![]() I then remember reading interviews from both producer, Brendan O’Brien and photographer Danny Clinch. A long-song-played-quickly, and packed into an electric two minutes and thirty-nine seconds. When Lightning Bolt, the band’s tenth record, was about to be released, we were first introduced to “Mind Your Manners”. But on this Sunday, a hot summer’s night placed in a surreal setting, it was green monster-sized. “Sirens”, the beautifully, emotional track number four, off Pearl Jam’s latest record, Lightning Bolt, always triggered this reaction from me. My right hand was holding a draft beer that was serving as a catchers mit, collecting tears like fastballs, as they dropped from my face. My left arm was around my wife - who was seven months pregnant with our twin boys. I was standing right behind second base on the plastic tiles covering the sacred outfield of Fenway Park. Is it just me or is it you too? You start thinking about how precious life is and then you think about tragic events and people are killed in innocent situations, it just makes me think that we need to protect each other, it’s like we are all alone in this together.” ~ Eddie Vedder, Fenway Park, Augduring the “Sirens” outro. ![]() Maybe when you get a little older, and I think we are all getting a little older, I look out at the faces and you know, some of them are a little older than they used to be, but still good-looking faces! That’s the thing… you’re all looking good,…trying to keep up with you. But nowadays it can happen overnight, it can happen in your sleep, it can happen to any of us. ![]() I don’t know if it’s that life seems more precious nowadays or I feel like I’ve got so much more to lose than I did when I was 25, or 20, or even 30. “Jeff and I were talking earlier, … and then in the paper,… everything. The slightest bit of light and I can see you clear
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