In the new issue of Rolling Stone, Brian Hiatt spends 5 days with Pearl Jam during their US Tour. The interview, mostly with Eddie Vedder, gives a lot of (at least to me) persiously unknown information about my favorite band.
Eddie and the band talk about how they dealt with stardom in the early 90′s, deaths of those around them and the origins of the name Pearl Jam…
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Yes, yes, yes. All of my posts so far in the music category have been about Pearl Jam. And I know that most people that know me think that Pearl Jam is the only music I listen to. But that’s not true. Just to get it out there, I listen to The White Stripes, Green Day (American Idiot – Best Album Ever?), Dave Matthews Band (heard their “All Along the Watchtower”) and yes, I’m slightly embarrassed to say, Kelly Clarkson. You can even add some old school hip-hop (Ice Cube & 2Pac) in there.
But tonight…
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Once again, Pearl Jam is proving to be the best band ever! They’ve released their newest video, Life Wasted at Google Video for FREE (until May 24, 2006) under the Creative Commons License.
NB: This video is no longer available, but I’m sure you can find it if you try.
As atelophebee commented on digg, “PJ [is] becoming the anti-metallica.”
As if you need more proof, but Thursday night (May 4), Pearl Jam showed that they are the best band ever. After their televised performance on “Late Night with David Letterman”, Pearl Jam performed an encore concert for the fans at the Ed Sullivan Theater. And CBS is offering it (FOR FREE) on their website.
They perfomed (after “Life Wasted” during the show) “World Wide Suicide”, “Comatose”, “Severed Hand”, “Marker In The Sand”, “Gone”, “Unemployable”, “Present Tense”, “Do The Evolution”, “Why Go”, “Porch” (“I Want to Hold Your Hand”).
I think this shows that Pearl Jam continues to do this (create music) for the fans. Members of their fan club are given extras for being fans (and a measily $15/year).
This show is also a reminder that no matter how good their albums are, Pearl Jam’s live shows are second to none. Check out the video… enjoy.
Last night on Saturday Night Live Pearl Jam performed two new songs: World Wide Suicide and Severed Hand.
I thought just about the only redeemable quality from Lindsey Lohan was her enthusiasm when introducing Pearl Jam.
World Wide Suicide was great. Holly and I immediately loved that song when we heard it. They’re performance was great!
Severed Hand was pretty good. The music was awesome, but the vocals and lyrics left some to be desired. That’s OK, though… a lot of times there are some new PJ songs that take time to grow on me.
I’m more excited than ever, now, to see them next month!