Along with it’s edgey and masterfully conceived animated video, this song remains one of the hardest hitting in PJ’s catalogue, up there with “Go” and ” Blood.” But deceptively so. Yeah, there are huge problems, but who isn’t at fault? No force feeding here, just unbiased, unabashed, back to roots rockin’.Īgain, this song brought Pearl Jam back from near extinction with it’s harder-edged guitar rhythms and scathing indictments of white-collar corporate America. And sure, it was spiced with the bands already well-known political agenda, but this time it was a more judicial and democratic PJ with a finger pointed in every direction. This song brought back PJ in a big wayÃ¢Â?Â¦and it was the Pearl Jam we knew and loved. It was freshman year of college and one of my roommates tried to learn it from online tabs and I was like, ” Uh, dudeÃ¢Â?Â¦don’t even try. I mean I have no freakin’ clue what the hell Eddie is singing, but the guitar alone could stand the test of time.

Just play your bass, have a good time and relaxÃ¢Â?Â¦just be satisfied with not singing, you’re in fuckin’ Pearl Jam, man. Oh, except for that one song on No Code that Jeff Ament sings in.

Let me also add that, with the exception of those kinda weird throw out songs PJ started sprinkling throughout their albums after Ten dropped ( Mophandlemomma any one?) and most of the half decent but forgettable tracks off Binaural, there can be a reasonable argument for a good lot of Pearl Jam songs to be on this list. But for the most part, it is basically a composition of Pearl Jams representative greats throughout their career, and ones that I also, for one reason or another, am particularly fond of. Is it Top Ten personal favorites? Top ten in sales? Top ten most popular? Most technical? Well let me dispel any qualms about such ideas: this list is a little from column A and a little from column B. Now as these sorts of lists usually go, the term “Top” is relative at best.

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