddie Vedder, especially through this song.
He had his heart broken and revealed it to the world here!! And had to settle for a gorgeous French model who he married and raised a family with!! Well done Eddie you are the greatest
It was so good watching you hear this for the first time ❤ I have loved Pearl Jam & this song since it was released in the 90’s, high school rocked 👍
Enjoy ☺️
This song perfectly captures the feeling of heartache.
Eddie had a pretty bad cold and was sick during this unplugged. Still magic.
He's always been one of my favorite singers, since ALIVE.
i know you'll be a star in somebody else's sky if those words don't hit home as far as the quite candid his lyrics shit makes me tear up but they have quite a few songs and the passion they bring
If you liked it that much i recommend "Jeremy" also Pearl Jam official video(uncut only). Eddy has not only a great voice, but is for me the method actor of grunge era. He can really go full in and represent all emotions live he put in a song. Not many can do that.
Also recommend Audioslave "Like a stone" and Soundgardens "Fell on Black Days" to show you the magic of chris cornell. Also one of the big 4 of the grunge era and one of the greatest singers of all time.
If you need something special and different i highly recommend also Aurora "It happened quiet"(live at the current), she is unique and her voice is incredible.
She also made a feat. with the Band Wadruna live called "Helvegen" written in the style of old nordic music. Also highly recommended, not without a reason it got so big.
Probably my all time fav Pearl Jam song. Really gets in my feels. I am so glad I grew up in this era. I am also really happy to see another generation enjoying bands from this timeframe.
I think this will never happen but i wish to see you reacting to Pearl Jam - Garden.
It is such an underrated song, it has so much emotion and meaning, different interpretations. Musically it's just a beautiful arrangement, it touches you if you dive into it.
Yea yea yea! It is a wonderful song and got lost in the shuffle with all the other greats off this record
Did you hear the lyric. " I know some day you'll have a beautiful life. I know you will be a sun,,,,,in somebody else's skyies"""wow that got me.....
“That was a lovely sound.”
Yep, seductive.
You nailed it.
Country wishes they could sound like this
Gods damn it.
I can't seem to get away from this song this week. I made it through this reaction without breaking down, okay, yeah, but the tears were _right fucking there,_ and I guess I don't hate being on the edge of a sobbing fit in this case, but then there's you _visibly_ feeling the song, and I may speak for a sizeable section of your audience saying that the fact that you look a bit like Serenity's mechanic, Kaylee Frye, adds a whole 'nother level of heart-wrench to the situation.
So I just subscribed. I follow too many reaction Tubers, but I can't seem _not_ to, I may have a problem.
And yeah, a Gen-X metalhead can tell you, we have to get away from this song for a while, now and then. I don't know what exactly was happening to us all in the nineties, but so many of us have held that handful of broken glass, have suffered that spinning, have that closed off little blackened room in our hearts of comfortably painful memories of that one lover that lit the world so brightly, and left us for calmer skies _(you can't take the sky from me)._ I don't know if they wrote songs like this before Pearl Jam did. I can't really recall any like it since. I don't really want to think about it now, 'cause like I said, we Gen-Xers have to get away from it for a while, now and then.
_Something changed_ in music in the nineties. I think. Maybe I'm telling myself stories. But I find an honest, open expression of pain in some music from the time that just _wasn't fucking happening_ before then. Not just, _oh, I got the blues,_ but how deep those blues were, who they came from, what they're doing to us, and such detailed expression of how those blues _feel._
It's all a bit too real. I'm going to start avoiding this song 'til my strength rebuilds, but this was a great reaction to break the contact off with.
Good work, Ray. Good work.
Uhh. If I could like this 1 million times, I would!! Not because I necessarily agree with everything you wrote. .. .but because I "support" everything you wrote!
Eddie Vedder ist eine unschlagbare Legende. Ich liebe sein Gesang. Wer sich bei diesem Lied nicht in ihn verliebt ist ein Stein! ;) Gruß aus Schleswig-Holstein.
this is my first video review/reaction of yours i've watched but i'm really enjoying it and i've subscribed :)
As we say here in Portugal..."um perfeito fado"..... For me the best live performance I saw until today... But I am suspicious, I am a Pear Jam fan since ever...
30 odd years later Eddie is still getting girls to fall in love with him , Go Pearl Jam !
This is Live! Each of the big 4 did an Unplugged, all were Amazing. Check out Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains and other Pearl Jam Unplugged.
STP’s unplugged is my personal favorite! Right after AIC and PJ
Big 5. STP is definitely a part.
Big 4 was Thrash. Metallica, Megadeth, Pantera, Slayer
Thanks for doing this vid. PJ has been My Favorite Band All Time and I have seen them 7 times in 4 different Cities. Eddie Vedder is one of the best live Vocalists of all time! (Rolling Stone Voted 7th of all time) Eddie and the Band dont put on Performances rather Experiences that We are just fortunate enough to wittness. Ironically in this MTV Unplugged “Experience” He had a cold/bronchitis so can You imagine!
Great Reaction Young Lady 👏🏻
"...All the love gone bad turned my world to black, tattooed all I see, all that I am, all I'll be..." it fucking crushes your heart till this day just hearing this line in Eddie's vocals, something these days music will ever achieve.
This may have been the best reaction to this song that I have seen yet.
She spotted so many key elements that most everyone else misses.
Great job beautiful input❤
This take me back to my college years. Best time of my life!
Early 90’s with Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden and more was the best and last time we had such great live perfomers (no auto tune).
Love the fact that everyone,boys and girls are in love with him😂 Eddie is the best
Yeah Eddie has a very unique voice, Love me some Pearl Jam, thanks for the share have never saw there unplugged so this is nice.
You are fantastic! I love watching you!
"my bitter hands cradle broken glass" may be one of the most powerful and evocative metaphors to ever be placed in the span of 6 words. The ending escalates the emotion to incredible levels, but this imagery sets it up so well.
My bitter hand chafe beneath the clouds of what was everything.
The best line in the song for me.
I love Pearl Jam. This song and "Jeremy" are probably my favorites among a few others that I've heard on the radio for the last 20 years. The video for the song, "Jeremy" is very hard hitting because it reminds me of when I was in school dealing with bullies and the way I felt at the time. For a while, I thought suicide was my only way out. I'm glad I decided against it. If you haven't seen it yet, I would highly recommend "Jeremy." Keep it metal. \m/
You gave a really great reaction / review of this performance !
i love when...gosh i dont mean disrespect, but i love when the kids of today analyze what i grew up on...not even grew up; hell, i was in high school when TEN came out...but i love it....nice job!