Falling Down (Red Rocks) Morrison Co.

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  • Great song with such a vintage PJ sound to it!! Love it
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  • Who has a good tab of that song????
  • pime0965pime0965 Posts: 81
    edited January 2017
    Simplified, it is a DSUS and hammers on to a D then Csus2 then to a Bm#5 to a A5. Then the second part is E5, then C then E5 then A5, then he goes back to the above comment. The solo part can be done in the d minor pentatonic scale. Then little thing that sounds like the ending of "black", all he is doing on the G string is hitting the 5th fret then 7th fret, then a full bend to the 9th and back to the 7th fret to the 5th fret, then 4th fret.
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  • Fun Fact, this was actually a song minus the words from The Rockfords. (Mike Mcready side project) Vedder didn't know the lyrics. So he Improv it. Thats why it never made it on an album.
  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 35,808

    Fun Fact, this was actually a song minus the words from The Rockfords. (Mike Mcready side project) Vedder didn't know the lyrics. So he Improv it. Thats why it never made it on an album.

    cool.
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  • MT236122MT236122 Pittsburgh Posts: 132
    By far my favorite Xmas single - such a great song
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  • Song was: Distress from the Rockfords album: The Rockfords
  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 35,808
    MT236122 said:

    By far my favorite Xmas single - such a great song

    close to my fave too. I think driftin/strangest tribe is my fave.
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    Cheers,

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  • bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 15,490
    My favorite era of the band. It was still new to them, there was no YouTube so you could take chances on stage, they experimented more, etc...
  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 35,808

    My favorite era of the band. It was still new to them, there was no YouTube so you could take chances on stage, they experimented more, etc...

    I miss the pre internet days.

    Although i dont know what I'd do at work all day.
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    Cheers,

    HFD




  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,090

    Song was: Distress from the Rockfords album: The Rockfords

    A fantastic LP. Highly recommend.
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  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 35,808
    listening again.
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    Cheers,

    HFD




  • JT_JamFanJT_JamFan Posts: 169
    Listened to both sides this morning.  Can't remember if i ever really paid attention to side 2 before today.  Great performance.  I probably skip over this one because it's a 10" and so isn't with all my other singles.  It definitely needs more attention.  There is a lot of muted energy happening on side 1, and tons of RAW on side 2.
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  • ShynerShyner Posts: 1,226
    Wow. Lyrics are awesome
  • PapPap Aspra Spitia, Greece Posts: 28,123
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  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 35,808
    it interests me that they are seated for this song.it's clearly not a "sitting" song. 
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  • PB11041PB11041 Earth Posts: 2,759
    edited January 2018
    I am surprised nobody has mentioned that clearly there appear to be some studio efforts at this song.  See Lost Dogs right side of tape shelf.

    The music as pointed out, ultimately was released by the Rockfords, The Rockfords, as the track Distress

    Naturally, here are a lot of pics of Pearl Jam, with the Rockfords song Distress...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j20Mpf1EqE
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  • PapPap Aspra Spitia, Greece Posts: 28,123
    ^ Oh yeah, I totally forgot about it... I even created a thread on the topic some years ago...
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  • dougkarhoff33dougkarhoff33 Colorado Posts: 4
    I am sure since this thread is so old, that everyone does know that this is a PJ cover of a Beatles song...  Just wanted to throw that out in case anyone wanted a tab, etc. 
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  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 35,808
    I am sure since this thread is so old, that everyone does know that this is a PJ cover of a Beatles song...  Just wanted to throw that out in case anyone wanted a tab, etc. 
    huh? it's Pearl Jam's take on a Rockfords tune. 
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  • PapPap Aspra Spitia, Greece Posts: 28,123
    edited January 2018
    HughFreakingDillon said: It's Pearl Jam's take on a Rockfords tune. 
    It's actually the other way around. PJ first played it in 1995, and then The Rockfords released it in 2000.
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  • PB11041PB11041 Earth Posts: 2,759
    The Lyrics are NOT the same as the Rockfords tune at all though.  It is kind of like, Times of Trouble/Footsteps, same music, different lyrics.
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  • PB11041PB11041 Earth Posts: 2,759
    I am sure since this thread is so old, that everyone does know that this is a PJ cover of a Beatles song...  Just wanted to throw that out in case anyone wanted a tab, etc. 
    This is NOT a Beatles song. 
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  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 35,808
    Pap said:
    HughFreakingDillon said: It's Pearl Jam's take on a Rockfords tune. 
    It's actually the other way around. PJ first played it in 1995, and then The Rockfords released it in 2000.
    Regardless of when it was released, wasn't this written by Mike/The Rockfords and Ed put his own lyrics to it? or did PJ write it and give it to the Rockfords?
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    Cheers,

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  • PB11041PB11041 Earth Posts: 2,759
    edited January 2018
    Pap said:
    HughFreakingDillon said: It's Pearl Jam's take on a Rockfords tune. 
    It's actually the other way around. PJ first played it in 1995, and then The Rockfords released it in 2000.
    Regardless of when it was released, wasn't this written by Mike/The Rockfords and Ed put his own lyrics to it? or did PJ write it and give it to the Rockfords?
    Mike wrote the music, at the least the basic guitar parts, the Rockfords were not formed until late 1999.  This was originally a PJ track, musically, that never saw the light of day.  But again, there is at least visually, some evidence that PJ tracked this in the studio.
    Middle shelf, on the right, tape 2, 3 and 5 (left to right view)
    Image result for Pearl Jam lost dogs album artwork
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  • PB11041PB11041 Earth Posts: 2,759
    I am sure since this thread is so old, that everyone does know that this is a PJ cover of a Beatles song...  Just wanted to throw that out in case anyone wanted a tab, etc. 
    I think you are confusing this with "I've Just Seen a Face" which Ed does a brief snippet of a cappela at the same show.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3m8UeUxl0U
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  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 35,808
    PB11041 said:
    Pap said:
    HughFreakingDillon said: It's Pearl Jam's take on a Rockfords tune. 
    It's actually the other way around. PJ first played it in 1995, and then The Rockfords released it in 2000.
    Regardless of when it was released, wasn't this written by Mike/The Rockfords and Ed put his own lyrics to it? or did PJ write it and give it to the Rockfords?
    Mike wrote the music, at the least the basic guitar parts, the Rockfords were not formed until late 1999.  This was originally a PJ track, musically, that never saw the light of day.  But again, their is at least visually, some evidence that PJ tracked this in the studio.
    Middle shelf, on the right, tape 2, 3 and 5 (left to right view)
    Image result for Pearl Jam lost dogs album artwork
    that says "fallen". how do we know it's the same track as Falling Down? interesting still. 
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    Cheers,

    HFD




  • PB11041PB11041 Earth Posts: 2,759
    PB11041 said:
    Pap said:
    HughFreakingDillon said: It's Pearl Jam's take on a Rockfords tune. 
    It's actually the other way around. PJ first played it in 1995, and then The Rockfords released it in 2000.
    Regardless of when it was released, wasn't this written by Mike/The Rockfords and Ed put his own lyrics to it? or did PJ write it and give it to the Rockfords?
    Mike wrote the music, at the least the basic guitar parts, the Rockfords were not formed until late 1999.  This was originally a PJ track, musically, that never saw the light of day.  But again, their is at least visually, some evidence that PJ tracked this in the studio.
    Middle shelf, on the right, tape 2, 3 and 5 (left to right view)
    Image result for Pearl Jam lost dogs album artwork
    that says "fallen". how do we know it's the same track as Falling Down? interesting still. 
    We don't, that is why I said some evidence, not clear and decisive fact.  This plus the information compiled here on Pearl Jam Online under No Code sessions and Yield Sessions, there is notation that Falling Down was tracked during No Code sessions, and Fallen (aka Falling Down) was tracked during Yield.

    http://www.pearljamonline.it/rs.htm

    Is that certain, I do not know, but it certainly has a lot of points of correlation.  I can't think of any other songs pre-2003 that would be under the title Fallen.
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  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 35,808
    Cool. thanks for the info. 
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    Cheers,

    HFD




  • PB11041PB11041 Earth Posts: 2,759
    Cool. thanks for the info. 
    No problem.

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