Eddie Vedder is the vocal performer of Pearl Jam's music. He is also a song writer and plays guitar, accordion, harmonica, drums, ukulele and more. Of Pearl Jam's sound, he was quoted to have said this: "It's like we took our aggressions and shaped something positive from them in a very direct manner....." Apparently, the group found the best channel for their aggressions by weaving it in a form of musical compositions that earned acceptance in millions of fans worldwide. Their music is recognized as alternative rock.
Eddie Vedder acknowledged his early beginnings from Chicago to San Diego, and expressed his life's experiences through his songwriting as well as in singing. He was reported to have said "I need honesty, I need truth, and I need hope---I need it! That's what music means to me."
In his acceptance speech for Pearl Jam's Grammy Award, he mentioned about his father and said: "My dad would have liked it. My dad died before I got to know him, and he would have liked it. So that's why I'm here." Obviously, he was referring to his dad as the driving force that enabled him to record a song and send it to the group of Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament and Mike Mc Cready in Seattle. The tape he sent earned him an invitation from the group to join the band that is now known as Pearl Jam.
It was reported that the dad he came to know was not his biological father. He learned only about his real dad when he was already in his teens, only to find out that the father he wanted to know was dead. It must have been too painful for young Vedder then, to accept the truth and hurt by the lies, that is why he was also quoted to have said: "It's an art to live with pain...mix the light into gray." A lesser character would have succumbed to drugs with such pain, but instead Eddie Vedder had embraced his circumstances to have been able to say: "I don't need drugs. Life is already tragic enough."
He was also reported to have said: "It's so important - Every day we wake up, we're creating our memory. We have to create the best ones we can, even if for one day. Find your goals and take them one step at time. Your happiness and control form responsibility. It takes work and you MUST do things yourself. Don't expect anyone else to do it for you. Don't feel sorry for yourself. I've learned that about myself. I once thought I was under the lion's paw but when I decided to take on responsibility, I became much more free."
Eddie Vedder makes his music a channel for expressing out inner wounds that many could very well relate, making him popular. Pearl Jam's albums had reached no. 1 in Billboard charts, and are still sought by younger generations.
Vedder together with his group are advocates of social justice, refusing to sell their concert tickets at a higher price, and many more advocacies like environment preservation. The group is also supportive of Habitat for Humanity and some of the United Nation's programs.
Of the present society, he sings "It's a mystery to me; We have a greed, with which we have agreed. You think you have to want more than you need. Until you have it all, you won't be free."
Purchase Pearl Jam T-shirts at Alt-Shirts.com! We offer quality Band T-shirts for you.
No comments:
Post a Comment