Life Wasted
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| Single by Pearl Jam | |||
| from the album Pearl Jam | |||
| B-side(s) | "Come Back" (Live) | ||
| Released | August 28, 2006 | ||
| Format | Vinyl | ||
| Recorded | October 2005 - February 2006 at Studio X, Seattle, Washington | ||
| Genre | Alternative rock | ||
| Length | 3:54 | ||
| Label | J Records | ||
| Writer(s) | Stone Gossard, Eddie Vedder | ||
| Producer(s) | Adam Kasper, Pearl Jam | ||
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| Pearl Jam singles chronology | |||
| "World Wide Suicide" (2006) |
"Life Wasted" (2006) |
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| "Life Wasted" (Track 1) |
"World Wide Suicide" (Track 2) |
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"Life Wasted" is the first song on Pearl Jam's self-titled eighth studio album, and the band's second single promoting the album. The band played this song when they appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman to support the album. The song peaked at #10 on the Modern Rock Charts.
The guitar riff for "Life Wasted" is based on a riff featured in the song "Rockaway Beach" by the Ramones. (See sample clip.)
A 7" single for "Life Wasted" was released in the UK on August 28, 2006. The b-side is "Come Back" from June 27, 2006 in St. Paul, MN.
It has been announced that the song will be featured in the upcoming Guitar Hero II game for the Xbox 360.[1]
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[edit] Lyrical meaning
The lyrics of the song were reportedly written about the death of Johnny Ramone and about the feelings one feels after driving home from a funeral. In an interview with Rolling Stone Eddie Vedder stated
When you leave that funeral, that drive is as important as any single stretch of road you'll travel on. You've got a renewed appreciation for life. And I think that feeling can last through the day, through the week, but then things start getting back to normal and you start taking this living and breathing and eating thing for granted. I think that song is there to remind you, 'This is that feeling'....The truth is--I'm a little sensitive and this is a close, personal relationship. I'll just say it. Fuck it. Right up front. Half the record is based on the loss of the guy who turned out to be the best friend I ever had on the planet. And that was Johnny Ramone.[2]
[edit] Music video
The video for the song was released on May 19, 2006 to the public on Google Video under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs license allowing copying, distributing and sharing. This was most likely the first time that a video produced by a major record company was released under such a license.
The video was filmed over 10 months in locations such as Romania and Seattle, Washington.[3] The video, which emulates the liner notes from the album, was directed by Fernando Apodaca without the aid of digital special effects and was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Special Effects. This marks the first time Pearl Jam has released a conceptual video since "Do the Evolution" in 1998.
[edit] Formats and track listing
7" Vinyl Single (Europe)
- "Life Wasted" (Gossard, Vedder) – 3:54
- "Come Back" (Live) (McCready, Vedder) – 5:18
- Recorded live in St. Paul, Minnesota on June 27, 2006.
[edit] References
- ^ Ekberg, Brian. "CES 07: Guitar Hero II Hands-On". GameSpot.com. January 8, 2007.
- ^ Hiatt, Brian. "The Second Coming of Pearl Jam". Rolling Stone. June 29, 2006.
- ^ Jones, Alex. "Alum awarded at SDFF". thedailyaztec.com. October 3, 2006.
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