1/10/2005

Pearl Jam - "Given to fly"

The song borrows its structure from Led Zeppelin's "Going To California". Mike McCready (guitars) : "It's probably some sort of rip off of it I'm sure. Whether it's conscious or unconscious, that was definitely one of the songs I was listening to for sure. Zeppelin was definitely an influence on our song".
Mike McCready : "I just wanted him (Eddie Vedder, singer) to sing on it ! (laughs) That was enough. I did have the intention of making a dynamic song with a sense of flow. I built it like a wave on the ocean. It starts out slow and small, then builds until it gets really large, then breaks like a wave and gets small again". And over again.
Available on the album "Yield"