Grievance (song)
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| "Grievance" | ||
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| Song by Pearl Jam | ||
| from the album Binaural | ||
| Released | May 16, 2000 | |
| Recorded | September 1999 - January 2000 at Studio Litho, Seattle, Washington | |
| Genre | Alternative rock | |
| Length | 3:14 | |
| Label | Epic | |
| Writer(s) | Eddie Vedder | |
| Producer(s) | Tchad Blake, Pearl Jam | |
| Binaural track listing | ||
| "Of the Girl" (Track 8) |
"Grievance" (Track 9) |
"Rival" (Track 10) |
"Grievance" is a song by the rock group Pearl Jam off of their 2000 album, Binaural. The band played this song when they appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman to support the album. The hard-hitting song was nominated for a Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance in 2001.
[edit] Lyrical meaning
Eddie Vedder took inspiration from the 1999 WTO protests in Seattle when writing the song.[1] When speaking about "Grievance" in an interview Vedder stated:
I think technology went wrong somewhere. It just went into the wrong direction. Instead of helping us and freeing us, it seems to enslave us. That's what I talk about in "Grievance", about the dangers and what a lot of people don't see or don't want to see. There's the line, "For every tool they lend us a loss of independence" and it's true. Everything happens so fast. The technology is supposed to make everything simple, easy. It tries to make us believe that it's some sort of freedom we have. Of course, it's easy and comfortable if you can do all your shopping via the internet, if you don't need to leave the house to do anything. But, on the other hand, what is going to happen? You lose touch with people. You don't meet new people except on the internet and whatever you do can be traced. They know everything about you; they know what you buy; they know which papers you read, how long you stay on a page and they look at your statistics and they're going to offer you the products they think you might buy – most of them you don't really need anyway. What is going to happen to individuality?[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Tannenbaum, Rob. "Rebels Without a Pause". George. July 2000.
- ^ Gabriella. "Interview with Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam". NYRock.com. August 2000.
