The Better Band Podcast

Happy When I’m Crying (S5.Ep9)

Before YIELD graced our turntables and CD players, this split fan club single with REM arrived in our mailboxes. Eddie Quintana (“Changes” on Apple Music: https://apple.co/384EAMQ) is our guest this episode to take an emotional journey with “Happy When I’m Crying,” potential album tracks, and cucumbers…

“Happy When Im Crying” on YouTube: https://youtu.be/TbpqNmzR9-c

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MFC (S5.Ep8)

Fresh off our chat on Live On 4 Legs (even though this was recorded months before that…?), John Farrar (LO4L Podcast - https://soundcloud.com/liveon4legs) returns to discuss the second part of a possible Car Trilogy, “MFC,” Futurama, and if we can handle Full Stone…

“MFC” on Apple Music: https://apple.co/322oj7x
“MFC” on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/6X4PHBMrZswxqEYChBFQx4

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Better Band Bonus: PJ30

Pearl Jam (as Mookie Blaylock) played their first show on October 22, 1990 at the Off Ramp in Seattle, Washington. As a result, a lot of us have had our lives changed… This is just a little bonus to answer the question — and to ask it of all of you — “What does Pearl Jam mean to you?"

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[red dot] (S5.Ep7)

Get ready for almost a half-hour(!) of analysis of this minute and change track with Kevin Lessard and I. That’s right, it’s time to talk about the instrumental with no name — only a color — Madonna, Mulan, and Nevada Day…

“Red Bar” on Apple Music: https://apple.co/34i0nyx
“Red Bar” on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2iEFhXSCuvzDeghAu0cF7I

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Better Band Bonus: Ronen Givony

The author of Not For You: Pearl Jam and the Present Tense, the first critical and comprehensive overview of Pearl Jam from 1990 to the present, Ronen Givony, comes on for an interview about his book available now…
*I did the best I could to salvage the audio. Sorry for the quality. -bcp*

Buy “Not For You” from an independent bookstore:
https://bookshop.org/books/not-for-you-pearl-jam-and-the-present-tense/9781501360688

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Do The Evolution (S5.Ep6)

This episode, Carlos Casas ('In Too Deep' Pearl Jam Podcast - https://audioboom.com/channels/5006136)  joins us to dork out about song and video for “Do The Evolution,” going to church, and growing with the band…

“Do The Evolution” on Apple Music: https://apple.co/3lGJ7J2
“Do The Evolution” on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0dIipTYASaFwX1QxVrVFV7

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Given To Fly (S5.Ep5)

Join Kevin Levine and I as we talk fan favorite track “Given To Fly,” children’s books, and the Unified Pearl Jam Theory…

YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrdQLt_J8oEDaQeS2FZnuHLMw-JSnvbxO

“Given To Fly” on Apple Music: https://apple.co/3lgc2mT
“Given To Fly” on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/3vL9lPWBuv0ZR3c5YmdhDl

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Pilate (S5.Ep4)

Join us for the Pearl Jam Book Club with Patrick Boegel and the song “Pilate”. Who could have guessed that Jeff Ament was such a Jimmy Buffet fan?…

References-
Rolling Stone - “Pearl Jam’s New Album ‘Yield’ Leaks On the Web”: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/pearl-jams-new-album-yield-leaks-on-the-web-242460/
Donate Life: https://www.donatelife.net/

“Pilate” on Apple Music: https://apple.co/338XPBX
“Pilate” on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/3Wwch6lLcgDh9IC5Vm1QiF

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No Way (S5.Ep3)

When the world has got you down, and the odds seems impossible, do you stop trying to make a difference? No Way! We’ve got Ryan Bauer back to talk what we think is the most underrated song off YIELD, “No Way,” Spanish slang, and refrigerator Russian roulette…

References-
Jeff Ament Opening Gigaton: https://youtu.be/9oeJCUzP4d8
“Calling off the crusades“: https://web.archive.org/web/20080108122444/http://pearljamhistory.no.sapo.pt/PJArticles_Interviews_02-08-98_-_philadelphia_inquirer.htm
FLAMA - “Mexican Slang: Güey”: https://youtu.be/awCZRIepB8M

“No Way” on Apple Music: https://apple.co/3hZR9dT
“No Way” on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/3tXztMiRtWvLDrwJUEfd2o?si=RPBAXquDQHy-SnQEVSz3cg

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Faithfull (S5.Ep2)

Guest Aurelien Moreaux comes back on the podcast to get theological with us and talk Yield track “Faithfull,” furry things, and beer…

Reference-
The Porch Podcast - “Faithfull Ep.57”
https://soundcloud.com/user-174673627/pearl-jams-faithfull-the-porch-podcast-ep-57

“Faithfull” on Apple Music: https://apple.co/35CmsbO
“Faithfull” on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/4x7pGc0dOEW882qp0oSEYx?si=hEhOrOo_RCe0IK0HcseWnQ

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