Eddie Vedder

PearlJamDownerPearlJamDowner Posts: 170
edited December 2003 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
Would you all consider Ed the best song writer ever. Or is there other great writers better than Ed Vedds?
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  • he's great, no doubt
    but not the best

    i think the mojo between all the members is what makes pj so good...

    other great songwriters:

    Cobain
    Shawn Smith
    Jeff Ament
    The Dead
    Dylan
    Kevin Gilbert
    Jeff Buckley
    Stone
    Bjork




    shit, there's a whollllllllotta them...

    :)


    tons and tons
    ~all is full of love~
  • MrBrianMrBrian Posts: 2,672
    I think ed is better when he writes with stone
  • Originally posted by PearlJamDowner
    Would you all consider Ed the best song writer ever. Or is there other great writers better than Ed Vedds?

    Well, Jalaluddin Al-Rumi was pretty dam good at love..

    If anyone asks you
    how the perfect satisfaction
    of all our sexual wanting
    will look, lift your face
    and say,

    Like this.

    When someone mentions the gracefulness
    of the nightsky, climb up on the roof
    and dance and say,

    Like this.

    If anyone wants to know what "spirit" is,
    or what "God’s fragrance" means,
    lean your head toward him or her.
    Keep your face there close.

    Like this.

    When someone quotes the old poetic image
    about clouds gradually uncovering the moon,
    slowly loosen knot by knot the strings
    of your robe.

    Like this.

    If anyone wonders how Jesus raised the dead,
    don’t try to explain the miracle.
    Kiss me on the lips.

    Like this. Like this.

    When someone asks what it means
    to "die for love," point
    here.

    If someone asks how tall I am, frown
    and measure with your fingers the space
    between the creases on your forehead.

    This tall.

    The soul sometimes leaves the body, the returns.
    When someone doesn’t believe that,
    walk back into my house.

    Like this.

    When lovers moan,
    they’re telling our story.

    Like this.

    I am a sky where spirits live.
    Stare into this deepening blue,
    while the breeze says a secret.

    Like this.

    When someone asks what there is to do,
    light the candle in his hand.

    Like this.

    How did Joseph’s scent come to Jacob?


    Huuuuu.

    How did Jacob’s sight return?

    Huuuu.

    A little wind cleans the eyes.

    Like this.

    When Shams comes back from Tabriz,
    he’ll put just his head around the edge
    of the door to surprise us

    Like this.

  • who do you think is the best then?
    Drake, Dylan, Veddar, Cobain, Reznor?
  • i forgeti forget Posts: 281
    Let's not forget J.D. Morrison! He was a true poet, also.
  • Van Morrison's Astral Weeks Album is a lyrical Miracle. Not including all his other amazingness that he has writen.
    You know you are in trouble when you start to buy your own bullshit.
  • no questoion that Eddie Vedder is a genius. He like Cobain, Trent Reznor, Dylan, Pink Floyd, Prince (believe it or not), Janis Joplin, Morrison (Doors), Otep, and so many others give people like you and me a voice. Most people ignore them and incessantly label them, but there's others that get so moved by their words and music. To everyone who has a voice, keep on writing! Words can save.
    "Trying to be a person you're not is a waste of the person you really are."- Kurt D. Cobain (R.I.P February 20, 1967- April 5, 1994, we love u Kurt)



  • SoundSound Posts: 579
    THERE ISN'T SUCH A THING AS THE BEST EVER
    It was a dream, not a nightmare. A beautiful dream I could never imagined in a thousand nods. I saw this girl next to me, she wasn't beautiful until she smiled. And I felt that smile come at me in heat waves following. Soaking through my body and out my finger tips in shafts of color. And I knew somewhere in the world, somewhere, that there was love for me.

    Jim Carrol
  • FelicityFelicity Posts: 339
    Originally posted by Stolen Pencil420
    To everyone who has a voice, keep on writing! Words can save.

    absolutely, what a wonderful thing to say. it's so very, very true. i am living proof.

    use words to change the world for the better. if we let negativity and hatred take over, we are lost.

    sidenote: marilyn manson's appearance in bowling for columbine = succinct and beautiful expression of the way things get fucked up so easily. to me, he is the prime example of someone who combines brains, art, music with a message, with anti-establishment expression. okay, eddie does that too, but i don't think he irritates parents the same way. in fact, his appeal to many moms (maybe dads too) may be quite fortunate.
  • viggs20viggs20 Posts: 1,296
    Not the best ever...but among the very best for sure. And by saying songwriter are we considering only lyrical ability or even music composition ?
    Songwriters that I feel are among the best :
    Maynard James Keenan.
    Bob Dylan.
    Shannon Hoon.
    Kurt Cobain.
    Jerry Cantrell.
    Eddie Vedder.
    John Lennon.
    Paul McCartney.
    Roger Waters.
    Thom Yorke.
    Joni Mitchell.
    Tori Amos.
    PJ Harvey.
    Jimi Hendrix.

    There are more that I can't seem to remember...
    "Reality continues to ruin my life." - Calvin & Hobbes.

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