Bugs (Pearl Jam song)
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| Song by Pearl Jam | |||||
| Album | Vitalogy | ||||
| Released | November 22, 1994 (Vinyl) December 6, 1994 (CD and Cassette) |
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| Recorded | November 1993–May 1994 | ||||
| Genre | Experimental music | ||||
| Length | 2:45 | ||||
| Label | Epic | ||||
| Writer | Dave Abbruzzese, Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder | ||||
| Producer | Brendan O'Brien, Pearl Jam | ||||
| Vitalogy track listing | |||||
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"Bugs" is a song by Pearl Jam that appears on the 1994 album Vitalogy. It is the ninth track on the album. "Bugs" features lead singer Eddie Vedder playing an accordion.
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[edit] Origin and recording
In an interview, Vedder spoke about the origins of the song:
Before I went in the studio, I was walking around some little thrift shop, I found an accordion. And I went in with the accordion and played something, and then spoke some gibberish over the top. I remember laughing and saying, "That's the first single."[1]
[edit] Reception
Al Weisel of Rolling Stone said that the song "makes an uncharacteristic stab at humor but ends up being more silly than funny."[2] David Browne of Entertainment Weekly said that the song is "set to an accordion oompah beat that wouldn't sound out of place on a Tom Waits record."[3]
[edit] Lyrical meaning
In "Bugs", Vedder sings about being besieged by bugs. The lyrics could be interpreted as representing the resulting loss of privacy due to fame.
[edit] References
- ^ Marks, Craig. "Let's Get Lost". Spin Magazine. December 1994.
- ^ Weisel, Al. Vitalogy review. Rolling Stone. December 15, 1994. Retrieved on March 1, 2008.
- ^ Browne, David. Vitalogy. Entertainment Weekly. December 9, 1994. Retrieved on May 17, 2008.
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