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Rats 11/17/93

andrewbandrewb Posts: 488
edited June 2009 in The Porch
There is a awesome snip of Eddie singing 'Ben' the Michael Jackson song after the song ends and then he mutters fuck that. And 'Rats' borrows it's last line from 'Ben' as well. It really was my favorite song of Michaels, regardless of its Pearl Jam relation. I know Eddie cited him and Motown as his primary influences as a singer. I'm sad to hear the news today, pretty tragic life he lived. RIP to the King
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  • PearlJamPatriotPearlJamPatriot Posts: 2,426
    Yea, good thinking. I forgot about the connection to MJ in that song.
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  • SoybeansSoybeans Posts: 256
    Yeah, I though of that clip from years ago. I remember Eddie saying "Michael Jackson is innocent" during one of the Rats tags....can't remember the show in particular.

    Also, there's a sweet version of Chris Cornell covering Billie Jean acoustic, that's pretty easy to find.

    For better or worse, this guy was an icon that for many years of my youth seemed to be immortal.
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  • Dark StarDark Star Posts: 496
    Yeah, I am listening to RATS right now in honor of the guy who got Eddie singing... without the jackson 5, there might be no Pj
  • HeavyHandsHeavyHands Posts: 2,130
    Soybeans wrote:
    I remember Eddie saying "Michael Jackson is innocent" during one of the Rats tags....can't remember the show in particular.

    I could be wrong, but I think it's the Atlanta show from 94.
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  • dislocateddislocated Posts: 599
    Dark Star wrote:
    Yeah, I am listening to RATS right now in honor of the guy who got Eddie singing... without the jackson 5, there might be no Pj

    Without the Jackson 5, many, many bands might not be here.
  • U R A Crazy BreedU R A Crazy Breed Posts: 8,370
    edited July 2009
    :mrgreen:
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  • EasyEEasyE Posts: 66
    Among the many connections between the Jackson 5 and Pearl Jam, the vocal work in "Come Back," in my opinion, has its roots in the Jackson 5 ballads "I'll Be There," "Got To Be There" and "Never Can Say Goodbye."
  • pjsteelerfanpjsteelerfan Maryland Posts: 9,903
    Soybeans wrote:
    Yeah, I though of that clip from years ago. I remember Eddie saying "Michael Jackson is innocent" during one of the Rats tags....can't remember the show in particular.

    Also, there's a sweet version of Chris Cornell covering Billie Jean acoustic, that's pretty easy to find.

    For better or worse, this guy was an icon that for many years of my youth seemed to be immortal.

    I think he said it at the atlanta 94 show
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  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,345
    pjsteelerfan wrote:
    Soybeans wrote:
    Yeah, I though of that clip from years ago. I remember Eddie saying "Michael Jackson is innocent" during one of the Rats tags....can't remember the show in particular.

    Also, there's a sweet version of Chris Cornell covering Billie Jean acoustic, that's pretty easy to find.

    For better or worse, this guy was an icon that for many years of my youth seemed to be immortal.

    I think he said it at the atlanta 94 show

    it was at the widely circulated ATL show. the radio broadcast one.
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  • TaftTaft Posts: 454
    Soybeans wrote:
    Yeah, I though of that clip from years ago. I remember Eddie saying "Michael Jackson is innocent" during one of the Rats tags....can't remember the show in particular.

    I believe that was Atlanta '94 (the radio broadcast show), best version of Rats ever, the outro is stunning.

    Though, the real highlight is not the "Ben" and MJ references, but that Ed busts out a line from Satan's Bed in the outro, first time any part of that song ever surfaced I believe.
  • NeilJamNeilJam Posts: 1,191
    Taft wrote:
    Soybeans wrote:
    Yeah, I though of that clip from years ago. I remember Eddie saying "Michael Jackson is innocent" during one of the Rats tags....can't remember the show in particular.

    I believe that was Atlanta '94 (the radio broadcast show), best version of Rats ever, the outro is stunning.

    Though, the real highlight is not the "Ben" and MJ references, but that Ed busts out a line from Satan's Bed in the outro, first time any part of that song ever surfaced I believe.


    They then played Satan's Bed for the first time live right after Rats.
  • CardinalCardinal Posts: 479
    I want a copy of this show.....
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    Cardinal wrote:
    I want a copy of this show.....

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  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,721
    me too ,,i want a copy..
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