Pearl Jam - Song of the Week - Given to Fly

Yield may not be Pearl Jam's most famous album (Ten), nor critically acclaimed album (Vs) but it has been my most favorite Pearl Jam disc to date.  Yield straddles the rock and art divide that so many  Pearl Jam albums only find themselves on one side of.    In my opinion, the album never really took off, as 'Do the Evolution' was featured as the first single  with it's graphic comic book style video. 

'Do the Evolution' from Yield by Pearl Jam


The 'Do The Evolution' video was a bit odd, and there was really nothing in the song that I felt like singing along to... EVER! On the other hand, gems such as the rockin' "Brain of J', ballad 'Low Light'or my favorite 'In Hiding' would have been much better choices from Yield, but didn't really see the light of day.

My Pearl Jam Yield  favorite 'In Hiding' featured on Single Video Theory



The one successful track from the 1998 Pearl Jam album was 'Given to Fly'. The song has very powerful imagery for its story. To me, this would have been great with the comic book treatment, showing off the story in an Icarus kind of way

Excerpt from 'Given To Fly' by Pearl Jam

"He got up outta there, ran for hundreds of miles

He made it to the ocean, had a smoke in a tree

The wind rose up, set him down on his knee

A wave came crashing like a fist to the jaw

Delivered him wings, "Hey, look at him now"

Arms wide open with the sea as his floor

Oh, power, oh

He's.. flying

Whole…

High.. wide, oh"

Pearl Jam 'Given To Fly' featured on Single Video Theory

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