Formed after the demise of Gossard and Ament's previous band, Mother Love Bone, Pearl Jam broke into the mainstream with their debut album, Ten, in 1991. Ten stayed on the Billboard 200 chart for nearly five years, and has gone on to become one of the highest-selling rock records ever, going 13× platinum in the United States. Released in 1993, Pearl Jam's second album, Vs., sold over 950,000 copies in its first week of release, setting the record for most copies of an album sold in its first week of release at the time. Their third album, Vitalogy (1994), became the second-fastest-selling CD in history at the time, with more than 877,000 units sold in its first week.
One of the key bands in the grunge movement of the early 1990s, Pearl Jam's members often shunned popular music industry practices such as making music videos or participating in interviews. The band also sued Ticketmaster, claiming it had monopolized the concert-ticket market. In 2006, Rolling Stone described the band as having "spent much of the past decade deliberately tearing apart their own fame."
Pearl Jam had sold more than 85 million albums worldwide by 2018, including nearly 32 million albums in the United States by 2012, making them one of the best-selling bands of all time. Pearl Jam was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017 in its first year of eligibility. They were ranked eighth in a readers' poll by Rolling Stone magazine in its "Top Ten Live Acts of All Time" issue. Throughout its career, the band has also promoted wider social and political issues, from pro-abortion rights sentiments to opposition to George W. Bush's presidency. Vedder acts as the band's spokesman on these issues.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Jam
Studio albums
Ten (1991)
Vs. (1993)
Vitalogy (1994)
No Code (1996)
Yield (1998)
Binaural (2000)
Riot Act (2002)
Pearl Jam (2006)
Backspacer (2009)
Lightning Bolt (2013)
Gigaton (2020)
American Pie
Pearl Jam Lyrics
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Breakfast table in an otherwise empty room
Young girl, violence
Center of her own attention
The mother reads aloud, child tries to understand it
Tries to make her proud
The shades go down, it's in her head
Painted room, can't deny there's something wrong
Don't call me daughter, not fit to
The picture kept will remind me
Don't call me daughter, not fit to
The picture kept will remind me
Don't call me
She holds the hand that holds her down
She will rise above, uh uh
Don't call me daughter, not fit to
The picture kept will remind me
Don't call me daughter, not fit to
The picture kept will remind me
Don't call me daughter, not fit to
The picture kept will remind me
Don't call me daughter, not fit to
The picture kept will remind me
Don't call me
The shades go down
The shades go down
The shades go go
Go
These lyrics tell the story of a young girl who feels alone and unimportant in a household where violence is present. She sits at the breakfast table with her mother, who reads aloud to her in an attempt to make her proud. But the girl’s mind is elsewhere; she can’t deny there’s something wrong with the painted room and the shades that go down. She feels trapped and powerless, represented by the line “she holds the hand that holds her down.” Despite this, the girl is determined to rise above and be strong, as shown by the repeated line “she will rise above.”
Line by Line Meaning
Alone, listless
Feeling all alone and unenergetic.
Breakfast table in an otherwise empty room
Sitting alone at the table with no one around, feeling empty inside.
Young girl, violence
A young girl who has experienced violence in some form or another.
Center of her own attention
Thinking about herself, her problems, and her life more than anything else.
The mother reads aloud, child tries to understand it
The mother tries to teach her child something by reading aloud, and the child tries to comprehend it.
Tries to make her proud
The child wants to make her mother proud of her, so she tries her best to understand what her mother is saying.
The shades go down, it's in her head
The child shuts out the world, and begins to daydream about something else instead.
Painted room, can't deny there's something wrong
In her daydream, she sees that something is not quite right in the room she is in.
Don't call me daughter, not fit to
She doesn't want to be called 'daughter', because she feels like she is not good enough to be someone's daughter.
The picture kept will remind me
She keeps a picture to remind herself of something she doesn't want to forget.
She holds the hand that holds her down
She is in a relationship that is holding her back and preventing her from reaching her full potential.
She will rise above, uh uh
She is determined to overcome her struggles and become a better person, despite the obstacles in her way.
The shades go down
She shuts out the world once again, to focus on her own thoughts and dreams.
The shades go go
She continues to block out the world around her, withdrawing deeper into her own mind.
Go
She sinks deeper into her own thoughts and memories, losing touch with reality.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: DAVID ABBRUZZESE, EDDIE VEDDER, JEFF AMENT, MIKE MCCREADY, STONE GOSSARD
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Félix Thelmo Cevallos Morales
Alone, listless
Breakfast table in an otherwise empty room
Young girl, violence
Center of her own attention
The mother reads aloud, child tries to understand it
Tries to make her proud
The shades go down, it's in her head
Painted room, can't deny there's something wrong
Don't call me daughter, not fit to
The picture kept will remind me
Don't call me daughter, not fit to
The picture kept will remind me
Don't call me
She holds the hand that holds her down
She will rise above, uh uh
Don't call me daughter, not fit to
The picture kept will remind me
Don't call me daughter, not fit to
The picture kept will remind me
Don't call me daughter, not fit to
The picture kept will remind me
Don't call me daughter, not fit to
The picture kept will remind me
Don't call me
The shades go down
The shades go down
The shades go go
Go
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Compositores: David Abbruzzese / Eddie Vedder / Jeff Ament / Mike Mccready / Stone Gossard
Letra de Daughter/Instant Karma © Warner Chappell Music, Inc, Universal Music Publishing Group
drummerboy231434
For someone who's blacked out, mike can play pretty good. Anyone who has seen Twenty will understand this comment.
TheNadster2
MAtt Cameron could be my favourite drummer of the 90s but for some reason Dave just worked so well with PJ
Mark Schisler
Great song
The band is amazing
BarclayLounger
Only two types of people will find this video. Pearl Jam geeks and Youtube bingers.
L T
Same...
Paul Of Attraction
Or both 😆
Chris Taylor
7 years later and I finally found it.
Laura Watters
Sooo nice to see Dave A. Love you Dave A. ♥️🤘his smile is amazing!!
RabidNemo
I've got a recording of this! Absolutely love it
Virginia knighten
These guys are so adorable!