PEARL JAM - EVEN FLOW REACTION

[@fausty150]

You got it spot on. It's about a homeless person. Well Played.

[@holocaust_2.0]

Well, about homelessness in general.

[@fausty150]

@@holocaust_2.0 Yes ok.

[@XXXonly69]

Very few people listen to the words and mental illness homeless . People enjoying song not knowing one day it might be them .

[@Fallingawayfromme1111]

Pearl Jam - black MTV unplugged You won’t regret it

[@flip97gt]

Their debut album "Ten" was an absolute master piece. Every song was greatest hits material.

[@slinkie59]

Yes it is, what is really amzing is they knew all the songs would be classics.

[@garnettbrown]

Absolutely

[@cindyshawver9986]

Eddie Vedder was and is a very hot man.......i love his voice, so different from anybody else..and i agree with the rest of the comments about doing the song Black from MTV unplugged.......excellent !!

[@elizabethwise4376]

If you want to give us a Christmas present, check out Pearl Jam 'Porch' on MTV Unplugged, and then 'Porch' at Pinkpop '92. ❤

[@lunachic8559]

Yessss

[@ct5625]

It's about homelessness and mental health so your characterization is spot on. Eddie is an excellent songwriter, there's a lot of meaning and poetry in there when you read the lyrics but his vocal style is complex and it can be hard to decipher sometimes. He's one of those vocalists who pays a lot of attention to sound he's making so his rhythms aren't structured in a traditional way. It's all quite deliberate too, you can hear a recorded track and compare it to the live version and a lot of times even the growls, whoops and yeahs are in the same place. He's really one of the best from the grunge era, possibly **the** best when it comes to all around entertainment, lyricism and vocal ability.

[@chadwhitfield6946]

Mike McCready is the most underrated guitarist ever probably.

[@WojMoj]

Facts!

[@aaronstudley1753]

He won like a solo electric part of the year from this solo on even flow. He's respected!! It's like top 100 solo guitar performance

[@chadwhitfield6946]

@@aaronstudley1753 I mean by fans.

[@leslie3765]

I've seen PJ twice and Mike is so incredible! His talent is on display in their 20 documentary. Their concerts are always over 3 hours of incredible music and performances.

[@chadwhitfield6946]

@@leslie3765 his Mad Season work is where I 1st really realized how talented he is.

[@wendyreveyoso3731]

Eddie Vedder is amazing looking also and he keeps getting better and better with age ❤️❤️❤️

[@internaut4257]

mans aging like wine

[@yolondahuntingford8365]

I wish he would shave his facial hair off to show off those lips and cheeks!🥰🥰🥰

[@kristinewatson3702]

You're right. Grunge is such a mix. It makes you want to just rock out and enjoy the music but the lyrics are so serious it also makes you pause sometimes.

[@joelliebler5690]

One of my favorites by Pearl Jam!👍🏻❤️☮️✌🏻🎤🎸

[@rodrigopeloni6432]

Pearl Jam - *Black* (MTV Unplugged) next please!

[@robc.8269]

I saw them on this tour, but at the Lollapalooza fest in Houston when I was a freshman in college. He climbed up the scaffolding way high & he finally came down lower on top of a moving truck & jumped into the crowd. Great show, great line up that year.

[@zennenn]

I was there! Great memories.

[@lilwing6969]

The thing I love about Pearl Jam is that they've always looked after the ones less fortunate and very much "woke" about real issues. Love this.

[@scottfontaine4268]

You nailed it the first time. Eddy wrote the song about a homeless man in Seattle.

[@Karinelehn01]

Other songs of Pearl Jam: Alive Do the evolution Jeremy Sirens Black Yellow Ledbetter

[@fausty150]

Why no one has reacted to the Do The Evo video is beyond me? It's amazing.

[@Kevin-cy4qn]

LOVE Yellow Ledbetter!!

[@rickybranch4547]

Daughter and Oceans as well

[@geraintlumley6432]

Wonderful song. Great band. So much energy in their live shows- astonishingly good.

[@Manders13]

Spot on, I think! I love that you like Pearl Jam! And, though this isn't one of my favorite songs off this album, I used to watch this video allll the time cause it showcases Eddie's hair beautifully. I had a problem.

[@cindymartin8049]

It’s about a homeless vet, that Eddie met way back in the day, he always talked to home and gave him food and conversation

[@sharonunger4444]

You go... Loved that reaction. Possibly my 2nd favorite PJ video ever.. 30 yrs almost..❤💎 Love these guys 💯.. Do more plz.. Eddie Vedder solo (singer) any PJ is 👍👍👍👍TY

[@joemachine4714]

The singer is the 90s movie "Singles" which was such a snapshot of those times! Worth a watch!

[@cpm7414]

First Saw them in 91’ at Tipitinas with a great opening act- Follow For Now!!! Energy was amazing and Eddie used the entire club as play set!

[@Darnaguen]

Hah, it must be a millennial thing and growing up on this stuff on MTV but grunge boys are still my template for the ideal man. 😂 And yes, recommendation for 'Black' Unplugged seconded. Also 'Hunger Strike' by Temple of the Dog -- Eddie singing together with Chris Cornell!

[@AdamCSmith]

I’m somewhere in that blurry crowd! Hail Seattle!!

[@TexasMagnolia]

Epic! “turn the lights down JOSH”

[@wmshukri85]

To see how crazy Eddie when he was young.. always climbing and jumping in his show, it's amaze me how he is the only survival lead singer from 90's grunge scene..

[@cindymartin8049]

You are exactly right

[@jimmymac63]

Pearl Jam...Zen Master of the dead fish style of guitar playing!!!!

[@randyburns9488]

Heyy Jayy. Seriously, "Black" by Pearl Jam, MTV unplugged. It will blow you away. It is one of the most incredible "love songs" about unrequited love, of love lost...

[@THEJAYYSHOW]

I did it but it got blocked

[@randyburns9488]

@@THEJAYYSHOW AWWWW! Bummer. What did you think of it?

[@Metal_Archaeologist]

Your reaction is right on to me with the homeless person or the mentally ill. That's how I got it. You're Awesome! Peace!

[@kifar100]

Hey I really enjoy your channel, song selections, reactions and analysis! I'm an old fan of Pearl Jam since the Nirvana/ Seattle Grunge 90's, I always thought this was a really catchy, upbeat song with a really sad undertone to it; I had a similar analysis that this song is about a lost man, homeless and maybe unable to get out of his head to reach the world around him. Someday, yeah, he'll begin his life again. :/ On a side note, Eddie Vedder/ Kurt Cobain shaggy "Grunge" hair was pretty much an icon of that particular period of time and the music scene that came out of Seattle with Nirvana and Pearl Jam, and continued with bands like Blind Melon, Soundgarden, Screaming Trees, and a host of others including Alice In Chains and Stone Temple Pilots. I'd love to watch your reaction to Hunger Strike by Temple of the Dog feat. Eddie Vedder if you haven't already. I'm sure it's been mentioned but Nirvana Unplugged from MTV is classic, iconic, powerful stuff. If you've ever lived in Seattle, WA its easy to draw a straight line from the characteristics of the region to this particular expression of rock music at that time.

[@dan.j.boydzkreationz]

That's actually the version that ended up on their demo tape, a year before the album was released.

[@artsilva]

In an interview Eddie Vedder (the singer) mentioned that this song was inspired by a certain homeless man he had befriended also named Eddie, a Vietnam vet that used to live outside the rehearsal studio they used in Seattle during the recording of their first album (this one). When they returned from their album tour the man was gone and learned he had passed.

[@miketodd185]

Ahhh.... Eddie.... PJ.... YUM!!!! Ms. Jayy you can actually see these guys rock out. I’ve seen and plan on seeing them again. You wanna an awesome concert.... PJ will deliver, every MoFo time.... Mmmm

[@rhiannonvorstag9403]

Always VERY HAPPY when someone listens to one of My Favorites ....since forever....... "WELCOME" ! But you must give an ear ,better yet 2 ears to my ABSOLUTE FAVORITES, Chris Cornell ,!!! Ronnie James Dio Paul Rogers (Old or young he's remains amazing, now I've exposed my age Lol ) Sevendust Dokken Living Color Fleetwood Mac Jimi Hendrix Heart XYZ (debut album) Alter Bridge

[@erlingbrautpujartehago3678]

I like PJ since i was teenager ... but when my wife saw them and this video for the first time ... all she said was ... i like their hair ... jesuschrist ...

[@shannontrough2680]

Your on a roll today!!! Love it!

[@bryanmartin1053]

You nailed it on your interpretation, wtg!

[@colibri1]

Yep, it is about a homeless man, and more broadly about homelessness itself. This came out in the early nineties, the decade after mass homelessness became normal like it still is, the 1980s, and there were a few songs about it that became hits: this one from 1992, Crystal Waters's "Gypsy Woman" from 1991, and Arrested Development's "Mr. Wendal" from 1992. Before the eighties, there was only one other period when there was mass homelessness in the US, the Great Depression of the 1930s, and that one didn't last as long as the one that began in the eighties has; we're still in it after forty years.

[@Uninvited72]

Damn not getting lots of notifications. Can't wait for this reaction! 🦋

[@spikeycat81]

You got it girl. Please do more Pearl Jam. Porch Pinkpop 92, any song from (maybe Black) MTV Unplugged, and Just Breathe. Pleaseee

[@miketodd185]

You do realize the Hunger Strike video you did is actually Eddie and Chris singing... lol.... check it out again.... and yes that makes 3 different bands Chris Cornell was in.....

[@cindymartin8049]

It was a homeless Vet, that Eddie knew when they were still in Seattle, Eddie used to talk to him and give him food

[@shaunfoskey9958]

NAILED IT!!!

[@markbommarito1300]

Listen to Jeremy. See if you can figure that one out.

[@sallyforth3712]

Great reaction! You would love their song Sirens!

[@chuckschultz246]

Welcome to a early to mid 90's rock concert.

[@TexasMagnolia]

This is what makes you a great Reactor…you get the lyrics!

[@TexasMagnolia]

Jayy, when you want to see greatness, start reacting to Rock Hall Induction Concerts. They are awesome. Greatest hits and the Artists are older. Pearl Jam Heart Fleetwood Mac

[@themiseducationofme6998]

Eddie likes to get in his upper body workout during Mike's face melting solos. 😁

[@justpeachy3434]

Pearl Jam *Jeremy* MTV Unplugged. Based on your reaction to their song *Black* You might be interested in checking out the inspiration for the song first. It is an awesome song and an awesome performance.

[@leslie3765]

Someone with no hope and needs help. Can't read and feels helpless. You're spot on honey. PJ concert safe the best.. over 3 hours of a rush and excitement! Will always love Eddie Vedder and Mike McCready!

[@stephanhamilton2083]

Yes. It’s about a homeless vet that Eddie Vedder (singer) was friends with. It is also about the homeless man’s mental illness.

[@dawidklucz849]

Even flow anthem of generation X

[@Freedum_Fries]

"I'm About to like this Video, Leave a Comment and subscribe to this channel" lol just bustin chops for when you get the video ready. This whole album came out when I was a Teenager. Good times!!!

[@rileyandmike]

Check out: Wish List Given to Fly Two of my favorite

[@klauss1995]

Pearl Jam - Black , MTV Unplugged ;)

[@stellahall8321]

Whoo hoo girl! Anyone of us can be homeless. One bad decision 🐱 But I love me some Eddie! He was so carefree then! Thank you 😘

[@cityhonors1]

Eddie was magnificent to watch do what he do. 😍 Seriously! But working Pearl Jam shows were very "hold your breath until it's over and they're all off in 1 piece." 🤔 Red Hot Chili Peppers were that way too! 😏 Breathtakingly beautiful & 😳 heart stopping all at once! ☺️ There were entire songs you forget to breath because you can't take your eyes off him. 🙄 Literally, as the Accountants, we paid for everything... 🤷🏿‍♀️ Including the occasional ambulance ride, hospital stay & cast! 🤨 Joking, not joking 🐰#ENRGYZRBunny

[@theend2353]

Definitely check out Porch at Pink Pop 92✌️

[@laurafernandes6395]

Foo Fighters - Best of You (live at Wembley)

[@michaelwright116]

Is this grunge week or somethin? Haha I love it!!

[@nehifamily]

I loved Pearl Jam when I was a teen. Hearing it again makes me want to wrap myself in flannel and ripped denim...wait...that’s fashionable again. 😂 You’re spot on about the point of the song, though

[@raymcarthur3870]

That is a Rock Band!

[@taniaPBear]

'Hair' bands, were very much an 80's thing, with a kind of Metal/Pop mash-up situation. This was the 90's, and this was 'Grunge', at it's finest (people are going to say I'm wrong and that Nirvana was the finest or whatever) in my opinion.

[@LeveyHere]

Nice!

[@barbarafrazier3242]

Agree.... bring back the hair bands !

[@cjmst3k]

PEARL JAM - PORCH from PINK POP 1992.

[@renansousa378]

Alive - Pearl Jam mtv unplugged!!

[@IMMaladjuzted]

looks like Jayys in da mood to MOSH

[@OldFoolosipher]

Ìg fou can't scrabble in the 90"s , this band floatested you aeau

[@dan.j.boydzkreationz]

A lot of people dislike the band because of his mumbling in this track and a couple others.

[@leslie3765]

You got it right, woman! Not many get the song. Hopelessness...

[@miketodd185]

This was the death of hair bands... this is the beginning or roots of Grunge

[@miketodd185]

Wow they were so young there.... lol

[@michaelgilbert197]

Please do 'Jeremy" UNCENSORED Pearl Jam official music video.... its IMPORTANT to get the "full" story..... the song is based on a real event and a little bit of Eddie's own personal experience with one of the issues in the video. thx and God Bless!

[@THEJAYYSHOW]

I did it got blocked

[@cindymartin8049]

Keep an eye on Eddie, especially when the guitars

[@christianeflentie1228]

Yes, it's about a homeless man that Eddie (the lead singer) befriended. He was most likely schizophrenic. Also, this video was culled from three performances I think which is why it doesn't quite work as one live show. The record company was involved so the band had to fight to get this much rather than an overproduced piece of crap video. They sound as good live if not better still to this day. Thanks for the review. 💕

[@henrymullins4592]

Poor Josh can't live that down lol

[@spikeycat81]

Eddie was a monkey man back then.

[@ProgBartleby]

I hate when they dub in the studio version over a live performance...especially for such a great live band as Pearl Jam.

[@leisastalnaker3790]

Eddie Vedder rocks!

[@healing344]

“Who’s josh?” 😂😂😂

[@hughbo52]

How many of your friends will you suggest listen to this to get their reaction?

[@markleon7127]

Black mtv unplugged. Hell one more time Black mtv unplugged

[@OldFoolosipher]

It's called originallqtie

[@DirtyFrank68]

Jeremy (uncensored video)

[@THEJAYYSHOW]

It got blocked

[@DirtyFrank68]

@@THEJAYYSHOW it's weird how other reactions haven't been blocked with that song. Too bad

[@davetotten4935]

React to system of a downs boom

[@TexasMagnolia]

Nirvana will never be any where close to Pearl Jam!

[@stevensimpson7068]

He was homeless at one point in his life and turned it around!!

[@eshakumar_army3765]

Please react more to Kpop🥰

[@satanictaffy]

Pearl Jam is and was not a hair band.

[@renee_xoox]

Nice! Black by them is a 💥 so good!

[@marcmarini8425]

Great energy in the video, not so much in your reaction.

[@THEJAYYSHOW]

Everyone analyzes music different but I agree the video is great ❤️ hope your having a happy new year

[@marcmarini8425]

I agree

[@cindymartin8049]

It was about a homeless man

[@cindymartin8049]

Sorry guitar solo

[@Libero6]

FFS, Josh

[@PongGod]

Why are they singing about baby products?

[@paulkersey1007]

Thick thighs? I'd like to see if this is true for myself.

[@HellenKillerProject]

Pearl Jam is slang for semen ...