![]() In fact Once, Breath (I believe), is a series of 3 songs he wrote about his childhood, before he was even in Pearl Jam. If you know anything about Eddie Vedder, you know he had a really screwed up childhood. I really think people are missing something fairly obvious here. And always trying to to find an "Even Flow" I think maybe its him comparing his childhood to being alone and homeless. Notice you never hear a PJ song where he talks about a father with any need or affection. Notice at the end hes saying mommy.mommy. So in this way he IS homeless in a sense. Leading him away from the dream of a real home. "Whispering hands gently lead him away", leading the child to believe that this is the way things are supposed to be. He has thoughts of a real father and a real childhood but he doesnt understand them so he ignores them, because hes never had that luxury. "Thoughts arrive like butterflies" to a child things are light and 'floaty' for lack of a better word at the moment. "Faces that he sees time again aint that familiar" The person he was raised to believe was his father is not, he knows the face, but it "aint that familiar". His mother really did reveal to him somewhere around age 10 that his real father was dead, and the person he thought was his dad was in fact not. Ill take Alive for my example here since its very well known. Oh whispering hands, gently lead him away Oh, he don't know, so he chases them away Oh, ceilings, few and far between all the legal halls of shame, yeah Oh, feelin', understands the weather or that winters on its way Oh, prayin', now to something that has never showed him anything Kneelin' looking through the paper though he doesn't know to read, ooh yeah Oh dark grin he can't help when he's happy he looks insane ![]() Oh hand out faces that he sees come again ain't that familiar Oh feelin' maybe he'll see a little betters any days ooh yeah You can see all sorts of examples below in our list of 20 Artists Who Peaked on Their Debut Album.Freezin' rests his head on a pillow made of concrete again ooh yeah To make such an indelible mark on music history even once is an enormous honor. But it isn't a badge of shame to peak on their first go-round either. In either case, it's important to remember that just because an artist's first work is their best doesn't mean the rest of their catalog isn't worthy. Others let the pressure get to them, agonizing and taking years to craft a follow-up, to diminishing returns. Some artists take their newfound stardom in stride and continue churning out solid-to-remarkable albums at a steady clip. This type of critical and commercial success is the stuff of dreams, but when an artist gets it right the first time, it creates immense pressure for a follow-up. Other times, these debut albums sell poorly but are lauded by critics and become pivotal in the development of entire genres or scenes, such as Ramones' and New York Dolls' self-titled debuts or Television's Marquee Moon. Sometimes, this fully articulated vision results in astronomical commercial success, such as Guns N' Roses' Appetite for Destruction, the bestselling debut in history or the diamond-selling self-titled bows from Boston or Van Halen. ![]() The result can be a fully realized debut album that establishes an artist's ethos and serves as a springboard for their career - the definitive starting point for any casual listener looking to dive into an artist's discography for the first time.
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