Eddie Vedder - Earthling

[stip]

It is easy to forget that, when he puts in the work, Eddie is/remains a phenomenal song writer. Hopefully a few of these showcase that

[joostone]

https://variety.com/2022/music/news/edd ... 235173364/

Watt, a 31-year-old Long Island native and recent Grammy winner for producer of the year, has worked closely with such mega pop stars as Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus and Dua Lipa as well as Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Elton John and Ozzy Osbourne. But he’s quick to confess that his first love has always been Pearl Jam. “I’m a super-fan who has probably seen them live more than 40 times,” he says. ”I grew up playing guitar along with their songs in my bedroom as a kid.”

“Earthling” evinces that let-it-rip energy, particularly on tracks such as the breakneck “Rose of Jericho,” the poppy, Split Enz-tinged “The Dark,” the heavy-riffed “Good and Evil” and “Fallout Today,” which grooves with a bit of T. Rex swagger. Elsewhere, “Invincible” bridges “Red Rain”-era Peter Gabriel sonics with snappy vocal phrasing a la Joe Strummer, while “The Haves” is a piano-led love ballad inspired by Vedder watching an older homeless couple walking hand-in-hand at Venice Beach.

Looking ahead, Vedder recently told MOJO that he expects to continue collaborating with Watt on a new Pearl Jam album, perhaps as soon as this year in between planned tours of North America and Europe. Not surprisingly, Watt is ecstatic at the prospect of furthering his work with his musical heroes: “I worship each and every one of them: my favorite bass player, lead guitar player, riff writer, drummer and singer could all be in the same room with me at some point, and I’m gonna die and go to heaven.”

[Anders]

Very nice article and story.

[Kevin Davis]

https://variety.com/2022/music/news/edd ... 235173364/

Watt, a 31-year-old Long Island native and recent Grammy winner for producer of the year, has worked closely with such mega pop stars as Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus and Dua Lipa as well as Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Elton John and Ozzy Osbourne. But he’s quick to confess that his first love has always been Pearl Jam. “I’m a super-fan who has probably seen them live more than 40 times,” he says. ”I grew up playing guitar along with their songs in my bedroom as a kid.”

Looking ahead, Vedder recently told MOJO that he expects to continue collaborating with Watt on a new Pearl Jam album, perhaps as soon as this year in between planned tours of North America and Europe. Not surprisingly, Watt is ecstatic at the prospect of furthering his work with his musical heroes: “I worship each and every one of them: my favorite bass player, lead guitar player, riff writer, drummer and singer could all be in the same room with me at some point, and I’m gonna die and go to heaven.”

Definitely hard not to relate to this, the idea of being over the moon at getting to work at this level with your childhood heroes, and as a guy who was rubbing elbows with Neil Young and Pete Townshend after just a few years in the business, you have to imagine Ed relates too. Hoping it all works out and he's able to get as good of an album out of them as Josh Evans did.

[Johnny Turner]

That's a great article, my excitement is high right now fot this album.
Even if the songs sucks (wont be the case from what we already heard in the live shows), the story behind it with Watt is great.

And now we already have a new PJ song to think about :

A host of legendary guests elevated “Earthling” even higher. Elton John duets with Vedder on the rollicking, classic Elton-sounding “Picture,” while Stevie Wonder plays harmonica on the frenetic, major-key punk song “Try,” which qualifies as perhaps his most unusual collaboration on record to date. Wonder kept Vedder and Watt waiting for six hours before he showed up to the studio (says Vedder: “In between, we wrote a song, and it’s gonna be a Pearl Jam song, and right now the working title is ‘Waiting for Stevie.’”). Upon arrival, he launched directly into his solo without ever hearing the full track.

[Ms Harmless]

"but he's quick to confess that his first love has always been Pearl Jam"

hopefully that means he'll have a particular approach and sound in mind for Pearl Jam that's not just a lazy carry-over from his pop work

[Jaeti]

Okay, okay. I was having a hard time giving up on the idea of another Josh Evans album, but this all makes Watt sound acceptable. Assuming it's not just Ed buying in.

[gardenparty]

Yeah, i think its cool that he is a super fan like some of us. However, i did see a quote in another article where he said he would be the one at a Pearl Jam show holding up a sign saying "let me play the solo to Alive".

In my 50+ shows, i never liked "that guy". I also think he could dial it down a bit on stage with the Earthlings.

But glad he's living it up and wish him and the band the best

[joostone]

Bring Josh Evans in for mixing and engineering and you have a dreamteam there!

[Leatherhead]

I wanna know what Watt thinks of Binaural.

[Farmer John]

I wanna know what Watt thinks of Binaural.

This is the final test before we welcome him with open arms.

[wease]

I thought he was a very nice person for as big of a Pearl Jam fan as he was.

Ed apparently thinks we’re all a bunch of douchebags.

[Monkey_Driven]

I thought he was a very nice person for as big of a Pearl Jam fan as he was.

Ed apparently thinks we’re all a bunch douchbags.

He must have an account on the Pit.

[Ms Harmless]

I wanna know what Watt thinks of Binaural.

I want him to shooow meeeeeeeee

[McParadigm]

[guitar_davey]

I thought he was a very nice person for as big of a Pearl Jam fan as he was.

Ed apparently thinks we’re all a bunch of douchebags.

Ed knows what's up.

[Johnny Turner]

Ok, let's do this - all Pearl Jam related instagram posts from Andrew Watt
(yes I'm doing the kind of stalker thing Ed was expecting from a real Pearl Jam fan):

Spoiler: show

[Hypnos]

OMG

[guitar_davey]

Oh my.

That's some, uh, dedication.

[Farmer John]

He's probably got both the regular and zombie versions of those Funko Pops.