Wishlist by lazarus57

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lazarus57

Feb 03, 2023 09:58am

OUTSIDE THE BOX - ROUND ONE<img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/VHWN/ea0fe27466_VTY6_media.gif">"Wishlist" is a song by the American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">rock</a> band <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Jam" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Pearl Jam</a>. Written by vocalist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Vedder" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Eddie Vedder</a>, "Wishlist" was released on May 5, 1998, as the second single from the band's fifth studio album, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yield_(album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Yield</a> (1998). In the United States, the song peaked at number six on both the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Billboard</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainstream_Rock_(chart)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Mainstream Rock</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Rock_Tracks" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Modern Rock Tracks</a> charts. The song was included on Pearl Jam's 2004 greatest hits album, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rearviewmirror_(Greatest_Hits_1991%E2%80%932003)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991–2003)</a>.<h2>Origin and recording[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wishlist_(song)&action=edit&section=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">edit</a>]</h2>"Wishlist" was written by vocalist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Vedder" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Eddie Vedder</a>. Vedder used an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBow" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">EBow</a> for his guitar solo on the song. According to Vedder about the song:<blockquote>It was a stream-of-consciousness exercise. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_McCready" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">McCready</a> booked studio time in a tiny studio here with our friend Stu behind the board and another friend playing drums. We don't have the discipline to sit down and teach each other parts, so you're writing simple chord changes that someone else can follow without having to take breaks to learn them. It was probably eight minutes long originally. I listened to the tape and picked out the better wishes.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wishlist_(song)#cite_note-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[1]</a></blockquote><h2>Lyrics[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wishlist_(song)&action=edit&section=2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">edit</a>]</h2>"Wishlist" is about Vedder seeking fulfillment of wishes desired, but he resolves his wishlist with the line "I wish I was as fortunate, as fortunate as me." When asked about the song, Vedder stated, "I thought I'd lighten up."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wishlist_(song)#cite_note-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[2]</a> The line "I wish I was the full moon shining off your Camaro's hood" references the car that belonged to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beth_Liebling" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Beth Liebling</a>, Vedder's wife at the time.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wishlist_(song)#cite_note-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[3]</a> When played live, the song mirrors its roots as an improv, with Vedder changing the lyrics depending on his mood.<h2>Release and reception[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wishlist_(song)&action=edit&section=3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">edit</a>]</h2>"Wishlist" was released as a single in 1998 with a previously unreleased <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-side_and_B-side" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">B-side</a> titled "U", of which an alternate version can also be found on the compilation album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Dogs_(album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Lost Dogs</a> (2003). The song peaked at number 47 on the Billboard <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Hot 100</a> and number six on the Billboard <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Mainstream_Rock_Tracks" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Mainstream Rock Tracks</a> and Billboard <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_Songs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Modern Rock Tracks</a> charts.Outside the United States, the single was released commercially in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Australia</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Austria</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Japan</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Netherlands</a>, and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">United Kingdom</a>. In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Canada</a>, the song charted on the Alternative Top 30 chart where it reached number one and became Pearl Jam's third single to top that chart. "Wishlist" also reached number 13 on the Canadian Year End Alternative Top 50. "Wishlist" reached the top 30 in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">UK</a> and peaked at number 48 on the Australian Singles Chart.In his review of Yield, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Sheffield" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Rob Sheffield</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stone" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Rolling Stone</a> magazine said, "The gentle <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_pop" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">power-pop</a> nugget 'Wishlist', a silly love song that Vedder composed solo, might be the simplest song Pearl Jam have ever done. But it's also the most moving."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wishlist_(song)#cite_note-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[4]</a><h2>Live performances[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wishlist_(song)&action=edit&section=4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">edit</a>]</h2>"Wishlist" was first performed live at the band's November 12, 1997, concert in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Cruz,_California" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Santa Cruz</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">California</a>, at The Catalyst.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wishlist_(song)#cite_note-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[5]</a> The band played this song when it appeared on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Show_with_David_Letterman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Late Show with David Letterman</a> in May 1998 in support of Yield. Live performances of "Wishlist" can be found on various <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Jam_Official_Bootlegs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">official bootlegs</a>. Performances of the song are also included on the DVDs <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_Video_Theory" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Single Video Theory</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touring_Band_2000" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Touring Band 2000</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_at_the_Garden" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Live at the Garden</a>. In concert, the song is often extended, softly played, with a thoughtful outro jam, and sometimes segueing into another song such as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzzcocks" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Buzzcocks</a>' "Why Can't I Touch It". This can be heard on Live at the Garden especially.On September 26, 2021, during his 2021 Ohana Fest solo performance, Vedder dedicated the song to the brothers Followill of Kings of Leon, whose mother died the night before, and were originally set to appear at the festival; as well to comedian and SNL alumn Norm Macdonald, who died a week earlier, and Vedder considered a friend.<img src="https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.843ueBAnAbD_sOiYWaWqYAHaKC?w=117&h=180&c=7&r=0&o=5&pid=1.7" alt="Image result for Pearl Jam Wishlist"><img src="https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.3lWs1S_lOY5QMOjzpUotRQHaDc?w=309&h=162&c=7&r=0&o=5&pid=1.7" alt="Image result for Pearl Jam Wishlist"><img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HVPIwwUon_I/maxresdefault.jpg" alt="Guitar Lesson: How To Play Wishlist By Pearl Jam :) - YouTube">