We’re not exactly sure who Pete is, but he just posted a song online on behalf of Pearl Jam’s manager Kelly Curtis. A Pearl Jam song. An unreleased one. Called Better Days.
I suppose it wouldn’t hurt if we listened, too.
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A few minutes ago it was posted here, with the message “Gary, Kelly wanted you to hear this please give it a listen.”
That’s all we know. Rumor has it this is a b-side from Riot Act, though a reader points out that, according to Entertainment Weekly, the song is a Vedder composition that’s going to be on the soundtrack of the upcoming movie Eat, Pray, Love.
Update: Ready for more? We’ve gotten our hands on yet another new Pearl Jam song – called Of The Earth – and this one’s upbeat as hell.
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I love Pearl Jam – but a decent amount of the slower stuff does not do it for me. This is one of those songs. Not terrible, but something I would probably end up skipping after 4-5 plays. Best part of the song is the guitar solo.
great song , made my day better too =)
some posts do not do it for me ,terrible post , and this is one of those posts
It’s a beautiful thing when I return home from a night out with the girls to find a lovely, touching song by my favorite band on the planet on my own website. Loving life right now.
I fucking love you guys.
good tune eh? – I’m glad the leaker wasn’t me…(another “pete”) – major ooops!
won’t be gettin’ a raise this year…see ya’ wed. @ the Peppermill !
i would love to have it for my own…!!
i wanna listen to it all day long!! <3
You want it? download it :D
http://www.antiquiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/BetterDays_44k.mp3
Happy as a clam.
Thank you. Nothing like new Pearl Jam to make my day.
i love mike mcready and all, but doesn’t he kinda look like a butch lesbian? he needs a beard (literally, not figuratively).
pretty sure the puffiness is from the Crohn’s disease. Not that I disagree, really…
I still can’t believe he has Crohn’s. My cousin has it and it literally rules his life. Im in awe that McCready deals with it on the road and still brings the fire to live shows. But I agree. He could use a beard. That and Stone shouldn’t have cut his hair.
Stones hair is fairly long. At least it was when I saw the band on May 6th in Columbus, OH. :D
Joy and ilumination :)
Best PJ song since Riot Act. Thanks, guys, as usual, you rock.
Well. This changes my whole week. What a song.
Amen Ite, missa est
You guys are freaking awesome!! Thanks for sharing!
Best thing you’ll hear today, tomorrow, and for a long while.
The melody reminds me a lot of the untitled song from live on two legs. But cool tune.
I luved it thx!
woop woop! love these guys, bubbling with joy at going to see them soon… X
nice!!!! Aguante Pearl!
FUUUCK
Thank you! Thank you Pearl Jam. Thank you!
FUUUUCK
This is gorgeous. I love the hamony… gawd
Epic PJ.
It also sounds like it could’ve been on the “Into the Wild” Soundtrack.
Awesome.
Pearl Jam….THE BEST, enough said.
Me like. Makes me wonder what other nuggets they have laying around…….. Thanks
I totally agree with you. If this is something that was left off of Riot Act and didn’t even make it to Lost Dogs, then what else do they have lying around? This song is awesome!
I know for a fact this was recorded this year. My friend played the mandolin solo. A Vedder solo track.
It’s good you guys. They need to come to Atlanta and play it. PJ forever.
thumbs up. cool song.
Its awesome. Where can we download it?
Oh I wish this was on Backspacer and the crap punk stuff was left off and that album was more like a No Code album … they were the best with Jack Irons and when they were messing around with Niel Young and I wish they could return to more stuff like that. This song reminds me of what they could be.
Yet Backspacer is what they are right now, not what you want them to be. And guess what? It’s all good.
hell yes. thank you, mystery pete!
So am I correct in believing that “Pete” or “Gary” work for Antiquiet and that they had/have the tacit approval of Kelly Curtis or Tim Bierman to post this?
In other words, did the 10C provide this link directly to you? I ask because one needs a login and password to bring up the site it was posted in. And “admin” and “password” are not them.
If they did it’s pretty damn curious why they did so. What were/are their motivations for revealing the song this way? Can you elaborate on this?
If not I hope you don’t hear from their lawyers. Or maybe they’ve settled down since this: http://www.fuelfriendsblog.com/2009/06/02/theres-a-war-outside-still-raging-it-aint-ours-anymore-to-win/
no pete and gary do not work for antiquiet. if they did, then we’d probably know who they are. that site didn’t require a login and password when we found it. no one provided it to us, we just don’t miss much.
if we hear from their lawyers, they’ll hear from ours. we don’t take kindly to bullies.
Got it. Since posting I discovered that the “Gary” mentioned is, in all likelihood, Gary Westlake who, if I’m not mistaken, works for PJ’s management.
All in all it sounds like this was a simple matter of MonkeyWrench not having it’s website locked down properly. Kind of like AT&T and the e-mail addresses of it’s customers (http://www.dailytech.com/ATT+Accidentally+Shares+114000+iPad+3G+Buyers+Email+Addresses/article18670.htm)
Anyway… Good onya for finding that track. Here’s hoping to a Lost Dogs II (or that they just open their vault for crying out loud).
Hmmm, well there goes my plan to shove you into a locker for lunch money tomorrow.
Great song, such a beautiful vocal melody by Ed… there’s nothing better than a day when a new Pearl Jam song/s is/are revealed… and this one is positive, transcendental… thank you PJ..
so just got a text from johnny… he’s on the way to lollapannaroostock or whatever the shit is going on this weekend, and he says:
“Been listening to this PJ on the plane all day. Dunno what others are saying but I’m certain it’s new. Like new new. Ed’s voice is the giveaway…” then, later: “Almost positive. Post-Avocado inflections.”
for whatever that’s worth.
I’m getting the same vibe. It’s definitely post “Into the Wild” at the very least.
Consensus should be:
1. It has been generally accepted for a long time that the band recorded (or tried recording) a song by the same title during their sessions for Riot Act. For whatever reason that song did not make that album or Lost Dogs.
2. If this is the same song, it (in all likelihood) was re-recorded more recently. This should be evidenced by the tones and inflections in Vedder’s voice, and the lushness of the production (which wasn’t as present on Riot Act). There is a precedent for the band doing this with the songs “Betterman” and “Hard To Imagine.” Betterman was played in the studio during the Vs. sessions for Brendan O’Brien as evidenced in the famous Rolling Stone article written by Cameron Crowe. “Hard To Imagine” was recorded over several different recording sessions for earlier albums, but not ultimately released until the soundtrack for Chicago Cab in 1998 or 1999.
To me this is a new(er) recording. Of that there is little doubt.
huh? the last two albums have been over-mastered brick walls without any “lushness” to speak of. Riot Act was the last time they put out a proper “sounding” record.
Can’t stop listening to it!
i think it’s the same chords as “Santa Cruz” off of the last year’s Christmas Single, but reworked, the tempo is a bit slower & of course – different lyrics and different vocal line by Ed…
that santa cruz song was ass.
also the vocal melody is like the most of the other mellow Pearl Jam stuff, you just love it more and more with each new listen…
Murph,
Betterman dates back to Bad Radio. There is video of a June 89 performance. You’re off about 4 yrs.
In all likelyhood it is the 2009 xmas single. Sounds post Into the WIld.
it’s not the xmas single. that’s gonna be hawaii ’78 and turning mist with mike vocals.
@Hank
Yeah, I’m aware of that. The composition is Vedder’s and he did try it out with Bad Radio first. But I can’t stand those Bad Radio recordings. I was really after a prime example of the band Pearl Jam performing the simple act of having tried out a song in the studio, then shelving it, then bring it back at a later date for release.
Skwerl is correct about the 2009 single’s contents.
Great song! Thank you, Pearl Jam!
I would love to see the band do a whole album like this. You could throw in some Beggars Banquet-style rockers and a few loose, rhythm heavy extended jams on top of this and some no code style ballads and we’d have a pretty remarkable left turn from the punk band they’ve been dying to be for the last few albums. Honestly I’ve liked the last few, but they direly need to mix it up and take a few risks.
Adoro Pearl, mas não curto muito as músicas lentas, prefiro as mais “rock n´roll”.
Why are we assuming this is a “Pearl Jam” track and not an “Eddie Vedder” song ala Into the Wild?
To be fair, it could be a solo Vedder track, but as a fan of the band for close to 20 years I’d be willing to bet something serious on it being a full PJ track. I’d be willing to bet even more that it was recorded very recently.
Holy frickin heck! This is like Christmas!!!!
Love Pearl Jam as much as i can possibly love a band.
I Agree with Scott, my first impression was that it sounds like EV’s into the wild business, but the band has done a lot of stuff like this in the past.
Major Props.
This is so not a Riot Act b-Side. This is totally Into the Wild material – Eddie’s solo-style, his whispery-high-voice thing he’s been doing recently, and the folky-guitar w/lots of organ/harpsichord and “heee’s” and “whoo’s”. If it was 1998, I’d say it was from the Dead Man Walking soundtrack, ’cause of the rythmic beats, but his voice has gotten better since then – like on this track. Ok I’m done being OCD about this.
why would they email a 2002 track?
plus ed sounds very 2009 on this but what do i know?
Willing to bet it was done after the Spectrum shows when EV dusted off the accordian for Bugs. Just my guess….
Great song! Thanks for posting.
Great song! To me, not sure if this is a PJ song. Drums don’t sound like Cameron’s, same with guitar and guitar solos, I can’t see Mike or Stone there, it just don’t fit to me.
My options:
* Into the Wild track
* A near-to-come movie soundtrack or
* An EV solo album :)
Awesome song anyway :)
This track sounds waaay fresher than Riot Act. On my initial listen I guessed it was an Into The Wild cut, but upon further listening I feel it’s the entire band.
Doesn’t anyone remeber while they were doing press for Backspacer they said they had a bunch more songs they recorded during those sessions that they might do something with “in six months or so” ? Seems to me it’s been more than six months, so maybe this is one of those songs…
My opinion, for what it’s worth, is that this was done with the self titled album. Has more of an Inside Job flavor than anything off Riot Act. Especially the chorus of Inside Job. Either way, I like it.
BTW…was at 2 of the Spectrum shows and I am not sure if I will see anything better!
Mike McCready wrote Inside Job.
day went from bad to good as soon as the chorus kicked in
Music lifting soul… elevation. Rise up spirits! Spread hope love. Live. In light. Shine on…
tvl
What’s this accordion on the music? OMG… it’s unnecessary on music… More Bass… More Drums please!
That was amazing. As usual. Definitely post Riot Act.
The best possible end for a working week… a beutiful and unexpected present from one of my favourites bands. Have a nice weekend!!!
Christ, we were waaaay off. EW is reporting that this is an Ed Vedder song for the upcoming Julia Roberts’ movie, Eat Pray Love. http://music-mix.ew.com/2010/06/11/pearl-jam-leak-better-days-eat-pray-love-soundtrack/
¡Qué preciosidad!
Rock it! Yes yes. I hate marketing sh*t, but if this is to make people listen a song made with the heart, thumbs up. I’m with you.
this is better than anything off Riot Act. (Hell, their last 3 albums for that matter) I wonder why they left it off.
where can I get a copy of this song :P
Great shit guys, thx!
the best american rock n roll band in the world !!
Love it!
Truly.
Sound Like TEN’s tunes… Viva the Old School!!!!
from Chile here…..” AMAZING!!!!!”
Sorry if this is a repost, but turns out it’s going to be on the soundtrack of the upcoming movie “Eat, Pray, Love.” Article is in Entertainment Weekly online.
@G you weren’t way off at all. Much of what PJ does is Vedder. Pearl Jam is not *all* Vedder, but to deny that his contribution is significant, is missing what they are; missing, as in being extremely way off.
What a brilliant tune! For me, one of the best they’ve made. It breathes just fine.
PJ for life nigga!
So this song got me fired up enough to write 1,100 semi-constructive words about the band, the b-sides, PJ’s awesomeness, Doc Martens, etc.
http://sportscasualties.wordpress.com/2010/06/14/new-pearl-jam-kind-of/
Enjoy.
What a great summer morning! New Pearl Jam! Life is good.
B-Side from Into the Wild.
Oughtn’t it be Pray, THEN Eat, Love, :P
The author of “Eat Pray Love” (Elizabeth Gilbert) also wrote “The Last American Man: a Post-Modern Davy Crockett” which has some parallels to Krakauer’s “Into the Wild.” I am inclined to agree that this is an outtake from “Into the Wild.” Good stuff!
I love Eddie Vedder and pearl Jam….
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Love it — really lifted me. Pearl Jam rocks as always! Better days to all out there! Peace! :)