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"Alive" is the debut single by American rock band Pearl Jam. It was released on July 7, 1991, 51 days before the release of the band's debut album, Ten, on which "Alive" appears.
Pearl Jam performed the song for its appearance on MTV Unplugged in 1992. "Even Flow" has gone on to become the band's most performed live song, having been played more than 800 times (the next most played song, "Alive", is at more than 730 performances). [26] Over the years, the tempo of the song has become slightly faster in live performances.
Alive" and "Once" formed part of a song cycle in what Vedder later described as a "mini-opera" entitled Momma-Son [24] (the third song, "Footsteps", appeared as a B-side on the "Jeremy" single). Vedder explained that the lyrics told the story of a young man whose father dies ("Alive"), causing him to go on a killing spree ("Once") which leads ...
The story has been told thousands of times, but it bears repeating: Pearl Jam should never have happened. The '90s had just begun. In March 1990, the promising Seattle rock band Mother Love Bone ...
“Alive”: This might seem a no-brainer, but its power can’t be overstated. In fact, the longer Pearl Jam exists as a live act, the more power it engenders. ... My top 10 Pearl Jam songs. If ...
"Yellow Ledbetter" was a Ten outtake and one of the first songs Pearl Jam wrote as a group. [2] The song features lyrics written by vocalist Eddie Vedder and music co-written by bassist Jeff Ament and guitarist Mike McCready. [3] The version of "Yellow Ledbetter" that was eventually released was the second take of the song. [4] McCready says of ...
Besides Ten, the song was also featured as a B-side on the single for "Alive". Remixed versions of the song were included on Pearl Jam's 2004 greatest hits album, Rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991–2003), and the 2009 Ten reissue. The song is one of the band's heaviest compositions to date.
"Jeremy" is a song by American rock band Pearl Jam, with lyrics written by vocalist Eddie Vedder and music composed by bassist Jeff Ament. "Jeremy" was released in August 1992 as the third single from Pearl Jam's debut album, Ten (1991).