- Rearviewmirror (song)
Infobox Song
Name = Rearviewmirror
Artist =Pearl Jam
Album = Vs.
Background = lightsteelblue
Released = October 19, 1993
track_no = Track 8
Recorded = May 1993 at The Site, Nicasio,California
Genre = Grunge
Length = 4:44
Label = Epic
Producer = Brendan O'Brien, Pearl Jam
Writer =Dave Abbruzzese ,Jeff Ament ,Stone Gossard ,Mike McCready ,Eddie Vedder
prev = "Blood"
prev_no = Track 7
next = "Rats"
next_no = Track 9"Rearviewmirror" is a song by the American rock bandPearl Jam . The song is the eighth track on the band's second studio album, "Vs." (1993). It was included on the band's greatest hits album, "".Origin and recording
"Rearviewmirror" was one of the first songs to feature lead singer
Eddie Vedder on guitar. Vedder wrote the song.Garbarini, Vic. [http://www.fivehorizons.com/archive/articles/gw0295.shtml "Spit Fire"] . "Guitar World ". February 1995.] GuitaristStone Gossard said that the band played the song "exactly like he wrote it." GuitaristMike McCready experimented with anEBow on the song. [Rotondi, James. [http://www.fivehorizons.com/archive/articles/gp194.shtml "Blood On the Tracks"] . "Guitar Player ". January 1994.]At the end of the studio cut drummer
Dave Abbruzzese can be heard throwing his drum sticks against the wall in frustration. This was in response to the pressure that was placed on him by producer Brendan O'Brien during the recording of the track. [ [http://pearljamhistory.no.sapo.pt/PJSongMeanings-Vs.htm "Vs.": Song Meanings/Album concept/Art Work/Technical Stuff"] . PearlJam10YearsAgo.no.sapo.pt. April 7, 2002.]Vedder finished recording the vocals for the song on the last day of recording for "Vs." Vedder had an issue with the song being too "catchy."Crowe, Cameron. [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10560431/five_against_the_world "Five Against the World"] . "
Rolling Stone ". October 28, 1993.]Lyrics
Vedder about "Rearviewmirror":
We start off with the music and it kinds of propels the lyrics. It made me feel like I was in a car, leaving something, a bad situation. There's an emotion there. I remembered all the times I wanted to leave... [Hilburn, Robert. [http://www.fivehorizons.com/archive/articles/la050194.shtml "He Didn't Ask for All This"] . "
Los Angeles Times ". May 1, 1994.]Reception
Regarding "Rearviewmirror", David Browne of "
Entertainment Weekly " said, "For once, those rippling guitar chords wrap themselves around a real hook, and Eddie's clenched delivery is perfect for a song about the pain of leaving behind a hopeless relationship and moving on." [Browne, David. [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,308481,00.html "The Courtship of Eddie"] . "Entertainment Weekly ". October 22, 1993.] Paul Evans of "Rolling Stone " said that "when Vedder roars, 'Saw things...clearer.../Once you were in my rearviewmirror,' it seems that it's not only some personal sorrow that he's willing himself to tear beyond but the entire weight of the past itself."Evans, Paul. [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/pearljam/albums/album/135104/review/5945402/vs "Pearl Jam: "Vs."] . "Rolling Stone ". December 23, 1993.]Live performances
The song was premiered live at the band's May 13, 1993 concert in San Francisco,
California . [ [http://pearljam.com/songs/song.php?song=Rearviewmirror "Pearl Jam Songs: "Rearviewmirror""] . pearljam.com.] The song was performed on "Saturday Night Live " in April 1994 in support of "Vs." Live performances of "Rearviewmirror" can be found on the "Dissident" single and the "Live at the Gorge 05/06 " box set. Performances of the song are also included on the DVDs "Touring Band 2000 ", "Live at the Showbox ", and "Live at the Garden ".Cover versions
An acoustic version performed by The Frogs appears on Pearl Jam's "Immortality" single.
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External links
* [http://pearljam.com/songs/song.php?song=Rearviewmirror Lyrics]
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