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didnt know that Dave A wrote the lyrics for Go?

immortality_13immortality_13 Posts: 232
edited November 2008 in Words and Music...Communication
found this out now will lookin up PJ songs, i always thought this was just another great ed song so i was quite surprised to see Dave wrote the lyrics for it and that they still play it considering their relationship with him.
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  • so-much-clearerso-much-clearer Posts: 303
    I think he just wrote the riff... and Ed wrote the lyrics as usual.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_(Pearl_Jam_song)
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  • Stone IronsStone Irons Posts: 430
    So Much Clearer wrote:
    I think he just wrote the riff... and Ed wrote the lyrics as usual.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_(Pearl_Jam_song))

    That's correct. Ed wrote the lyrics, Dave wrote the main riff.

    No Pearl Jam member other than Ed wrote lyrics for a Pearl Jam song until Stone wrote the lyrics for Mankind.
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  • GivenToJam88GivenToJam88 Posts: 1,187
    i think originally it was an acoustic song
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  • Dogman3Dogman3 Posts: 330
    I always thought it was a Gossard riff...?
  • Stone IronsStone Irons Posts: 430
    Dogman3 wrote:
    I always thought it was a Gossard riff...?

    Stone came up with the siren-like guitar part, but Dave wrote the main riff.
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  • immortality_13immortality_13 Posts: 232
    oh but i thought whoever's name comes first in the song list at pearljam.com, means that they wrote the lyrics, for example nothingman is ament/vedder and present tense is vedder/mccready
  • SpencerSpencer Posts: 867
    immortality_13 wrote:
    oh but i thought whoever's name comes first in the song list at pearljam.com, means that they wrote the lyrics, for example nothingman is ament/vedder and present tense is vedder/mccready

    Nope, I think they just did that randomly.

    Jeff wrote the music to Nothingman and Mike wrote the music to Present Tense, without a doubt. Ed wrote the lyrics to both (as was said before, Ed wrote ALL the lyrics until Mankind).

    You'll need to check the album liner notes to be sure in most cases.
  • JordyWordyJordyWordy Posts: 2,261
    i think that for most (maybe all) songs on Vs and Vitalogy all 5 band members are credited as writers...and maybe Dave A comes up cos of alphabetically, his surname is first. thats what i always assumed.

    on songs with one writer & lyricist, then its done the other way (eg Ament/Vedder).
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