I never knew who my Father was. Nor will I ever. But this song carries me through some rough ones. Thank you Eddie and the Jam. You all are unique, talents with soul shine. God bless.
5 years sober from heroin. Today I am employed and insured. This song makes me grateful I changed my life around before it was too late, and gives me hope for those that haven't chosen the same path yet. I have 8 friends/loved ones that I was on a day to day speaking basis for a while at one point in my life with, that have died from drugs.
gz, sober from heroin and cocain for 20 years, just because i did'nt have a chance to buy it...still in the addiction (pyschologic), it's ruining my life (the desire to "feel" something") Congrats to u
I may not know you, but I'm proud of your continuous victory over addiction. I hope you always know that someone believes you deserve freedom from it. Be safe and take care
Im alive!!! I was paralyzed and was wheelchair bound a year ago this December ( due to 6 cysts putting pressure on my spinal cord) my surgeon was told that it was too risky of a surgery and not to do it!!! But he was willing to take the chance, if iwas willing to go through with it and if course I said, YES! Not knowing what the outcome would be but when I woke up after a 14 hour surgery ( honestly, 14 hour's) with three weeks of intense physical therapy i am walking, and using my hands again!!! And able to be a wife , and a mother to my autistic son! This song gives me strength 🙏 Thank-you, I'm alive!!thankyou Dr.Vivas, my family and Pearl Jam, , you got me through it all💖
It's not a happy song and it's a true story that Eddie was not told who his real Father was until after he was dead and he has to live with that trauma.
Celebrated 5 years of sobriety back in September. Addiction led me down a dark road. Issues with family,work, friends,money, and homelessness. I took a huge leap of faith and asked for help. Now I'm sober,madly in love, have had stable housing, etc. It's been tough,but i wouldn't change a thing. Now I love me again and I can look myself in the mirror and smile.
LYRICS IF YOU WANNA KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON :) Son, she said Have I got a little story for you What you thought was your daddy Was nothin' but a While you were sittin' Home alone at age thirteen Your real daddy was dyin' Sorry you didn't see him But I'm glad we talked Oh, I, oh, I'm still alive Hey, I, oh, I'm still alive Hey, I, oh, I'm still alive, hey, oh While she walks slowly Across a young man's room She said I'm ready, for you Why I can't remember anything To this very day 'Cept the look, the look Oh, you know where Now I can't see, I just stare I, I'm still alive Hey, I, oh, I'm still alive Hey, I, oh, I'm still alive Hey, I, oh, I'm still alive, yeah Is something wrong? She said Of course there is You're still alive She said Oh, do I deserve to be? Is that the question? And if so, if so Who answers? Who answers? I, oh, I'm still alive Hey, I, oh, I'm still alive Hey, I, oh, I'm still alive Hey, I Oh, I'm still alive Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Oh, yeah oh, ooh oh, yeah, oh Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Bruh. I'm sorry but, how TF 🤣 🧐⚽ two balls in one goal but 1 of us is definitely not seeing 240 while the other is definitely on some throwed off hems 🤣 how did you end up making this comment dude.
After being attacked at 19. A emotionally and verbal abusive marriage of 30 years, surviving breast cancer, 2 fractured vertebrae and losing my life savings. I'm still Alive because of you Eddie and Pearl Jam. Thankyou 🖐💗🇦🇺
Awe sounds tough I bet you have ptsd too right? Quit you’re crying, you’re not dying. I’m assuming you’ve never watched a friend get shot in the eye or get his leg blown up? So quit whining.
I used to know a guy in college who was a huge Pearl Jam fan. We used to have a lot of petty arguments and banter as I was really into Nirvana. We became quite close and had a lot fun times together. Eventually drifted apart due to various reasons. A few years after we graduated, he killed himself. He had so much to live for and yet one night decided to end it all, for reasons only known to him. I have never been a Pearl Jam fan but I come back to this one every now and then to keep my memory of him alive. It was one of his favourites - along with Rearview Mirror. I hope he's found peace.
I'm a African American female who still say that the 1990's decade was the last of the best as far as music is concerned. I enjoyed these cats back then in the 90's and at 60 something today, I am still rocking with these guys today. Music has no color in my household as long as it sounds good!
This song save me in a Dtox from heroin, when I feel i was dying and barekycan walk, move or breathe...when i listen , my spirit had an uplift and my body became strong to fight adicction
@@serenidadeable Keep up the fight! We are pulling for you & Proud of you! My Dad was addicted, my Father in Law was to & I tried to help him see. I lost my Dad but I hoped we would not lose my Father in Law to. I tried to talk to him but didn't work. He got Mad and we lost him anyway. My boys have no grandfathers, they were little when he died and close to him. His grandkids born since his death lost out & he lost out because he refused help. He didn't have a problem according to him but he was so wonderful when he was sober. The past is gone, we can't change mistakes we made then but we can make a better tomorrow. I don't know you but I feel Love for you and I know your path will get brighter and brighter! I have had friends who died from heroin & I miss them more than words can say. Good Luck my Friend! You are welcome to reach out if you need a hand. :)
@@bobfg3130 yeah just like there's a big four of thrash metal there's a big four of grunge Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, and lastly but not least Pearl Jam.
So glad Eddie's fans helped him lift the curse that he thought had been put on him after singing this song. This song has become a positive anthem for so many of his fans including me. If you listen to the words you can hear that Eddie has put his soul on the line. Thank Eddie Vedder. You deserve happiness too 😍
What an Perfect face and voice to go with it singing the best Pearl Jam song. No wonder I fell in love with Eddie Vedder after seeing him perform at this concert. I wonder if he kept that shirt. Really suited him. 👏👏😀😀
@@hannahmitchell87 This song is about him beeing told by his mother that his real father is dead, and the man he thought was his father was just a random guy she met after his father. So he's kinda bitter against his mother in this song. So I'll guess he felt that was like a curse to make a popular song about his bad mother.
This song, and Eddie, changed my life. I am forever grateful for Pearl Jam. I was a lost teen when this came out and it gave me the fuel to persevere. I'm still here when I had just about given up. Thank you guys. Still haven't seen you live, but that's okay. You saved me decades ago. Forever grateful.
Eddie got up on stage with my band in 95 and did two songs with us. We spoke afterwards. He was a very kind generous soul. The crowd went absolutely nuts on Maui that night. The 90s were awesome. We played Why Go Home and Glorified G. Just awesome.
I was born in ‘71. You’re right. The soundtrack to my late teens, early 20’s had incredible power and emotion. You never stumble upon the music these days, you have to go looking for it, but when you do there is a flood of emotions; all the drinking, smoking, surfing, fucking and fighting. And memories of those who are no longer here to reminisce.
Turned 51 this year and never thought I'd make it here especially doing the most amount of damage to myself with drugs and drink but had a accident in 2003 that changed my life. At least when my folks passed away i had been clean for years and was the son i should of been. I'll never regret changing . Be strong and safe all . Never give up ever. Live life
Made it through my addiction to heroin/alcohol/cocaine. I love that everyone is posting their stories like this! Feels good. Power to the people. People need to understand each other a little more. It's harder to hate when you understand
Just lost my dad today at the age of 55, this was his favourite since I was a little kid. I will keep you alive! Rest in power dad! I’m gonna miss you edit: We played it at his funeral.. 4:00 till 4:55 played while they caried him outside. felt like it was his last air guitar solo.. never gonna forget that
1993. I'm 10 years old, and I'm just getting home from school one spring afternoon. My mom's younger sister, my Aunt Diane is sitting in the living room, and I'm a bundle of joy in seeing my aunt in the first place but low & behold she brought with her something special. She'd gone to Music Plus+ when I was in school, and came back with a brand new copy of Pearl Jam's debut _Ten_. I tore open the packaging, popped the CD into the stereo, and was taken away to a better world with the first riff from *this* very song. That's possibly one of the happiest memories of my life. In 1997, I lost my mother to cancer when I was only 15...my aunt hasn't spoken to me since I was 23 because of a falling out over my leaving the church of Jehovah's Witnesses. That was a decade ago. *Fuck I love this song. It fills me with life, and with hope.*
What a bunch'a asshat comments in reply to this guy sharing personal stuff "publicly". Only a complete jackass would say some of the shit that has been said to this guy. Goddamn disrespectful foreigners.
If I could choose only 1 song to listen to the rest of my life, this is it. This carried me through some tough times in the 90s and I am still here. Absolutely my favorite song! Thank you guys!
After the losses of all the great grunge frontmen (Andrew, Kurt, Layne, Scott, Chris), please don't leave us Eddie. I hope you live a long life and make the most of what you can, while you can.
This dude. His voice, his manurisms while singing, his LOVE for the music he's singing! Feeling! Breathing! Fucking god! Just let's it all come out so fucking good!!!!
Twice on deaths door wasnt my time as the greatest said to me! Been clean and sober 19 years. I play this song everymorning when i awaken and go to sleep! Life is precious people! God bless!!
Thats crazy!!! I too was at death's door, twice ( complication from surgery and a broken neck from a car accident! So glad that we are all still alive! When im feeling a bit down I just play this song and I can make it through another day! Thank-you!
greatest pearl jam song ever! absolutely fucking poetry and besides Alice in chains, pearl jam is the best grunge band of all time. hands down. eddie vedder was so gorgeous in this video
ive had severe depression since i was a kid and now im 40, yet i force myself out of bed everyday and i have a full time job, i dont know how ive done it, i wanna give up every day but great music like this keeps me going somehow
Same here my friend.. ive a family good job own house etc.. but the depression still comes over me.. hold on in there as now and then the dark days give over to a few fantastic days..
@@shruggzdastr8-facedclown ive had depression since i was a kid .. never knew it was depression until i was old enough to understand.. im knocking on 50 nowdays and i have days when i feel fantastic .. really really high on life.. but then i get my black dog days.. the days(dont want to get of bed or talk to anyone). i feel like whats the point of all this everyday life stuff.. its absolutely mental why i get so bloody doom laden.. ive got a fantastic life .. family good job etc.. im probably autistic or something like that.. ive always been different to other people.. but i am what i am.. cant change how im made really.. just keep on keeping on..
@@shruggzdastr8-facedclown i drove cab 12 hrs a day every day, its a living, ive done it for over 20 yrs with severe depression i just force myself to get up brush my teeth and go, i dont even think about it, im like a robot or drone at this stage, just alarm, get up, wash dress and leave even if its cold or hot outside, otherwise i would just rott in bed all day and probably never leave the house unless i got sick, id just get everything delivered and pay bills online
When this song came out, I was going through a difficult time coming to terms with having an physically, mentally and emotionally abusive father, and a mother that did not show much love and affection. I remember listening to this over and over again with my headphones on full volume, and it was the first song ever in my life that I felt so connected to. I guess you can put your own interpretation to it! Possibly the most emotionally intense song ever and the guitar at the end is unbelievably intense. Thank god for music!
Mat hope you are in a better place now. I hope you know God loves you so and he loves you to the ultimate even if your parents showed no love. GOd bless and all the best.
Can truly relate - same here, dysfucktional family's abuse on almost all levels.... still recovering... then my best friend committed suicide (she too from a dysfunctional family) --- yes, the raw realistic emoting from this song speaks volumes for me.
Got a call from work 10 years ago to go check on my dad who I last saw a few weeks prior on Christmas Day. This song came on as I drove to his house. Sadly he had passed. This song hits me so hard and means so much. My dad lives on in me, in his granddaughter and all those he touched. I used to go to his house as a teen and jam to grunge and lift weights because he let me be me. Vietnam Vet, buried in Arlington. RIP dad as I try to honor your by living.
RIP Andy Wood 1966-1990 RIP Kurt Cobain 1967-1994 RIP Shannon Hoon 1967-1995 RIP Layne Staley 1967-2002 RIP Scott Weiland 1967-2015 RIP Chris Cornell 1964-2017 RIP Mark Lanegan 1964-2022 Protect Eddie Vedder at all cost!!!
@@mrbeast788 I know, it's really sad. But there's still some new good stuff coming out, you just have to listen for it. When I was a teen, sure, we had grunge, but the whole techno wave just made me feel like I was born in the wrong time. I would have loved to be 20 at Woodstock in the 1960ies! Now, I look back and think that the 1990ies were pretty dope too. So you see, all is not lost, there's hope. ;-)
A great time to be alive!!! This song is about when Eddie was told that the man he'd believed to be his father was in fact not. 1991 was an awesome year!!!!
I've always comeback to this song, whenever im feeling down or even want to end everything.hearing the lyrics help's me to get me back on reality again.Thank You Pearl Jam
this song is like theray to alot of people me included... seriously something strange about this song and something special about Pearl Jam songs and Eddie Vedder...
This track is actually based around Vedder learning as a teenager that the man he thought was his father was actually his stepfather, and that his biological father was dead. “He’s still dealing with love, he’s still dealing with the death of his father. All he knows is ‘I’m still alive’ … That’s totally out of burden,” Vedder once explained to Rolling Stone.
Six months ago my dad died, as I was going through his books I found an old school book covered in lyrics and drawings from pearl jam and the levellers, its a nice insight to his mind from when he was my age.
I think this song resonates with all of us who have been in those very dark places and found the courage and the strength to make back from those places and the things responsible for us being there. Best of luck to all who have been there and decided not to stay. Be safe all.
All these years later, Pearl Jam is still one of my most favorite bands and I find new emotions and jewels in your songs every time I listen to them!! Thank you!!
This has been an iconic song for Pearl Jam in so many different ways over the years.. Many fellow musicians & friends of theirs are dead now. Literally. Pearl Jam (& every member) is still alive. And I thank God for it!
For me, it is one of the most underrated solos of all time. It's absolutely amazing and when i listen it I become happy and energic. Mike mccready is my favourite guitarrist
+Thamires Malheiros Guimarães its my anthem and I was born in 2001. To be honest it's really helped me get through my freshman year of high school, because I started getting in to grunge music at the end of 8th grade and I'm so glad I did because life hit me like a train and music is such a staple for me now.
I love how this song has different meanings for everyone. For me personally it reminds me of my own Childhood Trauma and Abandonment, my PTSD, putting my own life on the line and facing death head on in service of the community. Later in life my depression and Suicide attempt… yet I overcame it all and well I’m Still alive. Very much a song of introspection for me.
In 2020 lost my job and health care. Had 3 eye surgeries and lost complete vision in one eye for a while. Just getting over a really bad case of covid and this song has been replaying in my in my head the past week. I'm alive
I've discovered pearl jam today and this song hits me In a way that is hard to express, I attempted to take my life not to long ago and this song took me back to that vary moment and brought tears to my eyes thank the gods I didn't take my life that night, I'm still alive
@@Mickey_Silverthanked goodness your still alive, I definitely feel you been there done that! Pearl Jam has saved my life a few times and still to this day!! 😊💓🤘✌️
I was a senior in high school when I walked in Record Bar and they were playing Ten over the store's speakers, I ended up buying the cd that day and the memories that I made with that album are some of the best memories in my life! Ty PJ for being there.
Heard a lot of Pearl Jam growing up, at one point they were severally over exposed but even the band themselves slowed down and that was a smart move. When your a kid hearing this you love the melody but don’t really understand the depth of the songs yet. Than your in your 30s and so much shit has happened to You and around you that you scream this song at the top of your lungs. It’s like you understand it in a whole new way. Pearl Jam is just one of those bands that just hits you different. They are great story tellers and the emotion is poetic and thought provoking. You feel everything when you hear their songs. They have substance and depth. That is really hard to find in most rock bands. I’m so glad I have a plethora of bands to listen to come back to earth. So many good ones in the 80s and 90s. I don’t know what it is about those decades but it’s like God himself was there telling us some tragic, horrific, beautiful, inspiring and magical things that are hard times ever forget.
"Alive" Son, she said, have I got a little story for you What you thought was your daddy was nothin' but a While you were sittin' home alone at age thirteen Your real daddy was dyin', sorry you didn't see him but I'm glad we talked Oh I, oh, I'm still alive Hey, I, I, oh, I'm still alive Hey I, oh, I'm still alive Hey...oh Oh, she walks slowly, across a young man's room She said I'm ready...for you I can't remember anything to this very day 'Cept the look, the look Oh, you know where, now I can't see, I just stare I, I'm still alive Hey I, but, I'm still alive Hey I, boy, I'm still alive Hey I, I, I, I'm still alive, yeah Ooh yeah...yeah yeah yeah...oh...oh Is something wrong, she said Well of course there is You're still alive, she said Oh, and do I deserve to be Is that the question? And if so...if so...who answers...who answers I, oh, I'm still alive Hey I, oh, I'm still alive Hey I, but, I'm still alive Yeah I, ooh, I'm still alive Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
I see a lot of ppl post these lyrics, the line "cept the look, the look" is incorrect.. he says "cept blood, blood oh, you know where, now I can't see, I just stare"
@@XxBlackPathxX Nah it's definitely the look. "This verse is fictional and not based on Vedder’s personal experience. In a 1993 interview with Rolling Stone, Vedder revealed that she refers to the mother, and the look is not the look on the mother’s face. As Vedder put it: The look is between her legs. Where do you go with that? That’s where you came from." The mother is making a very memorable come on to the son. It is not every day a mother shows her son that look. Further, she is requesting that he penetrate the very birth canal that gave him life. Vedder elaborates: It’s an intense thing because the son looks just like the father. The son grows up to be the father, the person that she lost. His father’s dead, and now this confusion, his mother, his love, how does he love her, how does she love him? In fact, the mother, even though she marries somebody else, there’s no one she’s ever loved more than the father. You know how it is, first loves and stuff. And the guy dies. How could you ever get him back? But the son. He looks exactly like him. It’s uncanny. So she wants him. The son is oblivious to it all. He doesn’t know what the fuck is going on. He’s still dealing, he’s still growing up. He’s still dealing with love, he’s still dealing with the death of his father. All he knows is ‘I’m still alive’ - those three words, that’s totally out of burden." "
My Pop passed away December 1st of 2022. Listening to this in 2024 has a whole different meaning to me, now. It feels like I’m hearing my dad talking to me, telling me not to worry anymore, that he’s not in pain, and he’s saying “I’m still alive”. Rest easy, Pops. I miss you every day.
The All Time Top 5 Grunge lead singers. Kurt Cobain, Nirvana - 1967-1994 Layne Staley, Alice In Chains - 1967-2002 Scott Weiland, Stone Temple Pilots - 1967-2015 Chris Cornell, Soundgarden - 1964-2017 Eddie Vedder, Pearl Jam - 1964 - Still Alive! Grunge was the Last Great Hurrah of Rock n' Roll!
This song just took on more meaning. Who would have thought after this song came out that in 2017 Eddie would be the only one "still alive'. RIP Chris, Scott, Layne and Kurt
There seems to be some debate about the meaning of this song... The meaning of Alive, from Eddie Vedder: " 'Alive' tells the story of a young man discovering that the man he thought was his father is actually his stepfather, while his mother's grief leads to an incestuous relationship with the son, who strongly resembles the biological father. " "Alive" has been revealed by Vedder to be part autobiographical and part fiction. When Vedder was a teenager, his mother revealed to him that the man he thought was his father was actually his stepfather, and that his biological father was dead. The first and last verses detail those actual events, but the second verse is storytelling on Vedder's part. The lyrics of the second verse read, "Oh, she walks slowly, across a young man's room/She said I'm ready...for you/I can't remember anything to this very day/'Cept the look, the look.../Oh, you know where, now I can't see, I just stare...," and Vedder revealed that "she" was the mother, and "the look" referred to was not the look on her face, but "the look is between her legs. Where do you go with that? That's where you came from." Rather than being the inspirational song most interpret it as, Vedder had quite a different meaning in mind, stating, "[He's] still dealing with love, [he's] still dealing with the death of [his] father. All [he] knows is 'I'm still alive'...that's totally out of burden." Vedder stated at Pearl Jam's 2006 VH1 Storytellers appearance that over the years the meaning has changed for him. He said, "In the original story, a teenager is being made aware of a shocking truth that leaves him plenty confused...It was a curse-'I'm still alive.'" The audience's response to the song is what has brought about the change in meaning for Vedder. He added, "They lifted the curse. The audience changed the meaning for me."So, yes, the song was about death and rape... There is another quote I can't find. One where Eddie talked about how the meaning has changed for him over the years. Instead of [I'm paraphrasing here] coming from a victim place, it's become, for some people, a survivor's anthem. That's what this song has been to me - a survivor's anthem! And that's what music is - subjective to the listener!
Vedder says he had a trilogy in mind, never went thru with #2, #3, only ●Song l} Alive~1▪the father thing's true ( in reality, real Dad visited a few times. EV met him, @ the time was told it was a family friend) When he died (had MS) Mom told him truth 2▪ mom begins sexuality abusing boy ●Song ll} ??title?? 1▪Incestuous relationship causes mental/emotional instability in boy(duh! No shit! Lol) 2▪ As it continues boy becomes increasingly disturbed, begins fantasizing twisted, violent sex . 3▪Boy has psychotic break, commits matricide (murders mom) ● lll} ?title? 1▪ The boy tries to let past go, but fails. 2▪He becomes a sick & sadistic, extreemly violent serial killer. ( Matricide may be first part of song #3.) ■ Hell, I wish I'd never known a young, teen boy was talking about his Mom in 'Alive' lyrics! ■ EVs an artist. Its kinda interesting, wondering how/where he'd go with that plot. But, damn, it's pretty sick. Song was 1st inspired by the dad issue, I wonder how it evolved as it did into the mom thing. Pretty sick. Why did his mind go there to begin with? Shivers...
He does Strongly!! resemble his bio Father. Spitting image, Very rarely do you see a parent/child that alike. Had EV been older when bio dad visited he may have guessed, they look that much alike. PS Dad was hot. Duh, again.
I am 64 years old, and just now really studying Pearl Jam. I have to say, when you consider their amazing music, Vedder's unique and soulful voice, and the absolute relevance of the lyrics to songs such as Alive, Betterman, Even Flow, Jeremy, and Black...then you know they are historical icons, and musical geniuses.
this song is so clean man idk and it is very interesting how most people see the lyrics in an uplifting way, especially the chorus, yet the real meaning is very dark. the lead singer obviously talked about how he felt the song was a curse and when he started seeing people jump around and singing the chorus almost like a celebration he felt that the curse was lifted. the song is about his own experience of finding out his 'father' was actually his stepfather and his real father had died. this to me is the beauty of a well written song: people can interpret it however they like and it even helps them get through rough stretches in life
Pearl Jam lyrics like this or Yellow Ledbetter are always so insanely deep that you have to read up on them to find out the whole story. That's what a good song is.
Since I've always had top marks at lyric's interpretation here's my take: Mother: "Your real daddy was dying _I never told you before because I don't care about you, but you have no right to complain, because_ you're still alive." Him: "Do I deserve to be? Is that the question? _at this point I really don't care whether I'm dead or alive._ who answers, who answers? _I don't know how to deal with it_ [then in an angry voice] I'm still alive _I know I'm going to carry this with me, but I will survive_ And let's be honest: Eddie Vedder himself should have realized that his angry 'I'm alive' made this a survivor anthem. I was worried about the physical abuse part though, that was back in 1992/93 when the story about the song wasn't yet out. But since Pearl Jam wrote a lot of songs about other people's stories I assumed this song was about someone else, turns out I was partly right.
This song helps me trough some nasty shit at the moment. I lost my best girlfriend, she’s not dead, but she has become someone that I can’t recognize anymore. She has really hurt me, more than anyone ever before and now this song helps me to feel alive again. Thank you Eddie, thank you Pearl Jam. May Rock bless you all
This song resonates with me on a different level.. After dealing with Stockholm syndrome and an extremely abusive relationship with my children's mother and I'm a stronger man a stronger human in general. Anytime I feel down I play this song and cry and thank God,. Myself, and this song for getting me through and that I didn't take my own life because of her. Thank you pearl jam for this wonderful song!
@@loveworksnoevil his idea of a good god is one who does not allow the monstrosity that happens in our world to go on. Too much violence and rape of innocense. Look an abused, starving child in the face and tell them "God is good" 🙄 God is something to believe in when theres no answers to questions you fear.
I never knew who my Father was. Nor will I ever. But this song carries me through some rough ones. Thank you Eddie and the Jam. You all are unique, talents with soul shine. God bless.
Don't sweat, hoss !! Mine passed away two weeks ago and I hadn't spoken to him for TWELVE YEARS prior to his passing...he was a JERK 🤣
Whoever raised you is who your pappy is
Same here 😘
5 years sober from heroin. Today I am employed and insured. This song makes me grateful I changed my life around before it was too late, and gives me hope for those that haven't chosen the same path yet. I have 8 friends/loved ones that I was on a day to day speaking basis for a while at one point in my life with, that have died from drugs.
gz, sober from heroin and cocain for 20 years, just because i did'nt have a chance to buy it...still in the addiction (pyschologic), it's ruining my life (the desire to "feel" something") Congrats to u
I may not know you, but I'm proud of your continuous victory over addiction. I hope you always know that someone believes you deserve freedom from it. Be safe and take care
you are amazing its hard to get clean for this amount of time
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You are a survivor!! You’re telling your story, unlike so many of those who’ve lost their battle with addiction. You got this🙌🏽
Im alive!!! I was paralyzed and was wheelchair bound a year ago this December ( due to 6 cysts putting pressure on my spinal cord) my surgeon was told that it was too risky of a surgery and not to do it!!! But he was willing to take the chance, if iwas willing to go through with it and if course I said, YES! Not knowing what the outcome would be but when I woke up after a 14 hour surgery ( honestly, 14 hour's) with three weeks of intense physical therapy i am walking, and using my hands again!!! And able to be a wife , and a mother to my autistic son! This song gives me strength 🙏 Thank-you, I'm alive!!thankyou Dr.Vivas, my family and Pearl Jam, , you got me through it all💖
wow! what a journey! SO happy for you! All my love to you!
felicidades de corazón
What a great song for anyone who has gone through bad times but came out smiling.
Jap.
It's not a happy song and it's a true story that Eddie was not told who his real Father was until after he was dead and he has to live with that trauma.
Amen
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@@annalisavajda252 wow I've listened to this song hundreds of times over the last 25yrs and never once heard that lyric until now lol unreal
One of the best outros ever in a rock song
For sure
Celebrated 5 years of sobriety back in September. Addiction led me down a dark road. Issues with family,work, friends,money, and homelessness. I took a huge leap of faith and asked for help. Now I'm sober,madly in love, have had stable housing, etc. It's been tough,but i wouldn't change a thing. Now I love me again and I can look myself in the mirror and smile.
Good luck on your continued sobriety.
@brianaugello3724 thank you very much. It means more than you know ❤️
Hello, how are you doing? It’s nice meeting you here. Thanks for your love and support 🌺You have yourself a wonderful day ahead 🌺🌺❤️🤘🏻
Awesome!!!! 😊
You’re awesome! My hero!🎉
I'm still digging pearl jam at 68 I'm still alive luv rock music
69 Oh I am still alive ahhh 69 Sometimes feel 79 due to sometimes at 19 acted too fine
I'm 75 and love PJ 😂❤
Ditto. 68
Can we bring this back ?this feeling? This music?this vibe,the world needs more of this...
It’s called nostalgia.. even if they brought this type of music back. It won’t be the same
So cool m😊
The memories attached to this soundtrack- priceless!
Those tingles when you hear you personal soundtrack play 🎉
yes it does all the music that out now SUCKS
🫶
June 2019 diagnosed with 2 leukemia, Oct 2019 bone marrow transplant, Oct 2020 1 yr post transplant, Currently 15 months post transplant
cool
I'm glad you're still alive stranger
How are you know? ❤
@@barnydrunk approaching my 5 year remission, Oct 4th.
Keep fighting the fight!!!😊
LYRICS IF YOU WANNA KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON :)
Son, she said
Have I got a little story for you
What you thought was your daddy
Was nothin' but a
While you were sittin'
Home alone at age thirteen
Your real daddy was dyin'
Sorry you didn't see him
But I'm glad we talked
Oh, I, oh, I'm still alive
Hey, I, oh, I'm still alive
Hey, I, oh, I'm still alive, hey, oh
While she walks slowly
Across a young man's room
She said I'm ready, for you
Why I can't remember anything
To this very day
'Cept the look, the look
Oh, you know where
Now I can't see, I just stare
I, I'm still alive
Hey, I, oh, I'm still alive
Hey, I, oh, I'm still alive
Hey, I, oh, I'm still alive, yeah
Is something wrong?
She said
Of course there is
You're still alive
She said
Oh, do I deserve to be?
Is that the question?
And if so, if so
Who answers?
Who answers?
I, oh, I'm still alive
Hey, I, oh, I'm still alive
Hey, I, oh, I'm still alive
Hey, I
Oh, I'm still alive
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh, yeah oh, ooh oh, yeah, oh
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Thanks, I had no ideia of what the hell he is saying here.
@@rustcohle9267 it's a song about a mother raping her son because he looks like his dead father. It's part of a 3 son story about a serial killer.
@@gaodargon i think eddie said in an interview that the public changed it for me.
Bruh. I'm sorry but, how TF 🤣 🧐⚽ two balls in one goal but 1 of us is definitely not seeing 240 while the other is definitely on some throwed off hems 🤣 how did you end up making this comment dude.
ii
After being attacked at 19. A emotionally and verbal abusive marriage of 30 years, surviving breast cancer, 2 fractured vertebrae and losing my life savings. I'm still Alive because of you Eddie and Pearl Jam. Thankyou 🖐💗🇦🇺
Bless your heart Jennifer, you keep moving forward lady! Keep that chin up!
@@tabbymoonshine5986 thankyou 💖 I will do just that, but some days well. We will forget about them 😶
@@jenniferjackson7364 you got this! One day at a time babe ✨
Your a hero Jenny !
Awe sounds tough I bet you have ptsd too right? Quit you’re crying, you’re not dying. I’m assuming you’ve never watched a friend get shot in the eye or get his leg blown up? So quit whining.
The first time I heard this song, is when I finally felt as if I’d found an identity. Music is powerful and stays with you forever.
I used to know a guy in college who was a huge Pearl Jam fan. We used to have a lot of petty arguments and banter as I was really into Nirvana. We became quite close and had a lot fun times together. Eventually drifted apart due to various reasons. A few years after we graduated, he killed himself. He had so much to live for and yet one night decided to end it all, for reasons only known to him.
I have never been a Pearl Jam fan but I come back to this one every now and then to keep my memory of him alive. It was one of his favourites - along with Rearview Mirror. I hope he's found peace.
😥
Your still alive
💔
❣️❤️💕💖
Stay Strong
March Forward Head High
His demons are no longer tormenting him, he found his peace.
😔
Remember the good memories and stay strong!
All the good people need help some get it some dont . May your friend rest in peace.
My mom still idolizing Eddie until now and introducing them since I was kid. She always said Pearl Jam was the best part of her youth days.
I'm a African American female who still say that the 1990's decade was the last of the best as far as music is concerned. I enjoyed these cats back then in the 90's and at 60 something today, I am still rocking with these guys today.
Music has no color in my household as long as it sounds good!
Well said lady ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤
I'm a 29 year old white guy and I appreciate you! Unity! 😁
Have you listened to Boney M? try them...
I'm there with you too. Best underrated group 🤗
@@alecleo3434 Thank you Sweetheart!
I was 19 when my Dad died. My little sister never knew him. This song hits hard. God I miss that Man! Love you with all my heart Lonnie Ray!
Very sorry for your lose, such songs help us to stay connected to what we lost
This song save me in a Dtox from heroin, when I feel i was dying and barekycan walk, move or breathe...when i listen , my spirit had an uplift and my body became strong to fight adicction
@serenidadeable keep fighting! Its worth it in the end 😊
@@serenidadeable Keep up the fight! We are pulling for you & Proud of you! My Dad was addicted, my Father in Law was to & I tried to help him see. I lost my Dad but I hoped we would not lose my Father in Law to. I tried to talk to him but didn't work. He got Mad and we lost him anyway. My boys have no grandfathers, they were little when he died and close to him. His grandkids born since his death lost out & he lost out because he refused help. He didn't have a problem according to him but he was so wonderful when he was sober. The past is gone, we can't change mistakes we made then but we can make a better tomorrow. I don't know you but I feel Love for you and I know your path will get brighter and brighter! I have had friends who died from heroin & I miss them more than words can say. Good Luck my Friend! You are welcome to reach out if you need a hand. :)
This songs hits different when you realize that Eddie is the only lead singer of the big 4 of grunge that is still alive.
@Process Damaged haha
The Big 4 of Grunge?
@@bobfg3130 pearl jam, aic, nirvana, soundgarden
@@bobfg3130 yeah just like there's a big four of thrash metal there's a big four of grunge Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, and lastly but not least Pearl Jam.
What about STP?
Just celebrated 14 yrs clean and sober. So greatful to be alive! Almost didn’t make it a few times. I’m still alive !
Respect to you.. Keep it strong!! Greetings from Amsterdam
noiceee
respect!!!
Good on you! Theres so much to enjoy in life.
Great show,keep going strong
So glad Eddie's fans helped him lift the curse that he thought had been put on him after singing this song. This song has become a positive anthem for so many of his fans including me. If you listen to the words you can hear that Eddie has put his soul on the line. Thank Eddie Vedder. You deserve happiness too 😍
What an Perfect face and voice to go with it singing the best Pearl Jam song. No wonder I fell in love with Eddie Vedder after seeing him perform at this concert. I wonder if he kept that shirt. Really suited him. 👏👏😀😀
And including him. He said tha his fans made from this song about pain a song about victory.
@eddievedder1919 Lil bro you are not HIM 😭🙏
Sorry for replying to such an old post but what do you mean by the curse & fans helping him lift it? x
@@hannahmitchell87 This song is about him beeing told by his mother that his real father is dead, and the man he thought was his father was just a random guy she met after his father. So he's kinda bitter against his mother in this song. So I'll guess he felt that was like a curse to make a popular song about his bad mother.
This song, and Eddie, changed my life. I am forever grateful for Pearl Jam. I was a lost teen when this came out and it gave me the fuel to persevere. I'm still here when I had just about given up. Thank you guys. Still haven't seen you live, but that's okay. You saved me decades ago. Forever grateful.
Never give up! Keep moving forward! it will be worth in the end!😊
Eddie Vedder man. What a voice. What a performer. What a handsome stud. If only I could have truly experienced the 90’s as a teenager or in my 20’s.
I was a little late for this era- born in '82. There was some incredible music throughout the 90s,but most of it came in the first half.
Eddie got up on stage with my band in 95 and did two songs with us. We spoke afterwards. He was a very kind generous soul. The crowd went absolutely nuts on Maui that night. The 90s were awesome. We played Why Go Home and Glorified G. Just awesome.
I was born in ‘71. You’re right. The soundtrack to my late teens, early 20’s had incredible power and emotion. You never stumble upon the music these days, you have to go looking for it, but when you do there is a flood of emotions; all the drinking, smoking, surfing, fucking and fighting. And memories of those who are no longer here to reminisce.
@@sallyjoyce8690 yeah I’m jealous man lol
It was great times music and cars were the best the clothes a bit naff though😂
Back when awesome music was everywhere. Fuck, I miss the '90s.
trygvesmor ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
It was better in the 80’s.
christhetramp in my opinion 90’s has the best music
The best decade in music=whatever decade your adolescent years were
70s-90s god era for music, pisses me off I was born in 2004
This is a message of hope for all who have survived, and are still going through abuse
Kkkkk
Turned 51 this year and never thought I'd make it here especially doing the most amount of damage to myself with drugs and drink but had a accident in 2003 that changed my life. At least when my folks passed away i had been clean for years and was the son i should of been. I'll never regret changing . Be strong and safe all . Never give up ever. Live life
🫶
Thank you!❤
Thank you for sharing your experience strength and hope.
. YES! I GET IT! Sounds like you've been through alot! Just keep it together, it's really worth it in the end 😊( ive been there too)
This takes me back to my school days in 1992. Without a doubt, one of the best rock songs ever made. A true masterpiece.
Made it through my addiction to heroin/alcohol/cocaine. I love that everyone is posting their stories like this! Feels good. Power to the people. People need to understand each other a little more. It's harder to hate when you understand
Keep it going on the straight and narrow rock on x
NO one deseves any hate just because being addicted to anything......escape in whatever form you´ll find it, heartbreaking but OH so true...
I don't know you but I am so fucking proud of you ♡
hope you're better now :)
🙏🏾
Vedder has the best vocals I have ever heard 🤘🏻
God my sister LOVED the first verse of this song. Funny what things you forget after you lose someone
Hello, how are you doing? It’s nice meeting you here. Thanks for your love and support 🌺You have yourself a wonderful day ahead 🌺🌺❤️🤘🏻
The irony that Eddie is the only grunge singer from the big five that is still alive
Guess momma kept him alive.
What about .......
@@shawnmack11 it was grandma sending a lot of jam
it's not a song it's a prayer
courtney love too
Just lost my dad today at the age of 55, this was his favourite since I was a little kid. I will keep you alive!
Rest in power dad! I’m gonna miss you
edit: We played it at his funeral..
4:00 till 4:55 played while they caried him outside. felt like it was his last air guitar solo..
never gonna forget that
Terribly sad, my condolences. He had a great taste in music, that's for sure.
@@DavySuicide thank you so much
Sorry for your loss
I'm truly sorry for your loss, yes keep him alive and he had great taste in music. Great song! ❤️
Stay strong bruh❤ sending love to you
One of the best songs ever written.
Went and still going through trauma,anxiety & depression... almost gave up.. but I'm still alive!
Well done..keep going-gets better as we push through the fire!!!!
Learn the guitar. It will bring you peace and happiness.
@SixStringRacer haha yes i currently am learning for 8 months now!
@@MrBlessed70 ❤️❤️❤️
1993. I'm 10 years old, and I'm just getting home from school one spring afternoon. My mom's younger sister, my Aunt Diane is sitting in the living room, and I'm a bundle of joy in seeing my aunt in the first place but low & behold she brought with her something special.
She'd gone to Music Plus+ when I was in school, and came back with a brand new copy of Pearl Jam's debut _Ten_. I tore open the packaging, popped the CD into the stereo, and was taken away to a better world with the first riff from *this* very song.
That's possibly one of the happiest memories of my life.
In 1997, I lost my mother to cancer when I was only 15...my aunt hasn't spoken to me since I was 23 because of a falling out over my leaving the church of Jehovah's Witnesses. That was a decade ago.
*Fuck I love this song. It fills me with life, and with hope.*
You're old nigga
No baby - You read close on - All that looks, As A and Twins and On pre mature born
Before you Pull the " WHAT DO YOU GOT" WE HAVE IT"
What a bunch'a asshat comments in reply to this guy sharing personal stuff "publicly". Only a complete jackass would say some of the shit that has been said to this guy. Goddamn disrespectful foreigners.
Vick Valoure Bunch of fucking Communists.
F*ck socialists. That's for sure.
Thank God you're still alive ❣️
🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘💖💖💖
🙏 🤘
Love this Song❤
If I could choose only 1 song to listen to the rest of my life, this is it. This carried me through some tough times in the 90s and I am still here. Absolutely my favorite song! Thank you guys!
Standing head up high, smile on your face and prepared to listen, learn and mentor. Proud of you, fellow American.
After the losses of all the great grunge frontmen (Andrew, Kurt, Layne, Scott, Chris), please don't leave us Eddie. I hope you live a long life and make the most of what you can, while you can.
AMEN TO THAT!! LONG LIVE EDDIE VEDDER AND PEARL JAM!! 😊💓🤘✌️
Holy shit,cool.
Adding Mark Lanegan to that list and an honorable mention for Dolores O'Riordan no longer being here (Zombie counts as grunge in my mind)
@@300ZXNA of course!! 😊💓🤘✌️RIP Mark Lanegan and Dolores
Oh, he, ohhhh, he’s still alive
This dude. His voice, his manurisms while singing, his LOVE for the music he's singing! Feeling! Breathing! Fucking god! Just let's it all come out so fucking good!!!!
Amen. God.
Quite agree
Since this song came out. I listen to it every birthday to make sure I'm still alive. Hell 65 and still rock-in
Keep on rocking my man! 💪❤️
@@derdrittepenner where are you
Rock on Bill. This keeps you young.
Get it Grandpa 😮💨🤟🏼✨
Happy birthday
Released 30 years ago!!! And it still sounds amazing!!!
Ugh I feel old…
Rock on!!!! 🤘🏽😎
Damn that MAKES me old... 😟
BUT, 🎶 I'm still alive...🎶
and surely it'll always sound amazing!!
Twice on deaths door wasnt my time as the greatest said to me! Been clean and sober 19 years. I play this song everymorning when i awaken and go to sleep! Life is precious people! God bless!!
Thats crazy!!! I too was at death's door, twice ( complication from surgery and a broken neck from a car accident! So glad that we are all still alive! When im feeling a bit down I just play this song and I can make it through another day! Thank-you!
Keep up the good work!
greatest pearl jam song ever! absolutely fucking poetry and besides Alice in chains, pearl jam is the best grunge band of all time. hands down. eddie vedder was so gorgeous in this video
I just started getting into Pearl Jam. Could you tell me which songs by them are your favorites? :)
+Abelinda Morte alive, even flow, Jeremy, ocean, why go, black, yellow ledbetter, dissident, better man there are just so many. I love them
NaturalHairology101 Thanks so much!
Abelinda Morte you're so welcome!
+Morte Faery Immortality. State of Love & Trust. Black. Jeremy. Garden of Stone.... Whole"Ten" -album.
ive had severe depression since i was a kid and now im 40, yet i force myself out of bed everyday and i have a full time job, i dont know how ive done it, i wanna give up every day but great music like this keeps me going somehow
Same here my friend.. ive a family good job own house etc.. but the depression still comes over me.. hold on in there as now and then the dark days give over to a few fantastic days..
You don't know how much I identify with, and relate to, this comment of yours
@@shruggzdastr8-facedclown ive had depression since i was a kid .. never knew it was depression until i was old enough to understand.. im knocking on 50 nowdays and i have days when i feel fantastic .. really really high on life.. but then i get my black dog days.. the days(dont want to get of bed or talk to anyone). i feel like whats the point of all this everyday life stuff.. its absolutely mental why i get so bloody doom laden.. ive got a fantastic life .. family good job etc.. im probably autistic or something like that.. ive always been different to other people.. but i am what i am.. cant change how im made really.. just keep on keeping on..
@@shruggzdastr8-facedclown i drove cab 12 hrs a day every day, its a living, ive done it for over 20 yrs with severe depression i just force myself to get up brush my teeth and go, i dont even think about it, im like a robot or drone at this stage, just alarm, get up, wash dress and leave even if its cold or hot outside, otherwise i would just rott in bed all day and probably never leave the house unless i got sick, id just get everything delivered and pay bills online
Same
Eddie Vedder's all we got left of 90s Grunge. We gotta protect him!!
One of the best song on Ten
Yeah dude , It should be up haha. Where u from ?
Wow ! So far away, I´m from Argentina (located in South America). Greetings from here rocker bro !
***** Here rocking in Spain! Long Live Rock!!!
Rockin' in Scotland!
Here in California rocken all the way
When this song came out, I was going through a difficult time coming to terms with having an physically, mentally and emotionally abusive father, and a mother that did not show much love and affection. I remember listening to this over and over again with my headphones on full volume, and it was the first song ever in my life that I felt so connected to. I guess you can put your own interpretation to it! Possibly the most emotionally intense song ever and the guitar at the end is unbelievably intense. Thank god for music!
Mat hope you are in a better place now. I hope you know God loves you so and he loves you to the ultimate even if your parents showed no love. GOd bless and all the best.
💙💙💙
I hope you are better bloke.
Perfeito!👏
Can truly relate - same here, dysfucktional family's abuse on almost all levels.... still recovering... then my best friend committed suicide (she too from a dysfunctional family) --- yes, the raw realistic emoting from this song speaks volumes for me.
Can you imagine a radio station in 1991 ?
Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Alice in Chains, Guns´n Roses, Metallica...
i cant bro!
Yeah,i lived it
Many rock stations still play all these songs. After all these years
@@jposensei Yep, but with new songs?
Good times! Grunge was making music about how the world is shit and it sucks but you weren't alone, you could relate to the music
Got a call from work 10 years ago to go check on my dad who I last saw a few weeks prior on Christmas Day. This song came on as I drove to his house. Sadly he had passed. This song hits me so hard and means so much. My dad lives on in me, in his granddaughter and all those he touched. I used to go to his house as a teen and jam to grunge and lift weights because he let me be me. Vietnam Vet, buried in Arlington. RIP dad as I try to honor your by living.
This song is keeping me alive, been through some shitty dark times, but this band is helping me.
Try some zeppelin as well
@@davidfreeme7989 try some Iron Maiden 👌
try some gustavo cerati
Pearl jam 🤝 Cerati
@@juanignacioromero7427 no hay con qué darle a cerati!! también me salvó de muchas!
As many times as I've heard this, I will never get tired of it.
One of the best tracks ever recorded. Whole album was genius
RIP Andy Wood 1966-1990
RIP Kurt Cobain 1967-1994
RIP Shannon Hoon 1967-1995
RIP Layne Staley 1967-2002
RIP Scott Weiland 1967-2015
RIP Chris Cornell 1964-2017
RIP Mark Lanegan 1964-2022
Protect Eddie Vedder at all cost!!!
And Mark arm and Buzz. Also, include Shawn from Brad on that list.
@@joshuaporterfield6774 Shawn Smith died in 2019... too late now to protect him
I feel so lucky to have lived as a teenager through the 90s grunge era.
Right there with you.
reuscmar your so lucky im 14 and rap is getting annoying asf
@@mrbeast788 I know, it's really sad. But there's still some new good stuff coming out, you just have to listen for it. When I was a teen, sure, we had grunge, but the whole techno wave just made me feel like I was born in the wrong time. I would have loved to be 20 at Woodstock in the 1960ies! Now, I look back and think that the 1990ies were pretty dope too. So you see, all is not lost, there's hope. ;-)
Me too! I grew up right outside of Seattle it was a short drive to all of the best shows! Good good times 😎
🤙🏻🤙🏻
A great time to be alive!!! This song is about when Eddie was told that the man he'd believed to be his father was in fact not. 1991 was an awesome year!!!!
I just found that out because I am watching the documentary Always thought it was now i know
1991 was still a great year.....
That's your opinion,dude!! I loved Pearl Jam & listened to it then. It was awesome......
Yup. Read Five Against One.
Well not for eddie...
I've always comeback to this song, whenever im feeling down or even want to end everything.hearing the lyrics help's me to get me back on reality again.Thank You Pearl Jam
GG
this song is like theray to alot of people me included... seriously something strange about this song and something special about Pearl Jam songs and Eddie Vedder...
but it's about doing your own mom though...
@@OM-xv3iy ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
What did she want from the young man ?
I love all the emotions that Eddie puts into each song!ll...its BEAUTIFUL!!!
This song , this band , its still fresh and alive for along time to come.
This track is actually based around Vedder learning as a teenager that the man he thought was his father was actually his stepfather, and that his biological father was dead. “He’s still dealing with love, he’s still dealing with the death of his father. All he knows is ‘I’m still alive’ … That’s totally out of burden,” Vedder once explained to Rolling Stone.
Six months ago my dad died, as I was going through his books I found an old school book covered in lyrics and drawings from pearl jam and the levellers, its a nice insight to his mind from when he was my age.
They remain one of the iconic bands of all time I know why your dad loved them as I did too may your dad Rest In Peace mate
Your Dad had great taste. Levellers are also a great band, not sure what impact they had over the pond.
Your dad rocked
rip xx
Nice legacy...
I think this song resonates with all of us who have been in those very dark places and found the courage and the strength to make back from those places and the things responsible for us being there. Best of luck to all who have been there and decided not to stay. Be safe all.
This song always gives me a boost of energy and hope. Lyrics deeply affect me... a great song with a great sound!
All these years later, Pearl Jam is still one of my most favorite bands and I find new emotions and jewels in your songs every time I listen to them!! Thank you!!
1:21 .. less than 2 minutes into Pearl Jam and Chill and he gives you this look
😂😂😂👌👌
Oh my god.-
+Jimmy Johnson no need for you to make fun of him for making a joke love.Calm down.
LOL! 🤣
lol
This has been an iconic song for Pearl Jam in so many different ways over the years..
Many fellow musicians & friends of theirs are dead now. Literally.
Pearl Jam (& every member) is still alive.
And I thank God for it!
The guitar solo is absolutely amazing.
The drumming during that solo was fire too
Look up comfortably numb live in Pompeii, it’s the most beautiful solo of all time
For me, it is one of the most underrated solos of all time. It's absolutely amazing and when i listen it I become happy and energic. Mike mccready is my favourite guitarrist
Thank Ace Frehley from Kiss! Look it up. The song She.
Leo Hodapp and he took it from Robbie Krieger-Five to One...I’ve read that story
Thank You God for saving me not only my life on many occasions but saving my soul that one time so I can live forever amen
Amen
It's not a song, it's an anthem for all 90s kids.
couldn't agree more
+Thamires Malheiros Guimarães its my anthem and I was born in 2001. To be honest it's really helped me get through my freshman year of high school, because I started getting in to grunge music at the end of 8th grade and I'm so glad I did because life hit me like a train and music is such a staple for me now.
+Thamires Malheiros Guimarães
fuck yes!
+Thamires Malheiros Guimarães or the cool kids in the 21s centery who still like this kind of music ( Im one of them)
Yes because nothing says the anthem of a generation like a song about incest and molestation right?
I love how this song has different meanings for everyone. For me personally it reminds me of my own Childhood Trauma and Abandonment, my PTSD, putting my own life on the line and facing death head on in service of the community. Later in life my depression and Suicide attempt… yet I overcame it all and well I’m Still alive. Very much a song of introspection for me.
In 2020 lost my job and health care. Had 3 eye surgeries and lost complete vision in one eye for a while. Just getting over a really bad case of covid and this song has been replaying in my in my head the past week. I'm alive
Infinite power of music and engagement of the musicians. I' m so gratefull for what they give us.
I've had cancer now for 15 years and I'm still fighting. But I'm still Alive
🫶
Heiva
Mevtin
Ass meds for kids
Your welcome brother stay alive happy and healthy
Hell yeah!
Sending prayers that you beat it 🙏
You’re healed by the stripes of Jesus. Our healing comes from within!!!
One of the best songs ever!
Yeah, here a like
One of the most iconic songs of the 90’s. All these years later, still listening, still love it ❤😊
I concur...see my post above!
Keep coming back to this band, over and over, these guys just get me every time. They are the classic that never dies.
I sing this song in my head, after a ridiculous shift at work. Love Eddie! So much emotion in every one of his songs and performances.
Hello, how are you doing? it’s nice seeing you here.
I've discovered pearl jam today and this song hits me In a way that is hard to express, I attempted to take my life not to long ago and this song took me back to that vary moment and brought tears to my eyes thank the gods I didn't take my life that night, I'm still alive
I'm glad you decided to stick around. 🙂
@@pmbluemoon thank you
@@Mickey_Silver ✌ Been there.
I'm doing the same thing as well
@@Mickey_Silverthanked goodness your still alive, I definitely feel you been there done that! Pearl Jam has saved my life a few times and still to this day!! 😊💓🤘✌️
I was a senior in high school when I walked in Record Bar and they were playing Ten over the store's speakers, I ended up buying the cd that day and the memories that I made with that album are some of the best memories in my life! Ty PJ for being there.
This is a very strong voice. Like life itself.
Hello, how are you doing? It’s nice meeting you here. Thanks for your love and support 🌺You have yourself a wonderful day ahead ❤️❤️🌺🌺🤘🏻
91 was a great year for music thinking about it
+Martijn Kemperman so was 91-96
Pantera were around that time. Good stuff
+Martijn Kemperman what about 2015 with Lil Wayne, Justin Bieber, John Cena and Jack Sparrow ?
Ten, badmotorfinger and nevermind. A good year for Seattle.
+Poo Poo And blood sugar sex magik ! I know it's not from seattle
Even after everything, Im still Alive ❤️🔥
Hello, how are you doing? It’s nice meeting you here. Thanks for your love and support 🌺You have yourself a wonderful day ahead 🌺🌺❤️🤘🏻
I should have died last year...bipolar women live until 67..still alive and crazy
Heard a lot of Pearl Jam growing up, at one point they were severally over exposed but even the band themselves slowed down and that was a smart move. When your a kid hearing this you love the melody but don’t really understand the depth of the songs yet. Than your in your 30s and so much shit has happened to
You and around you that you scream this song at the top of your lungs. It’s like you understand it in a whole new way. Pearl Jam is just one of those bands that just hits you different. They are great story tellers and the emotion is poetic and thought provoking. You feel everything when you hear their songs. They have substance and depth. That is really hard to find in most rock bands. I’m so glad I have a plethora of bands to listen to come back to earth. So many good ones in the 80s and 90s. I don’t know what it is about those decades but it’s like God himself was there telling us some tragic, horrific, beautiful, inspiring and magical things that are hard times ever forget.
I'm not from the time of their peak, but after finding about them, I can't go back. This here is one of my favorite songs ever.
This song still hits you straight to your heart and to your soul with those amazing lyrics makes you feeling alive...!!!!!!!
Yeah yah fucking right..!!!
Undeniably one of the most orgasmic musically voices about...Beautiful.
All the hell going through growing up to now in 2024.
This song brings me through!! Thank you Eddie and Pearl Jam!!
this song should have a billion hits at least
The Best grunge band ever...
"Alive"
Son, she said, have I got a little story for you
What you thought was your daddy was nothin' but a
While you were sittin' home alone at age thirteen
Your real daddy was dyin', sorry you didn't see him
but I'm glad we talked
Oh I, oh, I'm still alive
Hey, I, I, oh, I'm still alive
Hey I, oh, I'm still alive
Hey...oh
Oh, she walks slowly, across a young man's room
She said I'm ready...for you
I can't remember anything to this very day
'Cept the look, the look
Oh, you know where, now I can't see, I just stare
I, I'm still alive
Hey I, but, I'm still alive
Hey I, boy, I'm still alive
Hey I, I, I, I'm still alive, yeah
Ooh yeah...yeah yeah yeah...oh...oh
Is something wrong, she said
Well of course there is
You're still alive, she said
Oh, and do I deserve to be
Is that the question?
And if so...if so...who answers...who answers
I, oh, I'm still alive
Hey I, oh, I'm still alive
Hey I, but, I'm still alive
Yeah I, ooh, I'm still alive
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
These lyrics are dark as hell dude, what the fuck.
I see a lot of ppl post these lyrics, the line "cept the look, the look" is incorrect.. he says "cept blood, blood oh, you know where, now I can't see, I just stare"
💕💕💞💞💞 obrigada
@@XxBlackPathxX Nah it's definitely the look.
"This verse is fictional and not based on Vedder’s personal experience. In a 1993 interview with Rolling Stone, Vedder revealed that she refers to the mother, and the look is not the look on the mother’s face. As Vedder put it:
The look is between her legs. Where do you go with that? That’s where you came from."
The mother is making a very memorable come on to the son. It is not every day a mother shows her son that look. Further, she is requesting that he penetrate the very birth canal that gave him life.
Vedder elaborates:
It’s an intense thing because the son looks just like the father. The son grows up to be the father, the person that she lost. His father’s dead, and now this confusion, his mother, his love, how does he love her, how does she love him? In fact, the mother, even though she marries somebody else, there’s no one she’s ever loved more than the father. You know how it is, first loves and stuff. And the guy dies. How could you ever get him back? But the son. He looks exactly like him. It’s uncanny. So she wants him. The son is oblivious to it all. He doesn’t know what the fuck is going on. He’s still dealing, he’s still growing up. He’s still dealing with love, he’s still dealing with the death of his father. All he knows is ‘I’m still alive’ - those three words, that’s totally out of burden." "
90s were the best music era in word's music history.
Fue parte mía muy buena
Pero no desprecio a la de los 80
Yes❤
My Pop passed away December 1st of 2022. Listening to this in 2024 has a whole different meaning to me, now. It feels like I’m hearing my dad talking to me, telling me not to worry anymore, that he’s not in pain, and he’s saying “I’m still alive”.
Rest easy, Pops. I miss you every day.
I miss this type of music..
After being treated like shit and pushed around my whole life this song hits the spot
The All Time Top 5 Grunge lead singers.
Kurt Cobain, Nirvana - 1967-1994
Layne Staley, Alice In Chains - 1967-2002
Scott Weiland, Stone Temple Pilots - 1967-2015
Chris Cornell, Soundgarden - 1964-2017
Eddie Vedder, Pearl Jam - 1964 - Still Alive!
Grunge was the Last Great Hurrah of Rock n' Roll!
PackTails they all have the same year of birth mostly
PackTails stp isnt grunge though
Its sad bc the foo fighters are the only real rock band left
Wes Scantlin should be in that list.
you don't like metal?
Treat everyday as it may be your last.
This song just took on more meaning. Who would have thought after this song came out that in 2017 Eddie would be the only one "still alive'. RIP Chris, Scott, Layne and Kurt
*I'm Playing This On My Birthday Today To Give A Sign To Everyone That I'm Still Alive :)*
Happy belated birthday 🎉
happy birthday! I also!
There seems to be some debate about the meaning of this song... The meaning of Alive, from Eddie Vedder:
" 'Alive' tells the story of a young man discovering that the man he thought was his father is actually his stepfather, while his mother's grief leads to an incestuous relationship with the son, who strongly resembles the biological father. " "Alive" has been revealed by Vedder to be part autobiographical and part fiction. When Vedder was a teenager, his mother revealed to him that the man he thought was his father was actually his stepfather, and that his biological father was dead. The first and last verses detail those actual events, but the second verse is storytelling on Vedder's part. The lyrics of the second verse read, "Oh, she walks slowly, across a young man's room/She said I'm ready...for you/I can't remember anything to this very day/'Cept the look, the look.../Oh, you know where, now I can't see, I just stare...," and Vedder revealed that "she" was the mother, and "the look" referred to was not the look on her face, but "the look is between her legs. Where do you go with that? That's where you came from." Rather than being the inspirational song most interpret it as, Vedder had quite a different meaning in mind, stating, "[He's] still dealing with love, [he's] still dealing with the death of [his] father. All [he] knows is 'I'm still alive'...that's totally out of burden." Vedder stated at Pearl Jam's 2006 VH1 Storytellers appearance that over the years the meaning has changed for him. He said, "In the original story, a teenager is being made aware of a shocking truth that leaves him plenty confused...It was a curse-'I'm still alive.'" The audience's response to the song is what has brought about the change in meaning for Vedder. He added, "They lifted the curse. The audience changed the meaning for me."So, yes, the song was about death and rape... There is another quote I can't find. One where Eddie talked about how the meaning has changed for him over the years. Instead of [I'm paraphrasing here] coming from a victim place, it's become, for some people, a survivor's anthem.
That's what this song has been to me - a survivor's anthem! And that's what music is - subjective to the listener!
Vedder says he had a trilogy in mind, never went thru with #2, #3, only ●Song l} Alive~1▪the father thing's true ( in reality, real Dad visited a few times. EV met him, @ the time was told it was a family friend) When he died (had MS) Mom told him truth 2▪ mom begins sexuality abusing boy ●Song ll} ??title?? 1▪Incestuous relationship causes mental/emotional instability in boy(duh! No shit! Lol) 2▪ As it continues boy becomes increasingly disturbed, begins fantasizing twisted, violent sex . 3▪Boy has psychotic break, commits matricide (murders mom) ● lll} ?title? 1▪ The boy tries to let past go, but fails. 2▪He becomes a sick & sadistic, extreemly violent serial killer. ( Matricide may be first part of song #3.) ■ Hell, I wish I'd never known a young, teen boy was talking about his Mom in 'Alive' lyrics! ■ EVs an artist. Its kinda interesting, wondering how/where he'd go with that plot. But, damn, it's pretty sick. Song was 1st inspired by the dad issue, I wonder how it evolved as it did into the mom thing. Pretty sick. Why did his mind go there to begin with? Shivers...
He does Strongly!! resemble his bio Father. Spitting image, Very rarely do you see a parent/child that alike. Had EV been older when bio dad visited he may have guessed, they look that much alike. PS Dad was hot. Duh, again.
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Angie Falber,
I am 64 years old, and just now really studying Pearl Jam. I have to say, when you consider their amazing music, Vedder's unique and soulful voice, and the absolute relevance of the lyrics to songs such as Alive, Betterman, Even Flow, Jeremy, and Black...then you know they are historical icons, and musical geniuses.
this song is so clean man idk and it is very interesting how most people see the lyrics in an uplifting way, especially the chorus, yet the real meaning is very dark. the lead singer obviously talked about how he felt the song was a curse and when he started seeing people jump around and singing the chorus almost like a celebration he felt that the curse was lifted. the song is about his own experience of finding out his 'father' was actually his stepfather and his real father had died. this to me is the beauty of a well written song: people can interpret it however they like and it even helps them get through rough stretches in life
Pearl Jam lyrics like this or Yellow Ledbetter are always so insanely deep that you have to read up on them to find out the whole story. That's what a good song is.
@@Black_Caucus 100% agree. same reason why i like ' one' from metallica
Since I've always had top marks at lyric's interpretation here's my take: Mother: "Your real daddy was dying _I never told you before because I don't care about you, but you have no right to complain, because_ you're still alive." Him: "Do I deserve to be? Is that the question? _at this point I really don't care whether I'm dead or alive._ who answers, who answers? _I don't know how to deal with it_ [then in an angry voice] I'm still alive _I know I'm going to carry this with me, but I will survive_
And let's be honest: Eddie Vedder himself should have realized that his angry 'I'm alive' made this a survivor anthem. I was worried about the physical abuse part though, that was back in 1992/93 when the story about the song wasn't yet out. But since Pearl Jam wrote a lot of songs about other people's stories I assumed this song was about someone else, turns out I was partly right.
This song helps me trough some nasty shit at the moment. I lost my best girlfriend, she’s not dead, but she has become someone that I can’t recognize anymore. She has really hurt me, more than anyone ever before and now this song helps me to feel alive again. Thank you Eddie, thank you Pearl Jam. May Rock bless you all
So sorry, she will regret losing you though.
One year on, I hope you are still being strong out there.
This song resonates with me on a different level.. After dealing with Stockholm syndrome and an extremely abusive relationship with my children's mother and I'm a stronger man a stronger human in general. Anytime I feel down I play this song and cry and thank God,. Myself, and this song for getting me through and that I didn't take my own life because of her. Thank you pearl jam for this wonderful song!
Amen, God is good, Jesus saves
@@loveworksnoevil A good god wouldn't have let that happen in the first place. But pray on.
You'll be rewarded in the AfterLife, that's the promise from the True&Only God.
@@jefo2405 So your idea of a good God is making is robots.
@@loveworksnoevil his idea of a good god is one who does not allow the monstrosity that happens in our world to go on. Too much violence and rape of innocense. Look an abused, starving child in the face and tell them "God is good" 🙄 God is something to believe in when theres no answers to questions you fear.
I can’t show how much I love this song, my God in heaven ❤️🥲