Faithfull by Pearl Jam

After 15 years, Yield may now be my favorite Pearl Jam album. This after viewing the documentary Pearl Jam: Twenty. It's a must view for any fan, diehard or casual. It helped me understand what's are the factors , experiences and circumstances that made Pearl Jam that band it is today comparing it to the band of the 1st two albums.

After viewing the documentary, this is the song that I most remember from it. Instead of hearing"mediocrity" and "soft", I now hear the grit, truth and emotion in this Pearl Jam song.

Plaque on the wall says that no one's slept here
It's rare to come upon a bridge that has not been around
Or been stepped on
Whatever the notions, we laced in our prayers
The man upstairs is used to all of this noise
I'm through with screaming
And echoes nobody hears, it goes, it goes, it goes
Like echoes nobody hears, it goes, it goes, it goes
We're faithful, we all believe, we all believe it
And echoes nobody hears, it goes, it goes, it goes
We're faithful, we all believe, we all believe it
So faithful, we all believe, we all believe it

M.Y.T.H. is…
Belief in the game controls that keeps us in a box of fear
We never listen
Voice inside so drowned out
Drowned you are, you are, you are everything
And everything is you
Me you, you me, it's all related
What's a boy to do?
Just be darling and I will be too
Faithful to you

Just Breathe by Pearl Jam

This song is one of my favorite new tracks from the last Pearl Jam album, Backspacer. This acoustic ditty is heartfelt and is the usual welcome reprieve from PJ's hard rocking songs. Well done guys.

Yes I understand that every life must end, aw huh...
As we sit alone, I know someday we must go, aw huh...
I'm a lucky man to count on both hands
The ones I love...

Some folks just have one
Others they got none, aw huh...

Stay with me
Let's just breathe

Practiced are my sins
Never gonna let me win, aw huh...
Under everything, just another human being, aw huh...
Yea, I don't wanna hurt, there's so much in this world
To make me bleed

Stay with me
You're all I see


Did I say that I need you?
Did I say that I want you?
Oh, if I didn't I'm a fool you see
No one knows this more than me
As I come clean

I wonder everyday
As I look upon your face, aw huh...
Everything you gave
And nothing you would take, aw huh...
Nothing you would take
Everything you gave

Did I say that I need you?
Did I say that I want you?
Oh, if I didn't I'm a fool you see
No one knows this more than me
As I come clean

Nothing you would take
Everything you gave
Hold me 'till I die
Meet you on the other side

The Fixer by Pearl Jam

Just took a listen to Pearl Jam's latest album, Backspacer. I believe The Fixer is one of the first singles out of this album. Classic Pearl Jam grit and feel! Great music and overall songwriting from this guys, will let you singing "fight to get it back again!!"

Yeah, hey, hey
When somethings dark, let me shed a little light on it
When somethings cold, let me put a little fire on it
If somethings old, I wanna put a bit of shine on it
When somethings gone, I wanna fight to get it back again

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, fight to get it back again
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

When somethings broke, I wanna put a bit of fixin' on it
When somethings bored, I wanna put a little exciting on it
If somethings low, I wanna put a little high on it
When somethings lost, I wanna fight to get it back again

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, fight to get it back again
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

When signals cross, I wanna put a little straight on it
If there's no love, I wanna try to love again

I'll say your prayers, I'll take your side
I'll find us a way to make light
I'll dig your grave, we'll dance and sing
What's saved could be one last lifetime

Hey, hey, hey
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, fight to get it back again
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
fight to get it back again, yeah, yeah, yeah
fight to get it back again, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Not for You by Pearl Jam

It's just awesome when you rediscover good music in the old albums that you've been listening to. I decided to spin Vitalogy yesterday and was easily impressed once i heard this song. Classic Pearl Jam grit! I wonder why didn't I notice this all these years.

Restless soul,
Enjoy your youth
Like Muhammad hits the truth
Can't escape from the common rule
If you hate something, don't you do it too

Small my table, a sits just two
Got so crowded, I can't make room
Oh, where did they come from? Stormed my room!
And you dare say it belongs to you...to you...

This is not for you
This is not for you
This is not for you
Oh, not for you...ah, you...
...scream...my friends...don't call me...
...friends, no they don't scream...
...my friends don't call...my friends don't...


All that's sacred comes from youth
Dedication, naive and true
With no power, nothing to do
I still remember, why don't you...don't you...

This is not for you
This is not for you
This is not for you
Oh, never was for you...fuck you...
This is not for you...
Oh, this is not for you...yeah, you...
This is not for you...
Oh, not for you...
Oh, you...

No Way by Pearl Jam

My favorite Pearl Jam albums are the first two they released, Ten and VS. I tried to listen to other titles one day on my way home from Makati and decided to try to listen to the Yield Album.

It was a breakthrough in hearing these songs again and No Way was one of the strongest "Pearl Jamm-y" songs of the lot that could be placed in the first two albums. It has the same grit and angst.

Here's a token of my openness
Of my need to not disappear
How I'm feeling, so revealing to me
I found my mind too clear
I just need someone to be there for.. me
I just want someone to be there for.. me

All the static in my attic-a
Shoots down my sciatic nerve
To the ocean of my platitudes
Longitudes, latitudes, it's so absurd
I just need someone to be there for..
I just want someone to be there for..
Someone to be there for..

'Cause I'll stop trying to make a difference
I'm not trying to make a difference
I'll stop trying to make a difference
No way

Ooh, let's call in an angel

'Cause I'll stop trying to make a difference
I'm not trying to make a difference
I'll stop trying to make a difference
No way
'Cause I'll stop trying to make a difference
I’m not trying to make a difference
I’m not trying to make a difference
No way
No way, no way
Let's call in an angel
Who's calling an angel?

Animal by Pearl Jam

The most furious 2 minutes and 49 seconds that was ever recorded. The only thing that hindered me intially from liking this song was I can't understand what the heck Eddie Vedder was singing except when he's shouting the title of the track!

One, two, three, four, five against one
Five, five, against one
Said one, two, three, four, five against one
Five, five...five, five...five against one

Torture from you to me
Abducted from the street

Id rather be...
Id rather be with...
Id rather be with an animal

Why would you wanna hurt me, oh
Oh, so frightened of your pain...yeah...ooh...

Id rather be...
Id rather be with...
Id rather be with an animal
Id rather be... (2x)
Id rather be with an animal

Id rather be...
Id rather be with...
Id rather be with an animal
Id rather be...
Id rather be with...
Id rather be with an animal

Said one, two, three, four, five against one
Five, five...five, five...five against one
One, two, three, four, five against one
Five, five...five, five...five against one

Don't Gimme No Lip by Pearl Jam

Was listening to the Lost Dogs album yesterday, a collection of Pearl Jam B Sides and Rare tracks (rare-tracks for the casual fans that is). I just love how simple a song can be but still have the appeal to be appealing. Pearl Jam sounds like a punk band in this song. I just love the energy as it really pops out of the speakers. It's like they're playing in your living room.

Don't give me no lip
Don't give me no lip
Don't give me no

Don't give me no lip, i've had my fill of it
Don't give me no lip, i've lost my taste for it
Don't give me no lip, you've got to face this shit
Don't give me no lip, Don't give me no lip

Don't give me no lip
Don't give me no lip
Don't give me no

Don't give me no lip, I'm just not having it
Don't give me no lip, stuck on your cigarette
Don't give me no lip, I'm wiping off the spit
Don't give me no lip, Don't give me no lip

It's just a problem
One I'll be solving
It's just a problem

Don't give me no lip
Don't give me no lip
Don't give me no lip

Glorified G by Pearl Jam

I believe i was in grade 5 when my eldest brother introduced us to Pearl Jam. As he hyped to me and Ryan, our other brother, it has a vocalist who climbs monkey bars, as seen in the music video of ALIVE (well i may be wrong). Of course we, as kids, were mesmmerized, not knowing that time that Pearl Jam is not just an act but a REAL BAND!!!

This song comes of from the VS. LP which a very good collection of songs i just began to appreciate again after hearing my older brother's copy. According to sources this song was conceived as an reply to Dave Abbruzzese's (Pearl Jam's drummer) decision to buy guns.

Opening with a solid drum line and guitar riff, it's just one of the songs that really impressed me when i began appreciating what good music is all about. I also didn't have an idea of what the album cover was until i searched for it in wikipedia

Got a gun, fact I got two
Thats OK man, cause I love god
Glorified version of a pellet gun
Feels so manly, when armed
Glorified version of a pellet gun

Double think, dumb is strength
Never shot at a living thing
Glorified version of a pellet gun
Feels so manly, when armed
Glorified version of a pellet gun
Glorified version of a...

Always keep it loaded!

Kindred to be an american...

Life comes...I can feel your heart...
Ooh...life comes...I can feel your heart through your neck...
Life comes...I can feel your heart through your neck...
Like some...I can steal your heart form your neck...

Glorified...glorified...