I like to think of this song as the modern day "Pictures of Lily"
From backspacerlyricspearljam.blogspot.com:
Vedder was inspired to write the lyrics for "Johnny Guitar" after viewing a collage of album covers that is pasted on the bathroom wall of Pearl Jam's rehearsal area. Eddie noticed the album cover for Johnny "Guitar" Watson's 1979 album, What the Hell Is This?, and imagined a man who becomes attracted to one of the various women on the cover and then wonders why this woman would rather be one of Watson's many girlfriends instead of his only one. Yup.
I like to think of this song as the modern day "Pictures of Lily"
From backspacerlyricspearljam.blogspot.com:
Vedder was inspired to write the lyrics for "Johnny Guitar" after viewing a collage of album covers that is pasted on the bathroom wall of Pearl Jam's rehearsal area. Eddie noticed the album cover for Johnny "Guitar" Watson's 1979 album, What the Hell Is This?, and imagined a man who becomes attracted to one of the various women on the cover and then wonders why this woman would rather be one of Watson's many girlfriends instead of his only one. Yup.
I can see why he was inspired to write about this! LOL: http://cover7.cduniverse.com/MuzeAudioArt/Large/51/611551.jpg