When I first starting listening to Ten I was listening to the emotion, now I’ve gotten much more in touch with the lyrical content of songs I’ve been listening to all my life. His songwriting and rhythmic playing on Ten made me feel like I could do it, so I modeled my playing after him. I think of Stone Gossard as one of my main inspirations for picking up the guitar. The fact that the song is called “Once” and it’s the first thing you hear when you put on the record, it’s one of the best ways to introduce people to your new existence as a band that I’ve ever seen. Everything from the intro with the fretless bass to the power of Eddie signing – it’s so apparent from the start. The guitar playing on “Once” is incredible. Here, we’ll navigate the record in sequence and offer a unique take from the artists at hand as to what made each song so special in 1991, and even more so today. With thanks to Josh Klinghoffer, Michael Stipe, Mark Richards, Kelly Slater, Andrew Watt, Rob Machado, Sam Wilkerson, Isaiah Radke, Jim James, David Shaw, Lauren Jenkins, Eva Walker, Taylor Knox, Nicole Alvarez and Pearl Jam, I invite you to join us, reading the tribute below – arms wide open with the sea as your floor. Welcome to our 30th anniversary celebration of Pearl Jam’s legendary debut record, Ten. I actually just met up with my old friend Mark Pellington who directed the “Jeremy” video, and that too is as important today as it was 30 years ago,” Pinfield says. Eddie Vedder’s voice and authentic intensity pulled me right in. “‘Alive’ and “Black” stood out immediately for me. It’s a pose the band has always remained in, with the entire greater Pearl Jam community now joined in. Then – more shows and more writing over the course of just one year, ultimately resulting in – all five members with their hands raised in the Seattle air, adjoined high in a huddle, forming what would be the cover art to Ten. There was the Off Ramp live debut of Pearl Jam on October 22nd of 1990. The initial result was the Mamason Trilogy tape where you are reminded – sometimes your best release comes when the sand is still on your feet. A tragedy in Mother Love Bone and taking a Jack Irons approved chance on a new singer from San Diego. What’s the ripple effect of this art? What’s happening here and how is it making people’s lives better? Pearl Jam makes the job easy and it started 30 years ago with Ten – a record that continues to inspire deeply, resonate loudly, and impact profoundly. My response was “It’s all rock -what matters is – it’s great.”Īt Artist Waves we have one focus. I defended the band and album when alternative purists said to me, “This isn’t alternative, it’s rock”. “I loved Ten right away and embraced it as a program director, but it was polarizing when some programmers were slow to add the songs. “I was working at WHTG-FM in Asbury Park, New Jersey the town that Bruce Springsteen made famous,” Pinfield continues. It’s go time and “I admit, what’s to say.” The sun ascends its final pull and lays a glistening beam upon the water’s edge right there before you. “Hear my name take a good look, this could be the day.” 37 seconds into that first 39 Eddie Vedder hums “mmmhmm” and you nod your head. It’s smooth but carries an undeniable confidence, and you’re there smiling. In the distance you see a set rolling in. It’s like you’re standing on the shore at sunrise. That’s the length of time you hear the Jeff Ament driven, rolling intro before one note of any of the eleven songs is played. We’re talking about Ten of course, the iconic debut record by Pearl Jam, released August 27, 1991.ģ9 seconds. Just a few miles north from where many of the lyrics to “Alive”, “Once” and “Footsteps” were written. “The record holds up today in every way,” Matt Pinfield tells me from the west coast.
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