Sad- Pearl Jam

What's up cats and kittens? It's Dave again and I'm back with another selection from my iPod. This time we're traveling to the Pacific Northwest for a song from the greatest American band to ever exist: Pearl Jam. Yes, you read that correctly, I think that the Eddie Vedder-led quintet (or sextet if you count organist Boom Gaspar) that rose from the ashes of Mother Love Bone is the greatest band to ever emerge from these 50 states. But since either you a) already know their history or b) aren't interested in their history I'm going to get right to the point. Most people are aware of the mega-successful 3 album stretch that started off their career; Ten, Vs., and Vitalogy. However, most of the record buying public shifted their attention to boy bands, Limp Bizkit, and white rappers from the Detroit area sometime during the late 1990's and stopped paying attention to whatever Pearl Jam was still doing. It is my opinion though that you are really short changing yourselves if you're a fan of great music and you've skipped any of their later releases. I'm not going to talk about any of their most recent albums, that's coming. My magic 8-ball has confirmed that a week of non-90's Pearl Jam songs are coming to this blog some time in the future but this is not a part of that. I do promise that you will get some notice so your schedules can be planned accordingly.

2003 saw the release of a 2 cd set called Lost Dogs which was comprised of previously unreleased songs recorded over the first 12 years of their career. There are many, many great songs to choose from among these 30 but my personal favorite is a track called "Sad". It touches on one of the hallmarks of a great Pearl Jam song, the loss of a loved one.

The song was recorded during the sessions for 1999's Binaural. I do not know why it wasn't added to the album as it certainly would've been a hit, which actually might explain it perfectly.

Notable Lyrics:

All the photographs are peeling and colors turn to gray.
He stayed in his room with memories for days.
He faced an undertow of future’s laid to waste.
Embraced by the loss of one he could not replace

Eleven nights he laid in bed. Hoping his dreams would bring her back, it's sad...