Garden (Pearl Jam song)
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| “Garden” | |||||
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| Song by Pearl Jam | |||||
| Album | Ten | ||||
| Released | August 27, 1991 | ||||
| Recorded | March 27, 1991–April 26, 1991 at London Bridge Studios, Seattle, Washington | ||||
| Genre | Grunge | ||||
| Length | 4:58 | ||||
| Label | Epic | ||||
| Writer | Eddie Vedder, Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament | ||||
| Producer | Pearl Jam, Rick Parashar | ||||
| Ten track listing | |||||
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"Garden" is the ninth track off of Pearl Jam's debut album Ten (1991).
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[edit] Origin and recording
The song's lyrics were written by lead singer Eddie Vedder while the song's music was co-written by guitarist Stone Gossard and bassist Jeff Ament.
Stone Gossard on the song:
That's probably my favorite song on the album, because of its simplicity and it's arrangement. The way that song came together was really cool. I had the verse and the chorus, and the bridge evolved from a jam with Jeff (Ament, the band's bassist).[1]
[edit] Lyrical meaning
The 'garden of stone' referred to in the song is believed by some to mean a cemetery. With this in mind, the song's lyrics suggest an influence of William Blake's poem "The Garden of Love".
[edit] Live performances
The song was premiered live at the band's February 7, 1991 concert in Los Angeles, California.[2] The song was played live from its debut in 1991 up until 1995 when it was dropped. The song returned to set lists for the band's 2000 tour before being dropped again.[2] Most recently, the song was re-worked for the band's 2006 tour. The re-working consisted of placing the first chorus after the second verse and removing the soft intro, replacing it with the chorus guitar part. Live performances of "Garden" can be found on the "Dissident"/Live in Atlanta box set and the Live at the Gorge 05/06 box set.
[edit] References
- ^ Gilbert, Jeff. "Mothers of Pearl". Guitar World. February 1992.
- ^ a b "Pearl Jam Songs: "Garden"". pearljam.com.
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