My Top "Vitalogy" Pearl Jam Riffs
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- čas přidán 29. 08. 2024
- Here's a showcase of my favourite riffs from Pearl Jam's "Vitalogy" album!
If you're wondering how i worked out the weighting for the writing credits collaboration bar chart, then wonder no more! Here's what i did;
I basically assigned points to each band member based on their musical songwriting contribution. So 1 point for a sole writer, 1/2 a point to each if the tune was written by 2 people, 1/3 each for 3 writers and 1/5th of a point (or 0.2 if you prefer decimal) if the entire band was credited.
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Vitalogy is probably my favorite PJ album... real dark with some great riffs.
Probably my favorite series on CZcams now, keep it up man. With Pearl Jam being my favorite band, it's really cool to take a chronological journey through each of their songs and learn who plays what part. Although their first 3 records are undoubtedly their best, I really look forward to getting into the rest of their catalog as your series continues.
Austin Hayes wow thanks Austin...no pressure for the rest of the albums then 😉 It’s great fun working out all the odd tunes I usually overlook tbh. Lots more to come!
I agree. I'm really enjoying these videos. I love that the gentleman gives a brief intro before each song.
I realize Im kinda off topic but do anybody know of a good site to watch new series online?
You definitely produce the best PJ guitar tutorial videos on CZcams. I can hardly stress it enough. Keep them coming!
Thank you!
Homero Barbosa wow thanks for the great compliment 🤘😀🤘
Can’t wait for ‘No Code’, my personal favourite!
Michael Ayling that’s not something you see everyday
lol
Love love love your videos! It's always more fun learning PJ songs from actual fans rather than just any guitar teacher.... Once again, you nailed it
Sadie Young thanks so much Sadie! 🤘😀🤘
I cried when you didn’t play the Immortality solo.
The Fixer haha fear not I’ll leave that for a full Immortality lesson 🤘
This is the album that really got me into PJ. I've always been drawn to the weirder stuff, musically and otherwise, and this album was just left of center enough from what they'd done previously up to this point, to get my attention. I ended up getting into everything else in the process. Great video as always, Mr. Let's Play All!
Thanks man, yea I remember buying this album the day it came out, i can still remember hearing Last Exit and being blown away by the sound
@@LetsPlayAll likewise! I also really liked the lack of polish on that record.
Immortality is my favorite song to play with my band
This was my first CD ever and easily one of my favorite PJ albums just because of the rawness of it! Awesome job playing through all of these great riffs! One thing about "Satan's Bed"... For that main/verse rhythm riff, I think the open D string is played together with that 4th fret C# note on the A string. It gives it that "nasty" dissonance with those 2 notes rubbing against each other that sounds like what's on the recording!
Awesome thanks Matty will check that out :-)
Pearl Jam and Dinosaur Jr are the two bands who genuinely pay tribute to their peer, Sir Neil Young oh and fantastic playing Mister
These vids are stellar. Yield is my favourite so I can't wait for that one. Awesome job, and it's very much appreciated!
Lance you’re welcome Lance and thanks very much for your kind words!
Love love love love this !!!
I feel like the “filler” tracks really add a ton to the album. They’re not catchy or very full, but they’re perfect for album flow and tone
Extremely clean playing, really enjoying this series! Hope you will extend to other great bands of this era when you get through PJ!
Jarick Losey thanks Jarick, I certainly well might 😉
this is my favorite channel on CZcams!
Thanks mate!
Looking forward to Mike's part for Nothingman. I love how he adds to the song when playing it live. Subtle, but beautiful.
another great video, I think this has to be my favourite Album by PJ, interesting to see that the influence of Eddie and his song writing was taking over at this point
jebusgod yea it’s amazing how prolific Eddie is when you consider his solo stuff and that he writes most of the lyrics for PJ too!
This video is way better than a the others. Advanced players just need to have a quick look at the core of what needs to be played. No need to go note by note for long minutes on every chord and note. That part could come at after a quick playthrough of the song. Cheers, keep up the good work.
Thanks Kristof!
Thank you so much for these! You always do a great job and I love the background info about the songwriting added in, it is a very nice touch.
Cool thanks for the feedback Wayne! 😀
You are awesome! Thank you for these videos!
Babylonkid ah thanks man you’re welcome 😊
`95 was a great year for music. Vitology and The Bends!
Vitaology came out in 1994
Pearl Jam is the greatest band ever!
Possibly my favorite PJ album… your tone on Betterman is spot on. 👍🏼
Cheers Brian!
Loved the graph at the beginning. It's a shame Stone's contributions have fallen over the years.
Great channel and thanks for really making a contribution to the spirit of the music.
Vitalogy is my all time favorite Pearl Jam album. I have the original Vinyl record of Vitalogy as well
i remember buying this one the day it came out, amazing album!
@@LetsPlayAll I was about 5 years old when it came out lol but I grew up on PJ. Definitely an aggressive album. Binaural No Code and Yield follow behind as my top four albums
Just discovered thus series! Keep the good work!
It’s painfully clear when comparing Vitology against Ten and Vs. how Pearl Jam had become more reliant on standard chord progressions over the twin guitar riffing that was a driver for their earlier work. Also a lot more filler.
man I love your videos
Thanks John much appreciated mate!
Um dos meus álbuns favoritos!!!
Nothingman is incredibly beautiful all around.
Keith Ferris agreed!
Thanks for this great video
Been a PJ fan and guitar player for years
You're of great help with deciphering some tunes
Cheers from France
Fyl MorningStar de rien mon ami! Thanks for watching 🤘
@@LetsPlayAll you're very welcome
I may give a try to some vitalogy track and post it on my channel
Haven't posted some PJ for quite awhile
Great statistics!
Dont know if anyone has mentioned this, but McCready has a problem during the end of V’s and all through the recordings and making of Vitalogy. Due to his Chrones and drinking problem he couldn’t write and play too much. Happily the band stuck together and pulled him through it.
That’s the great thing about PJ they are a family not just a band.
Mike is one of my guitar heroes and glad he is fighting strong today.
Live long Pearl Jam 💪🤘
Amen mate! Love Mike 😊🤘
Vitalogy will always be an interesting one. I remember being in two minds at the time about it. Loving the straight up songs on there-they were like broodier, darker, older brothers of Vs. But the experimental songs always have split my opinions. I was 15 when it was released,and didnt like Aye Danivita, or especially Bugs. But the overall darkness and eeriness about the whole album- even the shinier songs like Nothingman-had a haunting hue hanging over it. It was only a few months after Kurt Cobain's death,which had a massive impact on me. I remember wondering how much of Kurt's passing had shadowed over Vitalogy's morbid, eerie modes and tones at the time. Some years later, the more experimental stuff on there appealed a bit more to me. It added to the unsettling, moodiness of the album. It reminded me of something from a David Lynch movie- off setting, surreal and weirdly contagious. But then, when the Lost Dogs album hit, and I heard the songs from this era that could have been on Vitalogy, I felt that Vitalogy itself could have been better had they went with the other songs from Lost Dogs instead of Bug, Pry To. It would absolutely still have maintained that unnerving darkness regardless of the surreal experimental songs being replaced.
Ill say this all the same- Stupid Mop is still to this day, one of the scariest things Ive heard. The unyielding tension and horror from those repeating vocal samples, the discordant music relentlessly sounding like a lucid nightmare. Again, it reminds me of a David Lynch style psychological horror movie. I remember listening to that with headphones for the first time, after school. I was in the house alone at the time,and when Stupid Mop grinded to its end,I was almost scared shiteless to leave my room,convinced somebody was in the house!
kylereece1979 wow that’s a great post, thanks for sharing and I totally agree on “mop”! 😀 I remember buying Vitalogy the day it came out and how I felt listening to it the first time. I was initially feeling a bit cheated as I’d heard several of the songs on bootlegs but I still loved it. Last Exit was the most memorable in first listen, Ed’s vocal riffs and the main gtr parts...just sublime! Stay tuned, “All The Riffs” coming for this one soon!
@@LetsPlayAll Thanks or replying! I too heard a good bit of the album 'fore its release,from the radio station playing the more immediate tracks off it in the week leadin' up to its release. I ask myself things when listening to it since. Was the inclusion of the experimental songs a reaction to the dark place they were in, following Kurt's passing,and the huuuge rush of fame they had so suddenly? Or,was Eddie's rising prominence in the main songwriting department at the time influencing things a lot more, inwhich his more odd Odysseys into music was taking them into a more deliberate tangent from straight up kick ass rock music.
Im still in two minds over it. Sometimes I think that the odd, surreal delves they took on Vitalogy compliment and companion the rest of the songs,making the whole package sound like a soundtrack album. But when I listen to the songs left off the record from this era I think, "Man, these should have been on Vitalogy instead of Bug, Pry To and Aye Danavita. Like I said, the overall tone of the album is shadowed in woe, isolation and grief- least to me. It would still have sounded awesomely dark were the other songs on there. One more thing- I was a massive Mike McCredy fan,and his lack of white hot solos on Vitalogy were missed. Id love some of the firey leadwork like say, "Go" and "Animal" more on the album.
If they wanted to breakaway from the MTVs and just focus on touring , the mantle was lapped up at the same time by Stone Temple Pilots. I think "Purple" is an absolute classic from that year,and I listen to it much more than Vitalogy over the years. Another great record that filled in the gaps that Pearl Jam removed themselves from was Live's "Throwing Copper". When these albums came my way- plus I became obsessed with the Smashing Pumpkins - Vitalogy's weirder side was off my radar for a good while.
It definitely paved ways for where they were gonna go regarding bowing outta the bright white limelight for the next while. And at the same time, it was those changes that I think kept them going to this very day, where they are in a very good place indeed!
I've already said this in another video: really love your channel! Anyway, I hope you'll make some guitar covers from songs of this album.
Antônio Ray thanks man! I certainly will. Lots more covers to come 😉
Muy buen análisis y excelente interpretación
ay wheres stupidmop though?! awesome video as always, corduroy is so underrated
acid mobba stupidmop gives me nightmares! 😉
ahahaha most of the filler here is scary ; pry, to, aye davanita and the dang mop song 😂 Vs. ftw! 🤟
acid mobba and bugs! 🐛
These riffs without an accompaniment easily could have been the Paul Westerberg score for the movie Singles
I love this man
Again great video, thank you very much! Greetings from Czech Republic!
Michal Sikora thanks for watching!
I quite like those weird tracks. I don’t see pry, to as a proper track though, it’s just a kind of segue to corduroy and it wouldn’t be the same without it.
Yea i know what you mean, if you're listening through the entire album they definitely have a place on there
No heytherefoxymophandlemammayepthatsme? I thought it was coming given bugs and there other interludes were there. I play guitar too but the highlight of not for you has to Jeff's bass fill after the solo. Jeff and stone can certainly play together. Good show old chap!
Like my guitar? I'm the one on Stones side. czcams.com/video/b3lcnJvwXes/video.html
Haha I knew someone would ask but it’s hardly got a riff in it 😉 I’ll add it as an Easter egg on another vid 😀🤘
@@LetsPlayAll with a name like let's play a pearl jam tragics kind of expecst it all! All is well and an Easter egg is appreciated to settle my OCD. Agree it's not much of a song musically and is one of the more challenging parts of their catalog to listen to.
Vitalogy is incredibly dark. Maybe it says a lot about Eddie's psyche or at least where he was emotionally at the time.
My favorite "guitar channel"
pivovinorakija thanks very much! 👍🤘😀
Great video mate. Love the inclusion of those songwriting stats at the beginning. Quick question re amp set up - is that a Victory v40 duchess & which cab is it paired with? Couldn't quite get a peak of the cab in this video :)
thanks mate! it is a V40 and it's the cab is v112v (VIntage 30)
@@LetsPlayAll Awesome, cheers. How have you found this amp and cab pairing for gigging and recording? (I realise this might be a big question with a lengthy answer haha) I've been seriously considering buying the V40 lately and just wondering what your experience has been like. Seems very versatile and all the tones from clean to high gain sound amazing. I've noticed that depending which pedals you run, it can go from fender cleans to Marshall crunchy overdrive, would that be a result of the amp voicing or more the pedals you're using? Sorry for the million questions. Love your channel and its been very inspiring for me personally
@@igorsukno772 great for both tbh. Lightweight rig for gig load ins, has been super reliable and have used it in venues from 150-600 capacity and at outdoor festivals no problem. I use it with a two notes captor for recording silently at home, they have a wall of sound plugin that’s great and you can use victory amp sims too (only £10). Brilliant pedal platform and has decent reverb built in too. The Marshall ish and fender ish voices are nice to have too but the only thing I would say is I never used the amp on its own, for me it tends to need a pedal into it even for cleanish stuff to my ears. They also have excellent customer service. Hope that helps 🤘😊
@@LetsPlayAll You're an absolute legend mate, thanks for the detailed reply. Definitely helps! 🙂🍻
@@igorsukno772 most welcome!
Yo your pj lesson r off the chart
Daniel Blauw thanks so much 🙏
Acoustic lesson of immortality please
All great as usual, but Betterman 👍👍👍 Oh, and the album filler comments 🤣👌
Great vid!
It's really sad that Pearl Jam went downhill this fast. It's not that they don't have any good songs after Vitalogy, but their first 2 albums were on the whole another level, from top to bottom.
Not a fan of Yield then? :-)
@@LetsPlayAll well i like Brain of J., but i don't remember any catchy tune from there besides that one. I'm gonna give it one more try though.
@@alexmason6191 defo worth the time mate. I find learning most tunes gives me a whole new perspective on it, I constantly discover awesome new stuff in PJs back catalogue 😀🤘
@@LetsPlayAll indeed their catalogue is huge, anyone can find something own in it 🤘
I must say there there's maybe two great songs on this album, but after several attempts at enjoying the rest of it I took the CD out and shattered it on the floor while driving. It's hard to say that about a band I am so fond of. Incubus 8 is next.. I just haven't burnt the CD yet.
I'll wait for an angel but I won't hold my breath, 'magine their busy, think YOUR doing OK 😁
Brian Madden tune! Such a great riff 🤘
Great!💪
great work mate, also will you ever do a vid on mikes parts to yellow ledbeter?
Alexander The Great yes indeed have a great idea for a yellow Ledbetter vid so stay tuned mate 🤓
@@LetsPlayAll can't wait : D
11 out of 10 to u both
Wayne kerr haha thanks man. From all 3 of us
@@LetsPlayAll, the third fellow really impressed, I don't know who he is but u should definitely get him back again.
Always the best. Keep it up
Thank Jeff for Nothingman...
indeed!
When will you do more of these
soon :-)
Great!
Drives me mad that Hard to Imagine was not included on this album and we got Pry, To and Bugs instead.
haha yea fair point :-)
really enjoy your videos. FYI though- you're playing Tremor Christ incorrectly.
Vitalogy was their best album.
Versus???? 🧐
Stay tuned, “All the Riffs” vid coming soon for that but meanwhile here you go! czcams.com/video/EXzs8MIJJ0k/video.html
@@LetsPlayAll my point being it's never been "Versus"....
@@hellomiami4012 ah my bad - confused as you commented on the Vitalogy vid :-)
Satan's Bed. My head may just pop when I this live.
cracking riff in that tune :-)
Vitalogy was extremely personal for Eddie Vedder, he wrote it during mourning for the loss of Kurt Cobain
I was a MLB fan before the Jam. I guess that is why I think TEN is 10x better than the other 2.
Maybe u can do some of the other grunge bands
Daniel Blauw it’s been asked before....I may have to once PJ are done ✅
As Vedder’s writing increases, the quality decreases. Ten is by far their best work: written mainly by Stone & Jeff.
I swear this album is naff compared to Ten and Vs?! There’s so much garbage and dreary bits in many songs, corduroy probably my fave.