List of Pearl Jam Originals?

ckravitz
ckravitz NJ Posts: 1,668
edited February 2013 in The Porch
(Edit: added a ? to the thread title...)

What started as something I thought would be very easy ended up being a bit more difficult because the exercise is a little ambiguous in some cases. So I am turning to fellow ten clubbers for input.

I am trying to pull together a complete list of Pearl Jam originals. I know that much of this can be found under the Music/Lyrics link but there are some inconsistencies, so between that, Google, Wikipedia, etc, the below is the list I have come up with.

I have grouped outtakes/b sides/etc with the "era" of the album most reflective of date (for example, Ole got lumped in with Backspacer, etc), thus Rearviewmirror and Lost Dogs are not considered their own entities. If a song came to be between albums it was grouped with the last released album unless it was in the year of the next album. So the albums are more like time periods.

The goal is to have a list of only songs written and performed by Pearl Jam. This distinction proved to be somewhat challenging because what to do with instrumentals, demos, etc, was sometimes a little ambiguous. So here are the "rules" I used:

Studio albums of course. B side singles. Instrumentals that were on an official (non bootleg) release. Christmas singles that are actually songs. Merkinball counts even though Uncle Neil is on it (cause those two songs are way too epic to ever exclude). No covers (this includes songs like Crazy Mary. Lass Kiss, etc).

Note that the comments try to capture where it was released. Also, LD = Lost Dogs.

I came up with 177 songs (please forgive the formatting, I couldn't come up with any other way to preserve any of the spacing as this originally came from an Excel file):

(This is a scrollable list)
Ten
	Master/Slave 
	Once  	 
	Even Flow  	 
	Alive  	 
	Why Go  	 
	Black  	 
	Jeremy  	 
	Oceans  	 
	Porch  	 
	Garden  	 
	Deep  	 
	Release	 
	Breath 				Singles soundtrack, RVM, Ten Reissue
	Footsteps 			        Jeremy single, LD
	State of Love and Trust 	Singles soundtrack, RVM
	Wash 				Alive single, EU Ten, LD
	Dirty Frank 			Even Flow single, EU Ten, LD
	Yellow Ledbetter 		Jeremy single, LD, RVM
	Brother 			        Ten reissue, LD
	Hold On 			        LD
	Chinese				PJ20 DVD
	Let Me Sleep 			91 Christmas, LD

Ten Reissue
	Brother (w/ vocals)  	 
	Just a Girl	 
	2,000 Mile Blues  	 
	Evil Little Goat  	 

Vs
	Go  
	Animal  	 
	Daughter  	 
	Glorified G  	 
	Dissident  	 
	W.M.A.  	 
	Blood  	 
	Rearviewmirror  	 
	Rats  	 
	Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town  	 
	Leash  	 
	Indifference  	 
	Alone 				Go Single, LD
	Bee Girl 			        LD
	Angel				93 Christmas

Vs Reissue
	Creedy Stomp			Vs Reissue

Vitalogy
	Last Exit  	 
	Spin the Black Circle  	 
	Not for You  	 
	Tremor Christ  	 
	Nothingman  	 
	Whipping  	 
	Pry, To  	 
	Corduroy  	 
	Bugs  	 
	Satan's Bed  	 
	Better Man  	 
	Aye Davanita  	 
	Immortality  	 
	Hey Foxymophandlemama, That's Me
	Out of My Mind			Not for You single
	Hey Foxymophandlemama, That's Me
	Open Road                         live, 1995
	Falling Down (Fallen)          live, 1995

Merkinball
	I Got Id 			        Merkinball, RVM
	Long Road			        Merkinball

No Code
	Sometimes  	 
	Hail, Hail  	 
	Who You Are  	 
	In My Tree  	 
	Smile  	 
	Off He Goes  	 
	Habit  	 
	Red Mosquito  	 
	Lukin  	 
	Present Tense  	 
	Mankind  	 
	I'm Open  	 
	Around the Bend  	 
	Dead Man 			        Off He Goes single, LD
	Black, Red, Yellow 		Hail, Hail single, LD
	All Night 			        LD
	Don't Gimme No Lip 		LD
	Sunburn				Rarities & Unreleased Cuts

Yield
	Brain of J.  	 
	Faithfull  	 
	No Way  	 
	Given to Fly  	 
	Wishlist  	 
	Pilate  	 
	Do the Evolution  	 
	Red Dot	 
	MFC  	 
	Low Light  	 
	In Hiding  	 
	Push Me, Pull Me	 
	All Those Yesterdays	 
	Hummus 				Hidden
	U 				        Wishlist single, LD
	Whale Song 			MOMv3, LD
	Leatherman			Given to Fly single
	Strangest Tribe 		        99 Christmas, LD
	Drifting 			        99 Christmas, LD
	Happy When I'm Crying      97 Christmas

Binaural
	Breakerfall  	 
	Gods' Dice  	 
	Evacuation  	 
	Light Years  	 
	Nothing as It Seems	 
	Thin Air  	 
	Insignificance  	 
	Of the Girl	 
	Grievance  	 
	Rival	 
	Sleight of Hand	 
	Soon Forget	 
	Parting Ways
	Writers Block	                Hidden
	Harmony				Touring Band 2000
	Thunderclap			Touring Band 2000
	Foldback			        Touring Band 2000
	Fatal 				LD
	Sad 				        LD
	Hitchhiker 			LD
	In the Moonlight 		LD
	Education 			        LD
	Sweet Lew 			LD
	Anything in Between		Rarities & Unreleased Cuts
	Puzzle and Game		alt Light Years, Rarities & Unreleased Cuts

Riot Act
	Can't Keep  	 
	Save You  	 
	Love Boat Captain  	 
	Cropduster  	 
	Ghost  	 
	I Am Mine  	 
	Thumbing My Way  	 
	You Are  	 
	Get Right  	 
	Green Disease  	 
	Help Help  	 
	Bu$hleaguer  	 
	1/2 Full  	 
	Arc  	 
	All or None  	 
	Other Side 			Save You single, LD
	Down 				I Am Mine single, LD
	Undone 				I Am Mine single, LD
	Man of the Hour 		Man of the Hour single, Big Fish soundtrack, RVM
	4/20/02				LD
	Last Soldier			01 Christmas

Avocado
	Life Wasted  	 
	World Wide Suicide  	 
	Comatose  	 
	Severed Hand  	 
	Marker in the Sand  	 
	Parachutes  	 
	Unemployable  	 
	Big Wave  	 
	Gone  	 
	Wasted Reprise  	 
	Army Reserve  	 
	Come Back  	 
	Inside Job	 
	Rock Around Barack		PJ Website
	Of the Earth			Live only
	The Forest (instrumental)	Immagine In Cornice

Backspacer
	Gonna See My Friend  	 
	Got Some  	 
	The Fixer  	 
	Johnny Guitar  	 
	Just Breathe  	 
	Amongst the Waves  	 
	Unthought Known  	 
	Supersonic  	 
	Speed of Sound  	 
	Force of Nature  	 
	The End  	 
	Ole				        Ole single
	Santa Cruz			        08 Christmas
	Turning Mist		        09 Christmas

Misc
	I'm Still Here			Unknown
	Leatherman II			Unknown
	My Son Is Slow			Improv
	Fuck Me in The Brain		Unknown.  Listed under Music/Lyrics
	No More				Body of War soundtrack, PJ.com lists as "PJ Original"?
	Acoustic #1 (demo)		PJ20
	Need To Know (demo)	PJ20
	Untitled			        LO2L
	Wreck            Gossard Demos instrumental

Edits:
Add: Leatherman II, Master/Slave, Hummus, Writers Block, Wreck, My Son Is Slow, Open Road, Falling Down, Puzzle and Game
Remove: Sick o' Pussies (Bad Radio song), Growin Up (Bruce song)
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  • ckravitz
    ckravitz NJ Posts: 1,668
    Giving it one more try and I'll let it fade otherwise. Really hoping to draw on the folks here so I can get the complete list correct. My OCD demands it! :D
  • primussucks
    primussucks Posts: 2,365
    Leatherman II as mentioned by Ed on this website a couple years ago. Said it was a slow song.
    Summerfest 7/8/95
    Missoula 6/20/98
    Alpine Valley 6/26/98 & 6/27/98
    Alpine Valley 10/8/00 
    Champaign 4/23/03
    Alpine Valley 6/21/03
    Missoula 8/29/05
    Chicago 5/16 & 17/06
    Grand Rapids 5/19/06
    Summerfest 6/29/06 & 6/30/06
    Tampa 6/12/08
    Chicago 8/23/09
    Indy 5/7/10
    Alpine Valley x2 2011
    Wrigley 2013
    Milwaukee 14
    Telluride 16
  • ckravitz
    ckravitz NJ Posts: 1,668
    primussucks wrote:
    Leatherman II as mentioned by Ed on this website a couple years ago. Said it was a slow song.

    Interesting. Thanks! Off to google I go.....
  • DriftingByTheStorm
    DriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    Hard to imagine appears to be missing, or I am blind.
    Also, from the Gossard demos, as they are in hallucinogenic recipe, there is a really great instrumental that was never used, titled (I believe) Wreck.

    Also, are you intending only released and recorded material and not live improvs? Cuz otherwise there are certainly other songs, like My Son Is Slow, etc.
    If I was to smile and I held out my hand
    If I opened it now would you not understand?
  • DriftingByTheStorm
    DriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    edited February 2013
    Also missing (again, per my sad eyes)
    Master/Slave
    hummus
    The ultra annoying Writers Block
    Post edited by DriftingByTheStorm on
    If I was to smile and I held out my hand
    If I opened it now would you not understand?
  • DriftingByTheStorm
    DriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    Also, now I'm confused on your intent.
    Sick o pussies - although briefly tagged at soldier field, is a very early Vedder solo composition that was included on The Bad Radio demos.
    If you are going to include that, you may as well include actual Bad Radio songs, current Vedder solo songs, and, hell, MlB and TOTD songs, just to be fair. Let alone Brad, Three Fish, et al. Etc.

    Growin Up is a Springsteen song, not an original.


    And you may as well include
    Real Thing
    Credited legit as Pearl Jam and Cypress Hill
    Co writing credits Ament, Gossard, and Infamous D.A
    Highly underrated Judgement Night, movie and soundtrack. Lol
    If I was to smile and I held out my hand
    If I opened it now would you not understand?
  • ckravitz
    ckravitz NJ Posts: 1,668
    DriftingByTheStorm wrote:
    Also, now I'm confused on your intent.
    Sick o pussies - although briefly tagged at soldier field, is a very early Vedder solo composition that was included on The Bad Radio demos.
    If you are going to include that, you may as well include actual Bad Radio songs, current Vedder solo songs, and, hell, MlB and TOTD songs, just to be fair. Let alone Brad, Three Fish, et al. Etc.

    Growin Up is a Springsteen song, not an original.


    And you may as well include
    Real Thing
    Credited legit as Pearl Jam and Cypress Hill
    Co writing credits Ament, Gossard, and Infamous D.A
    Highly underrated Judgement Night, movie and soundtrack. Lol

    Great stuff!! Thank you.

    I don't know how I missed Hard to Imagine, will fix that, must have been an Excel goof. Master/Slave and Writers Block were omissions because I started with track names, silly mistake on my part.

    I'm definitely going for PJ originals only so the feedback about Sick o' Pussies is exactly what I'm looking for, thank you. The music section on this site had it listed as PJ Original so I went with that but I have also read on the forums that the list there can be a bit inaccurate so I'll remove that one.

    As to live only jams, I think I'm drawing the line at "if it has words" and it's not a cover of any type, but feedback is certainly welcome.

    So thus far the edits would be:

    Add Hard to Imagine, Leatherman II, Master/Save, Hummus, Writers Block, Wreck, My Son Is Slow.
    Remove Growin Up, Sick o' Pussies

    I did have Real Thing but left it off since it was co-written. I am making an exception for Merkinball because of its sheer awesomeness even though Neil plays guitar and organ.

    Anyhow, thanks again, this kind of info is exactly what I was looking for.
  • cent208
    cent208 Posts: 435
    thanks for doing this
    "The pain is temporary the pride is forever."
  • jonsey30
    jonsey30 Rochester Hills, MI Posts: 1,005
    The PJ Stat Tracker App for iPhone has a full list of originals and covers. have you looked there? Tells you how may times each has been played too, pretty cool App.
    7/19/13 - Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL
    10/11/13 - Pittsburgh, PA
    10/12/13 - Buffalo, NY
    10/16/2014 - Detroit, MI
    5/10/2016 - Toronto, ON
    3/24/2020 - Hamilton, ON
    9/7/2023 - Chicago, IL

  • jonsey30
    jonsey30 Rochester Hills, MI Posts: 1,005
    They show 172. 166 originals have been played, and 6 have never been played live:

    Aye Davanita
    Gremmie Out of Control
    Pry, To
    Red Dot
    Strangest Tribe
    Whale Song
    7/19/13 - Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL
    10/11/13 - Pittsburgh, PA
    10/12/13 - Buffalo, NY
    10/16/2014 - Detroit, MI
    5/10/2016 - Toronto, ON
    3/24/2020 - Hamilton, ON
    9/7/2023 - Chicago, IL

  • pjradio
    pjradio Posts: 6,704
    jonsey30 wrote:
    They show 172. 166 originals have been played, and 6 have never been played live:

    Aye Davanita
    Gremmie Out of Control
    Pry, To
    Red Dot
    Strangest Tribe
    Whale Song

    wow...they've never played Gremmie live?
    aqo2t.jpg
  • AzWicker
    AzWicker Posts: 1,162
    Open Road
    Falling Down (Fallen)
    Ed: 2011-07-09 2012-11-04
    PJ: 2011-09-03 2011-09-04
  • PJStatTracker
    PJStatTracker Posts: 2,400
    jonsey30 wrote:
    The PJ Stat Tracker App for iPhone has a full list of originals and covers. have you looked there? Tells you how may times each has been played too, pretty cool App.

    The app doesn't go into as much detail as he's looking for. Hummus, Writer's Block, Leatherman 2, none of those exist in the app.
    Download the unofficial <a href="http://bit.ly/PJStatTracker">Pearl Jam Stat Tracker</a> app for iPhone/iPad. It's <em>FREE.</em>

    PM me with any comments or suggestions for the app - or weigh in <a href="http://forums.pearljam.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=167611
    ">here</a>.
    or
    <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pjstattracker">Join the discussion on facebook</a>

  • Bu$chlager
    Bu$chlager Posts: 500
    What the heck is Leatherman II ??
  • DEEP
    DEEP Posts: 274
    Sweet! isn't Sunburn a No Code outtake?
  • DEEP
    DEEP Posts: 274
    Puzzle And Game (unreleased, vastly different demo of "Light Years", Binaural outtake, 2000)
  • MK13579
    MK13579 Posts: 217
    BUSH-lager wrote:
    What the heck is Leatherman II ??

    I would also like to know
  • ckravitz
    ckravitz NJ Posts: 1,668
    jonsey30 wrote:
    They show 172. 166 originals have been played, and 6 have never been played live:

    Aye Davanita
    Gremmie Out of Control
    Pry, To
    Red Dot
    Strangest Tribe
    Whale Song

    Couple notes .... Gremmie is a Silly Surfers cover and what about good old Stupid Mop :lol:

    Thanks for the info, will also check out the app. The more sources the better!!
  • ckravitz
    ckravitz NJ Posts: 1,668
    AzWicker wrote:
    Open Road
    Falling Down (Fallen)

    Added! Thanks!
  • ckravitz
    ckravitz NJ Posts: 1,668
    BUSH-lager wrote:
    What the heck is Leatherman II ??

    Primus mentioned it but I'm still searching :cry:

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