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Where did the name pearl jam originate?
In an early promotional interview [1] Eddie Vedder claimed that the name "Pearl Jam" was a reference to his great-grandmother Pearl, who was married to a Native American and had a special recipe for peyote-laced jam. This story seems to have been invented by Vedder as a joke. Another theory put forward in Kim Neely's band history Five Against One[2] holds that one of the band members really wanted "pearl" in the new name, and jamming is a common activity done by musicians. In a Rolling Stone cover story,[3] Ament and McCready admitted that Ament came up with "Pearl." "Jam" was added after the band members saw Neil Young live:
“ | Legend has it that Vedder wrote the lyrics to the songs in one burst, while surfing. That particular story, he tells me in his Chicago hotel room, is "100% true." But he concedes that another oft-told tale is less accurate: that the name Pearl Jam came from Vedder's great-grandmother Pearl, who, he used to claim, was married to an American Indian and was in the habit of making preserves spiked with various hallucinogenics. His great-grandma really was named Pearl. The rest is, indeed, "total bullshit." Told of Vedder's admission, Ament and McCready seem relieved. They cough up the true—if less romantic—tale behind the band's name. Brainstorming in a Seattle restaurant to come up with something, anything, to replace their original name, Mookie Blaylock (inspired by the NBA star), Ament came up with "pearl." The band didn't settle on the second half of its name until a 1991 trip to New York to sign a deal with Epic Records. Gossard, Vedder and Ament drove out to see Neil Young play Nassau Coliseum. "He played, like, nine songs over three hours. Every song was like a fifteen- or twenty-minute jam," says Ament. "So that's how 'jam' got added on to the name. Or at least that's how I remember it. | ” |
In a past interview[4] Eddie Vedder spoke about the "pearl" portion of the name:
“ | I feel that the best justification for the name is in reference to the pearl itself...and the natural process from which a pearl comes from....Basically, taking excrement or waste and turning it into something beautiful....This is how our band began...taking emotions that we wrestled with personally and letting them evolve into songs....In this way the songs became vehicles in which to deal with it all....Add the volume of loud instruments, amplified vocals...moving chord changes....And it wasn't just shit anymore....It was kind of beautiful...powerful...uncultured! As Johnny Rotten would say later, "anger is an energy"....And shit can be beautiful. The proof is in the pearl. | ” |
How much effective would be blocking the goal line by defenders (for instance during the corner kick, certainly with the goalkeeper in the middle) so that the only way to achieve a goal would be a strike over their heads? --Brand спойт 12:26, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I was wondering what is the name for the musical instrument in those pictures. Does anyone know?
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Thanks in advance!
ZOUAVMAN LE ZOUAVE 16:56, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
do you get payed.
It wasn't a question. He is commanding all wiki "volenteers" (a nickname for fans of the music group "Volen") to do the new dance "you get payed", which is a modern offshoot of the even lesser-known "the you got played." NoClutter 15:07, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
Which country has the smallest population and yet competes on an international level in (men's) football? By "competes", I mean regularly competes - not just a one-off friendly, but regular attempts at qualification for major international/regional tournaments? Batmanand | Talk 17:59, 6 June 2007 (UTC)