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.
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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)
Ramblings
Pearl Jam Lyrics
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no cheep ones
hey everybody uh this is eddie from pearl jam
and jeff
and me too
and mike
and it's me mike
and i'd talk to you if i could fucking see you if i
and he cusses too every time he talkes
and dave
daves here
daves not here and
dave is in the house
dave is here
I am the chief who undress in a green prom dress
he's not a quiet percussion one he's the new not quiet hard hitting one
i'm not the grinch cuse I didn't have a drink
anyway we all thought we'd wish you a merry Christmas
and we're very happy right now cause we're on tour with the chilli peppers
and that's them playing in the background and a happy new year
and god bless everyone everywhere
that was mike he's tiny Tim now
and this is eddie saying i'm a rhino and my skin is two feet thick
so we'll leave you with this song and thank you again bye
se you merry Christmas
merry christman woo no cheep ones
happy happyness is good
yes we like that
happy (x7) is good
you think the slayer tour is out or what
the slayer tours not happpering this year
we should probley rap this up cuse
See ya
being paied right now
bye merry Christmas
bye slayer happy new year
that was ment to blow up your speakers
this is my it's actually the devil in santa clauses
suit after all if you switch the letters around in santa it speels satin
you gotta switch em around and change a couple of them
i just saw that last night on the news you know those little...
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.
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Babylonkid
Damn amazing and fantastic song