Eddie Vedder relives his childhood trauma in two of Pearl Jam’s biggest songs, “Alive” and “Better Man.” The former was Vedder looking back on a moment of impact: the day he learned the man he thought was his father, wasn’t. The latter is a slow-zoom reflection on the stubbornly elusive question of “Why?” But he’s […]
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