Song of the Moment: Glorified G

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[Anders]

Dave A wrote on facebook: I still find it hilarious that I have to talk about this but I do, because it seems, as the years pass, the story changes and I become kind of a villain in it. Almost as if it is another reason I was unceremoniously fired by the band, and my contributions and hard work discredited.
So, I'm going to lay it down as it is, as it was, and as it always will be.
The Glorified G song by Pearl Jam.
I went up to Mount Rainier with my dear friend Jon Anderson. We were going camping so I decided to buy a .22 caliber long rifle for protection. When I returned from camping, I mentioned an off comment to Kelly Curtis, the band's manager at the time, that I went camping and he said I've got to be safe, etc... and I said not to worry, that I was safe and I had even bought a gun for protection up there just in case there were any animals or whatever... When I showed up at the next rehearsal, I was getting the cold shoulder which was often the case with the band for whatever reason. This is how how things kind of went.
Then it came up. Jeff said, "So, I heard you bought a gun.". Everyone gave me a condescending look, and I said, Yeah, I got a gun, in fact I bought two." ...and I laughed and it started this discussion about guns and gun ownership and I said, "Man, I just bought a .22, it's a glorified version of a pellet gun...it's no big deal." ...and then we had a conversation where Jeff mentioned that his dad said if you're going to have a gun you got to always keep it loaded, and it just became that kind of a topical conversation between all of us. Eddie, while we were having this conversation, was jotting down notes and the conversation with added embellishments turned into the lyric for a guitar riff Mike had been playing. That's the story. That's it. No big whoop, and I still maintain that buying a .22 caliber rifle and taking it with you camping for protection or actually buying two of them one for each tent when you're up in the mountains is not a bad idea when you're interested in a safe camping trip. So, there you have it.
Do I believe in AR-15s and military assault rifles and all these sorts of things being available to the public is a good or necessary thing? No, I never have and I never will. I don't understand why people need such military grade weapons, but as far as being able to have the right to purchase a .22 caliber gun or a BB gun or a handgun or whatever that is a constitutional right.
I also believe that guns don't kill people, people kill people. That being the case there ought to be stricter ownership laws in place.

So, there's the story. That's what it is. Some oversensitive blah blah blah and overtime it's turned into that Eddie wrote the song as a dig on me and blah blah blah blah blah and I don't really give a f***, but I am tired of feeling like I need to defend myself against something like this.
Something so trivial and stupid.

[96583UP]

i love Dave A

pearl jam fans are the würst

[96583UP]

Glorified G is a 5-star song

that era of Vs. the closest thing PJ did to a 'southern' album

there is some twang

and Ed's voice sounds manly-southern

the testosterone was vibrant in this one

[blueviper]

that Glorified G story sounds so crazy it's probably true.

Also, a .22 rifle is a lot different than an AR-15.

Also, a .22 rifle is probably just going to piss a bear off, not kill it.

[dad]

that Glorified G story sounds so crazy it's probably true.

Also, a .22 rifle is a lot different than an AR-15.

Also, a .22 rifle is probably just going to piss a bear off, not kill it.

yeah, but he got two, so that will really make the bear mad.

[Matters]

It’s great to get Dave A’s account of how things went down but what prompted him to say “I have to talk about this” ?

[blueviper]

I can imagine this conversation between Dave A and the band while Ed sits off to the side scratching lyrics onto a notepad a la George McFly when Marty’s given him advice to hit on Lorraine.

[Anders]

If you are camping in bear country, you have to have a weapon or two along. Even just scaring the bear with it is usually enough. Would be the same in Europe. Even if we have different gun laws, people that camp in the wild like this, do get a licence for taking guns with them.

[Matters]

Dave A’s idea of getting out into the wilderness is camping on Mt. Rainier. Eddie’s is sitting around a campfire on the beach. /s

[Anders]

Funny if that were true, but I remember reading about Eddie and some friends, including Jack Irons, going camping in the wild before he joined Pearl Jam. And I'm sure Dave A has been to plenty of beaches.

[Ms Harmless]

great song

[Ello Sailor]

No PJ song brings out my inner Trag quite like this one. The chorus is goofy as shit.

5 stars my ass. I'll be keeping an eye on you, Numbers.

[96583UP]

Dave A finds a way to bring it all together