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Eddie Vedder- Reggae Woman

davidtriosdavidtrios Posts: 9,732
edited July 2012 in The Porch
can someone help me out? when and where was this from?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iioh4wTdcB0
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  • wiscopjfanwiscopjfan Posts: 56
    I think it was one of Ed's band's from San Diego back in the day
  • pjradiopjradio Posts: 6,704
    Guessing the '88 demo
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  • -Emma--Emma- Posts: 2,864
    Hope this helps... :)

    http://www.cathedralstone.net/Pages/PearlJam18.htm

    'Reggae Woman' was simply an easy going reggae love song. Eddie enjoyed reggae music and felt inspired to write a song in the style. It was a pretty good song, even for people that don't care much for reggae. It was fairly catchy. At times he used to listen to the local alternative station, 91X, on Sunday nights for the non- stop reggae. He also had a few reggae records including some of Bob Marly's old material.
    The music Eddie wrote in the days before his first band were quite 'commercial' in sound, as were his influences at the time (U2, The Police, etc.) The 'punk' influences Eddie so commonly refers to, now, were not at the fore-front of his life when I knew him. They were certainly there, but he was more interested in commercial artists. The music he wrote and performed was a direct reflection of this, and Eddie's second demo tape is an excellent example.
    Shortly after recording his first demo tape, Eddie recorded another demo tape with a different song list than the original. This second version consisted of a cover of the Bruce Springstein song "One Step Up". It was actually an amazing recreation of the song including the vocal track which sounded just like Bruce. Scott Ring (friend, co-worker at San Diego Petroleum Corp.) was one recipient of the tape. When he heard the song, he thought it was Bruce himself. "Why did you put a Springstein song on your demo tape when the music is supposed to be performed by you ?", he asked. Eddie replied by saying, "That was me." Scott was blown away. The second version of Eddie's demo tape consisted of the following:

    Original Demo Tape Version #2

    · Side A: 1. One Step Up 2. Crossroads
    · Side B: 1. Believe You Me 2. Reggae Woman
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  • tremorstremors Posts: 8,051
    I love 'Believe You Me'. Really gets me - the voice...... good old Eddie! - he's had the magic for a long time
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  • PilateOfTheStormPilateOfTheStorm Posts: 4,319
    tremors wrote:
    I love 'Believe You Me'. Really gets me - the voice...... good old Eddie! - he's had the magic for a long time

    i love that song, it's simplicity, his voice :)
  • tremorstremors Posts: 8,051
    electricxlovex wrote:
    tremors wrote:
    I love 'Believe You Me'. Really gets me - the voice...... good old Eddie! - he's had the magic for a long time

    i love that song, it's simplicity, his voice :)


    Yeah I think it shows a lot of qualities that go on to feature in a lot of PJ's best work - appealing to the emotions, the kind of haunting voice. Unmistakeably Eddie! I was surprised when I looked at my last.fm profile a while back that song was amongst my top played tracks!
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  • RKCNDYRKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    I enjoy reggae...and thanks for the link, it's great! :D
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  • covered in blisscovered in bliss chi-caw-go Posts: 1,332
    that's definitely from 1988! no mistaking it when that 80's techno-organ-thingy kicks in.
  • igotid88igotid88 Posts: 28,262
    my cd with all those songs got ruined
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  • supersonicyearssupersonicyears Posts: 2,619
    -Emma- wrote:
    Hope this helps... :)

    http://www.cathedralstone.net/Pages/PearlJam18.htm

    'Reggae Woman' was simply an easy going reggae love song. Eddie enjoyed reggae music and felt inspired to write a song in the style. It was a pretty good song, even for people that don't care much for reggae. It was fairly catchy. At times he used to listen to the local alternative station, 91X, on Sunday nights for the non- stop reggae. He also had a few reggae records including some of Bob Marly's old material.
    The music Eddie wrote in the days before his first band were quite 'commercial' in sound, as were his influences at the time (U2, The Police, etc.) The 'punk' influences Eddie so commonly refers to, now, were not at the fore-front of his life when I knew him. They were certainly there, but he was more interested in commercial artists. The music he wrote and performed was a direct reflection of this, and Eddie's second demo tape is an excellent example.
    Shortly after recording his first demo tape, Eddie recorded another demo tape with a different song list than the original. This second version consisted of a cover of the Bruce Springstein song "One Step Up". It was actually an amazing recreation of the song including the vocal track which sounded just like Bruce. Scott Ring (friend, co-worker at San Diego Petroleum Corp.) was one recipient of the tape. When he heard the song, he thought it was Bruce himself. "Why did you put a Springstein song on your demo tape when the music is supposed to be performed by you ?", he asked. Eddie replied by saying, "That was me." Scott was blown away. The second version of Eddie's demo tape consisted of the following:

    Original Demo Tape Version #2

    · Side A: 1. One Step Up 2. Crossroads
    · Side B: 1. Believe You Me 2. Reggae Woman
    I love these songs and Just a Book and "I Just Wanted You to Know(homeless)". I'd love to hear them play these songs live.
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  • nuclear ukulelesnuclear ukuleles Posts: 660
    This is simply wonderful!
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  • Mikee JMikee J Posts: 1,323
    Brilliant.. love this forum sometimes !
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  • pdalowskypdalowsky Doncaster,UK Posts: 15,107
    This is a great tune!!
  • gremmiedotnetgremmiedotnet Posts: 345
    You can grab this and every other track by Bad Radio at www.gremmie.net

    http://www.gremmie.net/demos/bad-radio-demos

    enjoy!
  • JonnyPistachioJonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    I used to love this tune, but kinda forgot about it.. Thanks for resurrecting it!
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  • Nevermind90Nevermind90 Posts: 722
    damn I heard this the first time yesterday, it killed me in the good way, freaking love it..
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  • dasvidanadasvidana Grand Junction CO Posts: 1,356
    supersonicyears wrote:
    I love these songs and Just a Book and "I Just Wanted You to Know(homeless)". I'd love to hear them play these songs live.

    me too
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  • RhinoJamRhinoJam Raleighwood Posts: 596
    Awesome song... I would love to hear Eddie do a solo Reggae Album!
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  • petesopetepetesopete Posts: 81
    "Divided we fall, united we stand
    Be my reggae woman and I'll be your reggae man"

    Probably the worst lyrics to ever come out of Eddie's mouth… the rest of the song is pretty good though..
  • Nevermind90Nevermind90 Posts: 722
    cant get this song out of my head, its been following me since april!
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  • pjradiopjradio Posts: 6,704
    http://www.twofeetthick.com/2003/06/eds ... -jam-demo/
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  • Mamasan BrenMamasan Bren Posts: 960
    Good Stuff people. Anyone have a link to be able to hear the "One Step Up"? I looked on gremmie but they don't seem to have it. They mention it, but with no playable link or anything under the Bad Radio demos. I'd be interested to hear Ed's version in comparison to the original.
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  • pjradiopjradio Posts: 6,704
    Mamasan Bren wrote:
    Good Stuff people. Anyone have a link to be able to hear the "One Step Up"? I looked on gremmie but they don't seem to have it. They mention it, but with no playable link or anything under the Bad Radio demos. I'd be interested to hear Ed's version in comparison to the original.
    it is on Gremmies

    heres "One Step Up"

    http://www.mediafire.com/?03lqum89q99xi45
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  • BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,309
    With the subject title I immediately thought of:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzP0CnYh ... age#t=900s
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