Eddie Vedder interviews.. 2/3 and 2/5

Jeremys Spoken · February 2009

http://www.exploremusic.com/home/Home/V ... fault.aspx

poto101 · February 2009

interesting listen.

thanks a lot for the link!

.... No, No, YOUR version of hard sun.

.>>>>>>Oh, FU*K

pdalowsky · February 2009

no speakers at work guys, anything of mega interest on there?

Terryible · February 2009

pdalowsky wrote:

no speakers at work guys, anything of mega interest on there?

Cheers for those

the first one Eddie talks about the re release on 10
in the second he talks about how he discovered hard sun, it was very interesting

Fifthelement · February 2009

Thanks for the links

Hmmm . . . so he's feeling very compressed right now. Wonder what that means :?

IM262641 · February 2009

Eddie Vedder and the new face of America
by Alan Cross
January 30, 2009 01:00

Here are two things I never expected to hear: (1) “As your financial adviser, I won’t be charging you any management fees this year because your portfolio went down and I blame myself.” And (2) “I have Eddie Vedder on the phone for you.”

I’m still paying management fees on my RRSP. Eddie, on the other hand, was, in fact, on the phone from somewhere in Seattle. And despite his well-documented, er, reserve, the Pearl Jam frontman sounded, well, rather verklempt — in a good way. So how is he doing, following the inaugural of U.S. President Barack Obama?

“I’m OK. I’m beyond OK. I’m great. I’m so overwhelmed and overcome with emotion ... I feel incredible, I feel relieved, I feel exhausted.”

So what kind of hopes and predictions does he now have, I ask.

“Two years ago, you were wondering what could there possibly be to unite our country and get us out of this mess. What can get us back on the positive? What can bring us back into some kind of standing with the international community? And it seemed like that there would not be any answer. Who knew we would get to this moment?”

Maybe Barack Obama’s greatest contribution is simply going to be the re-ignition of hope, he suggests.

“So now it’s up to us to keep that candle, turn that into a flame and keep it burning. And to protect and serve him and serve our nation now that the electorate has been invigorated.”

We had our own federal election in October and the turnout and interest was low. However, hundreds of Canadians travelled to Washington to take part in American history.

“Wow. Well, you know, we are connected — more than just geographically. Our cultures are very similar and when one goes down, the other is going to follow in certain ways.”

Eddie and I talked about everything from the upcoming reissue of Pearl Jam’s Ten album (due March 24) to any lingering bad feelings towards Ticketmaster.

But here was my big question: How did Eddie come to cover a Canadian song for the Into the Wild soundtrack? The answer next week.

Into The Wild song’s Canadian connection
by Alan Cross
February 06, 2009 12:06

Eddie Vedder is in a great mood. A few hours earlier, Barack Obama had been sworn in as the 44th president of the United States and Eddie was elated. Ebullient. Euphoric. Effervescently, er, chatty. Although we were going to talk about the upcoming reissue of Pearl Jam’s Ten album (due March 24), which we did, eventually, we both got a little sidetracked on a matter of Canadiana.

A big mystery has been how Eddie came to cover Hard Sun by Indio, a now-obscure Canadian artist who has been AWOL for the better part of 20 years. Although the song still occasionally gets played on Canadian radio, Big Harvest, the album from whence it came, was deleted years ago. It’s now one of those Holy Grail collectibles for a certain type of Canadian rock fan.

Then suddenly, it shows up in a Sean Penn movie being sung by the Pearl Jam frontman. So, how did that happen?

Cross: How did you come across the song Hard Sun for the Into the Wild soundtrack?

Vedder: The Canadian connection! When Sean (Penn, the director) first showed me the movie, it was in the film. To be honest, for me, it was the first time I’d ever heard it. But it felt like I had heard it. I couldn’t tell if it was from the late ’60s or mid-’70s. It had this kind of timeless thing about it.

Cross: Sean Penn found the song?

Vedder: Sean, at one point, knew Gordon (Peterson, the person behind Indio) or had been in contact with him or had friends who were friends of his. And Sean has really good, really eclectic musical tastes. He can quote Phil Ochs at the drop of a hat or recite a 12-minute Bob Dylan song. I think he knew this fellow, Gordon, and loved this song.

I wrote something for this part of the film (the soundtrack for Into the Wild is essentially an Eddie Vedder solo record) and he said “I think that’s good, but I think we need to go with Hard Sun.” And I thought, “Great. That’s less work for me to do. And then he said, “No, no. YOUR version of it.”

I tried to be really true to his delivery. It’s a great, great song. But I’ve not met (Peterson) or talked to him. I hope he liked it.

vedderfan10 · February 2009

Hard Sun and I go way back - thank you Ed for connecting my life then with my life now on a level that defies words...And thank you Sean Penn for making him do it...

100 Pacer · February 2009

the transcript for the 3rd and final part of Alan Cross' interview with Ed, as well as links to all 3 podcasts, is available in the following thread:

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=92494

EddieWouldKnow · February 2009

Jeremy's Spoken wrote:

http://www.exploremusic.com/home/Home/VideoAudio/tabid/1575/Default.aspx

Thanks for posting this!!!!

LOVED IT!

Eddie Vedder interviews.. 2/3 and 2/5

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