When did it start? Why did it start? Is it a plague? Or is it a pleasant little infection that you kind of LIKE having? Should you be scared of me? Probably. But not because of my Stone Facination.
I wish i could pinpoint the exact moment when I left Eddie Vedder Land and entered the magical realm of Stone Gossard lurving. First, a word: I am alone in this. No one on this planet could possibly relate to my feelings for Stone. If you think you can, you're a cockroach. :) That dealt with, my humble attempt at describing the beginnings of this once pre-teen crush. Hmmm...I believe it was a Thursday....
I remember watching Pearl Jam's Unplugged on MTV, wide eyed and innocently swooning over Eddie's voice, words, and pro-choice mentality. I remember thinking "Stone looks sick. Maybe that's why he's wearing slippers and has not smiled once during this show." My friends mother thought he was sexy. I thought my friends mother was out of her mind for not noticing all there was to notice about Eddie. This was way back in....1993 I believe...I didn't actually see the first time Unplugged aired. This was just a re-broadcast.
I think I just began to notice little things about Stone...silly things...the incredible "wah wah" sound his guitar made when he played, how my heart pounded everytime I head the first inklings of Black, one of the many songs he has written, the enchanting way in which he stomped around stage, the way his head jutted like a pigeon when he really got into the music...it was so endearing... The way in the Even Flow video where he starts whipping his head and long hair from side to side his mouth moving in conversation with himself.
I had long respected Eddie, he being the most "vocal" member of the band, I knew his stance on issues better then the rest of them. However when the whole Ticketmaster issue came to head, I was shocked to learn that Stone and Jeff Ament, and not Eddie, were really the ones most concerned and the ones taking serious actions in the steps to lower ticket prices and get huge corporations like Ticketmaster to stop stealing from the pocketbooks of America's youth. Ahh morals... how intelligent he sounded as he gave his deposition to the Supreme Court, a sophisticated yet bumbleing musician, clad in a peach (or was that salmon?) colored silk/rayon/satin shirt. Can I say I am attracted to him? Never more so than when he spoke to the Supreme Court, one cuff rolled, the other unbuttoned, pocket awkwardly sticking up. I hate those clean cut, neat types. :)
After that it was history. I feel a deep siginificant and...stop LAUGHING....pull toward this human being. This is unlike my Wil Wheaton or Micheal Jackson's crushes. This is an attraction to someone who seems so much like the male version of ME.
Irrelevent. Haven't you ever heard of love at first sight? Now don't tell me THAT isn't about shallow attraction and lust. Atleast I am totally enraptured by what I *know* about someone. I suppose there is a .0000000001% chance of his persona being nothing more then FAKE, but I doubt it. No. I think it is perfectly healthy of me to feel this way. In any case I have a strong attraction, love, and respect for what I know of this person and since I enjoy talking about it, why not enlighten those who have heard the name, with the STORY. :)
With a smile like this, how could I resist?
This is probably my all time favorite Stone picture, aside from the puckering up pic on the cover of Musician magazine. And as a hairdye fiend, I can really relate. :)
Stone's singing debut? Not quite, but here's Stone singing his song Mankind live. Mankind, I believe is Stone's first songwriting and lead singing attempt and I liked it. Alot.
A nice, side view picture of Stone
Doing what he does best...groovin' with his guitar.
Stone and Mike McCready workin' some tongure action on a pair of golf balls...
