Falling Down (Red Rocks) Morrison Co.

2-feign-reluctance

jbalicki10 said:

Song was: Distress from the Rockfords album: The Rockfords

A fantastic LP. Highly recommend.

HughFreakingDillon

listening again.

JT_JamFan

Listened to both sides this morning.  Can't remember if i ever really paid attention to side 2 before today.  Great performance.  I probably skip over this one because it's a 10" and so isn't with all my other singles.  It definitely needs more attention.  There is a lot of muted energy happening on side 1, and tons of RAW on side 2.

Shyner

Wow. Lyrics are awesome

Pap

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj_bVMeOdFk

HughFreakingDillon

it interests me that they are seated for this song.it's clearly not a "sitting" song. 

PB11041

I am surprised nobody has mentioned that clearly there appear to be some studio efforts at this song.  See Lost Dogs right side of tape shelf.

The music as pointed out, ultimately was released by the Rockfords, The Rockfords, as the track Distress

Naturally, here are a lot of pics of Pearl Jam, with the Rockfords song Distress...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j20Mpf1EqE

Pap

^ Oh yeah, I totally forgot about it... I even created a thread on the topic some years ago...

dougkarhoff33

I am sure since this thread is so old, that everyone does know that this is a PJ cover of a Beatles song...  Just wanted to throw that out in case anyone wanted a tab, etc. 

HughFreakingDillon

dougkarhoff33 said:

I am sure since this thread is so old, that everyone does know that this is a PJ cover of a Beatles song...  Just wanted to throw that out in case anyone wanted a tab, etc. 

huh? it's Pearl Jam's take on a Rockfords tune. 

Pap

HughFreakingDillon said: It's Pearl Jam's take on a Rockfords tune. 

It's actually the other way around. PJ first played it in 1995, and then The Rockfords released it in 2000.

PB11041

The Lyrics are NOT the same as the Rockfords tune at all though.  It is kind of like, Times of Trouble/Footsteps, same music, different lyrics.

PB11041

dougkarhoff33 said:

I am sure since this thread is so old, that everyone does know that this is a PJ cover of a Beatles song...  Just wanted to throw that out in case anyone wanted a tab, etc. 

This is NOT a Beatles song. 

HughFreakingDillon

Pap said:

HughFreakingDillon said: It's Pearl Jam's take on a Rockfords tune. 

It's actually the other way around. PJ first played it in 1995, and then The Rockfords released it in 2000.

Regardless of when it was released, wasn't this written by Mike/The Rockfords and Ed put his own lyrics to it? or did PJ write it and give it to the Rockfords?

PB11041

HughFreakingDillon said:

Pap said:

HughFreakingDillon said: It's Pearl Jam's take on a Rockfords tune. 

It's actually the other way around. PJ first played it in 1995, and then The Rockfords released it in 2000.

Regardless of when it was released, wasn't this written by Mike/The Rockfords and Ed put his own lyrics to it? or did PJ write it and give it to the Rockfords?

Mike wrote the music, at the least the basic guitar parts, the Rockfords were not formed until late 1999.  This was originally a PJ track, musically, that never saw the light of day.  But again, there is at least visually, some evidence that PJ tracked this in the studio.
Middle shelf, on the right, tape 2, 3 and 5 (left to right view)

PB11041

dougkarhoff33 said:

I am sure since this thread is so old, that everyone does know that this is a PJ cover of a Beatles song...  Just wanted to throw that out in case anyone wanted a tab, etc. 

I think you are confusing this with "I've Just Seen a Face" which Ed does a brief snippet of a cappela at the same show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3m8UeUxl0U

HughFreakingDillon

PB11041 said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

Pap said:

HughFreakingDillon said: It's Pearl Jam's take on a Rockfords tune. 

It's actually the other way around. PJ first played it in 1995, and then The Rockfords released it in 2000.

Regardless of when it was released, wasn't this written by Mike/The Rockfords and Ed put his own lyrics to it? or did PJ write it and give it to the Rockfords?

Mike wrote the music, at the least the basic guitar parts, the Rockfords were not formed until late 1999.  This was originally a PJ track, musically, that never saw the light of day.  But again, their is at least visually, some evidence that PJ tracked this in the studio.
Middle shelf, on the right, tape 2, 3 and 5 (left to right view)

that says "fallen". how do we know it's the same track as Falling Down? interesting still. 

PB11041

HughFreakingDillon said:

PB11041 said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

Pap said:

HughFreakingDillon said: It's Pearl Jam's take on a Rockfords tune. 

It's actually the other way around. PJ first played it in 1995, and then The Rockfords released it in 2000.

Regardless of when it was released, wasn't this written by Mike/The Rockfords and Ed put his own lyrics to it? or did PJ write it and give it to the Rockfords?

Mike wrote the music, at the least the basic guitar parts, the Rockfords were not formed until late 1999.  This was originally a PJ track, musically, that never saw the light of day.  But again, their is at least visually, some evidence that PJ tracked this in the studio.
Middle shelf, on the right, tape 2, 3 and 5 (left to right view)

that says "fallen". how do we know it's the same track as Falling Down? interesting still. 

We don't, that is why I said some evidence, not clear and decisive fact.  This plus the information compiled here on Pearl Jam Online under No Code sessions and Yield Sessions, there is notation that Falling Down was tracked during No Code sessions, and Fallen (aka Falling Down) was tracked during Yield.

http://www.pearljamonline.it/rs.htm

Is that certain, I do not know, but it certainly has a lot of points of correlation.  I can't think of any other songs pre-2003 that would be under the title Fallen.

HughFreakingDillon

Cool. thanks for the info. 

PB11041

HughFreakingDillon said:

Cool. thanks for the info. 

No problem.

I get paid nothing to have this sick fetish.