Eddie Vedder is one of the best rock voices ever. Still is. As far as the emotional performance, Eddie always puts his entire being into a performance. He doesn’t know any other way. All the songs from the Unplugged session were great. A next video for them should be “Jeremy” (the uncensored version) or “Do The Evolution”. Both incredible songs and videos.
A lot of singers miss lines or change them over time, or even rewrite songs. I think you'll find that this song was just deeply personal to Eddie, and he goes deep into his feelings when he performs. They refused to release this song as a single because of its personal nature, and it still became one of their more popular tracks. It's certainly a compelling performance.
This album, Ten was soooo good, the whole thing. This is my favourite song and my favourite performance, not that I've seen many. You've got to watch the official Jeremy video. Thanks again. ❤
@@tiawarren5403 evanescence was from Seattle? Had no idea! Hole also, right? And there was a very strange kinda grunge band from Bellingham but can’t remember the name.
Grunge was about real emotions, lack of control just feeling things to the fullest. That's why it could never be replicated nowadays when everything is about control, looking good and fake sh!t like that
"Grunge" doesn't exist. It's just a label that record execs slapped on everyone in a region during a certain time period. No two bands that people would label as grunge sound anything alike. Nirvana is a punk band. Pearl Jam is classic rock. Soundgarden is hard rock. Alice In Chains alternated between metal, rock, and whatever the fuck they felt like that day. The only bands that fit the "grunge" label were the wannabes that came later.
This song is extremely personal to Eddie he even refused to play it for a while he wrote it after a bad break up and always get emotional live on this song!!! Kurt and Eddie were the voice of early 90's teenagers!
I lived in Seattle in 1980s and 90s and it was the most fun I've had in my life. Such an electric and amazing time. Seeing all the bands growth in confidence and talent develop was amazing and cheap. Everyone was coming to Seattle to hear the bands. Layne Staley gave me goosebumps every song. Eddie has always been my favorite due to his lyrics and voice. ❤
Good reaction! however I’ll give you an insight! He wrote this song and was going through the heartbreak still so all of the emotion was real to do with that don’t think the mess up added any emotion, it got that bad for him performing this song that they even had to stop performing it for a while because it was too hard for Eddie to perform! Eddie is an unreal vocalist one of the best to ever live! You should look at all of there unplugged performances every single one of them could leave you speechless!!
I don't think he was as concerned about messing up the lyrics as he was recreating and singing about such a black hole in his life (if you'll mind the pun) , because it affected him so much. He's said in interviews about the song that he finds it difficult to sing it due to how emotional he was when writing it, and how emotional he still feels about it.
If you watch him perform Black at PinkPop Festival in 1992, he still gets emotional even though it's a crowd of thousands. Unrequited love is exactly how he described the song in an interview.
“I know someday you'll have a beautiful life I know you'll be a star In somebody else's sky But why Why Why can't it be Oh can't it be mine” Such a devastating line…breaks me every time!
There was no "mess up". The lyrics aren't wrong. They're *his* lyrics and so they are *definitively* correct. And they had no expectation that anyone in the audience would be following along with a lyric sheet. The energy is pretty typical of Eddie's performances and a major part of what makes it all work. (Of course, I'm sure they're feeding off of the audience, nerves, and environment, generally). For most of us, our first listens to these things were without benefit of lyric sheets. Nor were there a lot of "visual enhancement" to distract us (in this case, the visuals are the band performing and so essentially part of the performance). And we didn't tend to approach them so analytically the first time. The analytical mode significantly blunts the power and impact of the performance and so we'd try very hard to reserve it for subsequent hearings at which point, yeah, we'd tear it apart (and usually get everything wrong anyway). You can never hear it the first time again...
Great pick for a first listen; this really shows off Eddie Vedder's tremendous vocal talent. I especially love his non verbal vocalizations, which are are a signature of Peal Jam songs. You'll probably want to go back and listen to their their non-acoustic stuff. You're going to get a lot of recommendations for "Jeremy", but my personal favorite is "Better Man." The album "Ten" has tons of hit worth checking out ("Evenflow," "Alive," etc...) Edit: just a quick reminder that the Unplugged albums for Nivana, Pearl Jam, AIC, etc.. were full of once-in-a-life-time pefromances.
Personally didn't know he messed up but he was also sick when he did this performance. I think he had the flu. It was a brilliant performance no matter what!!
I lived is Seattle in 1980s and 90s. It was the best time of my life living there when the music scene hit. You could see bands for cheap and everyone was out in the streets till dawn. Pearl Jam was my favorite, but feel in love with Layne Staley of AIC standing in the sun with his long blonde curly locks. Plus saw them at The Moore Theater and we were drenched after. Incredible time. ❤
Awesome review. Not sure if I agree that there was a mess-up to begin with, artists know their work, and they render it in different ways, most often at will or getting lost in it. While messing up may be a viewer's perspective, I don't think it was ever his at any point. Who knows though, when that kind of heartache, rage and passion are swirling in a vocal hurricane inferno, it is hard for me to slap any kind of label on it other than "f- yes". Great channel, keep up the great work.
YASS! Contrast this with the heartbreak song you did a few weeks ago from Taylor Swift. He used lyrics AND delivery. After 9 long minutes, I get Taylor Swift was sad, but doing ok. Edie Vedder is destroyed. I felt it.
I really think Taylor Swift is a gifted songwriter. Eddie Vedder may have a talent for phrasing, but he's not at the same level. I love Black, but if we're being honest, it's a self-pitying teenager's lament. Done fantastically, and heartbreakingly, but not overly sophisticated lyrically. It's the performance that puts it over, as you mentioned.
@@Hexon66 You may be right since it's all subjective of course. To me, the performance is 90% of the song. The lyrics are only one part of the experience. In All Too Well it sounded like I was hearing her read her own "self-pitying" teenage diary entries, looking back at all the clues where the relationship was going. I didn't need 3, 4, 5.. examples. I did like the line, "You called me up just to break me like a promise." Last thing, if both Eddie and Taylor were singing in an alien language and we couldn't understand the words "Black" builds, soars, and breaks into pieces just like the story. I think it makes more people *feel* it. All to Well without lyrics, kinda sits there like a country drive on a nice day? The music, but mainly her vocal delivery honestly, never gets bumpy, like the lyrics. That's not to say anything bad about her voice. I'm only commenting on the emotional delivery chosen in this one song. Does she have a performance showcasing her range? BTW, I know nothing of Taylor's music, but her celebrity self seems cool and grounded. Peace!
You have to realize that pearl jam came out in 1990 so this song was made in 1991 so they were a fairly new band at that time, and anyone back in those days got invited, To perform there, at MTV? That was a very big deal so my guess is? He gave it his all (emotional wise)
It’s annoying to hear him say Eddie took the anger from “fucking up the performance” He performed the song the way it hit him. No mistakes were made in this song, just feelings and well-made choices.
Some other masterpieces from the 1990s: "Mr. Jones" by Counting Crows; "One Headlight" by the Wallflowers; "Flag Pole Sittah" by Harvey Danger; and "Teen Angst" by Cracker.
I know some day you’ll have a beautiful life I know you’ll be a star in somebody else’s sky But why, Why…WHY can’t it be Why can’t it be MINE The recorded version is just as powerful. That lyric and his voice in it should be in a hall of fame somewhere. It’s one of the most passionate and inspiring and desperate things ever put out there.
for an unplugged song that went wrong but came back strong Sludge Factory by Alice In Chains Unplugged set. the video for that has Layne apologizing for skipping an entire verse.
Spot on ,Syed ! The mistakes make it better. There are 2 types of musician (or closer would be to say that we all fall somewhere on the line between these two extremes) There are "Dots on the page" players, who follow the music as written exactly, and at the other extreme there are the Jammers, the improv guys. If you search YT for Eddie Vedder, you will find out quickly that he's a jammer, out-and-out. YT is filled with guest spots, duets of other people's songs and so on, and my overarching impression is that he's previously met up with whoever he's playing with at a party, or around a fire somewhere, and they jammed a couple of tunes together. So jammers are more likely to be able to adapt, whereas "Dots on page" players are less likely to make those mistakes in the first place. Another example of exactly that would be Paolo Nutini.
You should react to some Nirvana on Unplugged as well, if you haven’t already. Where Did You Sleep Last Night, The Man Who Sold the World… some great stuff.
I have read that Eddie was quite ill at the taping of this performance (a flu, I think) and anxious about his voice. It was said that he had a few friends in the audience, and that is who you can hear cheering and whistling encouragement near the end, because they knew what he was overcoming...
90's were the end of the last great era of actual musicians. Of course there are great musicians out there but corporate demographically based fast food style music dominates
HI mate! I want to know if you have Nightwish Ghost Love Score live @ Wacken 2013 on the list. Once you dive into the Nightwish rabbit hole, you will find it hard to leave.
Yes but think about it. How can a songwriter 'stuff up the words?' I mean he wrote them! He could sing in Hebrew for all I care and it still would be a great performance 🙂
I think that Pearl Jam is prone to improvisation during live shows. Folks wouldn't be wrong if they called them a jam band. It's even in their name LOL.
Eddie is known to change his lyrics as he sees fit. It wasn't really a mistake as much as a choice. An easy way to see him do this is listen to different performances if the song yellow Ledbetter. They are never the same.
I disagree because they made a mistake Eddie got anger 😠 😡 no its real because of his just ended relationship he was not anger because of any mistakes I don't no where u got that analogy from the band was tight .
Please Please stop saying "messing up".."f&cking up" the performance!! I love your insightful breakdown but respectfully DISAGREE when it comes to that critique
he didnt mess up the performance. he improvises a lot live with what hes currently feeling
30 years later, "in somebody else's sky" still makes me tear up every. single. time.
Eddie Vedder is one of the best rock voices ever. Still is. As far as the emotional performance, Eddie always puts his entire being into a performance. He doesn’t know any other way. All the songs from the Unplugged session were great. A next video for them should be “Jeremy” (the uncensored version) or “Do The Evolution”. Both incredible songs and videos.
And he's gone on to a different vein. All great music 👍
Eddie is a great singer, but he’ll always be second to Layne Staley for me.
A lot of singers miss lines or change them over time, or even rewrite songs. I think you'll find that this song was just deeply personal to Eddie, and he goes deep into his feelings when he performs.
They refused to release this song as a single because of its personal nature, and it still became one of their more popular tracks. It's certainly a compelling performance.
This album, Ten was soooo good, the whole thing. This is my favourite song and my favourite performance, not that I've seen many. You've got to watch the official Jeremy video. Thanks again. ❤
Pearl Jam ~ Porch (Pinkpop 1992) is one of the all time great live performances. Great reactions, btw.
FOUR huge bands out of Seattle……Soundgarden as well!
And a very deep list of second tier bands as well, starting with Screaming Trees.
@@SnoBear626 exactly! Can also mention Mud Honey and Temple of the Dog
Wa. state in general has fantastic bands, Evanesence, Heart, Nirvana, etc.... some think they are all Seattle. UT Aberdeen, other cities as well....
@@tiawarren5403 evanescence was from Seattle? Had no idea! Hole also, right? And there was a very strange kinda grunge band from Bellingham but can’t remember the name.
Pearl Jam are not from Seattle but moved there as I learned from a documentary.
Grunge was about real emotions, lack of control just feeling things to the fullest. That's why it could never be replicated nowadays when everything is about control, looking good and fake sh!t like that
There's always been vapid corporate product, not just now. Just make an effort to look for the good stuff, it's out there.
"Grunge" doesn't exist. It's just a label that record execs slapped on everyone in a region during a certain time period. No two bands that people would label as grunge sound anything alike. Nirvana is a punk band. Pearl Jam is classic rock. Soundgarden is hard rock. Alice In Chains alternated between metal, rock, and whatever the fuck they felt like that day. The only bands that fit the "grunge" label were the wannabes that came later.
This song is extremely personal to Eddie he even refused to play it for a while he wrote it after a bad break up and always get emotional live on this song!!! Kurt and Eddie were the voice of early 90's teenagers!
I lived in Seattle in 1980s and 90s and it was the most fun I've had in my life. Such an electric and amazing time. Seeing all the bands growth in confidence and talent develop was amazing and cheap. Everyone was coming to Seattle to hear the bands. Layne Staley gave me goosebumps every song. Eddie has always been my favorite due to his lyrics and voice. ❤
One of the best live rock vocal performances ever.
Good reaction! however I’ll give you an insight! He wrote this song and was going through the heartbreak still so all of the emotion was real to do with that don’t think the mess up added any emotion, it got that bad for him performing this song that they even had to stop performing it for a while because it was too hard for Eddie to perform! Eddie is an unreal vocalist one of the best to ever live! You should look at all of there unplugged performances every single one of them could leave you speechless!!
Eddie is a true artist and ridiculously awesome performer.
Messed up the lyrics? Oh, no no no sir....Its called improvisation. Eddie Vedder could never "mess up the lyrics" ! B-L-A-S-P-H-E-M-Y!!
Ikr not like he wrote the song or anything
You can see him acknowledge that he had sung the wrong lyric...he shakes his head and moves on
Still my all time vocal performance. Eddie's soul is here
The backing vocals really add a feeling direction to the piece 🙂
They certainly were an important part of the most important groups of the time. Note: Nirvana, Alice in Chains and Soundgarden 😌
..and Mudhoney
Eddie singing the wrong lyrics didn't make him mad and didn't affect the performance. PJ is a great band and that just how they do it.
Gives me goosebumps every time
I don't think he was as concerned about messing up the lyrics as he was recreating and singing about such a black hole in his life (if you'll mind the pun) , because it affected him so much. He's said in interviews about the song that he finds it difficult to sing it due to how emotional he was when writing it, and how emotional he still feels about it.
If you watch him perform Black at PinkPop Festival in 1992, he still gets emotional even though it's a crowd of thousands. Unrequited love is exactly how he described the song in an interview.
Awesome reaction!!
Since you started reacting to metal, you should really consider reacting to Cemetery Gates by Pantera (studio version).
Pantera is on the list for sure mate!
Don't miss THAT one then@)
When lost,just turn to black ❤so fkn awesome!!
Honestly don’t think PearlJam knew how big this was gonna get 31yrs later, legends
“I know someday you'll have a beautiful life
I know you'll be a star
In somebody else's sky
But why
Why
Why can't it be
Oh can't it be mine”
Such a devastating line…breaks me every time!
As a testament to how good this live version was, I've heard this dozens of times and never realized that he missed up the lyrics.
He definitely didn’t mess anything up. It was all carefully planned out for MTV Live
There was no "mess up". The lyrics aren't wrong. They're *his* lyrics and so they are *definitively* correct. And they had no expectation that anyone in the audience would be following along with a lyric sheet. The energy is pretty typical of Eddie's performances and a major part of what makes it all work. (Of course, I'm sure they're feeding off of the audience, nerves, and environment, generally).
For most of us, our first listens to these things were without benefit of lyric sheets. Nor were there a lot of "visual enhancement" to distract us (in this case, the visuals are the band performing and so essentially part of the performance). And we didn't tend to approach them so analytically the first time. The analytical mode significantly blunts the power and impact of the performance and so we'd try very hard to reserve it for subsequent hearings at which point, yeah, we'd tear it apart (and usually get everything wrong anyway).
You can never hear it the first time again...
Great pick for a first listen; this really shows off Eddie Vedder's tremendous vocal talent. I especially love his non verbal vocalizations, which are are a signature of Peal Jam songs. You'll probably want to go back and listen to their their non-acoustic stuff. You're going to get a lot of recommendations for "Jeremy", but my personal favorite is "Better Man." The album "Ten" has tons of hit worth checking out ("Evenflow," "Alive," etc...)
Edit: just a quick reminder that the Unplugged albums for Nivana, Pearl Jam, AIC, etc.. were full of once-in-a-life-time pefromances.
Pearl Jam Ten was my first album on Compact Disk.
Personally didn't know he messed up but he was also sick when he did this performance. I think he had the flu. It was a brilliant performance no matter what!!
I lived is Seattle in 1980s and 90s. It was the best time of my life living there when the music scene hit. You could see bands for cheap and everyone was out in the streets till dawn. Pearl Jam was my favorite, but feel in love with Layne Staley of AIC standing in the sun with his long blonde curly locks. Plus saw them at The Moore Theater and we were drenched after. Incredible time. ❤
This song was everything when I was 16..
Awesome review. Not sure if I agree that there was a mess-up to begin with, artists know their work, and they render it in different ways, most often at will or getting lost in it. While messing up may be a viewer's perspective, I don't think it was ever his at any point. Who knows though, when that kind of heartache, rage and passion are swirling in a vocal hurricane inferno, it is hard for me to slap any kind of label on it other than "f- yes". Great channel, keep up the great work.
Awesome reaction 👍🏻
YASS! Contrast this with the heartbreak song you did a few weeks ago from Taylor Swift. He used lyrics AND delivery. After 9 long minutes, I get Taylor Swift was sad, but doing ok. Edie Vedder is destroyed. I felt it.
I really think Taylor Swift is a gifted songwriter. Eddie Vedder may have a talent for phrasing, but he's not at the same level. I love Black, but if we're being honest, it's a self-pitying teenager's lament. Done fantastically, and heartbreakingly, but not overly sophisticated lyrically. It's the performance that puts it over, as you mentioned.
@@Hexon66 You may be right since it's all subjective of course. To me, the performance is 90% of the song. The lyrics are only one part of the experience. In All Too Well it sounded like I was hearing her read her own "self-pitying" teenage diary entries, looking back at all the clues where the relationship was going. I didn't need 3, 4, 5.. examples. I did like the line, "You called me up just to break me like a promise." Last thing, if both Eddie and Taylor were singing in an alien language and we couldn't understand the words "Black" builds, soars, and breaks into pieces just like the story. I think it makes more people *feel* it. All to Well without lyrics, kinda sits there like a country drive on a nice day? The music, but mainly her vocal delivery honestly, never gets bumpy, like the lyrics.
That's not to say anything bad about her voice. I'm only commenting on the emotional delivery chosen in this one song. Does she have a performance showcasing her range? BTW, I know nothing of Taylor's music, but her celebrity self seems cool and grounded. Peace!
So much music came out of the Northwest in this time, as well as music out of the underground scenes in Chicago and New York.
I think it was porch. that was the wild one at the pinkpop festival. amazzzing
Check Mad Season grunge band with Layne Stanley
And Mike McCready, lead guitar in Pearl Jam was also in Mad season.
You have to realize that pearl jam came out in 1990 so this song was made in 1991 so they were a fairly new band at that time, and anyone back in those days got invited, To perform there, at MTV? That was a very big deal so my guess is? He gave it his all (emotional wise)
you gotta check out Nirvana unplugged too, that shit rocks
Personally I think the best unplugged show was Nirvana's. It just can't be beaten 👍💘
It’s annoying to hear him say Eddie took the anger from “fucking up the performance” He performed the song the way it hit him. No mistakes were made in this song, just feelings and well-made choices.
Some other masterpieces from the 1990s: "Mr. Jones" by Counting Crows; "One Headlight" by the Wallflowers; "Flag Pole Sittah" by Harvey Danger; and "Teen Angst" by Cracker.
Love ❤️
Gotta check out Soungarden! Another great band out of Seattle
It is perfect
good gods, how have i never noticed eddie veddars cheekbones before?
I like your shirts man
Gotta hit up Soundgarden!!
I know some day you’ll have a beautiful life
I know you’ll be a star in somebody else’s sky
But why, Why…WHY can’t it be
Why can’t it be MINE
The recorded version is just as powerful. That lyric and his voice in it should be in a hall of fame somewhere. It’s one of the most passionate and inspiring and desperate things ever put out there.
Eddie Vedder is the best. He still sounds great. He puts it all into their performances.
for an unplugged song that went wrong but came back strong Sludge Factory by Alice In Chains Unplugged set.
the video for that has Layne apologizing for skipping an entire verse.
He was really sick during this performance which may of affected his vocals
You should react to soundgarden, i would recomend fell on black days, outshined , black hole sun or slaves and bulldozers
Slaves and bulldozers is a must or loud love!
@@nickkleiber8636 true
4 big bands. Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Alice in Chains. Sound Garden - "The Big Four".
Spot on ,Syed !
The mistakes make it better.
There are 2 types of musician (or closer would be to say that we all fall somewhere on the line between these two extremes)
There are "Dots on the page" players, who follow the music as written exactly, and at the other extreme there are the Jammers, the improv guys.
If you search YT for Eddie Vedder, you will find out quickly that he's a jammer, out-and-out. YT is filled with guest spots, duets of other people's songs and so on, and my overarching impression is that he's previously met up with whoever he's playing with at a party, or around a fire somewhere, and they jammed a couple of tunes together.
So jammers are more likely to be able to adapt, whereas "Dots on page" players are less likely to make those mistakes in the first place.
Another example of exactly that would be Paolo Nutini.
You should react to some Nirvana on Unplugged as well, if you haven’t already. Where Did You Sleep Last Night, The Man Who Sold the World… some great stuff.
I have read that Eddie was quite ill at the taping of this performance (a flu, I think) and anxious about his voice. It was said that he had a few friends in the audience, and that is who you can hear cheering and whistling encouragement near the end, because they knew what he was overcoming...
Nice
Hi Syed! Hope you enjoy your time with grunge music 🙂
90's were the end of the last great era of actual musicians. Of course there are great musicians out there but corporate demographically based fast food style music dominates
4 bands, Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, nirvana, and soundgarden, not 3
Korn "blind" album version
Fort me the best song for introduce Pearl Jam is Porche Unplugged
Big regards
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PD: Check Soundgarden Slaves & Bulldozers
HI mate! I want to know if you have Nightwish Ghost Love Score live @ Wacken 2013 on the list. Once you dive into the Nightwish rabbit hole, you will find it hard to leave.
Yeah, you can see him shake his head as he realises he has stuffed up the lyrics but he keeps on performing. A great song.
Yes but think about it. How can a songwriter 'stuff up the words?' I mean he wrote them! He could sing in Hebrew for all I care and it still would be a great performance 🙂
Prime example of why I consider Pearl Jam a great BLUES Band!
You wanna blow up your channel. React to Infant Annihilator Blasphemian. And I lived in Seattle when the Grunge stuff jumped off.
If you liked this watch the live Pinkpop version
another great is --garden
4 huge bands actually, not 3
The whole album "Ten" is near God tier.
I'm not a huge fan of the Jam but I do dig this song 🙂
I think that Pearl Jam is prone to improvisation during live shows. Folks wouldn't be wrong if they called them a jam band. It's even in their name LOL.
You got it wrong. PJ won't play this song live if they don't like the crowd. They never released it as a single. Everyone has the "one that got away".
Pearl Jam was top notch in the 90’s
He can't "mess up" his own damn lyrics. What the hell is that all about? He sings them differently all the time.
Vedder = goat
Since they were unplugged, the whole vibe was different and might have taken Eddie out of his routine.
I'll finally subscribe if you react to "her ghost in the fog" by Cradle of Filth .
Eddie is known to change his lyrics as he sees fit. It wasn't really a mistake as much as a choice. An easy way to see him do this is listen to different performances if the song yellow Ledbetter. They are never the same.
Umm he didn’t get lyrics wrong. He wrote it.
Messed up the lyrics??? Its improvisation, creative art, etc, but dont call it a mess up! Cus its not
I disagree because they made a mistake Eddie got anger 😠 😡 no its real because of his just ended relationship he was not anger because of any mistakes I don't no where u got that analogy from the band was tight .
Dude, ever consider the possibility you got your hands on a bad set of lyrics.... Just saying....
Please Please stop saying "messing up".."f&cking up" the performance!! I love your insightful breakdown but respectfully DISAGREE when it comes to that critique
He was sick and getting a divorce also it may have been deliberately ❤❤❤❤
Because.... Black. Live. Matters.