do the evolution

NewSystem

This song seems to poke fun at evolution or maybe it's referring to something else. What do you guys think?

Thorns2010

I think its about people who are of the mind set that since humans are at the top of the food chain we can do whatever we want to the world around us.

JP2026766

I agree with Thorns, and I'll add on to that that it's almost a poke at religion and it's ignorance to recognize evolution. You can't fear change, it's always happening so you better buckle up.

On a side note, this is one of my favorite songs live, and much better than the studio version. It's actually my Dad's favorite PJ song too, I always hear him singing the chorus!

giventofly0812

great live, ed's voice is amazing in it

NewSystem

ThrowUrArmsAroundMe wrote:

I agree with Thorns, and I'll add on to that that it's almost a poke at religion and it's ignorance to recognize evolution. You can't fear change, it's always happening so you better buckle up.

I thought it was a poke at evolution and it's ignorance to intelligent design.

Stone Irons

NewSystem wrote:

I thought it was a poke at evolution and it's ignorance to intelligent design.

Here's some quotes from Ed about the song:

"That song is all about someone who's drunk with technology, who thinks they're the controlling living being on this planet. It's another one I'm not singing as myself."

Source: http://pearljamhistory.no.sapo.pt/PJArticles_Interviews_02-08-98_-_philadelphia_inquirer.htm

"This Daniel Quinn book, ''Ishmael''...I've never recommended a book before, but I would actually, in an interview, recommend it to everyone....But this book, it's kind of the book of my ... My whole year has been kind of with these thoughts in mind. And on an evolutionary level, that man has been on this planet for 3 million years, so that you have this number line that goes like this [hands wide apart]. And that we're about to celebrate the year 2000, which is this [holds hands less than one inch apart]. So here's this number line; here's what we know and celebrate. This book is a conversation with a man and an ape. And the ape really has it all together. He kinda knows the differences between him and the man, and points out how slight they are, and it creates an easy analogy for what man has done, thinking that they were the end-all. That man is the end-all thing on this earth. That the earth was around even so much longer before the 3 million years. Fifty million years of sharks and all these living things. Then man comes out of the muck, and 3 million years later he's standing, and now he's controlling everything and killing it. Just in the last hundred! Which is just a speck on this line. So what are we doin' here? This is just a good reminder...And I'm anxious to see what happens. You know, I've got a good seat for whatever happens next. It'll be interesting."

Source: http://web.archive.org/web/20000301045735/www.addict.com/issues/4.02/html/lofi/Cover_Story/Pearl_Jam/page_11.html

florence151

Hey, EV's take on Evolution is the final verdict but...

I take the song as a warning that we cannot continue to consume everything earth has to offer and think that that it will not have consequences. We will end up destroying ourselves. Wall E.