VS
TEN .. VITALOGY .. NO CODE .. YIELD .. LIVE ON TWO LEGS .. BINAURAL .. RIOT ACT .. LOST DOGS ..
BENAROYA HALL .. REARVIEWMIRROR .. PEARL JAM
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ALBUM: Vs
RELEASED: 19th October 1993
LENGTH: 46:18
SINGLES: Go, Daughter, Animal and Dissident
TRACK LISTING:
Go [3:13]
Animal [2:49]
Daughter [3:55]
Glorified G [3:26]
Dissident [3:35]
W.M.A [5:59]
Blood [2:50]
Rearviewmirror [4:44]
Rats [4:15]
Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town [3:15]
Leash [3:09]
Indifference [5:03]
lyrics are copyright © to Pearl Jam
DAVE ABBRUZZESE - drums .. JEFF AMENT - basses .. STONE GOSSARD - guitars .. MIKE McCREADY - lead guitars .. EDDIE VEDDER - vocals
NOTES: PRODUCED BY BRENDAN O'BRIEN AND PEARL JAM .. ASSISTING: Nick Didia, Kevin Scott, Adam Kasper .. CREATED AT: Potatohead in Seattle, Washington .. The Site in Nicasio, California .. INSIDE COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHY BY: Lancer Mercer .. ARTWORK AND B&W PHOTOGRAPHY BY: Ames .. ART DIRECTOR: Joel Zimmerman
.. so is that one pissed off lOOkin' sheep or what¿ cOuld well have bEEn Eddie in it's plAce there .. seein' as he and the bAnd had to put up with some perty nAsty crAp goin' on round during that time .. BUT, VS be the fOllOw up to their sUceSSful debut album .. TEN. I dUnno .. mAyBe they alls thoUght thAt this woUldn't be aS biG as TEN .. fOr anyOne I gUess the cOming of the secOnd alBum wOuld be a haRd aCt to fOllow especiAlly if yOur deBut did so wEll .. bUt whEn it finAlly hit the stOres aFter a deLay in the oriGinal release dAte .. VS aPParently debuted aT number one seLLin' cLose to oNe miLLion cOpies in it's fiRst wEEk¡ .. nOt a bAd eFFort eh¿
ThiS wAs s'pOsedly reLeased with three differeNt coVers .. 1. no title on the cAse with 5 against 1 written on a hAnd under the CD cOmpaRtment .. 2. No title in a cArdboArd pacKage .. and 3. Title on the cAse is VS wiTh 5 aGainst 1 is still on the inside. I've gOt the laTTer coPy .. so wHat's with the words 'against one' written on tHe hand¿ aHH I caN' t evEn see it on miNe bUt the wOrds scrawled on the haNd "5 against one" .. tHe bloKes in Pearl Jam aGainst one .. hence the title "Vs" maybe¿ sO whAt wOuld thAt mAke it¿ the bAnd 'vs' .. THEM .. as in eVeryOne else out there to do with the mEdia blah blah blah¿ .. wouldn't surprise me.
TheSe gUys sEEm mUch tigHter havin' deVeloped and grOwn a littl' aftEr eigHteen moNths of touring aFter the release of TEN. Producer Brendan O'Brien encoUraged the gUys to set up as thEy wOuld wHen pLayin' livE to record the albUm .. and rigHt frOm the fiRst trAck "Go" with Abbruzzese's funky drUmming VS deMands to be listEnEd to in soMe deGree. This is an albUm with diverSe mUsic sTyles and no doUbt .. lyRric wise VS sees Eddie at his nAstiEst .. laShinG aNd voicin' oUt his frUstRatioNs at THEM. alTHough there were trAcks a littl' fUry driVen .. sOme wErE expErimEntal as wElls .. wiTH the mOst cArefrEE soundin' trAck beiN' "Glorified G" .. wHich is .. aBout gUns *L* .. thrOugh to the foLsky soUnding "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town" .. dAmn thAt's a lOng tiTle¡. I perSonally recKon with trAcks liKe "Animal" .. "Rats" .. and mayBe "Blood" [dEpEndin' on hOw you reAd intO it] pErty mUch hits the nAil on the hEad. Hey y'know on the trAck "Rats" on hOw it eNds with Eddie siNgin' "Ben .. the two of us need look no more .." I alWayz woNdered wHat that liNe wAs about¡ WellS ive fOund sOmewHere that "Ben" is aCtually a [gEt this] Michael Jackson sOng. It wAs a thEmE song used for a mOvie about RATS¡ .. wElls i'll bE bUggered¡
.. rEmEmbEr the trAck 'Why Go" dEdicAted to Heather on TEN .. "Leash" is a cOntinUation frOm that frOm whEn Eddie talked to her aFter sHe gOt ouTTa hospiTal. aNd I lurv the congo drUms or whAteVa on "W.M.A" *L* .. reAl grOOvy =) hEy I dunno 'boUt yOu, bUt I lUrv reAdin' the liTTl' scriBBles 'n nOtes thEy leAve beHind .. kiNda gEts yOu thinkin' .. it'S greAt¡
wHateVa the caSe .. wiTH the gUys bein' in the spOtliGHt .. the preSSures and all the oTHer b.s and so VS clOses with the trAck "Indifference" .. wHich is a cHoice trAck¡ =) theSe gUys WILL SURVIVE .. as Eddie sings "I'll keep taking punches until their will grows tired" .. Pearl Jam will not change aNythiNg .. their beliefs or thEir miNds .. for anyoNe .. thEy'll taKe in all the neGative hype and wHatevA cuz he and the baNd hAve gOne throUgh too mUch to giVe up for anythiNg .. they'll juz go on maKiN' their way through "one more day in hell .. how much difference does it make" ..
GO
vAbbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedderv
Oh, please don't go out on me, don't go out on me now
Never acted before, don't go on me now
I swear I never took you for granted, just thought of it now
Suppose I abused you, just passing it on
Go .. fuck ..
Once fastened, servile, now your getting sharp
Moving oh so swiftly, with such disarm
I pulled the covers over him, shoulda pulled the alarm
Turned to my nemesis, a fool, not a fucking god
No .. time .. suck .. my .. Please ..
Don't got on me
Please .. oh ..
Suck .. blood .. touch .. please, tunnel
vision .. tuck .. time .. see ..
Please, please, please
Don't go on me
Please .. don't you want me .. don't go on me ..
Please .. don't go on me ..
ANIMAL
One, two, three, four, five against one
DAUGHTER You guys ready?
GLORIFIED G Got a gun, fact I got two
DISSIDENT She nursed him there, ooh, over a night
W.M.A
He won the lottery when he was born
BLOOD
Spin me round, roll me over, fuckin' circus
REARVIEWMIRROR I took a drive today
RATS
They don't eat, don't sleep
ELDERLY WOMAN BEHIND THE COUNTER IN A SMALL TOWN I seem to recognize your face
LEASH
Troubled souls unite, we've got ourselves tonight oh ..
vAbbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedderv
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
I'd rather be .. I'd rather be with ..
I'd rather be with an animal
Why would you wanna hurt me, oh ..
Oh, so frightened of your pain .. yeah .. ooh ..
I'd rather be .. I'd rather be with ..
I'd rather be with an animal
I'd rather be .. I'd rather be with ..
I'd 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
vAbbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedderv
Alone .. listless .. breakfast table in an otherwise empty room
Young girl .. violins .. 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 .. ooh, oh ..
Don't call me daughter, not fit to
The picture kept will remind me
Don't call me daughter, not fit to be
The picture kept will remind me
Don't call me ..
The shades go down
The shades go, go, go ..
vAbbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedderv
That's okay man, cuz 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 from your neck ..
Glorified .. glorified ..
vAbbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedderv
I wasn't so sure she wanted him to stay
What to say .. what to say
But soon she was down, soon he was low
At a quarter past .. a holy no ..
She had to turn around
When she couldn't hold, oh .. she folded
A dissident is here
Escape is never, the safest path
Oh, a dissident, a dissident is here
And to this day, she's glided on
Always home but so far away
Like a word misplaced
Nothing said, what a waste
When she had contact .. with the conflict ..
There was meaning, but she sold him to the state
She had to turn around
When she couldn't hold .. she folded ..
A dissident is here
Escape is never, the safest path
Oh, a dissident, a dissident is here, oh .. oh .. oh ..
She gave him away when she couldn't hold .. no .. she folded ..
A dissident is here
Escape is never, the safest path
Oh, a dissident, a dissident is here, oh ..
Couldn't hold on .. she couldn't hold .. no .. she folded ..
A dissident is here
Escape is never, the safest place, oh ..
A dissident is here
vAbbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedderv
Took his mother's white breast to his tongue
Trained like dogs, colour and smell
Walks by me to get to him
Police man
He won the lottery by being born
Big hand slapped a white male 'Merican
Do no wrong, so clean cut ..
Dirty his hands, its comes right off
Policeman
Police stopped my brother again
Policeman
Jesus greets me .. looks just like man ..
Do no wrong, so clean cut
Dirty his hands, it comes right off
Policeman
Police stopped my brother again
Policeman
Police stopped my brother again
Policeman
All my pieces set me free .. human devices set me free ..
All my pieces set me free ..
Human devices set me free ..
vAbbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedderv
Stab it down, one way needle, pulled so slowly
Drain and spills, soaks the pages, fills their sponges
It's my blood
Paint Ed big .. Turn Ed into .. One of his enemies
It's my blood
Stab it down, fill the pages, suck my life out
Maker of my emenies ..
Take .. my ..
Fuck .. fuck .. fuck .. fuck .. fuck .. fuck ..
vAbbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedderv
Time to emanicpate
I guess it was the beatings made me wise
But I'm not about to give thanks, or apologize
I couldn't breathe, holdin' me down
Hand on my face, pushed to the ground
Enmity gaged, united by fear
Force to endure what I could not forgive
I seem to look away
Wounds in the mirror waved
It wasn't my surface most defiled
Head at your feet, fool to your crown
Fist on my plate, swallowed it down
Enmity gaged, united by fear
Tried to endure what I could not forgive
Saw things
Clearer
Once you, were in my .. rearviewmirror ..
I gather speed from you fucking with me
Once and for all I'm far away
I hardly believe, finally the shades .. are raised .. hey ..
Saw things so much clearer
Once you, once you ..
Rearviewmirror
Saw things so much clearer
Once you .. oh yeah ..
vAbbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedderv
They don't feed, they don't seethe
Bare their gums when they moan and squeak
Lick the dirt off a larger one's feet
They don't push, don't crowd
Congregete until they're much too loud
Fuck to procreate till they are dead
Drink the blood of their so called best friend
They don't scurry when something bigger comes their way
Don't pack themselves together and run as one
Don't shit where they're not supposed to
Don't take what's not theirs, they don't compare
They don't scam, don't fight
Don't oppress an equals given rights
Starve the poor so they can be well fed
Line their holes with the dead ones bread
They don't scurry when something bigger comes their way
Don’t pack themselves together and run as one
Don’t shit where they're not suppose to
Don't take what's not theirs, they don't compare
Rats .. they don't compare
Ben, the two of us need look no more
vAbbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedderv
Haunting, familiar, yet I can't seem to place it
Cannot find the candle of thought to light your name
Lifetimes are catching up with me
All these changes taking place, I wish I'd seen the place
But on one's ever taken me
Hearts and thoughts they fade, fade away ..
I swear I recognize your breath
Memories like fingerprints are slowly raising
Me you wouldn't recall, for I'm not my former
It's hard when you're stuck upon the shelf
I changed by not changing at all, small town predicts my fate
Perhaps that's what no one wants to see
I just want to scream .. hello ..
My god it's never been so long, never dreamed you'd return
But now here you are, and here I am
Hearts and thoughts they fade .. away ..
Hearts and thought they fade, fade away ..
Hearts and thoughts they fade .. away ..
Hearts and thought they fade, fade away ..
Hearts and thoughts they fade .. away ..
vAbbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedderv
I am fuel, you are friends, we got the means to make amends
I am lost, I'm no guide, but Im by your side
I am right by your side, yeah ..
Young lover I stand
It was their idea, I proved to be a man
Take my fucking hand
It was their idea, I proved to be a man
Will myself to find a home , a home within' myself
We will find a way, we will find our place ..
Drop the leash, drop the leash ..
Get outta' my fuckin' face
Drop the leash, we are young
Oh, get outta' my fuckin' face ..
Drop the leash, drop the leash ..
Get outta' my, my ..
Delight, delight, delight in our youth .. oww ..
Get outta' my fuckin' face ..