Hi Jessi, Merry Christmas to you and I hope you are enjoying Wyoming!  I finally took the time to listen to your solo episode last night on your top 10 must see live songs.  I hope the guys tour again in 2020 so you can see them live.  It is a life-changing experience, which I can say from my own experience and I'm sure a lot of other fans can say the same.  If they go through Wrigley next year, I hope to make it myself and I hope that I get to see you and Kate there. Once I saw the title of your solo episode, I started thinking about what 10 songs I have not seen live that I would like to.  I also did my best to rank them and am going to include my inspiration for each one.  I'm going to go in reverse order and I apologize in advance for the long email. 10. In My Tree This is a bit of a pipe dream, because i would only want to hear this live with Jack playing (no disrespect to Matt).  I listened to some boots from 1996 and one that stood out was their perfo

Hi Jessi and Kate, Until hearing your discussion on " Sirens ," I hadn't taken the time to really think critically about the lyrics.  My first impression of "Sirens" was lukewarm.  I did initially think "are the guys trying to go adult contemporary?" It took several listens for me to appreciate it.   I had initially interpreted the lyrics to be about trying to convince your loved one to stay and not end the relationship.  I'm sure you can still interpret it in that sense, but as you guys discussed, their can be several other meanings than fear of a break up.  Life is short, and the loss of a loved one can unfortunately be very sudden.  I feared that was going to happen to me a little less than 2 years ago.  After reading back over the lyrics and listening to the song yesterday, this line speaks volumes to me. I pull you close, so much to lose Knowing that nothing lasts forever I've come to appreciate how fortunate I am to

Hi Guys, Here's my Pearl Jam story: My first memorable music experience can be traced back to Wayne’s World.  Remember when McDonalds sold VHS tapes?  That’s how I got my first experience of Bohemian Rhapsody.  While I can’t find a strong link between Queen or Wayne’s World with Pearl Jam (however I can with Temple of the Dog, “All Night Thing” is played through the scene in Benjamin’s loft), I watched and listened to the scene of Wayne, Garth, Terry, Neil and eventually Phil sing and hang bang to an abbreviated version of this song.    I wore it out so much, it drove my mom nuts and prompted her to get me a cassette tape of “Classic Queen.” If you follow this timeline, this would have been after Ten was released.  That’s right I completely missed out on the rise of Pearl Jam.  Not only did I miss out on the days of Ten, but also the rest of the 90’s.  My taste in music was coming to form in middle school and high school.  I did listen to some alternat