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Låt nummer fem från femte studioalbumet Yield 1998.
Spelad live 212 gånger sedan 1997.

Text: Eddie Vedder
Musik: Eddie Vedder

I wish I was a neutron bomb, for once I could go off
I wish I was a sacrifice but somehow still lived on
I wish I was a sentimental ornament you hung on
The Christmas tree, I wish I was the star that went on top
I wish I was the evidence, I wish I was the grounds
For 50 million hands upraised and open toward the sky

I wish I was a sailor with someone who waited for me
I wish I was as fortunate, as fortunate as me
I wish I was a messenger and all the news was good
I wish I was the full moon shining off a Camaro's hood

I wish I was an alien at home behind the sun
I wish I was the souvenir you kept your house key on
I wish I was the pedal brake that you depended on
I wish I was the verb 'to trust' and never let you down

I wish I was a radio song, the one that you turned up
I wish...
I wish...

Red Mosquito

Ooops, jag glömde visst "veckans låt" förra fredagen... :) Så då kommer den nu istället!
Med Ben Harper! Äääälskar denna live-versionen!
Red Mosquitio är spelad live 77 gånger sedan 1995.

Text: Eddie Vedder
Musik: Hela bandet

Watched from the window, with a red mosquito
I was not allowed to leave the room
I saw the sun go down, and now it's coming up
Somewhere in the time between

I was bitten, must have been the devil
He was just paying me...
A little visit, reminding me of his presence
Letting me know, he's a-waiting... oh

Red man's your neighbor, call it behavior
While you're climbing up slippery hills
Two steps ahead of him, punctures in your neck
Hovering just above your bed
Hovering just above your bed

I was bitten, must have been the devil
He was just paying me...
A little visit, reminding me of his presence
And letting me know, he's a'waiting, he's a'waiting...
Ooh....

If I had known then what I know now...
If I had known then what I know now...
If I had known then what I know now...
If I had known then what I know now...

Yellow Ledbetter - misheard lyrics

Hahaha, en del texter är svårare att höra än andra... :D

Not for you

Från tredje studioalbumet Vitalogy. Spelad live 220 gånger sedan 1994.

Eddie Vedder om musikindustrin:
"It's not that we want to take credit. That's fine. I don't care. I don't want credit, it's not like I'm trying to claim that. But when they start acting like they own you that they are the reason... that's something that's not true. These attitudes out there that the music is theirs that it's the industry's music... And it's not. It's mine. And it's yours. Whoever's listening to it. It's mine and it's yours. And everybody in between, they're the distributors. I think that something like a music channel can be very powerful. Sometimes they think they're the ones who decide what's heard. I think that's a dangerous situation. And, I think, what's more dangerous is that they think it belongs to them. That's probably what Not For You is about." Citat från denna intervjun.

Text: Eddie Vedder (hela bandet)
Musik: Eddie Vedder (hela bandet)

restless soul, enjoy your youth
like muhammad hits the truth
can't escape from the common rule
if you hate something, don't you do it too...too...
small my table, a sits just two
got so crowded, i can't make room
oh, where did they come from? stormed my room!
and you dare say it belongs to you...to you...
this is not for you
this is not for you
this is not for you
oh, not for you...ah, you...
...scream...my friends...don't call me...
...friends, no they don't scream...
...my friends don't call...my friends don't...
all that's sacred comes from youth
dedication, naive and true
with no power, nothing to do
i still remember, why don't you...don't you...
this is not for you
this is not for you
this is not for you
oh, never was for you...fuck you...
this is not for you...
oh, this is not for you...yeah, you...
this is not for you...
oh, not for you...
oh, you...

Soon forget

Näst sista låten på sjätte studioalbumet Binaural. Eddie och en ukulele - what more can you ask for? :-)
Spelad live av Pearl Jam endast 55 gånger sedan år 2000.

Text: Eddie Vedder
Musik: Eddie Vedder

sorry is the fool who trades his soul for a corvette
thinks he'll get the girl, he'll only get the mechanic
what's missing? he's living a day he'll soon forget
that's one more time around, the sun is going down
the moon is out, but he's drunk and shouting, putting people down
he's pissing, he's living a day he'll soon forget
counts his money every morning
the only thing that keeps him horny
locked in a giant house, that's alarming
the townsfolk, they all laugh
sorry is the fool who trades his love for high-rise rent
seems the more you make, equals the loneliness you get
and it's fitting, he's barely living, a day he'll soon forget
that's one more time around, there is not a sound
he's lying dead clutching benjamins, never put the money down
he's stiffening, we're all whistling
a man we'll soon forget

I was just nowhere near your neighborhood...

Herregud, vilka flashbacks jag får... Min favoritfilm genom hela 90-talet :-D Jag kan den i stort sett utantill. Och Matt Dillon var ju sååååå snygg :-) Filmen är äkta feelgood, man kan ju inte annat än le genom hela. Och så är ju Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament och Eddie Vedder med i filmen!

Elderly woman behind the counter in a small town

Låt nummer tio på andra studioalbumet. Fantastiskt. Inte mycket mer att orda om. Spelad live 502 gånger sedan 1993.

I just want to scream... HELLO!! :-)
Hearts and thoughts they fade, fade away...

Text: Eddie Vedder (hela bandet)
Musik: Eddie Vedder (hela bandet)

I seem to recognize your face
Haunting, familiar, yet i can't seem to place it
Cannot find the candle of thought to light your name
Lifetimes are catching up with me
All these changes taking place, i wish i'd seen the place
But no one's ever taken me
Hearts and thoughts they fade, fade away...
Hearts and thoughts they fade, fade away...
I swear i recognize your breath
Memories like fingerprints are slowly raising
Me, you wouldn't recall, for i'm not my former
It's hard when, you're stuck upon the shelf
I changed by not changing at all, small town predicts my fate
Perhaps that's what no one wants to see
I just want to scream...hello...
My god it's been so long, never dreamed you'd return
But now here you are, and here i am
Hearts and thoughts they fade...away...
Hearts and thoughts they fade...away...
Hearts and thoughts they fade, fade away...
Hearts and thoughts they fade...

Ännu starkare

Starkt

Sommaren 2000 hände något som förändrade Pearl Jam för alltid.

Men som tur är så slutade de inte att skriva och spela musik - trots att de tänkte det.

Yellow Ledbetter

Yellow Ledbetter är B-sidan på singeln "Jeremy" som släpptes 1992. Låten spelas väldigt ofta som sista låt på Pearl Jam's konserter, när belysningen är tänd och vakterna egentligen vill att alla ska gå hem. Den är spelad totalt 344 gånger live sedan 1992. Texten är omdiskuterad och svår att tolka. Dessutom sjunger Eddie olika varje gång. Det finns egentligen inte en officiell text, eftersom texten hittades på under tiden de spelade in låten, men det är en anti-krigslåt som handlar om det gula brevet amerikanska soldaters familjer får dödsbesked i.
Yellow Ledbetter hänvisar till Eddie's vän Tim Ledbetter, vars bror dog i Gulfkriget (Kuwaitkriget) och familjen fick därmed beskedet via det distinktiva gula brevet som man inte behöver öppna för att veta vad det innehåller.

Text: Eddie Vedder
Musik: Jeff Ament, Mike McCready

Unsealed on a porch a letter sat.
Then you said, "I wanna leave it again."
Once I saw her on a beach of weathered sand.
And on the sand I wanna leave it again. Yeah.
On a weekend I wanna wish it all away, yeah.
And they called and I said that "I want what I said" and then I call out
Again.
And the reason oughta' leave her calm, I know.
I said "I know what I waited not a boxer or the bag."

Ah yeah, can you see them out on the porch? Yeah, but they don't wave.
I see them round the front way. Yeah.
And I know, and I know I don't want to stay.
Make me cry...

I see... Ooh I don't know why there's something else.
I wanna drum it all away...
Oh, I said, "I don't, I don't know where there's a boxer or the bag."

Ah yeah, can you see them out on the porch? Yeah, but they don't wave.
But I see them round the front way. Yeah.
And I know, and I know. I don't wanna stay at all.
I don't wanna stay. Yeah.
I don't wanna stay. [x2]
I don't... Don't wanna, oh... Yeah. Ooh... Ohh...

I am mine

I am mine är låt nummer 6 från albumet Riot Act som släpptes 2002. Låten är spelad live 178 gånger sedan 2001 av Pearl Jam eller Eddie Vedder (solo).

"I know I was born and I know that I'll die, the in between is mine". Vacker text - som vanligt. Han kan skriva den där Eddie!

Text: Eddie Vedder
Musik: Eddie Vedder

The selfish, they're all standing in line
Faithing and hoping to buy themselves time
Me, I figure as each breath goes by
I only own my mind

The North is to South what the clock is to time
There's east and there's west and there's everywhere life
I know I was born and I know that I'll die
The in between is mine
I am mine

And the feeling, it gets left behind
All the innocence lost at one time
Significant, behind the eyes
There's no need to hide
We're safe tonight

The ocean is full 'cause everyone's crying
The full moon is looking for friends at hightide
The sorrow grows bigger when the sorrow's denied
I only know my mind
I am mine

And the meaning, it gets left behind
All the innocents lost at one time
Significant, behind the eyes
There's no need to hide
We're safe tonight

And the feelings that get left behind
All the innocents broken with lies
Significance, between the lines
(We may need to hide)

And the meanings that get left behind
All the innocents lost at one time
We're all different behind the eyes
There's no need to hide

Intervjuer till Lightning Bolt

Ligthning Bolt är ett mycket hårdare och argare album än många av deras tidigare alster. Detta förklarar Eddie Vedder så här:

"If you're paying attention to what's going on in the planet,
I feel like I can find something to be angry about pretty quick"

Sirens

Låt nummer fyra från senaste albumet Lightning Bolt. Redan en favorit!
Låten är spelad live 27 gånger sedan oktober 2013, och kommer förmodligen att spelas på de flesta konserter det närmaste året. Lika bra att lära sig texten med en gång alltså ;-)

Text: Eddie Vedder
Musik: Mike McCready

Hear the sirens
Hear the sirens

Hear the sirens
Hear the circus so profound

I hear the sirens
More & more in this here town

Let me catch my breath & breathe
And reach across the bed

Just to know we're safe
I am a grateful man

The slightest bit of light
And I can see you clear

Have you take your hand, and feel your breath
For fear this someday will be over

I pull you close, so much to lose
Knowing that nothing lasts forever

I didn't care, before you were here
I danced in laughter with the everafter

But all things change
Let this remain

Hear the sirens
Covering distance in the night

The sound echoing closer
Will they come for me next time?

For every choice mistake I've made
It's not my plan

To send you in the arms of
Another man

And if you choose to stay I'll wait
I'll understand

It's a fragile thing
This life we lead

If I think too much I can get over
Whelmed by the grace

By which we live our lives
With death over our shoulders

Want you to know
That should I go I always loved you
Held you high above, true

I study your face
And the fear goes away

It's a fragile thing
This life we lead

If I think too much I can get over
Whelmed by the grace

By which we live our lives
With death over our shoulder

Want you to know
That should I go I always loved you
Held you high above, true

I study your face
And the fear goes away
The fear goes away
The fear goes away

Aah ah, oh oh
Aah ah, oh oh

Yngsta fanset?

Två månader, och redan Pearl Jam fan! Och min absoluta favoritlåt dessutom. Klart hon gråter när hon inte får höra den!

Sötaste fanset?

Bra musiksmak ska läras tidigt!!