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“Even Flow” is a song by the American rock band Pearl Jam. Featuring lyrics written by vocalist Eddie Vedder and music written by guitarist Stone Gossard, “Even Flow” was released in 1992 as the second single from the band’s debut album, Ten (1991). The song peaked at number three on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The song was included on Pearl Jam’s 2004 greatest hits album, rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991–2003). A remixed version of the song was included on the 2009 Ten reissue.

“Even Flow” features a funky riff by Gossard. The vocal line that appears in the main verse begins with a very prominent tritone interval. The song was performed in open D tuning.

McCready on the song:

That’s me pretending to be Stevie Ray Vaughan, and a feeble attempt at that. Stone (Gossard, Pearl Jam guitarist) wrote the riff and song; I think it’s a D tuning. I just followed him in a regular pattern. I tried to steal everything I know from Stevie Ray Vaughan and put it into that song. A blatant rip-off. A tribute rip-off, if you will!

The stark lyrics by Vedder for “Even Flow” describe the experience of being a homeless man. The subject sleeps “on a pillow made of concrete” and panhandles passersby for spare change. In addition to being illiterate, he may also be mentally ill, as he “looks insane” when he smiles and struggles to keep coherent thoughts (“Even flow, thoughts arrive like butterflies/Oh, he don’t know, so he chases them away”).
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  • veddie30

    best song ever!!!

    18 days ago

  • huwatts4

    Thoughts arrive lie butterflies....

    22 days ago

  • Marjo47

    great band

    last month

  • ominous_shiva

    forever summer

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  • WarriorJones

    One of the 5 most instantly recognizable songs of the 90s.

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  • TuneBlendR

    Wonderful Live version... Mike surely rages on his guitar on this!

    last month

  • second-life-syn

    Sounds a little classic - and very good ...

    last month

  • whatisthisugh

    favorite pearl jam song for sure

    last month

  • nola872

    hell yes!

    March 2012

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    March 2012

  • let_it_diee

    yeah! love this song.

    March 2012

  • derelektrojan

    rock n roll !

    February 2012

  • Watamelonmofo

    My whole 7th grade year, i played this song 237 times on my Ipod :)

    February 2012

  • lukasz_pulawski

    Ngay cả dòng chảy

    January 2012

  • h1970s

    saw them twice in concert/worth every penny/most fav."black" and "release"

    January 2012

  • hlinakrbcsfr

    slm

    January 2012

  • niceverdict

    absebaaergrnrsrwoooOO!OO!!!! QOOQOOQOQOQQQwwooooo!!!

    January 2012

  • galinalistens

    I can't not sing a long, and woop, and dance! Such a good song!

    January 2012

  • Zanzani

    it's like the song has jet thrusters............

    December 2011

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    November 2011
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