| Pearl Jam – Smile Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Although Eddie Vedder is credited with writing the song's lyrics, most of the lyrics were actually written by Dennis Flemion of The Frogs. Before a performance of the song at Pearl Jam's June 30, 2006 concert in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Vedder discussed the song. He stated: “ There's a band that hails from Milwaukee - they're an important band to myself, other guys in this group, guys in Queens of the Stone Age, Kurt (Cobain), Nirvana - everybody was really touched and moved by this little band. They were called The Frogs. I've got all their records, all 692 I believe. And they opened for us years ago and one night, after we had finished our little tour, I opened my notebook and there was a little note from one of the Frogs and it was beautifully written and the band was playing a song in the room that day in practice and I just started singing the note. These words are written by Dennis from the Frogs - he's here tonight. Dennis, this is for you, this song's called "Smile". |
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| Pearl Jam – Pilate Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Pilate" was inspired by Mikhail Bulgakov's novel The Master and Margarita. When asked about the song Jeff Ament stated: “ I think "Pilate" was the question I was asking myself, and "Low Light " was the answer, the realization. Have you ever read The Master and Margarita [by Mikhail Bulgakov]? I just read that book, and at the end they talk about Pontius Pilate being all alone on a mountain with his dog. He couldn't sleep and he couldn't function. It really struck me hard, because at that point I was feeling very alone. I've always had this recurring dream about being old and just me and my dog sitting on the porch. It wasn't necessarily a sad dream or a premonition, but it did get me to thinking about why Pilate was so alone and freaked out. Then I realized he didn't get to finish his conversation with Jesus—that's why he can't function, because he didn't tie up the loose ends in his life. Later, I was playing the guitar, and I was hit so hard by this amazing, emotion. In that moment the words "low light" came out, and somehow those were the only words to explain what I was feeling. It was a kind of gratefulness at finding that place of calm and peace at my center and getting a glimpse of the person I could choose to be. It was the purest happiness that I've experienced in a long time, that particular emotion. God, I thought I was going to explode. I feel very lucky to have been able to put it down on tape that morning and work through it until it became a song |
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| Pearl Jam – Black, Red, Yellow Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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eddie vedder got to pick dennis rodmans number in exchange, dennis rodman got a song. he is black, with red & yellow hair, depending on the era pj and basketball yet again |
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| Pearl Jam – All Those Yesterdays Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| its like dreaming is the real reality. dreaming is almost the true waking life. doing drugs and altering your mind may be a a good idea at the time, but adds up to long term problems. this song reminds me of being hungover and laying in bed all day, listening to yield. | |
| Pearl Jam – Sometimes Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| starts off where bohemian rhapsody left off***** | |
| Pearl Jam – Sometimes Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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i once read a book entitled ' sex drugs & cocoa puffs '....and the author was saying how he loved a girl who almost loved him....in the end...she says something along the lines of how she bases her life off the Queen song 'Bohemian Rhapsody'. she tells him that 'nothing really matters'.... i feel this song left off where the last line of Bohemian Rhapsody left off. |
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| Pearl Jam – Sometimes Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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i agree with the difference 'sometimes' has with the previous 3 albums opening track. i like the conceptual feel to the entire no code album, especially if you ever listened to it on vynil. the entire exterior to the album is just epic. a quick, in class, personal interpretation: if you have ever been a late teen who smokes alot of pot, this song/the album is quite relative. its like, no matter what the big guy upstairs says and does (ie god, the president/the prime minister in my case), its the little things that we have control over that truely determine our lives. |
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