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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

458-Pearl Jam-Alive.

1991-Number 16 single.

Best Bit-At 3.39. The lyrics are about a young man who finds out that the man he thought was his father, is actually his step father, and his real father is dead, and to top it all off his mother ‘comes on to him,’ and you thought you were having a bad day!

Pearl Jam were formed in Seattle. Washington, United States in 1990, with sales in excess of 85 million worldwide, they are one of the best selling acts of all time, releasing 11 studio Albums to date between 1991-2020. In America on Billboard five of their singles have reached the top 40, with ‘Last Kiss’ being the most successful when making Number 2 in 1999. In the UK 13 of their singles have reached the top 40, with the highest charting being the Number 10 song ‘Spin the Black Circle’ in 1994.

‘Alive’ was the first single released by Pearl Jam, and was taken from their debut Album ‘Ten’ from 1991, the Album is one of the best selling Rock Albums of all time with sales in excess of 14 million copies worldwide. The music to ‘Alive’ was one of three demos written by the bands guitarist Stone Gossard just prior to the bands formation, he circulated the tracks in the hope of finding a singer, and drummer to form a band, as his previous group ‘Mother Love Bone’ had disbanded due to the death of the lead singer Andrew Wood (1966-1990.) On hearing the tracks Eddie Vedder wrote his own lyrics, and vocals, and sent them to Gossard who was immediately impressed, and they teamed up with Mike McCready (lead guitar) Jeff Ament (bass) and Dave Krusen (drums) to form Pearl Jam.

The songs first verse is about Vedder’s real life experiences about finding out that he had not been told the truth about whom is real father was until it was too late to meet him, as his father was dead. The songs second verse is pure fantasy about the horror of incest, as the boy is molested by his mother. The other two demos which were sent to Vedder would become the songs ‘Once’ and ‘Footsteps,’ which continue the story. In ‘Once’ the boy goes mad and starts killing people, and in ‘Footsteps’ the boy is sentenced to death, and blames his mother, Vedder called these songs the ‘Momma-Son’ trilogy.The extended guitar solo played by Mike McCready at 3.39. is considered to be one of the best, being ranked Number 44 on ‘Guitar World’s’ list of the ‘100 Greatest Guitar Solos.’ My own personal opinion is that if it went on a couple of minutes longer it might get somewhere close to ‘Freebird,’ but only somewhere.(see also best songs 12.)

‘Son she said, have I got a little story for you.What you thought was your daddy, was nothin’ but a….’