Pearl Jam

Released: February 27, 2001

Songwriter: Eddie Vedder

Producer: Brett Eliason John Burton

Don't feel like home
He's a little out
And all these words alone
Is nothing like your poem

Putting in, inputting in
Don't feel like methadone
A scratching voice all alone
It's nothing like your baritone

It's nothing as it seems
The little that he needs, it's home
The little that he sees
Is nothing he can seize, it's home

[Guitar Solo]

One uninviting chromosome
A blanket like the ozone

It's nothing as it seems
All that he needs is home
The little that he frees
Is nothing he believes

Saving it for a sunny day
Something maybe, two tone
Anything of his own
A chip off the corner stone

Who's kidding? Rainy day
A one way ticket headstone
An occupation's overthrown
A whisper through a megaphone

It's nothing as it seems
The little that he needs, it's home
The little that he sees
Is nothing he concedes, it's home

And all that he frees
A little bittersweet, it's home
It's nothing as it seems
The little that he sees, it's home

Founded in 1990 in Seattle, Pearl Jam is one of the most successful bands out of the grunge movement, if not of the whole alternative rock scene from the early 90s. The group started with Stone Gossard (guitar) and Jeff Ament (bass), veterans of the proto-grunge scene, recording a demo along with local guitarist Mike McCready. Once the tape passed along, it attracted a San Diego-based singer, Eddie Vedder. Along with drummer Dave Krusen, they signed with Epic Records and released Ten in 1991, which by the following year was becoming one of the most successful debut albums ever.

Growing uncomfortable with success, the following albums went for a more anguished and experimental sound, and the band’s notorious activism had its most prominent case once they boycotted Ticketmaster, accusing them of price-gouging fans. In the meantime, various drummers passed through the band, with percussion only settling once Soundgarden’s Matt Cameron joined them in the tour for 1998’s Yield.

With 10 studio albums and various live recordings (including “Official Bootlegs” of basically every concert the band performed since 2000), Pearl Jam has sold nearly 32 million records in the U.S. and an estimated 60 million worldwide.

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