Remember the 1997 John Cussack movie Chicago Cab? We didn't think so, considering it grossed a mere $23,946 during its brief run in theaters. Also, check out Gossard’s acoustic demo of the song from the Pearl Jam 20 soundtrack. They’ve only played it a handful of times this decade, though it did make an appearance on the opening night of the Lightning Bolt tour. The lyrics are vague, but it’s clearly about a guy pining for a woman from his past. One of the highlights is “Of the Girl” by Stone Gossard. Not surprisingly, it was their least successful effort up to that point. The song continued to evolve onstage over the next decade, but it's wonderful to hear it in its original form.īinaural was the first Pearl Jam album that was released with very little fanfare. It's also one of their very best live albums, though many people overlook the barely-two minute gem 'Untitled.' This is the very first performance of the song (and the only one of the 1998 tour), and it's absolutely brilliant. There are roughly 2,000 Pearl Jam live albums, but the very first one is 1998's Live on Two Legs. They played it regularly in the early 2000s, but they haven't touched it a single time in the last seven years. The group's collective grief is impossible to miss on 'Thumbing My Way,' another song of loss and regret. They were still reeling from the tragedy at the Roskilde festival that left nine fans dead, and recording started just a few months after 9/11. Pearl Jam's 2002 LP Riot Act came at a rough time for the band. It took on a new meaning days after 9/11 when Vedder sang the song with Young at the Tribute to Heroes telethon. Vedder wrote the song as a tribute to his high school drama teacher Clayton Liggett, but it works as an all-purpose tribute to lost loved ones. Eddie Vedder's contributions to the 1995 Pearl Jam/ Neil Young collaborative album Mirror Ball were pretty minimal, but he did write the haunting ballad 'Long Road' during the sessions and it was later released on the EP Merkin Ball.

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