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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”).
“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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Repo111 wrote:
kewl song
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youll get over it
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uggg why is it live?
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90's music is where it's at.
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whoooooooooooooooooooooooo
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David_J1973 wrote:
My favorite PJ track. I love that it made an appearance on Guitar Hero III.
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ghostchild1979 wrote:
Man, Eddie is just spot ON with the vocals in this performance.
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TheDrunkenAngel wrote:
LOVE IT.
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Kamahl16 wrote:
I love this song, but the recording on Last.Fm is pretty terrible.
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noiresque wrote:
This song brings back my teen years in the biggest way... Christ, I miss the 90s.
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SweenyLyn wrote:
Oh mein Gott, ich liebe dieses Lied ! Egal welche Laune man hat... wenn man das Lied hört, geht sie steil nach oben :D
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YES SIR THAT PEARL JAM IS HOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
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ouh yeah ouh yeah
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zvaughn42 wrote:
i was a lost, lanky 14 year old... this video sealed my fate as a pj freak forever... proud to be! nothing beats that recording, btw
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Nambtha wrote:
Exactly!!!!
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jarodtaylor wrote:
Ten was one of those rare albums where you can listen to every song on the album without skipping tracks. You can listen to it from beginning to end.
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rentedsandwich wrote:
d_r85 stole exactly what I was going to say.
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deth_rocker85 wrote:
live on 2 legs version, one of the best live albums i've ever heard.
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lawrencegillies wrote:
\m/ >.< \m/
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