Inside Job

Evvo

anyone know what ed did specifically to this song??

Low_Light03

Evvo wrote:

anyone know what ed did specifically to this song??

I think he wrote some of the music. I'm not sure though.

Rhinocerous Surprise

Evvo wrote:

anyone know what ed did specifically to this song??

I read an interview with Mike somewhere, and he said Ed helped out with the bridge. Didn't get any more specific than that, I don't think.

Ms. Haiku

My favorite song on Avocado Blue. I love to hear it live or off the CD.

dharma69

Relix magazine had a well done interview of Pearl Jam...here's a bit as the talk turned to "Inside Job":

The emotional track "Inside Job", from Pearl Jam's new self-titled disc, is the first to which McCready has penned lyrics.

"'Inside Job' was searching for some type of spiritual solution. To be able to write that song and then have everyone in the band want to do it was fucking awesome," he relates.

But first he had to give it to Vedder. Despite their longtime friendship, McCready was nervous that Ed wouldn't approve. "I was nervous because I had written the lyrics out, knowing that he had a lot of shit on his plate," he laughs. "It was like I gave him a full dinner, another extra course."

McCready then did something he rarely does. He sang to Vedder. "It was pretty nerve-wracking," he confesses. "But he was into it. It was cathartic to actually put some lyrics down and not feel self-conscious or embarrassed by it."

Androgynous Mind

Keep the past somewhere in your memory banks and apply it to your present day decisions. All those hopes and dreams could not be achieved without everything leading up to it. Personally, I love Inside Job. Can't get enough of the first first 1min 54sec of the song. After that, it only gets better with Vedder lyrics.

r1vers

dharma69 wrote:

Relix magazine had a well done interview of Pearl Jam...here's a bit as the talk turned to "Inside Job":

The emotional track "Inside Job", from Pearl Jam's new self-titled disc, is the first to which McCready has penned lyrics.

"'Inside Job' was searching for some type of spiritual solution. To be able to write that song and then have everyone in the band want to do it was fucking awesome," he relates.

But first he had to give it to Vedder. Despite their longtime friendship, McCready was nervous that Ed wouldn't approve. "I was nervous because I had written the lyrics out, knowing that he had a lot of shit on his plate," he laughs. "It was like I gave him a full dinner, another extra course."

McCready then did something he rarely does. He sang to Vedder. "It was pretty nerve-wracking," he confesses. "But he was into it. It was cathartic to actually put some lyrics down and not feel self-conscious or embarrassed by it."

awesome. hadn't heard this yet. thanks for relaying it.

Yieldy

I didn't know it was Mike's text...thank you for this .....and about the text...I think it's really awesome...very powerful with a a great music too...with Come back and Life wasted it's one of my favourites...